Zelenograd - a town near Moscow Zelenograd is about forty from Moscow in the north west. I was living in Zelenograd for ten years and know this town well. It is young town, founded sixty years ago. Zelenograd was designed as center of Russian microelectronics and when it was building the main objects in the town were MIET - Moscow University of Electronic Technology and student hostel. Now Zelenograd's population about two hundred forty thousand people. Zelenograd is part of Moscow. Not in Moscow region but Moscow city. It's little strange because between Moscow and Zelenograd there are some other towns which are not included in Moscow legally.

Work from home I'm a programmer and recently our director said that we can't rent an office and should work from home. It's new experience for me. In the past i had been working from home but it was only one or two days per week. Now i will work from home everyday. I think it can be interested for me because i will not spent time for road to the office and will have more time for myself. I'm going to improve my working productivity and combine work with some activities for examples sport exercises and juggling. It can help to switch attention and change mood when my mind is tired

Back to learning of English Recently I have decided that i need more practice in English. Last spring i had started to work in company that has directors in USA office and engineering team in Russia. Then i got lessons in English and teacher defined that i need to start Pre-intermediate course. She said that i know some grammar of intermediate level but my speaking skills isn't very good and make mistakes with pre-intermediate grammar. I finished this two month course and get pause from learning English. Now i continue learning and have got lessons again in another school. And new teacher appointed to me pre-intermediate course again because i still making mistakes. I think i should write notes to train my mind build sentences and it could help me when i'm speaking

Previous week (continue) Knowledge about focused and diffused modes found on a practice in working style some famous people like Salvador Dali or Thomas Edison. When they worked on creating something new they switching consciousness in diffuses mode and get freedom for imagination. Also on the first week was study materials about procrastination. Procrastination appearing when you don't want make exercises or study something new because these activities linked with psychological discomfort uf you really don;t want do it at this moment. Teachers offers technique for overcoming procrastination. It called Pomodoro method. This method suggest that you working in parts. You working 25 minutes, then take a break for 5 minutes. After breaking you working again 25 minutes and then take a long break on 15 minutes. And so on and so on

Previous week On the past week i have started online course at https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/ called "Learning how to learn". Teachers give different techniques how you can increase your learning efficiency. First week of this course about two modes of thinking. These focused and diffused modes. In the focused mode you more concentrating and involved in the process. Otherwise, when you are in diffused mode your brain more relaxed and can make unexpected decisions

Never to old I think that never to old learn new hobbies like a playing on musician instruments. Many people says that it's very important if you have inborn talent to these skills. Like a musician ear or agile hands. But i think that never to old try playing on instruments, because if you will work hard you improve your chance to reach success in any area. Once on a philosophy lecture in university i have heared that in Ancient Greece many people can sing, dance, drawing and have many other skills. Nowadays there are many examples when people start learn or do something new and completely change their life. I'm glad to hear such examples. I think that is's important to be opened by new knowledge or new lifestyle. Because of that i think that never to old to start anything new

November, 9th Today was a usually day. I'm wake up at 8th o'clock, wash, eat the breakfast, which consist of bread with cheese, two cookies and cup of tea. After that i have looked online lecture on a coursera portal. It's a great site with many courses and i passing one. It's Algorithms and Data structures. It's in the fields of my interests. I'm working a programmer on a Python language and sometimes try improve my skiils. Tomorrow i will go to swimmig-pool. I have closed running season and will open swimming season. I hope i will learn swim well because now i and not good in swimming. Today i walked in a dinner on the street, around the park near my job and one interesting idea have visited my mind. When i read i Salinjer, "The cather in the rye", i remember one dialog between Holden and taxi driver. Holden ask him where ducks fly from the lake in the park in the winter? Then i didn't attach importance this thing. But today i'm thinking: Salinjer ask this question from self person or from Holden? The fact in that if a would be a taxi driver i don't answer this question, because i don't know too. Hah.