Once upon a time...

... a friend of mine who is a windsurfer once told me that I would make a perfect windsurfer myself...
I laughed at him, of course. Cause that is one of the sports I always wanted to try, but would never manage to. Talking about impossible :)



Why did he think so? Because I seem to have the right attitude:

It was great but... so what?

If your pager don't vibe
Then you'll know it's me
Vacation's over, don't take it personally

It's only "uh-uh"
It don't mean nothin'
Hot summer "uh-uh"
A little sweet somethin'
Lose my number
Heat of the moment
It was great, but
So what?
It don't mean nothin'
Its only "uh-uh"

*not missing you*

This little fellow was lost on 12th of August 2007 at about 2 a.m.
I don't miss him a bit.
Just that I was looking through my files and found these pictures of him.
He used to hang on my phone, Silvester.
He was a gift to me by Zoya for 14th of February.
I really liked it.

I lost it while I was with Dimo.
I remember the exact moment when it fell.
I felt that it was RIGHT not to pick it up.

I still feel it was right to leave it there.

Sofia University or something like it....

For some time I've been having this interesting arguement with Dimo. I claim I study at the FMCS(Faculty of Maths and Computer Science.... Not FMI - Faculty of Maths and Informatics), and not in the Sofia University (SU). He says that I make no sense, cause since I study at a faculty of the SU, that means I study at the SU....

Now, how I am to convince him he is wrong?

It turned out (just as I expected) to be quite easy. Unfortunatelly, people who don't study at the FMCS wouldn't quite get my reasonings.

Lets' start with the fact that in FMCS it is a common practice that students teach students. Students that are in their 2nd year teach students that are in their 3rd year. Students in their 2nd year teach a subject, the exam on which they have not yet taken (due to their regular curriculum) to students that are in their 3rd year. I personally don't know if that is allowed anyplace else in SU. Not sure, but I even think it is forbidden.

Let's move on to something else, that I was pointed out during the campaign of getting yourself a room in SU's dorms (actually getting yourself a bed, but that's a whole another matter). It doesn't matter what your grades are, you cannot be in the lists of people that get a room, if you have more than one exam not taken. Which, I looked upn pretty surprised, since in my faculty you are perfectly fine allowed to move on to the next year of your education if you have no more than 2 exams not taken so far... So, I looked up the UNIVERSITY's book of rules and I saw that this rule (of my faculty) is in a direct conflict with the major rules of the university - the university's rules are as simple as this - only one exam. So, you still say I have the right to call myself a student in SU? (well, I AM, but anyway...)
And it gets even more complicated, cause by a (non written) rule you have the right to have two "mandatory" subjects not taken so far and one of the "chose yourself" list.... So we have not one, but three subjects.... Nice!

Our univerity's dean says that everyone has to return the exam sheets not later than 3 days after the exam session is over. Nice. This is prefectly working in his faculty, where there are 5 subjects to chose from for the whole faculty. And is so not working in FMCS, where there are 150 subjects to choose from (each semester that is!) and (almost) everyone can sign in for them... And everyone is - 5 majors, each having students of years 1 through 4, with average of 4 groups each (major) of about 20 people in a group. Now, try to make the schedules of those exams so that everyone could attend their exam and none has exams at the same time (I am not even trying to put the rule "one exam per day") and you only have 20 days to fit in (during the exams session)... Don't even try - it is impossible. And it is impossible not to have a subject before/after the exam session.

....

I can go on forever. Really.
As a most recent prove:

(in Bulgarian, sorry): In the meantime, all of the university's buildings had the signs with the words "Stealing from the University is a disgrace for Bulgaria." on them in the morning.
Now look at the pictures and don't be fooled by the words on top of my faculty:

In front of FMCS there is no such sign. :)

And yep - I study in a yellow building (as a rule madhouses in bulgaria are often refered to as "the yellow building"....

Angelina Crow vs Silviya

A couple of months ago Dimo sent me a few pictures of a certain porn actress that, he said, looke exactly like yours truelly. Needlessly to say I was curious about her.

For a couple of weeks I was bugging him to send me the whole movie. Well, finally he bent over and it is under my possession. The "film" is one of the worst I've seen the "home made" low-quality ones, and the guy she's with is totally disguisting....

But, as I told Dimo, I was not interested in looking at the guy, but at the girl. Well, she's cute. And, in the name of the Force, she's young!!!! I cannot say we look alike, but there is a certain resemblance. If I try I can get her looks. Which I may try as a matter of fact ;)

I shall not be too harsh on Dimo, though. As he said - he hadn't seen me for (over) 2 years.

Now, let the pictures speak:





and some pictures of myself :

And all I want for Christmas...

Is it too much if I ask for this for a Christmas present? What about my birthday....

*speechless*
Really - I always loved the "look at me, I am so Michael Hutchence" look Dave used to have back by the times of "Walking in my shoes". There is something about men and long hair, drug-addictions and sex and alcochol years...

Girls may never admit it, but there has always been this thing about bad guys...

*sigh*

*steals Dave*

*forbids him to EVER grow old*

Here We Go Again

INXS - Strangest Party

Welcome to the strangest party baby
It's like we're staring at the sun
Everybody's got their invitations
Hopin' that you're gonna come yeah
These are the times
Times
These are the crimes
Crimes
What are we waiting for
What are we hating for

You're part of the solution
Or part of the problem
You're gonna have to dance with one
You're giving up on
The future honey
I'll count you out of having some

Here comes the rain
Yeah here comes the rain yeah

These are the times
These are the crimes
What are we waiting for
What are we hating for

Wash away the rain yeah
Into the blue sea yeah

These are the times
These are the times

Dyscalculics Count Too...

Spread The Word:

What is it about:
Source at Dyscalculia Forum Dot Com

The Basic Facts
Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability in mathematics. Dyscalculia is a word you use to describe when people have significant problems with numbers - but still have a normal or above normal IQ. It seems that no dyscalculic has problems with math alone, but also struggle with problems being able to learn to tell time, left/right orientation, rules in games and much more. Also, there are more types of dyscalculia, and all types demand specific learning methods aimed at the specific problem.

Is Dyscalculia A Real Thing?
Dyscalculics say it is. Teachers say it is. WHO and DSM say it is.

How Common Is Dyscalculia?
According to UK studies done by Gross-Tsur, Manor and Shalev in 1996, 6.5% are dyscalculic. According to studies done by Lewis, Hitch and Walker in 1994, 1.3% are dyscalculic while 2.3% are dyscalculic AND dyslexic - that means that according to this study 3.6% of the World's population are dyscalculic.

That gives a total of between 3.6 and 6.5% of the World's population. And again: That means, according to these two studies, that between 216 000 000 (two hundred and sixteen million) and 390 000 000 (three hundred and ninety million) people are dyscalculic - if we say that there are 6 000 000 000 000 (six billion) people in the world. No international study has been done on how common it is.

"You Can If You Want To!"
Probably followed by "and if you try hard enough". This is a typical remark from teachers and parents to motivate the student - and although it can be meant in the BEST way possible, it is not true when it comes to dyscalculic students. The thing a dyscalculic wants most in this world is to be able to understand those numbers. Dyscalculics need different learning methods, in every aspect of the assignment. Dyscalculics are able to learn how to calculate something one day, only to discover that the information has been forgotten the next day. In other words programs like Kumon, where repetition is a major part of the teaching methods seem to have no result for dyscalculic students - they forget. Through different learning methods aimed specifically at the student and his/her version of dyscalculia can have great results.