Dream Freak

My mind is my home...

2007-10-07T12:41:00.000+02:00

For all you non-readers of my blog; all those who never read what I post:
I'm a busy busy man I am... oh yes. I have no time for some things and even less time for everything else... and it's only the first week. One of the best things of this situation is that my mind goes blank...

PLM 2007

2007-09-16T15:09:00.000+02:00

Poznan Linguistic Meeting - conference in Gniezno

My first major gig...

2007-09-12T15:14:00.000+02:00

PLM 2007 abstract

Krzysztof Wilk (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)

The aim of this presentation is to provide a brief overview of a project undertaken in the School of English A. Mickiewicz University to adapt into Polish a test of foreign language aptitude, the so called MLAT (Modern Language Aptitude Test) designed and developed by Carroll and Sapon in 1959.
Despite the criticism leveled against MLAT, it has withstood the test of time as the most robust and theoretically accomplished operationalization of the classical model of the construct of foreign language aptitude. Over the years MLAT has become a kind of benchmark and the main reference in both, data and theory driven research of individual differences in FL/L2 acquisition/learning. To date, the test has been used in at least 150 research projects published in journals or monographies and is widely cited as the most frequent and reliable tool measuring FL aptitude. Since its publication the test has been adapted into languages other than English or has become the basis for similar tests constructed in France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Spain, Turkey, Thailand, Denmark, and Hungary. In the light of the above it comes as a surprise that no such tool with strong psychometric characteristics similar to the MLAT has been developed in Poland. The current project is an attempt to remedy the situation.
The presentation will begin with the discussion of the reasons behind the motive to adapt MLAT rather than to develop an entirely new test of the construct in question. It will then highlight the strategy adopted in the adaptation and the stages which were followed in the process. Those will include, among others, the piloting of the test, item analysis and initial validation of the tool. Finally, possible applications of the MLAT-PL for diagnostic, research and prognostic purposes will be suggested. The presentation will be accompanied by the samples of the test’s tasks.

Tears...

2007-09-09T16:54:00.000+02:00

For too long now there were secrets in my mind... I was waiting to find the place, the time, the hour... Again the pressure in me was building and now a cold wave only could make this go away. Where I am, I'm always full of tears I cannot cry... I make myself a martyr for the childish ideals I believe in. Hm... sounds pretty fucked up... It is. But slowly I awake; the water is moving; the waves have been released... I have to throw myself into the sea. Dear I do it?
Inspired by Bruce D
I lack some energy... some vitality...
Still... no one will see this post
Yeap... probably no one.
:)

hunrgy sally and some scribbles...

2007-05-11T20:03:00.000+02:00

Getting on with my life quite well... Got work to do, got my mind busy; quite optimistically oriented; I had received some incentives and got to reviewing some stuff that I was assigned at steam; will probably participate in PLM in September, presenting a research project concerning the MLAT adaptation procedure (I wrote a note on this some time ago); my MA seminar deals with statistical logic at the time... its as crappy as it sounds, believe me... but I'm cool with it. More, I'm starting my work on a study of correlation between learning strategies and aptitude plus a few translation assignments for private entrepreneurs, private tutoring included. That's all from me for now... probably no one will care to read this stuff... so whatever;)

You're smilin, ain't you?

2007-04-24T20:03:00.000+02:00

Your skin

Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know for you i bleed myself dry
For you i bleed myself dry

Let me find you to embrace you...

2007-03-26T21:06:00.000+02:00

Dark room, only a lil candle burnin, jazz, the smell of vanilla ice-cream, and some thoughts… I talked a lot ‘bout love, however I cannot say much about it myself. It should be perfect, flawless, angel like, and, regardless of all the hardships it may come across, lasting. I know I do love her, I know she is out there; I’m waiting for her… I’ll offer her the boring always-by-her-side comfort – that’s a promise. What can I do… I am a boring guy ;)
”Embraceable you” by F. Rosolino – some smooth tones - polecam

The 12 of us...

