Velinka

(Person, Yugoslavia)

Lena's roommate for a few months in 2012. Nice girl, rather thin, rock (wall) climber at near champion level, doesn't look that nice once you get to know her better. She was probably just a baby when her parents fled Croatia, and got settled on some big kombinat's land somewhere in Vojvodina. Twenty years later, they still hold whatever jobs they got (teaching, IIRC) and she has this attitude that world owes her, and finds neat subtle ways to get what's due her. A sophisticated freeloader.

She studied graphics but was about to switch to painting. Wasn't as good as Lena, at least from what of her works we saw while they were sharing the room. She repaid her debts (the agreed share of the rent) and even made some gifts, but it was always slow coming, an afterthought's afterthought, with dozen other things being more important, appointments cancelled or just no-showed, promises delayed...

Despite no harsh words spoken, nor the tone ever raised, Lena and we said "good riddance".


Mentions: 29-XI-2011., 05-V-2012., 13-VI-2012., Jelena Sredljević (Lena), kombinat, in serbian