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Spring forward FALL BACKWARD

Daylight saving time (DST; also summer time in British English) is the convention of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn; several ancient cultures lengthened each summer daylight hour instead. Since 1996 European Summer Time has been observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union This year, European Summer Time ends (clocks go backward) Sunday, October 30, 2011:   At 3:00 AM local time, the clock is moved back to to 2:00 AM

Pinoys in Warsaw Film Festival 2011

see the Warsaw Film Festival website photo galleries: http://www.wff.pl/en/galerie-2011/11102011-5-dzien-27-wff/

Chasis in the 5th Five Flavors Film Festival

Five Flavours Film Festival brings variety of film flavours from South-East and East Asia for the fifth time. This year's edition takes a look at Taiwanese cinematography. Apart from new titles, the section Focus: Taiwan includes masterpieces by a renowned director Hou Hsiao-hsien, one of the movers and most important artists of the Taiwanese New Wave. Another section of the fifth edition is Taste of Korea presenting new films from South Korea. As in the previous years, Five Flavours also involves the section New Asian Cinema with the selection of the latest films from Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and other countries of the region. DATE OF THE WHOLE FESTIVAL - 19 to 26 October 2011 CHASSIS

PAPAYA DANCE (by Urszula Dudziak)

Urszula Dudziak (born October 22, 1943) is a leading POLISH jazz vocalist. She has worked with such artists as Krzysztof Komeda, Michał Urbaniak (her ex-husband), Gil Evans, Archie Shepp, and Lester Bowie. Her song Papaya (classic 1970s song) has recently gained large popularity in Asia and Latin America where it has been added a very distinctive dance called Papaya Dance It seems that Filipinos can groove to any kind of music. "Papaya dance" is now proudly Filipino dance that craze was started by TV host Edu Manzano in 2007. Get original song "Papaya" here: https://youtu.be/1KlRy0DPAzk

Understanding Communication and Body Language of Polish People

Often times when you visit a foreign country, you are concerned about how to greet people in that it varies from location to location. Do I give a handshake, do I give a kiss, if a kiss, how many is acceptable? In addition to greetings, understanding the forms of communication is important as well. Answers to those questions, as well as some tips to understanding communication will be answered in this article as we are going to draw attention to the rules of Polish body language. Shaking Hands

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POLAND: The Update

Award winning documentary about life in Poland as seen through the eyes of foreigners who live there. (34 min - festival version / Poland 2001 / black and white / directed by Joanna Sanecka, Krzysztof Sakho, Dennis Wojda)

Warsaw hosts World Scrabble Championship

A record number of 116 competitors from 44 countries on five continents will take part in this year’s World Scrabble Championship 2011, the most prestigious title in competitive English-language Scrabble, to be held at the Hilton Hotel in Warsaw on October 12 -16. Name: Odette Carmina Rio Home: Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines Age: 48 WSC Record: Has qualified to play in 2011 , and has registered. Placed 27th in 2007 . Placed 43rd in 1999. Hobbies: Reading, music, walking Occupation: Tutor http://www.tribuneonline.org/sports/20110802spo7.html

Polish Language Course in Warsaw

IKO - The Institute of Polish for Foreigners ul. Kopernika 3 00-367 Warsaw  Phone: +48 (22)826-2259, 828-5267 Fax +48 (22) 828-5268 e-mail: iko@iko.com.pl website: www.iko.com.pl   Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners POLONICUM  26/28 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 00-927 Warsaw Phone: (+ 48 22 ) 55 21 530, 55 21 533 ph./fax (+ 48 22 ) 55 21 555 e-mail: polonicum@uw.edu.pl  website: http://www.polonicum.uw.edu.pl/ The POLONICUM office is open: Monday - Friday from 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. Polish for Foreigners ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 67/11,  00-071 Warsaw Phone: (+48) 531 299 599; (+48) 501 299 338; (+48 22) 828 15 01 e-mail: office@pff-warsaw.com website: http://pff-pff.com/en/home Warsaw School of Languages Phone: (+48) 536 283 233  email: info@warsawschool.eu website: http://warsawschool.eu/   KLUB DIALOGU ul .Krakowskie Przedmieście

Cheer Factor: ‘Busong’ goes to Poland, Canada ALESSANDRA de Rossi in “Busong”.

ALESSANDRA de Rossi in “Busong”. After Mill Valley and Hawaii, Auraeus Solito’s “Busong” is going to two more fests this month. It will have a gala screening at the 27th Warsaw International Film Festival, to be held in Poland from Oct. 7 to 16. Solito is also part of the jury in Warsaw’s Free Spirit section, where another Filipino film , Alvin Yapan’s “Gayuma,” is competing. After Warsaw, “Busong” is headed to the imagine NATIVE fest set in Toronto, Canada from October 19 to 23 http://entertainment.inquirer.net/16177/cheer-factor-%E2%80%98busong%E2%80%99-goes-to-poland-canada

ASIAN STORE IN Wrocław

Kuchnie Świata S.A. 54-203 Wrocław ul. Legnicka 52 tel./fax: 0048 71 338 54 28 e-mail: wroclaw@sanechem.com.pl

PRECIOUS ONE by CRISTINA BIEN

Cristina Bien's 3rd MTV clip