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The star of the page: a black cat in white cat-eye glasses, pearls and a satin top, holding a glass of champagne

Meow, girl, did you see?

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About ordinary days and existential crises.

Scribbling pages for 14 years. Interviews, travel, lifestyle and marketing, lovingly taped in.

Psst: click the purple sheet to stick on a sticker.

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Fresh off the pile

Still warm.

Pulled out from under Hashi, carefully. He protested, but signed for them.

About me

Scribbling pages for 14 years.

Who writes here, and who sleeps on her keyboard. In short: a human with too many ideas and a cat who thinks he’s the editor-in-chief.

Hi, I’m Norina.

I left Galați for England in 2016, did three years of university there and ended up staying about seven. Now I’m back in Romania, working in copywriting and marketing, and I see everything through a social media lens too.

I have a soft spot for Cluj, too many ideas and a blog that remembers them all.

Galațiwhere it started
Englandfrom 2016, about 7 years
Clujmy soft spot
NowRomania, with ideas

If I haven’t bored you yet, a follow wouldn’t hurt.

Have you seen Hashi?

Black tomcat, glossy coat, yellow-green eyes. Only the tip of his tail is white.
Last of the litter, adopted from Coventry a week before Christmas 2018.
Won’t touch our food: he knows it’s all onion, garlic or lemon.
Falls asleep on the keyboard. Hunts flies in the garden.

The full file: Cine este Hashirama? (2019)

Tear off a tab. The story opens in a new tab.

Hashi in a white collar at the typewriter: the editor-in-chief on duty

Hashi saysShe writes. I edit. (Meaning I sleep on the keyboard.)

Interviews

First-hand stories, unfiltered.

42 interviews in Romanian and 6 in English. People doing lovely things, asked the way friends ask. No gossip.

All interviews

Interviews · 19 Mar 2025 at.home.edition Interview: DIY and Slow Living, UK to Romania Oh, DIY? Yeah, I’m totally a pro. Read the interview

5 Apr 20249 min read

Dayana Wang Interview: Fitness, Workouts and Balance

I get it, time is tight. Truth is, we struggle with prioritisation.
12 Mar 20235 min read

Adriana Babin Interview: Panflute Player from Moldova

Have you wondered how mermaids sound when they start singing?
18 Nov 20228 min read

Northern Wind Interview: Rory Willis on Creativity and Travel

I am that human who has too many ideas but not a single ounce of business…
9 Sep 20227 min read

Cassandra Calin Interview: Comic Creator in Canada

Looking through my interviews, I've noticed a pattern, I can say that I have met my…

Hashi lying on the answering machine in pearls and a white collar, making the peace sign: no comment

Hashi saysI turned the interview down. My agent wants tuna.

Travel

Trips, and what I learned from them.

Coming soon. Hashi is still packing.

Lifestyle

Ordinary days, existential crises and a lift.

105 posts (plus 7 in English) about cities you stay in, people you can’t put a label on, and lifts where nobody talks.

All of lifestyle

Hashi lying down with a long string of pearls and the sideways look of someone with a complicated love life

Hashi saysMy lifestyle: 16 hours of sleep and a situationship with the ginger next door.

New25 Oct 2026 LinkedIn’s “You’re getting noticed” notification explained 26 Aug 2024 Situationships: What They Are and Why Dating Is Changing Alright, so here you are, solo in 2024, still holding onto that hopeless romantic title. Hashi: «E complicat. E un gard la mijloc.»

11 Apr 2024 5 Reasons to Use Vinted for Second-Hand Fashion Hashi a vrut să vândă o șosetă pe Vinted. A adormit pe ea. Oferta a expirat.

Being an Immigrant for 7 Years: What No One Tells You I think I just waited for the right time for the dust to settle down or… 3 Oct 2023

2022 Reading Haul: Fantasy and Gothic Books I Loved Yep, it's that time of the year when I get a massive list with amazing authors. 14 Dec 2022