Moi foto iz New Yorka
http://picasaweb.google.com/t.levchuk/NYCDecember1215#
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
My language history
n my family we spoke primarily Russian which is spoken in Ukraine. Our second home language was the language of our grandparents that is Ukrainian. I speak Russian and Ukrainian fluently. This is why these two languages I consider my native languages. I use both languages for all communication in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Egypt, the US, Turkey, etc. However, I use Ukrainian as my native language in reading news from Ukraine and speaking with visiting Ukrainians and Americans of Ukrainian descent or talking with my friends in Ukraine.
My parents,brother and relatives speak Ukrainian and Russian languages on all occasions.
I started to learn a foreign language when I was in school. In my school it was English and I picked up some words from my father who took it in school and in college as well as from my parents' relative who was the English language schoolteacher. My uncle had a Russian-German book for military personnel so I learned a few words in German.
Because Ukraine historically has been crossroads, I think my ancestral languages definitely were non-Slavic languages like a Turkic language or even Hebrew. My great grandmother is said to have been speaking a foreign language because she went to a classical Russian lyceum in early 1900s.
I make attempts to speak “Standard American English” but my speech may include some Briticisms since that was a predominant dialect of instruction in my linguistic college.
During my college years I had exposure to Latin for 8 months and my second foreign language acquisition was the German language. I graduated with a translator's diploma for English and German as my target or source languages and Ukrainian and Russian as native languages. In addition I received licensure to teach English and German in Ukraine.
I come from the city of Kiev which is a melting pot of Ukraine and the international world. I speak literary Ukrainian as well as a Ukrainian dialect spoken in northern Ukraine where I visited for the past 3 years. My father's home language was Ukrainian and my mother's was Russian and/or a mixture of Ukrainian and Russian that is spoken in Eastern Ukraine. While in Ukraine I didn't use a lot of slang words, but I did use some argot at production facilities where I had worked as a technical translator or middle level manager.
I don't use slang unless I want to identify my solidarity or understanding with a person or a group of people of some familiar social network, for example, a new Ukrainian convert to Christianity participating in an evangelical church with an American pastor in a provincial Ukrainian town. The definition of slang is a vocabulary used by a subgroup of people who possess similar cultural, social, psychological and linguistic background or experiences.
When I was in primary school I first discovered how people judged my linguistic expression to be naughty. The basis for that judgment was the negative connotation of a word I used to call a girl and the teacher made sure I would apologize.
For the first time I became aware of grammatically incorrect linguistic expressions when my English teacher in middle school corrected my mistakes. Her judgment was based on the grammatical rules of English.
I had thought of speech as being more fundamental than writing until I started working for a German entrepreneur. Most of the jobs I performed were verbal interpretations, however the German businesses rely heavily on reporting in writing. Moreover, my linguistic college education involved verbal communication and verbal exams for the most part.
My parents,brother and relatives speak Ukrainian and Russian languages on all occasions.
I started to learn a foreign language when I was in school. In my school it was English and I picked up some words from my father who took it in school and in college as well as from my parents' relative who was the English language schoolteacher. My uncle had a Russian-German book for military personnel so I learned a few words in German.
Because Ukraine historically has been crossroads, I think my ancestral languages definitely were non-Slavic languages like a Turkic language or even Hebrew. My great grandmother is said to have been speaking a foreign language because she went to a classical Russian lyceum in early 1900s.
I make attempts to speak “Standard American English” but my speech may include some Briticisms since that was a predominant dialect of instruction in my linguistic college.
During my college years I had exposure to Latin for 8 months and my second foreign language acquisition was the German language. I graduated with a translator's diploma for English and German as my target or source languages and Ukrainian and Russian as native languages. In addition I received licensure to teach English and German in Ukraine.
