Russia seems to be a dangerous place, like, for real.
I ended up to my conclusion during the Russian class, when I heard that Russian language doesn't have a special word for "safe". It's just literally translated as "non-dangerous" (bezopasnyj).
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Thursday, 28 November 2013
Monday, 25 November 2013
This and That and a Leaking Memory
I had to check what I've written last time. What a good memory I have!
This is my third week without lessons on Bachelor level, except for philosophy/sociology/whatever on Thursday afternoons. I've only had some Master-level lessons here and there, plus Russian lessons three times a week (!). Russian language studies are the reason why I particularly came to Moscow for this semester, so now I'm happier than ever. :) But anyway, I've had quite a lot of free time in my hands.
Due to a request by my older sister, I paid a visit to Semyonovskaya Pryazha, which is a shop for handicraft enthusiasts. There were shelves full of different types of yarns for knitting! The big disappointment was that most of the yarns were made either partly of fully made from acryl. After a careful research, I managed to find the yarns from natural materials. Alpaca. Mmm, so soft <3 (Sorry sis, I've forgotten to send the photos of your yarns!)
I made a discovery near my university. There's a really nice park in Yugo-Zapadnaya area near my university, perhaps 10-15 minutes of walking is needed to get there. I was astonished since I've grown on the edge of a forest and while staying here, I haven't seen nature for a long time :P
On Saturday, I was supposed to start a new course but it was cancelled due to teacher's sickness. To celebrate that, I went to State Historical Museum with my friend SK. I'm proud of myself that I survived well without taking photos all the time :)
And now I'm sitting in the library (my favourite place here <3), waiting that my evening class would start. Good thing I suddenly remembered during this afternoon that I actually have it.
This is my third week without lessons on Bachelor level, except for philosophy/sociology/whatever on Thursday afternoons. I've only had some Master-level lessons here and there, plus Russian lessons three times a week (!). Russian language studies are the reason why I particularly came to Moscow for this semester, so now I'm happier than ever. :) But anyway, I've had quite a lot of free time in my hands.
Due to a request by my older sister, I paid a visit to Semyonovskaya Pryazha, which is a shop for handicraft enthusiasts. There were shelves full of different types of yarns for knitting! The big disappointment was that most of the yarns were made either partly of fully made from acryl. After a careful research, I managed to find the yarns from natural materials. Alpaca. Mmm, so soft <3 (Sorry sis, I've forgotten to send the photos of your yarns!)
I made a discovery near my university. There's a really nice park in Yugo-Zapadnaya area near my university, perhaps 10-15 minutes of walking is needed to get there. I was astonished since I've grown on the edge of a forest and while staying here, I haven't seen nature for a long time :P
On Saturday, I was supposed to start a new course but it was cancelled due to teacher's sickness. To celebrate that, I went to State Historical Museum with my friend SK. I'm proud of myself that I survived well without taking photos all the time :)
And now I'm sitting in the library (my favourite place here <3), waiting that my evening class would start. Good thing I suddenly remembered during this afternoon that I actually have it.
Monday, 4 November 2013
Random Fact: Unity Day
There's a holiday in Russia on November 4th. I asked my classmates to explain the reason for this sign of generousity, - this university has no significant breaks during autumn semesters like my home university - but nobody could describe why this holiday exists. I decided to find this out by myself then.
Denʹ narodnogo yedinstva can be translated as "Unity Day", "Day of People's Unity" or "National Unity Day". Originally this day was celebrated in memory of year 1612, when Polish-Lithuanian occupation forces were pushed away from Moscow by a popular uprising, lead by Kuzma Minin and Dmitri Pozharsky. Other events celebrated are the ends of the Time of Troubles (1598-1613) and Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618). The celebration of this day lasted till year 1917, when it was replaced with a commemoration of Russian Revolution on 7th of November. This holiday became also replaced in 2005 with 4th of November again, in order to have a holiday that would belong to all the nationalities in Russia.
Sounds confusing. No wonder Russians do not know about this celebration much. But at least we have one more reason among others to stay at home with a pure conscience and do nothing :)
(Sources: 1, 2)
Denʹ narodnogo yedinstva can be translated as "Unity Day", "Day of People's Unity" or "National Unity Day". Originally this day was celebrated in memory of year 1612, when Polish-Lithuanian occupation forces were pushed away from Moscow by a popular uprising, lead by Kuzma Minin and Dmitri Pozharsky. Other events celebrated are the ends of the Time of Troubles (1598-1613) and Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618). The celebration of this day lasted till year 1917, when it was replaced with a commemoration of Russian Revolution on 7th of November. This holiday became also replaced in 2005 with 4th of November again, in order to have a holiday that would belong to all the nationalities in Russia.
Sounds confusing. No wonder Russians do not know about this celebration much. But at least we have one more reason among others to stay at home with a pure conscience and do nothing :)
(Sources: 1, 2)
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