tiring conferences

As new school year is coming soon, I took part in a conference for teachers organised by one of the leading publishing houses which, beside the books, offers materials for students and teachers and also co-operates with schools. It's a very experienced company, I have attended their conferences for many years. Unfortunately, this conference was a total mistake! The level of a lecture was rather low, there were some basics known for even student teachers, the guest - an expert - was dreadfully boring and boasted with overprepared material she showed (but no interesting materials in it) and during the break there was only water to drink - after such a boring presentation I needed a cup of coffee! What a waste of time! Furthermore - the same poor lecturer was leading two sessions - when I saw her the other time I was close to give up! However, be a human, give a chance. So I did. And I went out with headache, lack of interest in my field, yawning all the time and wondering - why I decided to lose 4 hours of my life? I am rather aware that this kind of performances is arranged for some marketing purposes but, for god'sake - it could have been done in a fascinating, involving, motivating and encouraging way! Especially that such meetings have another goal yet - to show teachers how to push their students, how to present materials in an interesting way, how to present hard subjects to be easily consumed....
yeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhh.... this conference was about - how not to show anything.

Fighting still with headache I am rejecting another invitations - enough is enough.

Heat

that's amazing how hot this summer is - sometimes I'm afraid that our climate has changed drastically and now we are condemned to experience either hot summers or extremely cold winters. On the way there are some tornadoes, rainstorms, hailstorms, floods or other cataclysms which make us sure we are still dependent on our mother earth. Maybe there is a point. To think about ecology or to mention following generations. Every motivation to make us think is positive. However, uffffffff - hard to bare (weather not thinking).

Anyway, I live in Poland and here such weather situations are called anomaly. When they happen, we can notice the size of devastation and people's misfortune and those living at the edge, who haven't experienced such a nightmare think "god, thank you I live where I live and I'm safe and sound". Nevertheless, being emphatic we can feel some despair and unhappiness of people who have lost their houses, all the property, farm animals and crops who are pushed to turn their life upside-down and start again or to leave their world and move away.
Recently I watched a program about the city in the US, Kansas, GREENSBURG and I was totally petrified. Although the program was about rebuilding the city in a newest, green-friendly technology and about the bravery and sacrifice of local society. From one point of view - depressing, from the other one - inspiring, full of hope and belief. Fascinating story :)

articles about Greensburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensburg,_Kansas
http://www.greensburggreentown.org/
http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/05/14/kansas-town-rebuilds-green-after-massive-tornado/
http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/
http://www.wbur.org/npr/126833862

HE

and everything is clear now :)) we are expecting a boy!!! sucking a thumb and rolling non stop, HE is all right. doesn't know that we are spying on HIM, admiring his growth and development. and gossiping about HIM, dreaming about HIS future, talking about HIS needs, collecting things for HIM, preparing a nice nest for HIM, stroking HIM there and wondering - what thoughts are in HIS mind now, how it is to come from the forever, the piece of universe who decided to get friends with us, to be the part of us, to give us the greates happiness in the world. HE and us - the one. Incredible happiness, unspeakable feeling, deep in my heart. HE can feel it :)

speedway

Anna, me, Daniel

a match of  Włókniarz Częstochowa and Stal Gorzów - just after Grand Prix in Toruń, where the team of Poland has won! :))

sausage in the break is absolutely obligatory

Tai Woffinden

Peter Karlsson

Nicki Pedersen

some boring days

I must say that my days seem to be the kind of holiday. I'm taking a rest and really feel relaxed. That's amazing because since a year I've been trying to forget about the problems, to escape in the world of loosy thoughts but I couldn't. At last I managed. And must say - feel wonderful with it. I let the days flow, without control, without tension and nerves about loosing time. Some time must be lost to make us happy. I've got some time to read, to watch nice films, to walk with my doggy, to take pictures, to meet friends whom I haven't seen for ages. I've got some time to think, to dream, to be. And I stopped taking care of idiots who wanted to hunt me. They're gone now. For good. And fullstop :))

full of surprises

Life is full of surprises - we are unable to predict all of unexpected and incredible things that are to be met on our path in a moment.
Some of them harmful and painful, some joyful and happy.

My surprise which the faith has already given me consists of both sides - dark and bright. However, I think that following the path, I will find more light spots. Hope and belief.