tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83767863495372511622024-03-08T06:42:57.515+02:00Living on the Edge of RussiaNatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-22262970548989924862012-02-17T11:47:00.000+03:002012-02-17T11:47:48.783+03:00The Pearl bay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">I miss Vladivostok a lot. Mostly the nature. It's really great here. "Zhemchuzhina" - "The Pearl" is a secret spot near a main Vladivostok beach called Shamora. Not that secret though. All photographers and artists know about it, so you can see traces of oil paints everywhere on stones. </span></div>
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<br /></div>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-14840903059335487972012-01-23T19:30:00.000+03:002012-01-26T18:36:07.325+03:00A responsible way of traveling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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An
absolutely new idea of traveling came into my life in 2007. It was
international hospitality exchange networks (such as <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.org/">couchsurfing.org</a> and <a href="http://hospitalityclub.org/">hospitalityclub.org</a>). First I
was only a host, people from all over the world came to my place in far away
kingdom called Far East telling amazing stories of their life and trips. It
completely has changed all my life.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I was
always into “eco” way of living, because all my relatives are biologists –
scientists, teachers. I used to think about the pollution of the Earth since I
was a child. Russian people mostly don’t really care about anything else, but
their today's satisfaction and entertainment. My heart was bleeding when I saw
even my friends, people who I knew for all my life, putting garbage to a heap
next to a beach, as “there was a garbage already”. I tried to reduce my own eco
trace. So, I was glad to find this new way of traveling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There’s ecotourism, when you visit eco-places and enjoy the nature. But what if you
want to do regular sightseeing? Book a flight, book a hotel again? No, there’s
a way to do traveling in a responsible, sustainable way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So… what
did I find out during my trips to China, Vietnam and The European Union? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>“How to
travel with the minimal damage to the nature and maximal comfort to you”. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1. Using hospitality network you
decrease the amount of one-use things (toothbrushes, toothpastes, soaps etc).
You take your stuff (including linen or a sleeping bag) with you, so there’s an
economy of electricity as the hotel (hostel) doesn’t have to wash clothes and
clean your room every day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">2. You take part in everyday life; can
share ideas and experience, spread the idea of a green life around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3. Mostly you cook at home for your
host or your host cooks for you, so you use less throwaway packs, eat local
food, eat “slow food”, not fast food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">4. Hitchhiking (BTW, <a href="http://hitchwiki.org/">hitchwiki.org</a> helped a lot) is the way to completely
stop using planes, but it doesn’t suits everybody, so carpool would be
suitable for those ones who don’t want to wait for hours for the lift on
unlucky day. Sharing a car and fuel costs with the driver and another
passengers you decrease consumption of the gasoline! (I used this site for Germany <a href="http://www.mitfahrzentrale.de/">http://www.mitfahrzentrale.de</a> and it worked out excellent. Also there's another one for the whole world <a href="http://www.carpoolworld.com/">http://www.carpoolworld.com/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">5. Using bicycles inside of the cities
for sightseeing help to fight with air pollution. There are tons of free or not
very expensive bike tours in every European city and you can rent a bike very
cheap or even buy it in all Asian countries.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">6. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In the end you save a bunch of
money, which you can save it up for your next trip, or spend for saving pandas in
China </span></span>or for
visiting amazing museums and galleries, enjoying a cultural heritage…
whatever…!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">I believe that’s the future of traveling!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CouchSurfing grass party in Vladivostok, back to 2008.</div>
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Here you can learn more about green economy: <a href="http://www.unep.org/wed/">http://www.unep.org/wed/</a></div>
</div>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-4698753053860496012011-09-26T15:07:00.000+03:002011-09-26T15:14:53.736+03:00Привет из Москвы/Hi from Moscow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Давно не писала я в этом блоге. Я переехала из Владивостока в Москву после 5 месяцев путешествий по Европе, так что теперь я живу вовсе не на краю России, а в самой ее сердцевинке. Название блога менять не буду, так как все равно сердце мое во Владивостоке.
Работаю я нынче в юридической компании, которая занимается юридическими услугами - лицензированием, помощью при вступлении в СРО.
Я, правда, не юрист, но мне все равно доверили заниматься вот этим сайтом:
<a href="http://www.licmaks.ru/"></a>
Критика приветствуется!
Так что если кому понадобится открыть фирму и начать резко реставрировать, к примеру, памятники Ленину - обращайтесь, сведу с нужными людьми;)<br />
<a href="http://www.licmaks.ru/">http://www.licmaks.ru</a><br />
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Hey there!
