Enjoying with family in a sunny day
It was a sunny day yesterday ,and we spend a wonderful time walking and enjoying with family. It is still spring holiday in my country so my the oldest daughter is not at school still and we are trying to have wonderful time. Our destination was center of Belgrade,and the Temple of Saint Sava.
Temple of Saint Sava is the largest Serbian Ortodox church, and by its volume, the largest Ortodox church worldwide.It can accommodate 10 000 people.The temple was built in Serbian-Byzantine style.The total height of the church is 80 m.
If you visit Belgrade,my recommendation to visit this wonderful place.
It was very beautiful.The kids were so happy and their happiness could be seen on their faces and smiles. The fountain was very interesting to them and enormous eggs and straw were all around them. Their laughter was my medicine for body and soul. The baby was running and hiding. Her sister's love was my pride.
We tried to find some shadows because the sun was burning even though it is spring. There is the biggest library in Belgrade and in front of it there is a very huge shadow. My the oldest daughter is into sport and she enjoyed doing some work out and some gym exercises.
The rain can be inspiring sometimes
I haven't written here for a long time and I'm really eager to write. There is not time enough due to obligations, but I hope I will be able to write more often in the future.
Sometimes the rain inspires me and yes, it is raining outside at the moment,and although I promised myself that I would go to bed earlier, something bothered me to enter the site. The rain inspired me to write about it,just to write.How does the rain affect you,dear readers?
How the weather affect people in general?
If we have a terrible headache it is not because of the rain, many people think it happens because of the rain but actually it is not the truth.
Meteoropathy is not a disease in the classical sense of the word,and there is not a special diagnosis that is used to describe the problem.
Did you know that actually thunder brings relief ?
Rain and thunder bring relief, not only because they finally raise the pressure after a hard time in a cyclone, but also because the air is full of negatively charged ions. They clean the air and improve the mood.
Before writing this post I had a very relaxing walk in the rain. It helped me throw away my stress and problems, it evoked nice feelings and relaxation ,so I can go to bed relaxed and happy.
What about you?Does rain affect you somehow?
Till the next post...
Greetings
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Unique and beautiful place Madagascar
Have you ever watched a funny cartoon called 'Penguins of Madagascar' ?!It is super funny film about different animals who possess humans characteristics. I like the most king Juliard 's role who believe he is a real king and the penguins are his servants. I started watching cartoon together with my kids,and we enjoy watching it together.I recommend you to watch it.
I would like to share some interesting facts about Madagascar. I am always totally impressed by this island. I hoe one day I could visit it because I am real lover of nature and interesting places worldwide.
I have many magazines of national geographic for kids or adults and I am always impressed to read about Madagascar.It is unlike any other island in the world. It is located in the Indian Ocean just off the southeastern coast of Africa. It is one of the most interesting places on Earth because of its history, diversity,and culture.
Diversity
**Madagascar** is unique for many things,it is known that ninety percent of Madagascar’s wildlife cannot be found anywhere else on Earth. In fact, its plants and animals are so unique that some people call it the “eighth continent” of the world. My favourite animals,lemurs, for example, are found wild only in Madagascar.
Almost all of the 100 living species of lemur are classified as rare, vulnerable, or endangered. The giant lemur,an unique spaces became extinct within the last century.Several plant species in Madagascar are used as herbal remedies. for important medical issues.Drugs to treat Hodgkin’sdisease, leukemia, and other cancers are made from the Madagascar periwinkle.
The national sport is considered rugby, but football is also very popular one. One traditional pastime is **moraingy**. This type of hand-to-hand combat consists of fighters battling with no weapons or body protection. Another popular tradition is tolonomby, the wrestling of zebu cattle that is similar to a Western rodeo.The wrestler runs into the center of the pen, catches the zebu (“omby”) by the hump,and tries to pull it to the ground.
The official languages of the Republic of Madagascar are Malagasy and French. Foods eaten in Madagascar are influenced by Southeast Asian, African, Indian, Chinese, and European cultures.Common meat is Zebu (African cow) . Rice flavored with garlic, onions, ginger, tomatoes, curry, coconut milk,vanilla, and cloves is popular dish too. Madagascar is one of the world’s main suppliers of vanilla, cloves, coffee, and shrimp.
