More epiphanies and red sandstone!

I need to confess something that dawned on me yeasterday.

I was trying to do a brief summary of 2012 and attempting to mentally prepare myself for 2013.

Obviously enough, the highlight of my year (among other things) was a trip to India that I went on in August. Needless to say, it was an amazing experience which I will never forget.

And no only will I never forget it, I reckon I will never be able to fully realise and accept the fact that I was actually there. It's hard enough to look at the map of the world and the Indian penisula and think: I was there! It's too unreal.

Anyways, what I remember most about the experience is the fact that I found myself immersed in the beauty of the local trees. I've never been particularly keen on geology, biology or any other branch of knowledge similar to the aforementioned, so it came as a surprise to me. Yet whenever I was sightseeing, I marvelled at their beauty.

Now I know why! I realised that yesterday as I was going through photos from Delhi, Pushkar and Chandigarh.

Did you know that basically every single building in India (I'm obviously generalising here) is made of old red sandstone? Additionally, did you know that when trees are put against such a background, they look amazingly well and exceptionally green? That is why I was so astonished and entranced with them! And I have to say that after I had gone back home from India, I went through all of the possible kinds of trees naturally occurring in India: none of them looked that well on the photos when standing alone! But when put in contrast of red sandstone, they are beautiful!

This teaches us something about life, doesn't it? :)

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!

Hope you have a good one x

We'll see how it goes.

Just a bit of banter, naa mean?

I'm feeling exceptionally well today.

Or maybe I'm not, I just want to have something to write about and that seems like a good start :)

In the end it doesn't really matter though, when I'm standing in the hall of fame :)

Anyways, the reason for me feeling so well and not wantign to go to sleep at all (It's 4am) is the amount of awesomeness I've managed to experience today and, hence, my excitement. Without wanting to bore you and to cut a rather long story short, I finally slept long enough (I've not had much time for that for the past couple of months), I met my friend who's long gone to Scotland to study and received the prettiest present ever: a small wallet with an owl on it. She said it's for my first earnings when I'm working as a hairdresser :) I've always found presents that meant something to me personally as most valuable. After all, presents in general do not have to be expensive or big: all it takes for them to be awesome is to come as a result of the other person's conscious effort.

That's not what I wanted to write about though. I've been sitting on my bed for the last couple of hours alternately choosing a book or my laptop to keep myself occupied and occasional changing the CDs I wanted to listen to. Needless to say, it's another thing I've not been given a chance to do very often lately.

The book in question is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and I strongly recommend you to read it. Funnily enough, I got all three parts of the same 'Millenium: The Girl with...' as a Christmas present last year but only got down to reading them now.

I've read half of the first book and I have to say I'm really impressed. The language in the book is picturesque, but not innacurate. I've had moments when I had to put down the book just to contemplate what has just happened in it and how it affected me emotionally. It's amazing how each and every character in it impersonates one of the most complex persons I've ever got to know in any book.

I've been hearing a lot about how good the movie based on that particular book is. And although I'm excited to see it, I have to admit that after failing to be impressed by the film 'We need to talk about Kevin', especially when put against the book  (which was amazing) I'm a bit scared this one may also spoil my vision of the characters, the atmosphere and basically the whole of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. I hate when movies do that to books.

I'll let you know what I think of the movie once I've seen it though :)

Another thing that I got a chance to do today is to finally go through all of the websites that I ever marked as importnat or interesting. And that includes social websites, newsletters that are immutably being delived to my mailbox, manifold forums, miscellaneous radio stations from around the world and blogs. It's funny how the all sort of all link together when you look at all of them from a certain (wider) perspective.

It's a good way to get to know yourself, by the way.

But more of that will come soon! And I cannot wait to tell you all about the websites I find amazing!

By the way, my classmate wished for my blog to compete with facebook when it comes to pageviews on our little christmassy celebration in school. I don't think he really meant it though. Or did he?

Haha,

We'll see how it goes.

WAIT! The banter! I swear I simply forgot to mention why I chose the title of this blogpost to be 'Just a bit of banter, naa mean?'! To summarise though:

1.It's my dream to say that to someone who's British (I've already succeeded at incorporating cheers mate quite in my everyday English)

2.I wanted to have an excuse to put a definition of the word 'banter' here:

The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks.

Synonyms:

noun: jest - joke - raillery - pleasantry - badinage

verb: joke - jest - chaff - lark - tease - mock - jape

:) Source: woho

To be completely honest, I think I might have said that (just to practice) to the guy I spoke to on the phone the other day: he worked in one of the major Ballon Delivery companies in the UK and judging by his accent he must've been from Birmingham. But that's a whole lot of a different story.

