Ещё немного, ещё чуть-чуть

Sometimes programmers' work can be described by "The Last Battle" song...
Today is the last battle, I hope. I want to sleep... If today is not the last battle, I will demand a gift for the Motherland Defender's Day *gg* Because I need to be manlike, otherwise I would burst into tears in such situation...
"Мы так давно, мы так давно не отдыхали,
Нам было просто не до отдыха с тобой...
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Ещё немного, ещё чуть-чуть,
Последний бой он трудный самый..."

OG-2010

До Олимпиады в Ванкувере остался ровно один год!!! Ура!!!!

About my name

If you think that Rasana is a usual Russian name, try to google it.
There are only two Rasana besides me at Russian social network vkontakte.ru. My name is not rare name in Russia, it is extremely rare name. A lot of people try to call me Roksana (oh, yes, it is very hard for Russians to say simple words like Rasana, as we prefer more complicated words like vstrecha *lol*). Even those Russians who pronounce my name correct, spell it as Rosana. So I have been struggling for the correct pronounciation and spelling of my name for my whole life. *gg*
Why I have such a rare name? My mom invented it by herself. :) The names of my grannies are Rashida and Sakina (these names are not Russian also, they are Tartar and Bashkirian). And mama combined my name from the first syllables of the grannies' names. So, there is some implication in my name,especially in syllables "ra" and "sa". That's why my nickname is Sakura. I wanted my nickname to have the core syllables of my name, so I chose Sakura.

anti-advertising

Recently I have seen an ad of Japanese handmade pens:

"Заказ сделал ручкой
Рука мастера Сделано в Японии Ваша написания символов"

First of all "сделать ручкой" means that somebody cheated you: borrowed you money and vanished from your sight *eg* So "Заказ сделал ручкой" means that you ordered something and did not receive your order :) A very honest ad!

The second part of this ad is beyond my understanding. I suppose that this site does not sell original Japanese pens, but Chinese fakes. At least service instructions of Chinese fakes are usually written in the same "Russian".

The first Japanese dream :)

It seems that now "Japanese Dreams" is a more appropriate title for my blog! :)
Today I had a dream that I called to a client and he was japanese! %)
The client: もしーもし
I:　こんにちは。　ラサナ　です。
The client:　こんにちは。　・・・　です。
I:　はじめまして!　
I was going to say 「げんき です か？」, but my alarm-clock rang. And I was so self-confident in this dream. During Japanese conversation I am not so confident. I must learn from myself-in-a-dream :)

a small attack of Buttlomania&Takahashiphrenia

Hmmm... Tried to watch Euros men competition on youtube, did not watch a lot... I realised one more time that it is not interested to me... Finally switched to Jeffrey Buttle's "I love a piano" and "Swan Lake" & "Tango" of Daisuke Takahashi...
It seems that Worlds will be not interesting for me. At least the men competition. But, perhaps, after 4CC I will change my mind :) Takahiko Kozuka is rather funny :) And I used to be a sort of a fan of Weir and Lysacek... Also I like Shawn Sawyer. But all of them together can't take the place of Jeffrey and Daisuke... Ok, I wish them a good health and hapiness :) And for Daisuke - happy return to amateur sports :)


The next season is the Olympics season! I do not feel this in men competition at all... A year ago I thought that Vancouver Olys will be interesting for me like Salt Lake City ones, but... At least, I think that Daisuke will be there. And, perhaps - I believe - Andrei Griazev too. But...

1st day of Euros

I really like the first day of this competition!
Poor Katia Rublyova! :( And Maxim Shabalin! :( But Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitsky are the first after the compalsory dance!!!! I am so happy! They are my favourite ice-dancers :)
I had not watch pairs short yet, just saw the results and then watch my Maria-Maxim on youtube. I am happy that they won short program, that they were better then Kawaguchi-Smirnov. (Yea, I don't like Smirnov... I wonder, there was not better partner for Yuko in so big country as Russia?..)
I am so happy that my favourite dancers and pair are at the top after the first day of competition. Good luck, Jana-Seryozha and Masha-Maxim!

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Вчера в Хельсинки начался ЧЕ по фигурному катанию. И мне он очень-очень-очень нравится! По крайней мере - первый его день :)
Да, за успех Яны и Сергея пришлось заплатить неудачами Кати Рублёвой - Ивана Шефера, а также Оксаны Домниной - Максима Шабалина. Мне больнее за Катю Рублёву... Ну, да ладно! Со всяким бывает. И уж лучше в обязательном танце - их далеко не все страны транслируют. (Хотя ЕвроСпорт показывал, да... А он-то вещает на всю Европу...)

