To eat or not to eat...

Supersize.vs.Superskinny is a TV programme broadcast in the UK hosted by dr Christian Jessen. He tries to alter bad nutritional habits that have caused severe  underweight or obesity.  During each episode two people move to a clinic in London, every time one person is nearly anorectic, the second one should lose many pounds but their height is more or less the same. For both of them to see their silhouette opposite is quite shocking. But that’s just the beginning. There is some type of a closed tube in which all the food eaten usually by these patients is thrown out. It helps them to realize  if they eat small or gigantic portions, if they drink a lot of coffee and so on. The next day they swap their diets, they prepare meals for each other. It’s always shocking for me to see in what way people can feed themselves. It seems that this method works well, but the motivation is the most important. If people don’t feel the need of changes even the best dieticians, trainers, doctors won’t help.

And the Oscar goes to...

‘Les Intouchables’ it’s a French dramatic comedy that was released on November 2011. Directed by a famous duo - Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano (makers of ‘Tellement Proches’ and ‘ Nos jours heureux’) that movie has been acclaimed cultural phenomenon by French public opinion. The action takes place in a sumptuous arrondissement in Paris as well as in the poor suburbs during modern times. Generally speaking all the screenplay is based on the contrast between the rich and the poor, between well-educated and truants, between well-mannered and ill-mannered which creates comic effect. One of the main character- Driss (a young son of immigrants with Senegalese accent, played by a very famous French comedian Omar Sy) comes to an interview organized by a wealthy tetraplegic – Philippe( played by an excellent actor Francois Cluzet)  who is searching for a male nurse. Driss does it only to obtain a signature that is obligatory to get the unemployment benefit . You can imagine how he’s surprised when he acknowledge that he has been employed by an elderly man. They soon become friends, they share their experiences, Philippe is happy that he has finally found a man who doesn’t  pity him and Driss (turned into the street by his mother) has a roof above his head, he can taste a luxurious life, drive Masserati  and become acquainted with classical music. Driss organize a date for his employer with a mysterious girl who is a platonic love of Philippe even though they have never seen each other. The movie is based on the real story of an aristocrat and his Algerian male nurse. It’s an universal story of the comprehension between social classes- very utopian for me but pleasant for poor people. Social differences in  France, especially in Parisian region provoke riots, that’s why big efforts are made to appease it. We can notice also that both poor and rich are presented in a positive light, maybe that’s why this film is successfull. It’s an illustration of a thesis that we are all equal because we are human and money doesn't count. In the country where a revolutionary motto ‘Liberté, égalité, fraternité’ has recently lost on the significance, that movie wakes up the republican spirit of French people. I didn’t laugh a lot during the movie but i found it touching. Actors were just made for their roles. Summing up i recommend this film for everybody who speaks French cause I’m not sure if it can be seen in polish cinemas.

Like a fluffy cat

My future hut

Here i am, a new member of an elite group called blogers. Basically, the idea is to write posts regulary to eliminate grammar mistakes, learn new vocabulary, roughly speaking to learn english. If i wasn't forced i would probably never set up a blog, maybe because i have always trouble finding some leisure time in order to focus and write sth inspirating and interesting for other web users. However, as we are all different i find  somehow fascinating the fact of sharing emotions, observations, attitudes with friends, e-pal or sometimes with complete stangers. I will benefit from the occasion to present myself, sb may find it inquiring. Thus, i'm like a fluffy cat, quite lazy (i make an effort only when i'm forced by some higher, supernatural power, like my mum f. ex.), overweight - i could lose some pounds :-P- i work on it studying dietetics ( i haven't found yet some good diet based on chocolate and coffee, but i don't give up :-P), gourmand- connected with the previous feature, i just love food, Italian cuisine rocks- spaghetti, pizza, tortellini, pesto and ......i am day-dreaming again :-P, yeah, i've forgotten  that i'm rather scatterbrained, i have tried to change it many times, but everybody who has ever had New Year resolutions knows exacly how difficult it is to alter some bad habits. What else.......i love art, i think in the previous life i was a singer or a painter, at least i hope so. I just adore Musee d'Orsay in Paris because of their breath-taking collection of impressionists paintings. I remember when i was a child, i saw some of these paintings in Poznan thanks to some kind of temporary exhibition. Bright colours, sparkling water, beam of light, vivacity of strokes of the brush- that's what i prefer and what i can find in impressionism. I love French art in particular, that's why i study French. After reading Houellebecq' or Zola books i feel deep admiration for them. I would love to see so many places, unfortunately currently i watch only one Spanish tv progamme called "Espanoles en el mundo" when i can see how people from other countries live. Presently i'm on a stage of saving up in order to buy some small wooden hut in French Polinesia and spend the rest of my life eating coconuts and drinking spring water. :-P