Visited my parents. Had fun. :) will write more soon. It was very similar meeting like in this movie...
Like wrote before - gonna write about it more soon. For now add only one funny picture from a trip:
Sis - don't be mad. We both look like idiots... (as always)
I moved. ;) I mean I went out, made a little trip up to the hill in my neighborhood. And found out that there's castle on a top of this! Just kidding, knew about it earlier. ;) it was very lovely day, unfortunately I got to the top to late, so I couldn't get in the castle but at least I could walk around and take some photos. :)
Here they are:
Entrance to the castle, pic taken by mysef ;)
I'm guessing that this is cannon or something like that (liked to play tower-defense games ;))
The hill is quite high and steep, it was quite hard to get there but it was worth it. :) And view from top... Amazing:
Another not movie review... I started cooking. Again. Yesterday I was making pancakes (or naleśniki), made a paneer cheese and today...
Today is the Day. I made Paneer Pakora!
hand made paneer pakora made by myself :)
It isn't as good as I've eaten in Indian place, I forgot that it's good to make some dips to this... Next time I'll make garlic dip and cranberry chutney. And more paneer. :)
Surprise - it's not movie revew this time! It's survival's review - how to make pierogies (not dumplings, Polish "routhenian/russian pierogies". :)
I just moved in to another apartment in antother city in another country... And I forgot to pack lots of usefull stuff. I wouldn't be myself if I packed... Anyway. I don't have any grinder, roller and pan. And I made pierogies. :D
Firstly I'd like to introduce how I've started. I went to the store by my feet which was 2 km one way and 2 km back (it was easier to going back - more of my way was down the hill ;)). I've bought ingredients, which needed to sacrifice one of my beauty nails... :( but it's not so bad, only gel busted from one. Anyway, when I got home I had to repair that, so I used my favourite nail stickers, so every nail looks like others. (recommend, love this stickers!!!)
pic of my nails and very important mug - I was cutting circles using this one :)
When my nails were already repaired I could start with making pierogies. For first I boiled potatoes, when they got cool I grinded them by fork and knife. I add curd (white cheese), salt, pepper and... Nutmeg! Yeah, I've found it! In Czech store! I'm so happy cause in Poland I couldn't find it anywhere, dunno why. So I add that all, mixed and stuffing was ready. Then I had to make dough (or how to call it - suggestions are welcome ;)). It's so easy to make it, cause recipe is so simple: only flour, water and oil. Proportions were measured by my eyes, so I don't know exactly. :) When it was ready, I started to make pierogies. :)
Yeah, my hand made pierogies ready to bury them in a fridge ;)
As I've written in an introduction I don't have roller, so I used hair spray bottle dressed in foil as a roller. As you can see it's good to have hair spray, I can recommend you Silhouette by Wella, any kind, 750ml. ;)
Mess I had to clean up after pierogies-making
And for a dessert I'm linking video of great, gifted artist Elisete (!), I've just found her somewhere on YouTube and I'm very impressed.
You won't believe that! Firstly - I am back, online, writing another review!!! Secondly - yesterday I was in the cinema. :D
I'll start with history and childhood again... As I wrote before I was born in Masuria which was great part of Eastern Prussia. That determinated my various interests... As child I believed that I can find a treasure which Germans left. When first time I've heard about Amber Chamber I was so excited! I studied every book about that, I've made lots of researches, I believed that I am the one who can find this... No worries, I haven't found it. Yet. ;)
Amber Chamber, pic from net
Anyway... Hans Kloss. He's like Polish James Bond. Even better. Action, tention, riddle, mystery... Loved this movie!!!
Hans Kloss (S. Mikulski) and Tomasz Kot - similar? ;)
One of my favourite Polish actors was Hermann Brunner in retrospections, I mean Piotr Adamczyk. I remember him from radio play "Les Miserables"by Victor Hugo, he gave his voice for Marius character... I'm unfocused again... As always.. Nevermind...
Amber Chamber. Mistery of Third Reich. No one knows what happened to this. Only Hans Kloss could solve this. And he did! :)
MŻT as Elsa
Costumes were good enough, I just didn't like old Elza's character. Marta Żmuda-Trzebiatowska was playing her young (17) and old (~50), but unfortunatelly... She didnt fit. As young she was looking too old, as old she was looking too young. :( I like MŻT, she's so beauty. But it wasn't good choice to make her teenager. ;)
MŻT in natural enviroment ;) pretty, isn't she? :)
There's nothing more I can write, so that would be the end. Enjoy Hans Kloss movie ;)
Carnage.
