just that? and then what? “Don’t ever look them in the eye!”, my friend said after he had seen me surrounded by a group of gypsies in the square. “If you stop to talk to them, you’ll never get rid, so you’d better not even look at them.” When I talked to one of them [...]
Posts Tagged ‘just so …’
15 Jun
observer walk
While I was walking through the square early in the morning, I heard someone play the guitar. There were people sitting on the benches and watching the performer on the big stage. There was no guitar player but a mime artist. I took some poor photos of him and went on. While I was taking [...]
6 Jun
dazed: feel like being useless
You know the lady who took English classes next door last year? The crazy one. I met her today – neatly dressed, with a handbag as usual. It was about 8 a.m., and I thought she might be going to work. I wondered who would hire an obviously insane person. Then I thought about the [...]
6 Jun
confused: can you tell showing from telling?
(the difference between Slavi Trifonov and Martin Karbowski) Slavi believes he should always show his position on issues clearly, while Martin says he doesn’t want to show his position but a snapshot. Slavi tells people what they should do. Martin lets them decide for themselves. Slavi tells. Martin shows. However, sometimes we could show through [...]
26 May
would you take up meditation at college?
You don’t have to fight darkness. Just turn on the light. I remember “Twin Peaks”, “Blue Velvet” and “Lost Highway” as very dark films. Well, I guess I should see them again now that I have heard their director David Lynch talk about transcendental meditation and his dream of building a world of peace. David [...]
10 May
does sex sell?
here I hope to post my favourite ad! the piggy-eyed girl, advertising ice-cream near egoist cafe Here, in Bulgaria, everybody seems to believe that The-Thing-That-Sells is sex. Uniform beauty, practically naked, is touted to sell best. Ads do not have to be funny anymore. The message seems to be “I am pretty. I am longing [...]
26 Feb
undecided
I envy Dimitar who’s going to Santa Fe to become a student at my favourite college Saint John’s. For many people it’s really hard to choose a career. They explore all their passions only to find out that so far they have given up too many of them because they’ve grown bored. These people are [...]
20 Feb
You get what you pay for
How staff works?!? Millions of people buy the same product and pay the same price. Do they get the same thing? I don’t think so. When some people buy a pair of shoes, they pay for comfort, and that’s what they get. When other people buy a pair of the same type of shoes, they [...]
11 Feb
you can’t save them all
Frustration is the unpleasant feeling you have when you try to achieve something, but you fail. This is a feeling I often get on teaching days: – when I look into vacant eyes – when I see bored faces – when I sit among people who refuse to think, even about their own lives when [...]
15 Nov
why?
i wonder why most students are not keen on writing in their blogs. do they find it useless?!?
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