My favorite things (songs recommended by those who know :))

Nenalíčená z domu? Jako kde sme?! :)))

Abrakadabra rohlik... .)

Nigerian wedding - you gotta luv it! :)

Everything comes to the same thing in the end... THESIS! oh crap... :)

My life is becoming so so boring. No more trips (and you have no idea how much I'd love to make the week in Berlin with all the people last for at least a month), no more parties (ok, really... it's like when I came from Berlin and told somebody I wasn't gonna drink alcohol and coffee, haha... it lasted until Wednesday (alcohol) and Thursday (coffee, it was a long night...:)) but how can I enjoy a party when the stupid thesis isn't written yet? oh my... of course I'm still gonna party and I'm still gonna have fun... I just know I shouldn't :)), writing, writing, writing, reading, creating tables, writing, democratic, non-democratic, GDP, GNI per capita... I'm probably going to get crazy! Everything is narrowed down to one topic and that's school. Do I sound stressed? That's the worst thing! I am not! I wish I were because that would finally make me work hard!

My dear readers, I, in fact, have nothing interesting to tell you. It was sunny on Sunday (is Sunday called Sunday because it's supposed to be filled with Sun? Sun-Day?). I wanted to run around Špilberk wearing orange tights but didn't make it to Brno in time (at least went for ice cream with Markétka). Monday... grey and gloomy again (sorry, no etymologic analysis of Monday coming to my mind). I need Sun. That's probably the moral of the story. Of this whole post. Give me Sun!!! :) I also need attention. Other than that, I'm pretty modest. And happy. Really, I am.  I found out I can list almost all African countries in 5 minutes. I was so proud of myself (still need to work on it a little, though, still can't name ALL of them). Which brings me to Africa. Which brings me to my thesis again. Oh well, I warned you in the title... everything comes to the same thing in the end... crap... :)

PS: Hope at least some of you are enjoying some Sun, attention, and are simply having a great time!

A week in Berlin... kind of life-changing :)

So I'm back from Berlin, my dear friends. It was a week of fun, interesting information, no time for the Internet, no time for anything, pretty much... I met some wonderful people there and it's funny that it was only 5 days but still it felt much longer (but in a good way) and with some it felt like I had known them before. I already miss them!

The reason I went there was, of course, the seminar on Cultural Diplomacy in Africa (but as I told most of you - I was mainly hoping it was going to be fun :)). The programme was interesting, although not very well organized sometimes. Often, I couldn't figure out the connection between cultural diplomacy and the topics we were talking about, but well, it was good if the topic was good.

What was great about it was that there were people from all around the world and no matter how different our backgrounds were, we all, more or less, shared the same values and worldviews. Which is great not only because of the issues we were dealing with, but also for the fun that comes afterwards - you don't have to worry about what you can say and what you cannot as a joke because the people will understand it's a joke.

So... we had the chance to talk to the ambassador of Lesotho, we had a seminar on water problems in KfW Bank, we talked about tourism and Africa, about racial issues, we had workshops on corporate social responsibility, human rights and other themes... we also went to a jazz club where we were shooshed a couple of times because, apparently, at a jazz club you're supposed to sit down, smoke a cigar and listen to the music respectively, instead of having fun, enjoying the music and dancing... So we left and went to a reggae club (as cultural diplomats, it was a must... :)) and there we were not shooshed even once, we had lots of fun, danced until the first morning trains started going again... Which meant that we all slept about 2 hours and then went to the bank for a seminar. What was really surprising for me was that none of the people who went out didn't fall asleep in the bank! :)

The week was great for me for various reasons. I might have figured out what to do after graduation but I'm not going to talk about it yet much. The point is - I met some amazing people and I'm so so happy for having had the opportunity to go there and meet them. I think I have a couple more great friends. 