I come from the city of Kiev which is a melting pot of Ukraine and the international world. I speak literary Ukrainian as well as a Ukrainian dialect spoken in northern Ukraine where I visited for the past 3 years. My father's home language was Ukrainian and my mother's was Russian and/or a mixture of Ukrainian and Russian that is spoken in Eastern Ukraine. While in Ukraine I didn't use a lot of slang words, but I did use some argot at production facilities where I had worked as a technical translator or middle level manager.
I don't use slang unless I want to identify my solidarity or understanding with a person or a group of people of some familiar social network, for example, a new Ukrainian convert to Christianity participating in an evangelical church with an American pastor in a provincial Ukrainian town. The definition of slang is a vocabulary used by a subgroup of people who possess similar cultural, social, psychological and linguistic background or experiences.
When I was in primary school I first discovered how people judged my linguistic expression to be naughty. The basis for that judgment was the negative connotation of a word I used to call a girl and the teacher made sure I would apologize.
For the first time I became aware of grammatically incorrect linguistic expressions when my English teacher in middle school corrected my mistakes. Her judgment was based on the grammatical rules of English.
I had thought of speech as being more fundamental than writing until I started working for a German entrepreneur. Most of the jobs I performed were verbal interpretations, however the German businesses rely heavily on reporting in writing. Moreover, my linguistic college education involved verbal communication and verbal exams for the most part.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Starbucks' siren
Shunned Starbucks in Aussie exit
By Phil Mercer BBC News, Sydney The mighty Starbucks coffee empire has been handed a heavy defeat by thousands of small Australian cafes in the fight for a nation's taste buds.
Not all Starbucks in Australia have failed
Eight years after it began selling its espressos and frappucinos in Australia, the US giant has succumbed to powerful financial and cultural pressures and has closed 61 of its 85 shops across the country.
Savouring a morning cup of coffee has become a ritual for millions of Australians - yet one that Starbucks failed to capitalise on, in spite of the way the chain had become a global cultural phenomenon during the 1990s.
"It was maybe too standardised," says Michael Edwardson, a consumer psychologist in Melbourne.
"Early on it was unique and different, but as it became a global chain the standardisation made it lose some of that coolness and edginess. It was quickly copied and lost its lustre.”
Not unique
In America, Starbucks became an icon very early on.
There, it represents this "third place", which is not home and not work, but somewhere to hang out, according to Mr Edwardson.
"Towns would want to have a Starbucks," he says. "Australia was never like that. We were curious about it. We'd read about it. It was something to try.
"But once tried I don't know that it offered a particularly fantastic or unique experience that wasn't offered by other chains.”
In the end, Starbucks' Australian adventure was undermined by countless High Street cafes, each striving to carve out a sustainable niche.
We have the most cosmopolitan society in the world
Barry Urquhart, retail consultant
Soon it became clear that the US coffee juggernaut, with its frothy, milky brew, was unable to meet the challenge of the local stores' homespun hospitality and boutique qualities.
"The coffee experience is two things," says John Roberts from the University of New South Wales.
"Firstly, it's the product and the taste and secondly the place and the service.
"It's much easier for the local store to differentiate itself as being local whereas Starbucks had this slightly schizophrenic positioning where it wanted to be the global, local store,” he said.
Starbucks management said it is refocusing its business in Australia's three biggest cities; Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Cosmopolitan society
While the company is blaming underperforming stores, analysts say it expanded its operations in Australia too quickly and accumulated too much debt.
There's no question Starbucks in many ways is an admirable company
John RobertsUniversity of New South Wales
Hence, Starbucks never managed to build solid foundations in a cut-throat trade, according to Barry Urquhart, a retail consultant based in the Western Australian state capital Perth.
"It is a competitive marketplace," he points out.
"The American, Seattle-based coffee of Starbucks was never going to resonate and penetrate Australia's very big coffee drinking community.
"We have the most cosmopolitan society in the world."
With more than 235 ethnicities speaking more than 270 languages and dialects, companies wanting to get ahead in Australia should be aware that they are not dealing with one monolithic block, Mr Urquhart explains.
