PolishForums LIVE  /  Archives [3]    
 
Posts by Tran Anh  

Joined: 23 Jun 2007 / Male ♂
Last Post: 29 Feb 2008
Threads: Total: 2 / In This Archive: 2
Posts: Total: 72 / In This Archive: 49
From: Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Speaks Polish?: Hope I will
Interests: Music, Polish culture

Displayed posts: 51 / page 1 of 2
sort: Latest first   Oldest first   |
Tran Anh   
3 Oct 2008
News / Poland has an old ambition to become a regional power [37]

Funny article...

I will tell you what Poland wants. Poland is happy that this countries are free and we wants peace, democracy and strong NATO.

A good and worthy post.

Actually there is nothing wrong with ambition from a middle-sized country. As ever, the world need at least ten of them to materialise their intense ambition in order to salvage the damage done by the successful realisation of just a relatively humble ambition of a great power...
Tran Anh   
16 Apr 2008
History / Is anything but Polish history taught in Polish schools? [50]

Fifth Army, 20th Batallion - prove me wrong !

Sorry that was the Sixth Army, 21th Batallion which composed exclusively of engineers (half of them died peacefully while on a brotherly mission to mend some Stone-Age Farms during the Chrismas Bombing 1972!)

If you can let me know of a website where the Chinese administration have published details of their armies activities in the Second Indochina War I would be very grateful.

I can do that if you, as a thoughful reciprocation, promise to give me an official Chinese website dealling with the 3rd Indochina War!

forgot to mention the Paracel Islands which the Chinese nicked from the Vietnamese in 1974.

Eh, from our heavily cornered southern brothers.!
Tran Anh   
16 Apr 2008
History / Is anything but Polish history taught in Polish schools? [50]

USA got their asses kicked by China on both occasions.

Now could you feckingly enlighten me about any Chinese company (not necessary army) which actively fought in Viet Nam-American War?

Ghandi attended university in England where he recieved his law degree (not the picture of an evil represive empire that some on here would wish to paint)

Ahem, and there and in the rest of British empire his kinky brown face was welcomed with such terrific racism that so thoroughly pissed him up...(still Brits of 1890s don't count)

As to the present day,lets look at the third world,in general which countries are the ones doing the best? Yes,it has to be stated,those that were former colonies or in fact members of the present commenwealth. India is the power hous of central asia is it not,this can clearly be laid at the door of the infrastructure left behind when Britain pulled out in 1947,it is or has been untill recently the same for the African nations.

Typical irony, is it not? Certainly alongside India with its thousand years of civilisation, former colonies of Bangladesh and Nepal could do just as well in modern world with the left-over infarstructure of the Brit empire. Though they would surely do much better if those sods aren't that addicted to cricket...

I am not religous person I find it discuting that pathetic people like you or tornado come on forum about Poland and tech people Polish history or that Catholics are dumb ... as I said it is the best example of primitive English colonisation. This forum is about Poland not about UK. This forum is about Polish history not English..

Then for the holy Catholicism's sake, just roar until your trachea burst. Welcome to modern time!
Tran Anh   
12 Apr 2008
Life / Song - Ulani [6]

It is hard not to love those super cool Ułani, easily among the most spectacular cavalrymen in history (not being Spanish certainly helps foster this impression!)
Tran Anh   
11 Apr 2008
News / Polish Japanese relations (history and present time) [90]

and I shall leave it to you to tell tales of the lovely nipponese Empires plans for your neck of the woods,just do us a favour and leave out the bit about the brits rearming the japanese soldiers to fight the embryonic Vietminh on behalf of the french colonial butchers

Thanks but I am afraid we need Japan too much to further molest them about the past. As long as they duly make regular tribute of fine conductors to us, we tolerate all their eccentric sins (Honna Tetsuji of VNSO rocks!)

Cheers.
Tran Anh   
11 Apr 2008
News / EU a beacon of light for the World to follow [85]

Lesser, I will try to answer you by quoting from other posters in this topic (there is no need to be original here)

And yes even a quote from the Kraut (sometimes capable of some sense, isn't he?)

In the beginning the rich countries pay the bill to bring the poorer, under developed newbies up to western standards.

