Bulgarians expectations of 2010

published on 12/17/09 8:50 AM

The 365 days of the new 2010 are like a jigsaw puzzle that we have to arrange in tune with personal expectations. What do Bulgarians expect? Well, like the rest of the world – peace, well-being and health.

“I hope the crisis is about to end, and the country will have a chance to develop faster”, young archaeologist Zdravko Dimitrov says. “I was very young when changes in Bulgaria started. In 1989 I was 15. Since then we haven’t seen anything but transition and crisis. Well, some people are already fed up with all this. Now we hope to see some progress at last. Everybody is looking forward to a better-organized and more comfortable life here in Bulgaria, banal as it may sound. Also, I hope that European financing will start coming, including science and research. In professional terms I hope that digs at the Perperikon acropolis will continue with the same success, so that we can finish the project in 3 to 4 years. Family-wise, I hope we will be healthy. My little daughter will turn three in 2010, and I hope to have many happy moments with her and my wife.”

Daniela Simidchieva is the Bulgarian with the highest IQ from the Mensa tests. What about her hopes for 2010?

“I hope that Bulgaria will start to resemble what we all imagine it should be. The only thing that can stop me from emigrating in the spring is to see that things have started to change for the better. We have been waiting to see positive change for so many years. Other nations wonder for how long our patience can go on. To my family and closest friends I wish health, because whoever has not been ill is not aware that without health everything else loses value.”

2010 prospects look good for 25-year-old Katia Hristova, mother of a first-grader. After 6 months of unemployment, she has found a new job.

“It’s all bout a new beginning and new luck”, Katia says. “I hope that things will begin to improve in Bulgaria. I can see there is stagnation. Many friends have difficulties; some have lost their jobs. I hope that this period of hardships will soon be over.”

Milena Leneva is a young woman with two teenage kids.

“I have the rewarding feeling that people are kinder to each other. I hope that we will become more empathic. Otherwise we are lost. We have to shelter good and spirituality in our hearts, and the good news will start coming. In short, I am optimistic about Bulgaria.”

On the 1 January with the Christmas season gone, we get released from redundant embellishments, from redundant emotions and false pathos, but not from our hopes and quests. Maybe life will give us new friends, new colleagues and new events. A new love may become a new incentive for living. We will for sure face new challenges and acquire new knowledge. So, a very Happy New Year!

English version Daniela Konstantinova

По публикацията работи: Diana Hristakieva

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