dimanche, décembre 02, 2007
Evening cogitations ;)
Hm... Maybe watching a romantic comedy with a happy end wasn't the best idea? I've got a bit of feeling of longing, a bit melancholic... And all my friends out for a party, away from the internet. Yeap, indeed - "saturday night fever" in action ;) Only I'm sitting home and watching stupid movies ;) I think I should go to bed now...
vendredi, juillet 13, 2007
In love with Berlin...
Better late than never, huh? ;) So, first of all - visiting friends in Berlin!
I came to Berlin late evening on 28th of June. After arriving to the flat we spent around 3-4 hours on talking with Sergej and Angelique and then we went to sleep before intensive day (for them ;)) I woke up late, read the sms from Peter - with invitation for a lunch - and start to prepare to move ;) He picked me up on the U-bahn station and we went to the place of Yannick, where Peter is living. Guys prepared a nice lunch, we had very nice time together, a lot of talks, laughing, joking, teasing and so on. I liked it :) After the lunch I went to visit the organizers of the European Youth Week, to clarify some tax issues and also to pick up my DVD with photos. Yes, I've got them :) So, when I'll be able - I'll publish some of them and share with others ;) After the visit in MC I went to the Turkish Market - to buy great nuts and fruits. And back to Frankfurter Allee to pack in a small backpack, meet Sigi, Angelique and Oleg and start our travel to Forst (hometown of guys). First we had a dinner in their house, with their mother and her boyfriend (from Poland ;)). It was a cool time, very warm and nice, German-English-Polish-Russian mixture ;) After the dinner we went for a concerts and party to Park 7 - umbrella organization for young people, which is in danger of closing, because of debts. That's why they organized this event - to pay back at least part of money to the local authorities and sustain the negotiations. It was interesting night - I've met a lot of new people, jump a little, listen to very diverse music - punk, hardcore and hip-hop (Angelique was also performing!). We're back at 5 AM!
Next day I had a breakfast with Oleg and Ryszard, Sergej with Angelique went to visit her parents and Natasza had some celebrations in her kindergarden. After that I had longer and interesting conversation with Ryszard, he is a very open man, artist - sculptor, it was nice time. Then I went to have a nap again ;) And at the late afternoon we moved again to Berlin. On the way - for about 1 h - we're going together with around 20 football fans, totally drunk, walking around with the megaphone, music and shouting (even "Sieg Hail"!), "lovely" companions in the train :/ In Berlin we went to eat some small nice Arabic food and at home we watched (with Sergej) a movie - "Bowling for Columbine" (interesting to see). Then we had a meeting with Karolina and Fidi - our friend couple. We visited 2 pubs and had a nice small dinner together. At 3 AM they went to sleep and we went to visit Angelique in her work - Cassiopea. It's cool place, with 2 big rooms with different music, summer garden, snacks place, climbing wall, skate hall. After that we had a nice, long walk back home.
And again long sleeping ;) Then a very slow breakfast, TV, talks, mails and - shame - it was already time for a dinner ;) We had again the meeting with Karolina and Fidi and also with Oleg - to have the dinner together. They live in ex-sqaut house, which is now their own property (which the people living there will pay back in 40 years ;)) Each of them has a room, they use kitchen and bathroom together - all people who live in the same staircase. And they share backyard as a social place :) And there is also kind of social project - cafe, restaurant, performance place called "Zielona Góra" (next influence of Poland :)), where each Sunday you may eat very cheap and good dinner - vegan food (2 Euro with a dessert!). After the dinner they went to a concert, Sergej with Oleg to the flat and I went first meet Jakob on the station and then together to the Roma Theater, where we've met Jona, Sylwia, Wojtek and Roxana. We came back to the flat with the last U-bahn and then we opened Żubrówka ;) So, finally Jakob and Oleg went to their own flat at 4, with first U-bahn and then I went to sleep ;)
The last morning was just sleeping, packing and moving to the East Station. There I've met Sylwia and Jona - on Sunday she told me that she is going back with the same EC train as I do. So, we had a nice time until Poznań. Then I changed the train for the regional one, so slow one :/ But it was not so bad.
I don't have any photos (just very shaky from the concert), but it doesn't matter. It was a cool time, which also influence strongly my decission about trying of the life in Berlin for some time...
I came to Berlin late evening on 28th of June. After arriving to the flat we spent around 3-4 hours on talking with Sergej and Angelique and then we went to sleep before intensive day (for them ;)) I woke up late, read the sms from Peter - with invitation for a lunch - and start to prepare to move ;) He picked me up on the U-bahn station and we went to the place of Yannick, where Peter is living. Guys prepared a nice lunch, we had very nice time together, a lot of talks, laughing, joking, teasing and so on. I liked it :) After the lunch I went to visit the organizers of the European Youth Week, to clarify some tax issues and also to pick up my DVD with photos. Yes, I've got them :) So, when I'll be able - I'll publish some of them and share with others ;) After the visit in MC I went to the Turkish Market - to buy great nuts and fruits. And back to Frankfurter Allee to pack in a small backpack, meet Sigi, Angelique and Oleg and start our travel to Forst (hometown of guys). First we had a dinner in their house, with their mother and her boyfriend (from Poland ;)). It was a cool time, very warm and nice, German-English-Polish-Russian mixture ;) After the dinner we went for a concerts and party to Park 7 - umbrella organization for young people, which is in danger of closing, because of debts. That's why they organized this event - to pay back at least part of money to the local authorities and sustain the negotiations. It was interesting night - I've met a lot of new people, jump a little, listen to very diverse music - punk, hardcore and hip-hop (Angelique was also performing!). We're back at 5 AM!
Next day I had a breakfast with Oleg and Ryszard, Sergej with Angelique went to visit her parents and Natasza had some celebrations in her kindergarden. After that I had longer and interesting conversation with Ryszard, he is a very open man, artist - sculptor, it was nice time. Then I went to have a nap again ;) And at the late afternoon we moved again to Berlin. On the way - for about 1 h - we're going together with around 20 football fans, totally drunk, walking around with the megaphone, music and shouting (even "Sieg Hail"!), "lovely" companions in the train :/ In Berlin we went to eat some small nice Arabic food and at home we watched (with Sergej) a movie - "Bowling for Columbine" (interesting to see). Then we had a meeting with Karolina and Fidi - our friend couple. We visited 2 pubs and had a nice small dinner together. At 3 AM they went to sleep and we went to visit Angelique in her work - Cassiopea. It's cool place, with 2 big rooms with different music, summer garden, snacks place, climbing wall, skate hall. After that we had a nice, long walk back home.
And again long sleeping ;) Then a very slow breakfast, TV, talks, mails and - shame - it was already time for a dinner ;) We had again the meeting with Karolina and Fidi and also with Oleg - to have the dinner together. They live in ex-sqaut house, which is now their own property (which the people living there will pay back in 40 years ;)) Each of them has a room, they use kitchen and bathroom together - all people who live in the same staircase. And they share backyard as a social place :) And there is also kind of social project - cafe, restaurant, performance place called "Zielona Góra" (next influence of Poland :)), where each Sunday you may eat very cheap and good dinner - vegan food (2 Euro with a dessert!). After the dinner they went to a concert, Sergej with Oleg to the flat and I went first meet Jakob on the station and then together to the Roma Theater, where we've met Jona, Sylwia, Wojtek and Roxana. We came back to the flat with the last U-bahn and then we opened Żubrówka ;) So, finally Jakob and Oleg went to their own flat at 4, with first U-bahn and then I went to sleep ;)
The last morning was just sleeping, packing and moving to the East Station. There I've met Sylwia and Jona - on Sunday she told me that she is going back with the same EC train as I do. So, we had a nice time until Poznań. Then I changed the train for the regional one, so slow one :/ But it was not so bad.
I don't have any photos (just very shaky from the concert), but it doesn't matter. It was a cool time, which also influence strongly my decission about trying of the life in Berlin for some time...
mardi, juin 26, 2007
Last week
I don't know, but lately I do not have any will to write any posts again. Even on my Polish blog. In general I'm terribly lazy - just sleeping, reading and absolutely nothing more. And unfortunatelly I have some things to do - application form, changes in another one, report from one project and session outlines for two other. And not much time for that - until Thursday midday. I just need to force myself and I'll manage. At least I hope ;)
Between Thursday and Sunday I was in Warsaw. We had a preparatory meeting for a Regional Training Course on Multipliers on Human Rights Education. There were: Karolina (president of the PYC), Monika (local organizer), Darek, Silvia, Marius and me (trainers). The meeting was very interesting and effective - we've finished even a bit earlier than we thought. Everything is plan (of course draft versions), deadlines are set, so now it is time for work.
And the free time together with them was also very nice :) On Friday we were in "Komisariat" (police station) for a beer and mojito. And on Saturday, we had long walk in the Old Town, then dinner and beer. And before that we're watching "Music & lyrics" on the computer and after that singing the songs from the movie together ;) Cool team building ;) And half of Sunday we had free - Monika, Silvia and Darek needed to go, but Karo, me and Marius were enjoying the free time together. First we're watching the fashion shows during the 3rd Warsaw Fashion Street (what was interesting mostly for Marius ;)), then we had slow, nice lunch, walk around and wondering around the biggest shopping mall in Poland. Then Marius went to catch his bus, Karo back to the office and I took my suitcase from the hotel and catch my train back home.
Today I've got finally 2 pics from Peter from the EYW, 1 pic from Marius and some others, so I can finally show you some pics. If organizers will burn me DVD with all the photos from them in this week, then in the future you may see some more. So...
Workoholics - trainers during the European Youth Week 2007. From the right side: Danijela, Marius, Ena, Peter and Marc.
Leading ice-breakers for 150 people... Strange feeling!
During the official openning session
With Marius - during the bus city tour (as you may see - in the open bus ;)) A lot of fun, laughing, joking, crazyness, a bit of danger (cut most of the trees in BXL ;))
Award ceremony (for the best youth projects), Eurovision style ;) With Peter.
Crazyness caused thanks to the presenters - minute later we changed our places, went to the last row, where we could comment and laugh more freely ;) We're very bad raised ;)
That would be all for now. If there will be more nice pics - I may come back to this event.
On Thursday I'll go to Berlin. I'm very happy about it :) I'll stay in the flat of Sergej and Angelique, I'll spend whole my time with them, also with Jakob, probably with Sylwia and Jona, Peter and his love, and maybe some other friends :) It will be great just to relax, enjoy time with friends, party, have fun and so on. I would just love to have also good weather, but this seems not so possible :( Let's see!
dimanche, juin 10, 2007
C'est incroyable
It's such a strange feeling to be at home after more than 2 months of travelling... I was home inbetween long enough just to unpack, wash my clothes and pack, all the time busy with so many different things. And now I just have 1 report to write, some other things to do and that's all. Incredible! I would like to use this time maybe also for creating the project ideas for future applications, refreshing my languages and developing the professional knowledge. Let's hope I'll manage.
I came home 3 days ago - before that I was in Brussels, co-leading video workshop during the European Youth Week. I was working with Christophe and Steven - two lovely, charming, inteligent and professional guys from Belgium and Wales. It was very nice work and also cool free time together. Besides our workshop, there were 2 other 'creative' workshops - music and photo. The music workshop was leaded by my favourite Turkish-Iranian: Behrooz and very cool Greek: Sakis :)
There were also 7 'debating' workshps leaded by trainers from the Pool of Trainers of the European Youth Forum.
It was a bit difficult (especially at the beginning) to create one team between those two types of trainers, but later it was better and better. I would not say that it was done in 100%, but still - better than I expected after the preparatory meeting. But I still hope that organizers will a bit rethink the concept for the next EYW. Even, if I don't have any guarantee that I would work for the next one as well.
The work was a bit confusing sometimes, often very hard and long, but still - it was very interesting and I'm not sorry that I agreed to work there. We had very interesting group of participants, spent also cool time together during the breaks and the free time.
