By the time everyone guessed right – to which I must say «молодцы!» – my Korean roommate counted just how many new words she’s been learning a week, and fixed it in the following manner: «160 (сто шестдесять) новых слов за неделю!» [160 new words a week!]. Now is there anyone out there prepared to be even more ambitious?

Tomorrow is the 4^th of November, a day which was known as «День согласия и примирения» [The Day of Agreement and Reconciliation] the first time that I was blessed with an opportunity to celebrate it in Russia (in Saint Petersburg back in 2004). It became my favorite Russian holiday, and because of this often I joke in the following way: «В том году я так примирилась, что голова потом три дня болела!» [That year I reconciled so much that my head hurt for three days afterwards!] Russians find this comment very funny. I do too, and though I did ‘reconcile’ back then primarily in combination with alchol, the back lash of too much ‘agreement’ only lasted half a day… Since then a lot of water has passed under many bridges, and the day is now called «День народного единства» [The Day of (People) Unity]. I wonder in what way I should celebrate it? With sleeping in, that’s a given… but then what? I’ll be back!