To conclude, there are only two main problems that the EU must overcome to make it well-rounded as it should be:
-To make sure it will not be an oligarchy of big countries.
-To make a balance between all-affecting decisions from the top and the initiatives from individual regions (that's where you should jump in and make your voice count).

Tran Anh, why should not European politician co-decide about Vietnam and Vietnamese about European affairs? This is simply insane.

You know, i fully expect that pleasant scenario to happen in the next century. At this moment, however, we just try to make sure that in the next 15 years, well-informed Bangkokians or Manilans will really care and help solve some serious issues in Hanoi and vice versa. The establishment of a decently working ASEAN, especially in this critical moment, is probably just as urgent to us as the correct formation of a beneficial-for-all EU to the rest of Europe.
Tran Anh   
9 Apr 2008
News / EU a beacon of light for the World to follow [85]

Portugal will be partially responsible for what is going on in Deutchland

I consider it very fair as long as Germany would be equally 'responsible' for things in Portugal (though I am afraid they would issist to assume much more 'responsibility' than the respective proportion between the 2 countries should allow!)
Tran Anh   
8 Apr 2008
News / My Tribute To Poland [29]

Here is my tribute to poland from a british perspective - please enjoy.
I think this sums the poles up very well

You really should get a treat from that noble lady now. As far as 5000 miles from you and through a wireless screen no less, I already feel overwhelmingly dizzy due to your rather hauntingly provocative smell. According to our accient tradition, my granny would thrash my ass if I ever leave my toilet that stinkin'...

Um, sorry to be so damned politically-corrected. I suppose there are always some chic female lavatories out there who may think your aroma kinda agreeable, nay, erotic...
Tran Anh   
8 Apr 2008
News / My Tribute To Poland [29]

Pretty much summing up the essence of Poland (except the music). Many thanks, Lukasz.
Tran Anh   
6 Apr 2008
News / March of Tolerance in Krakow [478]

A hole on this forum I think!

Hey, that 'hole' is going to get the award for the best persona in this forum. So at least show some respect to your better!
Tran Anh   
6 Apr 2008
Life / Cool Polish names [133]

I forgot about the pan!

Hey, it is just under your mat. Gosh, you have not washed that??? What's this? Damn, this collar!!! You ate my dog!!!!!

it will take on a new life every time you type it.

As long as Polish is concerned, 'copy and paste' does save life...
Tran Anh   
6 Apr 2008
Life / Cool Polish names [133]

Pan Annihilatorzcewiczki, for God's sake!
(I am not entirely sure I have spelled my name right though...)
Tran Anh   
6 Apr 2008
Life / Cool Polish names [133]

A great thanks for your surgical helps, hitherto my official name in this forum will be (still open to suggestion though):

Tranowsław Annihilatorzczewiczki
Tran Anh   
6 Apr 2008
Life / Cool Polish names [133]

I am considering switching my name into Tranowski Anhewicz, it is kool enough?
Tran Anh   
6 Apr 2008
News / Polish Japanese relations (history and present time) [90]

Lukasz, while all the rest of your posts here are extremely fine (i.e. Japanese are cute and the Nippon-Polish relationship is mutually beneficial), I think the comparison between Polish pilots of Kociuszko and Poznan squandrons with Kamikazes is "a zeal too far". If those Polish 'glamour boys' can be raised up from their grave, they would find it pretty offensive to be likened with those half-trained fanatics of an evil cause (anyway, heard a joke about Polish kamikaze flew 100 successful missions?) With all due respect, I don't think there is any difference between those fine Jap chaps with those chic Al-Queda self-boomer of the modern time...
Tran Anh   
5 Apr 2008
News / March of Tolerance in Krakow [478]

No offence to Michał Madej, gays are just like computer geeks, both being so keen to couple with things biologically unproductive (so far). Both almost have the same chance to get an opposite sex partner during his life time, and thanks to the expectable advance of science, both will get authentic natural offspring from their respective self-defining partner in a near future. Still to such a depopulating country like Poland, that 'near future' may mean the utter disappearance of the whole Polish race, so either importing people oversea or thrashing those weird folk are the only viable choices of Polish policy-makers. And in the next 10 years, if God will not make any drastic act, then Catholic priests should join the ‘scaffold’ as well. Scarcity begets meanness, eh!
Tran Anh   
4 Apr 2008
Life / "Wiedźmin" - A review of the Polish Masterpiece: The Witcher Role-playing game [2]

The Witcher (Wiedzmin) RPG - A review by a very unprofessional player and totally noob reviewer (Warning: some minor spoilers!)

