Hello dear friends.
Last time I wrote about banking, so I didn't get to tell the good stuff. Last Friday I went to the rock concert "akvarium." I liked it. Masha, my cool-as-a-moose friend, explained that they are the #2 group in Russia. Of all time. First, as some of you will know, of course, is Kino. The deceased Viktor Tsoy is legend. But among living Russian rock groups, Akvarium is in first place. (Third place is DDT.) My friends and I made some parallels to The Grateful Dead, Bowie and Dylan. Lead singer Boris Grebenshchikov makes psychadelic, philosophical sounds and lyrics. There was a lot of flute. I went into it not knowing what to expect and ended up pretty satisfied. Oh, yeah, got in for free :) Masha's friend Zhenya works in PR and they're always getting tickets to cool events (mainstream and non) and inviting me. Score!
wikipedia link (very interesting): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akvarium
In other news, the new girl arrived at work today. I feel so sorry for her! My start here was rocky to say the least, and that was at the beginning of the year when I had no where to live (see earlier blog pages.) She is starting in the middle, being constantly observed, and also has no where to live yet. No telephone (I'll give her my old one tomorrow), doesn't speak the language and seems like she can't really even manage to feed herself properly. Yikes! Prayers for Shakara, please.
I like my job. I am having so much fun! I like toddlers best. They are so easily impressed. But working the baby group and EFL (4-5 year olds) is not bad either. Hooray!
Last time I wrote about banking, so I didn't get to tell the good stuff. Last Friday I went to the rock concert "akvarium." I liked it. Masha, my cool-as-a-moose friend, explained that they are the #2 group in Russia. Of all time. First, as some of you will know, of course, is Kino. The deceased Viktor Tsoy is legend. But among living Russian rock groups, Akvarium is in first place. (Third place is DDT.) My friends and I made some parallels to The Grateful Dead, Bowie and Dylan. Lead singer Boris Grebenshchikov makes psychadelic, philosophical sounds and lyrics. There was a lot of flute. I went into it not knowing what to expect and ended up pretty satisfied. Oh, yeah, got in for free :) Masha's friend Zhenya works in PR and they're always getting tickets to cool events (mainstream and non) and inviting me. Score!
wikipedia link (very interesting): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akvarium
In other news, the new girl arrived at work today. I feel so sorry for her! My start here was rocky to say the least, and that was at the beginning of the year when I had no where to live (see earlier blog pages.) She is starting in the middle, being constantly observed, and also has no where to live yet. No telephone (I'll give her my old one tomorrow), doesn't speak the language and seems like she can't really even manage to feed herself properly. Yikes! Prayers for Shakara, please.
I like my job. I am having so much fun! I like toddlers best. They are so easily impressed. But working the baby group and EFL (4-5 year olds) is not bad either. Hooray!
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