My little joys of living

Time flies fast when you are in London. Locking home doors at 8:00 am, unlocking at 7:30 pm. Reading in train, having bunch of meetings during the day, starting new projects, extinguishing fires, learning new stuff. So yes, I got that dream-like job and here I am already two months having my personal work laptop, huge screen and new responsibilities. Smooth shift (well, almost smooth) and deep in localisation of TV commercials, dreaming big and having lots of plans for my future career. Sometimes I can't believe it's been 2,5 years in London, taking same trains in the morning and carefully saying that I'm here to get experience. Well, I turned 27 this week and finally I can admit to myself that what I call ''experience'' is actually seeking a career of some sort. So far it brings just a bit of profit, but it should pay well in a decade... or not. But that is no worry as I have plan A, B, C and even D that would be growing carrots in my tiny village. :) And a...

Thursday, 23 of February 2017. We try to make our way to London, but there are no trains departing or coming to St. Albans. Feels like Christmas. Completely isolated from London, full streets of people and cars heading home... to work remotely. Oh, happy days! One more day spent on video quality assurance, but my minds are elsewhere. In London, in Vilnius, in Pasvalys. Anywhere, but not at work.  A great present from my friend Agnė arrived this morning - fresh and beautiful ''Šiaurietiški atsivėrimai'' (http://siaurietiskiatsiverimai.psvb.lt/), a reminder of the past time, present and future time of Pasvalys region. And even if my childhood slipped away (haven't seen it) in a village almost 20 kilometres away from this small Lithuanian city, I feel proud and excited that they still have this wonderful cultural journal going. It comes out twice a year, which is just enough to gather cultural news, remember honourable writers, musicians, scholars, teachers and all oth...

Kadangi artėja pavasaris ir jau tikiuosi su visam padėjau pirštines, reikia šiek tiek ir spalvų. Žalios, žalsvos, baltos, gaivumo, paprastumo ir lengvumo. Jeigu pamąstant metafiziškai, kaip aš labai mėgstu, ir gyvenimas Londono pakrašty per dvejus metus tapo paprastesniu, gražesniu ir mielesniu, nei bet kada anksčiau. Ne todėl, kad emigranto gyvenimas lengvesnis ir turtingesnis, ne. Iš namų išeinu aštuntą ryto, grįžtu jau po septynių vakaro, o kartais net tą pačią aštuntą. Būna, kad guliesi į lovą ir iš nuovargio norisi verktit... net ne norisi, o ašaros pačios byra. Negaliu sau leisti naktinėti, nes apsnūdimas darbe baigiasi sulėtėjusia reakcija ir klaidomis, o klaidų taisymas kaštuoja laiką, kuris jau ir taip griežtai suplanuotas. Laikas sau slypi traukinyje ir toje valandžiukėje, kuri lieka po maisto gaminimo, rūbų skalbimo, namų tvarkymo ir bendravimo su išsiilgtais žmonėmis. Savaitgaliais norisi šokti iš džiaugsmo, bet tai tik dvi dienos, kai gali redaguoti savo gyvenimo aprašy...

You can work with half of the world, speak several different languages, but the people from neighbour countries will still understand you the best. Or at least as good as your Lithuanian friends would understand you. Lets take this super simple example of saying 'please don't forget to text me when your home'. It means I do care about you, I wish you a safe journey and I worry about you being home late. Would the colleagues / friends from Western countries ask you that? How they would react when you ask them? Lets say you got late because you went for an unplanned dinner with your colleague. And you say 'please text me when you're home', not on the way, not on the train, but home, when you're really safe and warm. Because I was the fault you stayed late today. And you know what? I am pretty much sure that for some nations this question would sound like huh? Are you controlling me or what? Are you know my Mom after I went for dinner with you? Why do you want ...

When I'm completely bored I start dreaming. And then it's almost 10 pm and I need to go to sleep! The life is unfair for those who need more than 7 hours of sleep every night. I dream about: * summer when I'll get back home at 7 pm and it will be nice and sunny... and sunny and nice. And I'll go for a run. Or maybe try to wake up at 6:40 am (which is completely doable if it's summer) and then go for a nice run before getting ready to work. It means running equals relaxation and happiness, summer equals happiness, so running plus summer is absolute happiness. I wanted to say Utopia, but no, it's doable, reachable, tasteable; * finding new job and learning something new! New people, new energy, new projects. I think God wanted me to be where I am now, to see and experience what I do see and I do experience, it sculpts me, changes me, makes me to grow up and see what people and situations I want to avoid in my life. He always sends me lessons, that guy!  Oh my dear...

Tai buvo vienos iš jaukiausių Kalėdų mano gyvenime. Šventinės nuotaikos darbe, penktadienio punčas, klasikinės barokinės muzikos koncertas Southwark Cathedral, atnešęs nuostabų šventinį nusiraminimą ir jaukumą. Pojūtis, kad  nebereikia skubėti, žmonės rakina mažų parduotuvėlių duris, languose įsižiebia kalėdinės lempelės ir pamažu nustoja riedėję paskutiniai traukiniai. Ramu, šventiška ir miela. Naujuosius sutikome taipogi namuose, su trejetu artimų draugų, kurie liko ir sekmadienio pasivaikščiojimams per lietų iki Katedros. Gera žinoti, kad po kelių metų jau turbūt susitiksime šeimomis, kur nors užmiesčio namukuose, o gal net judėsime viens pas kitą tais vėlyvais paskutiniais traukiniais, galbūt lėktuvais. 2016-ieji turėjo keletą pradžių ir keletą pabaigų, bet geriausia žinoti, kad dėl jų visų esu laiminga. Ačiū, Ju

Our living room smells oranges, duck is having heath baths in the oven, Christmas is all but going on! Merry Christmas everyone! Have fun! :) If 2016 were are good year for you, I wish 2017 to be even better! Love and care about yourself as well as about the others. May the amount of love given gets back with a triple power. Care about yourself, care about your health both mental and physical and when you have it, you can help everyone around! This is what life is about, isn't it? :) This year we decided to stay at home in St. Albans since we visited our families on the very first week of December and yes... also because the flights tend to be extremely expensive and difficult during the festive period. Our second Christmas together with my beloved fianceé (upgrade 2016.0), pure calmness and joy! The weather in England reminds late autumn or early spring, but it's no better in Lithuania as well, so oh well, who cares! And here come the fragments of our living room: Since our ap...