I've met many cool, very interesting people during this time. On both levels - between participants and between trainers. I've also met people whom I know before, so it was also cool :) I enjoyed my free time very much! I've met again, e.g. Annamari, Asia, Bettina, Bjorn, Marius, Homa... And I've met many new cool people, e.g. Ioana, Bogdy, Danjela, Peter, Nina, Naomi, Renata, Vesna, David, Luis... Many, many great people! I hope that at least with some of them I'll meet again and again :)
About the EYW - we've started with informal opening, introduction to workshops and bus tour around Brussels (what a lovely time!). Next day we had the official openning, workshops time and a disco (hm... very short for 'the creative team', but still great :)). On Tuesday we're finishing the workshop results and at the evening there was a European Celebration - ceremony of giving awards to projects (Eurovision show II ;) But it was great, time with friends...). During the last day we had first presentation of the results, then time for questions and proposals and after the lunch the final conclusions were ready for the round table with officials from the EU-institutions. After that - for those, who were staying in BXL - evaluation meeting. And at the evening totally non-formal meeting of the trainers and their friends :) Very nice time - laughing, drinking, joking, teasing, talking, eating, being together...
And now, after this beautiful time, it's even harder to get use to being in my village again. I will stay at home until 21st of June, then we have the preparatory meeting for a regional training course for multipliers on human rights education. I will meet there Marius, Darek and other friends, as well as a new (for me) members of the team - Sylvia and Monika. Let's see how it will be work with Darek and Marius, whom I knew from some time, but never worked together.
Missing my friends...
PS. More about the European Youth Week - HERE. Some photos as well, but only for my friends, whom are registered in the Facebook :)
I came home 3 days ago - before that I was in Brussels, co-leading video workshop during the European Youth Week. I was working with Christophe and Steven - two lovely, charming, inteligent and professional guys from Belgium and Wales. It was very nice work and also cool free time together. Besides our workshop, there were 2 other 'creative' workshops - music and photo. The music workshop was leaded by my favourite Turkish-Iranian: Behrooz and very cool Greek: Sakis :)
There were also 7 'debating' workshps leaded by trainers from the Pool of Trainers of the European Youth Forum.
It was a bit difficult (especially at the beginning) to create one team between those two types of trainers, but later it was better and better. I would not say that it was done in 100%, but still - better than I expected after the preparatory meeting. But I still hope that organizers will a bit rethink the concept for the next EYW. Even, if I don't have any guarantee that I would work for the next one as well.
The work was a bit confusing sometimes, often very hard and long, but still - it was very interesting and I'm not sorry that I agreed to work there. We had very interesting group of participants, spent also cool time together during the breaks and the free time.
I've met many cool, very interesting people during this time. On both levels - between participants and between trainers. I've also met people whom I know before, so it was also cool :) I enjoyed my free time very much! I've met again, e.g. Annamari, Asia, Bettina, Bjorn, Marius, Homa... And I've met many new cool people, e.g. Ioana, Bogdy, Danjela, Peter, Nina, Naomi, Renata, Vesna, David, Luis... Many, many great people! I hope that at least with some of them I'll meet again and again :)
About the EYW - we've started with informal opening, introduction to workshops and bus tour around Brussels (what a lovely time!). Next day we had the official openning, workshops time and a disco (hm... very short for 'the creative team', but still great :)). On Tuesday we're finishing the workshop results and at the evening there was a European Celebration - ceremony of giving awards to projects (Eurovision show II ;) But it was great, time with friends...). During the last day we had first presentation of the results, then time for questions and proposals and after the lunch the final conclusions were ready for the round table with officials from the EU-institutions. After that - for those, who were staying in BXL - evaluation meeting. And at the evening totally non-formal meeting of the trainers and their friends :) Very nice time - laughing, drinking, joking, teasing, talking, eating, being together...
And now, after this beautiful time, it's even harder to get use to being in my village again. I will stay at home until 21st of June, then we have the preparatory meeting for a regional training course for multipliers on human rights education. I will meet there Marius, Darek and other friends, as well as a new (for me) members of the team - Sylvia and Monika. Let's see how it will be work with Darek and Marius, whom I knew from some time, but never worked together.
Missing my friends...
PS. More about the European Youth Week - HERE. Some photos as well, but only for my friends, whom are registered in the Facebook :)
mercredi, mai 02, 2007
Luxemburg first time
On the special request...
On 25th of April I started my travel to Luxemburg, first time in my life. I was flying via Paris (so I needed to fly back ;)), where I've met Żaneta, my trainer-collegue, which I haven't saw for about 1 year. We were travelling together to Luxemburg. I need to admitt it was the shortest flight in my history - 35-40 minutes. Start, 5 minutes, landing ;) In Luxemburg it appeared that we were 5 from this flight and we needed to wait 30 minutes for the bus to Remerschen. In the hostel I get to know that Mara (my Hungarian friend) managed with the reception to put us both in the same room :) Besides her I had 2 other roommates: one more girl from Hungary and one girl from Russia (whom I've met during the NCCs meeting in Warsaw in March). We all were tired (it's not so fast and easy for most of the people to travel to this country), so we went to sleep around midnight.
At the morning I woke up quite fresh - after about 7 hours of sleeping ;) We went by bus to the castle in Schengen, where we had the symposium. All the symposium was like: presentations, lectures, speaches, workshops, like a circle.
At the first evening they took us to the one of the biggest wineyards in Luxemburg. It was huge and quite interesting. And of course at the end we had opportunity to try one of those wines. I bought one (other than we tried) - Pinot Gris. And it appeared later to be a good idea, it's very good (and it costs some money, more than 8 Euro ;))
Second evening they took us for the 3 hours boat trip on Mossel. They welcomed us with the champaign, we crossed twice the water gate, wonderful views, cool people, it was great :) I had a nice dinner with a few companions: Kasia (Poland), Marie-Luise (Sweden), Krisztina (Hungary) and Marek (Czech Republic). It was very interesting and funny dinner. Unfortunatelly photos later, when I'll get them from girls.
On the last day Symposium was only until the lunch. Then we went by bus to the city of Luxemburg. Organizers wants to show us first the place of the evening meeting and place of the dinner. But when we saw the meeting place, then we decided to 'escape' (me and Marek) to the city already. We started our sightseeing, which took a few hours, it was soooo nice, we're walking around, visiting bookshops ;) having together a candy-floss, coffee, meal and so on (in general he was suppose to borrow me some money to cover my expences during this day - I left my wallet on the bad in the room - but at the evening I've heard from him it was a present! Crazy guy :)))Then we joined the group for a dinner, which was very nice and tasty. And then again we went alone for a music festival in the city. But it was so crawded that we resigned after 10 minutes - it was almost not possible to move. On the way back we've met one of the trainers - Kees, with whom we're trying to have beer. In 3 pubs they said that they are closing (before 11 PM! on Saturday! in the capital!), so we finally eneded in the hotel bar near our place of meeting. What interesting cathedral was open at 11 PM ;) After coming back to the hostel representatives of the group went to the gas station to buy alcohol for the last party. And I was doing the massage of the head and face for Marek - as I promissed during the day. After that I decided to stay and accompany my Russian roommate until 4 AM - she was having a bus to the airport at 4:30. We're talking, laughing, having hot chocolate. And after she went to take a shower I decided to go to sleep.
At the morning (as most of the group) I decided to take a bus at 8 AM. On the way to the airport we're discussing with Marek and other people who were sitting around us. After the check-in we're having a breakfast in strong group of 8 people :) Then we went to our gates. I was lucky - I found other 3 people from our group waiting for the plane to Paris, so at least this part of the travel went quickly on talking. When I came to Warsaw, then I realised that my suitcase didn't :/ I reported this on the airport and went home by train. I was home around 10 PM. And my suitcase arrived next day during the afternoon.
That's all about this visit in Luxemburg. Photos later, when I'll get them.
Tomorrow I'll go to Turkey for a TC, then to Budapest for a fun-weekend with friends and then to Luxemburg again, this time for a TC. I'll be at home on 22nd of May, at the evening. See you!
On 25th of April I started my travel to Luxemburg, first time in my life. I was flying via Paris (so I needed to fly back ;)), where I've met Żaneta, my trainer-collegue, which I haven't saw for about 1 year. We were travelling together to Luxemburg. I need to admitt it was the shortest flight in my history - 35-40 minutes. Start, 5 minutes, landing ;) In Luxemburg it appeared that we were 5 from this flight and we needed to wait 30 minutes for the bus to Remerschen. In the hostel I get to know that Mara (my Hungarian friend) managed with the reception to put us both in the same room :) Besides her I had 2 other roommates: one more girl from Hungary and one girl from Russia (whom I've met during the NCCs meeting in Warsaw in March). We all were tired (it's not so fast and easy for most of the people to travel to this country), so we went to sleep around midnight.
At the morning I woke up quite fresh - after about 7 hours of sleeping ;) We went by bus to the castle in Schengen, where we had the symposium. All the symposium was like: presentations, lectures, speaches, workshops, like a circle.
At the first evening they took us to the one of the biggest wineyards in Luxemburg. It was huge and quite interesting. And of course at the end we had opportunity to try one of those wines. I bought one (other than we tried) - Pinot Gris. And it appeared later to be a good idea, it's very good (and it costs some money, more than 8 Euro ;))
Second evening they took us for the 3 hours boat trip on Mossel. They welcomed us with the champaign, we crossed twice the water gate, wonderful views, cool people, it was great :) I had a nice dinner with a few companions: Kasia (Poland), Marie-Luise (Sweden), Krisztina (Hungary) and Marek (Czech Republic). It was very interesting and funny dinner. Unfortunatelly photos later, when I'll get them from girls.
On the last day Symposium was only until the lunch. Then we went by bus to the city of Luxemburg. Organizers wants to show us first the place of the evening meeting and place of the dinner. But when we saw the meeting place, then we decided to 'escape' (me and Marek) to the city already. We started our sightseeing, which took a few hours, it was soooo nice, we're walking around, visiting bookshops ;) having together a candy-floss, coffee, meal and so on (in general he was suppose to borrow me some money to cover my expences during this day - I left my wallet on the bad in the room - but at the evening I've heard from him it was a present! Crazy guy :)))Then we joined the group for a dinner, which was very nice and tasty. And then again we went alone for a music festival in the city. But it was so crawded that we resigned after 10 minutes - it was almost not possible to move. On the way back we've met one of the trainers - Kees, with whom we're trying to have beer. In 3 pubs they said that they are closing (before 11 PM! on Saturday! in the capital!), so we finally eneded in the hotel bar near our place of meeting. What interesting cathedral was open at 11 PM ;) After coming back to the hostel representatives of the group went to the gas station to buy alcohol for the last party. And I was doing the massage of the head and face for Marek - as I promissed during the day. After that I decided to stay and accompany my Russian roommate until 4 AM - she was having a bus to the airport at 4:30. We're talking, laughing, having hot chocolate. And after she went to take a shower I decided to go to sleep.
At the morning (as most of the group) I decided to take a bus at 8 AM. On the way to the airport we're discussing with Marek and other people who were sitting around us. After the check-in we're having a breakfast in strong group of 8 people :) Then we went to our gates. I was lucky - I found other 3 people from our group waiting for the plane to Paris, so at least this part of the travel went quickly on talking. When I came to Warsaw, then I realised that my suitcase didn't :/ I reported this on the airport and went home by train. I was home around 10 PM. And my suitcase arrived next day during the afternoon.
That's all about this visit in Luxemburg. Photos later, when I'll get them.
Tomorrow I'll go to Turkey for a TC, then to Budapest for a fun-weekend with friends and then to Luxemburg again, this time for a TC. I'll be at home on 22nd of May, at the evening. See you!
mercredi, avril 25, 2007
Decission
Due to different reasons this blog is suspended. Maybe I'll change my mind, but I don't have a clue when, so I can't promise anything now or give any deadlines for that. It's just my personal decission, based on a few facts.
mercredi, avril 18, 2007
Back
I'mmmm baaaack... Finally I'm at home! Even if only for a few days, still I'm very happy about it. It was totally crazy month!
