“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, or a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Does anybody have an idea what`s all about here ? Why so big turmoil ? Every TV station coverage recounts about swine flu in most serious tone, and ordianry citizen may think, that we`ve got in our country very infectious deadly virus in the world, even most deadly than HIV. I have a feeling that this case it`s not about swine flu which is almost normal disease no worse than season flu - but pharmaceutic companies and their alleged flu vaccines. Nowadays not only mass media are fond of popular slogan - " good news is bad news" but turns out it refers to those who have an interest in it. Personally i dont care if this virus is in country or even in my city. I`m not going to wear any face-mask (it does not protect virus at all - another profit for those who sell this) as well as take vaccine. Everyone have to choose - live normal or get stuck in fear.
I'm Dagmara. I'm 22 years old and I'm student technical university in Gdańsk. I'm in the this page because I improve my English so I will write here.
Today I didn't go for my lessons because I was so tired and I was sleeping and today I 'm very lazy but now I 'm sitting to learn->> I must learn organic chemistry.... ( boring)
My friends , yesterday we commemorated polish independace day 11 November - in reference to events which took place 91 years ago. In our country no one will say that it was mistake and is not happy with that. By chance i found a blog running by Yoani Sanchez which live in CUBA under one of the disappointing goverment in the World. This country does not have freedom although in peoples minds and souls word : SOLIDARITY is gaining great weight. I would like ask you then to support her and CUBA by reading this blog and to comment it. This blog is written not only in english but also in several different languages inter alia polish. Here is link to this blog :
Is Your life important for you ? Have you thought recently about it ? Do You know how`s like when in usual day morning you are a normal human and at night your life is the most valuable thing ? I wonder sometimes , is it possible to re-evaluate so quickly your value hierarchy and switch way of reasoning ? All of a sudden whatever you do whatever you think - all of it - has one destination, one target, one focus. For me answer is only one - it will happen when you find out that you`ll have a child - yeah - baby changes everything and nothing counts more ...
Is it not common that some people we have to meet during typical workday put pressure on us? Maybe basic roots of such feeling come from our own brain and need of social intereaction? Or maybe our imagination of these people is misleading and too exaggerated, as in reality they don't make any significant impact on our behaviour. I am sure nobody could say that has never felt such elusive and difficult to understand sense. It is normal and one think we can do with it is to effort to free onself and follow own way. In my humble opinion we hate beeing under pressure, especially when people want us to act in way comfortable only for them but totally uncomfortable for us. Why cant we just spread wings and express ourself without pricks of conscience and sense of beeing different? Social manners, stereotypes - empty words. Is it remains of past political ideology known by loudly catchword " no outstanding individuals"? For sure to follow own way needs courage and proud, strong character and high self-esteem. But who like such people?
I wish everybody believe in yourself and express boldly what thing and feel.
Has anybody ever dwelled on high signification of sacrifice, which usually followed temporary trends ? Another one nightly searching ....and I have found a good example.
Cecilia Bartoli ( amazing mezzosporano ) has already recorded a new CD with music wrote by forgotten baroque and classicism composers. Why weren't they occur among the most famouse groupe of artists f.ex. as Bach, Haydn, Mozart were? Reason is so simple, they focused on writting works aspecialy for small music society - castrato singers. Being a castrato was a kind of classicistic trend, whereby were born ridiculous praxis. Many small boys, were castrated before puberty, then their voice retained to female high voices. Bartoli found lot of intrest in contrast between castratos' high voices and their typical male physique. Inspiration for her recording was also a extraordinary blend of strenght of male body and sweet female voice.
This recording is absolutely great deal with the highest level of performance, but I do hope baroque trend (what seems to be harmful both for boys and girls) won't be another common thread trend from the past time.
Good news from field of Wroclaw culture life. Situation is not bad, becouse Bartoli and famous ensemble Il Gardino Armonico ( you can watch using attached link above ) have performed in Wroclaw during the International Festiwal Wratislavia Cantans in 2009 and 2001.
It will be just a short and alsolutely free thinking at the and of that undoubtedly bleak autumnal day.
simple english song - both my inspiration and motivation for the beginning of writing this blog.
Some issues
Has anybody ever felt a smooth divine touch, what seems to be as a calmness of the still sea?
Why does it have to take only a short moment ?
Two different worlds with so wide horizons are covered by darkness. What is the light for those frigle and blind people? Maybe a hope of finding the brightest, inspiring point? Despite it has to be on the foreign shore, it is always beloved light, what is called divine and let's say imaginary sight.
Recently, i`ve seen in TV News celebrations of WW II anniversary, and was wondering if there is another country across the World which know what`s going on in terms of growing tensions between Russia and Poland. Does anybody know among foreigners - i mean ordinary people - what happened in KATYN ? Does anybody care of that ?