Long time no writing. Finally I arrived to the motherland, but now I live in Moscow, which is definetely not the end of Russia, but an absolute center of it. Anyway my heart is still in Vladivostok. Now I work for a legal firm, which helps to get different types of licences (it's a long and comlpicated process in Russia) and to register companies (and so on). Kind of boring stuff, but I'm doing this just for money and i'm trying to do my best.
Here we are: <a href="http://www.licmaks.ru/">http://www.licmaks.ru</a><br />
So if you need to register or to get a licence in Moscow, let me know))<br />
<a href="http://www.licmaks.ru/"></a><br />
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Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-85799250915314175792009-06-16T11:36:00.000+03:002009-06-16T12:00:13.432+03:00My city mood. Part 2.Hm, lost some pics)<br />It's just a night sky. Not very professiona shot, but I like the sky's colour. There is no photoshop.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/sky.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 611px; height: 469px;" src="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/sky.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />We still have trams and it could be so intersting and (somehow) beautiful inside.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/tram.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/tram.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Old house, old people. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/stariki.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 585px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/stariki.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />It's very close to my house. These are barns, that belong to people who leave in a the nearest building. This kind of 2-floors buildings are like a transition between a village and a city. There are no bathrooms and these barns are the pantries for residents. Toilet's outside)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/sarai.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/sarai.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-64417948962217966302009-06-05T04:48:00.000+03:002009-06-16T11:34:59.985+03:00My city mood.Walking with my small simple camera I take any funny pictires that I see around. They are just every day life of Vladivostok. <br />
Our friend "Uncle Misha" - he sells vegetables, always remembers everybody's name and even gives some grape or a peach as a present.<br />
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My friends-gopniks))<br />
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He seems to be a gopokid - squating and eating sunflower seeds) Ok, may be not. Just a nice kid.<br />
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Some old ghost street.<br />
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A dog - bum. The food, the beer - what else does he need to be happy?)<br />
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A sad dog.<br />
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The center - mix of old and new.<br />
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Apple trees blooming.<br />
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/Sih6gnIJe7I/AAAAAAAAAgA/l491FHz-r0g/s1600-h/apples.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/Sih6gnIJe7I/AAAAAAAAAgA/l491FHz-r0g/s320/apples.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343655658552654770" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-19332762703188143432008-10-03T07:09:00.000+03:002008-10-03T09:55:40.621+03:00My crayon world.Sometimes I live in cartoon, crayon world. I'm surrounded by anime personages and alien landscapes. And...it makes me happy ^_^<br />Last weekend we (my friend Alex known as Lyosha, The Shy Photographer, and my guest from Italy Manlio) went to the Russian island. It's a very special place that is just 30 minutes by ferry from Vladivostok.<br />This is a huge island (like a half of my city) and ex-military base. There are a lot of stories to tell about it but I just want to load few pics with all crayon places and faces) <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW8kv7M0XI/AAAAAAAAAXY/3V5UhXboqe8/s1600-h/russki1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW8kv7M0XI/AAAAAAAAAXY/3V5UhXboqe8/s320/russki1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252811879923634546" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW_f040yvI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/BJ06tdMa0-0/s1600-h/Manlio.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW_f040yvI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/BJ06tdMa0-0/s320/Manlio.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252815093891386098" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW_HBHOB9I/AAAAAAAAAYI/FypyobWatpk/s1600-h/AlexAnton.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW_HBHOB9I/AAAAAAAAAYI/FypyobWatpk/s320/AlexAnton.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252814667676256210" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW-guG4afI/AAAAAAAAAX4/_XOauxTuvwc/s1600-h/alex2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW-guG4afI/AAAAAAAAAX4/_XOauxTuvwc/s320/alex2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252814009739536882" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW9vGuX05I/AAAAAAAAAXw/eIjg2w1buJc/s1600-h/dummy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW9vGuX05I/AAAAAAAAAXw/eIjg2w1buJc/s320/dummy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252813157354165138" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW9SIGQOiI/AAAAAAAAAXo/DnpS50zhJRo/s1600-h/russki3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW9SIGQOiI/AAAAAAAAAXo/DnpS50zhJRo/s320/russki3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252812659506559522" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW-5j8FdvI/AAAAAAAAAYA/Lpzw0AH5p8k/s1600-h/Alex.