primary & grammar school

Hehe... My class in a primary and grammar school - about 10 years ago. Incredible! It would be so nice to see most of them. :)

A trip to countryside [5th class - 1998]


An official photo with the class tutor


A class trip to the Sowie Mouintains [1999]
You can easily notice fashionable colours :D


A class "disco" in the first class of grammar school [2000]

wisdom

"Lord, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other" Marcus Aurelius

częstochowa

A traditional trip to the Sanctuary of Holy Mary - the Jasna Góra in Częstochowa. You can compare this place to Lourdes, Fatima or Santiago de Compostela. Definitely an important place for many Polish people. My class went there just before Easter during the last year - to pray for good "matura" results.
Yeah, Poland is a catholic country... Never mind, almost all high schools organise this pilgrimage. Summarizing, it was a really nice trip :)




[March 23, 2005]

In stead of being on a class meeting in Kalisz...

memories

I discovered how good is to have a collection of photos from almost my life on a hard disk. Maybe it isn't very clever but it makes memories stronger. Or better, reminds them in a right moment. When You are really alone, because is no person You can disturb during a wonderful spectacle called Christmas, it's very easy to completely collapse (no hope, no dreams, no future...) So the photos help to think about good things. I'd never suspected that so many good things would happen to me - friends, travels, Erasmus, music, choirs, work, AWF, so many good people everywhere... but it all was real, that's fact. A logical deduction forces me to assume that I'm not lost yet. I still have some chances for precious moments to live for. I'm just not seeing them now.

Right now, I just want to meet all my friends who I haven't seen for so long time :/ From Kalisz & Vila Real. Maybe in next year.

copernicus high school

I graduated the Copernicus High School in Kalisz more than 3,5 years ago. Exactly, at 15th April 2005. And I haven't seen almost anyone from my former class since that time. Actually, we haven't met for longer time than we had spent together. It's a high time to make up that miserable fact. So after two or free trials we're going to drink some beer somewhere at December 29th.
That inspired me to find and publish some photos from my secondary school.














[January 2004 - March 2005, all photos taken by Szczepan]

italian choir

One of my first international experiences. A visit of italian choirs I Piccoli Cantori delle Colline di Brianza & Coro Fontegaia. I spent about 10 days showing them Poland, talking in English, learning Italian & making parties. BTW, it was my first job in tourism as well...




[August 2004]

action carols

Sometimes I'm looking around and I feel that I'm wasting my precious time - going my own way, taking care just about myself & my pleasure. People are everywhere around but so often I just pass by them being exactly the same indifferent. It's nothing to be proud of. But small & simple actions really can a lot. Create a community for example. A conclusion is uncomplicated: each of us is able to do something important, at least in somebody's else mind.
My simple thing before Christmas: red funny hat, guitar and carols. Everywhere where I'll be at uni till an end of this week. Maybe is incredible stupid. But is something simple what people can do together to celebrate something. To acclaim our university koinonia for instance.

Yes, I know I repeat myself. But it is something I deeply believe - we can change the world to make it a better place. That's possible. Certainly.

christmas 2004

While I was trying to tidy up my hard disk I found more photos fitting to Christmas associations. My high school class celebrating the Nativity in A.D. 2004.



[December 17, 2004]

before I die

I've just seen that sentence on a web page. Nothing special, just something like simple memento mori without any particular moral message. But it corresponds with though stream in my mind. Who I want to be? What will be my testimony? Sorry because this bid word.
I heard that the death is the only certain fact in a everyone's life. And that's definitely truth from a logical point of view.
So what I'd like to do before I die?
I was thinking about publishing my eschatological to-do-list but it isn't a proper way. I will summarize it to one phrase: each day I want to feel that I used my time in right way, have a tiny contribution to the most important task - make a word better place to live. If it's enough motivation to find some power to fight with my fears, it's also enough to encourage others to believe in something worth. Maybe it's selfish or just a simple compensation but I want to be recognised as a man of worth.

Don't forget that I'll also hitch-hike around the globe - I've been dreaming about that for too long time to resign. I'll just complete my bachelor degree and... I'm making a specified list of compulsory destinations - China, Tibet, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Maghrib, the Near East countries (Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Israel, etc.) Ready to go?

chrismas 2007

Christmas is coming once again. Some photos to remind my last - someone could call it "a little bit oriental" but it wasn't like that. I'd prefer to stress a social part of that holiday. We just were a community. My best Christmas at all.







[Porto, December 22-28, 2007]

culture of dialogue

I've got a quite serious difficulty with one (very important for me) problem at university. Normally, I used to run away or pretend that everything is right. But someone made me "a brainwashing" - I have no idea how many times I heard that people should report their problem before it would grow too big. So I decided to confess all my doubts concerned to swimming & my great teaching future. OMG, it works! Incredible! Remarkable! Maybe I even would make a theory of "the culture of dialogue" :P

Tomorrow I'm going to repeat such effective idea with another guy from uni. I hope even a favourite students' nightmare professor has a conscience. Eventually, everyone has... some individuals just don't use it too often...

El Sistema

Just free words: Gustavo Dudamel, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, El Sistema - results: a great album Fiesta. Strong recommend.

More about a phenomenon of Venezuelan music-education programme here & here. I'm honestly fascinated with that idea.