aboutme

Sono nato a Durres(41�19'00,18''N 19�27'04,72''E), citt� ad ovest dell'Albania, sulla costa Adriatica, area relativamente piatta, circondata dal mare ad ovest e da colline basse, che la proteggono dai venti freddi dal Nord ed Est, facendola Durazzo essere un luogo magnifico, per tutto l'arco dell'anno, con clima mite d'inverno e caldo le altre stagioni. Laggi� ci sono 15-20 km di spiagge splendide di sabbia, lungo tutto il golfo di Durazzo(41�18'14,43''N 19�29'27,15''E). A Durazzo le giornate di sole in media annue sono circa 90% in primavera ed estate, e 60-70% in autunno ed inverno. Ci� fa questa citt� molto carino di viverci. Questo si riflette anche nella natura carattteriale degli abitanti e la loro socievolezza, modo di comportarsi tranquillo, un po' menefreghista(talvolta eccessiva, secondo mio parere), dovuto anche al modo provinciale con la quale le cose vengono vissute e gestite.
   Durazzo � caratterizzata da strade e marciapiedi larghi, con alberi ed alberetti lungo i margini. Laddove la citt� bacia il mare c'� la passeggiata chiamata "Vollga"(in onore all'alleanza con URSS), sempre piena di gente la sera. Una volta era veramente un posto meraviglioso con palme e giardini, verde, quiete, il sole che scende gi� sul mare tuffandosi nell'acqua, dopo specchiare per un po' sulla superficie piatta del mare, raramente mosso. Quanto mi manca tutto questo!
   Circa 300-400 metri di distanza, c'� la scuola dell'arte, una volta intitolata "Mujo Ulqinaku",dove ho studiato durante l'infanzia, per 8 anni, violoncello(5 anni)(41�18'41,00''N 19�26'54,24''E), alla quale i politici le hanno cambiato il nome in qualcos'altro. Spesso suonavamo i pianoforte e cantavamo durante le pause e la ricreazione. Soppratutto Xhili, uno dei nostri compagni di classe, che suonava divinamente il pianoforte, e la fisarmonica, facendo la scuola divertente e attraente. Durante i periodi senza lezione, noi di solito andavamo al "Vollga" e giocavamo calcio, calcetto e seguivamo uno l'altro sulla riva del mare che era sempre piena di alghe, chiamati "Leshterik" dagli abitanti della citt�. Mi � difficile descrivere le sensazioni meravigliose di quei tempi. Libert�, niente pressioni, posti splendidi, pieno di giorni di sole, il mare calmo, poca gente in giro, niente macchine... Fantastico! Poco oltre "Vollga" si trova un area sportiva (41�18'40,65''N 19�26'31,12''E)con pi� impianti, campi di calcio, di basketball e una piscina. Tutto gratuito, sulla riva del mare... Ancora un po' oltre si erge la collinetta chiamata "Vila", un parco sempreverde che offriva agli innamorati vista a mozzafiato sul mare, mentre il sole scende ad abbracciare il mare strizzando loro l'occhio.
   La strada principale di Durazzo, il corso, per intendersi viene chiamato il Boulevard, attraversa l'area principale della citt�, collegando il cuore della stessa con la "Vollga" (41�18'49,01''N 19�26'49,96''E 41�19'02,57''N 19�26'58,37'' 41�19'05,60''N 19�27'01,40'').
   When I was 10-11, I played a few years basketball in an official kids' team(41�19'10,48''N 19�26'59,22''). My career lasted very short, like any funny joke, but since then, "hoop" became like the air I breathe. I played mostly with my friends rather then practicing with my team.
   There, where once were parks and playgrounds, now it's plenty of concrete monsters, debris and trash. No more harmony, order, tenderness, green. All free spaces are occupied by barracs and buildings. The're no more brakes and limits in the breathtaking speed of building and selling frenzy. Almost everything is different. It's very sad but unavoidable. There's changing everything, in bad, obviously. There may be at least 10.000, or even 20.000 new settlers(41�19'20,64''N 19�27'47,54''E) from eastern and northern parts of Albania, wich are well known for hard working people, generally honest and conservative. But they're also stubborn and quick tempered. And I think it's a good for Durres have them over there.
   Then, I went to Tirana to study in a military high school, "Skenderbej", and after that, a few meters away, in the Army Academy, "Enver Hoxha"(41�20'33,34''N 19�50'15,38''E), where I passed very experiencing years, that I really enjoyed. A hard working times, plenty of studies, natures, reading, sport, friendship, knowledges and other, I surely could've never had elsewhere such an opportunity. We did so interesting things and experienced so much circumstances that, I often think that really a few kinds of landscapes are left that I've not been with my buddies.
   After Academy, I went back in Durres working as an Army officer(41�17'47,60''N 19�30'51,14''E & 41�19'18,68''N 19�26'17,51''E), which I left after 5 years of hard work, physically, mentally. I gave up, I resigned, because it did never work. That job and I were not made for each other. However, that job gave me, with what it offered, many sweet, beautiful and unforgetable moments. Bad ones too.
   After less than a year, while waiting for a couple of job oportunities, I went in Italy, illegally, spending first 3 months in tents, down in Metaponto (Basilicata), southern Italy, and then I came in Pisa (Tuscany)(43�43'01,41''N 10�25'06,14''E). (see map)
   Here I got a job at a couple of nursing homes, "U. Viale"(43�43'01,41''N 10�25'06,14''E) and "Via Avanzi"(43�42'27,17''N 10�25'09,56''E), for 11 years. An eternity. It revealed as the most distressing job on earth.
   Then I made an application to enter at Pisa main hospital "Santa Chiara" as an assistance operator. But they did not give me that job, at first, neither at the second. So I hired a lawyer. And after losing at the first trial, at the Pisa Court, I insisted and I won at the Firenze Court second degree trial, dealing a settlement with the hospital. Then Hank Williams Jr sung me "take this job and shove it"...
I worked at the Orthopaedic Ward(43�43'07,73''N 10�23'27,58''E) at "Santa Chiara" Hospital in Pisa, as an O.T.A.(Assistance Technical Operator), for two years and I also studied Nursery(43�43'13,24''N 10�23'41,59''E), at University of Pisa. It was pretty interesting, but very big to swallow, and to digest, due to some obligatory attendance, apprenticeship, exams, the job. All in one. At this moment, after working episodically at an Orthopaedic Ward(43�36'33,36''N 10�17'26,01''E) in Calambrone, Psychiatric Ward in Pisa, I work as a registered male nurse at the Neurology Ward(43�43'17,82''N 10�23'40,91''E), very few meters away from Leaning Tower(43�43'22,72''N 10�23'46,77''E).
   I also studied and obtained a 1st Level Master Degree in Political Science department(43�43'00,49''N 10�23'57,38''E) of Pisa State University, as an "Expert in Immigration Issues".
   I like very much playing basketball, usually in a playground close to soccer stadium(43�43'38,83''N 10�23'42,86''E), where I meet very nice people, young guys, most of them students, from Pisa and other parts around Italy. The same I can say for the guys I used to meet once a week to play some soccer, at the "Five to Five" playground(43�44'55,48''N 10�27'49,08''E), in Asciano. But the most important thing that really makes me stay here in Pisa is the beach, that of Marina di Vecchiano(43�47'51,90''N 10�15'50,52''E), a wide, sandy, free of charge beach, where I can enjoy the pleasure of a free of charge area of mediterranean nature. The most interesting thing at this beach is the sunset, becouse the air currents make the sun be very often accompanied from some different sorts of clouds, very very pictoresque scene.