RAZVAN BIRTHDAY 2012by Vladimir and Tania
Happy Birthday Raz, we have always been proud of you, everyday of our life.You are the best son a parent could possibly have! And we mean it . …
Let’s go back in time
FROM THE FIRST STEPS….
No steps
Some steps
Climbing.
Ready for driving
Years
SOME 35 YEARS AGO..
Under your Mom’s close coordination you are digging for …gold; even if you know that is a childish preoccupation you keep looking because – as you used to say – let’s pretend.. (“sa zicem noi” )
The kindergarten – a more serious approach of life
In th
e fi
rst year
A round table
Female spies or just girls ?
A rescue mission
A well deserved vacation after a stressful year…
The youngest (male) generation
as Dumitrescu family support
rescuerrescued
KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION…
Acting as the most important letter of the
alphabet
The “team” leader
1979 – A VERY IMPORTANT YEAR
Once he graduated the Kindergarten he started to prepare for his real career, as he will acknowledge 25 years later….
I remember his serious face listening me during our walking in and around Tineretului Park.
And it’s so rewarding for me to observe, over the years, that his mind was so open to absorb the information of this type or a complete different one…I was just the trigger, who gave him a good direction…..
He always keeps an open mind
(even today, ha, ha, ha!!!)
THE PRIMARY SCHOOL
At 6 years and one month Razvan is ready to go to school. Are we too?….
Apparently, yes..
And year after year he took first prize in all grades of primary school
1st grade
2nd grade
7th grade
4th grade with his “equals”
THE HIGH SCHOOL
The last day – the high school graduation; he’s getting ..mature.
I would say on the
contrary
The admission day –When I saw him listed
among the firsts I hugged him and start
dancing around; he was so sure it will be
admitted that barely looked at the lists
INSTEAD OF REAL PICTURE
After high school the obvious choice: Polytechnica
These pictures
are merely after the
Polytehnica graduation.Apparently
Raz preparing to drive a
high performanc
e car LADA 1200,
somewhere in
Bucharest AD 1994
At 24 in California: the big decision
Apparently he choose to change the direction, from computer science to civil engineering, cooking and , strange enough, pet hair cutting.
What other hidden skills he’s going to reveal in the future?
ADMISSION TO YORK UNIVERSITY
Sorry, no pictures available
CHRISTMAS 1998 IN CALIFORNIA
With joy, among the relatives and friends
MOVING TO OTTAWA Tania, in 1999, among the first guests to his Ambleside condo
and to his lovely town
AMONG THE FOUNDERS OF
1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
TRAVELING WITH US: SPAIN 2003
A big step forward: his Manotick house (1)
His dream became true: a house in the forest!!
When we saw it we were open mouthed
A big step forward: his Manotick house (2)
To get used
with the house:
our next visit from
California in
November 2004
The call from Canada or the Americans invasion
Raz, as always,
took care of his
parents: we moved permanent
ly to Ottawa in
2005 – here is our summer and first
winter
AT 30 – A NEW BIG ACHIEVEMENT
In August 2004 he showed me his thesis. Like always, he was telling me, discreetly, about a great accomplishment in his career. He was just, 30 years old.
When I reached the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS page I burst into tears of joy and pride. He wrote something that touched me deeply, and I quote him:
“In October 1979, when I was five, Vladimir explained to me how a semaphore works in an Operating System. Probably this is how everything started…”
As I already said, I was just a trigger, at the right moment……. Back to caller
Traveling a lot to China, Scandinavia, Vienna
CHINA
EUROPE
ANOTHER MILESTONE: YVONA IN HIS LIVE
At Raz suggestion
Yvona moved to
Ottawa from Vancouver to get his Master in
International affairs at Carleton
University.Shortly, we became an
joyful family.
TRAVELING TO PRAGUE
Getting along with
Yvona family. Raz is happy with Vera,
Thomasz and
Babychka and they
are happy
too with Raz (and with us)
HAPPY TOGHETER AT YVONA GRADUATION
Celebrating Yvona graduation, was,for all of us, a big emotional moment…
After two years of hard work Ivona got the great achievement of her career and Razvan was an integral part of her effort. And we were happy for their happiness.,.
SOUTH AFRICA – A DREAM VACATION (1)
They planned this vacation carefully long time ago. They did it and they were rewarded for their effort.
SOUTH AFRICA – A DREAM VACATION (2)
Look at them: they are so full of joy and happiness. Bravo and do it again!
WE LOVE YOU SON
Happy Birthday to you! May you be happy
and successful in all that you do.
27 August 2012