A few things to think about….
I went to post office to send some postcards to the US. The woman asked me if I wanted to send my postcards by plane or by train. I answered by train….
So I was walking with my host sister the other day, and a little boy was peeing, openly and freely onto the planter. I asked my host sister if this was normal, and she replied, “its Russia. Of course its normal.”
Every night I am dinner for mosquitoes. When I was in Ecuador with no electricity and running water, living in a thatched hut with no doors, the bug problem wasn’t as bad as it is here. Why? Because Russians don’t know what a screen door is!
Our refrigerator smells like old food. I asked about the baking soda. She didn’t have any. We went to the store. They didn’t have it. I guess Arm & Hammer has some personal vendetta against Russians…
My host mother came back from the beach the other day all burnt. I asked her if she used sunscreen. She replied that she gave the bottle to her daughter…
Our teacher told us that staring at a computer screen is harmful to our health. Russians also believe that drinking cold beverages will make you sick, and sitting on a cold surface will make you sterile…
Hi Miriam. How are you? I think one of those postcards you bought came out way:)) We received it long time ago but I am so bad not to thank you right away. But better late than never:) The card was cute and your Russian has definitely improved. I am impressed! Soon (if not already) you will speak better Russian than me with my almost zero exposure to the language here::))
BTW, I laughed out loud when you wrote”…that staring at a computer screen is harmful to our health. Russians also believe that drinking cold beverages will make you sick, and sitting on a cold surface will make you sterile…”
This is soo Azerbaijani too:) I guess it’s Soviet. We all got it during the Soviet reign. You know, I still can’t drink milk cold:)) To me, it just has to be warm:)))))
I can’t stop laughing at the “sterile” thing:)) That’s what we believe in too:))))))))))))))))))))))))) Sort of you’ll freeze your “parts” and won’t be able to reproduce any more:))
Poka!