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW-5j8FdvI/AAAAAAAAAYA/Lpzw0AH5p8k/s320/Alex.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252814436506629874" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW880hkgwI/AAAAAAAAAXg/PZRznQkOUoM/s1600-h/russki2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SOW880hkgwI/AAAAAAAAAXg/PZRznQkOUoM/s320/russki2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252812293475173122" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-27743045333542852892008-09-03T03:13:00.000+03:002008-09-03T03:32:16.818+03:00Somewhere on the seaside.I'm a sad little mermaid...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3X_1RgyOI/AAAAAAAAAW4/IZoPxy8Y_zM/s1600-h/me1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3X_1RgyOI/AAAAAAAAAW4/IZoPxy8Y_zM/s320/me1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241583032961386722" /></a><br />We have a heap of such kind beautiful small bays over our region.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3X7sf05vI/AAAAAAAAAWw/MnTzDMDL7YU/s1600-h/view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3X7sf05vI/AAAAAAAAAWw/MnTzDMDL7YU/s320/view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241582961886029554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3X2XCv73I/AAAAAAAAAWo/crJx6hErREA/s1600-h/view2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3X2XCv73I/AAAAAAAAAWo/crJx6hErREA/s320/view2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241582870227578738" /></a><br />My mom looks more natural with this haircut)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3XqgTHQyI/AAAAAAAAAWg/As6d171LBs0/s1600-h/mom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3XqgTHQyI/AAAAAAAAAWg/As6d171LBs0/s320/mom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241582666553705250" /></a><br />Just old mine on the beach (but still active).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3Xes8fxoI/AAAAAAAAAWY/_271L6akEbw/s1600-h/mine.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3Xes8fxoI/AAAAAAAAAWY/_271L6akEbw/s320/mine.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241582463790073474" /></a><br />These couple were looking so russian that I felt something wrong. They are from Tver! (160 km from Moscow).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3XYAIwenI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/dFc8SvebmiU/s1600-h/russians.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3XYAIwenI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/dFc8SvebmiU/s320/russians.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241582348682689138" /></a><br />Monument of fallen pilots in a deep-deep forest.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3XQYosQoI/AAAAAAAAAWI/sn5XsMfkBv4/s1600-h/wing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3XQYosQoI/AAAAAAAAAWI/sn5XsMfkBv4/s320/wing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241582217820127874" /></a><br />I've found this thing on the beach and still curious what is it. Something from Greek ship.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3XLdc9nUI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Gg2B4ImWRBU/s1600-h/greece.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3XLdc9nUI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Gg2B4ImWRBU/s320/greece.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241582133213764930" /></a><br />We went through abandoned military base. Some people still live here.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3XF8Yg9qI/AAAAAAAAAV4/umYaezq1mAk/s1600-h/abandoned.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SL3XF8Yg9qI/AAAAAAAAAV4/umYaezq1mAk/s320/abandoned.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241582038437394082" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-82301469848528933112008-08-20T04:16:00.000+03:002008-08-20T04:47:08.295+03:00Autumn is coming.When autumn is coming all dogs are sad.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SKtww2l4kII/AAAAAAAAAVg/-mESB5C-PDU/s1600-h/dog1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SKtww2l4kII/AAAAAAAAAVg/-mESB5C-PDU/s320/dog1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236402976338776194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SKtxMmIjk6I/AAAAAAAAAVo/f9p4Zg62yLM/s1600-h/dog2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SKtxMmIjk6I/AAAAAAAAAVo/f9p4Zg62yLM/s320/dog2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236403452957135778" /></a><br />Summer dogs are so relaxed...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SKtyKvVHatI/AAAAAAAAAVw/aiAFoiDtfzk/s1600-h/dog3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SKtyKvVHatI/AAAAAAAAAVw/aiAFoiDtfzk/s320/dog3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236404520577624786" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-59604403304847128012008-07-03T04:35:00.000+03:002008-12-11T08:15:49.774+02:00How I was a barman.Why did I decide to become a barman? Well..i just had a thought I had no any skills that could be useful almost everywhere. I'm a journalist and can write only in Russian. I needed something "real"...something to make by my own hands. And as I had some practise in making mojito and have been succeeded I've bought a barman course. It cost 3500 rubles. It took two weeks for theory...We wrote down some words about cognac, rum, wines and so on. It was not only "theory"...we made some real cocktails every lesson. And of course we just had to drink it! Strawberry tini. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwyQkhluOI/AAAAAAAAAUU/6RXnct7Ywi8/s1600-h/strawberrytini.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwyQkhluOI/AAAAAAAAAUU/6RXnct7Ywi8/s320/strawberrytini.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218601328479418594" /></a><br />"Herring on the beach"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwwy7fMAiI/AAAAAAAAAUM/lsBBdsInhqI/s1600-h/rybanaplyaze.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwwy7fMAiI/AAAAAAAAAUM/lsBBdsInhqI/s320/rybanaplyaze.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218599719735656994" /></a><br />Vodka kiwi.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwwKSwcuFI/AAAAAAAAAUE/IW5vFL2cLS4/s1600-h/kiwi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwwKSwcuFI/AAAAAAAAAUE/IW5vFL2cLS4/s320/kiwi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218599021607434322" /></a><br />There were 6 coming barmen in my class - 3 girls and 3 guys. All are younger than me. Students just wants to have some own pocket money. Barman isn't an actual "profession" in Russia. It's just an easy way to earn some money (not a lot) for young people. So if you are 24 and you are still the barman everybody asks you why you don't climb the ladder. Next step of the career is a bar manager. My classmates:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwvkHJ02QI/AAAAAAAAAT8/q-8hW-o2-kg/s1600-h/futurebarmen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwvkHJ02QI/AAAAAAAAAT8/q-8hW-o2-kg/s320/futurebarmen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218598365657618690" /></a><br />I'm not going to climb a ladder. I just want to KNOW HOW TO MAKE COCKTAILS! So next part of education is a practice in clubs and cafes. I was sent in a one abandoned night club called "Pallada". It's huge and nobody's inside for all night! My young teachers were so nice and told me how to cheat a boss and clients) It's necessary if you want to earn more than 10000 rub per month (it's a usual salary for barmen in Vladivostok). When it was a half past midnight we just left the club and closed it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwuRHWtPdI/AAAAAAAAAT0/0dqmzSSu6RA/s1600-h/barya.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwuRHWtPdI/AAAAAAAAAT0/0dqmzSSu6RA/s320/barya.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218596939782503890" /></a><br />Next time it was a big festival of break-dance and rap. Plenty people and everyone wants to drink. That was a real job! I was busy so much that couldn't even go to a bathroom till 4 at night. Mostly they wanted Redbull+vodka but I even made one pina colada. Hope that girl has survived...Next time nobody came. Again. But I had a very nice conversation with Andrey (on the right). <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwt0p4OtAI/AAAAAAAAATs/hWSWiOD6Vic/s1600-h/barmen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SGwt0p4OtAI/AAAAAAAAATs/hWSWiOD6Vic/s320/barmen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218596450833708034" /></a><br />After my 4th time (that was quite successful) I decided to stop. But now I have a practice on my friend's birthdays parties. It seems they like it) <br />And I have a diploma! It's kinda international so I hope I'll be able to work with it abroad. Oh...I should say it's a great pleasure to see people like that you make) It's a new feeling for me because usually I can't see people's reaction for my article this instant.Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-67329487249295003132008-05-20T05:16:00.000+03:002008-12-11T08:15:51.941+02:00Pictures of Japan sea through my office window.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDJCEgwqnDI/AAAAAAAAATc/K3Cm9K2CdpQ/s1600-h/more2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDJCEgwqnDI/AAAAAAAAATc/K3Cm9K2CdpQ/s320/more2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202293164847307826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDJBqwwqnCI/AAAAAAAAATU/mpZ83RwbvZU/s1600-h/kater.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDJBqwwqnCI/AAAAAAAAATU/mpZ83RwbvZU/s320/kater.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202292722465676322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDJA2QwqnBI/AAAAAAAAATM/9BvFk_YqpCI/s1600-h/more.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDJA2QwqnBI/AAAAAAAAATM/9BvFk_YqpCI/s320/more.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202291820522544146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDJAagwqnAI/AAAAAAAAATE/DuXtGq6Wzd8/s1600-h/korablik3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDJAagwqnAI/AAAAAAAAATE/DuXtGq6Wzd8/s320/korablik3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202291343781174274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDI2oAwqm_I/AAAAAAAAAS8/vayfDDYjXxw/s1600-h/korablik2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDI2oAwqm_I/AAAAAAAAAS8/vayfDDYjXxw/s320/korablik2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202280580593130482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDI05wwqm-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Fzj02eeEKx8/s1600-h/korablik.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SDI05wwqm-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Fzj02eeEKx8/s320/korablik.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202278686512552930" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-30701154648535529052008-05-07T03:51:00.000+03:002008-12-11T08:15:52.646+02:00Hidden place, Shevchenko "cul de sac", Vladivostok.I've never been on this street right above the sea...It's seems old and very cozy. Full of peacefulness and sundown light. I'd love to live here.