Unfortunatelly it is one of the poorest countries in the world. About 70 percent of the population lives below the national poverty line of $1 per day.
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*The photos used in the article are from unsplash and from a magazine Faces.*
Gambling is very dangerous disease
Do you like to go to casinos? How often do you go, or do you now someone from your environment who likes going to casino?
It is difficult to describe the typical gambler. Is can be man or woman,young and old, rich or poor, educated or uneducated? Different profiles of people can have passion for gambling. I didn't know it until I started working as a security guard in one casino,few years ago,in a time when I didn't have a job,and I was shocked and really surprised of the fact how gambling can lead people to real addiction and kind of disease in .Of course it is only my impression and opinion. It is really dangerous to start doing it,it is endless and people can lose themselves,a lot of money and time.Believe or not, there were people who was asking me to throw them up from casino, they were breaking machines just to do something wrong so that security can react and forbid him entrance, they were saying that if we don't stop them they will return back, to stay day and night in order to play games,slots and do some gambling. It was like a strong drug.
Unfortunately very young people are addicted to gambling. At first they watch, observe and one day they come and there is not limit for them, a friend tell to another one. At the beginning they usually win, and it make them feel powerful and lucky. But at the end everything plus much more is gone with the wind.The loss does't stop them to come back again and again.
Middle-aged men and women are often the clients.
I have noticed that whenever it is financial instability in my country, I suppose in other countries too, casinos are opened in every street,so that people can try their luck for earning extra cash there, but unfortunately only few really win the prize.
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The content is mine. The lead photo is taken from intrnet images.
Toxic positivity sometimes can offend
Have you experienced that someone wants to encourage you with positive attitude when you are down, sad and exchausted? You probably did it at least once to yourself or to other close friends,without intention. Sometimes it is just better to let the things calm down by themselves, to let the black thoughts to be black and accept the other people' feelings. Even if we touch the bottom ,we need to stay there for a while,to spend some time in order to make a deal with ourselves how to continue.
I think about this topic very often.
**Toxic positivity** is the exaggeration of positive or negative feelings ,it can be defined as an obsession with positive thinking, the belief that everything should be turned to good and beautiful, even those deeply tragic experiences. And that can be very dangerous.
This, for example, happens in a situation when a colleague from work tells you that her important contract has failed, and you just tell her to smile and that everything will be fine.
When you respond to negative emotions with pure optimism, you are actually practicing toxic positivity. Unintentionally positive attitude when it is not the moment can offend.
When a person is overwhelmed by this overemphasized feeling of toxic positivity, he rejects and denies every kind of experience that makes us human, and lives life in that way, refusing to accept empathy, but longs for these general phrases "everything will be fine", . time needs to pass and so on, which is not a way to make her / him better.
If the person really wants such feedback, try to explain the difference as a person who cares about her feelings.
In this way you can recognize toxic positivity:
When you hide what you really feel,
When you discard your emotions,
When you feel guilty about the negative emotions you are feeling,
When you downplay other people's experiences by saying "just don't think about it,"
When you show a different perspective in a "not so bad" way,
When you make others feel uncomfortable because they feel negative emotion.
Sometimes we don't need to simplify reality. Instead of saying "just be positive", really say how things are, for example, in this way: "a lot can go wrong; let's see what can come out of it. "
In the case of toxic negativity, you should also know that your positivity towards the other side can be interpreted as a false feeling of concern or interest in the problem. It is really important to respond honestly and realistically to the emotion that has been expressed to you and to provide pure empathy, not optimism.
So, don't try to fix one person's feelings, just tell them that you are there for him .
I am sure that my friends do it sometimes when I am in a bad mood, or opposite probably I use toxic positivity too in order to make someone happy .We sometimes just want to enjoy in some conversation and someone's bad mood bothers us and we just want to make things easier for us and do it, but it is toxic behaviour,right?
People with problems just need time to overcome it and they don't want to hear some common relaxing phrases.
Thanks for reading.
The text is about my own opinions about the topic ,but there are parts used from other sources from the internet.
