It's Friday October 26th, and as of this moment in time, I am able to say that:
-I have BEEN to a fasion show!
(- and that I have walked home from Red Square in heels: OUCH!)
friends: I'm talkin' catwalk, bright lights, crazy outfits, banboo stick women strutting their stuff for people to gawk at and clap at. That's right friends, RIGHT out of Fashion File: the show you can't stand, but for SOME reason, can't not peel your eyes away for at least a few minutes. Fashion File: Moscow version.
I must thank my Swiss flatmate as he's strangely connected to people who can hook us up with second row seats to a fairly prestigious fashion show.
Hell, we dressed up; I hadn't dressed up this much since the last wedding I was at, and I felt somewhat unfashionable. (Me, unfashionable? Guffah!
hahahahhahahahAHHA
I just said guffah! ahhaha)
anyway,
it was REALLY cool actually...and really interesting.
things to note:
1) the women weren't actually STICKS...they weren't as skinny as some can be, which is good, although women their size still count for about 0.01% of the female population.
2) One of the models had a whoopsy; her boob popped out!!! hahhaa She had to nonchalantly adjust her shirt as she walked down the catwalk.
3) some models WALK/BOB quite a bit down that walkway. BOBBING up and down to the tune of the house music. It's quite unnatural.
4) it was really cool to see the models so up close...I know this sounds stupid, but to see that they are REAL people. In REAL time. REALLY.
I was so close, I could see their hair strands sticking up...thread from the fabric of the materials.
5) I mock the tackiness of fashion shows, and granted, there were tacky things I could NEVER imagine anyone sane wearing, but for 70% of the stuff I saw, it was actually nice! There was this really cool skirt/shirt thing. I realize tho that I can't describe it better than I just did, so you'll have to take my word for it.
anyway, all in all, that was my friday night.
I'm going out to get a 1Gig Ram for zoe tomorrow. What do I mean? 1? gig? ram? ahaha honestly, I have no idea. I'm just listening my new Swedish programer friend who's helping me heal her a bit. Arahghh...computer stuff.
Is one gig enough? What? ...I'm so computer NUL, but I trust the guy. He CLICKS windows and tabs, checking numbers on my computer in a VERY knowing manner.
(Sorry pete, zoe had to find herself another man to take care of her! Don't feel TOO bad...know that IF she was in Australia, she'd let no other man touch her! HAHAHA)
hugs all around
lovelovleovleovleovlevoelovole
patey:]
Friday, October 26, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
FOUND IN RUSSIA: sexist chocolate
I will let the pictures speak for themselves. (I speak enough as it is)
Discussions welcomed on comment section of this blog entry.
Look at that pathetic purse the girl is clutching! Actually, I'm going to call it a football.
Discussions welcomed on comment section of this blog entry.
Chocolate I found in the grocery store near my flat:
Look at that pathetic purse the girl is clutching! Actually, I'm going to call it a football.
THE football the girl's gonna use to CHUCK at the man!
As for the location the girl is aiming the football, suggestions are welcome!
Picture of the front of the actual chocoalte.
No women allowed!?!?!?
Me ingesting the chocolate.
yum!
It actually tasted okay; wasn't the best, but it was THICK and substantial chocolate.
I guess the "manliest" kind possible. hahha
Alessandro joked that I'll start to grow chest hair soon.
It's been a few days, nothing yet, but I'll definitely keep you posted. HAHA, no pun intended there,
hugs for all
patey:]
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Interconnectedness
It is Sunday, October 21st, and I have officially penetrated the insane social interconnectedness that is the Moscow Expat Crowd.
It is the end of my first week off from school, and ever since I found out I couldn’t go to Egypt, I have yet to feel sad once again about not being on a plane for Egypt.
I connected myself to the social scene that I was looking for. I found the people I fit well with. Exactly what I was looking for; what a trade off!
...as I’m sitting down to write this, understand that it’s REALLY complicated, and it’s REALLY interconnected. As my Indian-American downstairs neighbor says, although there are a large number of expats, there’s a limited amount of stable expats in our age bracket in Moscow, and after a while, everyone sort of just meets everyone else.