2007-03-12T11:46:00.000+01:00

Windows to the soul...

2007-03-10T16:25:00.000+01:00

In your eyes I find comfort and peace
The treasure of an endless ocean of love
Lies in your soul, behind the windows
that are your eyes

Train of Thought...

2007-03-08T22:24:00.000+01:00

shot by JR

sometimes...

2007-03-07T20:24:00.000+01:00

Sometimes you feel as if you had entered a world of shit. I sometimes did, newertheles I crawled out of it, often into some fantastic springlike existence full of wonderful friendship and smile.
Recently I got to know an extraordinarily wonderful, beautiful, mean;), maybe out-of-this-world person that feels as a part of me (incomprehensible?). I promissed some thousands of triliards of billions of kisses to a special woman, who chairs a throne in my heart, I lost a bowling game to Maciek (but he is my family, and you love your family, so you are happy when a member of your family wins:) ), I will force a return match though; I failed, and I succeded. However, one thing lacks... and it sometimes aches... and drains the optimism out of me(hardly possible?)... and it feels as if I was predestined to lack it... created to be lonely but not alone. Please, let it be that I speak not the truth.
Some other times I ask myself why the hell have I become such a sick optimist... and will this end?

Unrevealed?...

2007-02-12T19:59:00.000+01:00

rarely seen before

next gallery...

2007-02-11T11:59:00.000+01:00

great times

expeditions:)

photo album...

2007-02-03T12:41:00.000+01:00

Here is a collection of some of my photos already present on my blog.
I will add some more... of course, after I shoot some new:)

some photos pt1

steam...

2007-02-03T11:53:00.000+01:00

Game experience may change after my contribution;)

Winter time at last!...

2007-01-27T17:56:00.000+01:00

Yeap... :) Em... I'm the real kid! ;) (sometimes you gotta be!)

Sleighing with my neighbour's granddaughter! It was fun:)

Tsar Bomba - ca 58 000 000 000 kg of TNT

2007-01-21T12:40:00.001+01:00

On music...

2007-01-18T15:54:00.000+01:00

Gregg Bissonette, Gary Hoey, Marty Friedman, Chris Poland, Vinnie Moore, Virgil Donati, John Myung... What a project they would make! Yeap, the first two I came across last year and I must say they rock. It is very much progresive rock they play (maybe sometimes they even mingle the genres and switch into prog metal). I guess there are not many instrumedley fans visiting mua blog, however I do do do do recomend having a few moments with these virtuosos.

Once...

2007-01-13T18:21:00.000+01:00

Long time no write

Here is the lyrics of one of my favourite pieces of Rock - "Once" by Pearl Jam (on "Ten")

I admit it...what's to say...yeah...
I'll relive it...without pain...mmm...
Backstreet lover on the side of the road
I got a bomb in my temple that is gonna explode
I got a sixteen gauge buried under my clothes, I play...
Once upon a time I could control myself
Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah...
Oh, try and mimic what's insane...ooh, yeah...
I am in it...where do I stand?
Oh, Indian summer and I hate the heat
I got a backstreet lover on the passenger seat
I got my hand in my pocket, so determined, discreet...I pray...
Once upon a time I could control myself
Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah, yeah...
You think I got my eyes closed
But I'm lookin' at you the whole fuckin' time...
Ooh, once upon a time I could control myself, yeah...
Once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Once, upon a time I could love myself, yeah...
Once upon a time I could love you, yeah, yeah, yeah...

X-mas time...

2006-12-25T16:39:00.000+01:00

To all my Friends and all the visitors to my blog

Merry Christmas

Some professional babble...

