"Mała Brytania"

So here we are... Finally we could watch Little Britain on the Polish telly. Last Friday on TVP2 [Polish TV, Channel 2] there was the first episode of Mała Brytania. Together with couple of my friends we were waiting for this moment for quite a long time. But after we've seen it, we're not as enthusiastic as before. Why? Simply because the Polish translation of the film leaves a lot to be desired. Especially the moment at the beginning when Vicky speaks - the very famous "no but yeah but". Polish "voice" is much too slow for Vicky's pace. And of course Andy ("want that one") who's just one of a kind. I also didn't like it so much cos the speaker did it with no emotions and without even changing the tone of voice, pity. I think it would be better if there were also English subtitles cos the language these two guys use and how they use it is the essence of the comedy. But on the other hand, it's almost impossible to translate it faithfully. Just watch the original and you'll know what I mean. But it doesn't discourage me though, to watch it every week because I love these two crazy guys phenomenally exaggerating the reality.

Here's the official BBC website for Little Britain: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/littlebritain/

Monks vs. Ants

I've just been browsing the BBC News website and I came across this a little bit funny article. Have a look

Malaysian monks face ant dilemma

By Jonathan Kent BBC News, Kuala Lumpur

Penang's wildlife have been known to make temples their homes

A group of Buddhist monks in Malaysia is appealing for help to solve a problem with ants.

Buddhism forbids devotees from harming any living creature.

So the monks are looking for a creative and non-violent solution to deal with the insects, which are biting worshippers.

The monks at the Ang Hock Si Temple, also known as the Hong Hock See temple, in Georgetown on Penang Island have had to learn to live with nature.

Some years ago they shared their temple compound with a cobra.

The chief monk, the Venerable Boon Keng, told the BBC that they had become used to meditating alongside the snake but eventually decided to catch it and take it away to a nearby forest.

Now he says the cobra's place has been taken by a colony of fire ants.

Vacuum cleaner

But the ants are dropping from the temple's sacred bodhi tree onto people meditating below - and when they bite it causes painful swelling.

The Venerable Boon Keng practises what he calls "letting go" meditation - so he "lets go" of the pain.

But out of consideration for worshippers less far along the path to enlightenment the monks are looking for ways to persuade the ants to go.

An attempt to remove them using a vacuum cleaner failed, so the Buddhist community is appealing for help.

They cannot encourage anyone to harm the ants, but the chief monk says that if someone turns up unbidden and deals with them without the monks' involvement then that is the will of the universe.

Spring?

Mmmm... Isn't it wonderful that spring is already giving us first signs of its presence? I can smell the fresh air, the trees and when I get up to school in the mornings, which is rather early, sometimes have to get up at 6.00, I hear the birds singing, ahhh...

So it's Saturday... from the very morning I can see and hear my dad and few other guys tiding up the backyard, preparing the ground to sow new grass on the lawn, raking up etc.
Wunderbar! I love autumn and winter for real, but after having it for half a year or so I'm just enough of it.

Just to keep you in this spring mood I highly recommend u listen to these few songs. Whenever I listen to them it makes me wanna dance, really.
So here u go:
Fatboy Slim - I See You Baby; Right Here Right Now; The Rockefeller Skank; Cuba Club - Cuba; and of course my beloved haba haba Andre TanneBerger - Let You Go.
Enjoy!