impressions

Teaching, teaching, teaching… Private classes, salon classes and English corners. Will it ever get boring? I’ve been doing this for over a year and I’m still excited entering the classroom. Maybe it suppossed to be my destiny?

I’m having a nice time together with students. I can feel they are into my classes, they accept my teaching style… or maybe they are afraid to say if something’s wrong? Eeee… I believe in my positive impressions.

long trip

It was a long trip. I’ve taken 3 planes (from my hometown to Warsaw, then from Warsaw to Helsinki, and finally from Helsinki to Shanghai) and after about 20 hours I landed in China…

I met Agnieszka (my good friend from university) in Warsaw. It was so surprising that she found me.. after all I didn’t have mobile phone! We had a breakfast together, the last breakfast in Poland before departing to China.

I tried to sleep on the board, I even could do it! Maybe that means that I’m getting used to long flights. I also talkied to the Chinese student coming back home. Anyway, immediately after coming to Hangzhou I fell asleep for some hours. I could have slept longer but I had to go to school to teach my dear students… I miss it a lot when I was in Poland.

And now? I’m in the school again, preparing classes… busy man! Workaholic? Oh, you bet!

I talked to my mum yesterday night. She told me she already missed me. To tell you the truth, I miss her and my family, too. It was a great idea to go back home for holidays.

right moment

Time flies so fast. I just came back home and I have to go back to China very soon. Tomorrow is the last day here, and on the day after tomorrow I will take planes and go to China.

What have I been doing here? Let me think… Spending time in my brother and sister-in-law’s garden, we even spent one night there. I met Adrian, my best friend from highschool and his wife. We had some beers and pizza together. We talked a lot!

I kept going to my office almost everyday, which is a good thing. I got some money…  And so it goes, normal life in Poland. Do I like it? Yes, I do. Do I enjoy it? Well… for a short time, but if it goes for a longer time, it’s getting boring. That’s the answer for a question if I would like to come back to Poland for good. Not now, it’s not the right moment, not yet. And I’m not sure if that moment ever comes. But shhh… don’t tell it my mum!

frozen

"I can’t feel my senses
I just feel the cold
All colours seem to fade away
I can’t reach my soul

I would stop running
If I knew there was a chance
It tears me apart to sacrifice it all
But I’m forced to let go

Tell me I’m frozen
But what can I do?
Can’t tell the reasons
I did it for you"

[Within Temptation, Frozen, The Heart Of Everything]

 

Hitlist #329

June 25th, 2007

1. 1 (6) THE WHITE STRIPES, Icky Thump
2. 2 (3) MUSE, Map Of The Problematique
3. 5 (4) WITHIN TEMPTATION, Frozen
4. 4 (8) GOOD CHARLOTTE, The River
5. 3 (12) JAY CHOU, Huang Jin Jia
6. 12 (3) NIGHTWISH, Eva
7. 10 (3) MARILYN MANSON, Heart Shaped Glasses
8. 6 (11) MAROON 5, Makes Me Wonder
9. 17 (2) JAY CHOU, Jie Kou
10. 8 (5) SNOW PATROL, Signal Fire
11. 14 (18) SIGUR ROS, Glosoli
12. 7 (10) YIRUMA, Kiss The Rain
13. 9 (6) TORI AMOS, Big Wheel
14. – (1) SMASHING PUMPKINS, Tarantula
15. 16 (2) ANGELA ZHANG, Meng Li Hua
16. 11 (5) 30 SECONDS TO MARS, From Yesterday
17. – (1) SANDRA, All You Zombies
18. 15 (11) ARCTIC MONKEYS, Brianstorm
19. – (1) GARETH GATES, Angel On My Shoulder
20. 13 (6) MANIC STREET PREACHERS, Your Love Alone Is Not Enough 

at home

I am at home. In Poland. Spending time with my family and friends.

I keep going to my office. I…. like it so much! There’s always something urgent to do. This is a great luck if you like what you are doing. I do.

There’s one problem: I’m having the second wisdom tooth. Just like last year! Then I couldn’t eat and speak! Now it’s not so bad but the pain is quite strong. Poor me. Or lucky me since I have already 2 wisdom teeth! Wise Chris!

