I do not want strangers to remuer la boue.

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Mikhailovsky Garden



Summer







Table tennis :) Never really liked it, but this time it was fun!

Das war jetzt am vergangenen Samstag ;)

Wir haben dort Spleen gesehen, eine meiner Lieblingsbands :)))
Und, Vicky, pass auf, auf so einem Bierfestival in St Petersburg vor genau 2 Jahren sind The Rasmus aufgetreten :D

Das ist jetzt 1,5 Wochen her ;) Wir haben sogar gebadet, obwohl das Wasser ziemlich kalt war - ich vermute mal 15-16 Grad :)
In der Zwischenzeit hat sich die Wetterlage mehrmals geändert, wir hatten zwischendurch auch 10 Grad, aber jetzt wird es allmählich besser ;)

No time to write here :)

I just have to mention that a week ago we were at the concert OF MY DREAMS at SKK!!!! Which was Mylène Farmer with a great show. Fragile, beautiful, gorgeous Mylène Farmer, and she let us sing along to "Desenchantée", the greatest song ever.







There are LOTS of other news, including our tickets to Munich, I mean OUR, I mean my boyfriend is coming with me :-)

But I'll write it down when I have time... Have to leave in a few minutes.

So much has happened lately, I just haven't got the time to update.

We celebrated Olya's birthday at her country house, with shashlik & etc =)))



( more birthday pics )

We went for walks...





And Solya and I FINALLY visited the Loft Project "Etagi", a contemporary art museum, which I had waited for months :-)!

We were at my boyfriend's country house at the Ladoga sea, and I even BATHED =) (the temperature of the water was about 15 degrees)



And of course we went out.



(looking like a dumbass here :-P)

In reality I've got much more photos, but they are not uploaded yet.
I am awake at 8 am and leaving the house in 15 minutes to meet up with my Mum and to call a plumber and then to wait for him because neither my mum nor my cousin will be at home. And later I have to call the airline company to ask about our tickets and then go to DHL to send away my undersigned papers for German universities...

Well, I have to leave really soon *yawn*

@Vicky: Ja, wir müssen mal skypen, wie wärs mit heute Abend? Aber ich weiß noch nicht, wann ich heimkomme ;)

Aaarghs, ich bin echt ein Pechvogel, mir haetten 2 Punkte auf 2,0 gefehlt ;)
Und ich war in Ethik und Englisch schlechter, als ich dachte, dafuer in Deutsch und Bio viel besser... oO Die Nachpruefung haette mir also wahrscheinlich dasselbe Ergebnis gebracht, denn ich wuesste nicht, in welchem Fach ich reingehen koennte :)

Hach ja, und heute war der Tag nicht so sinnvoll, aber hoffentlich wird morgen besser...

Bank bridge



I'm covering Mylene Farmer's horrible underpants :P And going to THIS concert in less than two weeks!!! :) YAY!

( more Saturday pics )

The week was... multi-dimensional.
I met nearly all of my friends, visited my mum and grandparents, went for long walks, in the city centre and in the suburbs, saw "Up" in the cinema, invited friends over, learnt how to play poker, began to read a book with plays I'll need for my literature exam, ate sushi, drank cocktails, cooked scrambled eggs with my boyfriend, bought new contacts and a new pill (and spent over 100 euros for that :P), got my translation of the university website online...

I've just returned from the Economical Faculty of the SPB University where my friend studies, and from two very cool cafes ;)

Pictures will follow.

And while she was driving me to the metro station, my mum called. To tell me about my marks... The connection was awful, but the total result was basically the only crucial thing. And it was disgusting... 2.1

I want to get drunk

Oh, es war ein schöner, wenn auch kurzer Abend, mein letzter...

Es war cool, euch nochmal versammelt zu sehen... wenn auch nicht alle (Nisi und Ariane sind noch im Urlaub)
Aber sogar der Stefan ist zum ABSCHIED zufällig gekommen xD
Und Jakob und ich haben doch getanzt, allein auf der Tanzfläche, Walzer zu irgendwelchem Hardrockscheiß xD

Und... ich werde auch weinen, aber später... irgendwann. Ich habe jetzt nur Rückenschmerzen und muss in 4 Stunden aufstehen.
Und irgendwann demnächst noch ins Bett gehen.

Machts gut, ihr Lieben. Und einen schönen Sommer, schöne Abiverabschiedung, guten Abischnitt, coole Abizeitung, einfallsreichen Abischerz und und und... Schickt mir viele E-Mails mit Bildern, ich werde das Gleiche tun ;)
Deutschland, ich komme in 2 Monaten und bringe vielleicht ein russischsprechendes Mitbringsel mit :-P

"A Room with a View" was utterly corny... but I did like it *blush*
I loved the music in the first place, as a Puccini fan :)

And especially the last scene, mmmhhhhm.