More - later.
More - later.
mardi, mars 20, 2007
Again and again...
So, I'm going again tomorrow. I had such a big delays on this blog - already easly 4 posts, probably more. It's loosing it sense again slowly. Polish one as well.
Tomorrow at the morning I'm going to Berlin to take a part in the International Forum on Human Rigts. The Forum will be between 21st and 25th of March. On 27th I'll fly to Brussels to work during the preparatory meeting of the European Youth Week. If everything will be ok on 28th on late afternoon I'll fly to Istanbul to take part in a Symposium concerning the interreligious and intercultural dialogue. If it'll not be ok - I'll go home. I hope that everything will be ok - I would love to go there!
So, I'll be hopefully at home on 1st (maybe 2nd) of April. If not - on 28th or 29th of March. We'll see...
PS. HERE you may find photos from the NCCs Meeting and Action Week in Warsaw. Have a nice time :p
Tomorrow at the morning I'm going to Berlin to take a part in the International Forum on Human Rigts. The Forum will be between 21st and 25th of March. On 27th I'll fly to Brussels to work during the preparatory meeting of the European Youth Week. If everything will be ok on 28th on late afternoon I'll fly to Istanbul to take part in a Symposium concerning the interreligious and intercultural dialogue. If it'll not be ok - I'll go home. I hope that everything will be ok - I would love to go there!
So, I'll be hopefully at home on 1st (maybe 2nd) of April. If not - on 28th or 29th of March. We'll see...
PS. HERE you may find photos from the NCCs Meeting and Action Week in Warsaw. Have a nice time :p
lundi, mars 12, 2007
Story about Warsaw
On 2nd March, at early morning I needed to catch my train to Warsaw. During the travel the train got little delay, so after coming to Warsaw I needed to go quickly to my hotel "Fryderyk Chopin". Check in, living the suitcase in the room, short conversation with organizers and then looking for the Jasna Street - where the Polish Representation of the European Commission has its office. In their office (and in cooperation with them) we're organizing a Conference about the future of the EU. During this Conference we're also choosing the youth representatives of Poland for the European Youth Summit in Rome. It was an interesting short event, I've met a few collegues, but already after 3 PM I needed to go back to the hotel - unpacked my suticase before the beginning of the 4th Meeting of the National Campaign Committees of the "ADAE" Campaign. In the room I've met my roommate - Sylwia, whom is also my co-worker in our Polish Committee. She is a really cool girl, very interesting, funny, smart, she is a member of one of the biggest LGBT organizations (coorganizer of the Global Village, Manifa etc.).
At 4 PM we needed to be in Zielna Center, where we had our meetings. After 2,5 h of the opening meeting, together with one more participant, we went to the Central Station - each of us to pick up our friends. She was waiting for her friends and a girlfriend, who has a stand in the Global Village and I was waiting for Sergej :D He left his backpack in our room and we went for a dinner. The restaurant pointed out by organizers were a bit too expensive (spaghetti for 10 Euro!), so finally we finished in McDonald ;) And there also we've met my friends from the PYC and AEGEE - Karolina, Krzysiek and Bartek. After the dinner we went for the evening meeting of NCCs, where all of them has show their promotional and informational materials, then we had meeting about - so called - graffiti project (about which probably I'll wrote more in the future). In the meantime arrived our (mine and Sergej) friend - Piotrek. I like him a looot! After short visit in the hotel we're looking for a free places somewhere in the pub in the center (Friday, around 10 pm!). Finally we chosed "Fajka" (pipe), place which I like in Warsaw :) There joined us Paulina - my friend, who was a host of Sergej. There we spend a few nice hours on conversations, drinking, smoking waterpipe, laughing...
Next day we had 2 workshops - about organizing a social campaign and creating promotional materials. It was very interesting. After them I've met Paulina and Sergej and we went for a lunch in Green Way, serium of restaurants, which I like very much - very nice food and sooo cheap. Then we had coffee in a Green Coffee. And finally we arrived to the Global Village. It was a very interesting place, cool programme, a lot of practical information for everyone, concerts, forum theatre, cinema about the human rights... Very good idea and cool implementation. There I've met Sylwia and people from our Polish NCC. Then together with Sergej we went to the hotel for a meeting about this graffiti project. And then we had a nice dinner in Sphinx. Then a short relax in the hotel and then going for a party which was organized for the end of Global Village in the Mandala Club. It was a great evening. First it was sooo crawded - we're waiting for the locker room about 25 minutes! But the music was great and a cool people around, so it was balanced ;) There we've met for some minutes - Piotrek, Sylwia and Kasia and also flatmates of Paulina - Tomek and Sergej (next one!) and for the whole night with Paulina. We've finished the party at 5, on the way to the hotel few people even bought some additional drinks ;)
Next morning nor me, nor Sylwia, didn't managed to get up and go for the presentations of the good practices from different NCCs. We've decided to sleep a bit longer ;) We got up on 10, had a nice breakfast, met her Italian friend (who was making a documentary about the Action Week) and together we went to the meeting point of the March related with gender equality, women' rights, free choice of women in each case and so on. On the Parades Square we've met already a crowd. It was - with 'easy' counting - 2000 people. And my biggest surprise was an amount of guys around. Practicaly it was a balanced number of females and males around. And I need to write that I liked this fact :) Peacefuly we marched to the Parliament. When we're close to it Sergej joined us as well. There were some speaches, some shoutings, swinging banners ;) And of course there we also met a contra-march, organized by the radical right party - youth branch. They were using a photos of aborted kids (very strange way of demonstrating their opinions, and even more strange - convincing about them). This march consist from 40, maybe 50 people, so nothing to see in comparition with ours ;) After the March we went with a small group for a lunch to the Green Bar and then we had a coffee in Cava. After 5 PM Sergej went to our hotel room to take a nap and we went for a lectures for NCCs about including the LGBT issues in the frame of the Campaign. During those lectures I saw the best ppp in my life! It was made by Bruno from INGLYO and was great! After the break me and 2 guys from our NCC had a meeting with a European Director of the Campaign - Michael. It was a good meeting. Then in the hotel I had a working meeting about possible project organized by NCC from Visegrad countries. We've finished after 10 PM and finally I could go for a dinner. We're planning with Sergej to go for a party because of the Women' Day in the Tomba Tomba Club, but it appeared that after 10 PM all day buses and trams are stopping and then we need to catch a night bus. But we couldn't find any which would go in the part of the city, where this club was. And in addition all nearest restaurants were closing after 11 PM! Gosh... a capital of the European country... :S We had a choice: snack bars in the underground under the train station or McDonal :S We've chosed the second option, but without the eagerness. During the dinner we decided that we don't want to go there by foot, so went to Fajka again. Then we had a nice hours, sitting, talking, drinking... On the way to my hotel we reached a train station, where Sergej took a night bus to Paulinas' place at 2:50 and I took a taxi to the hotel.
At the morning we had open space - discussion groups. Until the lunch I took a part in two of them - about including the Campaign in the school curriculum and about creating a magazin about the work of the NCCs in East Europe. Downstairs I've met Sergej and Sylwia (girlfriend of Jonathan) and we went shopping to buy some nice present for Paulina for hosting him. We've bought a map of Europe and a bunch of tulips. After a short meeting Sylwia needed to go for a driving course and we went again to the Green Way, where we've met Paulina and her co-worker and flatmate - Tomek. After a nice lunch quick packing in the hotel. Then a coffee to go, meeting Paulina on the platform (forgot to give her keys back! ;)) and already needed to go into the EuroCity to Berlin. We had tickets in differents wagons, but wanted to sit together, so we've chosed the smoking compartament, which was totally empty. We're spending time on talking, fooling around, laughing. In one moment it appeared that in the same train are going 2 girls whom we've met during the Action Week. They joined us and it was very nice :) Peggy and Nina are really cool grils! Sergej needed to go out in Frankfurt, to fix some family things, so he needed go home. And I together with girls went to Berlin Ostbahnhof. We've arrived delayed about 25 minutes, so my whole travelling plan must be changed. I've took a S-bahn to Berlin Mahlsdorf, then next one to Strausber Nord. There Agata and Rocia were already waiting for me to take me by car to Klosterdord - our training village ;) I was there around midnight...
At 4 PM we needed to be in Zielna Center, where we had our meetings. After 2,5 h of the opening meeting, together with one more participant, we went to the Central Station - each of us to pick up our friends. She was waiting for her friends and a girlfriend, who has a stand in the Global Village and I was waiting for Sergej :D He left his backpack in our room and we went for a dinner. The restaurant pointed out by organizers were a bit too expensive (spaghetti for 10 Euro!), so finally we finished in McDonald ;) And there also we've met my friends from the PYC and AEGEE - Karolina, Krzysiek and Bartek. After the dinner we went for the evening meeting of NCCs, where all of them has show their promotional and informational materials, then we had meeting about - so called - graffiti project (about which probably I'll wrote more in the future). In the meantime arrived our (mine and Sergej) friend - Piotrek. I like him a looot! After short visit in the hotel we're looking for a free places somewhere in the pub in the center (Friday, around 10 pm!). Finally we chosed "Fajka" (pipe), place which I like in Warsaw :) There joined us Paulina - my friend, who was a host of Sergej. There we spend a few nice hours on conversations, drinking, smoking waterpipe, laughing...
Next day we had 2 workshops - about organizing a social campaign and creating promotional materials. It was very interesting. After them I've met Paulina and Sergej and we went for a lunch in Green Way, serium of restaurants, which I like very much - very nice food and sooo cheap. Then we had coffee in a Green Coffee. And finally we arrived to the Global Village. It was a very interesting place, cool programme, a lot of practical information for everyone, concerts, forum theatre, cinema about the human rights... Very good idea and cool implementation. There I've met Sylwia and people from our Polish NCC. Then together with Sergej we went to the hotel for a meeting about this graffiti project. And then we had a nice dinner in Sphinx. Then a short relax in the hotel and then going for a party which was organized for the end of Global Village in the Mandala Club. It was a great evening. First it was sooo crawded - we're waiting for the locker room about 25 minutes! But the music was great and a cool people around, so it was balanced ;) There we've met for some minutes - Piotrek, Sylwia and Kasia and also flatmates of Paulina - Tomek and Sergej (next one!) and for the whole night with Paulina. We've finished the party at 5, on the way to the hotel few people even bought some additional drinks ;)
Next morning nor me, nor Sylwia, didn't managed to get up and go for the presentations of the good practices from different NCCs. We've decided to sleep a bit longer ;) We got up on 10, had a nice breakfast, met her Italian friend (who was making a documentary about the Action Week) and together we went to the meeting point of the March related with gender equality, women' rights, free choice of women in each case and so on. On the Parades Square we've met already a crowd. It was - with 'easy' counting - 2000 people. And my biggest surprise was an amount of guys around. Practicaly it was a balanced number of females and males around. And I need to write that I liked this fact :) Peacefuly we marched to the Parliament. When we're close to it Sergej joined us as well. There were some speaches, some shoutings, swinging banners ;) And of course there we also met a contra-march, organized by the radical right party - youth branch. They were using a photos of aborted kids (very strange way of demonstrating their opinions, and even more strange - convincing about them). This march consist from 40, maybe 50 people, so nothing to see in comparition with ours ;) After the March we went with a small group for a lunch to the Green Bar and then we had a coffee in Cava. After 5 PM Sergej went to our hotel room to take a nap and we went for a lectures for NCCs about including the LGBT issues in the frame of the Campaign. During those lectures I saw the best ppp in my life! It was made by Bruno from INGLYO and was great! After the break me and 2 guys from our NCC had a meeting with a European Director of the Campaign - Michael. It was a good meeting. Then in the hotel I had a working meeting about possible project organized by NCC from Visegrad countries. We've finished after 10 PM and finally I could go for a dinner. We're planning with Sergej to go for a party because of the Women' Day in the Tomba Tomba Club, but it appeared that after 10 PM all day buses and trams are stopping and then we need to catch a night bus. But we couldn't find any which would go in the part of the city, where this club was. And in addition all nearest restaurants were closing after 11 PM! Gosh... a capital of the European country... :S We had a choice: snack bars in the underground under the train station or McDonal :S We've chosed the second option, but without the eagerness. During the dinner we decided that we don't want to go there by foot, so went to Fajka again. Then we had a nice hours, sitting, talking, drinking... On the way to my hotel we reached a train station, where Sergej took a night bus to Paulinas' place at 2:50 and I took a taxi to the hotel.
