pondělí 11. dubna 2011

Oriental dance

The performance dance form known in the West as the Belly Dance, is based on one of the social dances native to the Middle East. The term "belly dance" is somewhat misleading, as belly dance uses movements in every muscle group of the body. Historically, most of the dances associated with belly dance were performed with the sexes separated; men with men and women with women.Quite a surprising fact, isn't it?
There are many styles of belly dance, for example: 
  • Egyptian raqs sharqi – today it is considered the classical form of belly dance
  • Indian Bollywood
  • American Tribal Dance – created in the 1980s
  • Saidi – a belly dance using a cone
  • and much more! 
There are many props which belly dancers use, for example: a cane, veil, sword, tambourine, wings or candles. 
Oriental dance is one of my favourite hobbies. Maybe it doesn’t look so, but being a good belly dancer is damn difficult! Honestly, I am not that good as I would love to be – not at all – but I really enjoy attending oriental dance classes and that counts, doesn’t it?

středa 23. března 2011

Girl by Jamaica Kincaid

Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap;
wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry;
don't walk barehead in the hot sun;
cook pumpkin fritters in very hot sweet oil;
soak your little cloths right after you take them off;
when buying cotton to make yourself a nice blouse, be sure that it doesn't have gum on it, because that way it won't hold up well after a wash;
soak salt fish overnight before you cook it;
is it true that you sing benna in Sunday school ?;
always eat your food in such a way that it won't turn someone else's stomach;
on Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming;
don't sing benna in Sunday school;
you mustn't speak to wharf-rat boys, not even to give directions;
don't eat fruits on the street - flies will follow you;
but I don't sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school;
this is how to sew on a button;
this is how to make a buttonhole for the button you have just sewed on;
this is how to hem a dress when you see the hem coming down and to prevent yourself from looking like the slut you are so bent on becoming;
this is how you iron your father's khaki shirt so that it doesn't have a crease;
this is how you iron your father's khaki pants so that they don't have a crease;
this is how you grow okra - far from the house, because okra tree harbors red ants;
when you are growing dasheen, make sure it gets plenty of water or else it makes your throat itch when you are eating it;
this is how you sweep a corner;
this is how you sweep a whole house;
this is how you sweep a yard;
this is how you smile to someone you don't like too much;
this is how you smile at someone you don't like at all;
this is how you smile to someone you like completely;
this is how you set a table for tea;
this is how you set a table for dinner;
this is how you set a table for dinner with an important guest;
this is how you set a table for lunch;
this is how you set a table for breakfast;
this is how to behave in the presence of men who don't know you very well, and this way they won't recognize immediately the slut I have warned you against becoming;
be sure to wash every day, even if it is with your own spit;
don't swat down to play marbles - you are not a boy, you know;
don't pick people's flowers - you might catch something;
don't throw stones at blackbirds, because it might not be a blackbird at all;
this is how to make a bread pudding;
this is how to make doukona;
this is how to make pepper pot;
this is how to make a good medicine for a cold;
this is how to make a good medicine to throw away a child before it even becomes a child;
this is how to catch a fish;
this is how to throw back a fish you don't like and that way something bad won't fall on you;
this is how to bully a man;
this is how a man bullies you;
this is how to love a man, and if this doesn't work there are other ways, and if they don't work don't feel too bad about giving up;
this is how to spit up in the air if you feel like it, and this is how to move quick so that it doesn't fall on you;
this is how to make ends meet;
always squeeze bread to make sure it's fresh;
but what if the baker won't let me feel the bread ?;
you mean to say that after all you are really going to be the kind of woman who the baker won't let near the bread ?

pátek 25. února 2011

Adopt a salmon!

Do you like salmon? Don't just eat the delicious salmon fillets, adopt a little salmon baby and support salmon population in Czech rivers! You can find more info about the project here.



čtvrtek 17. února 2011

Some film tips for you...

Today I would like to introduce you some interesting movies I have recently seen. Do you know them?

Zítra se bude... (Tomorrow There Will Be...)
An opera about Dr Milada Horáková’s trial. 
Have you ever seen an opera made into a film? An opera using authentic texts? Texts quoted from a trial? Before watching this film I did not and first of all I have to appreciate the originality of this idea. The whole film touched me so deeply but some moments surpass the others, like reading Milada’s last letter for her family, or the scene when she is holding her neck... Or the opening (and also closing) song Oděvy levné (Cheap clothes) with the lyrics by Jan Vodňanský, it’s just impressive! I hope I’ll manage to gain the song somwhere...  


“I am humble and resigned to God’s will. He determined this test for me and I am undertaking it with a single wish – to fulfill God’s laws and retain my pure human name. Don’t cry! Don’t languish! It is better this way than to slowly die. My heart could no longer endure a long lack of freedom.”

Panique au village (A Town Called Panic)
One of the craziest movies I have seen! Well, what can you expect from a movie where the main heroes are: a horse, cowboy and Indian… Barbecue as a birthday present for a horse is not always the best idea. :-)


Sommersturm (Summer Storm) 
A German comedy about two rowing teams preparing for a regatta. One of the team is called Queerschlag (Queerstrokes)… A boy from the other team falls  in love with his best friend… Movies full of handsome boys kissing each other is what I really enjoy. :-D I just wonder why my boyfriend doesn’t  want to watch them with me. :-/

 

úterý 15. února 2011

Konzumace tohoto blogu je na vlastní nebezpečí!

Kulčiba dávivá roste v asijských tropech i v Africe. Její plody (ale i kůra a listy) obsahují strychnin a brucin. Tyto alkaloidy mají toxické účinky. Tak si dejte pozor na to, co vyplodím.

Průběh otravy je následující:  Nejprve se vám zbystří smysly, následuje pocit smrtelné úzkosti. Začnete se třást, nebudete moci dýchat! Silnější jedinci vydrží záchvatů více. Kolik jich snesete vy?