Ten confusing facts about Russians!

I realize I've been a little absent as of lately. One of the explainations behind this "mysterious" absense is that I relocated to Russia (3000kms from my home) nearly two months ago as a volunteer. In honour of this move I've made a little list of what have confused me about Russians so far (mind you some things might be a little generalising - be not offended, I like Russians, this list is just for fun).

• They're not quite Asians, not quite Europeans - what they hell are they?
• They tend to ONLY speak Russian (east of Skt. Petersburg & Moscow).
• When celebrating nothing goes quite - everything must be larger than life!
• They tend to rely more on "that's how've always done it" than the law.
• They are extraordinarily hospitable to their guests, to a point where, sometimes, their hospitable is like taken out of a victorian novel.
• They will sometimes give you presents - just for being a foreigner!
• They will sometimes threaten or hurt you - just for being a foreigner!
• Don't think you're always the one worst off, Russians are very tough and rarely complain about pain or physical uncomfortability.
• One language, 5 different 'S' sounds - WHY!?
• 95% of buildings look almost the same (at least 15% are orthodox churches) - the remaining 5% tends to be either "polish" (catholic) churches or government buildings.

 And with that I will have to leave you - as Russians doesn't tend to smoke inside their homes (another fun fact for ya'll) I will have to jump to the other side of the door too. But if you're bored 'till the next post check out my new personal blog telling all about my crazy Russian experiences and other trivial things:  

www.glamorousretrospect.blogspot.com 

пока!

Change of heart?

Seeing as how I'm about to start a blog on my upcomming experiences as a volunteer in a foreign country I am strongly considering turning this blog into my new blog, and create a mix up of the currently writing style and the new, much more personal blog, especially seeing as how I feel the name as well as the design of the blog and the Mark Twain quote at the top is only all too fitting for the new blog as well. Hmmm, what to do, what to do??

UPDATE: (nearly 3 months later) Not gonna happen, will stay two seperate blogs -click here to check out the other one! ;)

Mission Complete

Just a quick update to share the wonderful news: my International Baccalaureate Diploma was officially awarded on July 6th 2011.

 Mission complete, Russia here I come!

Today life is good

Tickets for Krakow in summer - Done!
Last day of school wrapped up - Done!
Partying after last day of school - Done!
Ton of application for summer jobs sent - Done!
Finally some summer wheather - Done!
Exans in may - Pending.
Gotten a job for the summer - Pending.

Checklists #3

To keep my thoughts in order, I've decided to do a little check list, as for now it looks like this:

School
TOK eassy
EE (long over due)
Historical investigation
Math project
Biology assignments
Economics portfolios

Today
Bake pie DONE

Bills etc
Pay for graduation hat before 4th
Send study confirmation to lejogbo
Pay for phone before 4th
Send Uni applications

Checklists #2

To keep my thoughts in order, I've decided to do a little check list, as for now it looks like this:

School
TOK presentation (due to today) DONE
TOK eassy (due to tomorrow)
EE (long over due)
Historical investigation (due to after christmas)
Math project (due to after christmas)
Biology assignments
Economics portfolios

December
Mums birthday and christmas present DONE
Tickets for nordsjælland DONE
Department date DONE
Decide on new years eve party DONE

Today
TOK presentation DONE
Start on TOK essay DONE
Getting a picture of the city (snowstorm - quite beautiful) DONE
Bake pie NEW

Bills etc
Pay for graduation hat before 4th NEW
Send study confirmation to lejogbo NEW
Pay for phone before 4th NEW
Send Uni applications NEW

Checklists

To keep my thoughts in order, I've decided to do a little check list, as for now it looks like this:

School
TOK presentation (due to today)
TOK eassy (due to tomorrow)
EE (long over due)
Historical investigation (due to after christmas)
Math project (due to after christmas)
Biology assignments
Economics portfolios

December
Mums birthday and christmas present
Tickets for nordsjælland
Department date
Christmas holiday plan lined out
Decide on new years eve party

Today
TOK presentation
Start on TOK essay
Buying groceries
Getting a picture of the city (snowstorm - quite beautiful)

A few things about me..

Age: 19 female
Student: @ the IB
Job: parttime job as care taker
Location: Denmark, Scandinavia
Nationality: Danish/mixed
Height: 5'9

Apartment? yes
Car? yes
Smoker? yes
Alcohol? it happens.
Style? Rather mainstream (former goth/semi-punk, before that hiphop-ish), with some alternative clothes from my younger years still lying around.

This blog..
..is about the boring random things that happens in my life, which not even I care to talk about ;) It's nothing important, and mostly somewhat silly. I'm not sure what the whole idea behind blogs is, despite being rather computer savvy, but I decided to give it a try.