2006-12-14T21:51:00.000+01:00

Well, it looks like the project on aptitude is about to gain some momentum - finally. The part I am particulary involved in - language analysis (close to PLAB 4- an existing implementation of an aptitude test) is ready for piloting. The process of validation and all the posoperacionalization steps are due in January. I must say I'm quite happy to participate in such research, both for gaining experience in the field of applied linguistics and in research metodology itself. The only thing that may partly bother my fragile mind is the amount of DS (descriptive statistics) i encounter at the moment. Ok... Not to produce any dissertation (cause' I'm not a brain box) I give my best regards to all of you my mates:) or dudes :) OMG what IFA does to a human;)

Virgil

2006-12-12T23:41:00.001+01:00

Mike

2006-12-12T23:40:00.001+01:00

Worth recommending?....

2006-12-06T22:46:00.000+01:00

Literature! Can't get rid of it, can't live without it... British, American, now came Canadian
Yeap, it's just my luck . But hey , it ain't so bad and I (to my astonishment) can even recomend something woth reading - G. Elliott's 'The Kissing Man' - a set of 11 stories put in a cycle representing Canadian magic realism. It's simply a nice read. Here is a part of an essay by Gerald Lynch (SCL/ÉLC, Volume 22.1:1997) concening the book:
"Thus the eleven stories of The Kissing Man present a vision of Canadian small-town life at mid-century that is stroboscopic and fragmentary in its perception of what is passing and lost, a vision that is uncompromising in its perception of life's pain and tragedy. But the book as a whole, employing to masterful advantage the recursive dynamics of the story cycle, insists fictionally on the reality of a spiritual dimension, a numinous [End Page 90] realm that, when acknowledged and experienced, bestows a sense of continuity and a shared community of pain and evanescent joy."
Here is the whole essay (in case you would... neee you wouldn't ;p)
"To Keep What was Good and Pass it on"

Pure oldschool hardcore - PANTERA...

2006-12-01T23:13:00.001+01:00

rip Darrell (Dimebag) Abbott!
Tribute to a hard rocking amigo!

Something 'bout something...

2006-12-01T15:41:00.000+01:00

It's been a long time since I had written something constructive and meaningful.
Writing essays has never been my srong side - I've never been content with the formal academic style, never satisfied with the informality of the other sort. Now that I am 'made' to write academic essays whether it be expository or argumentative, my creativity is being trialed hard.
The first pieces of legible babble I came up with was concerning the teaching business and the stresses connected to it. I made a humongous effort to argue sensibly and make my transitions from one paragraph to another as logical as possible. "Experiencing humongous amounts of stress", "being verbally insulted", "finding himself between the hammer and the anvil", "masochistic practice of dwelling a disilusion of life"... I merely passed this essay. 'Crap' one might have said, but the effort was worth exercising my brain cells.
Next training session involved the mastery of pouring water about decriminalization of drugs. And here, I had 1,5 H for an over 300W piece of 'crap'. In this one I smehow got free from the imposed restrictions on the abuse of metaphorical discourse elements and freed my 'tongue' How it worked out I have no idea - I shall see.
Damn - again nothing constuct-effective!
Whatever;)

Reading room party...

2006-11-26T21:04:00.000+01:00

Look Look Look! Najsssssss;)

niah niah ciach ciach

some 'Q's?

2006-11-21T23:02:00.000+01:00

Sometimes I feel as if a large thorn hit my chest - there, right there (where the bloodstream finds its start and its end). But when it gets out through my back there is again some tranquility and peace. Shal it always be like that? Always with a smile though it can be shit outside? Is there someone who would answer these questions? May it be, there is no answer?

Why a Dream freak?...

2006-11-08T23:27:00.000+01:00

Heh... Just observe John Petrucci playing on his JP signature Music Man and Mike 'the cammel' Portnoy racketing on the Tama set... it says it all!

This is wise...

2006-10-31T17:29:00.000+01:00

I had it always the wrong way. Watching the moon blow the sun away and waiting for someone to do something about it. The desire to live in a sunny, day-driven modus twisted my perception of the world. From experiencing the extremes of hyper pissed-off-ness to the malevolent (at times) enjoyment, I got to the point reffered to by some (don't really know by whom) as fate-dependent. Of course it is impossible to extract all the feelings of anger, hatred, or despise, but right now I can feel that there should be nothing endangering my peace of mind... Heh...what babble! No way, that I made up all this BC! I mean come on, I'm not a hippie! And I definitely don't have a twisted world perspective... (well maybe I should skip the 'definitely') ;)

Autumnal racket...

