News of the day

I am preparing for the exam so nothing really exciting happened... Actually, one event is worth mentioning. I changed my status at ICQ from the green flower to yellow rubber duck :)

Beautiful morning

I was at the party yesterday. I said goodbye to my friends from drinking team. I think I will not see most of them till October. I came home at 4:33 sharp. It was already light but still no sunrise, just the pink clouds on the horizon. Wonderful. I should be out more often at this time.

Bus ticket

It seems that nothing can be easy these days. Every day I meet some troublemaker. Today morning I thought it would be easy to buy a bus ticket to Germany. I was so naive. I went to the Student Agency which sells cheap tickets but at the same time they try to be very fancy. For example they have a special receptionist to show you your seat. Nice but I would prefer to take the number and go away for awhile. Well, after some time waiting they told me that the bus on 1.7. is already full and they offered the same time on 30.6. or 2.7. which was not solving my problem at all. I had to go to central bus station to find another connection. Guess what, the first option they offered was this Student Agency bus. Interesting. Is it somebody’s incompetence, insufficient reservation system or wrong sales policy? I wasted so much time that I could use for preparation for the exam that it makes me scream. I will not even describe what happened when I asked for the return ticket for 1.10. No chance to buy it now. Student Agency sucks.

I think I should rename my blog. The new name would be Jana’s bitching corner.

Last step is the most difficult one

There cannot be even one day, when I would not be stressed from school. Today it was because I needed to register for my final exam. I spent 3 hours just going from one office to another. I was so ... (no, I will not be rude). The issue was that all terms were already full for June, August and September so I would have to wait till January.

The school knows how many students are supposed to finish and they don’t organize enough of exam terms. These people teach us management? Come on!

Finally I got my term on 1.7. with no help from any of the responsible people. I was just lucky – my new talisman obviously works. This makes my plans even more interesting. Having state exam at 9:00 a.m. and leaving at 11 p.m. to Germany the same day. Lalala. This will be fun.

Lucky loser

Uff, uff. I passed the statistics exam finally. It was a big drama. I was lucky that it was my third attempt. (It means the last attempt.) If I failed I would be expelled from school. Hmm, actually I failed the written part, but the examinator agreed to give me a chance at the oral part anyway. He is a very wise man that sees that some girls simply cannot understand this subject. I amazed him by my knowledge of Classic definition of probability and Correlation coefficient (both really basic stuff) so he let me pass this bullshit exam (with the worst grade possible).

I was so tired afterwards that I could not even celebrate it. I had only one tequila, one beer and some soft drinks. I was sitting silently in a pub with my friends, still shocked, pale in my face.

I really appreciated help of all my friends that supported me that day and before. One of my best friends was sitting with me for three and half hours there on the floor in front of the classroom when I was waiting for the oral part. She gave me a new talisman (I call him Blíblau) and she was repeating with me all the theory again and again. Actually we really had fun there (I don’t understand how it was possible).

No idea what title to put today

I met the Iranian guy again at birthday party on Thursday. He told me I was brave that I go to Tajikistan alone. I wonder what he meant by it. Really. I hope he just forgot that I am going to work there so I will not be lost somewhere in the central Asia and that someone will take care of me.
It is normal if Czech person tells me that I am crazy, brave or whatever. But Iran is also considered to be crazy country here so especially this guy should understand.
Hmm, I definitely need to ask him why he said that. It makes me feel uncertain.

Not a very exciting day

What I did today:
I woke up.
I washed myself.
I had a breakfast.
I watched a romantic movie.
I was depressed.
I had a chat with a friend from Tajikistan.
I went to the bank to find out the transfer fees.
I exchanged the money in the exchange office.
I exchanged even more money in another office.
I went back to the bank and sent the money to Tajikistan to have my flight ticket paid.
I traveled back home.
I had lunch (3 p.m.)
I had a chat with a friend from Tajikistan again.
I learnt some new Tajik/Farsi words.
I went to school.
I met my friend from Kyrgyzstan.
We translated some document from Russian to Czech.
I went home.
I watched TV and surfed on the internet.
I wrote this post.
I felt even more depressed that my life is so boring.

What I didn’t do today:
I didn’t even open my Statistics book.
I didn’t manage to have my laptop repaired.
No idea if I had dinner today.

