This week's edition by: David


So, last week there was only one club. That was Hiking Club, and nobody attended. Never mind, this week there are two different clubs, both involving me. The first is Kids’ Club, on Saturday 17th November. This is for all the kids we have here at the Speed School, where they can come and watch a film (in English of course) and play games. It is at 12.30pm, in Rooms 7 & 8.


Also this week is Cinema Club, with myself and Chris. This month we will be going to see a film called 3.10 to Yuma, starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. It’s an adventure Western, and is showing at 4.45pm on Saturday 17th. Meet at Cinema City in Forum at around 4.30pm.

Marcin would also like to remind you of a great Polish band, George Dorns Screams. They are playing at Cogitatur in Katowice, doors open at 6pm. Tickets cost 25zl and Marcin says the train to Katowice leaves Gliwice at 4.50pm.


Also, Tom would like to tell you about his lecture. This is an opportunity to come and learn a little Chinese, and also learn about the country itself. It takes place on Friday 16th November, at 5.30pm. Sign up in the secretaries’ office if you want to go.

In other news, Matt says hello.



Sunday saw a very special day for people in Britain and Canada, among other places. It was Remembrance Day, a time where people remember the people who died fighting in the two World Wars, and any other wars the country has been involved in. People are silent for one or two minutes, and there are services in towns and cities. Many towns in England for example have cenotaphs to remember the dead. People wear poppies as a sign of respect too. This happens every year on the 11th November.

Poland, on the same day, celebrates Independence Day. Poland regained its independence in 1918. This was when Józef Piłsudski came to Warsaw and assumed supreme military power. You can find his statue just off Zywcięstwa. November 11th is also the independence day of Angola. It was also the day that Jan Sobieski and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth defeated the Ottoman Army in the second battle of Khotyn in1673.




The Adventures of Bobby Callan – Part Seven


Bobby arrived at Heathrow airport. He had considered going by train and ship but it was just too far. He had remembered the Titanic and didn’t like the idea of crossing the Atlantic by ship. He went to the check-in desk, and was standing in a rather long queue when there was a tap on his shoulder. He jumped, because that is the normal thing to do when one gets a surprise. He turned round, and there stood Miss Brown. He was even more surprised.

“Miss Brown, what are you doing here?” he asked?
“I wanted to come with you Bobby. Life bores me at home with the Browns.” She looked at him with big blue eyes. Those eyes were the first thing I noticed about her when I first met her, Bobby thought.
“Ok, but do you have your passport? I will need to buy you a ticket.”
Miss Brown gave him her passport. He looked at it. Her picture looked as if it had been cut straight out of a Callan book. In black-and-white too.

They boarded the plane, and remembered to fasten their safety-belts. Miss Brown turned to Bobby.
“Bobby, darling, does it take several hours to fly to Argentina?”
“Yes Miss Callan, it does take several hours to get to Argentina. Why do you ask?” Bobby asked.
“Just wondering.” Miss Brown rested her head on Bobby’s arm and closed her eyes. Within minutes, she was asleep.

The rest of the flight was uneventful. Bobby looked out of the window. What can we see in the sky during the day? Bobby thought. He could see the clouds very well – in fact he was in them. After several hours, the plane landed in Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires was the capital of Argentina. They got into a taxi, whose driver was angry. The job of a taxi-driver makes great demands on one’s nerves, Bobby thought. He thought he had better be polite. One had better be polite if one does not want to have blows rained upon his head in a violent and painful way. He opened the door and asked the driver if he spoke English.
“Non, je ne pas parle anglais, mais je parle Français.”
Bobby couldn’t make head nor tail of what the driver said. Miss Brown smiled at him.
“He said he doesn’t speak English, but he speaks French.” Bobby wondered why a Frenchman was in Argentina working as a taxi-driver.
“Très bein, Hotel Pablo s’il vous plait!” she ordered.
Bobby was even more surprised that Miss Brown spoke French. “I didn’t know you spoke French! That was great!”
“Yes, I studied French at school. I also speak Spanish, Italian, German and Japanese.”
“Wow, I’ve never known anyone who could speak more than five languages!” Bobby was impressed.

The journey was over in ten minutes. They thanked the taxi driver, and went inside the hotel. They went to the check-in desk and handed over their passports, as required.
“When I stay here for one night, does the price I pay usually include breakfast?” Miss Brown asked in Spanish.“Yes, when you stay at this hotel for one night, the price you pay usually includes breakfast. It’s normal here in Argentina.” The receptionist replied in English. They thanked the receptionist and went up to their room. Only a double bed, Bobby thought.





See you next week guys!