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SCEBu46BQBI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/Hn3KJwfNXJo/s1600-h/TSdom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SCEBu46BQBI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/Hn3KJwfNXJo/s320/TSdom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197437350023610386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SCECM46BQCI/AAAAAAAAAQY/-KTB_6P9Dkk/s1600-h/TSdog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SCECM46BQCI/AAAAAAAAAQY/-KTB_6P9Dkk/s320/TSdog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197437865419685922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SCECoI6BQDI/AAAAAAAAAQg/6bgA0U1e3OU/s1600-h/TStruba.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SCECoI6BQDI/AAAAAAAAAQg/6bgA0U1e3OU/s320/TStruba.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197438333571121202" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-68227739479828641732008-04-24T04:33:00.000+03:002008-12-11T08:15:54.456+02:00An anime boy (or girl - who knows those Japanese^_^) lost in Vladivostok.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_peI6BQAI/AAAAAAAAAQI/t6aJg04btfc/s1600-h/IMG_0899.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_peI6BQAI/AAAAAAAAAQI/t6aJg04btfc/s320/IMG_0899.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192625599377653762" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_oLI6BP-I/AAAAAAAAAP4/BL1FJynrqfU/s1600-h/IMG_0917.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_oLI6BP-I/AAAAAAAAAP4/BL1FJynrqfU/s320/IMG_0917.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192624173448511458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_m-o6BP9I/AAAAAAAAAPw/uxi27F7_GfU/s1600-h/IMG_0914.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_m-o6BP9I/AAAAAAAAAPw/uxi27F7_GfU/s320/IMG_0914.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192622859188518866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_mWY6BP8I/AAAAAAAAAPo/y1zExtr23oM/s1600-h/IMG_0904.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_mWY6BP8I/AAAAAAAAAPo/y1zExtr23oM/s320/IMG_0904.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192622167698784194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_ltI6BP7I/AAAAAAAAAPg/iTRxLR9nbMM/s1600-h/IMG_0898.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_ltI6BP7I/AAAAAAAAAPg/iTRxLR9nbMM/s320/IMG_0898.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192621459029180338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_lXY6BP6I/AAAAAAAAAPY/QOXCz066LHE/s1600-h/IMG_0894.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_lXY6BP6I/AAAAAAAAAPY/QOXCz066LHE/s320/IMG_0894.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192621085367025570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_lDo6BP5I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/VqYkLhXWiDM/s1600-h/IMG_0879.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_lDo6BP5I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/VqYkLhXWiDM/s320/IMG_0879.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192620746064609170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_j2I6BP4I/AAAAAAAAAPI/db43RvBtcEw/s1600-h/IMG_0867.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SA_j2I6BP4I/AAAAAAAAAPI/db43RvBtcEw/s320/IMG_0867.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192619414624747394" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-10518059588050307682008-04-16T08:47:00.000+03:002008-12-11T08:15:58.693+02:00Anisimovka.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWfYn_uWVI/AAAAAAAAAN0/CpM0moLFztk/s1600-h/les3.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWfYn_uWVI/AAAAAAAAAN0/CpM0moLFztk/s320/les3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189729391016302930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWe7n_uWUI/AAAAAAAAANs/ELGcNyxDIqY/s1600-h/les2.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWe7n_uWUI/AAAAAAAAANs/ELGcNyxDIqY/s320/les2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189728892800096578" /></a> <br />I have one special place where I feel switching off the world. It's 3 hours away by car from Vladivostok in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains (main mountain system in Primorye). That's truly magic place. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWW93_uWMI/AAAAAAAAAMs/nROLzyrSDcc/s1600-h/les1.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWW93_uWMI/AAAAAAAAAMs/nROLzyrSDcc/s320/les1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189720135361779906" /></a><br />Everyone can feel this. There is a main mountain called "Pidan" (not really high - about 1300 m above the sea). All "ezoteric people" addict to conquer this mountain. I've never been on the top. I'm not ezoteric) Oh, may be a kind of) But I prefer to spend all my winter weekends in the small house in the taiga...<br />The Host of this house is Sergey. He is great person. Retired he's still full of energy. He is ex-KGB agent (true!), has been around the world and knows a lot of amazing things. Every time he has a new story to tell. His house in the wintertime is always full of guests. That's me in the corner in zebra sailor's t-short (or it's dress?)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWacX_uWQI/AAAAAAAAANM/vyK4gdMlYiY/s1600-h/42737269.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWacX_uWQI/AAAAAAAAANM/vyK4gdMlYiY/s320/42737269.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189723957882673410" /></a><br />There is a slope in this place... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWZhX_uWPI/AAAAAAAAANE/Yury5o-T0ys/s1600-h/lyzhnyata.