Or maybe it's because I'm so tired of being lonely. And the same scene might happen to me tomorrow. ;)

"Hallo Anna!

Frank-Walter Steinmeier hat Dir eine Nachricht geschickt.
Hier kannst Du Dich einloggen, um sie zu lesen:"

Ts-ts-ts :) Der Vizekanzler möchte ein Date mit mir :P

Aber ich glaube, mit Claudi auch ;)

Was solls, ich darf eh nicht wählen... Außerdem bin ich gar nicht da.
Und nach dem Wahl-o-mat müsste ich die FDP wählen, dann die Piraten, dann die CDU und erst dann die SPD ^^ Vor ein paar Tagen waren bei mir die Piraten an erster Stelle. Was sind sie überhaupt? xD

Eine perfekte Partei wäre die Mischung aus der FDP und der SPD, aber.. die gibts nicht.

I know at least one subject I will NEVER study:

Energetics!

Tonight I've found out more than necessary about topics of diploma theses, Polytechnic's professors' official trips, conditions at nuclear power plants and the urgent need to protect our environment.

To be honest, the most boring issue I had to translate was names... of people, of factories, of universities, of nuclear power plants... Thank God there is a dictionary of Russian abbreviations, www.sokr.ru, without it I'd be commited.

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I'm hopeless, waiting for my CAE certificate and my contact lenses. Fingers crossed, nevertheless.

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I guess I'll take my French and Italian grammars to Petersburg (if I can afford it, being allowed to take merely 20 kilos as always), I could easily do without forgetting languages ;) In August I'll pick up my old Latin grammar, duh.

"A child who was born in Northern Portugal to a Russian woman six years ago and who has been raised by a Portuguese family from the age of 18 months was last week ordered by Portuguese courts to be returned to her biological mother, who within days took the young girl to Russia to live with a family she had never met.

The past week, the case of six-year-old Alexandra Skilauri made headlines in most national newspapers and news programmes. Images of the girl screaming while been taken from her 'adoptive' family and handed over to her biological mother caused uproar due to the powerlessness of the Portuguese legal system.

At the biological mother's request Florinda Vieira and João Pinheiro, from Barcelos, had taken care of Alexandra since 18 months of age.

The couple allege her mother, Natália Zarubina, let her daughter sleep in a phonebox while she worked as a prostitute around the area of Braga market. They also said the child, who does not speak Russian, weighed just five kilos when they met her.

At Natalia's request the couple took the toddler into their care and raised her for four and a half years, letting the mother visit whenever she wanted.

However, after legal procedures were instigated in 2008, last week the Guimarães Family Court ordered Alexandra to be returned to the permanent care of her biological mother.

The foster family argues Natalia does not have the conditions to properly care for her daughter, making referral to the woman's past, which reportedly involves prostitution and drugs.

Nevertheless the Portuguese court decided in favour of the mother, stating Alexandra was "never at risk or put in danger".

Upon arriving at the Social Security institute in Braga, where the handover took place on May 18th, Alexandra refused to leave the car, gripping onto her seatbelt and crying "I don't want to go".

Two days after she was returned to her mother Alexandra was taken to Russia to live with a family that she has never met. The Pinheiro family is helpless to take any form of action as the Portuguese judiciary can no longer intervene.

Early this week further anger was caused when images of Alexandra being smacked by her mother during her first days of her new life were broadcast on TV in Portugal and Russia. According to reports she was being smacked for "being spoiled" and "not speaking Russian".

Angrily telling the cameras that her Portuguese carers had "let her do anything", Natalia Zarubina repeatedly smacked the six-year-old who had been in her care for a matter of days.

Businessman João Pinheiro said he was "not surprised" by Natalia's reaction to the child's resistance to adapt, and said "it proves she is at risk with her mother, regardless of what the Court says, and she could yet be sold".

On the day of mother and daughter's departure to Russia, the Russian Embassy in Portugal issued a statement reaffirming Natalia Zarubina's ability to care for her daughter and accusing the couple from Barcelos of 'tricking' her, as she does not speak Portuguese.

According to an expert in Portuguese family law, the competency of one court to change a ruling made by another must be made by the court in the child's country of residence. Therefore in this case only a Russian court could overrule the decision made by the Portuguese court, which renders the Pinheiro family and Portuguese judiciary powerless.

Following the dramatic development of events the Portuguese couple were invited to make an appearance on a Russian prime-time chat show.

Journalist José Milhazes, Moscow correspondent for Portuguese channel SIC, described the programme as "very tabliody" and said he would advise the couple to "think carefully" about accepting the offer as they would be interviewed in front of a live audience that would "be on the mother's side".