A lot of TV is not good at all
Television dominates the free time of too many people around the world. It can make people lazy and prevent them from socialising with others. Many of them become real coach potatoes. Having control in everything we do, can be the best advice for the average and normal life. Unfortunately there are too many people addicted to internet,TV,casino or playing games.
Some people watch their favourite shows for hours or days without carrying out other activities like eating well, bathing and having fun. They sometimes live someone else' lives especially when watching reality shows. A mother of my friend become obsessed with some actors, people taking part in reality shows that she started calling the phone of TV production, to give her opinion,vote for some rules, she started hate some actors because she find them envious , from her point of view,of course. She didn't sleep while watching them sleeping. When a friend of mine,her son, once called her to tell her that he had an accident she didn't listen to him carefully because her thoughts were only with participants of the show. After a month she found out about the accident because her favorite reality was finished, temporary. The problem is that she even didn't cook or clean her flat ,She was a normal woman,as we know her, during her participation in reality we couldn't recognize her,and she had a quarael with other members of the family who didn't support her watching TV.
When we were younger we used to watch TV only for news, a cartoon per day, a five minute cartoon before school and during weekends we had some nice movies to watch and it was a joy for our brain and eyes,there were not realities or some other low quality TV shows. Nowadays,there are also many beautiful movies, documentary series, but there are too many TV channels , and we cannot find what to watch. I know for myself ,I like watching some good movies but everything under control.
However, if people are able to keep themselves on unappropriate daily schedule, watching TV will certainly bring back far more benefits and joy compared to its disadvantages.
I always start something new on Monday
Whenever I have to change something in my everyday routine, I just say 'I will start on Monday'. But which one, maybe next one, next month, it can be prolonged sometimes and never ends. By the way I have really promised to myself that I will change my bad habits and I have a deal with my wife to start tomorrow.We will do it together,it will be easier for both of us especially when it is about preparing food. Both of us put on weight and last three months were critical, a lot of food, sweets,celebrations,fizzy drinks, everything has to change in order to stay healthy and fit. I didn't have sport trainings as usual because of the pandemia and holidays too so I have to loose at least 10 kilo ,that I put recently on. Obesity is not good at all.
So we are going to start with kind of detoxification of our body,to get rid of weight and toxins,and it will last at least three weeks,after detoxification we have to be strict when consuming calories and junk ood,we have to use more fruit,vegetables and no bakery and chocolates.
Every morning we will have the same thing for breakfast, a glass of hot water and after half an hour we can eat a kefir or yoghurt mixed with minced linseed(***Linseed*** is the oilseed crop with the highest content of the omega-3 ).It has enough calories and minerals to keep our energy. For snack after two or three hours we will eat an apple ,for the lunch green salads or some green vegetables with or without piece of meat(about 80 gr) and some soup, without salt unfortunately ,and that can be a real problem. For the other snack we can eat few nuts or something similar and for diner,two hours before sleeping a glass of hot water and yoghurt or small piece of fish.Dinner can be different,the lunch too, but the breakfast is always the same. . After three weeks we can eat different kind of food but not too much,without sugar,fizzy drinks and bread. I hope we will keep promise and do it for both health. It will be difficult with four children who eat different meals but we will succeed somehow,I hope so.
After a month I will let you know about the results.
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*The lead image is taken from internet,the text is original,written by me.*
Embarrassing and funny situations in everyday life
Today I want to write about some funny and a little bit embarrassing situations I have had in my life. I will mention few but what made me think about this topic is today's funny event in the supermarket LIDL.
I went to the supermarket with two of my daughters and while they were observing what to buy in one moment I heard that my daughter ask me to buy burritos. I was watching the frozen vegetables in order to choose something and when I heard the question and command Let's buy some burritos, immediately I answered No, we already had them few days ago, why you want me to buy it again. And I heard a women's voice telling someone that it is not so healthy food and that she doesn't want to buy it. It was really embarrassing ,I thought the question was for me, and I actually answered to her kids,daughters ,they were near my kids, and I remember that my voice was a little bit strange and high. I started laughing but I didn't comment anything else.