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWZhX_uWPI/AAAAAAAAANE/Yury5o-T0ys/s320/lyzhnyata.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189722944270391538" /></a><br />...so most part of them are skiers and snowboarders and "mountain conquerors" as well. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWYgH_uWOI/AAAAAAAAAM8/RLI0U6Aj1dE/s1600-h/boots.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWYgH_uWOI/AAAAAAAAAM8/RLI0U6Aj1dE/s320/boots.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189721823283927266" /></a><br />Sometimes there are about 30 people in 3 small rooms! New Year party. Sergey with his guests:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWgaX_uWXI/AAAAAAAAAOE/-vjHLlzd53g/s1600-h/seregaigosti.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWgaX_uWXI/AAAAAAAAAOE/-vjHLlzd53g/s320/seregaigosti.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189730520592701810" /></a><br />Sergey likes girls. Girls like Sergey) This shot was made 5 minutes later new year chime. It's about -20 C. The guy at the left is Sasha, Sergey's son. He is <br />definitely his son, isn't he?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWiSn_uWZI/AAAAAAAAAOU/SghaKBFw_iU/s1600-h/seregazhot.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWiSn_uWZI/AAAAAAAAAOU/SghaKBFw_iU/s320/seregazhot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189732586471971218" /></a><br />Well...I'm skier, snowboarder and mountain counqueror at the same time. Yeah, my life is so complicated).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWjNn_uWaI/AAAAAAAAAOc/fcqxG1wqMtI/s1600-h/jump.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWjNn_uWaI/AAAAAAAAAOc/fcqxG1wqMtI/s320/jump.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189733600084253090" /></a><br />I've been on the top of Falaza mnt. (it's close to Pidan and 100 m. lower) few times and even had a kind of countrycross. It's snowing even in the may!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWdyH_uWTI/AAAAAAAAANk/qNouRTEWeMs/s1600-h/ontop.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWdyH_uWTI/AAAAAAAAANk/qNouRTEWeMs/s320/ontop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189727630079711538" /></a><br />It's awesome in all seasons...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWh5X_uWYI/AAAAAAAAAOM/hpRJJEsUmCY/s1600-h/vetka.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWh5X_uWYI/AAAAAAAAAOM/hpRJJEsUmCY/s320/vetka.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189732152680274306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWf6H_uWWI/AAAAAAAAAN8/hmQagd7ZwOU/s1600-h/ptichko.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWf6H_uWWI/AAAAAAAAAN8/hmQagd7ZwOU/s320/ptichko.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189729966541920610" /></a><br />Winter is great...<br />But I much prefer to go there when it's fall or spring. Nobody's in the house and I just lay in the small room on the 3d floor whatching through the window:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWa_H_uWRI/AAAAAAAAANU/MFAD5HOhtv4/s1600-h/inside.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWa_H_uWRI/AAAAAAAAANU/MFAD5HOhtv4/s320/inside.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189724554883127570" /></a> <br />Ok...It's not 3d floor, it's lavatory)<br />In the eveving we spend time playing guitar (mostly Sergey and another talented people, I have no any musical abilities) and seating around campfire. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWcRn_uWSI/AAAAAAAAANc/MSldxhj_iYU/s1600-h/koster.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWcRn_uWSI/AAAAAAAAANc/MSldxhj_iYU/s320/koster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189725972222335266" /></a><br />Oh...and there is a place for barbecue. "Shashliks" are sooo tasty.<br />Another reason to love this place is banya! What can I say about Russian banya? You should try it to understand.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWYFH_uWNI/AAAAAAAAAM0/BIhPKShVysI/s1600-h/banya.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWYFH_uWNI/AAAAAAAAAM0/BIhPKShVysI/s320/banya.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189721359427459282" /></a><br />In the worm season Sergey is building and renovating and improving his property. He made all this by his own. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWj8H_uWbI/AAAAAAAAAOk/qFqL8RRiWAk/s1600-h/seregaportr.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWj8H_uWbI/AAAAAAAAAOk/qFqL8RRiWAk/s320/seregaportr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189734398948170162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWlBH_uWcI/AAAAAAAAAOs/MK4sEgy0OTQ/s1600-h/gnomiki.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWlBH_uWcI/AAAAAAAAAOs/MK4sEgy0OTQ/s320/gnomiki.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189735584359143874" /></a><br />And he's making "samogon" (home made vodka) and perfect cat meat for "shashliks":<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWlZH_uWdI/AAAAAAAAAO0/FVoyAMkJDQQ/s1600-h/kotyatke.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWlZH_uWdI/AAAAAAAAAO0/FVoyAMkJDQQ/s320/kotyatke.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189735996676004306" /></a><br />Hehe...just joke)<br />It's truly magic place: lamps are planting right on the trees) I'm so happy that I live here and know about it. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWmbn_uWeI/AAAAAAAAAO8/XTmu0GrMvnY/s1600-h/lamp.