However, on Wednesday the Russian embassy in Lisbon denied the couple visas to travel to Russia to be on the program."

Source: sott.net

Petition to let Alexandra come back to Portugal.

http://www.gopetition.com/online/28077.html

I've signed.

So, I've been celebrating since Tuesday :-) Yesterday we had a girls night at my place - with olives, strawberries, champagne, vodka, juice, Dooleys, and were in the city centre afterwards (since it's only 10 minutes away...)

After 3.5 hours of sleep I had to get up at 6.50 am in order to bring back my school books at 7.30 am... Our librarian probably knows nothing about young people participating night activities and coming back at 3 am... ^^ And I have to buy 3 books because I had lost one and damaged two of them ;-)

But hey, this was probably my very last visit at school! And I won't miss it, for certain.

I've been also told that I had PASSED the CAE. One point more - and I would have had the A, OMG, I was not far away from the best mark you could get in the advanced English exam. It's a bit annoying that I got the B, but as I had hoped for a C, I think I can be satisfied. My CPE will be an A, I promise :-P Still the mark does not count much, the main thing is that I can study in England if I want to and generally, being able to show this certificate at job interviews can be an advantage ;)

SCHOOL'S OUT! Forever!!!

I could have done better at my last exam, but nevermind, I was too nervous and it was my worst exam subject :-P

And also the last.

Main thing: it's over! School is over! A new era will begin ;)

But we are going to celebrate first... We... the ones who have already finished their exams. There are about 20 of us left who have to be tortured tomorrow and on the day after tomorrow ;)

I am so afraid of what expects me in 15 hours... I am afraid of mean questions. I am afraid that our teacher ignores the semi-official rules and asks questions about topics of the first semester other than my focus (officially, he is not allowed to, but inofficially, every teacher decides himself, and we haven't asked... or I have asked, but I've forgotten the answer, argh).
But I am especially afraid of neurobiology, action potentials and neuromuscular end-plates.
And of the heat. If the temperature is about 30 degrees like today, I won't be exactly capable of thinking.

Supplies for tomorrow after 4.30 pm: 1 big & 1 small bottle of Jules Mumm, 1 small bottle of Advocaat and 4 mini-bottles of Dooley's ... I hope I won't end up hard drinking from frustration.

...Today Ariane (who also has Bio tomorrow) and I met up in order to study... At an ice-cream parlour. I let Ariane explain the processes at the neuromuscular end-plates, did a few genetics tasks... And then we were tired and pissed off and talked a lot about holidays and party and celebration. And when we should drink our champagne tomorrow. And stuff.

I guess I will end up hard drinking from frustration. At least it'll be over.

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I am a Tommy Girl!
It's the fragrance I've dreamt of for ages, and I really needed a new one, and I'll have finished school tomorrow and my mum is an angel.
I was kind of shocked, seeing that it costs €42 in Russia. Such a pity I haven't got the money at the moment, otherwise I'd buy a few dozens and smuggle them to Russia to sell them for twice the price I'd purchased them for :-P

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My parents leave in 3 hours... I'll see Dad again in Coburg next Wednesday/Thursday, and Mum next Saturday, already in Petersburg ;)

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Ohhh I hope I will pass the exam. . . This is the one I should be most scared of. And the one I had the least motivation to learn for (except English, which was not necessary anyway). I can blame it on the moon, or on the hot weather, or on PMS, whatever.

von shayanah geklaut :)

Regeln:
1. Beantworte die Fragen und poste sie in deinem Journal
2. Ersetze eine Frage durch eine Neue und füge zusätzlich eine weitere Neue hinzu
3. Tagge acht weitere Personen


1. Welches Parfum benutzt du zur Zeit?
Le Monde est Beau von Kenzo, L'Eau par Kenzo, Love Passport, Rosenwasser aus Bulgarien (Solyas Geschenk); oft klaue ich Lacoste von meiner Schwester, weils so lecker ist, und morgen bekomme ich hoffentlich Tommy Girl :-)

2. Letzter guter Film?
Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach, Endstation "Sehnsucht", Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid

3. Was gibt's heute zu essen?
Heute? Also, jetzt ist kurz nach Mitternacht, und der Tag wird noch lang sein... Vermutlich einiges!