"You have to recognise that and service differing needs.”
Success for some
Starbucks may be on the retreat in Australia but marketing experts see a brighter future elsewhere.
Starbucks is one of the nicest coffees that I've tried
British backpacker Gemma Morris
"There's no question Starbucks in many ways is an admirable company," says Mr Roberts.
"Starbucks has done very well in international markets where there has not traditionally been a coffee drinking culture," he adds, pointing to how it has done well in Japan and China.
"Starbucks has shown its skill at developing new markets," Mr Roberts says.
And even in Australia, there are those who will miss it when it is gone.
"Starbucks is one of the nicest coffees that I've tried," says British backpacker Gemma Morris.
"It's a stronger taste, which I like. It's a unique experience and it's renowned for being good which is why people love it."
Others though felt somewhat underwhelmed by Starbucks.
"It's okay, but there are privately owned cafes that I'd rather go to," says Peter, 32, who works for a landscape design company in Sydney.
"This whole big chain thing doesn't really do it for me. The coffee's pretty ordinary."
By Phil Mercer BBC News, Sydney The mighty Starbucks coffee empire has been handed a heavy defeat by thousands of small Australian cafes in the fight for a nation's taste buds.
Not all Starbucks in Australia have failed
Eight years after it began selling its espressos and frappucinos in Australia, the US giant has succumbed to powerful financial and cultural pressures and has closed 61 of its 85 shops across the country.
Savouring a morning cup of coffee has become a ritual for millions of Australians - yet one that Starbucks failed to capitalise on, in spite of the way the chain had become a global cultural phenomenon during the 1990s.
"It was maybe too standardised," says Michael Edwardson, a consumer psychologist in Melbourne.
"Early on it was unique and different, but as it became a global chain the standardisation made it lose some of that coolness and edginess. It was quickly copied and lost its lustre.”
Not unique
In America, Starbucks became an icon very early on.
There, it represents this "third place", which is not home and not work, but somewhere to hang out, according to Mr Edwardson.
"Towns would want to have a Starbucks," he says. "Australia was never like that. We were curious about it. We'd read about it. It was something to try.
"But once tried I don't know that it offered a particularly fantastic or unique experience that wasn't offered by other chains.”
In the end, Starbucks' Australian adventure was undermined by countless High Street cafes, each striving to carve out a sustainable niche.
We have the most cosmopolitan society in the world
Barry Urquhart, retail consultant
Soon it became clear that the US coffee juggernaut, with its frothy, milky brew, was unable to meet the challenge of the local stores' homespun hospitality and boutique qualities.
"The coffee experience is two things," says John Roberts from the University of New South Wales.
"Firstly, it's the product and the taste and secondly the place and the service.
"It's much easier for the local store to differentiate itself as being local whereas Starbucks had this slightly schizophrenic positioning where it wanted to be the global, local store,” he said.
Starbucks management said it is refocusing its business in Australia's three biggest cities; Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Cosmopolitan society
While the company is blaming underperforming stores, analysts say it expanded its operations in Australia too quickly and accumulated too much debt.
There's no question Starbucks in many ways is an admirable company
John RobertsUniversity of New South Wales
Hence, Starbucks never managed to build solid foundations in a cut-throat trade, according to Barry Urquhart, a retail consultant based in the Western Australian state capital Perth.
"It is a competitive marketplace," he points out.
"The American, Seattle-based coffee of Starbucks was never going to resonate and penetrate Australia's very big coffee drinking community.
"We have the most cosmopolitan society in the world."
With more than 235 ethnicities speaking more than 270 languages and dialects, companies wanting to get ahead in Australia should be aware that they are not dealing with one monolithic block, Mr Urquhart explains.
"You have to recognise that and service differing needs.”
Success for some
Starbucks may be on the retreat in Australia but marketing experts see a brighter future elsewhere.
Starbucks is one of the nicest coffees that I've tried
British backpacker Gemma Morris
"There's no question Starbucks in many ways is an admirable company," says Mr Roberts.
"Starbucks has done very well in international markets where there has not traditionally been a coffee drinking culture," he adds, pointing to how it has done well in Japan and China.
"Starbucks has shown its skill at developing new markets," Mr Roberts says.
And even in Australia, there are those who will miss it when it is gone.
"Starbucks is one of the nicest coffees that I've tried," says British backpacker Gemma Morris.
"It's a stronger taste, which I like. It's a unique experience and it's renowned for being good which is why people love it."
Others though felt somewhat underwhelmed by Starbucks.
"It's okay, but there are privately owned cafes that I'd rather go to," says Peter, 32, who works for a landscape design company in Sydney.
"This whole big chain thing doesn't really do it for me. The coffee's pretty ordinary."
Monday, July 28, 2008
Life analysis 2008- one year in USA
This week will see my first official year of residency in the US. What can I say about my life in a NEw World?
First, I 'm alive and God is good to me but I'm not good to Him.
Second, I didn't work in America enough to increase my revenues- I'm too lazy and unmotivated, including search for a woman.
Third, I'm getting American by borrowing money for college.
Fourth, American vacation turns into another phase of prodigal living.
First, I 'm alive and God is good to me but I'm not good to Him.
Second, I didn't work in America enough to increase my revenues- I'm too lazy and unmotivated, including search for a woman.
Third, I'm getting American by borrowing money for college.
Fourth, American vacation turns into another phase of prodigal living.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Life is boring if I don't live it
Tigra said...
Интересная жизнь :) Пиши больше. О чем думаешь? О чем думают украинцы там вдали за рекой. Или дальше...
I take a lot of interest in surviving in US now that I'm virtually not employed and live on the level of poverty, but spending a lot on food and beer. Prices are shooting thru the roof and my cost of university attendance amounts to roughly 18,ooo USD/year. I rent a tiny room in an old house for 300/month which is inexpensive here, food and expenses kill 250 usd monthly. This month saw me working part-time in a restaurant for peanuts. Most unskilled workers make 8 $ and lower here which makes it tough to get by.
This Norfolk area has very few companies and a lot of poor folks. Typical Southern story. 50% are black, many Asians, military folks. The restaurant struggles without clients and I work fewer hours.
Summer is closing in.
Интересная жизнь :) Пиши больше. О чем думаешь? О чем думают украинцы там вдали за рекой. Или дальше...
I take a lot of interest in surviving in US now that I'm virtually not employed and live on the level of poverty, but spending a lot on food and beer. Prices are shooting thru the roof and my cost of university attendance amounts to roughly 18,ooo USD/year. I rent a tiny room in an old house for 300/month which is inexpensive here, food and expenses kill 250 usd monthly. This month saw me working part-time in a restaurant for peanuts. Most unskilled workers make 8 $ and lower here which makes it tough to get by.
This Norfolk area has very few companies and a lot of poor folks. Typical Southern story. 50% are black, many Asians, military folks. The restaurant struggles without clients and I work fewer hours.
Summer is closing in.
Monday, June 9, 2008
I got a student ID from Old Dominion Uni!!!!
Good news - I registered for 2 courses in fall 2008 and got finally my ODU student card! With student card I opened ODU credit union and saved some money on other banking. There're lots of Asian students at the university!!!
Watch football Euro 2008 from time to time, make new friends on uni campus. Go to church on Sundays.
Watch football Euro 2008 from time to time, make new friends on uni campus. Go to church on Sundays.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
My trip Williamsburg,VA- heart of historical tourism
http://picasaweb.google.com/t.levchuk/Virginia
First mad house in America - muzej psixbolniza
Who's this guy, folks?
First law school in North America- William and Mary
I stayed in Williamsburg only 5-6 hours, met some Ukrainian students and didn't spend much.
