So today Kraków once again reached the state of almost complete standstill after 3 hours of snowfall. One would think that the road maintenance crews have learned their lesson on Monday morning but apparently not ( Read more... )

All this listening to the competition and finally, after a good few years, I have actually sat at my piano and played some Bach today!

I am horribly out of practice (and my piano is even more horribly out of tune) but after something like a 15-year break from regular playing, I am quite amazed that it went that well. Some things you can never ( Read more... )

So we have reached The Grande Finale - 10 lucky pianists will try their hand(s) at one of the piano concertos starting tomorrow and the verdict will be revealed late Wednesday night (or possibly it will be Thursday already ( Read more... )

Time to start the polonaise :)

In other words, I have spent the entire weekend watching (and listening to!) the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. It's the competition, after all. One you've been hearing stories about since your childhood. Like the one about Ivo Pogorelich, for example. So every 5 years when it happens, I try to ( Read more... )

Postcrossing is a place where you can receive a variety of postcards:

- breathtaking natural beauty
- places you want to vist
- your dream vacations destinations
- events you want to witness
- cute animals
- fun cards
- places you have visited

But also the truly bizarre:

- o.O

...have I seen too many movies already? Has anyone seen Salt? Was it really as predictable as I think it was?

In other news, the last of my Canadian postcards arrived today. Note please that I got back on August 15th and this card was posted before I left Canada.

I think I'm in a slightly sarcastic mood right now ;)

HAHAHA :D ( Read more... )

I got this at work a while ago and definitely meant to share but sort of... forgot, I guess. Was going through old e-mails on Friday and discovered it again so I bring to you a bit of fun on this cold&rainy September afternoon:

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European ( Read more... )

So tell me again, WHY can't I wear jeans&T-shirt to work every day? And please give a good reason this time :D

I spent 15 minutes in the morning today trying to come up with something that would ( Read more... )

Oh boy. That was even funny, in the end. I guess.

But hello, where are you, favourites to the gold? Spain, Brazil, you weren't any better! I demand more - for your own good :P