The girl between 2 towns

One of the best things about Plovdiv is the picturesque beauty of the city during the warmer seasons. The sun is shining, the air is warm and the plants are blooming in a city full of history and treasures. I can find peace going for a walk or  just siting outside and taking in the scenery. Happy Spring!

So our university has finally completed its new simulation centre. Its so exciting since its a great wayfor students to learn more practical stuff. Not to mention the centre is one of 14 in Europe and coasted 20 million euros! The course was a few lectures in the morning and then a series of workshops which were rotated. The workshops were Basic Life support, Obstetric emergency/emergency labour, Airway management, Cannulation and surgical suture and knots. I had a wonderful time and learned a lot of useful information and skills. I'm so happy to see the university advancing. I hope the students of Plovdiv have many more chances to learn at the simulation centre and other universities also collaborate with Plovdiv which would be exciting !

With one sad moment comes many happy moments. That's exactly what I realised this week. I was hurt on Saturday from someone who was for a long time a best friend to me and I had felt so low. I just wanted to go back home and see my family. Thank God that now I feel so happy again. Yesterday my best friend Jenny decided to surprise me for a birthday meal with a big group of all of my close friends and honestly it was such a big surprise, I just didn't expect it! I thought it was just a dinner with me and Jenny and I walk into the restaurant to see 16 of my close friends sitting on a big table and all smiling at me. My mouth just dropped and I was so embarrassed but happy. The evening was full of so much love and I was given attention. I had so many faces just smiling at me and wishing me happiness and I really felt so blessed and loved.  I'm so happy because of Jenny who arranged it but also because of tall the wonderful people in my life who came.  I...

I really feel so happy knowing I have such an amazing group of people in my life. For the past few days one person who I really cared about recently showed her true colors and it really hurted me. I thought maybe that it was me who was a bad person and I could lose my other friends. But God has shown me that I have much more love and support than I thought and I have more than enough special friends in my life.  When my family cant be there since I am away from home, I can count on these people to be like my second family. These people aren't people that I was blessed with when I was born but they are people I have met throughout my life so far and I hope they will continue to be there and grow with me. I have a best friend in my year who I became closer to as our time at university went on and I know she is one of the very few people in my life who is always there for me. I know I can talk to her about anything, and we be totally honest with ...

Yesterday was such a busy day i never had the time to blog but it was a very special day. Mom worked very hard to arrange a big birthday party with some old family friends and some of my own friends who were free were invited. Normally when we have family parties i know what to expect but because I was the birthday girl it was surprisingly much more fun than i expected. all the guests were people I've known for ages and catching up with them was lovely. One of my favourite moment was when i was reunited with two of my very close girl friends from my college times who have each been my Skype buddies but separately. They have each kept me company throughout my degree and i have been doing it to them. Its not only talking on Skype but also studying together and just being there for each other, especially since all 3 of us were away from home. But Jyoti and Rukiya both hadn't seen each other since college so i reunited them both and it was amazing having 2 of my closest friend...

What a day its been! i really am so grateful for everything I have. Nothing is ever perfect or lasts forever so thats why I'm blogging these special moments with the special people in my life. <3 So I woke up around 7:30 in the morning and it was because of a mixture of me being excited and also the time difference where in Bulgaria where it was 9:30am which is around the time i wake up on my days off. Mom gave me the biggest hug and straight away had already prepared breakfast for me. It was a beautiful fruit platter topped with vanilla yoghurt and honey and nuts and her special signature bowl of oats was with it. It was so tasty but also so healthy! Me, my younger sister Izzah and mom just sat on the conservatory table and ate breakfast together with the beautiful garden views and had a good girly chat. After that I had to go out and do some jobs. In that time me and Izzah also headed to a local cafe in the town centre and had a lovely fish finger sandwhich to split and ...

I'm very blessed that every year 3rd march (my birthday) is a national holiday here in Bulgaria. Another year and another journey back home IA. I'm just on the bus and it's so peaceful because the bus driver kept the radio off. Yes the seats are not so comfortable and I am a little squashed up by on the plus side- The weather is warm and the sun is shining on the gorgeous Bulgarian countryside and mountains. I'm listening to some classical music too and it all just feels so peaceful. I'm very blessed and very excited to go home and see my family ! Till then I pray for a safe and smooth journey home. Xxx