.:.Callitoes Collectanea.:.

[For what is worth, the 2nd of November (Tuesday) is my birthday ;)]

Yep, I’ve controlled the virus thing, but it’s amazing how the attemps of invading my poor laptop have increased since we’ve bought the ADSL service… It must be an agreement between the ADSL company and the antivirus bussiness :mad2:…

So, I’ve seen that everybody is really busy with the beginning of the course and all that jazz, but here I am: blogging just in case anyone reads this and to wish you all the very best in your attempt of getting over another academic year :geeked:.

And as for me, I’m really busy as well: I teach 7 groups and I give 20 hours (60 minutes each one, yes) of lessons per week, plus correcting exercises, preparing lessons and dealing with beaurocracy. I work a lot, believe me, and my salary is quite poor: the minimum salary here in Poland, which is exactly half the minimum salary in Spain. Anyway, I don’t have to pay for the flat, and basic products are cheap; besides, I like my pupils and I feel really comfortable here, so yeah: I’m exploited but happy :mrgreen:.

Incidentally, if you care to know, I’ve updated several scripts I have installed in my domains and I plan to make some other changes too… Nothing grant really, but I might come with a new idea for the next layout soon; in fact, I’m pretty inspired these days… Might it be that I am *trully deeply and significantly* in love since the very day I left Galicia…?

Well, this is all so far.
You know: take care, have fun… :dance:.

Yeah, I’m alive, but my PC is in a catatonic state due to a virus… Well, there’s always a first time… Hope to deal with it soon now that my mother has been kind enough to send my Spanish installation CDs to me (I had forgot to bring them with me :dead:).

Hope you are all doing fine.
See you soon

Hi everybody that might be round there ;).

I’ve already started with the “absolute beginners of Spanish” groups. Surprisingly, they were not asigned to the other Spanish teacher, who is a Pole, but to me: I, who can barely say four words in Polish… But it is great: in their second day the beginners can say more than I in Polish after a month here :P. And we manage to communicate. When they are really lost I say the equivalent in Polish (well, I do know more than 4 words, but not many more :geeked:) and they appreciate my effort, so that encourages them to make the effort of speaking in Spanish too…

It’s beautiful

One girl asked me once to explain something in English, and I told all of them in my “beautiful British accent from nowhere” (as it was once described) that I wouldn’t mind saying it in English, but also that for pedagogical reasons it would be better for everyone to speak preferently in Spanish or in Polish, and use English and other languages just to compare some aspects of grammar and vocabulary or as the last resource. Since I made that statement, we’ve managed to communicate without mentioning English again… Maybe because they got scared of my accent :geeked:.

Besides, in spite of the fact that I don’t usually care about accents or small grammar errors (the last in non-native speakers, of course) as long as they don’t impede communication, I find it a bit annoying that most of the Poles have a really strong accent and really important grammar mistakes when speaking in English, but keep believing they are speaking proper English. Yes, I know that most of Spaniards have got pronunciation troubles in English too, but at least Spaniards ARE AWARE of that.

Anyway, Spanish sounds are easy for Poles, and they don’t have a strong accent when speaking in Spanish. They all should learn Spanish first ;).

Whatever. Sorry about those linguistic ramblings, it is just that I don’t have anything exciting to say… Or, rather, I do, but I don’t know where to begin.

Anyway, I must tell you that J. and I have just bought a flamboyant DSL kit :dance:, so I will manage to finishing polishing (funny: “Polish”) my sites up (I will never end :geeked:) and I will be able to develop the PHP script I am modifying :tongue:. I might even come up with a new “web-related” idea or something of the sort… ;).

So, this is all so far…
I know that most of you are involved in school stuff and loads of other activities (just I used to do), so I wish you the very best in all that jazz =).

Hope to see you around the Net soon…
Ciao!

Incidentally, Sarah’s got a new layout: “relaxing but somewhat intriguing”

Web stuff at last

New layout at Diletante.Net and at Linguae (official fanlisting for Languages & Linguistics).

Well, there are not exactly “new”, but are somewhat “fresh” :geeked:.

Take care, have fun…
Do zobaczenia!