It's 4 am and I intend to go back to reading my book. I'll leave you with that song, as well as the first blog entry on one of my previous Polish blogs... that I abandoned...

Anyways, keep reading on if you're interested :) and Polish!

Hope you're having incredible dreams! x

Powracam!

Zakładałam wcześniej wiele blogów, większość z nich została usunięta.
Możliwe, że fakt wolnego tygodnia skłonił mnie do tego, żeby zacząć wszystko od nowa. Wyznaczanie sobie celów i ich bezlitosne porzucanie to już moja specjalność. Mam nadzieję, że tym razem będzie inaczej.
Jestem już starsza, przeżyłam i wiem więcej o świecie, który mnie otacza.
Jestem przekonana, że nad wieloma rzeczami potrafię zastanowić się bardziej, a wnioski, do których dochodzę są bardziej dojrzałe i przemyślane, co sprawi, że ten blog będzie czymś wyjątkowym
Interesuję się wieloma rzeczami, o których na pewno dowiesz się czytając moje posty. Ponieważ jednak pochodzę ze stosunkowo niewielkiego miasta, nie znalazłam do tej pory osób, które byłyby zafascynowane podobnymi, let alone takimi samymi, sferami wiedzy i życia.
Za moją ponowną próbę utrzymania się i wyrażania opinii w wirtualnym świecie częściowo odpowiedzialny jest jeden z moich starszych blogów, na który ostatnio wpadłam. Opublikowałam tam swoje opowiadanie. Dotyczyło stanu toalet damskich w szkole, do której uczęszczałam, ale zostało przedstawione w tak zawiły sposób i jest napisane tak specyficznym językiem, że wątpię, iż ktokolwiek naprawdę zrozumie o co mi chodziło, bez czytania powyższego wyjaśnienia.
Odsyłam Cię do tego linku, jeżeli czujesz jakieś zainteresowanie tym, co napisałam

www.msyoanne.blog.onet.pl 

Wiem, że dużo mnie nie usprawiedliwia, a jednak wierzę, że fakt pisania tego jako dziecko trochę Cię uspokoi
Na razie to tyle, zaplanowałam to jako krótkie słowo wstępu do mojej nowej próby zachowania się jak dorosła i dojrzała cześć społeczeństwa polskiego (trochę patetyczności na koniec nie zaszkodzi ).
Dziękuję za spędzony czas na tym blogu.
Odwiedzaj go częściej, a nie pożałujesz.
Chętnie dowiem się, jaką jesteś osobą   

 

You may as well kill yourself

I've been thinking of Facebook and social media in general today.

Do you want to know what I've managed to come up with?

Well, I'll tell you anyway :)

I'm in the middle of my mock exams right now, as well as a couple of other things that are efficiently depriving me of my free time. Oh well, that's how life works, I suppose.

Anyways, I thought about how much time I normally spend on using Facebook. By the way, I find the choice of the word USING slightly amusing. That's not an appropriate word for that, can one even use Facebook? You normally just stare at other people's walls, so I reckon spending time staring at Facebook is more of an adequate expession here.

Notwithstanding of that fact, there inevitably comes a moment in one's life when they start thinking of blocking their Facebook pages and start living "normally" doing what they have to do (or, preferably, what they enjoy doing) without any unnecessary distractions.

You know what though? If one does that, they may as well commit suicide.

And no, I do not think that Facebook is something that is the centre of one's life. I am not trying to prove that one does not mean anything without a Facebook page. What is more, I do not believe that you cannot have a life without it.

I'm merely stating that if you don't have enough guts to stand up to what is distracting you from what you should do and keep succumbing to wasting time on Facebook, then you're giving in to the same mechanism that pushes one to suicide: trying to avoid life.

Could I possibly get more rancorous today...

Well,

We'll see how it goes.

Alex from Wales

Welcome

Good morning and welcome to yourbrooklyn.blogspot.com!

 

Joining us today is a very special guest, Alex. Alex is from Wales.

Hello Alex!

Alright, how's it going?

I'm very well, thank you. How do you like being in Poland?

Well Miss Asia, I'm very glad you asked that. I actually love it here, it's very pretty in the snow although it is really quite fantastically cold! But it's a really lovely country, and Szczecin is a great city.

It is my belief that the cold in here stems from the fact that the weather is convinced we are all polar bears. Would you agree?