2006-10-27T18:17:00.000+02:00

Yeap, today I went hunting again (imagine me say this with my redneck accent;) Hih... I won't tell you again how cool it is to shoot some views, but I'll simply invite you to take a peak at what I pointed my cammera at. Some simple, oridinary, everyday stuff and of course the sun. Enjoy... :)

Best mates!!!

Who is that?...

2006-10-25T19:14:00.000+02:00

Having nothing really interesting to do I decided to post some photos of some bands...
In some cases it is a tribute to them for a great load of hyper sounds that they produced. Man they rock(ed) Do you know who they are? Bet you don't:) At least not all of them ;p

them woods again...

2006-09-28T16:16:00.000+02:00

Today was the day I went to the woods;) I went for a nice, relaxing walk through the Puszcza Nadnotecka. Was looking for some mushrooms and adimiring the tranquility of the greenish serenity. Had to dodge them spiders and their webs, stride in high grass, and pick my way through some ferns. It was coooool I tell you:)

Hunting...

2006-09-23T19:18:00.000+02:00

There are moments, you wish you had your camera. You spot something and wish you could shoot it. Well... solution to deal with this problem is simple: take 'five', go to the woods and hunt for some pics - it works and inspires. :) Hi & bye to all!

Learning to live...

2006-09-12T11:12:00.000+02:00

The way your heart sounds
makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure
the pain that we all feel
The way your heart beats
makes all the difference
In learning to live
Spread before you is your soul
So forever hold the dreams
within our hearts
Through nature's inflexible
grace
I'm learning to live

Sometimes someone feels that he's got a total mess in his head, that what he feels is not true, that what isn't true is rigtht, that he should stop to beginn all the things that cross his fragile mind. Is it sanity? ... it is learning. Dream your life with both hemispheres:)

Canoeing...

2006-08-28T20:30:00.000+02:00

I had a great weekend!!!! My friends and I went canoeing down the river Drawa. The excursion was really cool. The conditions we were to cope with occured quite hard, but despite the downpours, the cold, wet clothes, and fully loaded canoes, we managed to paddle some kilometers down the national park. A trip worth recommending for all those seeking an adventure in the wilderness. (we even managed to escape the police;))

Something for the night....

2006-08-17T00:07:00.000+02:00

Sometimes you want to give your best. Sometimes you want it so much that it becomes a sort of obsesion and kills you from inside. You become jealous, mean , stupid, crazy, and outragiously out of this Earth. And all the time you can feel that it is love that circulates in your veins... you can wish that it stopped. The only solution is to spill that blood, but not yet, definitely not yet. Life is full of dreams to be lived through! Goodnight.

B. Springsteen rocker!

2006-08-14T18:22:00.000+02:00

Have you ever listened to Bruce Springsteen? Man..., he's good. I've just downloaded some of his art and I'm enjoing my self listening to it just now. songs like Secret Garden, Born to Run, The River, or Hungry Heart bring back some interesting memories (frmo Chojno f.e) :) Smetimes it's quite hard to get the words 'cause Bruce tends to mumble a lot :P Hehe 'Badlands' is qewl to. Someone knows what I'm talking about? Bruce -> respect! ;)

Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-08-10T18:49:00.000+02:00

Hello to all of you who didn't forget abut blogs!

The vacation break we're having now lapses quite smooooothly, but it ain't cool enough. I'm teaching a bit at home and doing some sports. I finally wrote the BA paper and with the help of some supernatural powers I guess I will take the exam in September. Haaa... but first I'm goin' canooing with my friends:)
I also discovered a new musical entry in the world of alternative sounds - tis called Lanterna and it rocks (not literally)

For all those who R enjoying their summer - I salute you!
For all who aren't I pray for the baocn of hope to emerge from the lights of the eastern horizon (or simply the sun)
:):):):)

WHo's your dady?...

