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Overview

  • 27 references 22 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Slovak; learning English, Russian
  • 58, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • painter, educator, lecturer
  • Pedagogical education and private art education
  • From Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Make life more beautiful

ABOUT ME

" You use glass mirror to see your face,
you use works of art to see your soul."
G.B.Shaw
www.stellavelka.webnode.sk

PHILOSOPHY

Someone sees a caterpillar,
another sees a future butterfly :-)

When you kill all the worms, you'll never see a butterfly fly :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I want meet people from all world.
Be host a couch surfer.
Talking together, enjoin time and beautiful places.
Learn about life, culture, etiquette... in different country.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted me:
2011/06 - Amira Gamal /Al Rehab City - Egypt
2011/6,7 - Shady Khidr /Giza,Cairo - Egypt
2012/10 - Jaroslav Tyč / Prague - Cz
2012/10 - Gody Power/ Prague - Cz

I am hosted:
2011/ 05 - Ajay Gupta / India
2011/ 11 - Jeb McNeil / USA

2012/ 03 - Alexandra/ Germany,
Saki/ Japan
2012/ 06 - Tony Harwood / Australia
2012/ 06 - Tadas Didvalis / Lithuania
2012/ 07 - Agnieska Juzefovic/ Lithuania
Elena / Lithuania
Roman Sosnowski / Lithuania /Poland
2012/ 07 - Vincent Bullard / USA
2012/ 07 - Fred Apoint / France
2012/ 07 - Ferit Toplu / Turkey
2012/ 10 - Vanessa Zaldivar / Honduras

visited 11 states (4.88%)Create your own visited map of The World or Free iphone travel guide

Interests

I love life, art, people and traveling
I'm interested in people and their behavior, culture, habits, ...
I like taking photographs, cooking, baked, listening to music, traveling, dancing, swiming, hiking ...

  • arts
  • culture
  • beauty
  • dancing
  • education
  • dining
  • cooking
  • flying
  • clothing
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • hiking
  • business
  • teaching
  • tourism
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Great for me is :
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL/ Roberto Benigni
Black and white old czech comedies

Music and love is energy for my soul.
I listen a lot different music.
Same from my favorit :
Clasic music
Louis Armstrong
LP
Sting,
Queen
Bobby McFerrin
Leonard Cohen
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
Richard Muller
Lucie Bíla
ERA

/ clasic music, arabic music, gypsy music, romantic songs, folk music, jazz, instruments.../

I love :
The Little Prince/ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Historical novels
Biographical novels especially the painters and sculptors
Professional books on human psychology, social and business behavior, communication and its disorders, the artistic and creative techniques

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

What amazing I did I have to judge others.

I can only say what I pleased.
When a person is happy with me, for me is amazing
When I see how my paintings brighten and delight.
When my supporters feel the positive energy of my work.
When will my courses on peace and harmony.
When I participants will tell you how many new learned.
When a woman tells me that her husband praised for nicer behavior after my course.
When a man, after a course of social behavior comes after a few days to show what is his business clothes.
When my 14th old son said that his friend jealous because I talk with him.

Teach, Learn, Share

We can learn each other very much
It does not matter whether we are in the role of teacher or pupil
I am a teacher and painter
Education is part of my life
I teach and I learn

For many years I worked in public education.
I was a kindergarten teacher, special educator in school, I give the extracurricular activities of pupils, students, ...
Since 2006 I have private business.
I educate managers, women on maternity leave, unemployed, workers in hotels, nanny, ... communication, social and business conduct, conflicts and their resolution, motivation, ...
I taught children and adults, creative and artistic Activities.
I use natural and experiential learning.
Nurture and educate the people and their own approach.
I'm learning to look at the world through the eyes of painters.
See the beauty in ordinary and simple things.
Enjoy life with colors.
Revenue and distribute positive energy.
Creatively and harmoniously relax.

I believe that exploring diversity of cultures, cooperation, friends coexistence and mutual learning can create a more beautiful world.

Together, we can cook, create, dance, climb mountains ... or do anything else. Always it is about communicating with each other, getting to know and to acquire new knowledge.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Trips in Slovakia or countries aroud
Traditional Slovakien and my Food
Art activites

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Slovakia

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