Ok, so I'm different. You've got a problem with that?!

Ok, so let's start from the beginning..Being on holidays means having more time to dedicate to pastimes, like cinema for example. I have previously mentioned my resentment towards cinemas in Italy, where 99% of films are dubbed. I hate dubbing! How can you fully appreciate and "savor" a film if an actor is deprived of their original voice?! I mean, really. As far as acting is concerned, such qualities like voice, pitch, tone, diction and timbre are essential. When the voice is changed, acting changes. There's no way to find exactly the...

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Odds & Ends : )

Hello my Dear Friends!I'm having this morning free (no social visits until 3pm), so I'm sitting in the study and surfing the Net...Look what I found, just by case. This is how some self-defence courses for elderly people are being promoted in Antwerp, Belgium these days:I find these ads so brilliant! : )On a different note, when typing, this is what I can see from the window:Isn't it beautiful??! : )Oh, and as I mentioned on facebook, I had my hair cut : ) This is the result: Have a wonderful day, everyone! :...

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Surprise, surprise!

Hello my Dearests!I'm writing to you from... my beloved Poland! I'm sorry, I couldn't share this with you before, it was a surprise I prepared for my Mum's birthday (and since she reads my blog too, I knew I would give myself away!) So I just showed up, just like at the front door in a cold, (the temperature here is about -10 C) snowy evening on January 13, i.e. the day of my Mum's birthday. She was REALLY surprised and happy at the same time. So, I have to admit: not having told you before was worth it, sorry! : )) So today is the second...

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New Year Resolutions.

Foreword:According to Oxford Dicitionary:"reso•lution /rezlun/ noun 4 [C] ~ (to do sth) a firm decision to do or not to do sth: She made a resolution to visit her relatives more often. Have you made any New Year’s resolutions (= for example, to give up smoking from 1 January)?"It's new year and it's time to set the goals. I like to do this kind of brainstroming in my head. The thing is it will be the first time I'm doing it on my blog, it is usually all clear and set in my head only but when the old year finishes, I barely remember...

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