Итак, после обязательного танца:
1 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS
2 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA
3 Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR
4 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA
5 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS
6 Pernelle CARRON / Matthieu JOST FRA
7 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
12 Ekaterina RUBLEVA / Ivan SHEFER

Я бы хотела, чтоб Керры были чуть повыше (но не слишком, Яна с Сергеем должны остаться на первом месте :р ), а также чтоб подтянулись Домнина-Шабалин, Капеллини-Ланотте и Рублёва-Шефер (кажется, у меня слишком много любимцев...)

Коротнкую пар я не смотрела - у нас была уже ночь. Но результаты!!!! Вот это результаты!!! Даже жалко, что не поставила на запись. Произволку тоже записывать не буду. Вообще весь ЧЕ записывать не буду. Раз это так здорово влияет на результаты :)))

1 Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV RUS
2 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER
3 Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS
4 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Stanislav MOROZOV UKR
5 Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Nodari MAISURADZE RUS

Я даже не знаю, чему я больше рада: тому, что Мария и Максим лидеры после короткой программы, или тому, что они опережают Кавагути-Смирнова. (Да. Я не люблю Кавагути-Смирнова. Очень сильно не люблю. За то, что такой девушке из всех российских парней подобрали такого... мммм, как выразиться-то?.. в общем не подходит ей Смирнов. Не пара он ей. Такую маленькую, лёгкую японку не может нормально словить после подкрутки! Постоянно она бьётся своими рёбрами о его плечо! Зачем калечить иностранку?!)
Хотелось бы Любу с Нодаром видеть повыше - но куда тут повыше? Волосожар-Морозов - тертые калачи и вполне заслужено могут бороться и за более высокие места. В общем, мне так очень нравится. С одной стороны хотелось бы, чтобы так всё и осталось, да Алёна с Робином, надеюсь, всё-таки так дело не оставят ;)

てがみ (手紙)

It seems I become a fan of Angela Aki. This weekends I've found Tegami video at youtube. The first time I did not watch the video, just listen the song. By the end I began to cry, I did not know why I began to cry - I understood only "Arigato" and "Keep on believing"... But then I found video of "Tegami" with Japanese school girls... And they are crying too!

My recent goals

My goals for this week:
- 4 Japanese writings;
- 2 English writings.

And the same goals for the next week.

If I do not do this, I will... Hmmm, I don't know :) Ok, if I do this, I will buy a banana-stuffed pancake for the lunch :) And strawberry compote :) And even that very expensive cake.

ха-ха

Ха! Я надрессировала Google! Он мне на запрос "Moonlight でんせつ lyrics" первой строкой выдал -та-дам!- шведский сайт! *gg* А ведь специально densetsu заменила на хирагану, чтобы попасть на японский...



UPD. It seems, I've found it!

:(

I have to do two Japanese writing submissions and three English ones... If I'll not submit them till Monday, there will be three Japanese and four English %)

There are 10-days long holidays in Russia. From January, 1st to January, 10. On Sunday, Jan.11, Russians will work. But my holidays are only 4-days long, and next week I'll work 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11. And then 12, 13, 14, 15, 16... So, my writing "debt" will be increased, I think...

P.S.
Hmmm... Today I learn Japanese a lot, and it seems that I have totally forgotten English %)

2008

This year was very good for me. All my wishes and expectations -and even some more- came true.

All spring and summer I was searching the tool for learning languages. I tried to correspond with members of MyLanguageExchange and chat at the voice chat at SharedTalk, but it was not what I wanted. And just before my october trip to Vladivostok I had found LingQ. So, my wish to find way for learning Japanese and Swedish, and for improving English is fulfilled. Now whether I will learn Japanese and Swedish or not - this depens only on me.

At spring two my friens born sons. So, this year I have three friends with babies, and spend my spare time with them :)
In June I passed driver exams and received driver's license :)

Also I travelled all over Russia this year. I was at Russian North-West, at Russian North, and at Russian South-East! I saw swamps, forest-tundra and taiga.