So I met this guy online; I was almost going to move in with him when I got here, but it didn’t work out and we stayed friends (not the guy who dropped me). His name is IGOR (Russian). We’ve hung out and it’s all good and fun, and this is where it starts, so bear with me. (if you’re interested)
HE just met this girl that my brother met ANYA (Russian-Canadian), just by fluke. And Anya’s friends, I met on Saturday night. Interesting people (LUMINA (American), ELENA (Russian), JELLE (Danish- journalist; pronounced Yelleh) and a few others)...THESE people, are known by SANWAREE (Indian-American), JAMES (UK) and TERESA (Asian-American) whom are people I know because Sanwaree is my downstairs neighbor, whom I know only cause I crashed her party a couple of weeks ago, and ran into randomly 2 weeks ago.
Today, I went with Igor to a contemporary art exposition of these real live filmed portraits. It was really cool....sort of like portraits out of Harry Potter...where the people just pose for a long time, and move periodically, and it’s all on film. It was really cool. It was this American artist. Steven something...darn I should know his name, but anyway, Igor invited ARON (Swedish) to come along, so I meet this Aron. Now, Aron is someone I’ve kept hearing about...because ALESSANDRO (Swiss; tall; shares my home with me) knows him. Actually, OLGA (Russian-Crazy rude girl who came to my flat and insulted me and my kitchen!) and Aron used to date. (HAHAH), so by meeting Aron, I’ve penetrated Alessandro’s crowd completely unknowingly. After Igor had to leave, Aron invites me to the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum for a special expo on Chanel. (Which Alessandro had told me he might go to, but didn’t in the end). So I go, and there I meet JOHAN (Swedish), NINNA (Swedish), KATYA (Russian) and a few others, all of whom know or know of Alessandro (...you know Alessandro? Yeah, I live with him!). After the museum (which was really cool...didn’t think I’d be all that into the HAUTE-COUTURE scene in Paris in the last century, but it was interesting to see how fashion really affects culture...How the world needed Chanel to make waves for women and our statuses. I realized that it’s just more human interactions with things as personal as how we dress! Anyway, conversations for another time) we go back to Aron’s flat, where we meet NATASHA (Russian) his flatmate. Incidentally, Aron and Nat live 5 minutes from my school. I live 5 minutes from Aron’s work. We joked that if we swapped apartments it would be more convenient for all 4 of us!! Nat’s really cool; she speaks English like a British person, since she studied it there... so finally we make it to a café, where Alessandro joins us and we have a great time. We all go back to my flat and talk some more, and I mention my experience at ONoir, (there’s on in Moscow incidentally), and so Aron goes; OH yeah, my friend who writes for a Dutch Newspaper wrote an article about that. I go: What?! Uh-oh, what’s his name?
Aron knows Jelle.
...
OF COURSE Aron knows Jelle. How could he have not?
I have NEVER in my life met so many random people who knew so many other random people.
It has just been a REALLY coincidental weekend, although if you think about it, it’s really not coincidence. It’s just the nature of where I am, and the fact that I’ve penetrated the layers of social madness...and also, that I’ve now involved myself in the Swedish social crowd in Moscow, I feel pretty damn cool.
(HAHAHHA, I’m such a loser for saying that!)
Sesiously though! It’s so crazy! ....haha, the even crazier thing, is that I didn’t even mention EVERYONE!...and not only that, but I’m fairly certain that everyone I listed above is on facebook.
Attack of the killer facebooking!
...in a couple of years, there will be academic TEXTS written about the international and cultural phenomenon that is facebook. How it has changed the way we communicate and interact with the world around us. It is just PURE craziness.
You gotta love it and hate it at the same time
Hughughsughsuhugs
Lvoelovelovleolvoe
patey:]
It is the end of my first week off from school, and ever since I found out I couldn’t go to Egypt, I have yet to feel sad once again about not being on a plane for Egypt.
I connected myself to the social scene that I was looking for. I found the people I fit well with. Exactly what I was looking for; what a trade off!
...as I’m sitting down to write this, understand that it’s REALLY complicated, and it’s REALLY interconnected. As my Indian-American downstairs neighbor says, although there are a large number of expats, there’s a limited amount of stable expats in our age bracket in Moscow, and after a while, everyone sort of just meets everyone else.
So I met this guy online; I was almost going to move in with him when I got here, but it didn’t work out and we stayed friends (not the guy who dropped me). His name is IGOR (Russian). We’ve hung out and it’s all good and fun, and this is where it starts, so bear with me. (if you’re interested)
HE just met this girl that my brother met ANYA (Russian-Canadian), just by fluke. And Anya’s friends, I met on Saturday night. Interesting people (LUMINA (American), ELENA (Russian), JELLE (Danish- journalist; pronounced Yelleh) and a few others)...THESE people, are known by SANWAREE (Indian-American), JAMES (UK) and TERESA (Asian-American) whom are people I know because Sanwaree is my downstairs neighbor, whom I know only cause I crashed her party a couple of weeks ago, and ran into randomly 2 weeks ago.