I've heard a lot about this one, before and after I went to the cinema. One of critics said or wrote that Polanski's "Carnage" is metaphore of catastrophe in Smolensk April 10, 2010. Actually, I think that if someone believes that Polanski and Yasmina Reza wanted to show death of Polish President in aviacatastrophe is... Okay, I'll be gentle: is wrong.
Anyway, "Carnage" isn't funny story, it's about problems with up bringing... Just kidding! You see people, laughing cause of them, but... Stop to think for a while.
When I was watching that I saw how redicules is adult life. People keep up appearances and they're getting lost in that. It's... Grotesque.
My favourite character is Alan. He seems to be quite normal, think soberly... But he's his cell phone slave. ;)
Anyway, just like I wfote before: slave of phone and keep up appearances. Actually there was a series called "Keep up apearances", it was very funny. One of my favourite series. :)
Briefly, I definetly recommend this one. You should see this. ;)
pic from http://www.filmweb.pl/film/R%C3%B3%C5%BCa-2011-564694
I was born in the Middle Of Nowhere, house of gamekeeper. Middle Of Nowhere is localized in a beautiful region called Masuria in North-East Part of Poland, about 20 kilometers from border with Russia. My heart belongs to this place and always will. Masuria. Actually it became part of Poland only after the Second World War. People who lives there now are mostly descendants of incomers from Everywhere. For example my grandpa came from somewhere around Vilnius, grandma came from Terra Lubliniensis, parent’s neighbours came from Volhynia, and… Yeah, not much, but a little of them stayed there. Some of autochthons decided to stay, or (like lady Greta, Krysztally, you know who I mean) couldn’t left Masuria because of malicious neighbours who sabotaged their departure.
Okay, it’s very interesting history, but I won’t write about that, cause my mission is to write about movies I have seen. (: Well, I am very proud of this introduction, cause it fits. It’s very close to movie I’m writing about. Film called “Róża” (“Rose”), Polish production. As I don’t like Polish movies cause (actually I have no idea why it is like that!) Polish movies are usually “original-not-remakes” of foolish American (mostly American) comedies. They are not funny, silly and makes me embarrassed. Anyway, “Róża”. Review. It was surprise for me, Polish original movie!!! About Polish-Masurian-Postwar problems. Created characters was so real. Theoretically it’s story of Róża, woman who lived by the lake, lost her husband on a war, tried to have ordinary life after this mess, which was war, resettlement strangers to her neighbourhood and… Soviet Army. Everyone I’ve ever talked to about German Soldiers and Soviet Soldiers says that Germans were generally nice, they fed kids and they were giving them candies. My grandma told me that she got milk candy first time in her life from German soldier. I don’t allege that all Germans were good or that they were better than Soviet Soldiers. It’s only opinion of people who lived those times, eye witnesses, that Germans were more… decent in contrast to Soviets. ;) Okay, I won’t write about that cause I don’t want to offense anyone. I’m just saying what I’ve heard from “tribal elders”. ;)
Anyway, REVIEW (get a grip, woman!). Róża was raped no one knows how many times. You can ask: How many women had the same? In Masuria after war… I would say that minority weren’t raped. Anyway, review… It’s movie for people who aren’t very sensitive. I am sensitive, I was crying, I was pissed off when showed another rape scene. I felt like I am standing somewhere next to these people and I had thoughts like “Enough!!! I’ll take pitchfork and I’ll kill you all, rapers!!!!”. I think this is something like Tadeusz could felt. He’s character was very strong but he was actually shiftless (meaning that there’s nothing he could do). He lost his wife, went away from home, met Róża and he fell in love with her. But it wasn’t love story like in every love story movies. It wasn’t sweet. It was bitter and painful. He was trying to be her guardian, protector, she was all he had… Now question: how many were like him? Many. But there were more idiots. Unfortunately.
pic from http://www.filmweb.pl/film/R%C3%B3%C5%BCa-2011-564694
I liked priest character (actor Edwad Linde-Lubaszenko, he actually had something like movie story in his real life cick here to learn more, but it's only in Polish or German). He had very difficult task. He was person everyone trusted, he was authority but he never used this against someone. He was wise old man, who wanted to unite all this people. It must have been very hard for him. As I wrote, he was old, it was new situation, everything was new for everyone. But he was the one who had to carry people’s problems, etc. And I think he had done that well…
It’s very moving movie. You have a lot of emotions but the worst is when you would like to do something… but you just can’t. And when you realize that all of these things showed in a movie had happened in real life… It stops to be “just a movie”.
Actually I haven’t say a word about actors, directors, etc. I don’t know what to say, it was so real… It’s a compliment.
It’s hard to say anything more for me…
And next will be something funny :)
*quote from Kayah&Bregović’s song, translated by me, so… ;)
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