национальный

Спорт и культура лучше всего помогают формированию нашей национальной идентичности. То, чем мы можем гордиться вместе, объединяет нас. Спасибо нашим ребятам за первым матч, за то, что давали нам несколько дней подряд повод быть украинцами и Украиной. Благодарность через край.

Каждый просто должен делать качественно свое дело: футболисты и музыканты играть, боксеры бить, политики решать. Результаты не заставят себя ждать. Споры о национальных, региональных языках погоды не делают. Крепкая национальная идентичность базируется на гордости друг за друга. Давайте сделаем чувство принадлежности к украинской нации приятным чувством вместе.

Понедельник

Пусть скучно, но время от времени надо убирать. Убирать в папке "загрузки" и на рабочем столе, потому что файлы абсолютно бесконтрольно попадают на мой компьютер и складываются бессмысленной кучей. Поток информации из инета стал устрашающе велик.

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Еще раз о реакции на информационные потоки. Положительные сообщения нужно множить, а отрицательные просто игнорировать. Любая реакция на инф поток приносит ему пользу, приносит ему эмоции, которыми он питается, приносит ему популярность и распространение. Лучшая реакция на негатив - полный игнор.

игры

Весь день прошел как ода бесцельности и бессмысленности.

Но вечером все отыгралось.

Приятный концерт фортепианной музыки в глинке. Моцарт, Бетховен, Шопен, Шуберт. Пора начинать получать удовольствие от классической музыки наконец, но тяжело. Думаю я бы больше джазовала на таком же джазовом концерте.

А вторая игра - футбол. Очень неожиданно, потому что многие думали, что наша команда идет на эшафот. Я сначала шутила, что не знаю за кого мне болеть, за французов или за наших, с учетом моего образования. Но с первых минут патриотические славянские чувства взяли верх. И не подвели меня. 2:0, рееебята! И кто теперь посмеет шутить про украинский футбол?

no IELTS for now

As you see my IELTS prep project has stopped. University practice + reading + general relax mood
But I plan to pass it anyway in 2013

Cap Crieff speaking

Today I got to listen to the sixth episode of Cabin pressure (6 season). Btw it is still availible for 5 days http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qjc6k

Martin’s interview for Swiss airlines totally made my day:

Martin: I’m like a duck.

Captain: Deroche: you are like a duck?

Martin: yeah y’know, I’m paddling like hell on top, but I’m very calm underneath-

oh no oh no! I- I mean uh I’m like a CAPSIZED DUCK

 Picture: http://myfunnylittlebrain.tumblr.com/

IELTS prep day 1

So I've started with my English around sixtish today and anded almost at eleven. That's 5 hours minus dinner, snacks and chatting with parents. That will be approximately 4 hours of studying. It was quite nice, but I'm always distracted to do things which are not related to the the stuff I'm reading or listening to.
So what I've done today is:

• occasional BBC1 listening when I was at home
• read some articles (one about drones in Saudi Arabia, onther about blue cheese, something about tree hugging)
• watched some news vids on BBC
• listened to a new episode of Cabin Pressure
• took listening part from IELTS test (scored 36 out of 40, could have 39 but was a bit absent-minded like always, confusing French and English spelling)
• and added 40 new words to my notebook to learn (from all the previous activities)

That's probably it) I'll just revise words now and go to sleep

IELTS notes (1)

So I've heard few days ago that there is an IELTS test in my city in one month.Yesterday I had a bid discussion with myself on pros and cons of taking the test and I've decided to take it. As I'm preparing all by myself and I only have a month, that will be a tough work. But impossible is nothing, so let the preparation begin.
I think during preparation I will keep kind of journal in this blog, describing my everyday work. Hopefully, this will keep me more disciplined.

save trees, recycle your paper

As I live in a big industrial city, city itself gives food for thought sometimes. And moreover it gives a kick to actually do something. But there are not too much of ecological initiatives around. Though, thanks God, there are at least some. But when it's winter all that I can do is to go to give away my used notes, newspapers and basically everything that is made from paper and no use to me anymore to recycle. And here is a bit of my art consecrated to this issue.

not as bad as it sounds

Today the third string broke while I was trying to tune my guitar. And as I was in the mood for singing (or I better say howling) I sat down to the keyboard to accompany myself with few chords. Accidently, that’s how all my planes for the evening were washed away with this unexpected longing to play a bit more and then a bit more again and then, well, just a bit more. Of course it’s primitive like always, but in some way I finally get myself to finding notes by ear. It takes time and effort and I have to really know the tune and to love it. But there are some results at least. Finally, it is so late that everybody goes to sleep and I can’t play anymore (:

Also, I've started relistening audiobook of George Orwel's nineteen eighty four for my literature class. The accent is american and it sounds a bit unusual after I've put all my efforts to surround myself with british accent. 

Van Gogh is puzzled

That is what I've been doing every now and then during January. Now it's more than half way through. This beautiful "Café Terrace at Night" puzzle is a present from my friend Lilya to whom I'm very greateful, btw. Now I have a recipe of a quite calming and sedetive evening coctail : puzzles + BBC radio 4, every evening for an hour. It puts me in a peaceful mood before going to sleep.1500 pieces in total

Good night (:

destination 2013

If you ask me how my preparation to French exam is going, I say fine.... I'm bloging in English so far. It's just not a French mood. It's totally English mood as I'm listening to "Cabin Pressure" staring Benedict Cumberbatch. This is the only way to survive until they finally start shooting the 3d season of Sherlock (Have they started already?).

It is the 20th of January 2013 and it is time to set some more or less realistic goal for this fabulous year whole in front of me (except 20 days I've been catching my breath after the previous year). It will be less realistic of course. I'd like to finally get to Britain. Isn't it stupid to study language from childhood, knowing that "London is the capital of Great Britain"  from the time when you were 7 years old and never visit the country? Then again to choose to be an interpreter, use it every day, use it in EYP, but travel to Czech Republic, to Poland and to France. Study English - go speak it in Poland. Want to meet English native speakers - go to Czech Republic. I was a genius indeed.

Now, finally: "Ticket to GB please!" My destination 2013 is London. I have no idea how am  I going to get there, but hopefully this year is the one.

We can start with a step by step plan. Firstly, I'll need some money. Well, not some but quite much. To get my humble scholarship few cents bigger I need an "A" on the last exam. And that is French. Here we back to French again. Anyway I have two more days to prepare...

And of course: