How we went hiking last weekend. Last weekend we got whole four free days because of holydays. Well, we used two of them for hiking to mount Iremel. But before I’ll tell you about this mountain. It is the very popular and even famous mountain located on North-East of Beloretsk area. This is the second sized mountain in our Republic. It consists of two tops – The Big Iremel and The Small Iremel both about 1500 metres height. Between those tops are so-called saddle which connects their together. The ascent to the tops lasts four hours: the first half of the path on a dirt road and the second part is on stones. So, I left home in the afternoon Saturdays, took three friends with me and we went to the car to Tuluk (this is the village near Iremel). Weather was fine so we drove 250 kilometers without incidents. That night we slept in tents in the forest and a quite froze. Then we prepared a porridge on a gas burner and started our walk. There was snow everywhere and the path on the mount was completely solid and icy. We reached the saddle quickly then we had to go knee-deep in snow because there was no trail. We decided to go to the Small Iremel because of it’s beautiful mount tundra plateau. We had a tasty lunch on a gas burner, we drunk hot tea and admired the beauties of nature when we reached it. Look at the picture from that place.

Me and my cat I have never had a pet. But one day I realized that my flat is too empty and started to find a cat. I don’t know why I chose a cat. Maybe because it is more familiar to me than rats or snakes and turtles. I like their independent because I am out (away?) from home the most part of day. I can’t afford to keep a dog. So I have taken a cat. It is a big red one-year- old male cat. It’s hair is striped and short but not very shiny because it lived on the streets some time. There was bad conditions for living. It is tender and always want to be snuggled. And of course it meets me when I return home.

New note. Fluffy snowflakes are slowly falling down happily whirling. Everything covered white. It is light and cold. “Did winter come?” – you ask. I’ll only shrug to an answer. This year the winter came too early.

About books I red Now, it seems that day when I would be able to read english books came. I red two wonderful books of author John Grisham. It was "The firm" and "The pelican brief" and I understood almost all! Reading was really fascinating for me because I dig detectives and spy stories very much. Early I red a lot of books about detective Steve Karella (i don't know how to spell his name right) and I am a big fan of the creativity of Ed MсBain. And now I discovered another author which oeuvre is close to me. I'm very glad!

The incident with the car. Today I had a trouble with my car. I was going to go to classes. Well, I started the car and waited util it warmed up as I usually do. Then I pushed the accelerator but my car doesn't move! I asked the man who was walking nearby to watch if my wheels will turns when I will push the accelerator. He answer that the wheels do not turns. He told me that my brake pads are frozen and I can fix it if I'll pour it warm water . Then I looked on my watch and realized that I was late to my english classes. I was very sad.

Winter came. The first snow fell.There are fresh and frosty on the street. When I came to the shop near the house, small snowflakes, almost transperent, was falling down on my face, shoulders and hands. Sidewalks, the road and parked near the house cars covered by snow. There are lighter on the street and it seems to be more purely. When I was returning from the shop my traces on the sidewalk were dissapeared. I'm not sure what I use the past continous right here.

Do not use drugs) I decided to dash off a couple of lines for practice. Probably it will be about health, because today I feel myself lousy. And what a paradox! Two weeks I felt myself non comfortable because of cold and rainy weather, but I was not ill. Then I came to conclusion that it is necessary to take vitamins and drugs to boost the immune system. After three days of using this I got seek. Haha.

Is it the past continous? I was watching TV yesterday when the phone rang. She came into my room when I was reading a magazine. At 8.00 p.m. yesterday I was cooking the dinner.

What do you know about snuff? I realized, that there is so interesting thing in the world, as snuff!) Today we talked about it at work. Grandmother of my colleage used it very often. She just enjoyed sneezing! I argee, it is very nice. But what amazed me the most of all - it is the fact, what people turned so little thing as pleasure from sneezing to culture and established whole industry.