Sochi 2014

Here's the promo video of winter Olympics in Sochi 2014, that is broadcasted on our TV. I don't think they will ever show it abroad, because it is aimed at russian people. The main piculiarity of it is its text. I guess it'll be hard to understand it, unless you've lived in the country for quite a time and you understand the way we think. It's based on inconsistency of our people, of our emotions and acts, and that's why it so understandable for us.



Here' s the translation I've tried to make, each phrase reminds of lots of things, that are our everyday life. So if you find it hard to get, what smth means, just ask me about a particular line, and I'll try to explain it.

We are people of extremes.
We work hard to earn money in the North and we spend it easily in the South.
We drive offroad as well (good) as on road.
Even the New Year can be an old one by us.
When we win, it’s for long.
We believe in ourselves in such a way, that we make others believe in us, too.
It won’t be usual with us.
It will be great Olympic Games.
Olympics of the whole country, Olympics of everyone.
Let’s go!

A sunny day

Recently there've been several sunny days. Unfortunately when I get to work it's still dark and when I leave home it's already dark. So I took a pic of the nearby building to remember that they're some sunny days here. By the way it was -27C then.
Now it's again cloudy and -2C.

Zima

As I promised I'm posting some photos of our winter - zima in russian. Today I went for a walk with my dog and took my camera with me. The day was cloudy, so it looks a little bit dull, however it's still beautiful. The temperature is -7 C, no wind. So it's not that cold, i guess i can say it's rather refreshing.

Winter

Today's my birthday. I received 2 beautiful bouquets of flowers at work, people said some really nice words to me, though it still feels kinda sad, don't know why.

Our teacher of Japanese said that in Japan people don't pay much attention to birthdays. Here in Russia birthday is supposed to be one of the most important holidays for a person during a year. And it's a good thing to invite friends and family to a party or to a restaurant. At work you are to treat your colleagues with something tasty, so finally birthday turns out to be rather costly for the one, who celebrates it.

Two days ago the real winter started. It snowed heavily and the temperature went below 0. I love winter for snow and long nights, and I'm happy, that it finally came. Later I'll make some pics of winter outside Moscow, 'cause it's really beautiful.