First thing first, a full explanation is due: Apart from some occasional strategy board-games, The Witcher is the first computer Role-playing game (i.e. 'serious game') I have played since I was 16. There was then a tragic moment that had stunted my further RPG development: As usual, I was at the 23rd hour of the day perching high on a mighty gryphon, my noble adamantine sword +11 was about to strike dead a positively terrific she-demon to save the world when suddenly like a tropical cyclone my ancient grandma rushed into my room, smashing my computer, grapping at my tender neck, punching at my even more tender balls and roaring at my understandably convulsive face: "I'm gonna turn you and five generations of your male descendants into irreversible eunuchs if you don't go out there and f*ck some real chicks instead!" Thus haunted by her dire warning, her ubermanly hands, her golden toothless gum and her overcharged betel-smelly breath, for 7 years I precariously managed to live a normal life without RPG, enrolling in Ha Noi Conservatory, bedding a steady flow of ladies, cooking some exotic doggies here and there and translating some cheap Polish sex-guides for a little extra hard cash...etc. But deep inside myself, I always felt something lacking...

And suddenly it has been filled in a most unconventional way. One of my dear old chaps, knowing my unhealthy interest in anything Polish, managed to smuggle home a fully packaged The Witcher game (DVD, manual et al) and grandly presented it to me as a gift from his European travelling. You know, friendship can't be profounder than this: He bravely risked arrest at Ha Noi airport for importing Western product of glorious pornographic content; and, in purely economic morality, he could have used those 35 euros to purchase 40 Witcher game Dvds of relatively equal quality and even more progressive content in our very own capital instead (the poor sod, sniffing too much Frenchy wine to forget the indisputable superiority of our commie system!) Nevertheless, only after my friend's eloquent advertisement about the game: Numerous RPG-of-the-year Awards, best-selling worldwide, stunning gore/nudity graphic...and especially his solemn oath to take good care of both my granny and my girlfriend (whose state-of-the-art digital chastity belt was, of course, veritably impregnable) did I dare to take another deep plunge, bunkering my flat and embarking as the legendary witcher--Geralt of Rivia on a heroic quest to rescue the world (with the kicking (and getting) of some ass on the way posed as a perfectly healthy bonus...)

...About ten days later, despite the fact that my skin was on the later stage of disintegration due to the lack of sun care, my weekly workload has amassed into a mammoth heap and my girlfriend sweetly announced the third successful cyber hacking into her system in the year, I felt almost a sense of divine exaltation. Many who have played the game certainly know this experience but for some of you who have not, I may stimulate your imagination by comparing it with Mahler's symphonies: Earthshakingly tremendous and infinite lasting pleasure. If you still have no clue, then just imagine like having the best sex as (not with!) both a man and a woman (and if that still doesn't make a bang in your head, well, obviously your local psychoanalyst need to get a state visit from one of your more thuggish lawyers...)

Alright, I suppose I should learn from the rough, no-nonsense, to-the-point Geralt (no wonder he gets all the cutest girls) and actually talk about the various aspects of this great game itself instead of unceasingly babbling around the introduction. First, the graphic is utterly stunning and fabulously detailed. In such a filthy place like Temeria full of diseases, wars, monsters and all other shape and size of evils, the power of the programmers to invoke disgust and loathing at will is pretty terrific. From poor grannies with a venerable array of warts, beggars with a full decorating set of dripping scars to hideous monsters whose fashionable make-ups are gore, slime and excrement, ugliness has never looked better (my ears aside, I am not a particularly sensitive person but after one scene when I first butchered a worm-like swarm monster and it burst its filthy self to my face {aka my screen}, my rather rugged body instantly demanded a 30 minute bath, in real life of course!) Impressive as it is, the Polish designers of the game were clever enough to understand most of us gamers would die of depression after hacking for 80 hours through all that transcendental ugliness so they has tried to counter-balance it with the fantastic beauty of the surrealsky, the dreamy wild life, the classy Trade Quarter and, gulp, the hauntingly sexy prostitutes. One point must be made here though, I don't know how old are those Poles but they are certainly not well educated with the Communist tenets. If they had been only slightly aware of the legendary axiom of Marx: "The state of the economy is the determinant of all other aspects of society", they should have never made many wild desolate places which abound in all sorts of foulest monsters that ridiculously beautiful. Also it is such an affront to all the most well endowed Beauty Queens of our world that even the lowliest harlot of Temeria who inhabits in the most rat-infested place and whose clientele consist exclusively of the cheapest, most disfigured thugs possesses a much more male-titillating form than those Queens and their 21st century technology can ever manage to have (just look at her godly tits is enough to derange the lot of them!) Anyway, as not knowing much about Marx is not a particularly dire sin in Poland nowadays, I had no choice but overlooked this inconsistency and tried to enjoy the graphic beauty of the game in the way the programmers intended. As the game progressed, the enjoyment did magnify. In the middle or later part of the game, I spent many hours either standing in the middle of an open meadow, silently savouring the spectacle of the ever-changing ultra-stylish sky or, if the mood changed, simply having a walk in the enchanting Trade Quarter (preferably under a thunderous storm), occasionally allowing myself the luxury of peeping at some of the most well-crafted boobs in the history of digital arts. Actually those delights can be approached with Geralt's more proactive body parts, but that would be for the later tales...

