my virtual hobby … on things that impress me
The Seven Rila Lakes - each a wonder with its unique form and all a spectacular sight from the very top. 
The lake I can’t take my eyes off is The Eye.
No matter where one looks – up or down – there are peculiar forms all around. Photos: Boryana Ganeva
Entrepreneurial & enthusiastic people generate & share ideas. This is what “Stop and Think” [Спри и помисли] Club [in Bulgarian] is about. The founder Mike Ramm started the initiative 2 months ago and today the 6th meeting was held 
with Mario Peshev presenting ‘Standard Working Time Myths’ and Dessi Boshnakova asking & answering: What our business card can do for us? On the photo from left to right: M. Peshev, M. Ramm, D. Boshnakova
The formal discussions were followed by informal ones at Candle Club until candle-time 
My cup-of-tea Club. Here’s my card.
I am a regular reader of Dimitar Nikolov’s personal development blog and would like to congratulate him on his first remarkable small ebook – a Guide to Being A Great Person, written in short and practical manner. I find his tips helpful and easy to follow.
you are not what you seem’ … I did not make it to Madonna’s concert in Sofia (29 Aug’09) but with a bunch of pals willing to paint the old park green, we happened to be in the vicinity of the venue, and there the words: ‘Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone…‘ are still humming in my head.
The Green Mile - a movie that made me think on issues such as how just is justice, doing a job v.s. one’s inner convinctions, miraculous events, the Green Mile ahead… and a John Coffey with his moving story and powers…
Tom Hanks on his own Green Mile…
A place I never get tired of visiting – the Rila Monastery – passing through the gate and the world becomes different that I can best render with the word – serene.
The remains of Saint John of Rila, the patron saint of Bulgaria and the founder of the Rila Monastery are kept here. It just dawns on me that his effigy is on the 1 lev coins in circulation in Bulgaria.
Googling … and there I find it is the 400th anniversary of one of Galileo’s inventions … “Eppur si muove” …
African art – one gets fascinated and lost in the diversity.
Each piece in this collection has a story that the collector shares with enthusiasm.
A collection as diverse as the connoisseur.
Emilia Atanassova has an MA degree in African studies and is PhD in Development Economics from the Istitute for African Studies with the Russian Academy of Sciences. She has lived in Africa for over a decade.
A different world. On African wave these days.