And, not to forget, since it's all about cultural diplomacy... I got some ideas about how to spread some information about Africa. I'm gonna start small, though, but I guess that every person matters. The goal would be to break the prejudice, the stereotypes, to teach people about Africa. It seems I talk a lot and it actually already happened to me that a friend of mine told me: "I heard some people talking about Africa and they were saying complete nonsense so I was thinking about what you told me and told them that nothing of what they're saying is true because I know a girl who was there..." :) So even I can have some influence! Because each one of us actually can. I'll let you know if I need some help. :)

Festival Jeden svět

Snow angels

The older, the crazier... Well, the original plan was to have a snowman competition, but the snow was no good for snowmen. We went up to Špilberk and it was beautiful up there, all the snow and lights, and I simply love Brno. It was also very cold. Windy. Freezing. But we had a couple of cups of hot wine and thus I had to do something, if not snowmen... but what? WHAT?? :) Well, there was this place and it simply asked for it - SNOW ANGELS! I haven't done one in soooo long!

But... how do you do it? Well, you simply fall down... like this:

And then you lie in the snow (and it's so so cold :)) and move your arms. Like this:

And then you enjoy the result of your "work" :)

But one snow angel wasn't enough. So V. made another one. And then we decided to have a snow-angel family! We just needed a baby! And that's when P. joined us. And the result was definitely beautiful, I'm sure that anybody walking by will appreciate it. :)

(Notice whose legs are the longest, haha :))

And that's what I do when I'm supposed to work on my thesis. But I did work on it, don't worry! And I guess thanks to this I was only a little angry that I got the info about the seminar in Berlin only today and that I'll have to go shopping for some "formal dress code" clothes since I don't have any and it's required. To be honest, I don't even know exactly what's formal dress code... And I hate shopping... But I made a snow angel so it ain't that bad. :)

Masaryk University ad

This is my university. I guess that if I weren't here already for a.... some time, I'd think it's the best place to be. But 

well, of course, Brno is the place to be. :)

How does Karma work?

Yesterday, I went to Brno. I took the last train which leaves at 21:25. There were almost no people at the train station and when I went outside, it was only me and one other guy. He seemed to be waiting for someone, or looking for someone, I didn't pay much attention to him. Until he was passing me with a locked bike. Well, clearly, I thought that there was something weird about it. I looked at him and all I could think of was: "Hey, that bike's not yours, right?" So I said it. He said it was his, but didn't look very comfortable about me being there. Well, I was never in such a situation, so I didn't know if I should call the police or what, also my train was coming and it was the last train and I needed to catch it. 

The best thing I could think of was to watch him so that he notices I'm watching him. He did notice. Then I took my cellphone and was going to call the police, but then the train arrived which meant I wouldn't be able to hear anything and had to go. Anyway, I was still standing there, pretending like I'm on the phone and watched the guy, who got scared, I guess, put the bike down, and ran away. 

On the train, I didn't know if it still makes sense to call the police, so I discussed it with my brother who should know and who told me they probably can't do anything anymore since neither me nor the guy are there... I called them anyway, just to have clear conscience. So that I could sleep well.  :)

And now tell me - how does the damn Karma that everybody is talking about work? Am I going to get the scholarship for all that I've been through? :))) Oh well, I guess a good night sleep is good enough for the beginning. :)

Good night!

PS: Tomorrow's (or simply the next story) is going to be about my flatmate to whome I decided to devote one chapter in my book (that I'm going to write). Oh people, people, I love (well, what else can I do...) how you're filling the pages already! :)

Is that it, my friend?

Is that it, my friend?

The end of it all?

Did you wait till I break?

Did you wait till I fall?

...

I long to be with you

I long to be free

What this night is for

Well, everytime I find a new Damien Rice song, I love it. And since it's time-taking to look for the songs again and again, I decided to post them here so that when I want to listen to them, they're all at one place. :)

This video is almost completely dark, but it doesn't matter because it makes you focus on the lyrics more. Enjoy, once again.

Oh and we’ve never been in this place before
No, not as it is right now
And we may never know what this night is for
So for now we'll just sit around

Cross-eyed bear

If you push me, I'll fall,

and if you pull me, I'll drown,

and if you're gonna be nailing me down,

I won't rise again.

The professor

Lisa and Damien once again perfect.

I walk away 'cause I can

too many options may just kill a man.

I miss you, but I haven't met you yet...

So only now I understood Linda's comment on my previous post with "I miss you" - I had no idea they changed the song to that video! So here comes Bjork again, with her song I miss you with great great great lyrics. :) This time I'm posting the original video although I don't like it much. But you get the song, finally. :)