2006-06-28T13:01:00.000+02:00

We finished this part of our life with a 'bang' - a 'big bang' that is!
A great party at Aga's place!!!

Here are some photos from the open-air fire fest in Tarnowo Podgórne! Enjoy!:)

Let the BYOBOP begin!

Padre's fellow-pourers ;P

Havin' a coffee?

You've lost something? Get down and gimme tweny!

SSSSSSSmokin'!!!

My gang!

Don't know, don't wanna know, but I'm not yet out!

Twas gettin' H.O.T.

2 Agas = Aga & Aga = mhm

Last man standing??? :P

And the fire died down...

It was one hell of a party! Thank you, Agnieszka!!! Thank you, my friends!

To be a student ... (a day or two from the TTC)

2006-06-08T23:38:00.000+02:00

Here is a photo compilation from and outside of the TTC:)

Morning:

Kinda' sleepy...
having breakfast?

the usual stuff... (gotta be prepared) ;)

Afternoon:

Let's work...

...or sit, smile, and look nice.;)

A coffee break...

...a short snooze...

and some exercise.

In the evening:

Philosophy!

Students - a happy bunch of them!

ROAD HOME!

Chasing the sunset!

Man, was I chasing it...

GOT IT!;)

The Silent Man...

2006-06-06T15:45:00.000+02:00

A question well served,
'Is silence like a fever?'
'A voice never heard?'
'Or a message with no receiver?'

Pray they won't ask
Behind the stained glass
There's always one more mask

Has man been a victim
of his woman, of his father?
if he elects not to bother,
will he suffocate their faith?

Desperate to fall
Behind the Great Wall
That separates us all

When there is reason
Tonight I'm Awake
when there's no answer
Arrive the Silent Man

If there is balance
tonight He's Awake
If they have to suffer
There lies the Silent Man

Sin without deceivers
A God with no believers
I could sail by
on the Winds of Silence
And maybe they won't notice
But this time I think
It'd be better if I swim

When there is reason
Tonight I'm Awake
When there's no answer
Arrive the Silent Man
If there is balance
Tonight he's Awake
But if they have to suffer
There lies the Silent Man

Taskin on Movies!

2006-05-29T19:29:00.000+02:00

Movies! Yeah! Cool!
My range of cinematic preferences is very wide. I'm into Sci-fi, comedy, drama, action and war-like theater (hell, I've even watched some romantic-some-things). However, when it comes to choosing my favorite picture my mind usually goes blank (well, maybe disintegrates temporarily). So... like...mmmm...(that is what I'm talking about) OK... focus I must.
Listing commences(the order of appearance is random):
"Full Metal Jacket" by Kubrick - a nice story about the Nam ;)

"Equilibrium" by K Wimmer - a feelingless sci-fi

"The Deer Hunter" - War is hell? Hunting is war! = Robert the Warhunter

"Four Rooms" by Anders, Rockwell, Rodriguez, Tarantino - "The Missing Ingredient", "The Wrong Man", "The Misbehavers", "The Man from Hollywood" and Ted (aka Theodore)having PROBLEMZZZ
"Evil Dead" by Sam Raimi - Don't-you-dare-to-watch-IT type; funGORE

Ok,ok ... and 'Pulp Fiction' by Quentin - a soft, moist, shapeless mass of matter.

And for all those interested in every word spoken in Pulp Fiction I give:

May 1993 - last draft

Dark...