Today, I went with Igor to a contemporary art exposition of these real live filmed portraits. It was really cool....sort of like portraits out of Harry Potter...where the people just pose for a long time, and move periodically, and it’s all on film. It was really cool. It was this American artist. Steven something...darn I should know his name, but anyway, Igor invited ARON (Swedish) to come along, so I meet this Aron. Now, Aron is someone I’ve kept hearing about...because ALESSANDRO (Swiss; tall; shares my home with me) knows him. Actually, OLGA (Russian-Crazy rude girl who came to my flat and insulted me and my kitchen!) and Aron used to date. (HAHAH), so by meeting Aron, I’ve penetrated Alessandro’s crowd completely unknowingly. After Igor had to leave, Aron invites me to the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum for a special expo on Chanel. (Which Alessandro had told me he might go to, but didn’t in the end). So I go, and there I meet JOHAN (Swedish), NINNA (Swedish), KATYA (Russian) and a few others, all of whom know or know of Alessandro (...you know Alessandro? Yeah, I live with him!). After the museum (which was really cool...didn’t think I’d be all that into the HAUTE-COUTURE scene in Paris in the last century, but it was interesting to see how fashion really affects culture...How the world needed Chanel to make waves for women and our statuses. I realized that it’s just more human interactions with things as personal as how we dress! Anyway, conversations for another time) we go back to Aron’s flat, where we meet NATASHA (Russian) his flatmate. Incidentally, Aron and Nat live 5 minutes from my school. I live 5 minutes from Aron’s work. We joked that if we swapped apartments it would be more convenient for all 4 of us!! Nat’s really cool; she speaks English like a British person, since she studied it there... so finally we make it to a café, where Alessandro joins us and we have a great time. We all go back to my flat and talk some more, and I mention my experience at ONoir, (there’s on in Moscow incidentally), and so Aron goes; OH yeah, my friend who writes for a Dutch Newspaper wrote an article about that. I go: What?! Uh-oh, what’s his name?
Aron knows Jelle.
...
OF COURSE Aron knows Jelle. How could he have not?
I have NEVER in my life met so many random people who knew so many other random people.
It has just been a REALLY coincidental weekend, although if you think about it, it’s really not coincidence. It’s just the nature of where I am, and the fact that I’ve penetrated the layers of social madness...and also, that I’ve now involved myself in the Swedish social crowd in Moscow, I feel pretty damn cool.
(HAHAHHA, I’m such a loser for saying that!)
Sesiously though! It’s so crazy! ....haha, the even crazier thing, is that I didn’t even mention EVERYONE!...and not only that, but I’m fairly certain that everyone I listed above is on facebook.
Attack of the killer facebooking!
...in a couple of years, there will be academic TEXTS written about the international and cultural phenomenon that is facebook. How it has changed the way we communicate and interact with the world around us. It is just PURE craziness.
You gotta love it and hate it at the same time
Hughughsughsuhugs
Lvoelovelovleolvoe
patey:]
Friday, October 19, 2007
pooop!
awww CRAP.
Egypt is out.
ok, well not completely out, but I'm at a 11% chance of going now, as I'm scoping out a few travel agencies tomorrow to see my options, but it's not looking too good.
I guess there were overbookings, and it just didn't work out. (ahem. Welcome to Russia patey!)
I was pretty bummed about it for a bit this morning, but it's ok. It would be good to have time to relax in Moscow...see Lenin's body and all...haha
ALSO, I found a yoga place about a 10 minute walk from my home, so I'm happy about that. Gonna look into taking classes there and now I have time to leisurely check it out! We'll see...
so that's it. Just thought I'd share the bummy news.
The interesting thing is, tonight, I was speaking to this French girl I met at a work branch party, and she was telling me about how overhyped the pyramids are....and how the sphynx is actually in front of a big hotel. Fairly tourist area....I guess that's not overly surprising. Doens't make me want to see it any less, but I guess it brought the romance I had with Egypt down a bit.
One day.
this way, I get to save some money too. Good thing in the end.
Alright.
