Documentary film I watched an interesting movie last Friday. This documentary film about people who stayed to live in the territories near Fukushima after the disaster. Some people don't want to leave these places because there is their home. The movie shows how government tries to persuade people that it's alright. But it's not like that. There is a high level of radiation around. The state does "deactivation" which means topsoil removal. And I don't know where this soil is hidden, it wasn't shown in the movie, unfortunately. People told that bees don't live on these lands because all the flowers disappeared in the neighborhood. It's awful. And I find in this film similar features of the disaster at Fukushima and at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The government of the USSR also pretended that everything was fine. It's very sad.

Learning Recently I moved to live in Saint Petersburg. There is a wonderful city, but weather is terrible. I entered the university here. I get a master's degree in environmental management. It's very interesting. But it's difficult and incomprehensible sometimes because my first education (bachelor) isn't related with ecology. Earlier I learned art, cinema and ethics in Academy of Arts in Minsk. But I like nature! I want to protect the environment. I think that in the modern world there are many problems associated with the pollution of nature and someone needs to deal with these issues.

A bit about travel When I was in Helsinki second time I was to the concert The Cure. The Cure is an English rock band. And I like it very much! My teenage years passed with the songs of this band. Besides the concert I visited the island next to Helsinki. There is an old fortress with a beautiful view of the Baltic Sea. I walked there a little. I enjoyed north beauty of nature. I felt happy when I was breathing salty sea air, cold wind was ruffling my hair. In those days in Helsinki there was a fair where Baltic herring was being sold. It was in different forms: fried herring, smoked herring, raw herring... I tried a little bit of fried herring. It was delicious. I shared this with seagulls because they were very importunate. Also I went the national library of Helsinki. There is a very nice place. Mystic atmosphere reigns there. It seemed to me that I was in a magical world, for example, in Hogwarts!)) This is a pleasant feeling. I'd like to return there again.

A little about Helsinki Today I want to talk about one of my favourite cities - Helsinki. I have been in Helsinki twice. First time it was in the summer. There was Flow Festival in Helsinki. Iggy Pop, Morrissey, The Last Shadow Puppets and many others performed at this festival. That was awesome! Although the fest lasted three days and the most part of time I was in there I was able to see the city a little. I saw Helsinki as a calm and clean city. Residents of the city are very fond of nature and dogs. There are a lot of natural products in the shops and on the market. You can buy fresh fish and berries, but it's not cheap. I tried a very tasty fish soup. It consisted of red fish, cream, potatoes and some spices. It was simple and very delicious. And I still can't forget this yummy. After a delicious meal the city seemed fabulous to me.)) Helsinki has got an interesting architecture. There are a lots buildings in modern style, defensive castles. I often noticed facades of houses decorated with images of fish, owls and various fairy-tale characters such as trolls, elves. Especially I liked the church in the rock. That is amazing combination of architecture and nature.

One of my favourite photos One of my favourite photos is of people staying near fire on the Black Sea cost. I took the photo in the summer of 2014 when I was in Georgia. My friends and I traveled in Georgia by hitchhiking about a month. After travelling on the mountains in Svaneti region, we decided to go to the sea because we wanted to sunbathe on the beach, we're a little tired of walking on the mountains and from cold nights there. When we went to the sea we didn't even pitch a tent because it was very hot and we could sleep in the open air. We swam a lot, we made sand castles. We saw a fantastic sunset. The sky was gently pink and blue. It smoothly passed into the sea. Some people made a fire on the beach. I never see a fire on the sea cost. It was family atmosphere. I heard the children's laughter by the fire and sound of waves. My friends spoke softly next to me. I felt calmness. Sometimes I just to look at the photo and I can imagine that I'm in sunny Georgia. And then I feel warmness in my heart!