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SAWmbn_uWeI/AAAAAAAAAO8/XTmu0GrMvnY/s320/lamp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189737139137305058" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-18790050503032141702008-04-15T10:30:00.000+03:002008-12-11T08:15:58.712+02:00March snow on the top of "Refrigerator" mountain in Vladivostok.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SARZtn_uWLI/AAAAAAAAAMk/nn2qbajN4hA/s1600-h/snow.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/SARZtn_uWLI/AAAAAAAAAMk/nn2qbajN4hA/s320/snow.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189371311002900658" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-12543283556696103222008-04-10T11:50:00.000+03:002008-04-10T12:18:33.980+03:00And the winner is...Today Vladivostokians were discussing only one subject - price for fuel. Gazoline (92 octane) costs $1.15 now (yesterday it was 5% less).<br />As you know Russia is the country with one of the largest reserve of oil in the world. (6% of all world oil).<br />For example<br />Venezuela - 3 cents per litre, Iran — 9, Libia — 13, Saudi Arabia — 16. <br />Another group - 10 countries with subsidies but in less volume.<br />Azerbaijan — 46, Trinidada and Tobago - 43, Ecuador, Angola, Nigeria, Malaysia, Bolivia, Indonesia, Siria and Argentina - 62.<br /><br />And third group - with high taxes. USA - 62, Kirgizia - 64, China - 69, Kazakhstan - 70, Republic of Korea - 71, Belorussia - 79, Tajikistan - 80, Ukraine - 81, Canada - 85, Uzbekistan - 85, Georgia - 86, Australia - 93, Armenia - 96, Moldavia - 97...<br /><br />And...Russia, Vladivostok: $1.15 per litre. Yeah, we won!Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-81718205175493403212008-04-09T05:00:00.000+03:002008-12-11T08:15:58.877+02:00Just sad teddy bear.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_wjgVH2MTI/AAAAAAAAAMc/FMG5jSZXzBs/s1600-h/teddybear.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_wjgVH2MTI/AAAAAAAAAMc/FMG5jSZXzBs/s320/teddybear.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187059909156811058" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-41575209940983511672008-04-08T05:05:00.000+03:002008-12-11T08:16:01.079+02:00Sailboat "Nadezhda"."Nadezhda" means "hope" in Russian. This ship is always staying in one of the Vladivostok's harbours. Sometimes they use it for promotions.<br />That was a promotional yacht race among Vladivostok's companies. And at the same time first "avral" (making sails) for young students of Vladivostok Marine Academy.<br />It was nice - a lot of photographers and journalists (that means free promo beer and wine and some snacks) and funny boys. And perfect sunny day of september.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rWZlH2MOI/AAAAAAAAAL0/0BUeaHsxr4A/s1600-h/nadya.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rWZlH2MOI/AAAAAAAAAL0/0BUeaHsxr4A/s320/nadya.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186693655820644578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rZ9lH2MSI/AAAAAAAAAMU/Vh99KP-c2zY/s1600-h/Vlaships.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rZ9lH2MSI/AAAAAAAAAMU/Vh99KP-c2zY/s320/Vlaships.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186697572830818594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rZoFH2MRI/AAAAAAAAAMM/gYmjHdDbS5o/s1600-h/ship1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rZoFH2MRI/AAAAAAAAAMM/gYmjHdDbS5o/s320/ship1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186697203463631122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rXeFH2MQI/AAAAAAAAAME/yRJRJKeLWas/s1600-h/tanyarul.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rXeFH2MQI/AAAAAAAAAME/yRJRJKeLWas/s320/tanyarul.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186694832641683714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rW0lH2MPI/AAAAAAAAAL8/EYeXs5O04FA/s1600-h/svetainnet.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rW0lH2MPI/AAAAAAAAAL8/EYeXs5O04FA/s320/svetainnet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186694119677112562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rV41H2MNI/AAAAAAAAALs/rAR2gk_r4y0/s1600-h/laying.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rV41H2MNI/AAAAAAAAALs/rAR2gk_r4y0/s320/laying.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186693093179928786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rVYFH2MMI/AAAAAAAAALk/teJlodjkkhc/s1600-h/boys3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rVYFH2MMI/AAAAAAAAALk/teJlodjkkhc/s320/boys3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186692530539212994" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rVAVH2MLI/AAAAAAAAALc/mpesbkaNVQw/s1600-h/boys2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rVAVH2MLI/AAAAAAAAALc/mpesbkaNVQw/s320/boys2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186692122517319858" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rUSVH2MKI/AAAAAAAAALU/BDwqPVc-u6M/s1600-h/boys.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rUSVH2MKI/AAAAAAAAALU/BDwqPVc-u6M/s320/boys.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186691332243337378" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rTWFH2MJI/AAAAAAAAALM/6enUkleU3JI/s1600-h/drinkbeer.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_rTWFH2MJI/AAAAAAAAALM/6enUkleU3JI/s320/drinkbeer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186690297156219026" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-86454840412735123142008-04-04T05:05:00.000+03:002008-12-11T08:16:01.226+02:00Child in the window.This is one of the old Vladivostok buildings that I like. (Yes, people still live in wooden houses here:) It's not so old as the buildings in european cities, but for us it's The History, because we are only 147 years old) This girl looks really weird...Like she came from old postcards.