OH, must thank everyone who has commented and made me feel super loved. I was seriously really moved. It's so nice after a bummy week. I feel good now.
hugs and lovelovelovleovelovleove
patey:]
Egypt is out.
ok, well not completely out, but I'm at a 11% chance of going now, as I'm scoping out a few travel agencies tomorrow to see my options, but it's not looking too good.
I guess there were overbookings, and it just didn't work out. (ahem. Welcome to Russia patey!)
I was pretty bummed about it for a bit this morning, but it's ok. It would be good to have time to relax in Moscow...see Lenin's body and all...haha
ALSO, I found a yoga place about a 10 minute walk from my home, so I'm happy about that. Gonna look into taking classes there and now I have time to leisurely check it out! We'll see...
so that's it. Just thought I'd share the bummy news.
The interesting thing is, tonight, I was speaking to this French girl I met at a work branch party, and she was telling me about how overhyped the pyramids are....and how the sphynx is actually in front of a big hotel. Fairly tourist area....I guess that's not overly surprising. Doens't make me want to see it any less, but I guess it brought the romance I had with Egypt down a bit.
One day.
this way, I get to save some money too. Good thing in the end.
Alright.
OH, must thank everyone who has commented and made me feel super loved. I was seriously really moved. It's so nice after a bummy week. I feel good now.
hugs and lovelovelovleovelovleove
patey:]
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
and the WiFi Gods GIVETH again
..I am in my flat.
Connected to the internet.
All is well in Patey's world again.
1) I didn't write about my flatmate yet! (other that the new smells in our living quarters hahaha) Alessandro? The Swiss dude? He's fabulous, and we have a great time together. He's got a HILARIOUS accent (which he mainly says about me and my french, but this is MY blog, so he's the accented one)
We've talked at stupid hours of the night, woken each other up on different ridiculous occasions, seen each other with bed hair, shared soap, spoken to each other's mothers; It is a roomie/flatmate/colloquataire/housemate match made in heaven.
At the moment, we have a bet going on; who's going to get laid first. I've kept it to myself, but he's likely to win, as I doubt I'm as easy as he is...AND he had a head start, seeing as he's met up with a girl he "made out with once" before in Venice or somewhere. Ahhh...the European...they're such inter-european skanks! HAHAHAHHAH
HAHAHAHHAHA
Seriously though. He's respectful, he cleans when I ask him to. He buys detergent when we need it, he doesn't think taking the garbage out is a lot of trouble (although it's really not) and he can reach the really high things in the flat. (Did I mention he's 6'6?! He's a GIANT! we stood next to each other in the mirror in our hallway HAHA it was ridiculous!)
2) I feel like I'm back from a long haitus...I can be comfortable again. Not having the net at home after having it for a while REALLY sucked. It was almost better not to have it at all until now. What stress. THAT and I essentially broke my own heart last week, so it hasn't been a thrilling past week, but I've changed all of that. Time to move on. Anyhow, I have an exciting unforgettable trip coming up! In a few days, I'll be in:
3) EGYPT!
!!!!!!
I know..just random. But you know me. I enjoy random :)
But what I enjoy even more is a good deal.
700$US = round trip from Moscow to Cairo, 7 days 6 nights in a 5 star super hotel.
I'm going to get to see the pyramids!
THE PYRAMIDS!!! DID YOU HEAR ME!?!? THE PYRAMIDS!
damn...I'm excited! hahha
I honestly don't feel like I'm ready for a holiday...I still feel like school just started! What? a holiday?! Then again, I'm not complaining! I definitely won't be when I'm lounging on the beach, or near a pool in the southern hemisphere! (Last I checked, it was 30 degrees in Cairo, but I'll actually be nearer to the sea...)
I'm really happy that I get to go. And for such a great deal too! What luck ...
4) school's still going fabulously. I wish I could talk about my kids here for paragraphs, but I shouldn't...
The other day, I was hanging out with a bunch of people, friends, co-workers and random others...and they were all smoking, and drinking and the thought actually popped into my head; I'd rather be with my kids right now.
I really do love them. It kind of shocks me a little bit how much I love them. How much fun I have at school, and how much I sing and dance stupidly with them. I can't even think about the end of the year when I might have to leave. It'll be so hard.... I could almost cry about it now! AH can't think about it!