One special effect of the graphic that is even more exhilarating than all those clouds and gentlemanly glances is the combat animations. Geralt can perfectly master two different swords: Steel for humans and Silver for monsters. Each has three styles: Strong, fast and group. Each style could be then unlocked for about 15 spectacular moves in 4 sequences and 2 special attacks. With a total of approximately 90 moves corporating the best and most aesthetic of Western and Eastern swordsmanship, Geralt in a fight is a stupendous sight to behold. Added with blood spraying and jaw-dropping finishing moves and the player is seriously challenged not to get addicted with the action of the game alone. I myself finished the game for the 1st time at a ridiculous level of 45 (with many omitted quests) just thanks to my fervent hacking of pretty much every misshapen beings in and out Wyzima. Weirdly enough, after such a titanic mouse-and-keyboard slaughter, my fingers were actually still among the healthier parts of my body (not necessarily a cause for joy though!) The intelligent sequencing combat system which makes the players wait to the right moment to unleash new, more powerful combat moves certainly gets the credit for that (I shudder to think what would have happened to my cute, pianistic fingers if the Diablo-style of click-fest were employed instead!) A final note concerning the graphic: you must have pretty modern computer to enjoy the spectacle to the most. My computer with Pentium D 950 3.4 GHz, 2 Gb Ram, 512 Mb Video memory, just closely past the official recommendation, could manage it with Geralt out of action, but if he was in the thick of combat then some shadings had to be regrettably turned off (still I'm sure the fight would be impressive enough to knock your traditional Marilyn Manson-worshiping grandma apart!)

As the game is commercially forbidden to be a Wagnerite opera, the music is naturally relegated into a mere secondary role. Secondary yes, but it is still a class of its own right. The relatively unknown Pan Scopura certainly did his best to make the music blend finely with the environment and most of the situations. The diverse scores range from Renaissance simple polyphonies, some vibrant Celtic folk melodies, landscape painting tunes of Debussy tradition spiced with odd Mazurka motifs to one of the most heart-arresting music I have heard recently (understandable as it always popped out when I had to walk alone into a pretty claustrophobic catacomb infested with all sorts of cannibalistic cuties!) Emotional, sensual, chilling, haunting, scary...the game music has it all, well, except for the time when Geralt is trying poke his main argument into his opponents' most lethal spots. Here the most heroic blood-boiling stuff a player can be treated is either a merciless smashing of timpani or a string of atrocious chord-butchering heavy metal "melodies" (the latter can perfectly kill a real dragon in real time out of ear bleeding alone, note that, Geralt!)

