Meet a celebrity I remember I worked in a bookshop. We were selling study books, literature in foreign languages and other stuff for those who intend to learn or want to improve their skills. One day, I was there alone and I didn't expect to see anyone as it was 7pm and I was about to close the shope. Suddenly, a famous person came into. It didn't take me a long time to recognize him, it was a football player who I have known fo years. When I was a child I used to go to the stadium every two weeks to support our team. Now I was suprised while he was standing in front of me asking about something that could be useful to him to get better his English. I decided to not show him that I knew who he was. If we met 7 years ago I would be happy to get an autograph or take a photo but now I wasn't that child anymore.

A book I'm used to read books in English. I have always belived that it is essential for practice. A few days ago I bought "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley and I like it so far, although it's hard to understand everything. The language is old and difficult. There are a lot of words that we don't use nowadays. For exemple the word "abode". Learning English can be very tricky and I always disagree with those who convinced that it's easy.

Déménager à megapolis De nos jours c'est assez difficile de trouver un emploi parmi des jeunes. Particulièrement dans petites villes ou villages. C'est pourqoui de plus en plus d'eux prennent décision à partir de leurs villes natales aux grandes. D'habitude, en Russie, pour trouver un travail tout le monde part à Moscou. Mais la vie dans cette ville est cher et la prix pour un logement est augmente chaque année. C'est donc l'une des raisons pourquoi ceux qui arrivent choisissent la colocation. C'est très utile pour économiser.

Repair Few years ago me and a friend made a living out by doing wallpapering. One day we got an order from a man who needed to redecorate a room that was covered in old wallpaper. I thought people who lived in that flat hadn't changed them since the days of the Soviet Union. So we removed the old wallpaper and covered the new. A funny thing was that a propriator was supposed to do it by himself. He told us his wife (she was out at work then) had no intention to pay a lot of money for that job. He agreed at our price which was 3000 rub. but he asked us to told to his wife when she would come that it was only 1500.

Prendre le train en Russie Souvent, pour passer d'une ville à l'autre nous prenons le train. Mais, il n'y a pas de pays comme la Russie où un voyage peut durer plus que cinq jours. Par exemple ça fait 13 heures pour aller de Kazan à Moscou et pour les russes ce n'est pas longtemps. Si vous avez 13 heures en Europe, vous pourriez treverser une frontière et vous vous trouvez dans un autre pays, ne c'est pas ?

Guitars When I was 17 I bought my first guitar. I did it for the banter, but in course of time it became my main hobby and I followed it up. Two years later I got 7 guitars which included electric, bass ect. My collection got out of control. It was ridiculous to have all these instruments in a small flat with a lot of neighbours around you. Also, it was hard to create a band so some guitars used rarely. Eventually, I decided to sell them. Now I have only one and it's the same guitar that I bought as my first instrument.

A film Today went to the cinema and I was alone in the hall! It was a documentary film about Iggy Pop and his band "The Stooges" by Jim Jarmusch. When I realized I'm alone I thought: nobody goes to watch films like that except me. In my opinion, there are some reasons why: people definitely prefere famous films or may be they are too lazy to read subtitles (the film was without translation), whatever. On the other hand it was perfect. I don't like to hear someone's chewing popcorn just sitting next to me, it always irritates.

Musique J'aime beaucoup écouter la musique différente. Parfois, quand j'ai le temps je cherche quelque chose nouveau pour écouter. Hier soir, j'ai découvert Arctic Monkeys. Je connaissais ce groupe avant mais je ne faisais attention à leurs chansons. J'ai regardé le concert et j'ai pensé: pourquoi je ne les ai écouté plus tôt?

I'm interested in history of North America. Can anyone recommend any good books?