For years I have a few nice hobbies like developing computer graphics, hiking in Carpathian Mountains, gardening and listening music.

Computer Graphics: As I remeber, since the invention of personal computers I was always interested in computer graphics. It was mostly 3D graphics. However, I have been doing many 2D graphics explorations using Processing language. I started with very early versions of 3D Studio. Then I have been developing computer graphics using POV-Ray that is a great free tool for creating 3D graphics. Finally, I moved to wonderful Strata 3D Pro. I have been using Strata since one of its first versions. Some of my works are displayed at Strata Cafe. Unfortunately I do not have time to update this collection. Terefore, some of my graphics are still on the hard drive of my PC.

Mountains: For many years my mountains with their beautiful wooden churches were far away. However, in last few years I am going there more frequently than ever. I love the day-long walks through Gorce, Pieniny and Beskids. This is the world where I am free and far away from every day troubles. From time to time I visit my friends Leszek and Marysia Papież, in a small village Waksmund near Nowy Targ.

Poland, Pieniny mountains, on top of the Sokolica rock

Gardening and garden design: My garden in PNG, with large collection of orchids and other interesting plants, was looking nice, however I still feel that it could look much better. In Macau we did not have a garden, but there were a few nice parks and a few "wild" mountains, where we still could enjoy the beauty of the subtropical nature. Here in Emirates is quite different. Guess, how may look gardening in Abu Dhabi? However, I have a new and large garden in Poland and I spend there as much time as I can during my summer vacations. I have a large collection of irises and peonies. Now, I am slowly moving from gardening as a hobby to a professional garden design.

Music: I still like listening to my growing collection of records: Kitaro, Mike Oldfield, Vangelis and Dalaras. I used to listen the music of Orthodox and Byzantine church. In the Middle East I discovered a beautiful music from Lebanon by Fairuz and from Egypt by Abdel Halim Hafez. However, in recent years I listen more frequently the movie music composed by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek. I guess, I could make a whole web site about my favorite music. This has to wait a while.