Volva got mad at me this week... he brought his model airplane to school and he was really getting distracted by it, so I slid it to the side and he FREAKED out! He got up and yelled, "DON'T TOUCH! DON'T TOUCH!" ....wooooooah buddy. Apparently this model airplane is named "British" and British doesn't like me anymore. He (British) is mad at me that I touched him. Volva motioned to Selina and I to be quiet and he whispered, "British is sleeping. We have to be quiet," and he tiptoed his model plane to a bookshelf to let him "sleep" and tiptoed back to his seat. For the rest of the 45 minutes, the whole class was in a whisper because British...the airplane... was sleeping. A few days later I asked Volva if British was still mad at me & he replied, "I don't know. He's in Tokyo" - ok, ok.... making progress here!! Hahahaha.
Volva got mad at me... British?? got mad at me.... and then a Russian lady got mad at me! THE RUSSIANS HATE ME!!!!! hahahha. Me and my group went down to the cafeteria to eat lunch and I was asking Chelsea some questions to help me figure out my schedule for next winter and I wasn't even being that loud (ok fine...maybe I was, I don't know! I was just talking in my opinion hahah) and one of the ladies at the lunch room stopped me and said, "Excuse me, but you are being too loud," and I said, "Oh I am very sorry-" and she stopped me again and said, "You are just too loud. I having been in lessons all day," and I said, "I'm sorry. I'll be quie-" and before I could end my sentence she starts again, "We just want to come down and eat and you are being so loud" - OKAY LADY! Hahahha I was trying to apologize, but I think thats just how Russians are. I see now why Latinos probably shouldn't come to Russia, hahahha.
Well, not all Russians hate me I suppose, hahaha, because there is one teacher at the school who is my faaaaaaaaaaaaaavorite!! I don't even know her name, but I just remember she became my favorite when we all went down to get our dinner at the school's cafeteria and a strong smell of booze was in the air. There were teachers drinking and doing karaoke and this one lady was SMASHED. She was singing at the top of her lungs and getting up to dance...she made my dinner enjoyable :) They saw us watching them, so one came up to us and tried offering us a bottle of alcohol, but we politely declined. Russians think we are strange because we don't drink or go to the "disco", haha. Ever since that night, every time my favorite would see us, she'd walk past and would say the same thing to us, "Good morning! Good day! Good evening!" no matter what time of day it was. I like her!
JUNE 21st IS MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY IN RUSSIA!! hahahahha. This is what happens: first, all week you get pancakes! There are picnics all the time! Second, they believe that this is the time when witches go out flying naked on their broom sticks (why naked? I don't know. Also, I guess this day is like their version of "Halloween") - on the weekend, you can find out your fortune. Girls like to go to a place they have never been before and say "I'm in a new place and I want to see my husband" and "their husband will be shown unto them". Another way, you can pick a book - have one person tell you the page and line number and whatever it says is your fortune. But to really know your fortune, this is your best bet - get chickens in your house and if they get along, you will have a good life. If they fight, you will have misfortunes and a hard life. Third, young people will jump over fires! Fourth, they encourage the elderly to be sexually active on this day on the ground so the ground will be good and fertile. This is just the most random holiday! YEAH, GO RUSSIA!!! WOOOOOO!!! Now my fellow Americans, let us take upon this tradition! Remember June 21st, 2012!
Volva got mad at me... British?? got mad at me.... and then a Russian lady got mad at me! THE RUSSIANS HATE ME!!!!! hahahha. Me and my group went down to the cafeteria to eat lunch and I was asking Chelsea some questions to help me figure out my schedule for next winter and I wasn't even being that loud (ok fine...maybe I was, I don't know! I was just talking in my opinion hahah) and one of the ladies at the lunch room stopped me and said, "Excuse me, but you are being too loud," and I said, "Oh I am very sorry-" and she stopped me again and said, "You are just too loud. I having been in lessons all day," and I said, "I'm sorry. I'll be quie-" and before I could end my sentence she starts again, "We just want to come down and eat and you are being so loud" - OKAY LADY! Hahahha I was trying to apologize, but I think thats just how Russians are. I see now why Latinos probably shouldn't come to Russia, hahahha.
Well, not all Russians hate me I suppose, hahaha, because there is one teacher at the school who is my faaaaaaaaaaaaaavorite!! I don't even know her name, but I just remember she became my favorite when we all went down to get our dinner at the school's cafeteria and a strong smell of booze was in the air. There were teachers drinking and doing karaoke and this one lady was SMASHED. She was singing at the top of her lungs and getting up to dance...she made my dinner enjoyable :) They saw us watching them, so one came up to us and tried offering us a bottle of alcohol, but we politely declined. Russians think we are strange because we don't drink or go to the "disco", haha. Ever since that night, every time my favorite would see us, she'd walk past and would say the same thing to us, "Good morning! Good day! Good evening!" no matter what time of day it was. I like her!
JUNE 21st IS MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY IN RUSSIA!! hahahahha. This is what happens: first, all week you get pancakes! There are picnics all the time! Second, they believe that this is the time when witches go out flying naked on their broom sticks (why naked? I don't know. Also, I guess this day is like their version of "Halloween") - on the weekend, you can find out your fortune. Girls like to go to a place they have never been before and say "I'm in a new place and I want to see my husband" and "their husband will be shown unto them". Another way, you can pick a book - have one person tell you the page and line number and whatever it says is your fortune. But to really know your fortune, this is your best bet - get chickens in your house and if they get along, you will have a good life. If they fight, you will have misfortunes and a hard life. Third, young people will jump over fires! Fourth, they encourage the elderly to be sexually active on this day on the ground so the ground will be good and fertile. This is just the most random holiday! YEAH, GO RUSSIA!!! WOOOOOO!!! Now my fellow Americans, let us take upon this tradition! Remember June 21st, 2012!
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