5)Ack; I just uploaded a bunch of pictures on facebook of Moscow, and it just panged on me...the magnitude of what I'm doing...how impactful...how impactful already! But not only me, but my friends (who will visit), my family...my brother!! (hi gee:)...it's really nice. It's really good to live this way. Without regrets...just REALLY living the life that I've intended for myself. It's SO good to be alive like this. Hopefully I remember this feeling when I've got no one to meet up with and go home alone. Meh...nothing's ever that bad. There are shitty moments, but there are good ones, and those are the ones to relish in.
I hope all of you that are reading this are well, as I do care about you quite a bit.
Sometimes I write this knowing who will read it, sometimes I guess I'd be surprised to find out who is, but it doesn't matter. The fact that it is being read by people who love me makes me feel a lot less disconnected and alone. Thank you for being a part of my life, even if it is only a small part right now.
lvoelvoelovleove
patey:]
Connected to the internet.
All is well in Patey's world again.
1) I didn't write about my flatmate yet! (other that the new smells in our living quarters hahaha) Alessandro? The Swiss dude? He's fabulous, and we have a great time together. He's got a HILARIOUS accent (which he mainly says about me and my french, but this is MY blog, so he's the accented one)
We've talked at stupid hours of the night, woken each other up on different ridiculous occasions, seen each other with bed hair, shared soap, spoken to each other's mothers; It is a roomie/flatmate/colloquataire/housemate match made in heaven.
At the moment, we have a bet going on; who's going to get laid first. I've kept it to myself, but he's likely to win, as I doubt I'm as easy as he is...AND he had a head start, seeing as he's met up with a girl he "made out with once" before in Venice or somewhere. Ahhh...the European...they're such inter-european skanks! HAHAHAHHAH
HAHAHAHHAHA
Seriously though. He's respectful, he cleans when I ask him to. He buys detergent when we need it, he doesn't think taking the garbage out is a lot of trouble (although it's really not) and he can reach the really high things in the flat. (Did I mention he's 6'6?! He's a GIANT! we stood next to each other in the mirror in our hallway HAHA it was ridiculous!)
2) I feel like I'm back from a long haitus...I can be comfortable again. Not having the net at home after having it for a while REALLY sucked. It was almost better not to have it at all until now. What stress. THAT and I essentially broke my own heart last week, so it hasn't been a thrilling past week, but I've changed all of that. Time to move on. Anyhow, I have an exciting unforgettable trip coming up! In a few days, I'll be in:
3) EGYPT!
!!!!!!
I know..just random. But you know me. I enjoy random :)
But what I enjoy even more is a good deal.
700$US = round trip from Moscow to Cairo, 7 days 6 nights in a 5 star super hotel.
I'm going to get to see the pyramids!
THE PYRAMIDS!!! DID YOU HEAR ME!?!? THE PYRAMIDS!
damn...I'm excited! hahha
I honestly don't feel like I'm ready for a holiday...I still feel like school just started! What? a holiday?! Then again, I'm not complaining! I definitely won't be when I'm lounging on the beach, or near a pool in the southern hemisphere! (Last I checked, it was 30 degrees in Cairo, but I'll actually be nearer to the sea...)
I'm really happy that I get to go. And for such a great deal too! What luck ...
4) school's still going fabulously. I wish I could talk about my kids here for paragraphs, but I shouldn't...
The other day, I was hanging out with a bunch of people, friends, co-workers and random others...and they were all smoking, and drinking and the thought actually popped into my head; I'd rather be with my kids right now.
I really do love them. It kind of shocks me a little bit how much I love them. How much fun I have at school, and how much I sing and dance stupidly with them. I can't even think about the end of the year when I might have to leave. It'll be so hard.... I could almost cry about it now! AH can't think about it!
5)Ack; I just uploaded a bunch of pictures on facebook of Moscow, and it just panged on me...the magnitude of what I'm doing...how impactful...how impactful already! But not only me, but my friends (who will visit), my family...my brother!! (hi gee:)...it's really nice. It's really good to live this way. Without regrets...just REALLY living the life that I've intended for myself. It's SO good to be alive like this. Hopefully I remember this feeling when I've got no one to meet up with and go home alone. Meh...nothing's ever that bad. There are shitty moments, but there are good ones, and those are the ones to relish in.
I hope all of you that are reading this are well, as I do care about you quite a bit.
Sometimes I write this knowing who will read it, sometimes I guess I'd be surprised to find out who is, but it doesn't matter. The fact that it is being read by people who love me makes me feel a lot less disconnected and alone. Thank you for being a part of my life, even if it is only a small part right now.
lvoelvoelovleove
patey:]
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Life with WiFi
or lack of connection really...
the WiFi SAYS I'm connected...and in fact, says that my connection is actually "excellent", but doesn't let me connect to anything on the net. That's quite frustrating on a quiet weekend.
