Good things happening, Russia, Graduation and etc.

[alexandral]

+ I had some excellent news – my flat in Russia is sold. I was keeping it for few years, but since my parents moved to Moscow it became hard to maintain it. The flat was sold very fast and the property is quite valuable there at the moment, so YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

+ We will be able to do the project I was thinking about for years – converting of our attic into another bedroom. And convert all the windows into double-glazing. YAY! I am probably going to have many windows-related posts.

+ But at the same time I feel a little strange- my ties with Russia are becoming thinner and thinner. It is like at first I felt like an alien in UK, then I felt like I am in between and I finally realised that I am may be loosing the ties with Russia.

+ I am booking a garment for my Graduation (BAH "Business Information Technology" course). The graduation will take place on 14 of November. I am very excited myself, but I think Sasha can’t wait. It is her favourite topic of conversation at the moment. :)

+ I felt a little guilty for criticizing Microsoft Windows without speaking of any alternatives. There is a very neat free-ware Linux based desktop system Ubuntu which seems to be awesome. A link for information and dowload of Ubuntu is : Here . You can download and install Ubuntu and have it working in parallel with your Windows on the same computer. There are also all basic programs for it provided there. Linux is generally an awesome thing.

+ And where would I be nowdays without mentioning "A love to kill"? Truly and verily ALTK is so incredible heartbreakingly great. I loved loved loved the scene in the episode 6 where Bokgu was accosted by gangsters and Eun-Suk run to save him. And when gagsters decided that they are going to beat up this silly girl too, he, even half alive himself, curled into a tight ball around her. And the gangsters were beating him for ages but he just held her tight out of the harm’s way. And all this was filmed in the black-and-white and wonderfully gracefully. And then CE was trying to revive Bokgu and she was just so touching in her grief and she kissed him so very very gently. Aww!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hee! But his idea to make her fall in love with him so that she can suffer in love as his brother suffered just so going to kill him eventually. **sniff** And anyway, she is already in love with you, silly boy!!

And I like Telephone Pole guy too, I think. He is really opening up.

The only things I can freely live without in ALTK are Eun-Suk’s family and Bokgu’s friends, they just a waste of screen-time for me.

Comments

[endlessdeep.livejournal.com]

Congrats on selling your flat. I am excited about your new windows and a new room in the attic. I know, it's crazy, but I love home improvement stuff. :)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I usually go through "O dear, we are going to have so much MESS" mood and leave improvements until latest possible. But really, to utilize the money we have got we need to make improvements in our current house.

I will try to do some decorations before - I never done anything yet, just took part in changing colours and such. But funnily being on LJ and thinking a little more about graphics makes me want to do interesting things with the house too. :)

[endlessdeep.livejournal.com]

I cannot believe it's been over a week since I've checked my e-mail! I am way behind.

But I wanted to respond. Because I find that making icons and stuff inspire me to paint and do other crafts as well. :)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

But I wanted to respond. Because I find that making icons and stuff inspire me to paint and do other crafts as well. :)

It is amazing, isn't it? And I never was a "crafty" person before!

[lage-nom-ai.livejournal.com]

Hey, congrats on selling the house!

And really, I think that while the ties might loosen a bit, they never go away completely. My mom's been in this country for 42 years now and still feels quite close to her old home...

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Oh, thank you so much for speaking of your mom's experience. I was already worrying, but I feel better now. I know a person who lost the ability to speak his old language (Hindu) well after many years in UK. I don't want that happen.

I think I am ready for my trip to Russia, that is all :)

[lage-nom-ai.livejournal.com]

Yay for trips to Russia!! Does Sasha speak any Russian? My mom speaks perfect English but has managed to keep her accent for that same 42 years! :D

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I am such a bad lazy mother and she doesn't speak much of Russian, just a little. Though I have a huge plan to send her to the Russian University when she grows.

And hee!!! - speaking about the accents! I don't believe I will ever be able to get rid of mine. :)

[lage-nom-ai.livejournal.com]

You should teach Sasha--it gets so much harder to pick up when you get older... eeek! :D

Plus I can't spell

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I know! I go through spurts when I teach her for a few weeks and then - bummer!!! * But I am definitely not giving up yet :)

Re: Plus I can't spell

[lage-nom-ai.livejournal.com]

Ok, we won't discuss how many times I looked at the original version of your comment trying to find the typo! :P

Re: Plus I can't spell

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Rats, i think I have forgotten what it was myself :)

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on selling the flat, and yay for the windows and converting the attic to a bedroom! :) Especially the bedroom in the attic part sounds really cool.

As for loosing your ties to Russia I can understand how that might feel a little bit sad. But you'll always have your memories right? And your parents live there? So even if you no longer own a flat there - there are still emotional ties?

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I love attic bedrooms with windows on their roofs and I like the idea that our house will become 4-storey. :)

I often felt in the past as "a citizen of the word" because I was fortunate to experience living in two culturally different countries. But I am thinking that now I am reading books and watching films from America, Europe and Asia more often then Russian ones. I am probably definitely exaggerating, but I don't want to loose my Russian part too. I think just realization that I will never go back to Russia just hit me. I am not sad or anything, just..

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

Windows in the roof sounds wonderful. You can watch the stars or the clouds drifting by, and not get out of bed! I'm a little envious. :)

I am not sad or anything, just..

But a little contemplative? I can understand that. But maybe the fact that you are contemplative could be seen as a sign that you are very much aware of your russian identity? And that you don't want to loose it. And knowing that is a good thing, yes?

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

But maybe the fact that you are contemplative could be seen as a sign that you are very much aware of your russian identity? And that you don't want to loose it. And knowing that is a good thing, yes?

I think it is all connected that there are changes happening in the church I go to at the moment. The church which was my place for more then 8 years. And now everything has changed. Again , I am not sad - I am just in "the sands of time are shifting" mode. :) As you say - contemplating where I am coming and going!

I don't think my Russian identity could be erased easy. :) I often stop myself and smile when I repeat the things my mother said to me more then 20 years ago :)

But on an excellently happy note - my "Deadwood" season 1 DVDs just arrived. EEEEEE!

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

I can understand that. I have just finished these turbulent, transitional years were everything that used to be stable disappeared - and I had to find new solid ground. It can be quite a challenge. :)


And yay for Deadwood! I've actually ponder re-watching Deadwood and write analysis for that as well. (same as with The Wire). because it's just so much fun, and I'm geeky like that.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I've actually ponder re-watching Deadwood and write analysis for that as well. (same as with The Wire).

It could be great! Then I can read your analysis after watching the episodes. ** I am totally selfish, sorry! **. But I really love your analysis - I am in complete awe of people who can do the comprehensive analysis!!!!

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Now I really want to do the anlysis - when I hear praise like this. :)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEE! I would really love to read it! But, please, don't feel "pressed" - "serving to the muse doesn't suffer the fuss" like Pushkin said!

[teh-haley.livejournal.com]

congratulations for selling the flat and for graduation! even if you feel like you lose your ties, you must always remember that you are what you are because of where you come from, all of us are a whole of little pieces, pieces that time puts one near each other and if you wonder about who you are, just look at you and you can see that you're that personal mix of things that fate has given you :)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! What you said is so lovely and very beautiful. Really, I am so glad I have met you!!!

[teh-haley.livejournal.com]

I was just telling my mum about you and how much I'm happy I met you, too!

That was the wrong icon, sorry!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

** Hugs ** Yay! I thought it was just me who is forever talking with my dearest about the people I meet on LJ!!!