January, 3 - 12: Saint-Petersburg

Figure Skating Russian Nationals 2008 were held in Saint-Petersburg. So, on 4-7 January we were at the icerink stands watching competition. Then, on January, 8, we visited the Bosco rink on Dvortsovaya square
and walked on the center of Saint-Petersburg.
The hockey European Champions' Cup started on January, 9. Magnitogorsk hockey team "Metallurg" represented Russia on this competition. I am a fan of our hockey team, so I visited the first Metallurg game on ECC - with Modo of Sweden. I sat near 3 Swedish woman, but was too shy to talk with them. But before the game, at the metro, I acquinted with Swiss hockey fans. Swiss hockey team (I have forgotten the name of this team!!! Ok. I'll edit this post later, when I will remember it.) was the leader of another group, so it was supposed that these teams (from Switzerland and Russia) would play on the final. Inspite of I was the fan of the main rival of their team, Swiss fans were very kind and we talked before the match, and during breaks.

August, 2-16: Komi republic

My family made a 3-days car-journey to Rusanovo, Komi republic. It is near the Polar cicle. Our way was via Ufa (the capital of Bashkortostan republic), Kazan (the capital of Tatarstan republic), Joshkar-Ola (the capital of Mariy-El republic), Kirov, Syktyvkar (the capital of Komi republic).

In Rusanovo I saw for the first time reindeer moss, cloudberries, bog bilberries, cranberries (I had seen and eaten cranberries before, but I had not seen them on the bush).

October, 4-19: Vladivostok

In October I visited my best friend. She live in Vladivostok. I flew to Vladivostok via Moscow, because it is cheaper then via Yekaterinburg (remark: Magnitogorsk and Yekaterinburg are Moscow +2h, Vladivostok is Moscow +7h).

We visited a botanic garden, a beacon, an oceanarium, an arboretum, an observatory, my native village Gornotayozhnoe. It was my best vacancy! :) I love Vladivostok: its hills, a solty sea smell, the nature.







I had the great year, I think :)

Russia wa さmuい deす か?

Today we (the excellent Japanese tutor Emma and I) have the second conversation.

Kyoう, Nihon wa さmuい deす. (Today Japan is cold.)
Russia wa さmuい deす か? (Is it cold in Russia?)
Haい, さmuい deす. ( Yes, it is cold)
とてmo さmuい desu か? (very cold?)
いいえ, あmari さmuく あrimaせn (No, it is not very cold.)

This our dialogue (honestly, I said only "hai, Russia wa samui desu") reminds me of dialogue with one brazilian on June :)

Jun. 28th, 2008

Вчера зарегилась ещё на одном "языковом обменнике", вышла вечерком в их голосовой чат... За 3-4 часа пообщалась с шестью молодыми людьми... француз, испанец, перуанец и три (а что ты хочешь, если твоя лучшая подруга Кариока?) бразильца...
Только зашла в чат - стучится ко мне бразилец. Принимаю приглашение, оказывается он изучает русский и уже вполне сносно понимает. Поэтому я не заморачивалась и говорила по-русски, а он по-английски. В очередной раз меня научили, португальским oi и tchau. В очередной раз для меня это было открытием :)
Но это всё так, лирическое отступление (или вступление?..) Я совсем другим хотела поделиться... Этот бразилец, что с русским языком, говорит мне, что у них сейчас зима, очень холодно... +14С... А я ему в ответ: "А у нас лето и +13С"...

Блин, бразильская зима теплее нашего лета...

Let's start this blog again

I have this blog, why not to start it again :)
It was a blog about figure skating video several years ago, and now it is my multilingual blog about everything.

I have not been here for three years, so I've already forgotten what I wrote at my wishlist... I wanted Japanese tutorial three years ago!!! I am surprised :)

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"А не спеть ли мне песню..."

Когда-то этот блог был о фигурном катании, преимущественно о видео. Потом у меня началось дипломирование, закончила универ, устроилась на работу...

А теперь начну все заново. В этот раз - о языках.

'Russian Team' with Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze

It is the same TVshow "Russian Team" where Alexei played Hamlet, TT/MM - "The Taming of the Shrew", Masha/Lesha - "Romeo and Juliet" - it is the tradition of this TVshow that skaters of Saint-Petersburg play Shakespeare's pieces. But this time it was holiday show, they were at the restaurant (Sphinx?) and did not play Shakespeare, but there are footages of Anton at the sauna and Elena painting her autoportrait.

Of course, this TVshow is in Russian.