4. Was ist dein Highlight des Tages?
Heute? Nichts. Gar nichts. Der Tag ist erst 12 Minuten alt.

5. Was willst du unbedingt lernen?
Portugiesisch, Spanisch, Geldverdienen

6. Was hast du zuletzt gekauft?
Kosmetik und alles mögliche Zeug bei d&m... für etwa 100€. In Russland wird ja alles doppelt so teuer sein... ;)

7. Was ist dein Lieblingstier?
Katzen

8. Was ist dein momentan wichtigstes Ziel?
Colloquim am Dienstag bestehen

9. Was liest du zur Zeit?
Biologie 1 & 2, danke Vicky :-P STARK-Trainer Genetik, Unterrichtsmitschriften von Bio, Auszüge über die Sinnesphysiologie aus der "Grünen Reihe", und abgesehen von diesen Traumlektüren: "The Appeal" von John Grisham (Aris Geburtstagsgeschenk) und "Wilde Schafsjagd" von Haruki Murakami (Mamas Geburtstagsgeschenk)

10. Was ist deine Augenfarbe?
Blau

11. Was würdest du, wenn du könntest an dir ändern?
Aussehen: Haut (Solarium oder Urlaub!!!!!!!!!!!), Augenringe weg, Nägel härter (was ich jetzt einigermaßen im Griff habe, dank des coolen Nagelhärters von MicroCell ^^) und Haare... ach, ich gehe bald wieder zum Friseur ;)
Charakter: Ich würde nicht so gereizt reagieren und meine Launen besser im Griff haben, nicht so oft ausrasten, nicht so oft meinen Ärger an anderen auslassen... und meine Motivationsprobleme beseitigen ;) mehr Elan bitte

12. Wenn du für die nächsten Stunden irgendwo auf der Welt sein könntest, wo wärst du gerne? St Petersburg, meinen Freund aufwecken, dann mit ihm nach Rio fliegen

13. Was ist dir bei Freunden wichtig?
Zuverlässigkeit, Spontaneität, Unterstützung meiner Pläne :-P, Humor, Verständnis, die gleiche Wellenlänge

14. Wen würdest du gerne mal treffen?
James Franco, Christian Bale

15. Was ist dein Lieblingsstück in deinem Kleiderschrank?
Naf Naf-Tunika

16. Was ist dein Traumjob?
UNO-Botschafter oder ein Job bei UNESCO; Schauspielerin; Journalistin; und nebenbei freie Schriftstellerin

17. Kannst du deine Zunge zusammenrollen?
Nein, ich habe dieses rezessive Merkmal des Nichtrollens. Das heißt: Ich habe die Allelkombination aa, im Gegensatz zu 70% der Weltbevölkerung! :-) Und da diese Kombination rezessiv ist, sterben solche Leute wie ich bald aus... Obwohl ich nicht weiß, wozu diese Mutation, das Zungenrollen, gut sein soll ;-P Vermutlich verhält es sich so wie bei Birkenspannern, also dass Leute in verpesteten Gebieten plötzlich angefangen haben, ihre Zunge zu rollen ;-PPP Scherz!
Habe ich nicht gut gelernt bisher? :)

18. 3 Dinge die dir ein Lächeln aufs Gesicht zaubern:
Komplimente, Erfolg, mein Freund - zumindest bei meiner Ankunft am Flughafen ;)

20. Was ist zur Zeit dein Lieblingslied?
Schwer zu sagen... Ich höre zur Zeit wieder viel RHCP

21. Was ist deine Lieblingsserie?
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22. Was hast du gerade an?
Jeansrock, rotes Spaghettiträgertop, eine graue Jacke. Warum habe ich sie an? In meinem Zimmer hat es bestimmt 30 Grad :(

23. Was ist dein liebstes Naschzeug?
Eis, Tintenfischringe :P

24. Was spielst du momentan am liebsten?
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25. Was ist dein Sternzeichen?
Widder

26. Welche Haarfarbe hast du?
Blond. Natürlich - dunkelblond

27. was hälst du von gemeinsamen Kochen mit Freunden?
Ist immer ein Spaß. Vor allem Kuchen- oder Plätzchenbacken, Schnitzel mit Chipspanade statt Paniermehl, Weißweincrème, die seeehr nach Alkohol schmeckt, Sushi mit weißen Blättern für Frühlingsrollen statt Nori, oder Hähnchen à la francais mit Suppenhuhn und Milch statt Sahne :-P Ich bewundere unsere Kreativität manchmal

28. Deine Lieblingsfarbe?
Rot, violett, orange, türkis

29. Deine schlimmsten Angewohnheiten?
Faulheit; und ich nehme Dinge oft viel zu ernst

30. Was magst du überhaupt nicht gerne machen?
In die Schule gehen. Muss ich zum Glück nur noch 1-2 mal

31. Machst du etwas sehr gern, was die meisten Leute hassen?
Alles auf den letzten Drücker machen und zB die Nacht durchmachen, um eine wissenschaftliche Arbeit zu schreiben

Jeder darf selbst entscheiden, ob er dieses Meme machen will oder nicht ;)

I have donated money to an organisation that helps children suffering from cancer because the donators were given an orange-coloured rose...