Absolutely, someone messed up really badly somewhere I think! Pretty sure that it's like 25 degrees at the North Pole, not cool (haha). I would try and get in touch with the weather to find out just what the hell it think's it's playing at, but I only have an email address and I think their internet is down or something. Maybe because of the cold.

Splendid! I wish you the best of luck! For now though, do tell us something about yourself. 

Just one thing? But there's so much to know... Just to tease you into wanting to find out more, I will say that I am a little bit scared of wasps. Not life-threatening fear, just concern as to what exactly they want, getting all up in my face like that. I don't have any sugar, leave me alone!

A quick question before we move to the awesome songs' break: why are you wearing matching socks today? Seems unusual.

I actually don't know how or why I am wearing matching socks today, frankly it frightens me that such a thing could happen by accident, it's a very improbable occurence when you think about it. Perhaps the universe is trying to tell me something? For the record, yes wearing odd socks has long been the key to my success I think. Something rebellious about it? 

I'm sure there is. Now, the awesome songs break! It was created by our guest today. Enjoy!

She sells sanctuary

Digital love

Rock DJ

Back in the studio now, hope you enjoyed the break. Alex...

Yes Asia?

What is your opinion on the Welsh government implementing a minimum price on alcohol?

Well, to be honest, I'm not quite sure what they are trying to achieve with that. They say it will curb binge drinking and alcoholism, but those who are drinking such huge amounts won't be put off by what is in reality a negligible price increase in most cases. It punishes the majority, I think there are better ways to tackle the problem.

Speaking of better ways to tackle problems, what is your attitude towards using a fork instead of a comb to brush hair?

I think that's a pretty sound idea to be honest, it's quicker and easier, I mean who has time to find a comb? It could be anywhere, but if you need a fork, boom, it's in the kitchen just where it always is, sorted!

Would you apply the same way of thinking to using chopsticks instead of cutlery?

I hate chopsticks. The least effiecent way imaginable of getting food towards ones mouth. Not even in the mouth, just near it, and then all over the clean shirt you put on to go to the chinese restaurant. They suck! Probably just snap in your hair. Useless things. The answer has been censored. Chopsticks are awesome.

One last question before we commence beer drinking time. It is believed that India will soon take over the world with their incredible Bollywood movies industry*. What are your thoughts on that?

At the moment I know very little about the Bollywood industry and its many films, though I fear in the near future I will be forced to sit through a lot of them, so I had better get used to the idea... They seem pleasant enough though, lots of happy singing and all that so it can't be all bad. I suppose a billion people plus one can't be wrong, can they? Plus I think they release a new film every 6 hours or something, so whatever happens pretty soon all that will exist in the world is Bollywood films.

Thank you Alex from Wales for being here with us today.

Oh that's quite alright, the pleasure has been all mine I assure you! Thanks very much for having me, it's been a delight. I look forward to spending more time here in the future...

*Information taken from the statistical data provided by the We love Bollywood Society 

We'll see how it goes. 

Once upon a time: a photo story

Once upon a time there was a girl who decided to spend her evening finding out what her face shape is.

She's come across a website that was supposed to help her with that. 

Yet she was unaware of what unhumanly hard choices she would have to face.

Q: Is your face longer than it is wide?

A: Well, it sort of can be both, can't it?

She was perplexed, but decided to carry on with the questions.

FOR YES

Q: By how much?

A: What's a little and a lot? Even a turtle can be big when put against an animal that's significantly smaller. And an elephant can be perceived as small when compared to the surface area of Asia.

JAWLINE SHAPE

A: But it doesn't make sense! It obviously depends on the kind of a beard I decide to wear each day. 

She decided to go back to the first question and thought to herself: That's stupid. I don't want to know what my face shape is anymore.

THE END. 

We'll see how it goes.

An update

1) December has started and I've entered it with a feeling that it's going to be the month of huge changes.

2) The ultimate challenge I've set for myself at the beginning of November has ended too. 20 blogposts written in 30 days available: woohoooo.

3) Cannot stop listening to Nickelback, Metro and William.
Alright, it's unfair not to mention Weather Girls. And HSM soudtrack. And Spice Girls...

4) I don't really remember how it feels to be fully rested. I need holidays. Productive holidays.

5) I've been receiving signs from the universe and I'm sure about what I'm destined to become now: a dolphin trainer. A dolphin trainer who's also doing hairdressing, speaking Hindi, having fun and happily going through the last year of her high school and the exams that follow, scrutinising manifold websites from a perspective of a graphic designer in the meantime. Oh, and is a spy along with a specialist on cellular medicine who organises TED conferences and enjoys crocheting.

We'll see how it goes.