@answear_ro organizes a contest on Instagram: #lifespirationstartshere They ask what inspires us and motivates us?
1. Well, I'm inspired to work at my desk. Every morning it's my time with myself at my desk. I work on different projects, I write in my journal, I read. All in this predominantly white space. What inspires you?
2. Nature also inspires me. Small treasures I find in my garden and not only fill me up with simplicity, beauty and calm. Does nature inspire you too?
3. My daughter, Ioana-Amelie inspires me, she is so curious and full of life, she is adorable!
Am organizat un #Giveaway pe Instagram. Ma apropii de 500 de urmaritori si urmeaza si ziua mea, pe 1 noiembrie si am zis ca ar fi frumos sa fac un giveaway de toamna. Toate sunt produse personalizate cu design facut de mine. O bluza cu #FridaKahlo, o sacosa de cumparaturi #faraidinceai, un calendar pentru a nota #zileledenastere ale celor dragi. Vedeti conditiile de participare pe instagram.
UPDATE: au fost 239 comentarii valide, s-au incris 39 persoane la giveaway. Castigatoarea aleasa prin random.org este #210, @emilia.emilia1o . Castigatoarea are 24h sa raspunda la mesaj, daca nu raspunde, voi alege pe altcineva.
"Think you have what it takes to catch a serial killer? CluedUpp is an exciting, outdoor detective adventure - and it’s coming to Constanta on Saturday the 23rd October 2021."
I've seen in July the ad for this game on Facebook and was intrigued by it, I visited their website and decided with my husband, Catalin that we wanted to attend. I bought the ticket, about 179 lei/ 36 euro for one team ticket. The team could be 2 to 6 people.
One/ Two weeks before of the game we received an email with some information about the game. The starting point, in Piata Ovidiu and some other details. We downloaded the CluedUpp app and created accounts for the game. I added the voucher number to the game and everything was set.
The day of the game finally arrived. We could have started the game anytime between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. The game ended at 5 p.m. We started at about 10:15. We chose a team name, The Wabits, comes from the Rabbits but with the first letter changed to W because our name is Epuras, iepuras means little rabbit. And we made a selfie of our team.
We went to the starting location in Ovidiu Square and started the game. The game was a map of Constanta with little squares with question marks or people and question marks in different places around the map. We had to go over to each place and when we entered an area close to it, a pop-up would appear with a short description of the place/ people and a riddle to be answered. We enjoyed answering all the riddles, we knew the answers to most of them but there were a few that escaped our smarts. If you didn't answer correctly to a riddle you incurred a time penalty, sometimes you could try again, sometimes you had a limited number of tries. You could interrogate each person on the map, there were 3 questions available. What we didn't know was that there was a limited number of question you could ask per game, only 30, so we should have been more sparse with questioning the suspects, ask less questions more wisely because we finished the questions pretty fast and we couldn't ask more.
This is how the map looked like at the beginning of the game.
We walked around old part of Constanta a lot, made some photos too. We made about 15000 steps/ 15 km that day.
At noon we took a break from the game, because you could pause the game. And we went to lunch in the old port, we ate pizza at On Plonje Restaurant. After that we went to the same place where we paused the game and started the game again.
This is how part of the map looked like at the end of the game. We had visited all the marks on the map and questioned some of the people there.
After finishing visiting all the marks, we sat on a bench and discussed everything we discovered from the witnesses and suspects, who had alibi, who didn't and what was the weapon used for the killings. (at the start of the game a list of possible suspect weapons was given) We deliberated and had a verdict. And we were right! We finished the game in 3 hours: 26 minutes. We were on #6 when we finished.
If you liked the game description a new game will take place in Constanta in July 9th 2022, see the game website.
As a conclusion we liked the game, it was entertaining but it kept us looking to our phones and not so much at the surroundings. Maybe because we knew all the places the marks were positioned on and because we were in a hurry. Maybe for somebody who doesn't know Constanta and plays the game at a slower pace it's more interesting. It would have helped if the game was translated to include Romanian landmarks in the game, like Hotel Intim instead of Hotel Astor (just an example, Hotel Astor is not in the game). In 2018 we participated to a architectural hunt that was more enticing, that made us look around and search for architectural details and elements. It was a beautiful game. See more photos at the link.