Enjoy the photos. My brothers, sister-in-law and my parents.

rewarding

As always at this time of year I have no time for anything. Being busy keeps me more energetic. People need me, that’s obvious. There’s another company where they want me to have an English training. My god, so many places where I can share my knowledge! That company sells exclusive furniture and home accessories. And people working there are so eager to learn English. It is very basic language, like "Where are you from?" – "I am from Hangzhou", "Where is Hangzhou?" – "Hangzhou is in China"… Hehe, it’s so satisfactory to see how much effort they put into speaking. Very rewarding feeling.
I’m going to Shanghai today, I’m spending a night there and tomorrow flying back to Poland. Short holidays? Maybe.. I know I will go to my company, too. Last week was not successful at all there because they lost very important documents from China. Grrr… it sounds totally irresponsible! I hate when somebody doesn’t care about work. This is what I learned in China – always care about what we do. I guess I’m more adult now!
Getting older is not always scary thing.

map of the problematique

"Fear and panic in the air
I want to be free
From desolation and despair
And I feel like everything I saw
Is being swept away
Well, I refuse to let you go

I can’t get it right
Get it right
Since I met you"

[Muse, Map Of The Problematique, Black Holes And Revelations]

Hitlist #327
June 11th, 2007

1. 1 (4) THE WHITE STRIPES, Icky Thump
2. – (1) MUSE, Map Of The Problematique
3. 2 (6) GOOD CHARLOTTE, The River
4. 4 (8) YIRUMA, Kiss The Rain
5. 3 (9) MAROON 5, Makes Me Wonder
6. 8 (10) 周杰伦, 黄金甲
7. 5 (9) ARCTIC MONKEYS, Brianstorm
8. 7 (4) TORI AMOS, Big Wheel
9. 6 (16) SIGUR ROS, Glosoli
10. 15 (2) WITHIN TEMPTATION, Frozen
11. – (1) MARILYN MANSON, Heart Shaped Glasses
12. 16 (3) SNOW PATROL, Signal Fire
13. 12 (5) MIKA, Love Today
14. 9 (4) MANIC STREET PREACHERS, Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
15. 17 (3) 30 SECONDS TO MARS, From Yesterday
16. 13 (2) MICHAEL BUBLE, Everything
17. 10 (8) LINKIN PARK, What I’ve Done
18. 11 (7) DOLORES O’RIORDAN, Ordinary Day
19. 14 (5) FALL OUT BOY, Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
20. – (1) NIGHTWISH, Eva
    

new name

It’s raining so heavily today. I feel very nice. The air is clean and fresh… It’s wet but it doesn’t matter so much.
I’ve been terribly busy recently. I had a training in WEB, as I will teach more classes in the summertime. Oh, I was teaching and at the same time was observed by other teachers. Very stressful situation. I remember I had wet hands and sweated. But.. the overall comments were positive! I am so satisfied that my teaching style is OK! Of course nobody’s perfect and I still have to improve some things. Anyway, I’m starting teaching as a regular part-time teacher after I come back to China.
On Sunday I’m going to Shanghai, on Monday I’m flying back to Poland and I’ll be at home at night (Monday-Tuesday). Getting excited!!
My Chinese name has changed. One of my students (Carina) suggested a new name but maybe it is too strange? Who knows… I like it. It is 高深乐 (Gao Shenle). "Gao" means "tall", "shen" means "deep" and "le" means "happy". So I’m tall and deeply happy, hehe. I hope you like it. I do.

go!

Very surprisingly – I’m going home to Poland! It turned out that the air ticket I bought last time, is valid only for 6 months and if I don’t go, I will lose it – and the money I paid for it.
I will stay at home for a short time, only one week. But it’s such a big surprise that I don’t care about it! Wow, so happy news!
Anyway, I will have to buy another ticket to go back to China, but the price is quite reasonable. I’m into it! Go, go, go!

the river

"Baptized in the river
I’ve seen a vision of my life
And I wanna be delivered
In the city was a sinner
I’ve done a lot of things wrong
But I swear I’m a believer
Like the prodigal son
I was out on my own
Now I’m trying to find my way back home
Baptized in the river
I’m delivered
I’m delivered"

[Good Charlotte, The River, Good Morning Revival]

 

Hitlist #326

June 4th, 2007

1. 1 (3) THE WHITE STRIPES, Icky Thump
2. 5 (5) GOOD CHARLOTTE, The River
3. 2 (8) MAROON 5, The River
4. 7 (7) YIRUMA, Kiss The Rain
5. 4 (8) ARCTIC MONKEYS, Brianstorm
6. 3 (15) SIGUR ROS, Glosoli
7. 9 (3) TORI AMOS, Big Wheel
8. 11 (9) 周杰伦, 黄金甲
9. 12 (3) MANIC STREET PREACHERS, Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
10. 6 (7) LINKIN PARK, What I’ve Done
11. 8 (6) DOLORES O’RIORDAN, Ordinary Day
12. 13 (4) MIKA, Love Today
13. – (1) MICHAEL BUBLE, Everything
14. 17 (4) FALL OUT BOY, Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
15. – (1) WITHIN TEMPTATION, Frozen
16. 16 (2) SNOW PATROL, Signal Fire
17. 18 (2) 30 SECONDS TO MARS, From Yesterday
18. 10 (11) GARETH GATES, Changes
19. 15 (10) TRAVIS, Closer
20. 14 (11) JOHN LEGEND, P.D.A. (We Just Don’t Care)