Some of the pics
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Lying low
I was not so successful in coating new adventure and now work there rarely. Not so much business at the moment. I applied for governmental study loan to kick off American master's degree at ODU this fall semester which starts in August.
Left ny traces on Russian social networks that's wehere most of my generation Ukrainians hang out and post pics. I'm too lazy to start writing short stories about my work and stay in the US.
Left ny traces on Russian social networks that's wehere most of my generation Ukrainians hang out and post pics. I'm too lazy to start writing short stories about my work and stay in the US.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Graduation at ODU ' 2008 (Afternoon part)
Took several pictures as a visitor at my first US graduation- it was better than watching movies about it.
Enjoy pics!
http://picasaweb.google.com/t.levchuk/TarasInUkraineUSA
Enjoy pics!
http://picasaweb.google.com/t.levchuk/TarasInUkraineUSA
Friday, May 9, 2008
No work this week, but reading books
This weekend is graduation weekend at Old Dominion (where I happen to hang out and was admitted as grad student)- as if you step into an American movie scene. I still think about going today to Williamsburg,VA to William&Mary University site- the old capital of Virginia. Bus ticket round trip is $30, hostel is about $20. I'm sacrificing a lot financially.
Watched Ironman at the movies for $9 - hi tech impressive movie with an ethical question about arms and killing people.
I got my economic stimulus refund, thanks Uncle Sam! Americans will have to foot the bill later for the government's borrowing.
Life is slow and expensive, I'm slow,fat and inefficient this week.
Watched Ironman at the movies for $9 - hi tech impressive movie with an ethical question about arms and killing people.
I got my economic stimulus refund, thanks Uncle Sam! Americans will have to foot the bill later for the government's borrowing.
Life is slow and expensive, I'm slow,fat and inefficient this week.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
New old questions- life update may 08
1. I was on my first work related paid trip in the US-Virginia totaling 5 days and spending many hours in a truck. Nice American roads, friends! I'm too tired now.
2. Asked myself questions - what is all technology is all about- internet, blogging, cellfons, overseas travel, movies- 100 years ago life was harder, simpler, livelier, friendlier- perhaps. It was 1908- time between global wars.
3. Spent a lot of hours doing Facebook site and looking for some info on people from my Kiev life. Why I need to do that?
4. Ukrainians were worried about tornado in Suffolk, Va this week. I saw in a paper a report on results- quite many homes destroyed. Norfolk is about 20 miles- 36 km from Suffolk.
5.Weekend is good- need to browse internet, go to church, after church will be picnick.
2. Asked myself questions - what is all technology is all about- internet, blogging, cellfons, overseas travel, movies- 100 years ago life was harder, simpler, livelier, friendlier- perhaps. It was 1908- time between global wars.
3. Spent a lot of hours doing Facebook site and looking for some info on people from my Kiev life. Why I need to do that?
4. Ukrainians were worried about tornado in Suffolk, Va this week. I saw in a paper a report on results- quite many homes destroyed. Norfolk is about 20 miles- 36 km from Suffolk.
5.Weekend is good- need to browse internet, go to church, after church will be picnick.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
http://www.childrensjoy.org.uk/home.cfm
Welcome To The "Children's Joy" Site
Children are dying on the streets of Ukraine because of the lack of care and society's inability to address the issues related to the children’s needs, although the governmennt is now trying to address these issues.
More than 150,000 children live in cellars, on the streets, in railroad stations, sewers and other abandoned buildings in Ukraine’s major cities. The sense of urgency is clear to anyone with a willingness to consider the facts and observe the situation today in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s economy declined significantly after its 1991 declaration of independence from the former Soviet Union, although after the Orange Revolution the situation changed for many families, but not all, leading to a significant rich/poor divide. Children from the poorer families are suffering in significant numbers and need assistance. Many families are unable to earn an income sufficient to provide support for their children for the essential needs of food and clothing. Many turn to alcohol, drugs and corruption to soothe their guilt and failure. They lock the doors to their home and the children are left in the streets to fend for themselves. Some leave because their parents can’t afford to keep them and they hope to find work, although this is normally impractical.
