Finally my greatest creation is completed! What I mean is that I managed to get my habitat project done and just in time for the deadline.

               For this project we had to design a house for a specific place. It was situated in Kenmore on Loch Tay. We were also given three random clients with demands, likes and dislikes. My clients are Tina Turner, Pablo Picasso and a scientist named Brian. Quite an interesting trio they are.  Maybe my biggest influence was one of Pablo’s likes, namely cubes.

               At first my design was entirely cubical but over time I added other bits that broke up the shape a bit. However it still carries that cubical character that I wanted it to have.

I decided that the relationship of my clients would be as follows: Tina and Pablo are just old friends and Brian is Pablo’s nephew. That is why I wanted each of the individuals to have equal living space. Each one gets a bathroom, toilet with bathroom and a wardrobe. In the house there is also a studio for Pablo and a library on the second floor.

Christmas !!!

Christmas is coming. It is perhaps the happiest holiday of the year. Combined with break from school/university/work one couldn’t ask for more. But for the kids the real cherry on the top of the cake is the presents. Big ones, small ones, shiny ones, preciooouus ones. Who doesn’t like receiving presents? Well, maybe when we get older we start caring a little less about them but I will never forget how anxious to see my presents I was, when I was smaller.

 The truth is that things were different back then. We pretty much had small presents only for our birthdays and for Christmas. Now part of the joy is gone, because people get whatever they want whenever they want. Even the Christmas celebrations start earlier and last longer now. But I guess that the reason behind this is that people want everyday to be Christmas.

There is something magic about that holiday - the snow, the cold, gathering with family and relatives in our cozy homes.I just wish everybody was happy for Christmas.

"Global warming" ?

Global warming. Is it real? Maybe. Is it caused by human activity- I don’t think so.

The theory about global warming is becoming so popular that it is literally everywhere- newspaper and internet articles, magazines, tv programs, movies etc. It’s hard not to think about it when you hear of it all the time. But is this whole story just a big hoax?

We have to ask ourselves who would gain from the global warming. I would love to know the answer to this question. Maybe it is the scientists who are at the bottom of this. After all they get huge financial support for the research in that area. Also they are the ones sitting behind the theory.  Or maybe it’s the governments collecting millions in taxes and donations for fighting this “problem”. Maybe it is a way to hold up the developing countries. Maybe it is all of these things.

Al Gore used global warming to gain popularity- he was running for president after all. However his documentary “Inconvenient Truth” has some interesting facts that I’ve met in other places. One of them is that in the history of the earth there have been warm periods with high levels of CO2 emissions long before humans came to be. So how come this time we are suddenly the ones causing it? Or how can we stop global warming if it is something periodical on earth and we are not causing it. Going against nature is like peeing in the wind – things are going to get dirty.

Archeologists believe that music dates back to 7000 BC. The first musical instruments that people used then were probably percussive as well as wind ones. Now we have a huge variety of different instruments and styles of music- from popular to unconventional, aimed at a small group of people.

          Music is all around us and it is difficult not to find your favorite style or styles. I myself like different kinds of music- a little bit of classical, pop, techno even. But the music I favor the most is rock and metal.

All time classic- Queen

Long hair and a bottle of whiskey

          On hearing those two styles quite a few people instantly imagine long hair, alcohol, spikes, leather and fights. That picture is not necessarily valid although sometimes it can be. 

          I actually tend to think that rock and metal are more relaxing than destructive. This is because I find that sort of music as a way of releasing your energy while listening to it and not by being aggressive.

Eric Adams from Manowar

          Metalists may look dirty and scary but most of them are ordinary people. The only difference is that they have chosen to look in a different way than the others. And who does not want that.

Iron Maiden back in the days

I arrived in Dundee, Scotland on the 4^th of September 2010. Before I came here I had never been abroad. That is why for me it was the biggest journey in my life so far.

          I come from Bulgaria- a small country on the Balkan Peninsula with population of approximately 7 million people. It was there that I left a big part of my life.

Bulgaria

All those 19 years since I was born, I lived in my home town. During that time I managed to find many good friends with whom I enjoyed every second spent.  In the last years at high school we started to realize that soon everyone would take a separate way. 

Some of my classmates would eventually end up in the same city but others like me turned out to be thousands of miles away.

Me and my friend Georgi in high school

I miss my friends very much but hopefully I know where they are and we keep in touch. We will meet around Christmas and catch up with each other. 

My classmates

It is not only my friends that I want to see. I am also looking forward to being again with my family and relatives as well.

The chubby trio (I am the one in the middle (still had long hair))

Today with all the technology it is easy to connect with people but it is not the same as being in the same room with the people you care about...