Little desires I want to tell about my little desires that inspire me to learn English. Perhaps I will tell about my big plans in the next time. I love cinema. And I have many lovely films in English. I want to see them with original sound and understand everything without Russian subtitles. In the near future I plan to watch the movie Lost in Translation without Russian subtitles. And I hope that I will understand most of the English language because I've seen this movie more than once. I would even say that this is one of my favourite films! I like Bill Murray and I want to understand all his words. Also I want to read literature works that are written in English. For example, I would like to read stories of Fitzgerald and Hemingway, some of the works of Virginia Woolf, funny stories of Gerald Durrell and others.. Oh, of course, I want to read Lord of the Rings in the original! And after reading this, I could start learning the Elven language.) In addition, I want to understand the lyrics of my favourite artists and I want to sing their songs at their concerts (Support for fans.))) All these little things inspire me and support in learning English.

Some coffee I love coffee! When I feel smell coffee then my mood rises. Usually I drink one cup of coffee a day. But if the weather is bad outside then I allow myself to drink more than one cup. A couple of cups of coffee compensate for the absence of the sun. It was raining all week but today is a sunny weather. And this sunny weather doesn't please me because I have no reason to drink an extra cup of coffee! I want to rain! Actually, I think coffee is my drug, this is my little weakness. But who doesn't have weaknesses in the world?

Hot water shut-off Summer is a good season. There are long sunny days and short warm nights. The air is filled with different floral smells. You can listen many sounds of the birds. You can wear lightweight clothing and outdoor shoes, for example, dresses, shorts, T-shirts and shirts with short sleeves, sandals and flip-flops. You can eat ice-cream in the street and don't be afraid to freeze and sick. But in my country there is one thing that glooms some summer days. It is hot water shut-off. It's strange maybe. I don't know if there is something similar in other countries, but in Belarus and Russia this is exactly what happens and happens in the summer. This is somehow connected with the central heating system, which was built in Soviet times. As far as I know this heating has very long pipes through which there is hot water in our homes. And these pipes are repaired every year so that in winter people don't stay without heating and hot water. But in summer the period of life without hot water can last from two weeks to a month and a half. At this time, you need to stock up with a huge amount of pots to heat the water in them. And you need a ladle with which you will pour water instead of a shower. Only so you can wash yourself. Sometimes I think I don't live in 21 century. Around so many technologies but I heat the water in pots on the stove and water myself with water from a ladle.))) Sometimes I think that this is not a preventive repair of pipes but there is to harden the patience of the population.

My trip to Warsaw Five years ago I and my friend Hanna were in Warsaw in Poland. Our goal was going to concert of Sigur Ros. Sigur Ros is Icelandic band who plays post-rock. And this band has music album which is recorded on non-existent language. We got to Warsaw by several trains from Minsk. There was cheap to get with transplants but we were very tired after our road. We needed meet our host from Couchsurfing so that to leave our backpacks before concert. We had his phone number and an address. We tried to call but nobody answered. After an hour of unsuccessful calls we listened a bell (ring). We answered but it turn out that man on the other end of phone was not from Warsaw. He was from Krakow and he didn't know anything about us. But he was very friendly and he offered us to go to Krakow and to stay at him. We laughed and said goodbye. So we understood that we had a wrong phone number. We decided to go to concert with our backpacks. It isn't large and hard. Then we walked around the city a little bit. We found out that the next day there would be a concert of the American band CocoRosie. And of course we bought the tickets on this concert. Then we went to Sigur Ros concert. There was in the green park in the open air. The scene was in the form of an amphitheater. There was not large, was enough seats and a cozy atmosphere. There was sunset and a warm weather (summer). And Sigur Ros appeared on the scene in the rays of the setting sun. Music played, many lights on the stage flickered. There was so beautiful. Emotions overwhelmed me and I cried for joy. It was just on the first song, after I didn't cry.) It was a magnificent performance. Great music, elaborate stage design, psychedelic video in the background. Everything was perfect. From this perfection all the fatigue was forgotten. But all good things come to an end. The concert ended and we needed find our host. We had the address and we went to there. Unfortunately, nobody opened the door for us. Then it rained. And since the hostels were busy until the morning, we walked a little in the rain night city. Then we went to the station where we had a terrible night (a complete disaster!) But that is another story.