2006-05-17T19:49:00.000+02:00

A dude who is teaching - task IV

2006-05-15T19:25:00.000+02:00

My teaching practice began in LO in Szamotuły. It was extremely cool as my supervising teacher was my English teacher from the high school times. Ania K and me (as we both shared the teaching experience in our town) probably couldn't have ended up with a better teacher than Asia is. She occurred to be a massive help all the way through junior high and high school.
The best-to-teach award would go definitely to the 3rd and 2nd grade of HS! It was a really cool experience to teach them and see that they care and truly listen to me. Yeap, they respected my authorita ;) I developed a nice rapport with them: a loose, kinda' relaxed relationship with a doze of respect.
Junior High killed me! Primary school revived me!

Taskin' III - back to the past...

2006-05-06T12:12:00.000+02:00

Hm... So this is me from my preschool times - always happy, smilin', and run-around-with-toys kind of guy! Would you guess that this was Krzyś some 16 years back? I wouldn't!:)

And this is me Zorro (aka Darth Vader jr.) at a dress 'up party in kindergarten! Always had a thing going on for Star Wars ;p

Am I ... right?...

2006-05-03T17:10:00.000+02:00

Recently my blog writing was paused for a while as I completely lacked ideas. The sometimes silly mishmash of my inner brain structure (the right hemisphere I believe) just ran out of juice. Seriously these are the moments when you start to think about writing something similar to the literature of exhaustion. Whoa... no way!

Hard times are over, new energy comes, inspires, makes me breathe. For all those, who feel low, and blue and in any other weak 'n lame state of being I give a solution to implement in order to break away, break free from 'it'.

If you have to deal with an extremely crappy mood try out the 'laugh it all out' technique. It's a way that developed simultaneously to the well known and widely implemented approach of 'letting it all out' (aka 'crying as a baby' method). The technique of using laughter in hard times stems from the idea that having a laugh works as a psychological deterrent for all the thoughts that are inevitably destroying our self-portray. It is also viewed as a substitution element when our thoughts are directed to the source of any pain, suffering, despair, fear, emptiness, loneliness etc.

Ok, but how does it work in practice?
I don't know ;p and that is the coolest part of all this nonsensopedic writing of mine!!!

Taskin' II

2006-04-19T18:51:00.000+02:00

Seeing things in the positive is usually my thing. I'm a kinda' optimist with a doze of realism (in other words pessimism). Recently a great black hole occurred in my mind, specifically in the area that I use as a storage for all the things causing a smile; any smile. But I'm recovering; the happy tissues in my brain are growing back;). Who or what is responsible for this miracle? Here are the main factors: 1. My Super Best Friends! 2. My everyday bystanders! 3. My ride! 4. My addiction to music!
Ad 1. There is a long list of my 'Zioms' (with DD, Stasiu, and Słoma at front) that no matter what happens are with me and support me all the way.
Ad 2. The people that are my fellow students and bystanders in the quest for reaching the 'end'
Ad 3. Driving my red 'Ferrari' (sometimes quite fast but not furiously) gives me a great deal of happiness and relaxation.
Ad 4. I?m a Dream Theater freak, a progressive metal fan, a hard rocking carnall (not a playing one);P
These "somethings" make me see some other things in the positive!

Infamous 'Pollak'

2006-04-18T17:42:00.000+02:00

There are many famous Poles, who deserve their place in the history of mankind. But there are also people that have their roots in Poland but it seems like they were born in hell. Here is a link to the story of Richard 'The Iceman' Kuklinski a man of the Gambino mob:
Rysiek Kukliński

Life... goes on! (flows on)

2006-04-14T14:30:00.000+02:00

I wanted to write something personall about how my heart was ripped out of my rib cage, thrown into the toilet and flushed down the drain, but I won't!; 'Freedom to choose, everybody should have it' (Give me back all the hope!!!) Enough! Seems that I have lost a great deal of my sickened optimism. Sorry for that my friends and thanks for being with me all the way! Yeah! Maciej, Pszemo, Paweł, we goota make some bottles carrying the transparent 'percentage juice' become empty vessels! Who wanna join in?;p
This post is a private student-like post!