Besides the music, the rest of the audio is just as decent with a great sound effect of the environment and a rather competent set of voice acting. I understand The Witcher has numerous localisations and it should be too presumptuous to ask the somewhat greenhorn producers to raid Hollywood for its English voice actors. Whatever the cheesiness some amateurs might commit here and there, the majority of the actors did well enough to convey both the grimness of the world and the SICK humour pervading in the game (and also to confirm the fundamental fantasy suspicion that Dwarves are actually Scottish and Elves are a cross-breed between the French and the Gaynistani). About the Sick humour, I believe that it is simply the best ornament of this game. The scope of jokes in the Witcher is certainly grander than that of any Ben Stiller's movies and the level of sickness is twice that profound. As Geralt, the player can usually initiate a joke by himself or just walk around to hear people pissing each other. To summarise this charmed aspect of the game, here is what I eavesdropped in the very Royal Castle (the corrected text is by courtesy of a Presbyterian minister though):

"The countess said to the count:
-Shall I have the dinner served?
-What a waste...
-Perhaps we might go for a walk?
-What a waste...
-May I ask a riddle?
-Very well...
-What is warm, hairy and dives into holes?
-A cock.
-A mouse!
-A mouse in a cvnt? What a waste..."

It should be noted that though wonderfully realised both in look and sound, it is in the story and thematic presentation that the Witcher really triumphs (instant award: the most unoriginal statement of the whole review!) Based on the novels of famous Polish writer Sapkowski (who I have never heard of), the programmers have successfully constructed an authentic world that in many ways both reflects the ruthlessly brutal Middle Ages and the pitilessly ambiguous (and no less brutal) modern time. Just as the very motto of the game: "There is no good or evil, just decisions and consequences" (seemingly coming straight from a book of Nietzsche "Beyond Good and Evil"), throughout his quest to regain his identity and destroy the supposed arch-evil, many times Geralt will be forced to choose between two paths that are pretty much indistinguishable in the level of evil (or good for one exceptional case). With the neutral choice is heavily limited, the game is indeed a great integrity and wisdom test which will prepare the player for those critical stages of his life when an all-affecting decision must be made between two unapparent choices. Whose side should he choose between a murdering witch and a bunch of totally brainwashed, bloodthirsty villagers? Whose side should he choose between a heartless brother who forces his sister into a disgusting marriage and the sister who has embraced vampirism just to run away from it? Whose side should he choose between the ultra-chic Elvish freedom fighters who insist in using children as hostages and living shields and an Order of Knights in shiny armour who are equally adamant in butchering pretty much every innocent they can lay their hand on, just because those innocents' ears or beard happen to be twice as long and thrice as sharp as 'normal'? And finally, just to make sure not only the player's brain but his pant burst as well, the game forces him to choose between a beautiful blond sorceress who has body measurement of 91-60-89 and a gorgeous redhead priestess who has BM of only 88-59-87 but with obviously much lower fat percentage... Truly as advertised, choice does hurt in this game.

With the moral grayness of many critical quests pushed to the maximum, I am not surprised to hear numerous 'uptight' players complain the game to be Moral Relativistic! Actually, this Polish-born game is anything but that (Radio Maria watch over you!). In the end, Geralt will have to finish his final quest by killing the arch-devil, who is actually a paladin so deeply in love with the doomed humanity that he will do everything for it (i.e. cooperating with the worst criminals, massacring non-human population, relentlessly purging any human astray from his vision...) Thus the underlying moral lesson of the Witcher is pretty much as uplifting and straight as anywhere else: Good intention with evil method will always get you a sound jackboot kick in the ass (...though if you sincerely confess to be just another Dutch gay, for the love of God, we may kindly consider to remove our socks first...)

All in all, after having exhausted pretty much every synonym of 'fantastic' in English, I confirm for the final time, ahem, the 'fantasticness' of the Witcher Role-playing game. With beautiful graphic, enchanting music, thrilling combat system, realistic interaction and a deep, sophisticated storyline, the Witcher is one of the most fulfilling entertainments I have the fortune to enjoy so far. A great art, no doubt, the Witcher has certainly cemented Polish reputation of computer-game making world wide and, with all due respect, has been a lot more effective in helping foreigners to dispel their quaintly neanderthal vision of polar bears on Warsaw's streets than all those Norman Davis' books combined. So what are you still waiting for? Be as fast as lightning and join those bears at the queue in front of your nearest PC shop (if you have some cash problem, then contact me for the real Communist version of the game, ssssh, just don't tell those anti-Marxist morons of CD Projekt though!) Lastly, as a fitting end to this good-natured review, I heartily wish you all have a wonderful Temerian journey as I did and to all pending grooms here, please don't forget to attend the first birthday anniversary of your fiancée's second legitimate daughter after you have finished woim.net/song.php?id=5nOjt1&name=sym-no-5-c-op-67-allegro - THE WITCHER...
Tran Anh   
16 Feb 2008
News / So how do poles feel about the illegal immigration from mexico? [25]

in your opinion, what will happen first and when?
-USA will become a Latin Country
-Europe will become a Muslim continent?