Few years ago another funny thing happened too. While I was walking on my way home, someone has stopped his car near me, waved me and showed me with his head to enter the car, it was my neighbor and I recognized him,thinking he recognized me too and wanted to offer me a ride.How stupid I felt when I noticed another person behind me, in the moment when I wanted to open the door of the car and to enter there, a man was standing behind me trying to enter too. The driver,my neighbor noticed that I didn't understand that I was not the one who was invited, so he gently proposed me to take me home too,and that actually there were free space for both of us.It was so funny and unusual. I was laughing with my family members when I was telling them what happened to me.
My wife had the most embarrassing situation in the elevator.While she was in the elevator the other woman was there too ,and she heard the question 'So,how are you' and my wife politely said 'I am fine,thanks'. But when she answered the woman turned to her and said something like 'I am on the phone,do you mind to continue talking'?At that moment my wife has realized that the woman was talking on the phone,asking someone else ,She was very embarrassed but she often talks about that event with a big smile.
Have you experienced some similar embarrassing moments as I had several times.It will be nice to read about your experiences too.
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Joy of snow
When I was a kid I used to waiting for winter with kind of joy and smile,because it was my favourite season, because of winter holiday,so no school made us joy for sure but the other more important thing that made us happy was snow,a lot of snow. In the past ,winters were cold and with snow for months, now it is a miracle to have snow more than two or three days during the whole winter.
Sledding and lumping in the snow was the best way of playing during my childhood, not only for me but for children and adults from the neighbourhood. We had our hill,our own hill ,we were happy there as we were in our own home. Loud laughter was spreading and everyone was truly happy.
Even though I am not a kid any more thanks to my kids I feel so young, and even though it is not my hill from childhood ,my kid's hill is really beautiful too.
I am afraid it will not last many days,it started melting today so we are trying to use every free minute to enjoy outside. My the oldest daughter is obsessed with snow and I find it difficult to push her enter the house. The ethird daughter caught cold and she is coughing a lot so she have to stay in the flat but my two older daughters enjoy in the snow together with me.
I hope we will have snow in February too,because it is great for having fun-. The hardest thing with snow is driving a car ,but we will survive. Let it snow again.
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Taking risk or not
I am a person who love sport and adventures but I have to admit I am not a risk taker at all when it is about some dangerous sports. Taking risks can be fun sometimes,but in some situations it is better not to know how amuzing something can be.
I**ce climbing**: climbing up frozen waterfalls or ice cliffs using rock climbing equipment. For me it seems quite dangerous. I am really admiring people who can do it.
**Parachuting**: jumping out of a plane with a piece of fabric (like a large umbrella) to slow your fall.Skydiving is similar to parachuting. I watched it only on TV and I find it extremely dangerous.
I was always afraid of motorbykes. I am always scared when see someone driving a motorbyke espetially in a traffic jam.
**Motocross**: racing motorbikes over rough ground and small hills. For me it looks insane,like you want to hurt yourself,but there are people enjoying doing it.
**Hang gliding**: is another sport that have a huge risk.It is flying a small kite· like craft by hanging underneath it.
Abseiling, bungee jumping,river rafting and others are also in a list of dangerous sports.
Which of these activities and sports have you tried? What was it like? Which one would you never do .I am sure I will never try sports connected to air and height because I am so scared of it. Which one would you like to try? they tell you about it?
Not only dangerous sport can lead us to taking risks. In life some dangerous things such as behaviors like drug and alcohol use while driving, speeding, unprotected sex, and texting while driving also belong to group of negative risk takings.
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Why people migrate?!
I like my country so much but in the last few years I think about moving in another country because I find it difficult to survive in my own, because the economy is not so good, we need to work two or three jobs in order to live and keep body and soul together. It is the best at home and ,you know the language,people,rules but many people are thinking about moving abroad,searching for better future for next generations. At the moment there is not a perfect place on the Earth,the crysis is everywhere.,especially because of covid 19- Everything stop working . I am thinking about moving in Scandinavian countries,maybe in Norway or Sweden,but for now it is only a plan. I started studying Norwegian language and in my opinion it is not so hard,but reality is different.Who knows maybe something will change soon or later.