On jollier news, it was the first Moscow snow today!! It was quite nice, I do have to say. And if I wasn't writing this in an internet cafe, I would be able to post the picture that I took of it.
good times, good times.
Random news:
we have a week off after this week of school, so I might just be spontaneously jetting off to Egypt. yeah! I know! crazinesses...
it'll be with something called "hot hours" that my co-worker always travel with...SUPER cheap last minute deals...anyway, it's all good; I'll see what happens. It's not 100% yet, but it looks like I'll be jetting off somewhere....and holy giraffes, if I could cross Egypt off my to-visit-in-life list, how fabulous would that be?!
good times. DEFINITELY good times.
I had a long talk with my jubie boobie yesterday, which was good, cause I was kind of feeling bummed about not knowing anyone of real passion and substance here that I can bum around the city with, eat with, call up at stupid hours of the day, act like an idiot with and deep chat with. I think this weekend was just my first big hurdle, and man, did I call it. A couple of months in. Past the initial high of everything being new. Seriously though, worry not for me if you are...these are just normal stuff. I, in no means, want to go home, or anything.
I LOVE and relish in the freedom that I feel here. It's just, once in a while, I want to feel like I don't know which friend to hang out with in the evening. Here, people cancel SO often..and that leaves me with nothing to do.
anyway, kafuffles! as I only have 5 mins left to my net time
hugs for everyone.
lovelvoelovelovleovelve
patey:]
the WiFi SAYS I'm connected...and in fact, says that my connection is actually "excellent", but doesn't let me connect to anything on the net. That's quite frustrating on a quiet weekend.
On jollier news, it was the first Moscow snow today!! It was quite nice, I do have to say. And if I wasn't writing this in an internet cafe, I would be able to post the picture that I took of it.
good times, good times.
Random news:
we have a week off after this week of school, so I might just be spontaneously jetting off to Egypt. yeah! I know! crazinesses...
it'll be with something called "hot hours" that my co-worker always travel with...SUPER cheap last minute deals...anyway, it's all good; I'll see what happens. It's not 100% yet, but it looks like I'll be jetting off somewhere....and holy giraffes, if I could cross Egypt off my to-visit-in-life list, how fabulous would that be?!
good times. DEFINITELY good times.
I had a long talk with my jubie boobie yesterday, which was good, cause I was kind of feeling bummed about not knowing anyone of real passion and substance here that I can bum around the city with, eat with, call up at stupid hours of the day, act like an idiot with and deep chat with. I think this weekend was just my first big hurdle, and man, did I call it. A couple of months in. Past the initial high of everything being new. Seriously though, worry not for me if you are...these are just normal stuff. I, in no means, want to go home, or anything.
I LOVE and relish in the freedom that I feel here. It's just, once in a while, I want to feel like I don't know which friend to hang out with in the evening. Here, people cancel SO often..and that leaves me with nothing to do.
anyway, kafuffles! as I only have 5 mins left to my net time
hugs for everyone.
lovelvoelovelovleovelve
patey:]
Thursday, October 11, 2007
log from the trenches
Pppsssssttttt! .....Psstt....shhht!
...
at this VERY present moment, I’m excusing myself from my own kitchen, as it has been taken over by a Russian girl who’s a friend of Alessandro’s.
Flying poop-balls! Bad vibe from the get-go! Eek!...but no...wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt. Tried to engage in conversation, and she didn’t look at me at ALL!...just glances...
I think she’s TOTALLY into Alessandro, and finding me a bit threatening. She’s cooking right now for us, and I can’t stay in there. There’s essentially no room in there for me....”there are no napkins in here, no nothing at all?” is what she said. And no, I don’t have a cheese grater! Hahaha, she’s criticizing my kitchen! Should I be taking offence? I'm Asian! And I just moved in less than a month ago, so NO I don't have a cheese grater!
I’ve snuck off and I’m writing this, maybe it’s petty, but it’s my defense/revenge. I considered retort-ing to her annoyingness, but she’ll be gone in a couple of hours. I should be curteous to guests. (** added comment post-posting; I didn't realize that I misspelled COURTEOUS before...and damn; I'm not changing it. Take it as a freudian slip)
*********************
Ok, I just got back from dinner with them.
