Five more months left here. Next Saturday, foreign students in our town are supposed to have a mid-stay orientation to reflect and talk about our days in Russia. I don’t know how it will be like, but I don’t think it would really be anything
Wednesday was stressful, because there was too much to get done. Tasha, Pear and I ran around Cheboksary to record things for this promotional video about town, or what I like to call propaganda. It was too stressful, because it was the day I needed
In Russia, I’ve encountered the cleaning product “Mr. Proper” (Mister Chister) instead of “Mr. Clean”. However, the name’s not limited only to Russia. Some other countries market the cleaner as “Mr. Proper”, but it perplexes me why they chose the word “proper” over “clean”. The
Here’s an observation about Russia. It’s no secret that food is cheaper in Russia than in America, and I’ve been taking advantage of that. I tried looking deeper into this. At first, the cost of consumer goods perplexed me. Food, movie/opera tickets, transportation and basic
Three pinatas were finished this week, thanks to the help of Pear, Tamara and Joe. Today, I presented a Powerpoint on Pinatas, which I stumbled on…but nevertheless, we destroyed two pinatas and distributed the candy to the 8th grade class. I found that funny, because
Brought an unfinished pinata to school…and next thing you know, on Saturday I’m supposed to do a presentation on Chinese New Years and Paper Mache.
I quite like the winter in town. Sure, it's much colder thanCalifornia, but there's never any rain or snow storms here. I thinkit's pleasant that our town has sunshine during the winter months. Itwould be depressing seeing cloudy grey skies everyday. I'm reallyexcited about going
Yes. I already spoiled the topic of today's post by the title, butnevertheless, that is what Russians are doing today. It's a spiritualholiday today, where people swim or dip their bodies in the water atleast three times to cleanse themselves of sins. I think it's
Today is “Stari Novi God” meaning “Old New Years”. It might seem confusing to have those two adjectives next to each other, and it might seem like an oxymoron, but it in fact makes sense in Russia. Historically, Russia and other countries operated on the
Five more months left here. Next Saturday, foreign students in our town are supposed to have a mid-stay orientation to reflect and talk about our days in Russia. I don’t know how it will be like, but I don’t think it would really be anything
Wednesday was stressful, because there was too much to get done. Tasha, Pear and I ran around Cheboksary to record things for this promotional video about town, or what I like to call propaganda. It was too stressful, because it was the day I needed
In Russia, I’ve encountered the cleaning product “Mr. Proper” (Mister Chister) instead of “Mr. Clean”. However, the name’s not limited only to Russia. Some other countries market the cleaner as “Mr. Proper”, but it perplexes me why they chose the word “proper” over “clean”. The
Here’s an observation about Russia. It’s no secret that food is cheaper in Russia than in America, and I’ve been taking advantage of that. I tried looking deeper into this. At first, the cost of consumer goods perplexed me. Food, movie/opera tickets, transportation and basic
Three pinatas were finished this week, thanks to the help of Pear, Tamara and Joe. Today, I presented a Powerpoint on Pinatas, which I stumbled on…but nevertheless, we destroyed two pinatas and distributed the candy to the 8th grade class. I found that funny, because
Brought an unfinished pinata to school…and next thing you know, on Saturday I’m supposed to do a presentation on Chinese New Years and Paper Mache.
I quite like the winter in town. Sure, it's much colder thanCalifornia, but there's never any rain or snow storms here. I thinkit's pleasant that our town has sunshine during the winter months. Itwould be depressing seeing cloudy grey skies everyday. I'm reallyexcited about going
Yes. I already spoiled the topic of today's post by the title, butnevertheless, that is what Russians are doing today. It's a spiritualholiday today, where people swim or dip their bodies in the water atleast three times to cleanse themselves of sins. I think it's
Today is “Stari Novi God” meaning “Old New Years”. It might seem confusing to have those two adjectives next to each other, and it might seem like an oxymoron, but it in fact makes sense in Russia. Historically, Russia and other countries operated on the