Probably the best way to learn the Polish language

Crisp wind, leaves slowly changing its colours...despite that, it was still a wonderful day today. 

Second week of language school started. Today, there are quite few new faces in my classes. I could see some of them quite surprised, albeit amused.Maybe at the back of their mind,  How on earth I came here in this part of the world. It's not surprising anymore. 

:-P

It's been awhile not blogging. Way too busy...(not an excuse again) . To be honest, I'm losing some kind of motivation to write, what to write and how to start writing the topics lining up in my mind. I'd like to say, some creative juices needs to be squeezed out a little bit more or I need to push myself (if that's the appropriate word) some more to regularly blog about something that strikes my fancy here. As promised, I don't want to write some more personal issues again except reflective thoughts about life in general. 

Alright, I started a series about my last trip in the Dolni Sląsk region of Poland. I haven't finished sharing my views in that trip. Although, I kind of  thinking that it's rather too old/spoiled...rotten piece of topic to share it now. Perhaps or maybe it's still worth sharing, I have to save a one whole post for that to end that serial. 

Meanwhile, to update you with my Polish...ahem! ahem! It's still horribly not good. But, I'm giving myself a target, that by next year I could speak at least plainly in Polish when conversing with my friends. To be honest, I'm trying my very best to really speak the language as much as I can when I am out of home. As you all know, we're practicing bilingualism at home. What motivates me to really, really improve my Polish it's because of my children. They are both now in primary school and not all the time my husband's can attend to their needs in school. Mostly, I'm very hands on to them and most times they are with me. Also, so I could really go around all by myself without anybody's help or interpreter. 

Today, I've found... probably a better solution to learn Polish the easiest way.... by talking to old people. 

Looking at this video, it just inspires me to try this trick. Speaking exchange.. it's a win-to-win game. We're both learning not only the language but as well as connecting...learning wisdom from old people.

Here's the link though...

I would surely recommend this method and share this project to my English language students. In that way, they would try to find some kind of buddy to practice their manner of speaking in English other than learning in the language school. Or probably, make this as sort of a project.

Starting tomorrow, I am on a quest.... to find a babcia (grandma) or a dziadek (grandpa) that I can talk with in purely Polish language from time to time. This is probably the best way and solution for me to learn the Polish language.

*wink

What do u think? And, if you could recommend anybody to be my language exchange buddy, that would be brilliant. 

Powodzenia !

If there are two Polish words that I mastered uttering, it would be okropny which mean terrible, horrible & awful and the word masakra, which means massacre.  These two words really describe the past weeks of intense emotional feeling and horrifying events that I don't want to discuss in here for it is purely personal and horrific. 

 Despite of all that, I am doing so well.  Precisely, I am immune now to such emotional events.  Losing loved ones I look up to in life is horrifying now for me. Indeed, life  must go on. 

Here I am by the way...still alive and ready to mingle once more.

Oh, I went on a hiatus, I'm keeping myself busy with a lot of things at home. Trying to get back into my projects that I haven't been doing for the past months.  Just that I am trying to find motivation to get back into the groove again especially in the field of sewing.  So many designs left in mind..so many plans what to do next..just that I have little time for school eats a lot of me, lately. However, that isn't an excuse...I should keep going, right?  

And i realized that 2014 ending so soon.... Oh, no!  I need to do something. Lurking with super down emotions won't help and keeping myself busy isn't the answer to forget emotional pains as well.  So lately, I get back to baking ( one of my favourite thing to do). When I'm sad and super down, I bake my hearts out. It is therapeutic. I swear!  hope to post a pic of what I bake next time...

And...Trying to meet friends once again..

I took a short trip to Warsaw for the very first time after living here for 8 years.  

*WINK  

Did I hear you laughing?  Oh well, that's just life. There's one special person who convinced me to go and do a short trip..to see , listen with my heart and see things in a bigger perspective. Watched the legendary John Legend's concert and  I had fun and makes me happy. Though big city life isn't fascinating to me now since I grew up in a big city as well, but that is great to see what the Polish capital has to offer for an expat like me. Nothing much actually..for It was only a short tip and on top of that, it was a very frosty gloomy day. Nothing much fascinating to see and i shy away from mall hopping. Does it something to do with age? :-D

Alright, alright...wherever you are in the world and whatever you are doing, I hope your day is great. And when your day is horrible and you feel awful, just smile, and the world will smile back at you. Try it! it works for me.

Now, you are smiling.  :-)

Powodzenia !  - Goodluck!

 

xxAi

Polish life in pictures & my Sonja dress in the making

iza modelling my handmade hair clip

old windmill house

crocheted items on sale

crocheted earrings

handmade accessories

handmade bracelets & necklaces. I love this leather version.

in case you are interested to contact this seller

home made pastries with some polish words BOLI GŁOWA? means headache?

crocheted scarf, necklaces and sexy undies

maybe too wonderful to wear this undies during summer. but I like those necklaces.

fall decoration - dried peppers

more fall decorations - dried lemon, oranges, cinnamon sticks

different variety of potatoes

Polish dance - I love the Polish costume, so colorful and cool!

grilled potatoes

iza showing a raspberry.

another way to cook the potato - potato chips!

village musician wearing a village costume.

carved bread ? oh no! creative way of making bread. perfect presentation.

a small painting gallery

Autumn is really now here!

i like to see real handwriting in a menu board!

*wink!
AND! i am trying to finish this Sonja dress for fall. Red dress for fall? why not! NO no no! i am trying it on that cotton red fabric i bought at ikea and hopefully be sewing real one i could wear all fall and winter using wool fabric.

enjoy your weekend!