She (about one artist) In the corner of my workplace I have a picture of woman. This is a reproduction of self-portret of Zinaida Serebryakova, an Russian artist of 20th century. I like look at her from time to time. But she is looking at herself in the mirror. She is a healthy, quite pretty and self-confident young woman. And she is obviously satisfaied of what she's looking at. When I in a bad mood her chearful and ironcal look makes me feel better. At the same time it brings me sorrow. Because I know some things that she cannot know. I know her future. A hundred years ago, nine years from that peaceful enjoyable morning, she suffered from ordeal. The Revolution ruined her life, as did it with others in those terrible times. She was sundered from her children for the rest of her life. Living in poverty she continuied to create a wonderful masterpieces, this little brittle woman with great talent and fortitude. I'm thinkig about all this while I look at the picture in the corner. And it is important for me.

info from the section "about" My name is Lena. I am 34 years old. I live in Novosibirsk, in the suburb. I graduated from the university with a degree in Social Psychology in 2006. I worked as a HR-specialist, Key Account Manager and Office-manager. I've been on maternity leave for the last year and a half. I have a tight-knit family. We bring up a daughter, Sasha. She is a cheerful and bright baby. In the mornings, I usually go to the gym. After that I like to sit in a cozy coffee house for a while. I love coffee. On the street I'm usually wearing headphones - I listen to audiobooks in English, trying not to forget the language. Now I'm in the middle of the book 'Harry Potter and the goblet of fire'. In my spare time I like knitting trinkets and playing board games. Recently I was keen on studying the layout of sites. I am at the very beginning of this complicated journey. I'm glad to everyone who has visited my page. You can contact me through the social network or write me an email. I will be grateful for advices and comments and I'll be happy to talk.

info from the section "about" My name is Lena. I am 34 years old. I live in Novosibirsk, in the suburb. I graduated from the University with a degree in Social Psychology in 2006. I worked as a HR-specialist, a Key account manager and an office-manager. I've been on maternity leave for the last year and a half. I have a tight-knit family. We bring up a daughter, her name is Sasha. She is a cheerful and quick-witted baby. In the mornings, I usually go to the gym. After that I like to sit in a cozy coffee house for a while. I love coffee. On the street I'm usually wearing headphones - I listen to audiobooks in English, trying not to forget the language. In my spare time I like knitting trinkets and playing board games.Recently I was keen on studying the layout of sites. I am at the very beginning of this complicated journey. I'm glad to everyone who has visited my page. You can contact me through the social network or write me an email. I will be grateful for advices and comments.I realized that I had published the wrong section. But I don't know how to delete a post. Excuse me.

My zebra-ghost When I was a child I used to enjoy of happy moments completely, without a shadow of suspicion that I must pay for this some invisible cost. With age, I began to notice - life is a zebra, and it is impossible to avoid its dark lines. This feeling is looming in my mind like a ghost in instants of peace and joy. And every time the zebra demonstrates its permanence, but this is a solace as well – I am holding on and waiting for the dawn of the light line. Now I have passed my way on a half, I guess. So I hope I become wiser - I will abandon my zebra-ghost without regrets. And I will be able to enjoy of happy moments like a child, not because I don’t know the sequences of life, but as a result – I really know. And it is oK :)

English in maternity leave Hello everyone! My name is Elena. I am 33. I live in Novosibirsk - this is a mega-police in Siberian region that located on the middle of Russia’s territory. Let me to share with you with my big happiness and little anxieties :) Now I enjoy myself with my maternity leave: I am listening to English audio books, learning to crochet funny little things and walking on the snowy streets, more slowly and slowly day by day. During current month I am going to deliver my first baby. My husband and I, we are looking forward to this great performance for us with sort of trembling. And, to be honest, I have some trepidation about my personnel development. I clearly realize I will be engaged as never before taking care about my sweet girl. But I still hope I will be able to allocate a time resource for my main hobby - learning the English language - and will stay interested in it despite on sleepless nights and day's routine. I would be glad if you write to me about your experience and give me your opinion - is it really possible or not to keep on intensive learning when you have a little baby? Thank you for your attention!