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Born in 1985 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and surpriseingly still living in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. I work as a self employed massage therapist in my town... Plovdiv:). I got my Bachelor's degree in economics last year but my true passion lies in my current job as massage therapist. I' ve been doing it for the last 3 years and to be honest with you I DO imagine myself as a massage therapist and kinesiologist or phisiotherapist in 5 years. Hopefully I'll be accepted in Plovdiv's Medical university next year. I recently found out about TED.com after downloading and installing a torrent client called the "Utorrent"... yes, yes I know but that's the true I didn't know anything about this wonderful site couple of weeks ago so thank you "U torrent" :D. Looking forward to see many great talks, to talk with many great people and who know may be to meet some of them in the future.The world is getting smaller by the second you know. :)

Location:
Bulgaria, Пловдив
Gender:
Prefer not to say
Areas of expertise:
Massage & Bodywork, fitnes
I am:
Athlete, Brainstormer, Environmentalist, Single
Languages:
English, Bulgarian
My website links:
massageplovdiv.weebly.com
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  • A comment on Conversation: Why do people like to learn, but dislike being taught?

    Sep 19 2011: It depends who the tutor is and how committed to his job is he/she. I've aways the way my history teacher was telling us the lesson as a story. You just have to find the right way to students minds, hearts and souls!

  • A reply on Conversation: Is humanitarianism really helping out the poor people?

    Sep 19 2011: I think the same way you think but PLEASE don't swear, thank you!
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    A reply on Conversation: Is humanitarianism really helping out the poor people?

    Sep 16 2011: Well said mate! I wish you all the best to you and to all of our friends in Africa.

  • A reply on Conversation: Are humans domesticated by technology?

    Sep 13 2011: You have a point but the "smart stuff" is not going to disappear. Smart phones, smart cars, smart homes, smart whatever but are we getting smarter with equal rate using all these smart toys or we are getting lazy and stupid
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    A reply on Conversation: Is humanitarianism really helping out the poor people?

    Sep 13 2011: I asume you've been living in communist country, you are quite knowlegable about what the life was in a communist country. I was born in a communist country but I am to young to remember the life back then. But my parents and grand parents did and the stories I am hearing from them about that time are not so bad at all. The problem was that the decisions weren't taken from the people for the peopla but from few "другари" who were interested in there well being.
    But the meat was real meat, the milk was real milk the bread we ate was real bread. I remember we still had those things in the early days of the capitalism in Bulgaria. and I remember the 90's when the demokracy gave us Mcdonalds and KFC but the inflation was so high that 1 dollar was equal to 3000 bulgarian levs so we couldn't afford to buy "The Big Mac".

    Тhere was no bread because there was no grain left, and there was no meat because all the communist farms were sold for few dollars to few "special people" and they slaughter 90% of all the farm animals for " export" and all the farm land was given back to ordinary people who had no interest or idea how to farm land.
    So now 21 years after the capitalism "works" in Bulgaria we have banks and credists, most of the savings of the people are gone. 80% of the people used to own there homes but now is almost imposible to buy a flat. Most of the people live with 150-200$ a month same amount of money my parents use to live with 25 years ago but now we dont eat real food,we don't drink good water and we are slaves to the banks( I am not but I have good job). So what gave us the capitalism, it gave everything to few and few to everyone.
    Both systems have their flaws I am sure you don't live the American dream anymore in America:) and the communism is dead. It's time for something new to start and change the world.
    PS : I can not call the Wall Str a free market, can you?
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    A reply on Conversation: Is humanitarianism really helping out the poor people?

    Sep 12 2011: The soviets invented Tetris... :D Thank you for showing me this list mate!
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    A reply on Conversation: Is humanitarianism really helping out the poor people?

    Sep 12 2011: The soviets were communists yet they were excellent engineers and inventors as well. Humans invent things that is what we are- inventors. But we are starting a new topic here... and we have serious topic to talk about.
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    A reply on Conversation: Is humanitarianism really helping out the poor people?

    Sep 12 2011: The western industrial revolution would never have gotten the West so far ahead of the rest of the world if they didn't have the colonies to built there industries and markets on... and that is still happening in the Meddle East ,Africa and Asia. It's all about resources and who controls them. Pure capitalism feeds some but leave others hungry.

  • A reply on Conversation: Is humanitarianism really helping out the poor people?

    Sep 12 2011: I don't think that those people need more farmers. Planting crops and harvesting them is something as old as the pyramids... even older. What they need are educated man and women to lead the way and create democracy.

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