If people are satisfied where they are, they will not migrate or move from one place to another especially because of work.. Throughout history,people have left their native lands for a variety of reasons: some of them were religious or racial persecution, lack of political freedom, economic deprivation change of traditional life. The forces that attracted them to new homelands were the opposites of these: religious and political freedom,ethnic tolerance, economic opportunity. The leading motive behind migration has always been economic. Overpopulation creates shortages of jobs and food. The movement from villages to big city in their own county or abroad is a prime example of migration for economic reasons. During the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 1 9th centuries, millions of people left poverty-stricken rural areas for the cities.This search for jobs in urban areas has continued to be a leading cause of migration up to the present.Migrant are not treated well everywhere so they usually try to choose a country where they can feel equally as individuals.
My sister moved to Sweden five years ago. She started from scratch a new life.It was extremelly difficult for her and her family especially for kids,they had to change environmrnt,school,friends,way of living, to learn new language and to adopt in new and different culture, but the results were great, the hard work of my sister is seen in their better life. She started working in home for elderly people as a nurse,her husband found a job in arhitecture too,kids are attending their schools, and there are many advantages living in Sweden ,the school system is better,the governmant pays everything,books, school fees, plus they pay an amount of money to every child until he or she completes 21 years of age. They are nostalgic of course but the life is better. They bought an huge apartment a year ago,because both of them work,in their own country they couldn't afford a huge apartmant ,nice car and travels.
If there is opportunity to move ,where you would like to live and work?
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Collecting things as a passion
When I was a kid I used to collect small cars, rare stickers and souvenirs. In my teenage age I started collecting postcards,stamps and old money, Collecting become a kind of passion. I find it very interesting and it remains as a love for the whole life. I keep all my collected things in an old house in my parent's village and I hope one day I will show them to my kids. My wife is also passionate collector of music. postcards from different countries. barbie dolls together with our daughters..-She also collects stamps,erasers,books and many other things. Fortunately our kids like to collect things too so they play in that manner. Sometimes it is very difficult to find some figure,an rare lol doll or barbie,it can be expensive hobby too.
Do you collect something?I will write you names of famous names of collectors. Mybe you find yourselves in some collecting area.
Mayme Clayton was a bibliophile (bib•li•o•phile). A bibliophile is a person who collects books.I think that many people worldwide collect books.
Here are some of the other cool names that collectors are called.
Conchologist (con•chol•o•gist): a person who collects shells. Unusual but interesting hobby.
Discophile (dis•co•phile): a person who collects music.
Numismatist (nu•mis•ma•tist): a person who collects coins, tokens, and paper money.
Philatelist (phi•lat•e•list): a person who collects stamps.
Do you know some other names of collectors. If yes,please share with us .
Thanks for your time . I hope you like the article.
My skill -martial arts and real aikido
I am into sport since I was twelve . I have changed some sports at my teenage ages but when I found a school for martial arts and its owner Ljubmir Vračarević I stayed there for years. It was love at first sight but for sport. The leader and my teacher Vračarević was a real person to attract people around him representing the skill so called real aikido. He knew how to work with kids and his stories, experiance, life were so interesting that we admired his path and started doing aikido with love and passion.Ljubomir Vračarević died in 2'13 but his work and his deeds will stay forever present in our lives.
**Ljubomir Vračarević** black belt, 10.DAN - SOKE (6 May 1947 – 18 November 2013,) was founder of Real Aikido. He studied aikido since 1967. His entire professional life he dedicated to real aikido - an authentic style of self-defense . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Aikido
I was hs student for years and I have finished sport college departmant for real aikido annd djiu djica so I dedicated my part of life teaching real aikido and martial arts . I had a sport club more than 19 years and many students, we have a pause at the moment because of the covid 19 problem, lock downs and unstable situation worldwide but I hope we will continue working out as soon as possible.
https://youtu.be/pY46Q-W4QNY
You can watch part of my presentation-taken a long time ago when I received calling of master 3. DAN black belt.
My the oldest daugher was always present on my classes. Here is a video where I have a training with my adorable students and my little daughter helping me.
https://youtu.be/U10czpfcD9A
I recommend real aikido for little girls and boys . They can learn a lot of self-defence, especially girls, they can learn how to uset he strength of an opponent, how to move and fall without being hurt and useful techniques to stop the bad people make us damage. Real Aikido is great for everybody,young and old because it is not a sport but skill , you use your brain, study about many useful things of preventing the attack.