At the morning we had open space - discussion groups. Until the lunch I took a part in two of them - about including the Campaign in the school curriculum and about creating a magazin about the work of the NCCs in East Europe. Downstairs I've met Sergej and Sylwia (girlfriend of Jonathan) and we went shopping to buy some nice present for Paulina for hosting him. We've bought a map of Europe and a bunch of tulips. After a short meeting Sylwia needed to go for a driving course and we went again to the Green Way, where we've met Paulina and her co-worker and flatmate - Tomek. After a nice lunch quick packing in the hotel. Then a coffee to go, meeting Paulina on the platform (forgot to give her keys back! ;)) and already needed to go into the EuroCity to Berlin. We had tickets in differents wagons, but wanted to sit together, so we've chosed the smoking compartament, which was totally empty. We're spending time on talking, fooling around, laughing. In one moment it appeared that in the same train are going 2 girls whom we've met during the Action Week. They joined us and it was very nice :) Peggy and Nina are really cool grils! Sergej needed to go out in Frankfurt, to fix some family things, so he needed go home. And I together with girls went to Berlin Ostbahnhof. We've arrived delayed about 25 minutes, so my whole travelling plan must be changed. I've took a S-bahn to Berlin Mahlsdorf, then next one to Strausber Nord. There Agata and Rocia were already waiting for me to take me by car to Klosterdord - our training village ;) I was there around midnight...
samedi, mars 10, 2007
Previous stay in Berlin
Thanks to this visit in Germany I got those crazy photos from our previous stay in Berlin (during the preparatory meeting for the TC in Utrecht). So, finally I may publish some of them and invite you to see the rest of those crazy pics in an online album.
I decided to show you some of them, then you may check most of them in this album. Not all of them are good for publishing ;) So, some of them will stay away from the internet :p
Let's get it started...
This is a new type of drink - Żubrówka-pickle drink ;) Soon in all clubs in Europe :p
And our party stock ;) Almost everything what you would like to have :p
And pickle-guys ;) Eh... those Germans :p
Hm... next invention: flakes-plant ;) You may buy it soon on E-bay ;)
Happy gangsta' ;)
Who is taller? :p
Last invention - new way of making dreadlocks :p
Happy friend trio :)
Gangsta' again ;)
And Nutella battle :p
All together we're always having a great, happy time :)
I decided to show you some of them, then you may check most of them in this album. Not all of them are good for publishing ;) So, some of them will stay away from the internet :p
Let's get it started...
This is a new type of drink - Żubrówka-pickle drink ;) Soon in all clubs in Europe :pAnd our party stock ;) Almost everything what you would like to have :pAnd pickle-guys ;) Eh... those Germans :pHm... next invention: flakes-plant ;) You may buy it soon on E-bay ;)Happy gangsta' ;)Who is taller? :pLast invention - new way of making dreadlocks :pHappy friend trio :) Gangsta' again ;)And Nutella battle :pAll together we're always having a great, happy time :)Rest of the "suitable" photos you may find HERE. Have fun while watching and share with me your comments :p
I'm still in Berlin, but already missing so much for those crazy, sweet and dear guys :)
vendredi, mars 02, 2007
Announcement
Today early at the morning I'm going to Warsaw. First conference, then NCC meeting, then picking up Sergej from the train station and guiding to the hotel, leaving him in my room and goind for NCCs presentations and after that meeting Piotrek and going together 3 of us for a drink. And next days similar - during the day work, taking part in Action Week and at evenings partying with Sergej and other people from Warsaw and whole Europe.
At 5th we're taking an EuroCity train and going to Germany together (at least until Frankfurt ;)) and I'm going to Strausberg Nord for this T4T about upcycling. I'll stay there until 10th and then spending one day and night Berlin (hope to have fun ;)) and going back home. I should be home about 8 PM on 11th.
Not for a long time....
At 5th we're taking an EuroCity train and going to Germany together (at least until Frankfurt ;)) and I'm going to Strausberg Nord for this T4T about upcycling. I'll stay there until 10th and then spending one day and night Berlin (hope to have fun ;)) and going back home. I should be home about 8 PM on 11th.
Not for a long time....
lundi, février 26, 2007
Ups and downs
I feel strange. And I don't know if it's a result of visiting dentist today or rather beginning of being ill :/ I hope the first one. I don't want to be sick before the trip to Warsaw.
During the weekend I got the next refusal for the job as a trainer. It was quite depressing and demotivating to be honest. It was too long time without any nice result. And of course friends were trying to convince me that it'll change, but since some time I hate good advices like: everything will be ok, that's just the bad moment and so on. I know that they are probably very true, but I hate them. I think that if it's too much then you may have enough of everything ;) And after those refusals during last 2 months I heard so much of them ;)
And today I got a surprising, nice e-mail from the SALTO Participation Center that I was accepted as a one of six trainers who will lead creative workshops during the European Youth Week in Brussels :D Great! It's a nice job for the European Commission and SALTO. And quite good paid as well :p And again Brussels twice this year (at least) - the city which I like much. And I already know that one of the other 5 trainers is Behrooz - with whom I worked in Kusadasi last year :D He is a great guy and very professional trainer. So, 2 nice news in one day :)
Now I need to find a good connection in reasonable price to go for the preparatory meeting to Brussels. It will be soon - 27/28th of March, so I should be quick in searching and deciding. We'll see :)
Finally I have 2 applications to send before I'll go to Warsaw and at this moment one to send after coming back home. And 2 or 3 project applications to write. One until 5th of March. And things to do for our National Campaign Committee. And other stuff as well, so not really free time.
On 2nd at the morning I'll go to Warsaw. First I'll take part in a debate about the future of Europe, organized (in relation with 50th anniversary of the EU) by the representation of European Commission and the Polish Youth Council :) And at the afternoon the 4th Meeting of the NCCs of the Campaign will start. At 7 PM we will have dinner and at 6:25 Sergej will come to the central train station, so I hope I'll manage to pick him up from the train station after finishing the meeting on this day. Oh, yes, I forgot to write that Sergej will come for the Action Week in Warsaw :) It's really nice of him that he is coming from Germany to support tolerance and open-mindness(?) of the Polish society :D Now, I'm arranging a free host for him. Probably it'll be one guy who is the member of the Amnesty International and Campaign Against Homophobia, so he will be related also with the Action Week, so should be nice. But it's not still sure. I need to discuss with host and guest ;)
So, during those few days in the frame of the Meeting we will take also part in the Action Week, so it'll be even easy to meet during the day for some hours and it shouldn't be difficult to involve him as well in the evenings - first one is NCC market ;), second is a big party, third is free. During the fourth evening there will be an oppening of the nice exhibition related with the issue. But we'll not be there already.
Because on the afternoon 5th of March we'll take an EuroCity train and go together to Frankfurt. Then he is going to the family home and I'm going to the village near Berlin. I'll participate in the training course for trainers related with upcycling, so - how my friend wrote - how to change trash into a treasure ;) What is funny it's starting 3 days before my arrival, so I will skip 3 days. But they need a next pax from Poland. It'll be a bit strange to try to integrate with the group which is already quite integrated. I hope I'll manage. And on the next day after my arrival we're going for the whole day to Berlin ;) First visiting some alternative cloths galleries and Turkish Market and then a free time :D I should be home at 11th of March, staying one day longer in Berlin after the training.
And after 9 days again I'll go to Berlin ;) This time to participate in the International Forum on Human Rights. And almost from Berlin (or really from there) I'll go to Brussels for this preparatory meeting of the EYW. Wow, March start to look as a very short month ;) And 1st April will be quite difficult date then ;)
Ok, it's already very long post :p But that's life - nothing or much :p Or middle :p
During the weekend I got the next refusal for the job as a trainer. It was quite depressing and demotivating to be honest. It was too long time without any nice result. And of course friends were trying to convince me that it'll change, but since some time I hate good advices like: everything will be ok, that's just the bad moment and so on. I know that they are probably very true, but I hate them. I think that if it's too much then you may have enough of everything ;) And after those refusals during last 2 months I heard so much of them ;)
And today I got a surprising, nice e-mail from the SALTO Participation Center that I was accepted as a one of six trainers who will lead creative workshops during the European Youth Week in Brussels :D Great! It's a nice job for the European Commission and SALTO. And quite good paid as well :p And again Brussels twice this year (at least) - the city which I like much. And I already know that one of the other 5 trainers is Behrooz - with whom I worked in Kusadasi last year :D He is a great guy and very professional trainer. So, 2 nice news in one day :)
Now I need to find a good connection in reasonable price to go for the preparatory meeting to Brussels. It will be soon - 27/28th of March, so I should be quick in searching and deciding. We'll see :)
Finally I have 2 applications to send before I'll go to Warsaw and at this moment one to send after coming back home. And 2 or 3 project applications to write. One until 5th of March. And things to do for our National Campaign Committee. And other stuff as well, so not really free time.
On 2nd at the morning I'll go to Warsaw. First I'll take part in a debate about the future of Europe, organized (in relation with 50th anniversary of the EU) by the representation of European Commission and the Polish Youth Council :) And at the afternoon the 4th Meeting of the NCCs of the Campaign will start. At 7 PM we will have dinner and at 6:25 Sergej will come to the central train station, so I hope I'll manage to pick him up from the train station after finishing the meeting on this day. Oh, yes, I forgot to write that Sergej will come for the Action Week in Warsaw :) It's really nice of him that he is coming from Germany to support tolerance and open-mindness(?) of the Polish society :D Now, I'm arranging a free host for him. Probably it'll be one guy who is the member of the Amnesty International and Campaign Against Homophobia, so he will be related also with the Action Week, so should be nice. But it's not still sure. I need to discuss with host and guest ;)
So, during those few days in the frame of the Meeting we will take also part in the Action Week, so it'll be even easy to meet during the day for some hours and it shouldn't be difficult to involve him as well in the evenings - first one is NCC market ;), second is a big party, third is free. During the fourth evening there will be an oppening of the nice exhibition related with the issue. But we'll not be there already.
Because on the afternoon 5th of March we'll take an EuroCity train and go together to Frankfurt. Then he is going to the family home and I'm going to the village near Berlin. I'll participate in the training course for trainers related with upcycling, so - how my friend wrote - how to change trash into a treasure ;) What is funny it's starting 3 days before my arrival, so I will skip 3 days. But they need a next pax from Poland. It'll be a bit strange to try to integrate with the group which is already quite integrated. I hope I'll manage. And on the next day after my arrival we're going for the whole day to Berlin ;) First visiting some alternative cloths galleries and Turkish Market and then a free time :D I should be home at 11th of March, staying one day longer in Berlin after the training.
And after 9 days again I'll go to Berlin ;) This time to participate in the International Forum on Human Rights. And almost from Berlin (or really from there) I'll go to Brussels for this preparatory meeting of the EYW. Wow, March start to look as a very short month ;) And 1st April will be quite difficult date then ;)
Ok, it's already very long post :p But that's life - nothing or much :p Or middle :p
samedi, février 17, 2007
Berlin again ;)
Finally Maartje has some free time after first part of moving, so we could talk on MSN :) And she even managed to upload pictures from the weekend in Berlin, so she invited me for Yahoo photo sharing. I saved them and even if they are very low quality (from this photo sharing), I'll try to publish them here. Let's see.