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_WNIVH2MII/AAAAAAAAALE/xLMOsKKO5j8/s1600-h/child.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_WNIVH2MII/AAAAAAAAALE/xLMOsKKO5j8/s320/child.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185205720235520130" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-10134014727941651362008-04-03T03:01:00.000+03:002008-12-11T08:16:01.582+02:00Something about Russian spring.We have a proverb that Vladivostok is situated on "latitude of Crimea and longitude of Colimia" (it's Magadan - coldest part of Russia). So sometimes we have +40 degrees in the summer and the sea gets iced there in the winter. Ok, not whole the surface - only one bay (there are three bays - on the left, on the right and inside). Notice: we are not in the artic circle!) There is a spring view from my office window. Ice starts to crush suddenly. And one day I've seen bright stripe of the water!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/led.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/led.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Every spring a lot of idiots (mostly consist of firshermen and children) are trying to sink in the cold water. Even whole cars are sink. Fishermen just want to fish till the last moment. Children like to play on the ice floes. <br />This is 12 years old boy on the ice. We've seen him through the window and called rescuers (they are ready to go every moment, because they know it happens time and again).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_QwE1H2MGI/AAAAAAAAAK0/k8ozOd9T244/s1600-h/iceman.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_QwE1H2MGI/AAAAAAAAAK0/k8ozOd9T244/s320/iceman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184821930547884130" /></a><br />The boy was floating for 40 minutes. Piece of ice was getting smaller and smaller.<br />Snow was starting. Getting colder.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_QwoFH2MHI/AAAAAAAAAK8/WupQdoUiVP4/s1600-h/iceman2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_QwoFH2MHI/AAAAAAAAAK8/WupQdoUiVP4/s320/iceman2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184822536138272882" /></a><br />And when it seemed he was staying right on the water the boat with rescuers was coming and saved him.<br />The boy didn't want to tell his name. His mom was thinking he was at school)Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-82228738657095024782008-04-02T04:31:00.000+03:002008-04-02T04:59:54.104+03:00I like strange photos)There is a first of them. <br />"Cats don't like to be photographed".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/persik1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/n/a/natie_/persik1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-86984166279706074542008-03-28T06:11:00.000+02:002008-12-11T08:16:01.869+02:00Winter in Russia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R-xwyVH2L9I/AAAAAAAAAJs/k0gUd_YssOY/s1600-h/ladiesinred.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R-xwyVH2L9I/AAAAAAAAAJs/k0gUd_YssOY/s320/ladiesinred.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R-xwyVH2L9I/AAAAAAAAAJs/k0gUd_YssOY/s320/ladiesinred.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182641281162424274" border="0" /></a><br />Everybody knows how cold the winter in Russia is. I can prove this information. It's reaaally cold and snowy. Sometimes even our polar bears (that hanging around on the streets) catch a cold...<br />But after 2 bottles of russian champagne three russian ladies suddenly found out that two of them are "ladies in red" - both had a red clothes.<br />It's snowing! The light is great. Lets make a video!<br />And this is our producer and cameragirl Sveta (on the left).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_LfSFH2MFI/AAAAAAAAAKs/RWnW1tBIu70/s1600-h/3ladies.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/R_LfSFH2MFI/AAAAAAAAAKs/RWnW1tBIu70/s320/3ladies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184451622762590290" /></a> <br />And that is result! Enjoy! Hehe)<br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Нажмите здесь, чтобы Adblock Plus заблокировал этот объект" class="abp-objtab-02103403507876337 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/XqgFqDN74FQ&hl=en"></a><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XqgFqDN74FQ&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XqgFqDN74FQ&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376786349537251162.post-66196593953507046302007-10-23T08:45:00.000+03:002008-12-11T08:16:02.205+02:00My new office.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/Rx2LlYJ-pxI/AAAAAAAAAEA/XCjYn-M3qZg/s1600-h/ofis2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/Rx2LlYJ-pxI/AAAAAAAAAEA/XCjYn-M3qZg/s320/ofis2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124405425273218834" border="0" /></a><br /> <p>We've moved recently. Our new office is still in renovation) Two weeks ago workers made new ceiling right above our<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>heads. And few days ago it broke down on our comps. It happened in the night...so there were no any victims.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is only one things to be happy. Beautiful view on the very end of Russia.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/Rx2LtoJ-pyI/AAAAAAAAAEI/z_cHmL4x3gk/s1600-h/ofis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GvsKOGPs6Jw/Rx2LtoJ-pyI/AAAAAAAAAEI/z_cHmL4x3gk/s320/ofis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124405567007139618" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p>Natiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03925466222318191863noreply@blogger.com0