Family portrait

Well, we were asked to show a photo of ours families. So, as we can see I have a huge family, but I love that. I have a great deal of aunts, uncles, cousins. This photo was taken in 2011 to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary of my beloved grand parents Józef and Barbara. It was a great party! Like a little wedding - a lot of food, music group and dancing until the morning.

I would like to show a photo of my crazy dog, also a member of my family. His name is Karat and he does all the time "amen" signe with his ears :)

Oh, it's sooo British!

I just read that the majority of Americans still believe in stereotypes about the British. Why them? It is obvious that every nation and every man may still believe in stereotypes, but the British and Americans, are sometimes really nasty!

What can we find? Well things like:
- they are reserved, 
- they have an obsession about the class system,
- they drink a lot!
- they are still obesed about second world war, 
- they still have old - fashioned customs: tea time!
- Everyone in Britain has a plummy accent and talks like the Queen
- All Britons have bad teeth
- Britons love to queue .... 

Ouf! it's a lot! I recommend you 2 articles to confirm this opinion. And you? Did you know about that?

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/09/lost-in-translation-five-british-stereotypes-that-are-true/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/26/british-stereotypes-please-mention-war

Aaand a realy nice picture, that conform this is still tue :))

It's hard to be your best friend....

Hi, 

Well, sometimes I love watching advertisement in TV. Unfortunately, I do not have a TV recently, so my contact with  pop culture is limited to the Internet. I am obviously not the only one! The Polish television  have rather poor quality and effectiveness of advertising. Often it's based on showing a healthy, beautiful family. "Buy a powder!", "Buy a toothpaste!" And so on ... 

Advertising in the West are much more dare. Some fall into abject stupidity, but still there are those that really play and make an impression! The last ad I found is the last production of Carlsberg. It's hard to be your best friend - watch and see that true friendship and real beer is priceless!

The power of color!

Hi everybody!

Looking out the window and seeing all this snow I really miss the colors. When spring is coming? I'm waiting! Reviewing thousand of films in You Tube I've found a really interesting proposition, that explain to me one question of my childhood - if red color that I can see is the same RED that you can see? or, if yours RED is my GREEN? This guy explain it in incredible simply way, I recommend you all his channel :)

Enjoy!

1000 Years of Annoying the French - Touché!

I just read a brilliant book entitled "1000 Years of Annoying the French" written by British author, ho lives currently in Paris - Stephen Clarke. Why that tile? 

As we can read on the back cover the author breaks down the myths that created a national identity of the French and he tells us a real story about what happened from 1066. Clarke asked himself: "One of the most frequent questions I get when doing readings and talks is: why is there such a love-hate relationship between the French and the Brits? (...) I realize that any book that gives a balanced view of history is going to irritate French people a lot. So I’m really sorry, France, but the 1,000 years of being annoyed by les Anglo-Saxons aren't over yet …"

We can find that Jeanne d'Arc was betrayed by French, that bubbles in champagne we can owe to Mr Merret (Briton) and a guillotine (Halifax) was invented in England. During reading I couldn't stop laughing - Clarke use popular, almost "speaking" style of writing, using all the time irony and lards his book with British humor. In fact, he shows a real historic facts, that sometimes can be cliché in our belief.

I present you a nice interview from France 24 (yes, it's in English!) with Stephen Clarke and I truly recommend you this book! Voila!

http://www.france24.com/en/20101009-2010-10-09-0110-wb-en-culture

A review from The Daily Mail : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1258399/How-English-invented-champagne-facts-guaranteed-infuriate-French--1-000-YEARS-OF-ANNOYING-THE-FRENCH-BY-STEPHEN-CLARKE.html

Aaand my own copy in Polish :) 

So, let open the secret door.

As the project has to be in English, I will publish interesting articles (and other things) in English only. That's the point!

Well, for a good begining, as I just read, let open the secret door :)

Enjoy!

http://www.safestyle-windows.co.uk/secret-door/