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Archive for November, 2009

Freedom, Independence, Sacrifice

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Dear Toastmasters,
That’s some heavy topic right there, isn’t it? It was thought out by Przemek, our fresh member and the Table Topic Master on our meeting this Wednesday. It’s connected with a quote from out national hero, Joseph Pilsudski: “Poles want independence but in a way it cost them 2 pounds and 2 drops of [...]

Surprise and astonishment

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

“Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications” - Hermann von Helmholtz
“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us” - Boris Pasternak
What do you think about these two interesting quotations? What does surprise/astonishment mean in your life? Today [...]

Night of the Living Dead

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

“They’re coming to get you, Barbara! They’re coming for you!”
Maybe they’re coming also to get you… since we’ve recently had halloween, the topic of our next meeting is connected with zombies. You are going to face your fear. You will also have to find the possible way of defeating your nightmares. Radek will aks you [...]