I must live in a way I want!

I must not live in a way that other people expect. But it’s not as easy as you may think because I always lived as my family expected and now when I grow up I realized that I have no chance to change my goals and behaviour without problems. I have never been drinking alcohol, smoking, playing truant or getting poor marks and now the whole family expect that I am the most intelligent and dutiful person on the earth and no one understand to the fact that maybe I am not this kind of person and maybe I don’t want to be.

They always wanted me to go to grammar school and then to a university and study and get an honours degree. But what if I feel lost because I didn’t want to get an honours degree? Maybe it would be better for me to have small shop with flowers and live simple and contended life. But nobody cares.  

I am always trying to make everybody happy although it makes me troubles. I feel bad when people around me feel bad, so I am trying to help them so much that then it’s me who is exhausted and feel even more bad than they did. But there is no one who would help me.

I think that I must start to live in a way I want and not to live in a way my family expect but it’s not so easy to change myself after 20 years of obedience.

The Film Review - The Invention of Lying

Today I was watching the film called The Invention of Lying. It's about a world where everyone tells the truth – and just about anything they're thinking. The main character – Mark Bellison – is a below-average screenwriter, who is going to be fired. He's short and chunky with a snub nose which means that he doesn’t match genetically with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, he firstly uses lying with surprising results. Then, when his mother on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is considered to be a prophet and his first made-up screenplay makes him rich. But he isn't happy because he still is not good enough for Anna...

Firstly, I thought it will be pointless and stupid comedy but the second half of the film surprised me very well because there were some deep thoughts although it was a comedy. I liked the film mainly because of Ricky Gervais playing Mark Bellison. He was excellent and I really appreciate his expression and humour.

However, the main idea of the world where nobody can lie seems to be pointless but I know that it was the point of this film. I couldn’t understand the fact that other people didn’t grasp that he can lie and I was waiting for some kind of disclosure the whole film. And without it this film missed unexpected twist. 

Music

I have no clearly defined style of music. I am listening everything that catches my attention somehow. Sometimes there is a song that I heard somewhere (for example in radio, film or in advertisement) and then it plays in my mind all day and I can't get rid of it. 

Usually there is only one or two songs from one interpret that I like, so it’s useless to have whole album from these interprets. However, there are few interprets that I really like. One of my favorite interprets is Florence and the Machine, who has a quite extravagant style, but some of her song have been played in radio recently.  The next author that I like is Adele, whose voice is amazing and many of her songs gladden my heart.

Another popular interprets are Ellie Goulding, Of Monster & Men or Parov Stelar who makes very engaging music – you can listen for example this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ueJ4-lTa1s, which always makes me feel playful.

As I said there is hundreds of authors that made a song that grabbed my attention somehow so it would be a long list to name all songs that I like. 

There is one more view of music that I have. I’m a dancer so I am not only listening music such as many people around me, I am dancing on it. When I hear a song, first thing about which I am thinking is its musical rhythm and what dance I could dance on this music. It also means that music is really important for me because without music I could not dance… 

Climate Changes ..nonsese or the real threat?

Many people including for example our previous president Vaclav Klaus think that global warming and climate changes are nonsense. But scientists say something different and I think that they are right because I can see these changes on my own.

The first consequences of climate change can already be seen in Europe and worldwide. And scientists say that it is going to intensify in the coming decades. Temperatures are rising, rainfall patterns are shifting, glaciers are melting, sea levels are getting higher and extreme weather resulting in hazards such as floods and droughts is becoming more common.

Everyone could notice these changes during this year. Winter was long and cold while summer was very dry. It was really interesting to observe the end of this winter. At the beginning of one week it was about 3 degrees below zero and at the end of the week we were wearing T-shirts! Moreover, first weeks of summer holidays were in the sign of changes. Half a week there was a very hot weather while second half of the week there were so heavy rains that they caused floods. It repeated three times during one month. Isn’t it strange? 

Extreme weather events pose a direct risk to the health and safety of people. Damage to property and infrastructure imposes heavy costs on society and the economy. Flooding in the EU killed more than 2 500 people and affected more than 5.5 million over the period 1980-2011 and caused direct economic losses of more than €90 billion.

Moreover, climate change is happening so fast that many plant and animal species will struggle to cope. Warming would put as many as 20-30% of plant and animal species at increased risk of extinction.

Well, what do you think? Is it nonsense or the real threat??