I've met Jitske first time in Berlin. It's a very nice, funny, warm, talkative, smart and creative person. I like her :)
And this is Kathrin. I've met her already two or three times, don't even remember ;) I like this sitster from the sisterhood of bitches ;)
And here (from the left) - Jonathan, Jakob and Sergej. So, my three favourite German guys :D
And that's lovely Anai (I don't have a clue how to write her name ;)) - originaly fromm Argentine, for a while from Spain and now from Berlin. She and her lovely Argentinian tango.
And here my two great friends - Maartje and Jonathan. I like them so much :D
And last, but not least - me and Sergej in the nice pub.
And two sisters from the Sisterhood ;)That's all for this moment. Now, I need to wait for those crazy and cool pictures and movies, which we done on Monday early morning with Jakob and Sergej ;)
vendredi, février 16, 2007
Busy time
A few days of silence, beacuse first of all not much happened, and secondarily I had quite busy time now.
At this moment I have about 14 applications to write until 9th of March - and if everything would be good they needed to be finished at 1st of March. All of them. Most of them is for a job as a trainer, 1 or 2 for grants and rest for participation in some events. Besides that I need to write many e-mails, finish finally one report and start to work on 2 project applications for 1st April. Looks busy ;)
Last days weren't so busy with chating with friends. A few conversations with Biba, Sylwia and Annamari and a few short with Maartje. Biba is busy with her essays, Sylwia with being in Berlin ;) Annamari and Maartje with work. Maartje additionally with moving to her new appartement during this weekend. Rene and Catalina are participating in the EBM in Gliwice, Jakob has problems with the computer, Sergej is preparing his drawings for an exam on Monday and so on. I need to be patient more less until the beginning-middle of next week. Don't have any other choice ;)
At this moment I have about 14 applications to write until 9th of March - and if everything would be good they needed to be finished at 1st of March. All of them. Most of them is for a job as a trainer, 1 or 2 for grants and rest for participation in some events. Besides that I need to write many e-mails, finish finally one report and start to work on 2 project applications for 1st April. Looks busy ;)
Last days weren't so busy with chating with friends. A few conversations with Biba, Sylwia and Annamari and a few short with Maartje. Biba is busy with her essays, Sylwia with being in Berlin ;) Annamari and Maartje with work. Maartje additionally with moving to her new appartement during this weekend. Rene and Catalina are participating in the EBM in Gliwice, Jakob has problems with the computer, Sergej is preparing his drawings for an exam on Monday and so on. I need to be patient more less until the beginning-middle of next week. Don't have any other choice ;)
When I switched my computer on the St. Valentine's Day I was greet with hugs from Sylwia, then got message from my blog-friend Marta. And then the whole day nothing. And suddenly at the evening I got a short wishes on Gadu-Gadu from a single guy. And it was M. - the last guy from whom I expected to get wishes on this day! ;) What a surprise. Then we had a nice and quite long - as for him - conversation on GG. Interesting end of the evening.
In this week I got again one refusal about the job - it looks like 'habbit' now :( I wonder if there will be any positive institutional answer in this half of the year? Let's wait and see...
A few days ago I received a news from the lady from the Council of Europe that our project (about HRE planned with the PYC) is on the waiting list and we'll get the final answer on the beginning of next week. So, I started to worry about it. And suddendly today we got the final answer - we got the grant!!! It's cool. The only problem now is that we got 3500 Euro less than we applied :( That means looking for the other resources, what is not easy in this country in 2 months. Even less if we want to confirm the hotel reservation. Or changing the nice hotel for a hostel, which I wouldn't like to do, to be honest. But still great! Marius already confirmed that dates are still ok for him. Now I'm waiting for the confirmation from Marc. And we'll aslo get the support from CoE in the form of the 4th trainer nominated and paid by them :) And some other things - promotion on websites, support letters and so on. We may also have a visit of the employee of the CoE during our TC, but this is not sure and will be cofirmed later. Now I need to create a preparation schedule and a revised budget and send it together with a confirmation of the date to the CoE before 19th of February! They didn't gave us much time... ;) This is the first grant which we got from the CoE, so I'm quite happy - maybe this is a beginning of the CoE-adventure on next level? ;)
It looks that the PYC is slowly moving forward. On 2nd March there will be one day conference organized by the PYC and the representation of the European Commission in Poland. We're also organizing together a 2 competitions (essay and ideas) and the winners will be nominated by the PYC to go to the Youth Summit in Rome :) Lucky guys :p We're also talking about the study visit of the representative of the European Youth Forum - to come to Poland for a few days to help us to plan the development of the PYC, talking about our membership in it, having meetings with stakeholders to convince them to support us and so on. Cross your fingers for all those things!
I also received a preliminary information that I was accepted for a 4th meeting of the National Campaign Committees of the "All Different - All Equal" Campaign, which will be held at the beginning of March in Warsaw. At the beginning of the next week I should get the final confirmation and more details. So, during those days I will probably (at least partly) participate in the "Action Week" organized by our Polish NCC. It will be for sure interesting - week against a homophobia in our country! I hope I'll not be hurt ;) Hehehe... no, fairytale - not during the meeting of NCCs of the Council of Europe Campaign ;) I hope there will be also more collegues and friends.
I started to help our NCC some weeks ago. Now I'm taking care about one competition organized with help of the group of journalists, a database of projects held in the frame of the Campaign by our partner NGOs and creating an offer for new partners. So, also quite much work. But it's fun - finally I'm in the NCC, so officialy involved in my lovely Campaign :D
Additionaly, Mara - my hungarian friend - send me an offer to apply for the training courses about cultural diversity and youth participation for 1st April. To finally work together as a team :) One would be held in Poland during the fall, one in Hungary. She is negotiating with one hungarian NGO and I'm in touch with two friends NGO - of Ewa and of Sylwia. So, I hope that everything will work and during this fall I'll have additional 2 training courses to lead and to lead them with my lovely friend Mara. And maybe some other friends - don't have plans still for the rest of the team :)
And maybe finally I'll be paid for the seminar in Macedonia! At least one from organizers promissed to send the money in the end of next week. And I don't know where - to the local organizer or directly to me... Besides, it's Italian NGO, so probably end of February or mid-March is more realistic ;) Let's see!
Besides that I'm suppose to write an application for the youth project for our local partnership before 5th of March. I have problems with brainstorming, it seems that ideas which I really like are not so well seem by the board of it. Let's see as well. The problem is that I should also co-ordinate it, so for me the best time would be half of June - half of August. If 2 projects will not be accepted then since the beginning of June to the end of September. But I would prefer if they would be accepted of course! And I hope that they will like my last idea, which I find not so bad - mostly busy during the July, later rather moderation and in September one meeting.
Ok, I was thinking to write the post also on the Polish blog, but I'll just check my e-mails and try to go to sleep. It would be good to return to good habbits - going to sleep at midnight :p
And maybe finally I'll be paid for the seminar in Macedonia! At least one from organizers promissed to send the money in the end of next week. And I don't know where - to the local organizer or directly to me... Besides, it's Italian NGO, so probably end of February or mid-March is more realistic ;) Let's see!
Besides that I'm suppose to write an application for the youth project for our local partnership before 5th of March. I have problems with brainstorming, it seems that ideas which I really like are not so well seem by the board of it. Let's see as well. The problem is that I should also co-ordinate it, so for me the best time would be half of June - half of August. If 2 projects will not be accepted then since the beginning of June to the end of September. But I would prefer if they would be accepted of course! And I hope that they will like my last idea, which I find not so bad - mostly busy during the July, later rather moderation and in September one meeting.
Ok, I was thinking to write the post also on the Polish blog, but I'll just check my e-mails and try to go to sleep. It would be good to return to good habbits - going to sleep at midnight :p
lundi, février 12, 2007
Gurken und Wurst ;)
I’m using the time in the Eurocity train from Berlin to Poznań to write this post. It’s a pity that I don’t have a internet connection in the train. Maybe in the future…
Yesterday around 8 Sergej came to Jonas’ place. We had a very nice conversation during drinking the tea and waiting until Jakob will finish his work. He is doing the placement in the house for handicapped people instead of military service and work often until 8 – 9 – 10 PM. When he finished his work and has a bit of time to relax physically and mentally we went to Neu Kolln to visit him. We’re planning to talk some time and then to go to Friedrischshein visit Sergejs’ place, but finally we decided that it’s too late – it was around 23 and the metro stopped at 1 AM. So, we went only to the shop to buy an apple juice for the Żubrówka, which I brought. On the way from the shop we’ve noticed one Turkish fast food, which was still open, so we went there to have a really good and very cheap kebab. It was 1,5 Euro normally and when we’re buying it, it was even a promotional price, so less than that! After coming home we opened this big bottle and have a funny and nice time with all those ‘bad’ stuff – drinking, smoking and so on. We had a lot of very interesting conversations, but at some moment we started to have this ‘silly’ mood, so e.g. preparing a terrible drink – Żubrówka with water from the tap, water from the pickles and one pickle inside ;) Or making a lot of stupid photos, e.g. gangsta serium or ‘how to badly eat Nutella’ serium :p We had Nutella all over our faces at some point ;) Then we even started to make movies (Jakobs’ camera has option of doing 10 minutes long movies). And that was the ‘final’ of silly things – still with Nutella, then with a ‘documentary movie’ – how to prepare and smoke joints ;) and so on. It was really crazy time! And I just love it! Now it’s only one bad thing – I need to wait for those pics and movies :( Jakob probably lost somewhere the cable for uploading photos and his laptop doesn’t have a memory card reader, so he is now planning to buy one and then burn them on the CD and or give it to me (if it would be possible to meet) or send it by post. But it will probably take some weeks :( Around 6 at the morning we decided to go home. Sergej went with me until the doors of Jonas’ place again - to be sure that I’ll be safe and to say goodbye. So, I was in my bed again after 6 and slept until 10:30, so not really long. But I’m planning to sleep in those 2 slow train which I will take from Poznań to my place. After waking up and taking the shower I packed my things, talk a little bit with Jonathan. Then ate my croissant with marzipan ;) during checking my e-mails. And at the end again talking with Jona before going to the U-bahn station. On the Ostbahnhof I bought quite nice postcard, which I will send to Biba, when I’ll be back home. I promised to send her postcards from places, which I will visit. But I forgot to write down the address from the e-mail from her, so I couldn’t write some nice words and send it on the Ostbahnhof, because I didn’t had the address :/ Silly me!
In general – it was a absolutely fabulous time! I spend such a great days and nights here :D Even if we needed to work – it was interesting, efficient and quite innovative, even if sometimes it was with quite hot discussions ;) Then, when we had a free time I’ve spend a really cool time with Maartje, Jona and Jitske and also a lot of beautiful time with Sergej and Jakob. I just love it! And I’ll miss all of them so much! We need to find a next opportunity, which makes possible to meet again quite fast. Maybe I should move to Berlin? ;) But my knowledge of German is rather not sufficient ;) Even if I developed it with Gurken and Wurst and zuruck bleiben bitte ;) I think it’s not enough :p But from the other hand it would be a way of quick development of my German skills. But then I need to work somewhere to be able to live there… hm… ;) We’ll see, you never know what will happen soon! And I was a very good girl again, even if… Hm… There were some little temptations, but my angel site again won. I’m not sure if it’s good :p But it seems to be in my nature now… Too long of being such a good girl, too difficult to change it now. Maybe I need to develop my evil side as well now… Slowly, on each trip, then maybe in some weeks/months I will be again less angel and a little bit more ‘evil’ ;) Let’s see… It could be quite nice sometimes :p Hm….