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Working at home - the advantages and disadvantages
For more than two years many people are working at home especially in the IT sector,marketing,finance and other similar fields ,some of them returned to work at their offices but many of them stayed at home still working until their bosses say when to come back. I also worked at home for two months during pandemia but now I am in the office.
I talked to my friends who still work at home and I will share their opinion about advantages and disadvantages working at home.
**Advantages** can be:
1.There are no phone calls or colleagues to slow you down so the workers get more done in a shorter time.
2.If you have children,you see them more often,can help them in some situations but sometimes it can be a problem for work.If you organize your time well it is really advantage of working from home.
3.The freedom is what people like the most.They like to open the window, play music even for short time,go to the toilet, and to feel comfortable.
4.Life is definitely cheaper for the employee. You save on things such as transport and smart clothes. It is also cheaper to eat at home,there is always something in the fridge.
5.You don't need to walk to work in the rain or to wait on the bus station worrying if the tram or bus will come on time.
Flexibility of working time,you decide how many hours you can stay working.
**Disadvantages** can be;
Noise,if the other family members are in the same place ,especially kids who always want to ask something,
2.You have to be very self-disciplined if not it can be difficult to get down to work.
If there is some technical problem you are on your own,there is no IT expert to call on.
Sharing problems and ideas with your collegues can make you more productive and when you work at home you are alone with yourselves.
There are really many advantages and disadvantages when it is about the mentioned topic. My wife works from home as an online tacher. She likes it but sometimes she wants more activities. What is your opinion about that? What you like more to work from home or at the office?!
Thanks for reading my article. I find it interesting and I hope you like it too...
Celebrations during December and January
It is period for entertainment of different kind. December and January are months for celebrations. We started with Saint Nicolas Patron on December 19th. It is actually the most popular patron saint in Serbia.It is my family celebration too.
New Year celebration in our case was double celebration because iti was my wife's birthday on January first, and party for upcoming New Year.
Second day of new year we had guests and we enjoyed our time with family and friends. On January 4th it is my daughter's sixth birthday. She wanted to celebrate it in some playground with her friends from the kindergarten but since there are days of winter holiday and Christmas time, many of her friends are absent so we decided to make her party at home,and she really enjoyed. Some closed friends came in the evening and we made karaoke party. It was very special birthday.
Today it is January 6th and we are together with family, because it is Christmas Eve,we have very special dinner and we are searching for little coin in the special bread for that occasion. This year my the oldest daughter found the coin.
Tomorrow we will celebrate Christmas and we will enjoy with the family as well. It is our famous day.
I will write later about upcoming events in Janury.There will be many celebrations too.
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Different names of money
'Money,money,money must be funny' is a phrase of popular Abba' song ,I sing it very often.I know that you know the song very well. The fact is that everything is connected to money.Do you know how many words can be connected to that powerful word 'money'?There are many words.
I will write some and if you know other words write them down.
In school the money is **fee,**in divorce it is **alimony**.
In court it is called **fines.**
Maybe you have heard about **ransom**,the word is used among kidnappers.A ransom is actually the money demanded to be paid in exchange for the release of a captured or kidnapped person, we often hear in some movies.
**Dowry** is a word for money often used in marriage.It is an amount of money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.
If you owe someone it is called **debt** .When you pay the govenment it is a **tax**. When retire you will receive a **pension**,employer to worker it is **salary.** In Temple or Church money is called **donation**.
When you borrow from the bank it is a **loan.**
The word similar to salary is **wages.**A wage is money that is paid by an employer to an employee,
If you are satisfied in a restaurant or in other institution after a good service you give **tips.** But i it is illegally recived in the name of service it is **bribe.**
As you can see I mentioned several names of money. And what about you,do you have another name for **cash**|?
I hope we are going to exchange different topics and knowledge. I hope you like my the first article.I will try to write about different and interesting topics.
Enjoy reading.
I want to introduce myself briefly.I come from Serbia and I am a martial arts coach.I love nature,walking,reading and writing.A friend of mine has told me about this platform and I want to try to write here.Of course I am looking forward to reading interesting articles and learn about different cultures and read about many topics
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