Life is as beautiful as you allow yourself to see it

Hey! How are you in the next week of quarantine? I hope you found many ways to spend this time pleasantly. For me, it's not very easy to do so, becase during the quarantine I have more work than on a daily basis, I mean under normal conditions without an emergency . It's quite obvious we are getting used to routine (in the meaning of work, shopping, meetings, etc.) quickly and it seems difficult for us to be productive and well organized when the routine is over. Anyway, despite working hard, last week I was able to find a few moments to discover some cultural offers that Polish and foreign theaters and operas offer us during the epidemic crisis. Certainly the visual and sound effects don't have such a high quality of impact as in the case of live performances. Despite that, I'm glad that cultural venues facilitate access to their performances (normally paid) online. Perhaps this is how some people will learn and become convinced about the art!

There are no signs that would signal the quarantine will end soon. On the contrary, we all are preparing that the number of cases will increase dramatically. And after a whole week (or even longer), even real stay-at-homes lose their patience and begin to leave the house. More and more people go for walks near their place of residence. There are also more people in public transport and in the city center. Some places are already so frequented as if a state of emergency didn’t exist at all. What happens to our responsibility for ourselves and for others? Have we reached the breaking point so quickly? Is it possible that one week was enough to forget how risky, dangerous and dramatic the situation is? Of course, one has to think rationally and not exaggerate in every situation; but the topic should not be underestimated neither. We just start to get bored, miss spring, movement, faces of friends. We begin to miss our routine. We even miss work. Personally, I am not an example of a ...

The time that has just come is very difficult for all of us. The crisis caused by the coronavirus is rapidly spreading across Europe and even further. Every day, they provide us with flow  of information about new cases of the  disease  and we are constantly following the increasing numbers in the media.  We expect a large-scale economic crisis, queues for grocery stores are as long as our families were preparing for war, cities are empty, dead, restaurants, shopping centers, schools, universities, cinemas, theaters, museums - everything is closed. We are aware that we are confronting a real tragedy. We are scared. We worry about the health and life of our loved ones. We persist in quarantine with hope and apprehension. But above all there are a lot of good people who want to help the others. They do shopping for older neighbors, sew masks to hospitals, cook dinner for doctors. Students of Medicine volunteer to help in hospitals.  Cultural i...

On this occasion, I decided to search the Internet and find some facts about how people (and mostly women) spend today's day all over the world. - In Russia , the feast of ladies is a day off from work. - Vietnam celebrates this festival twice a year - March 8 and October 20. -  United Kingdom focuses on education. On this day one can take part in various meetings and lectures, for example about equality. - In Italy , celebrations on March 8 start a week earlier - posters and leaflets symbolizing the holiday hang on the walls and pillars. On Women's Day, every lady is given a bouquet of flowers. Interestingly, women also give gifts to their friends, mothers, sisters or friends. - In Portugal and Romania , women generally celebrate Women's Day without men. On the night of March 8, women meet at a party. - Women's Day is prohibited in Iran (until there the situation is quite logical and understandable, after all Iran is a Muslim state). In 2007, ...

The second semester has come, reminding me not only the need to learn, but also determining the resumption of the blog. So here I am. I spent the holidays with my family, that is: parents and younger brothers, because when you live in another city, strengthening mutual bonds is a fundamental issue, especially for siblings who watch and follow the example. We all went to Wroclaw with the hope that a slight change of space would help boys notice things other than computer or TV screens. As usual, I played the role of a tourist guide. I must admit that the weather was fine and we had a good time. I don't think anything special has happened the very last week that would draw my attention very much. I get to know new teachers, new subjects, I return to regular study and my (recently clean) room was again covered with a pile of papers, folders, books… The kindest thing that happened to me last week was a spontaneous conversation with my friend from Spain, Irene. We usually writ...

It's been a long time since Whoopi Goldberg won the hearts of viewers with the famous comedy ‘Sister Act’. We all remember the character of the unfulfilled singer Deloris Van Cartier, who saw her lover committing a murder. Then she had to find cover so that she would not become his victim herself. She went to a monastery, where she suffered a mental shock. She adapted, however, in new conditions when she took care of the nun's choir. Thanks to her passion, joy and strong personality, Deloris caused crowds to come to the church to listen to the gospel music. A unique bond of friendship between her and the sisters developed. The tragic accident contributed to the spiritual revival of both the bar singer and the religious community. I'm not talking about it by accident... On Friday, I went to the Musical Theater in Poznań  to relax before the most difficult week full of stress and exams. The musical by a team from Poznań charmed me completely. I don...

Quite recently I had an opportunity to meet one of my best friends. As it was the holiday season, there were also opportunities for small gifts. My friend has always been an absolute fan of music and theater, especially the combination of these two forms - the musical. There is probably no artist he wouldn't know. He's also a fan of Polish music and often finds exquisite songs and performers that almost nobody knows about. For him, culture is to be not a primitive chatter, but a very deep and important experience. Wojtek shared the album of Tęskno, 'Mi', with me. Of course, the CD impressed me a lot. The album is the work of two young Polish women, the vocalist Joanna Longić and the pianist Hania Raniszewska. The girls write almost poetic texts. Their music is full of delicacy, but also  individual strength. In the photos, the girls don't smile, they are serious, thoughtful, as if they were in a completely different world. They have no artificial smile...