- Umm..? Moldova? Is it
somewhere around Africa?
- Oh, it’s a state in India!
- Does this country even exist?
From
dialogues.
Before I begin my tale, let me represent myself in a few words.
My name is Igor, I’m 19 year old freshman in Economical Academy
of Republic of Moldova. Passionate by all kind of sports, like kickboxing,
skiing, swimming, the true fan of Pink Floyd, AC/DC, The Rolling and other great rock bands and finally, I’m
an Entrepreneur truly believing in economic potential of his country.
And this tale is about my view on country, that I live in.
If you ask me to pick out things that describe Moldova from the
best side, I guess I would say the following words: people, nature, traditions.
Chisinau isn’t that big city, so we can often meet our friends
or other people we know on the streets without scheduling the meeting.
Actually, that makes us work and live cohesively and help each other. This thing
makes living in Chisinau cozy. You may know that Moldova is a merge of paints
of different cultures, Russian, Romanian, Ukrainian and others. This makes rich
cultural gamut with a large variety of customs and traditions.
If you have an inquiring mind like I do – you may find very
interesting talking to random person from the street or any other place you can
actually find this person. Know why? People form the country. That’s it.
If you know people, understand their state of minds, feel the
feelings they do feel, know their intentions, no, if you really do all of
these, only then, you may say, that you understood the pure spirit of this
country.
So, don’t hesitate to talk to a random person you find on the
streets in Chisinau, cause there are a lot of people that speak English
fluently. This is a great possibility to create some friends to spend time with
in the city.
Chisinau is considered
as the greenest city in Europe. Want some clue? This is the view from my home,
for example.
I love nature, I really do. When I get tired or exhausted – I
go to forest, hug the trees, look like a fool, but feel better. Much better.
Meditating in the middle of the nature calms me and gives me a lot of energy. I
also do enjoy very much running through the forest near my house. You disengage
yourself from all the cares and thoughts. Hour or two feels fine for me.
That’s the Wisdom, calmness and power of Moldavian nature.
Modern culture is deeply rooted in folk art, drew inspiration
from this inexhaustible treasure, creating a large amount of material and
spiritual values, and becoming significant part of world culture.
Moldavian wedding proves it. It’s probably one of the most
colorful and full of activities wedding tradition, also famous by our national
dance – hora, the dance that reflects the softness and the strength of our
nation at the same time.
Chisinau is “relaxed
city”. Any megalopolis citizen that visited Moldova would confirm it.
Our constitution is considered as most friendly for citizens in
Europe, but it’s not always followed as it should be.
People who stay beyond government mostly try to get the
benefits from this constitution for themselves instead of following it and
improving it.
Well, the control of the country is money laundering. Somewhere
more, somewhere less, you know. No comment.
Cause of political instability we have bad relationships with
other countries. Also cause of that, the future is hardly predictable. It may
change in any given moment.
Many people from Moldova go abroad for working. Mostly for
Italy, Russia, Spain. Not the best jobs they do work there, mostly working as
housemaids or other not so respectable jobs. I do not believe this is a good
idea, the idea to escape.
I won’t. Call me crazy, but I truly believe in economic,
cultural and overall potential of Moldova.
Yes, Moldova isn’t that developed and modern country so the
market is empty, so that’s why I believe that it’s better to remain living here
and creating working space and places to contribute in developing the country.
And I understand that the future of my country is in the youth
hands.
If everyone goes abroad – no chances to stand up, if we rock
here – there are.
It’s all about personal
responsibility.
Personal responsibility is the thing that makes a person an
identity, a real man, the thing, that transforms people in a society, the thing
that transforms the society in a nation, a country.
The more people understand this simple fact – the more chances
we do have to stand up and show off.
The provided education in Moldova is at the normal level, but
many students don’t even try to reach this level. It’s much easier to pay to
pass the exams to get diploma, sadly.
But if you study – you are able to reach this level. And if you
develop yourself as a specialist, mainly reading professional literature,
completing special trainings you can reach the “good” level. Then you have to
find a job and continue to self-developing and work hard to achieve the
excellent level.
While exterior universities provide education at excellent
level in comparison with Moldavian and give you all the possibilities and help
you to achieve the professional level.
After like 5 years of practicing you can achieve the level of
highly qualified professional, and… unfortunately to not be that valued.
So education in Moldova isn’t a good base to jump of in
professional environment. That’s why students that strike to heights prefer to
study abroad.
That’s why highly qualified professionals from Moldova are
strong men. It’s twice harder to achieve this level here.
And finally I’ll tell you why it isn’t that bad in Moldova.
Firstly, all the things that are possible in Europe and in the
U.S., are also allowed in Moldova.
Secondly, Europe, U.S. does not have the half of freedom that
we do have. There is no pressure of public opinion, there is no dictatorship of
social norms, there’s no prejudgment about your skin color or religion. After
all, here you will never get a period of 10,000 years. And yet here you are not
forced to be who you want to be.
Here you are truly free to be yourself. You believe in macaroni
god? Cool, why not? You don’t? Well, whatever. You can go to the army and
return superman, but you can avoid it and be proud of it. You can have three
higher education diplomas and to work as a janitor and you can hardly finalize
8 forms of primary school and own a successful business.
Moldova - a country of true liberty, freedom, even freedom of
logic. You can be a liberal with fascist views, you can go to rallies against
the government and vote for the president, you can be a communist and believe
in God, you can even be a national socialist yelling about the racial theory,
and thus be a mixture of Mongol-Turkic-German- Armenian blood. And no one will
tell you a word.
The only thing that Moldova does not forgive - is weakness. Weaklings do not survive here and run
away, so Moldova is a country of strong men.
Strong man is free here, and all the roads are opened to him. A wimp and a rag
here, as elsewhere, will take place at the very bottom of the food chain.
That’s it.
Peace.
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