You have to learn a new skill. Do you prefer to read/watch/hear or try it yourself? You have to learn a new skill. Do you prefer to read about it, watch someone else do it, hear someone describe it, or try it yourself? I prefer to read about it, reading is easy to me. I'm studying English and I see that I more better understand something, if it's written or if I wrote it. I have problems with listening, it's hard for me to take the things, if they sound. I can say it about a lot of things. For example, when I was a student I always wrote a syllabus, because otherwise I'd forgotten everything. But I remain hopeful, I listen an english podcasts every day and I see my progress, I undestand conversations in English better than two or tree month ago. All people are different and It's great, isn't it? Everybody has its pros and cons.

What did you want to become as a child? When I was a child I dreamed to become a ballet dancer. But that wasn't going to happen, because I lived in a small town and there wasn't a school of ballet. But I was watching all transmission of ballet and than I tried to repeat all pirouettes. I wanted to look at dancers for hours. In my country it's possible, because ballet is very popular and it often broadcast on TV. Until one day when I rather foolishly twisted my ankle. My career of ballet dancer ended, but sometimes I like to remember about it. Anyway, I really can dance...

In which country would you like to live? I don't know, I have favorites countries, I love those countries and I like to spend my holiday there. For exemple, I like London and Prague. It's very beautiful cities. And I know I'll just keep coming back there again and again, as far as possible. But I wouldn't like to live there for all my life, because I love my own country and I love Moscow. In Moscow, as elsewhere, has its pros and cons. For exemple, there is a big transport problems, there is not the best climat and ecology. But I love the spirit of thise city and excitement of thise big city. I know that this place could ever feel like home to me. Its very important for me.

The most important person in my life I'm not really original. The most important person in my life is my son. He's two and a half years old and he's wonderful. I love him very much, he's my pride and my happy. He has blue eyes, blond curly hair and small nose. He's a really fun and I always great to spend time with him. He likes very much molding and we often mold funny animals and figures. He also likes to draw and walls of our flat is decorated with his drawings. And he's cheerful and bright. He always open to new people or children and new ideas too. No matter what we're doing, he always active and funny. I rially like to spending time with him and he makes me fell cheerful too.

Your home is on fire. Grab five items (assume all people and animals are safe). What did you grab? I think, in such a situation, I would have taken documents (papers on our condo, passports, my son's birth certificate and so on). It's very important, new papers are very hard to come by. I keep my documents in spezial case for paper for an occasion such as this. I necessarily take my phone and laptop, I keep there my family's photos and videos, it would be a pity to lose them. And they're means of communication, it's very useful to be in touch in a difficult situation which calls for a prompt solution. I think I also would have taken my son's favorite toy, because it is a very stressful time and favorite toy can help to calm the child.

Describe the most satisfying meal you’ve ever eaten, in glo- rious detail. The most satisfying meal is when you're really hungry and finally you can eat or you've been dieting for a long time and now you can eat whatever you want. The most satisfying meal for me is bread, fresh and fragrant bread from a small bakery near my house. I enjoy the process when I walk down the street, feeling aroma of fresh bread, then I'm going inside and select varieties of breads. I'm coming home and unpack my bag, my house is fulling smell of fresh bread, it's great, I love this moments. It was all I could think of. Tomorrow I'm going to bake crepes. In Russia now is celebrating "maslenitsa" - week when we are baking crepes everyday. It's traditional celebrate, we say goodbye to winter and meet spring.

Tell us about something you know you should do... but don't. Ohh, it's very big list and I'm really sorry, that I don't do all my tasks. We live in a 24/7 culture in which our lists of tasks seem to be constantly growing and using making us worry about unfinished tasks. I want to end all my to-do lists, but sometimes it's not impossible. I'm a mother and I rigtht now I take care of my kid. I have maternity leave and I don't work now. My time is no longer my own and it's the worst thing as mothers, I think. But I single out the really important tasks from my to-do list and try to find the time for this. It's always my English exercises, a little bit sports and reading new books. I hope that I'll have more time when my son getting older and my to-do list will have more tasks.

Describe your relationship with your phone. Describe your relationship with your phone. Is it your life- line, a buzzing nuisance, or something in between? My phone is my life. I'm mother, my son is two years old and he likes my laptop, he likes to push the buttons on my laptop, so I can't get some work done on the laptop. It is horrible, isn't it? It is my phone, that helps me to look for the necesary information, make an appointment with a doctor, buy something in the online-shops and do enother very important tasks. Also, my phone help me with my English studing, I do my grammar exercise in my phone, I use special apps for learning my new English words and I listen English podcasts with the help my phone. It's very good to have such opportunities, isn't it? However, sometimes I'm feeling dependence to my phone. Once suddenly my phone had broken, I didn't worry about this, I thought it wasn't a big deal. But then I understood that none of my watches were accurate and I didn't have even an alarm clock. I got scared. I felt, it is we, that are addicted to the phone. I hope, that now I more controll my relationships with my phone, but I bought the alarm clock...

A genie has granted your wish to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like? I just love to read. I'm able to read in transport, in the bath and even when I do my cardio exercise (when I read books, I don't know how the time passed). I can write, that I dream to read by the ocean or by the window with beautiful views of the Mountains. But I like the most when I read in bed. It's the best place for reading, isn't it? It is my bed, that a very comfortable for reading. I like to put a lot of pillows at the end of me bed, wrap my legs in a warm blanket, pour the hot tea in my favorite cup and reading books for a long time. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen very often. We live in 24/7 culture in which our lists of tasks to be constantly growing and using us worry about unfinished tasks. We're all in such a hurry. Time is running short for myself.