Tag: Sofia

Model Kittyzen

~ Veselin ~ 6 Comments

It’s not that the focus or the quality of the photo is that great but I think this is one of my best cat photos lately. Such a charming cat. She’s one of the yard cats next to our co-working space.

Here’s the kitten with a friend, who I previously featured here. They’re probably cousins.

Roar

~ Veselin ~ 4 Comments

We almost never see large aircraft visiting the Sofia Airport. When I heard the roar, I thought it’s a helicopter or some US military aircraft with a hundred propellers. Looked up, and I was genuinely surprised to see a Jumbo Jet. We had A380 landing here once and it made it to the news. This would be the first time I hear 747 landing in Sofia. Also, flying over the city center with full throttle, probably not the best.

It’s a flight from Sofia to Djibouti. I couldn’t find any information about it but I would put my money that it’s an evacuation route for people who want to leave the Gulf area.

Knee

~ Veselin ~ 5 Comments

I did my first true long walk since I bumped my knee into a concrete trash can a week ago. 10K steps in one go and the knee held well. I dodged a bullet this time. However, I lost my shape, feeling as if I did 20K, not 10K.

The bin is now out of the way, hopefully it doesn’t hurt anyone else.

And speaking of trash, a the gallery below shows a pigeon eating steak, Wartburg 1.3, and a cat, resting on a pillow. Sofia is not very clean under our current leadership, whose battle with the cleaning companies shows.

Criticism

~ Veselin ~ 11 Comments

In How to Win Friends & Influence People, Dale Carnegie argues that criticism is futile. Criticism opens the gates to hell, little devils fly back, criticize, gossip, and destroy morale.

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

And yet, walking around all day with your zipper open while your friends politely say nothing isn’t kindness either. So while we search for the middle were kindness wins without criticism, remember this cat.

This is the most critical cat in my recent catblogging history. I tried to blog about her several times and didn’t know what to say. I tried different crops, and neither worked.

I know she’s not really criticizing me for taking photos of her but she looks that way 🙂 and eventually inspired me to write a brief essay about criticism.