Polyglot

Good. I already learnt two words in Tajik. The very first one is Dushanbe which is the name of the capital but also it has its real meaning. I found out during one very fun evening. An Iranian friend of my friend explained that it actually means Monday. Yeah, Tajik language is very close to Farsi. The other word I know is salom = hello. Quite practical. Not like last year in Armenia...

My first Armenian word was hashvapa (=accountant). Are you surprised? My traineeship was in International Accountancy Training Centre. I hope you understand now.
The second word I remembered was khavaraser (=cockroach). In the same time I found out that in Russian it is tarakan. Not to make a wrong impression: We didn’t have many of them at home. Maybe some three or four during the whole summer. Just enough to never feel lonely.

When speaking about languages, I realized that again I am forgetting about writing my posts also in Czech. Shame on me. I’m a bad girl.

Taky něco česky (a tádžicky a arménsky)

Jo, jo, jo. Já vím, že jsem hrozná, že jsem slíbila, že budu psát i česky a nepíšu. Dneska to aspoň trošku napravím. Blíblau.

Už umím dvě slova tádžicky. Úplně první, které jsem se naučila bylo Dušanbe. To je vlastně jméno hlavního města, ale zároveň to taky opravdu něco znamená. Zjistila jsem to úplně náhodou při jednom příjemném večerním posezení s přáteli. Iránský kamarád mého kamaráda mi vysvětlil, že se tak řekne pondělí. Mimochodem tádžičtina je velmi podobná perštině. To druhé slovo, které zatím znám, je salom = ahoj. Docela praktické. Rozhodně víc než vloni v Arménii.

Moje první arménské slovo bylo hašvapa (=účetní). Pracovala jsem tam totiž v jednom vzdělávacím středisku specializovaném právě na účetnictví.
Další slovo, které se mi podařilo zapamatovat, bylo khavaraser (=šváb). Rusky se to řekne tarakan. Ne že by jich tam bylo nějak hodně. Nerada bych vás uvedla v omyl. Za celé léto jsme měli tak tři nebo čtyři. Byli to takoví naši mazlíčci. Aspoň jsme nikdy nebyli úplně opuštění.

Now it gets interesting

I had to postpone my Statistics exam again. I felt really sick during the weekend and even today I had a terrible headache. But I had a good luck in the secretary’s office where I almost fainted so she didn’t require that official medical report. Hmm, at least some good news today.

I updated my plans for the next three weeks:
16th (Thu) – my friend’s birthday party
20th (Mon) – Statistics exam
30th (Thu) – Business Administration exam
1st (Fri) – going to Munich/Germany
2nd (Sat) – flying to Dushanbe/Tajikistan

No idea how I will manage, but I will (somehow). I count that between the exam and leaving the country I should have some 24 hours to do the shopping, pack my stuff for three months and say goodbye to my friends. So we will see how good I am in time management.

KVK - Klídek, vole, klídek

No need to be nervous. Statistics is easy.

StatGraphics
1. data entry
2. Special – TimeSeries Analysis - Forecasting
- Data: Col1
- Once every: 1
- Years
- Number of Forecasts: 1
3. yellow button – FC Table + Model Comparison
4. in Model Comparison: PK – Analysis Options:
A – linear, B – quadratic, C – exponential
5. choose the best option according to MSE
6. go to FC Table – PK – in Analysis Options choose C – exponential trend
7. in the other table you see = 14,2502

ooops, I am lost.

Security flag

Today this appeared at the nomadlife headquarters:

“Nomads are all over the place and sometime they find themselves in particulary worrying if not downright dangerous situations. Tom's notification on Thea's current situation in Ethiopia is one most recent situation (we had bombings and tsunami before).
When this thing happen, nomadlife will put up one or more clickable red flags near the top of this main page for your attention. The flag will be removed when the situation improves and our nomads are safe.”

Am I really part of this crazy community of people, that are going to potentially dangerous places? Well, yes. I have to admit it. I hope Thea will be fine - with no need to escape from the country. I wonder if there ever will be a red flag for me.

I know what you did last summer

If you are interested in what I did, check this link http://www.ilist.cz/clanky/armenie . You can find there the article about my three-month stay in Yerevan/Armenia. It was published in our Student newspaper. Sorry guys, only in Czech. Can’t wait till the next nomad era of my life.

