So. This isn’t so much about Russia, but as Americans, specifically the Americans in my group, and more specifically, one American in particular. So that no names are named, lets call her Kansas.
So Kansas is not very nice at all. Let me begin by saying that she deserves everything that has coming her way….
The Internet here is very sketchy, working every once in awhile, and even then, not very reliable or fast. My blackberry has better Internet service than at the Academy, which is kind of sad. However, despite all of this, I still need the Internet. It really is a disease. So I brought my computer to school one day, to find out that there is a password and a lengthy process to get an Internet connection on a laptop. To make matters worse, I have a Mac, which is not very Russian friendly. Anywho, the “Internet Master” told me to bring my computer the next day, when he would have enough time to connect my computer to the internet. Well Kansas, jumped on the bandwagon and decided to get her Mac connected to the Internet too.
Day of Internet connect. “Internet Master” has gone AWOL. Argh. I ask the professors if they know where “Internet Master” is. They respond that he has disappeared. I thought “Internet Master” and I had a heartfelt conversation the day before. I was crushed to think that he had forgotten about our meeting. So, perhaps a bit melodramatically, I said in Russian, something to the effect, “oh no. Poor me and this situation…”
So Kansas, being the biggest jerk ever, decided to say, “ ак по-русски (which means, How do you say____ in Russian) Chill the F*** out?
Firstly, that is agaisnt the rules of the program. We are to speak Russian at all times. And we arent allowed to say ‘ как по-русски’ and then an entire sentence in English. That goes against our language pledge. But she does it all the time. Anywho. I brushed it off. Shortly afterwards, “Internet Master” arrived, and he quickly was able to connect my computer to the internet. Then he tried to connect Kansas’ computer to the internet. But Karma is a bitch, and even though she has the exact same computer as me, her internet never was able to get connected. SO this is me sticking my tongue out at her. (as a brief side note, I actually have had several dreams about Kansas where I go up to her and tell her that she is perhaps the worst person I have ever met, and I don’t want to converse with her, and will be very happy without ever seeing her again… I doubt that that this will ever happen. But I have never felt such a strong urge to tell someone I hate them before.)