Both will happen at the same time unless the epicurean natives heed the wisdom of John Paul 2: No condom! (For their own safer future!)
Tran Anh   
24 Jan 2008
History / Poland - Russia Russians ready for discussion about history ? [105]

Most did that already for more than 60 years...move on!

As I have said somewhere, either history has to be utterly forgotten by everyone (a clean sweep) or it must be remembered to the filthiest truth by everyone. History is ever a source of injustice and inequality in this world, in which certain countries with their powerful media and well-sponsored academics almost possess the monopoly of presenting their story whereas endevours from the rest (particularly the ones contradicting the 'mainstream') are often too quickly to be derided 'living in the past'. It is obvious that the cause of development of many rich countries depends significantly on how their history is told and intepreted to their youth and the fact stands that those intepretations carry not a few gross distortions. Of course when one is comfortably rich at the top of the world, history telling becomes not as particular important as the earlier stage, and we suddenly see why so many people from uber-developed world (other than nerds and the unemployed!) are so smug about their immunity to 'nationalism' and any kind of historical nit-picking. Congratz to them, but they should be reminded that other peoples have their right to 'beautified' facts too (particularly that may be their only source of pride against so grim a reality!)

Anyway, as long as we are all equally prosperous, no one would bother to touch a boring history book (other than to recycle it to something more useful!)
Tran Anh   
13 Jan 2008
News / Poland to Change the National Anthem? [22]

I propose disco-polo melody.

Like this ultra-modern disco-polo-operatic one:

If lyrics are so difficult to write, then I humbly suggest you just sod it and turn back to ancient Polish wacky dancing:
Tran Anh   
7 Jan 2008
History / Jewish love towards Poles [389]

I am pretty sure many have read this article, but I still post it anyway:
Adam Michnik "On what Poles and Jews don't like to remember"
polishpress.wordpress.com/category/people/adam-michnik/
I have not found an article that is truer about the relationship between Jews and Poles in Poland. Admire the backbone of the man too, resolutely be Jewish among anti-Jewish and Polish among anti-Polish!
Tran Anh   
4 Jan 2008
History / Poland: we have an interesting history. [72]

A lot of defeats (or "moral" victories) too!

Anyway, I believe that a Pole who knows more about Kirchom or Kluszyn than Lutosławski or Jozef Korzeniowki would never understand the essense of the 'interestingness' of his country's history (and it is not only about the 'cultural' thing!)
Tran Anh   
1 Jan 2008
News / Poland to Change the National Anthem? [22]

Dabrowski's Mazurka is cool but just like its perfect counterpart, La Marseillaise, it is terribly out of date in terms of lyrics. Now the Mazurka is only useful when Polish football fans desperately need to show off their machismo, particularly when Polish national team is going to play the last game of the tournament (as it has been outrageously eliminated earlier!)

In my humble opinion, Poland (like so many other countries in the world) urgently need a new national anthem. The choice for the music is not hard, as everyone knows, Poland is blessed with many supreme composers, ranging from conservative romantics like Szopen, Wieniawski to ultra avant gardists such as Lutosławki, Kilar and Gorecki. However the lyrics for the anthem poses a really nasty thorn, which has not yet been solved even if Poland has an equally vigorous literature tradition. Just thinking about the demands of the theme is enough to drive even the most talented lyricist off to mental asylum: It has to appear to the old as well as the young, the masculine as well as the feminine and something in between, it has to preach peace (so no to 'sword in hand') without losing the ambience of heroism, it has to be 'gay' (old sense) without forsaking epicness, it has to be environmentalist without omitting the rest and it has to be Polish without forgetting Europe and the world.

So far, a quick fix to all this mess would be the marriage between the music of Szopen's Polonaise 'Heroic' (in orchestral form) and the inedible lyrics of 'Always look on the bright side of life'. It is a perfectly patriotic, humane and effective anthem for a 21st century Poland (though I may suggest that people watch the film 'life of Brian' in advance of the singing for adequate stimulation!)