Facing survival in a world they know little about, the children have only three ways to survive. Beg, steal or sell their bodies, many do all three. These children are potentially tomorrow’s leaders of the nation.
The question is: “What kind of leaders will they be?”
Children are dying on the streets of Ukraine because of the lack of care and society's inability to address the issues related to the children’s needs, although the governmennt is now trying to address these issues.
More than 150,000 children live in cellars, on the streets, in railroad stations, sewers and other abandoned buildings in Ukraine’s major cities. The sense of urgency is clear to anyone with a willingness to consider the facts and observe the situation today in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s economy declined significantly after its 1991 declaration of independence from the former Soviet Union, although after the Orange Revolution the situation changed for many families, but not all, leading to a significant rich/poor divide. Children from the poorer families are suffering in significant numbers and need assistance. Many families are unable to earn an income sufficient to provide support for their children for the essential needs of food and clothing. Many turn to alcohol, drugs and corruption to soothe their guilt and failure. They lock the doors to their home and the children are left in the streets to fend for themselves. Some leave because their parents can’t afford to keep them and they hope to find work, although this is normally impractical.
Facing survival in a world they know little about, the children have only three ways to survive. Beg, steal or sell their bodies, many do all three. These children are potentially tomorrow’s leaders of the nation.
The question is: “What kind of leaders will they be?”
University news
Hi all,
At the moment I got financial aid offer in the form of Stafford loan for academic year 2008-09. I got my Virginia in-state status for fall 2009 semester which is a big saving. My graduate study concentration is English (Applied Linguistics program -teaching English as a second language) at Old Dominion Uni in Norfolk,VA.
I work part-time as a laborer and trainee in a company whcih does maintainance tasks and coating in Virginia.
I have some free time when I'm not working- I live just on campus at the moment. I stay mostly away from people - like a monk- praying only to internet. Sometimes I make calls using cellfon and internet. I have not much strength or time left to read good books.
That's all news from me.
At the moment I got financial aid offer in the form of Stafford loan for academic year 2008-09. I got my Virginia in-state status for fall 2009 semester which is a big saving. My graduate study concentration is English (Applied Linguistics program -teaching English as a second language) at Old Dominion Uni in Norfolk,VA.
I work part-time as a laborer and trainee in a company whcih does maintainance tasks and coating in Virginia.
I have some free time when I'm not working- I live just on campus at the moment. I stay mostly away from people - like a monk- praying only to internet. Sometimes I make calls using cellfon and internet. I have not much strength or time left to read good books.
That's all news from me.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Тепер можна дописувати українською
ВСІМ !!!
Приємно друкувати рідною китайською клавою. Завтра зранку на роботу до Річмонду- на навчання і роботу на заводі. В економіці США продовжується застой і інфляція до 12 %- про що казав сьогодні мій бос- уряд про це моічить, щоб не почалась паніка, роботи стає все маньше, багато людей без грошей.
Отримав лист з амениканського воєнкомату- я мав там зареєструватися- але маю вже більше 32 років коли в-їхав до США на проживанняю Тепер з папером треба йти в університет за грошовою допомогою.
Весь день падає дощ і прохолодно і приємно стало.
Пока
Приємно друкувати рідною китайською клавою. Завтра зранку на роботу до Річмонду- на навчання і роботу на заводі. В економіці США продовжується застой і інфляція до 12 %- про що казав сьогодні мій бос- уряд про це моічить, щоб не почалась паніка, роботи стає все маньше, багато людей без грошей.
Отримав лист з амениканського воєнкомату- я мав там зареєструватися- але маю вже більше 32 років коли в-їхав до США на проживанняю Тепер з папером треба йти в університет за грошовою допомогою.
