Anna's NonFic Blog

As a regular CU-MTD bus rider there are a lot of advantages and disadvantages (mostly that UofI students are absolutely clueless about everything). However, as a bus-rider, there is one really cool thing that I’ve noticed. When two bus drivers are driving past each other they usually wave to each other. If one bus driver is going to the Illinois Union and another bus is coming from the Illinois Union, then they will wave to each other (I once saw three bus drivers wave at each other simultaneous which was particularly amazing). They’re not communicating any important information about traffic, safety, or anything else “important”. Instead, they’re just saying hello; a nice little gesture. It’s something I noticed today on my way to school, although I’ve seen it several times before. I don’t think a lot of other people have observed this since people on the bus are usually on their phones, talking to their friends, or otherwise distracted. I feel like I’m seeing a secr...

My full name is Anna Kiri Ondrejckova. While my first name is pretty standard but last name is a bit different. Most people (like everyone) finds my last name unpronounceable. Even I can’t pronounce my last name correctly. My Dad is from the Czech Republic while my mom is from Slovakia (as I write in my autobiographical essay).   My last name comes from my dad although our last names are different. As a matter of fact, my family has three last names spread across five people. My brother and Dad have the last name, Ondrejcek while my sister and I have the last name “Ondrejckova”. My mom has a totally different last name of Ruziakova . Like in the U.S., in the Czech Republic last names are based on ancestry. For example, if someone is named “John Smith” that probably means someone in his family name was a black smith or some kind of smith. The same thing is true of Czech names. The most common last name in the Czech Republic is Novák which is the same as Newman...