Yesterday around 8 Sergej came to Jonas’ place. We had a very nice conversation during drinking the tea and waiting until Jakob will finish his work. He is doing the placement in the house for handicapped people instead of military service and work often until 8 – 9 – 10 PM. When he finished his work and has a bit of time to relax physically and mentally we went to Neu Kolln to visit him. We’re planning to talk some time and then to go to Friedrischshein visit Sergejs’ place, but finally we decided that it’s too late – it was around 23 and the metro stopped at 1 AM. So, we went only to the shop to buy an apple juice for the Żubrówka, which I brought. On the way from the shop we’ve noticed one Turkish fast food, which was still open, so we went there to have a really good and very cheap kebab. It was 1,5 Euro normally and when we’re buying it, it was even a promotional price, so less than that! After coming home we opened this big bottle and have a funny and nice time with all those ‘bad’ stuff – drinking, smoking and so on. We had a lot of very interesting conversations, but at some moment we started to have this ‘silly’ mood, so e.g. preparing a terrible drink – Żubrówka with water from the tap, water from the pickles and one pickle inside ;) Or making a lot of stupid photos, e.g. gangsta serium or ‘how to badly eat Nutella’ serium :p We had Nutella all over our faces at some point ;) Then we even started to make movies (Jakobs’ camera has option of doing 10 minutes long movies). And that was the ‘final’ of silly things – still with Nutella, then with a ‘documentary movie’ – how to prepare and smoke joints ;) and so on. It was really crazy time! And I just love it! Now it’s only one bad thing – I need to wait for those pics and movies :( Jakob probably lost somewhere the cable for uploading photos and his laptop doesn’t have a memory card reader, so he is now planning to buy one and then burn them on the CD and or give it to me (if it would be possible to meet) or send it by post. But it will probably take some weeks :( Around 6 at the morning we decided to go home. Sergej went with me until the doors of Jonas’ place again - to be sure that I’ll be safe and to say goodbye. So, I was in my bed again after 6 and slept until 10:30, so not really long. But I’m planning to sleep in those 2 slow train which I will take from Poznań to my place. After waking up and taking the shower I packed my things, talk a little bit with Jonathan. Then ate my croissant with marzipan ;) during checking my e-mails. And at the end again talking with Jona before going to the U-bahn station. On the Ostbahnhof I bought quite nice postcard, which I will send to Biba, when I’ll be back home. I promised to send her postcards from places, which I will visit. But I forgot to write down the address from the e-mail from her, so I couldn’t write some nice words and send it on the Ostbahnhof, because I didn’t had the address :/ Silly me!
In general – it was a absolutely fabulous time! I spend such a great days and nights here :D Even if we needed to work – it was interesting, efficient and quite innovative, even if sometimes it was with quite hot discussions ;) Then, when we had a free time I’ve spend a really cool time with Maartje, Jona and Jitske and also a lot of beautiful time with Sergej and Jakob. I just love it! And I’ll miss all of them so much! We need to find a next opportunity, which makes possible to meet again quite fast. Maybe I should move to Berlin? ;) But my knowledge of German is rather not sufficient ;) Even if I developed it with Gurken and Wurst and zuruck bleiben bitte ;) I think it’s not enough :p But from the other hand it would be a way of quick development of my German skills. But then I need to work somewhere to be able to live there… hm… ;) We’ll see, you never know what will happen soon! And I was a very good girl again, even if… Hm… There were some little temptations, but my angel site again won. I’m not sure if it’s good :p But it seems to be in my nature now… Too long of being such a good girl, too difficult to change it now. Maybe I need to develop my evil side as well now… Slowly, on each trip, then maybe in some weeks/months I will be again less angel and a little bit more ‘evil’ ;) Let’s see… It could be quite nice sometimes :p Hm….
dimanche, février 11, 2007
From Berlin
Girls went to take a train, I just cleaned the kitchen, Jona is finishing a meeting, so I've found a few minutes to write a post. I'll stay here until tomorrow midday, so I still have some nice hours to spend here :)
Those days were really soooo cool! :D I've met Maartje and Jitske on the main station and then we're going together to Jonas' place. Then he prepared a spaghetti for us and we're suppose to start the work after eating it. But somehow our time just pass by on chatting to fast ;) So, we decided to change an environment to more suitable for working ;) and we move to the place called Roma Theater. Then actually we were working for 1-2 hours. Because then it was quite late (about 22) and we're suppose to go for a tango concert of Annai, we decided to eat a great and very cheap pizza on the way to the concert restaurant. On the way we've met Kathrin and all together we came to listen to Annai to the middle of nowhere and it was a really nice part of the evening. After concert we still were sitting in the restaurant, drinking the wine and chatting. Then we started slowly move back to Jonas' flat, because he was suppose to wake up at 8 to go for some meetings and both girls were tired after the work week. On the way to his place Jakob called that he and Sergej finally may meet with us, but the tired 3 decided to stay at home and I just wait a bit in the flat and then they came to pick me up around shortly after 2 o'clock ;) We went to the closest open pub, which is very nice and cheap and we spent a lovely 3 hours there chatting, drinking beer and smoking :) Then they decided to show me that German guys are also gentelmans, so they went with me until the Jonas' door :) So, I was in my bed after 5 at the morning.
On Saturday I woked up after 11 and after 12 we started to work on the program with girls, while Jona was on the meetings. He came at 3 and started to question everything, so finally we stopped to work on the program and decided to go dowstairs to the cute and little cafe and there work on the general content and vision of the TC. At the end of the evening we had a really original and I think interesting concept of the training course. We'll see how it'll work in the practice, but if it'll be ok, then we should publish it and make the people use it ;) Then we went to a nice Turkish restaurant to have a really great dinner. The meal was soooo huge and not really expensive. Cool :D When we almost died after eating too much ;) we decided to move more to the center and meet Sergej and Jakob there and spend the evening together. We met them in the very 'pubbish' and student part of the city and - because everything was so crowded - we went to a restaurant called "Habana" and have a nice drinks there. around 11-12 we got sms from Kathrin that her friend is organizing a 'Berlin-private-party' (it seems to be a famous category of parties :)) and we may go there to join them. And of course we did ;) It was a nice appartament full of people. We had a nice drinking-chatting-smoking time there, but of course after 2 o'clock girls and Jona decided that they are tired and going home :p Unfortunately Jakob is working today as well, so he also needed to go home. So, only Sergej and I decided to stay longer. We had a really nice rest of the night, talking a lot. Suddendly a few friends of him (from the place were he was living) came and I've met many nice people on this party as well. At 5 at the morning we decided to move to home. But during the waiting (20 min!) for the U-bahn we found out that we're soooo hungry that we can't go to sleep like that. So, we went to the Hermansplatz to find some still open place and eat. The only open place was McDonald :S But if you're very hungry at the 5:30 at the morning even this is ok ;) So, we had a nice breakfast :p Segej went with me to Jonas' flat and then home. And I was in my bed at 6:30.
Today I woked up at 12 and we had a nice walk to the bakery all together. Since the night there is a bit of snow here, so we had a snowballs fight on the way ;) After a nice breakfast we were working until 5. Then girls packed, talk a bit with us and moved to the train station. Jona had a meeting, I was talking with Sylwia on MSN. Later I cleaned the kitchen and now writing ;) I hope that soon after finishing the post Sergej will come and we'll meet to visit Jakob and later move to Sergejs' flat to drink Żubrówka, which I brought :) Jona is going for a dinner to a friend and I hope that later he will join us as well. It must be a great night - last during this stay here. And we need to plan a next meeting ;) I'm so happy to be here and meet all of them and it was such a crazy, great, nice and warm time :D It's just cool!
Those days were really soooo cool! :D I've met Maartje and Jitske on the main station and then we're going together to Jonas' place. Then he prepared a spaghetti for us and we're suppose to start the work after eating it. But somehow our time just pass by on chatting to fast ;) So, we decided to change an environment to more suitable for working ;) and we move to the place called Roma Theater. Then actually we were working for 1-2 hours. Because then it was quite late (about 22) and we're suppose to go for a tango concert of Annai, we decided to eat a great and very cheap pizza on the way to the concert restaurant. On the way we've met Kathrin and all together we came to listen to Annai to the middle of nowhere and it was a really nice part of the evening. After concert we still were sitting in the restaurant, drinking the wine and chatting. Then we started slowly move back to Jonas' flat, because he was suppose to wake up at 8 to go for some meetings and both girls were tired after the work week. On the way to his place Jakob called that he and Sergej finally may meet with us, but the tired 3 decided to stay at home and I just wait a bit in the flat and then they came to pick me up around shortly after 2 o'clock ;) We went to the closest open pub, which is very nice and cheap and we spent a lovely 3 hours there chatting, drinking beer and smoking :) Then they decided to show me that German guys are also gentelmans, so they went with me until the Jonas' door :) So, I was in my bed after 5 at the morning.
On Saturday I woked up after 11 and after 12 we started to work on the program with girls, while Jona was on the meetings. He came at 3 and started to question everything, so finally we stopped to work on the program and decided to go dowstairs to the cute and little cafe and there work on the general content and vision of the TC. At the end of the evening we had a really original and I think interesting concept of the training course. We'll see how it'll work in the practice, but if it'll be ok, then we should publish it and make the people use it ;) Then we went to a nice Turkish restaurant to have a really great dinner. The meal was soooo huge and not really expensive. Cool :D When we almost died after eating too much ;) we decided to move more to the center and meet Sergej and Jakob there and spend the evening together. We met them in the very 'pubbish' and student part of the city and - because everything was so crowded - we went to a restaurant called "Habana" and have a nice drinks there. around 11-12 we got sms from Kathrin that her friend is organizing a 'Berlin-private-party' (it seems to be a famous category of parties :)) and we may go there to join them. And of course we did ;) It was a nice appartament full of people. We had a nice drinking-chatting-smoking time there, but of course after 2 o'clock girls and Jona decided that they are tired and going home :p Unfortunately Jakob is working today as well, so he also needed to go home. So, only Sergej and I decided to stay longer. We had a really nice rest of the night, talking a lot. Suddendly a few friends of him (from the place were he was living) came and I've met many nice people on this party as well. At 5 at the morning we decided to move to home. But during the waiting (20 min!) for the U-bahn we found out that we're soooo hungry that we can't go to sleep like that. So, we went to the Hermansplatz to find some still open place and eat. The only open place was McDonald :S But if you're very hungry at the 5:30 at the morning even this is ok ;) So, we had a nice breakfast :p Segej went with me to Jonas' flat and then home. And I was in my bed at 6:30.
Today I woked up at 12 and we had a nice walk to the bakery all together. Since the night there is a bit of snow here, so we had a snowballs fight on the way ;) After a nice breakfast we were working until 5. Then girls packed, talk a bit with us and moved to the train station. Jona had a meeting, I was talking with Sylwia on MSN. Later I cleaned the kitchen and now writing ;) I hope that soon after finishing the post Sergej will come and we'll meet to visit Jakob and later move to Sergejs' flat to drink Żubrówka, which I brought :) Jona is going for a dinner to a friend and I hope that later he will join us as well. It must be a great night - last during this stay here. And we need to plan a next meeting ;) I'm so happy to be here and meet all of them and it was such a crazy, great, nice and warm time :D It's just cool!
jeudi, février 08, 2007
Tomorrow
Still there is no answer about the decission of the Selection Commitee about the grant for the training course about Human Rights Education and Compass. Strange... First time since I have a contact with the Council of Europe (fall 2004) they didn't implement what they promissed. It was written that the decission will be until 6th of February and nothing until now. And from 'my sources" ;) I know that the lady responsible for that is not in the office until Tuesday! Grrrr.... So much nerves for me and the others whom were helping in the application for one week more! Uffff...
During this week I got 3 or 4 rejections for my job applications. That makes me really unhappy. What's more - I really think that my profile is better and better, but it seems that not for them. Especially for the last rejection - they explained whom they choosed and at least one person has very similar (or even I would say worse) profile than mine! But in this circle unfortunatelly personal relationships are so important as well :/ I'm loosing my self-confidence slowely. Beginning of this year is definatelly worse than last year! And in last year I had a lot less of those nice experiences! Very starnge and it makes me said and discourage... Demotivate...