Весь день падає дощ і прохолодно і приємно стало.
Пока
Friday, April 18, 2008
vesna v Ameryzi - spring flows into Norfolk, VA today 80 F
Sjogodni vesna plavno perexodyt v lito - tut +26 ochikuemo. Ja nareshti vixidnij na 3 dni.
kvitnychok
tse maja vulyzja- 49th St., Norfolk
Monday, April 14, 2008
Foto dla vsex- pics for all- USA
A xto tse za typ? misto Virginia beach- bereg okeanu
Greko-katolyzka zerkva v serzi mista NYC
Union square- East village, NYC
Reklama- dvigatel torgovli- manhetten, nyc
Rynok v New Yorke- mart 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Back to Norfolk, VA
Hi,
I was scared flying this year to Africa and to North America. I spent many hours in the air and keep on flying somewhere in my thoughts and can;t land a job (still seraching).
I filed for Federeal and state taxes in the US for the first time- also it's my first spring season in America!
My cell phone -mobilka - dla sms +1.757.287.0192. Pishite.
taras
I was scared flying this year to Africa and to North America. I spent many hours in the air and keep on flying somewhere in my thoughts and can;t land a job (still seraching).
I filed for Federeal and state taxes in the US for the first time- also it's my first spring season in America!
My cell phone -mobilka - dla sms +1.757.287.0192. Pishite.
taras
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Update - I'm still in Europe
Dear readers,
It's nice to be home again after a week-long trip to young Eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk (pictures will follow some day or night:)
I visited my living the Omelians- grandpa Oleksandr Sr,81, and my uncle Oleksandr Jr, 50, and his wife and teenage daughter and my dead grandma's tomb in the 'wild field' cemetery. Most of the time I roamed the downtown and my childhood places, though industrial city air was detestable and people were mostly unfriendly- I had to visit some of translation offices posing as a job seeker- without much success since the job is not there- no big projects available. The same case is for Kiev.
Making last shopping sprees is the habit of the week- especially with parents paying))))
What a shame! I didn't earn a lot in Kiev at all.
I bought a lot of pirated Russian DVD movies to take to Virginia- no English subtitles, unfortunately- voila, c'est la vie!
I visited Donetsk evangelical church 3 times durina one week- God spoke to me in several ways there.
Keep in touch-
Taras
It's nice to be home again after a week-long trip to young Eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk (pictures will follow some day or night:)
I visited my living the Omelians- grandpa Oleksandr Sr,81, and my uncle Oleksandr Jr, 50, and his wife and teenage daughter and my dead grandma's tomb in the 'wild field' cemetery. Most of the time I roamed the downtown and my childhood places, though industrial city air was detestable and people were mostly unfriendly- I had to visit some of translation offices posing as a job seeker- without much success since the job is not there- no big projects available. The same case is for Kiev.
Making last shopping sprees is the habit of the week- especially with parents paying))))
What a shame! I didn't earn a lot in Kiev at all.
I bought a lot of pirated Russian DVD movies to take to Virginia- no English subtitles, unfortunately- voila, c'est la vie!
I visited Donetsk evangelical church 3 times durina one week- God spoke to me in several ways there.
Keep in touch-
Taras
Sunday, February 17, 2008
http://ak-bara.livejournal.com
Black and white photos from communist Europe
http://ak-bara.livejournal.com/?skip=80
Impressive and creative Pictures from Minsk, Belarus sot by a young student woman. She has a good eye for a bleak Belarus Mitteleuropa reality.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Africa is over for the moment- back to snowy winter
Home sweet snow claden home- I mean the streets and earth- bad air of Kiev megapolis again - Egypt's Red sea is far away again with its nice blue sea and healthy desert air. My Mom got really suntanned to become virtually black- I got brown. We hauled many kilos of veggies and fruit today from open air bazaar in Hurghada and I shot some pics.
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