We ate for 45 minutes. She talked for 45 minutes. I asked her questions. She answered them, and then spoke. And then spoke some more. Alessandro asked some questions, and made some comments. She continued speaking. In none of those moments did she ask or inquire about ANYTHING regarding either of us. Oh no wait, she asked Alessandro something about Poland.
THAT was a torturously annoying interaction.
I offered her whatever food I had left in the flat post dinner, and she thought I was mocking her! I think cause I only had very little left. In my defence, I was not aware that we would be having guests, therefore Ice Cream, Apples and a bit of cake is pretty good no? Definitely doing groceries tomorrow!
Sigh
I’m super careful now with all of this stuff...whenever I feel the need to criticize, or feel really bothered by another human. It’s a reflection of something within myself, I know it. Which keeps me in check really. I think I did the best I could at that dinner; made genuine conversation, asked questions. Shit though, I really couldn’t stand her.
“Thank you for cooking!” I say
“You didn’t even try it” She says...(This was right when we sat down to eat...)
What are you supposed to say to that?....
I said... “oh...uh....I.....I just wanted to thank you for making the food.....??”
Ugh
What a waste of life.
No wait, it’s not.
Ok fine, I’m going to bed.
Hugsalot
Patey:]
...
at this VERY present moment, I’m excusing myself from my own kitchen, as it has been taken over by a Russian girl who’s a friend of Alessandro’s.
Flying poop-balls! Bad vibe from the get-go! Eek!...but no...wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt. Tried to engage in conversation, and she didn’t look at me at ALL!...just glances...
I think she’s TOTALLY into Alessandro, and finding me a bit threatening. She’s cooking right now for us, and I can’t stay in there. There’s essentially no room in there for me....”there are no napkins in here, no nothing at all?” is what she said. And no, I don’t have a cheese grater! Hahaha, she’s criticizing my kitchen! Should I be taking offence? I'm Asian! And I just moved in less than a month ago, so NO I don't have a cheese grater!
I’ve snuck off and I’m writing this, maybe it’s petty, but it’s my defense/revenge. I considered retort-ing to her annoyingness, but she’ll be gone in a couple of hours. I should be curteous to guests. (** added comment post-posting; I didn't realize that I misspelled COURTEOUS before...and damn; I'm not changing it. Take it as a freudian slip)
*********************
Ok, I just got back from dinner with them.
We ate for 45 minutes. She talked for 45 minutes. I asked her questions. She answered them, and then spoke. And then spoke some more. Alessandro asked some questions, and made some comments. She continued speaking. In none of those moments did she ask or inquire about ANYTHING regarding either of us. Oh no wait, she asked Alessandro something about Poland.
THAT was a torturously annoying interaction.
I offered her whatever food I had left in the flat post dinner, and she thought I was mocking her! I think cause I only had very little left. In my defence, I was not aware that we would be having guests, therefore Ice Cream, Apples and a bit of cake is pretty good no? Definitely doing groceries tomorrow!
Sigh
I’m super careful now with all of this stuff...whenever I feel the need to criticize, or feel really bothered by another human. It’s a reflection of something within myself, I know it. Which keeps me in check really. I think I did the best I could at that dinner; made genuine conversation, asked questions. Shit though, I really couldn’t stand her.
“Thank you for cooking!” I say
“You didn’t even try it” She says...(This was right when we sat down to eat...)
What are you supposed to say to that?....
I said... “oh...uh....I.....I just wanted to thank you for making the food.....??”
Ugh
What a waste of life.
No wait, it’s not.
Ok fine, I’m going to bed.
Hugsalot
Patey:]
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
NOT fallen off the face of the earth
hello
no, I'm definitely still alive and kicking..
-someone's coming later today to install WiFi in the flat. I'm saying that as not a fact, but a likeliness that it will happen. If it doesn't. Well, I will insert my motto when such things happens. Welcome to Russia.
-My new flatmate makes my place smell like MAN....(not complaining! HAHAHA)
Aside from that, he's FABULOUS. Definitely better...WAYYYY better than the first one, whom incidentally hasn't PAID ME YET, and he's come and gone! sigh
that's it for now.
will catch up later.
It's been rainy; happy times with the striped rain billy boots! whoot whoot!
lovelovlevlevoelov
patey:]
no, I'm definitely still alive and kicking..
-someone's coming later today to install WiFi in the flat. I'm saying that as not a fact, but a likeliness that it will happen. If it doesn't. Well, I will insert my motto when such things happens. Welcome to Russia.