Tajemství loňského léta

Jestli vás zajímá, co jsem dělala vloni, tak mrkněte na http://www.ilist.cz/clanky/armenie . Je to článek o mém tříměsíčním pobytu v Arménii, konkrétně v Jerevanu, který vyšel ve Studentském listu. Už se těším na další kočování.

Kryšpínka

This is the sunshine of my life. Our lovely dog Kryšpínka.

After party

From the beginning of my blog, I had a dilemma, whether I should write in English or in Czech. I decided that I will use both of the languages and today it will be Czech for the first time. After yesterday drinking session with my friends I had to sing this old song of Chinaski all day long.

Moc toho nevim, ale jedno je mi jasný že se hodně pařilo.
Hučel jsem do nějaký děsně tlustý ženský docela se mi dařilo.
Vypil jsem toho právě tolik že bych to sotva přeplaval
a jak se dostat domů a z Vršovic k tomu tak o to jsem se nestaral.
Určitě jsou v tahu všechny prachy a dělal jsem zas vostudu
Bůh ví co jsem ukrad, no žádný strachy já tam víckrát nepudu.
Jak si čuchnu k flašce tak nevím čí jsem a nevím kdy to stačilo
do hlavy to tlačím co polykat stačím a to mě asi zabilo....

Hmm, I love this old album of Chinaski. I need to listen to it again very soon. I almost forgot that Chinaski were doing a good music before they turned to pop. It reminds my wild times when I was 16. Wow.

Exams? What is it?

Today I was supposed to have an exam. Somehow I didn’t manage to prepare for it so I went to the doctor. I did not even need to pretend to be sick. Because of my low blood pressure it was no problem to get this official medical report. I will postpone both of my exams and do them one week later than it was planned. To be sincere, I do this every exam period. Shame on me.

In the evening I meet my friends and we go to get drunk. I guess I will come home really late. I feel like alcoholic when I am with them. Five beers is a minimum. We always have a great time together. It is a good way how to relax, because they are not students and they don’t speak about school all the time.

Busy day

So many things happened today that I don’t know where to start. First of all I must express my excitement that I joined the nomadlife community. Since the first time I saw Danka’s blog at http://danka.nomadlife.org I knew that if I ever have my own blog, it must be at the same address. I think it is a perfectly suitable domain for all AIESECers all around the world. I love the nomad lifestyle and cannot wait till my new adventure that will hopefully come really soon.

The other thing I have to mention is rather sad. My Armenian friend that came for a week to Prague left tonight. I guess this is the end of the Armenian chapter of my life which lasted for a year. Es kes sirum em, Hayastan.

In the past three weeks I was at the airport five times (when I count two trips during one day as a one). People were coming and leaving and I am still sitting at home. But this will change on 2nd July (if I pass all the exams).

Changing my identity

Some changes in your life happen in a second and they can turn your life upside down. For example a love at the first sight. BUT there are other changes that are happening slowly, you don't even notice them at the beginning. One of these happened to me recently. I have noticed that my nickname changed. I am not JanaHam any more :( Just a few people still use it. Much more friends call me Solnitchka. This somehow developed from the Russian word "solnyshko" which means sunshine.
I loved being JanaHam, but I already enjoy my life as Solnitchka. I hope this new identity will bring me a good luck, lot of fun, exciting new experience and new friends that have never heard of JanaHam.

Hello AIESEC world!

This is just a brief summary of my @ career, that you know who joined your family at nomadlife.
I joined LC Prague (Czech Republic) in October 1999. I was ICX team member, later teamleader, VP ICX 2001/2002, one month CEEDer in another Czech LC - Karviná. Then I helped to MCVPER and in 2003 I established a brand new LC in Czech Rep. - Plzeň (Pilsen). I was CEEDer in Armenia in summer 2004. In 2005 I went for 2 months to Tajikistan to help them with opening office there.
You might meet me at these international conferences:
NTC, Czech Rep., 1999
CEMOS, Hungary, 2000
CELDS, Poland, 2000
MOSEM, Macedonia, 2001
FAME, Germany, 2002
NTC, Slovakia, 2002
NTC, Czech Rep., 2003