Taskin':)

2006-04-11T13:57:00.000+02:00

This entry is devoted to the task on reading books (or 'the' book)

In my case the first 'real book' that I came across was Mary Shelly's 'Frankenstein'(Yeah!). It was hell of a choice, however after all the readers I went through earlier, I thought it would be an ultimate challenge. Before reading it I thought I knew the story: a guy brings to life a monster, which becomes an outcast from the society. After a few chapters I realized that the book carries a large amount of emotions, tells a story of revenge, and 'reveals the terrifying consequences of playing God'. (immagination was starting to run wild;)) I started reading it in the summer break after leaving high school but finished it being a first-year student at KJO. It took me a while, but still it was a quite pleasant challenging experience.

Collapse...

2006-04-10T20:13:00.000+02:00

I won't shiver in the cold
I won't let the shadows take their toll
I won't cover my head in the dark
And I won't forget you when we part

Collapse the Light Into Earth

I won't heal given time
I won't try to change your mind
I won't feel better in the cold light of day
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay

Collapse the Light Into Earth

This is the lyrics of one of many musicall 'wonders' by Porcupine Tree, a quite productive progressive metal (rock) band. This song can make one cry, can make one smile, can make me remember about what is unforgettable. Together with 'Trains' it tops my list of favorites. You can listen to some other songs by Porcupine Tree here : Prog Archives Porcupine Tree

"In Absentia"

one philosopher...

2006-04-07T23:11:00.000+02:00

This time I decided to write down some of my yet so 'bright' thoughts concerning our philosophy lecture. Sitting there and asking myself what the heck is going on in the room, I come across some nutcase-like visions. Recentlu the talk was about whether a philosopher who went out of a 'cave' should go back to it. The answer may be 'no'. People went out of caves quite a while ago, they left some drawings there, but they never came back to take them (;p), they moved on. This philosopher, who somehow experienced his enlightenment will never be able to return to the 'pure', not knowing status from before his 'eureka'. Even if he had made a hole in his head using a driller or whatever, he wouldn't get rid of the experience (if he had lived it through). Going back to the 'cave' would therefore make no greater sense as it would be a simple mistification; cheating oneself; trying to escape from the consequences of leaving the cave in the first place... And the lecture comes to an end and I can go home!

Unforgettable...

2006-04-03T21:43:00.000+02:00

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand,
nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship;
it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when
he discovers that someone else believes in him
and is willing to trust him."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Useful link...

2006-04-01T11:25:00.000+02:00

Here is a link to a very nice page with lots of activities you can use during the private lessons you conduct or for your own practice:

esl.about.com

some photos...

2006-03-31T15:34:00.000+02:00

Everyone has a thing for something. People have hobbies, pursue their interests, love to have something to do, freak out when listening to music, dwell upon 'nonsensopedic' writing, make up stuff, etc. I'm a Dream Theater fan with a 'from time to time' passion for making a photo. I managed to shoot some quite nice ones (nothing out of the oridnary) with one common element. This element is the big, bright thingamajig in the sky:) Enjoy! (If you don't, I care not;p)

Why...

2006-03-30T21:50:00.000+02:00

Weak! Why oh why has the link to my blog disappeared from the main KJo blog? I do not know that and I must say that I am a little bit worried as I feel omitted! But I stay qewl!;)

Music...

2006-03-29T19:41:00.000+02:00

Here is something... Imagine you have to learn vocabulary, you have to write an essay on the lack of discipline in schools, you have to post an entry on your blog. You have the motivation, the ideas, the perspective of creating something great, but... something is missing. What is it? It's music!!!
Yes... music to my mind is a great tool in the hands of an (angry) student;) Of course adding this factor to your pattern of studying is very much dependable on what learning styles you are accustomed to. Personally I couldn't do much without music. Here is a link to a page serving some great tones: Chroma Key Enjoy!

Dreaming...

2006-03-27T00:21:00.000+02:00

Yes... interested in som very cool art? Please visit the Cloud King page! (you can find the link on the right) I hope sometime they will publish my photos too!;)