But one things helps me forget about it until next week! Tomorrow I'll go to Berlin for a preparatory meeting of the training course in the Netherlands in April. We'll have this meeting in Jonathans' place :) So, I'll meet my lovely friend Maartje and her friend and co-worker Jitske (whom I don't know still personally). And already tomorrow at the evening, about 7-8, I'll meet as well my cool friends from the last training in Banica - Sergej and Jakob :D I'm so happy about it! And they promissed to spend with me my free time during the whole stay! :D Jakob even took a day off in the job ;) Sergej don't need to do it still ;) That's so great and I'm so amazingly happy that I'll meet them all and spend with them time until Monday :D Maybe we'll even implement a "Free Hugs Campaign" in Berlin, we're talking about it with Sergej a few days ago. That would be very interesting for sure! Let's see... For tomorrow we're thinking about the chill out evening. Then on Saturday continuation of work and at the evening crazy party ;) On Sunday again work and at the afternoon Maartje and Jitske are going home and I'm staying until Monday midday, so for me again a nice evening with guys :)
Ok, time for Polish blog as well...
During this week I got 3 or 4 rejections for my job applications. That makes me really unhappy. What's more - I really think that my profile is better and better, but it seems that not for them. Especially for the last rejection - they explained whom they choosed and at least one person has very similar (or even I would say worse) profile than mine! But in this circle unfortunatelly personal relationships are so important as well :/ I'm loosing my self-confidence slowely. Beginning of this year is definatelly worse than last year! And in last year I had a lot less of those nice experiences! Very starnge and it makes me said and discourage... Demotivate...
But one things helps me forget about it until next week! Tomorrow I'll go to Berlin for a preparatory meeting of the training course in the Netherlands in April. We'll have this meeting in Jonathans' place :) So, I'll meet my lovely friend Maartje and her friend and co-worker Jitske (whom I don't know still personally). And already tomorrow at the evening, about 7-8, I'll meet as well my cool friends from the last training in Banica - Sergej and Jakob :D I'm so happy about it! And they promissed to spend with me my free time during the whole stay! :D Jakob even took a day off in the job ;) Sergej don't need to do it still ;) That's so great and I'm so amazingly happy that I'll meet them all and spend with them time until Monday :D Maybe we'll even implement a "Free Hugs Campaign" in Berlin, we're talking about it with Sergej a few days ago. That would be very interesting for sure! Let's see... For tomorrow we're thinking about the chill out evening. Then on Saturday continuation of work and at the evening crazy party ;) On Sunday again work and at the afternoon Maartje and Jitske are going home and I'm staying until Monday midday, so for me again a nice evening with guys :)
Ok, time for Polish blog as well...
lundi, février 05, 2007
Today...
... cross your fingers for me and one project!
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Update: Upssss.... Hm... It's typical for me - made mistake with dates! The important date is 6th of February, so tomorrow! So, save your fingers for tomorrow then ;)
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Update: Upssss.... Hm... It's typical for me - made mistake with dates! The important date is 6th of February, so tomorrow! So, save your fingers for tomorrow then ;)
dimanche, février 04, 2007
Time to party
Since 2 days I'm sitting home and relaxing - reading books, listening to the music, talking with friends and family, sending e-mails, playing stupid games ;) But to be honest - I'm missing my friends. 2 friends leaving nearby has little kids, husbands, jobs and houses 'to take care about', so they almost don't have a free time to meet with me. And now most of my other friends is quite busy, so not being online very often. That makes me a bit more melancholic... I should find new friends somewhere near, but how to do it now... I love leaving in the village, but sometimes it makes things more difficult. And I would love to just go out with friends, have a great time together... But in 5 days I'll be in Berlin, so at least for 3 days I'll have many friends around :D But then probably longer break again... But who knows!
Because I bought this laptop in this time I had a promotional offer - I could order Windows Vista Home Premium for free. Just paying for tax and transport - whole was 20 Euro. I ordered and in 6-8 weeks (!) I should have it home. Until then I'll consider if I should install it ;) Sergej started 3 days ago and made a huge mess with his computer... But from the other hand this one is 'adapted' for Windows Vista, at least it's written like that on the cover. Let's wait and see...
Today we had a national eliminations for Eurovision. I decided to watch it and was quite surprised. For 10 bands - 4 - lets say - weren't Polish (2 Swedish, one I don't remember from where and one mixed). And I must say that I liked the song which won. If you want to hear (and see) it - it's HERE. I must say that I liked the idea that Poland will be represented by girl with Russian origin and black British guy :D It seems that young people don't support the 'only-one-right-government' with his 'mission of Polish Poland'. At least not in music tastes. I'll cross my fingers for this song when the time will come...
Ok, going to sleep finally!
Because I bought this laptop in this time I had a promotional offer - I could order Windows Vista Home Premium for free. Just paying for tax and transport - whole was 20 Euro. I ordered and in 6-8 weeks (!) I should have it home. Until then I'll consider if I should install it ;) Sergej started 3 days ago and made a huge mess with his computer... But from the other hand this one is 'adapted' for Windows Vista, at least it's written like that on the cover. Let's wait and see...
Today we had a national eliminations for Eurovision. I decided to watch it and was quite surprised. For 10 bands - 4 - lets say - weren't Polish (2 Swedish, one I don't remember from where and one mixed). And I must say that I liked the song which won. If you want to hear (and see) it - it's HERE. I must say that I liked the idea that Poland will be represented by girl with Russian origin and black British guy :D It seems that young people don't support the 'only-one-right-government' with his 'mission of Polish Poland'. At least not in music tastes. I'll cross my fingers for this song when the time will come...
Ok, going to sleep finally!
jeudi, février 01, 2007
mercredi, janvier 31, 2007
La vie maintenant
Il est juste pendant 2 jours après que je suis venu à la maison... Et il semble être des âges... Et manquant toujours beaucoup... Mais c'est sentiment tellement gentil à l'intérieur de moi que j'ai rencontré un si grand peuple et ai le temps tellement merveilleux ensemble... Pitié juste il est fini déjà...
Je pense que j'ai déjà édité cette chanson avant, mais elle n'importe pas maintenant... Costumes justes ici et maintenant... Seulement en anglais - à fatigué...
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It's just 2 days after I came home... And it seems to be ages... And still missing very much... But it's so nice feeling inside me that I've met such a great people and have so wonderful time together... Just pity it's finished already...
I think I already published this song before, but it doesn't matter now... Just suits here and now...
"Life Is Wonderful" - Jason MrazIt takes a crane to build a craneIt takes two floors to make a storyIt takes an egg to make a henIt takes a hen to make an eggThere is no end to what I'm sayingIt takes a thought to make a wordAnd it takes some words to make an actionIt takes some work to make it workIt takes some good to make it hurtIt takes some bad for satisfactionLa la la la la la la life is wonderfulAh la la la la la la life goes full circleAh la la la la la la life is wonderfulAl la la la laIt takes a night to make it dawnAnd it takes a day to make you yawn brotherAnd it takes some old to make you youngIt takes some cold to know the sunIt takes the one to have the otherAnd it takes no time to fall in loveBut it takes you years to know what love isIt takes some fears to make you trustIt takes those tears to make it rustIt takes the dust to have it polishedHa la la la la la la life is wonderfulAh la la la la la la life goes full circleAh la la la la la la life is so full ofAh la la la la la la life is so roughAh la la la la la la life is wonderfulAh la la la la la la life goes full circleAh la la la la la la life is our loveAh la la la la laIt takes some silence to make soundIt takes a loss before you found itAnd it takes a road to go nowhereIt takes a toll to make you careIt takes a hole to make a mountainAh la la la la la la life is wonderfulAh la la la la la la life goes full circleHa la la la la la life is wonderfulHa la la la la la life is meaningfulHa la la la la la life is wonderfulHa la la la la la life it is...so... wonderfulIt is so meaningfulIt is so wonderfulIt is meaningfulIt is wonderfulIt is meaningfulIt goes full circleWonderfulMeaningfulFull circleWonderful
lundi, janvier 29, 2007
C'était un temps extraordinaire
Le bout 10 jours étaient étonnant. Stupéfiant en raison des personnes, de l'endroit, du temps, de la formation, de la nourriture, des conversations, des parties, des additions savoureuses aux parties ;) Temps merveilleux avec de belles personnes. J'ai trouvé peu de gens avec qui pour sûr je voudrais rester en contact et développer cette relation dans une amitié à long terme. J'espère que ce sera possible...
J'essayerai d'écrire une 'vue d'ensemble 'courte de ce temps... ;) Après un long voyage avec beaucoup de moments soumettants à une contrainte (dus à ce vent orageux tous les trains ont été retardés) je suis arrivé à Kraków. Là j'ai rencontré le premier participant - type roumain frais appelé Liviu (ou Ninja ;)) Nous voyageons ensemble à Stróże. Dans le même train était également Piotr, mais nous non parvenu à se réunir dans le train. Après être venu à Banica nous avons dîné gentil. Pendant de soirée les participants allemands et roumains également est venu. Les participants bulgares, turcs et autrichiens sont venus plus tard - pendant le 2ème jour de la formation. Les premiers jours nous avons eu des entrées de 2 nos entraîneurs - Karolina (poli) et Anna (russe), avec également notre participation. Alors nous avons eu la moitié par jour libre - plus du groupe est allé pour un looong, promenade gentille autour des montagnes près - à une pension, où nous avons eu le chocolat chaud et le dos intéressants. Alors nous avons fait aller le jour 2.5 pour la pièce appelée les "participants des entraîneurs" - chaque groupe de réflexion a eu la moitié du jour à mener à posséder la session. Nôtres étaient au sujet "de communication interculturelle" et étaient tout à fait gentils. Plus tard nous avons eu un jour "de l'espace ouvert" et le jour passé - des projets et évaluation. Becasue de retardent en venant à la moitié de Banica du groupe que nous avons eu la soirée internationale dans 2 parts ;) Ce qui était tout à fait gentil ;) En général - toutes les soirées étaient agréables et spéciales :) Tout à fait bientôt nous avons eu un sous-groupe de personnes partying ;) Naturellement j'étais dans ce groupe. Mais surprisely nous non eu toutes les parties dansantes (très bonnes pour moi !), mais séance juste, causant, buvant, fumant, riant, dessins animés en difficulté d'observation ;), écoutant la musique, appréciant la cheminée et. Elle était si grande ! J'aime vraiment ce petit groupe tellement ! Elle est incroyable combien vous pouvez apprécier un sejour avec peu de gens pendant 10 jours !
Et cet endroit... si vous avez le beau, chaud, savoureux, intéressant séjour dans l'endroit silencieux - visitez Banica. Choisissez la maison, pas aussi près des autres maisons et de peu de kilomètre de village. Entouré par de petites montagnes, beaucoup d'intéresser et choses tout à fait vieilles à voir autour, chevaux, forêt, nature, fleuves, neige... Propriétaires de gentil, chauds et intéressants... Nourriture incroyablement délicieuse, dans la grande maison de partie faite... Maison magique avec de belles choses dans elle... 5 chats... Petit ruisseau près de la maison... Bel endroit ! J'irai chercher là sûr quand j'aurai seulement une prochaine possibilité ! Je la manque déjà !
Les gens... Petit groupe - 16 participants et 2 entraîneurs. J'ai passé un beau temps avec peu d'eux : Laura, Sergej, Jakob, Liviu, Olta, Piotr... En outre Iuliana, Marius et Jan.... Il était si grand... Je suis absent ils déjà ! Au moins j'ai le rai avec Laura et Sergej déjà un peu... C'est quelque chose ce qui me fait désirant ardemment un peu moins. Mais toujours... ;) Si tout sera correct - en 10 jours je rencontrerai Anna, Jakob et Sergej à Berlin :D et passerai peut-être quelques soirées agréables ensemble ! J'espère ainsi !
