My sporting achievements are few and far between. One of the few was when I was at primary school. Every lunchtime and after school, I went to football training. However, for not hard to surmise reasons, I was never selected for the school team until one fateful day. It was my final year at the […]
Read More →Ben looked down and baulked. From the ground it hadn’t seemed quite so high, but now that he was at the top, he felt the blood racing and his knees quivering. The professional mountain guy who was coordinating the activity beckoned to him. Ben hesitated. ‘Come on, it’s your turn. Just step over here and […]
Read More →Once on a very cold February night, I was walking back to my flat from the CSC student office. In front of me, I saw a man swaying from side to side as he crossed the road. In England it’s usually drivers whose cars sway from side to side who are drunk, whereas they joke […]
Read More →One time it occurred to me that my shower was getting a bit worn. You know what I mean, not just a few splashes and stains here and there, but rather full-blown mould starting to grow in some of the lower nooks and crannies. So, as any self-respecting shower owner would, I began cleaning. Initially […]
Read More →Marturie in Romana When I grew up, I always believed in God and went to church with my family. But God wasn’t the most important aspect of my life. I had my own interests. For example, I liked football and Sunday’s at church, I was often thinking about what football match was on the television […]
Read More →Aurelius reclined on his triclinium. It had been a hard day at the agora. He hadn’t managed to sell much casus. He wasn’t sure why, although that was just the way it seemed to be. Maybe it was to do with the weather or, as some would have you believe, the whim of the gods, […]
Read More →Testimony in English Când am crescut, întotdeauna am crezut în Dumnezeu și mergeam la biserică cu familia, dar Dumnezeu nu a fost cel mai important aspect al vieții mele. Aveam propriile mele interese. De exemplu, îmi plăcea fotbalul și duminica la biserică, deseori mă gândeam la ce meci de fotbal va fi mai târziu la […]
Read More →As the train chugged along, Ben found it increasingly hard to stay in the little compartment that he was cooped up in. In this sense, the train seemed kind of old-style. Rather than a big, spacious salon type wagon full of seats, these Romanian trains were compartmentalised. Ben reckoned that eight people could fit in […]
Read More →Однажды, когда я шел по улице, мужчина остановил меня и предложил бесплатный тест на личность. Обычно я не увлекаюсь такими вещами, но он настоял. Он отвел меня с улицы в соседнее здание и дал мне несколько листов бумаги с очень многими вопросами о том, как я веду себя в различных обстоятельствах (например, сдача, когда люди […]
Read More →One time when walking on the street a man stopped me and offered me a free personality test. Usually, I’m not keen on such things, but he insisted. He took me off the street into a nearby building and gave me some sheets of paper with very many questions on them about how I behave […]
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