Don't hate me if I haven't acquired an easy tongue for Srpski, but I am looking for a tutor or a writing pal to help me out before making the move in about a year from now.
Any idea where to look for an onlin Serbian community, besides Facebook, which I try to screen tightly? An good Serbian language books on the market. Unfortunately, Rosetta Stone does not yet make Serbian manuals :(
What's the best way to learn the grammar? Is there some sort of rythmic tone I should memorize or is it just an acquired talent? I have also noticed the intonations are very exaggerated when I listen to authentic speakers. When do you exaggerate an intonation? I think I use latin intonations when trying to speak...thus no one understands my simple phrases.
Any learning advice is welcome and much appreciated :)
Monday, March 15, 2010
Passing the time; Hopefully not the dream
16 weeks and 4 days...winter hell with signs of slightly less miserable weather to come..a blossoming baby grows outward by the day and a dream still connected to a wondrous life full of family travel, artistic endeavors, a career exploration, and clear, sunny skies.
16 weeks I have contemplated my motherly intuition on where to raise myself and my family comfortably, easygoing on the wallet and our mental health. I still reach for Belgrade, voted 3 times now compared to 3 different U.S. cities on my list. I still cradle that spontaneity that has securely nudged me through the wavering decisions I've been left to make of my slow to speeding life. Why stop now?
The only unsettling question I cannot sleep on anymore is the potentially big issue of what to do with my career goal, how to incorporate art back into my life? I am left to squander over my self-conflicting, nagging dilemma to taste everything before comitting to one career move. Well, I've had it up to here with leaping from one job to another, one hobby to the next. I need to invent a practical goal before transporting my while life to another country. How easy will it be to invent a career goal and apply it Serbia?
With an open-mind and perservering will, this lost mamma will push on to better days...
Here's lookin at you Belgrade.
16 weeks I have contemplated my motherly intuition on where to raise myself and my family comfortably, easygoing on the wallet and our mental health. I still reach for Belgrade, voted 3 times now compared to 3 different U.S. cities on my list. I still cradle that spontaneity that has securely nudged me through the wavering decisions I've been left to make of my slow to speeding life. Why stop now?
The only unsettling question I cannot sleep on anymore is the potentially big issue of what to do with my career goal, how to incorporate art back into my life? I am left to squander over my self-conflicting, nagging dilemma to taste everything before comitting to one career move. Well, I've had it up to here with leaping from one job to another, one hobby to the next. I need to invent a practical goal before transporting my while life to another country. How easy will it be to invent a career goal and apply it Serbia?
With an open-mind and perservering will, this lost mamma will push on to better days...
Here's lookin at you Belgrade.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
2010: New Year, New Plans to cross the Atlantic
Happy New Year and what a full year it will be! Plans have slightly changed to stay in NY a bit longer than expected as we are welcoming a new addition to our family. Jamaica produced the beginning of a whole new life and outlook for us! Belgrade is still in sight for the beginning of 2011 and I am just growing more excited by each passing day. We have much to look forward to as far as securing our apartment, shipping furniture, a car and and other necessities, and I think I'll be counting down the days through this grueling Northeast winter.
New York has successfully impressed me again with its bold Holiday decor, beautiful snow-capped mornings and a flurry of tourist hustle and bustle throughout downtown and Time Square. A chilling 20 degrees just adds to my craving for being home, wrapped up in a duvet, absorbed in Humphrey Bogart classics and safe from the grit and grime of this sweet-burdening city.
I look beyond the mundane work schedule, the daily fight to walk, shop, bargain, communicate, pay, greet, meet, HOME. Everything seems tedious now, as if I'm carrying a barbell on my shoulders wherever I go. I must be in a nesting phase now, wanting to tend to home and finding the joy in the simplicity of quiet indoor activities.
I think I'll get lost today in my thoughts of how I will make my home comfortable in Belgrade....first of all I will need to choose rich, earth tone paint colors for the living room and bedroom.... maybe brick red for the kitchen...I could paint a mural for the dining room......
New York has successfully impressed me again with its bold Holiday decor, beautiful snow-capped mornings and a flurry of tourist hustle and bustle throughout downtown and Time Square. A chilling 20 degrees just adds to my craving for being home, wrapped up in a duvet, absorbed in Humphrey Bogart classics and safe from the grit and grime of this sweet-burdening city.
I look beyond the mundane work schedule, the daily fight to walk, shop, bargain, communicate, pay, greet, meet, HOME. Everything seems tedious now, as if I'm carrying a barbell on my shoulders wherever I go. I must be in a nesting phase now, wanting to tend to home and finding the joy in the simplicity of quiet indoor activities.
I think I'll get lost today in my thoughts of how I will make my home comfortable in Belgrade....first of all I will need to choose rich, earth tone paint colors for the living room and bedroom.... maybe brick red for the kitchen...I could paint a mural for the dining room......
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