-My new flatmate makes my place smell like MAN....(not complaining! HAHAHA)
Aside from that, he's FABULOUS. Definitely better...WAYYYY better than the first one, whom incidentally hasn't PAID ME YET, and he's come and gone! sigh
that's it for now.
will catch up later.
It's been rainy; happy times with the striped rain billy boots! whoot whoot!
lovelovlevlevoelov
patey:]
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Back from St-Petes
Hi friends,
so I'm back from a crazy weekend of rushing, yet fun.
I'm so tired right now that even thinking about writing about it all seems pretty daunting, but I do want to keep you posted, so here are some very brief points;
1) the train ride there was...I'm not sure how to put it. I guess it changes based on whatever your standard is regarding luxury vs. unluxurious, but lets say it left many things to desire regarding basic hygene, BUT if you could get over the REALLY dirty bathroom/toilet, and the really cramped areas, it wasn't bad at all...I actually really liked the experience. I truly enjoyed swinging around like a monkey climbing up to my bunk. Going was worse than coming back, since a usually 7-9 hour ride was in fact a 12 hour ride, and the train was super old, but what more can you ask for a trip that cost less than 500 roubles? (That's about 20 bucks! From Moscow to St-Petersbourg!!)
2) Had to do only a fraction of the Hermitage. A museum that supposedly puts The Louvre to shame; DAMN was it big
3) Saw ridiculous amounts of fountains in this gigantic park outside of St-Petersbourg called Peterhof...the park was (appropriately named) Peterhof Park...and it was AWESOME because there were trees EVERYWHERE (which you DON'T see in Moscow), and gigantic multicolored leaves everywhere. Truly an Autumn paradise. George, Elena and her friend Marina and I galavanted like children; taking pictures and frolicking in the leaves; that was really cool.
4) Bought a red jacket! (WHOO HOO! I love red. I love jackets! Only normal to combine them. Will post pictures soon. ...yes, yes, I know I keep saying that, and at this point, I don't think I will EVER have the internet set up in my flat, but I remain optimistic. (Or at least, I know I'll be doing it at school sometime this weekend.)
So that's it for now.
George and I are spending some time together; I took him to my fave Indian resto yesterday and we ate like royalty. And TONIGHT; sushi with Elena and her hubby. SO glad about that!
Miss you all a lot.
looking forward to some sanity and rest and HOPEFULLY some communication from friends
hugs
hearts
lovelovelovle
patey:]
so I'm back from a crazy weekend of rushing, yet fun.
I'm so tired right now that even thinking about writing about it all seems pretty daunting, but I do want to keep you posted, so here are some very brief points;
1) the train ride there was...I'm not sure how to put it. I guess it changes based on whatever your standard is regarding luxury vs. unluxurious, but lets say it left many things to desire regarding basic hygene, BUT if you could get over the REALLY dirty bathroom/toilet, and the really cramped areas, it wasn't bad at all...I actually really liked the experience. I truly enjoyed swinging around like a monkey climbing up to my bunk. Going was worse than coming back, since a usually 7-9 hour ride was in fact a 12 hour ride, and the train was super old, but what more can you ask for a trip that cost less than 500 roubles? (That's about 20 bucks! From Moscow to St-Petersbourg!!)
2) Had to do only a fraction of the Hermitage. A museum that supposedly puts The Louvre to shame; DAMN was it big
3) Saw ridiculous amounts of fountains in this gigantic park outside of St-Petersbourg called Peterhof...the park was (appropriately named) Peterhof Park...and it was AWESOME because there were trees EVERYWHERE (which you DON'T see in Moscow), and gigantic multicolored leaves everywhere. Truly an Autumn paradise. George, Elena and her friend Marina and I galavanted like children; taking pictures and frolicking in the leaves; that was really cool.
4) Bought a red jacket! (WHOO HOO! I love red. I love jackets! Only normal to combine them. Will post pictures soon. ...yes, yes, I know I keep saying that, and at this point, I don't think I will EVER have the internet set up in my flat, but I remain optimistic. (Or at least, I know I'll be doing it at school sometime this weekend.)
So that's it for now.
George and I are spending some time together; I took him to my fave Indian resto yesterday and we ate like royalty. And TONIGHT; sushi with Elena and her hubby. SO glad about that!
Miss you all a lot.
looking forward to some sanity and rest and HOPEFULLY some communication from friends
hugs
hearts
lovelovelovle
patey:]
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