My introduction post

Hello everyone! I have been seeking a new blogging platform for a while, so an invite from @x-rain to join was extremely valuable and timely. Thanks a bunch, old friend @x-rain!

Let me introduce myself briefly using bullet points for you to understand better what to expect from this blog:)

Here:

• My real name is Diana, but I might be recognizable as @shupaka - that's an old nickname I've been using forever at various platforms, chats and forums. Let me post one more photo where I look pretties than at the selfie above))

• I am a Georgian woman who is based in Prague, Czech Republic. I like to travel and used to travel a lot, but then there was Covid-19 pandemic, which was not exactly what slowed me down, hehe. The quarantine period and home-office mode of existence influenced me to get a dog. So now each time my family decides to go places, we find ourselves dependent on the air companies' dog policy 😐 I hate the idea of leaving my puppy with a doggy-sitter, so I spent more time home than I could

• I love photography, and since Prague is a lovely city, I like to photograph it, but am especially kin in non-touristic-postcard views (but sometimes it is hard to resist, see the one below 😁)

• I am a media professional and work as a producer at an international media project. Journalism and media is what I've been doing my entire life, but I would not necessarily bring this side of my life here

• I am originally from Tbilisi, Georgia. I love my hometown and go there frequently. I honestly think that Tbilisi is one of the most unusual cities I've seen. I sure will share Tbilisi pics here to share my perception with you

• I adore drawing! It helps me feel free and uplifted. I began drawing a few years ago and initially my drawings were funny or satirical. Now they are way less optimistic and I guess the reason is the war in Ukraine, which influences every single person around (not speaking about Ukrainians themselves). I sometimes make sketches at routine work meetings, and never show the portraits to my models because they do not look alike. I see people through my own filters and these filters do not always make them look pretty

• Besides English I speak Georgian and Russian (both are my native languages) and struggle with Czech 😏 I have alway been good at languages, and I feel a bit jealous about Czech resisting me. I will soon need to take a language exam, and it makes me anxious. But hopefully I win 💪

• I can be found on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/diana.petriashvili1/ (not posting much recently)

• and Behance https://www.behance.net/dianapetrias1 (for digital paintings)

Thanks for reading!