Oh... quelle belle heure j'ai eue là... Mais je pense que j'étais un ange trop long à être maintenant une mauvaise fille... Hm... pitié ?
Grrrrrand temps ! Il a valu la peine d'aller là pour sûr ! Maintenant, seulement désirant ardemment tellement...
Last 10 days were amaizng. Amazing becasue of people, place, time, training, food, conversations, parties, tasty additions to parties ;) Wonderful time with beautiful people. I found few people with whom for sure I would like to keep in touch and develop this relation in a long-term friendship. I hope it'll be possible...
I'll try to write a short 'overview' of this time... ;) After a long travel with many stressing moments (due to this stormy wind all trains were delayed) I arrived to Kraków. There I've met first participant - cool Romanian guy called Liviu (or Ninja ;)) We're travelling together to Stróże. In the same train was also Piotr, but we didn't managed to meet in the train. After coming to Banica we had a nice dinner. During the evening also German and Romanian participants came. Bulgarian, Turkish and Austrian participants came later - during 2nd day of training. First days we had inputs from 2 our trainers - Karolina (Polish) and Anna (Russian), with also our participation. Then we had half a day free - most of the group went for a looong, nice walk around the mountains near - to one hostel, where we had nice hot chocolate and back. Then we had 2,5 day for the part called "Participants go trainers" - each reflection group had half of the day to lead own session. Ours was about "Intercultural communication" and was quite nice. Later we had one day of "Open space" and last day - projects and evaluation.
Becasue of delay in coming to Banica half of the group we had International Evening in 2 parts ;) What was quite nice ;) In general - all evenings were nice and special :) Quite soon we had a subgroup of partying people ;) Of course I was in this group. But surprisely we didn't had any dancing parties (very good for me!), but just sitting, chatting, drinking, smoking, laughing, watching sick cartoons ;), listening to the music, enjoying fireplace and each other. It was so great! I really like this small group so much! It's incredible how much you may enjoy a staying with few people for 10 days!
And this place... if you have lovely, warm, tasty, interesting stay in silent place - visit Banica. Single house, not so close to the other houses and few km from village. Surrounded by small mountains, many interesting and quite old things to see around, horses, forest, nature, rivers, snow... Nice, warm and interesting owners... Incredibly delicious food, in big part home made... Magic house with beautiful things in it...5 cats... Small brook near the house... Beautiful place! I will go there for sure when I will only have a next possibility! I miss it already!
People... Small group - 16 participants and 2 trainers. I spent a lovely time with few of them: Laura, Sergej, Jakob, Liviu, Olta, Piotr... Also Iuliana, Marius and Jan... It was so great... I'm missing them already! At least I've spoke with Laura and Sergej already a bit... That's something what makes me a little bit less longing. But still... ;) If everything will be ok - in 10 days I'll meet Anna, Jakob and Sergej in Berlin :D And maybe spend some nice evenings together! I hope so!
Oh... what a lovely time I had there... But I think I was too long an angel to now be a bad girl... Hm... pity?
Greeeeat time! It was worth to go there for sure! Now, only longing so much...
J'essayerai d'écrire une 'vue d'ensemble 'courte de ce temps... ;) Après un long voyage avec beaucoup de moments soumettants à une contrainte (dus à ce vent orageux tous les trains ont été retardés) je suis arrivé à Kraków. Là j'ai rencontré le premier participant - type roumain frais appelé Liviu (ou Ninja ;)) Nous voyageons ensemble à Stróże. Dans le même train était également Piotr, mais nous non parvenu à se réunir dans le train. Après être venu à Banica nous avons dîné gentil. Pendant de soirée les participants allemands et roumains également est venu. Les participants bulgares, turcs et autrichiens sont venus plus tard - pendant le 2ème jour de la formation. Les premiers jours nous avons eu des entrées de 2 nos entraîneurs - Karolina (poli) et Anna (russe), avec également notre participation. Alors nous avons eu la moitié par jour libre - plus du groupe est allé pour un looong, promenade gentille autour des montagnes près - à une pension, où nous avons eu le chocolat chaud et le dos intéressants. Alors nous avons fait aller le jour 2.5 pour la pièce appelée les "participants des entraîneurs" - chaque groupe de réflexion a eu la moitié du jour à mener à posséder la session. Nôtres étaient au sujet "de communication interculturelle" et étaient tout à fait gentils. Plus tard nous avons eu un jour "de l'espace ouvert" et le jour passé - des projets et évaluation. Becasue de retardent en venant à la moitié de Banica du groupe que nous avons eu la soirée internationale dans 2 parts ;) Ce qui était tout à fait gentil ;) En général - toutes les soirées étaient agréables et spéciales :) Tout à fait bientôt nous avons eu un sous-groupe de personnes partying ;) Naturellement j'étais dans ce groupe. Mais surprisely nous non eu toutes les parties dansantes (très bonnes pour moi !), mais séance juste, causant, buvant, fumant, riant, dessins animés en difficulté d'observation ;), écoutant la musique, appréciant la cheminée et. Elle était si grande ! J'aime vraiment ce petit groupe tellement ! Elle est incroyable combien vous pouvez apprécier un sejour avec peu de gens pendant 10 jours !
Et cet endroit... si vous avez le beau, chaud, savoureux, intéressant séjour dans l'endroit silencieux - visitez Banica. Choisissez la maison, pas aussi près des autres maisons et de peu de kilomètre de village. Entouré par de petites montagnes, beaucoup d'intéresser et choses tout à fait vieilles à voir autour, chevaux, forêt, nature, fleuves, neige... Propriétaires de gentil, chauds et intéressants... Nourriture incroyablement délicieuse, dans la grande maison de partie faite... Maison magique avec de belles choses dans elle... 5 chats... Petit ruisseau près de la maison... Bel endroit ! J'irai chercher là sûr quand j'aurai seulement une prochaine possibilité ! Je la manque déjà !
Les gens... Petit groupe - 16 participants et 2 entraîneurs. J'ai passé un beau temps avec peu d'eux : Laura, Sergej, Jakob, Liviu, Olta, Piotr... En outre Iuliana, Marius et Jan.... Il était si grand... Je suis absent ils déjà ! Au moins j'ai le rai avec Laura et Sergej déjà un peu... C'est quelque chose ce qui me fait désirant ardemment un peu moins. Mais toujours... ;) Si tout sera correct - en 10 jours je rencontrerai Anna, Jakob et Sergej à Berlin :D et passerai peut-être quelques soirées agréables ensemble ! J'espère ainsi !
Oh... quelle belle heure j'ai eue là... Mais je pense que j'étais un ange trop long à être maintenant une mauvaise fille... Hm... pitié ?
Grrrrrand temps ! Il a valu la peine d'aller là pour sûr ! Maintenant, seulement désirant ardemment tellement...
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Last 10 days were amaizng. Amazing becasue of people, place, time, training, food, conversations, parties, tasty additions to parties ;) Wonderful time with beautiful people. I found few people with whom for sure I would like to keep in touch and develop this relation in a long-term friendship. I hope it'll be possible...
I'll try to write a short 'overview' of this time... ;) After a long travel with many stressing moments (due to this stormy wind all trains were delayed) I arrived to Kraków. There I've met first participant - cool Romanian guy called Liviu (or Ninja ;)) We're travelling together to Stróże. In the same train was also Piotr, but we didn't managed to meet in the train. After coming to Banica we had a nice dinner. During the evening also German and Romanian participants came. Bulgarian, Turkish and Austrian participants came later - during 2nd day of training. First days we had inputs from 2 our trainers - Karolina (Polish) and Anna (Russian), with also our participation. Then we had half a day free - most of the group went for a looong, nice walk around the mountains near - to one hostel, where we had nice hot chocolate and back. Then we had 2,5 day for the part called "Participants go trainers" - each reflection group had half of the day to lead own session. Ours was about "Intercultural communication" and was quite nice. Later we had one day of "Open space" and last day - projects and evaluation.
Becasue of delay in coming to Banica half of the group we had International Evening in 2 parts ;) What was quite nice ;) In general - all evenings were nice and special :) Quite soon we had a subgroup of partying people ;) Of course I was in this group. But surprisely we didn't had any dancing parties (very good for me!), but just sitting, chatting, drinking, smoking, laughing, watching sick cartoons ;), listening to the music, enjoying fireplace and each other. It was so great! I really like this small group so much! It's incredible how much you may enjoy a staying with few people for 10 days!
And this place... if you have lovely, warm, tasty, interesting stay in silent place - visit Banica. Single house, not so close to the other houses and few km from village. Surrounded by small mountains, many interesting and quite old things to see around, horses, forest, nature, rivers, snow... Nice, warm and interesting owners... Incredibly delicious food, in big part home made... Magic house with beautiful things in it...5 cats... Small brook near the house... Beautiful place! I will go there for sure when I will only have a next possibility! I miss it already!
People... Small group - 16 participants and 2 trainers. I spent a lovely time with few of them: Laura, Sergej, Jakob, Liviu, Olta, Piotr... Also Iuliana, Marius and Jan... It was so great... I'm missing them already! At least I've spoke with Laura and Sergej already a bit... That's something what makes me a little bit less longing. But still... ;) If everything will be ok - in 10 days I'll meet Anna, Jakob and Sergej in Berlin :D And maybe spend some nice evenings together! I hope so!
Oh... what a lovely time I had there... But I think I was too long an angel to now be a bad girl... Hm... pity?
Greeeeat time! It was worth to go there for sure! Now, only longing so much...
vendredi, janvier 19, 2007
Going again
Ok, didn't manage to write anything during last busy days. Now I'll also not write much. Just one to inform those, who are reading it that between 18th and 28th of January I'm off from home.
I'm going to be trained as well ;) I'll take a part in the training for trainers on cross-cultural competences, which will take place somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Polish mountains (but those small ones). Seriously - just our hostel and one farm, even not a village.
We'll have this small hostel for ourselves. Group is small - I think 17 people + trainer, coming from 5 countries: Poland, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Germany. I hope it'll be a good time.
I'm suppouse to have a wireless internet there, but let's see how it'll work. Especially that the weather is totally crazy, so who knows...
I will be back on 28th at the evening. Hugs!
Aha, you may find the info, where am I - HERE. Even in English and German ;) Some of our small hostels seems to be modern ;)
I'm going to be trained as well ;) I'll take a part in the training for trainers on cross-cultural competences, which will take place somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Polish mountains (but those small ones). Seriously - just our hostel and one farm, even not a village.
We'll have this small hostel for ourselves. Group is small - I think 17 people + trainer, coming from 5 countries: Poland, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Germany. I hope it'll be a good time.
I'm suppouse to have a wireless internet there, but let's see how it'll work. Especially that the weather is totally crazy, so who knows...
I will be back on 28th at the evening. Hugs!
Aha, you may find the info, where am I - HERE. Even in English and German ;) Some of our small hostels seems to be modern ;)
mercredi, janvier 10, 2007
Happy New Year!
I know it's a bit later than probably it should be 'announced', but it's still just beginning of the year, so it suits here perfectly. Thanks Serhan for the inspiration :)
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And probably all of you already know very well that I just love this Campaign and I'm in with my heart :) Link on the right side of my blog ;)
And probably all of you already know very well that I just love this Campaign and I'm in with my heart :) Link on the right side of my blog ;)
samedi, janvier 06, 2007
Back from Berlin
Back from Berlin. Back from Warsaw. Don't feel like writing the post about it. Don't feel like having this blog any longer.
Berlin was amazing, beautiful time with great people. Happy to meet so many new interesting people. Great time, place, people... Only little dissapointments, but it doesn't matter in the whole vision at all. One of the times of my life for sure! And miss it a lot... a lot...
Berlin was amazing, beautiful time with great people. Happy to meet so many new interesting people. Great time, place, people... Only little dissapointments, but it doesn't matter in the whole vision at all. One of the times of my life for sure! And miss it a lot... a lot...
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