So, anyway, we liked the game, it was good for exercise as we walked a lot, 15 km in a day. We used our brains to crack the riddles and to find the killer. We felt smart at the end of the day, not the winners of any category (fastest team/ best dressed team/ best team picture / best team name / best little detectives), but smart. Thanks to the organizers for a nice experience!
RO: Cum sa te trezești mai devreme dimineața. Diminețile pot fi foarte productive. Daca ai nevoie de timp pentru tine ca sa mai faci anumite lucruri, trezitul mai de dimineața poate fi o opțiune. Mai e opțiunea sa stai mai mult seara, dar atunci intervine oboseala după o zi întreaga si poți sa nu fii la fel de productiv, e in funcție de metabolismul si preferințele tale. Eu una prefer diminețile. Câteva idei pentru a te ajuta sa te trezesti mai devreme:
1. Fa-ti de cu seara planul pentru ziua următoare, fa o lista scrisa cu ce ai de făcut dimineața. Asta te va ajuta in clarificarea "de ce" te trezești mai de dimineața. De ce? Pentru ca ai treaba!
2. Pune telefonul/ ceasul cu alarma mai departe de pat pentru a trebui sa te ridici din pat pentru a opri alarma.
3. Odată trezit/a si oprita alarma nu te așeza la loc in pat! Suna evident, dar tentația e mare. Du-te in alta camera, aprinde lumina, mergi la toaleta, orice, dar nu te așeza la loc in pat.
4. După ce te-ai trezit schimba pijamalele cu hainele de zi, asta va reduce tentația sa te duci la loc in pat.
5. Nu te gândi prea mult la trezire, doar fa-o. Creează-ti automatismul de a te trezi, de a opri alarma si a ieși din dormitor.
6. Pregătește-ti o mica recompensa pentru dimineața, poate ai o brioșă cumpărată, nu o manca seara ci amâna-ti plăcerea pana dimineața. Prepara-ti un ceai/ o cafea si bucura-te de acesta/aceasta.
7. Inițial schimba ora cu doar 10 min mai devreme, obișnuiește-te cu noua ora si când dorești mai devreme mai scade 10 min.
8. Asigura-te ca dormi totuși 7-8 ore pe noapte.
9. Fa un dus cald sau rece, spală-te cu apa rece pe fata, si asta te va ajuta.
10. Fa putina mișcare după trezire, puțin streching de exemplu ca sa iți revii după somn.
EN: How to wake up earlier in the morning. Mornings can be very productive. If you need time for yourself to do certain things, waking up earlier in the morning may be an option. There is the option to stay longer in the evening, but the fatigue that occurs after a whole day may make you not very productive, it depends on your metabolism and preferences. I prefer the mornings. Some ideas to help you wake up earlier:
1. Make your plan for the next day in the evening, make a written list of what you have to do in the morning. This will help you clarify "why" you wake up earlier in the morning. Why? Because you have work to do!
2. Put the alarm phone / watch away from the bed so you have to get out of bed to turn off the alarm.
3. Once you wake up and turn off the alarm, don't sit back in bed! It sounds obvious, but the temptation is great. Go to another room, turn on the light, go to the toilet, anything, but don't sit back in bed.
4. After you wake up change your pajamas with your day clothes, this will reduce the temptation to go back to bed.
5. Don't think too much about waking up, just do it. Create an automatism to wake up, turn off the alarm and get out of the bedroom.
6. Prepare a small reward for the morning, maybe you have a muffin bought, don't eat it in the evening but postpone your pleasure until the morning. Make yourself a tea / coffee and enjoy it.
7. Initially change the time only 10 minutes earlier, get used to the new time and when you want an earlier hour, decrease the alarm with 10 minutes.
8. Make sure you still sleep 7-8 hours a night.
9. Take a hot or cold shower, wash your face with cold water, this will help too.
10. Do a little movement after waking up, a little stretching for example to recover from the sleep.
