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#moreфон2020 More volnuyetsya #6 A beginning of the third year of the university. On one of the subjects, the teacher asked what we would like to have more next 4 months, and everyone agreed they want to get more practical skills. And since I was studying to be an editor, we were proposed to create our own student magazine. No way, finally the end of the theory - it's the turn of practice! . But when we started to discuss what our magazine will be about, I faced the problem - most everyone wanted to make a “classic” magazine, with a standard rubrics, standard topics… But I disagreed and said I have no desire to do a magazine like this, I will do my own apart. . But later few fellow students join to my project, which the main idea was to do something outside the box. We reflected on the title and found “EXPROMT” the best one because it was about created as if suddenly, as a result of improvisation. I didn't want to force people to write about something specific, so everyone has chosen the topic which the soul lay to. . It was 2011, and next year Ukraine had to host a football tournament EURO 2012. Been totally mad regarding football, I decided to write about preparation for the tournament. But I had to do it with that number of words how much is left before the start of the tournament. For example, 187 days to the EURO, so my article should have 187 words, no more, no less😅

December 6, 2020

More volnuyetsya #5✋ Frankly speaking, I was already going to throw in a towel and write on another topic. I didn’t know the meaning of today’s word, and when I asked Google translator it showed as an example the phrase ‘the fragrance of fresh-ground coffee’. I remembered that ‘coffee’ topic will be soon, I have what to say, but anyway, all my thoughts danced around Google’s example. Suddenly, out of nowhere, it had woken 🌅 . This fragrance, it came from childhood. It appears when the spring comes. When people come back to the horticulture and prepare their lands for the season👨‍🌾 And this fragrance, the mix of blossoming nature and burnt dry weeds...😌 . Late evening, getting colder, gathered in one heap weed burns and cracks🔥 Everyone can't look away off the fire. Here it is, magic! Probably, this is what I love the spring for🌼

December 5, 2020

#moreфон2020 More volnuyetsya #4🌖 The 4th day in a row I make some notes, which has never happened before (because of forgetfulness, or bailed on), and the feeling if like I am all over the moon! 🌝 As you may notice I’m not an Insta person and posts appear here once in a blue moon. But the fact that about 5 years ago I moonlighted as a content-manager. Is it a reversion to writing?🤭 🌑 Reflecting on today’s topic, off the top of my head, the parade of planets at the beginning of July. This is when the planets of the solar system line up. I was watching the sky and feeling magic in the air, and when I could find one more bright spot, I rejoiced like a kid, all over the moon! 🌛 The next such parade is expected in 2161. 🌗 Hope you not mooned away while were reading this post 🙃 And the very last one: how many “MOON”-words did you count?

December 4, 2020

#moreфон2020 More volnuyetsya #3🌊 Skype call in progress…The excitement is so intense that the voltage may drop... . Yesterday I told you that I was on a student internship in Denmark half of the previous year and a half of a current. But this opportunity would have remained only in my dreams, if not for the knowledge of English. And to make this dream true, I just dove right in practising English. This is how I discovered Italki, and later on there - Iain. . Iain, a Scottish highlander, a person who “blare music in his room and dance like a weirdo (Napoleon Dynamite fans unite🕺) and I have a strange secret desire to be in a dance-off someday”, who is also partial to football, - it was a match! . Beginning with a very first call I felt like I had a conversation with a childhood friend. The time always just flew by. We could start with the fact that I changed my background scenery, then one thing led to another and it all came tumbling out: sunset, Mars, Peter’s Crouch podcast...🤭 . But having lived all his life on the island, his soul rushed to the sea, work on a fishing boat. In August ‘19 we had the last call. I felt we would never ever talk again. . But from the previous post, you know how wishes written on a paper could change the world🙃 And on April 1 I got this: “Hey, Toha! How are you, sir?! Are you still in Denmark? Not an April Fool's this time :) Anyway, I hope you and your family are well with the coronavirus going round. And Borshegulka (this is how he called the football team ‘Borschagovka’ I played for, not an easy word😂) is loaning you for a decent amount of money :) Stay safe, and May the Ninja Force be with you. I can't wait to hear your news, sir! Iain” . Skype call in progress…The excitement is so intense that the voltage may drop... .

December 3, 2020

#moreфон2020 More volnuyetsya #2 Hiya #moreфонers! Hope you didn’t give up after the first day because after all of your hearts and comments the dopamine rates skyrocket, off the scale😉 . Yesterday I finished with the fact I’m addicted to notepads📝And today I want to reveal one secret👂 . A year ago these days I was in Denmark on student internship. Also, my birthday is at the end of the fall. Half a year past since I arrived in Denmark, and everything was so unbelievable so I made a note and asked the Universe for the birthday present - help me to stay in in the Viking’s country a little more. Well, everyone knows what happened first in China, later in the whole world… Isn't it fantastic?! As you may guess I stayed in Denmark a bit more🙈 I have to confess that this is not the first time dreams written on paper became true not the first time in my life! But shush, nobody has to found about it🤫 . Always dream on a paper. But be careful - it can change the world ☺️

December 2, 2020

More volnuyetsya #1😅 I looked at several posts and I mentioned traditionally everyone starts with a count of their moreфонs. I'm excited to report: “This is my very 1st #moreфон!” You who read this post after seeing the photo may think (maybe) it was made today and there I’m writing my first note of #moreфон, but no. When I first heard about this challenge, I thought it’s about telling stories related to the sea (море)😄 And when I saw the topics, especially the first one - greeting, - I thought this is kinda "food for thought" about the first impression we get or make after heard of something or seeing someone's photo in social networks. And then decide whether to continue to communicate with this person or not. If you see at my profile photo @coffeeandchesecake you may think I’m a drummer or participate in a rock-band. I have to disappoint those who wanted to send me an invitation to join their band. It was just a stand with a drum on the music festival called Atlas Weekend and as a person who always dreamt to try play drums, I could not miss such an opportunity. On the post’s photo, I write something in the notepad. I’m not acting the nerd here🤓 This is not a staged photo. I'm a notebook fan! So let it be my little kinda greeting-self-presentation 🙃

December 1, 2020

Community challenge. Day 2 Yesterday I gave another one new life to the English daily writing routine. Today I repeated the same, but with run. Moreover, I took part in online running challenge and in conclusion I have to run the distance of 100 (!) km till the end of the month. Hey Italkiers, do you think it's possible?💪 Here is my first 7.8 km on the way to achieving the goal: https://www.instagram.com/p/CGotUcFFDEZ/?igshid=1bdp11ac1rl67 If someone is also passionate about running as I - let's discuss it and practice our speaking skills🤙 Peace. Friendship.Run🏃

October 22, 2020

Random thoughts for the first challenge post (hmm, well-rhymed heading:)) What to write about? Perfect timing for a new challenge. You never guess how many times a current year I postponed writing on English as an everyday ritual. Moreover, will never guess I. Fingers crossed, it’s not the last post before years of silence;) What else? If you realize all importance of English and would like to improve it the same as me, add me on Skype – pandaman_ua – and let’s improve our speaking skills together! Or write on comments (or in a private message) the place (Telegram, Zoom etc.) with your contacts which suit you the most for practice English. Peace. Friendship. Take care.

October 21, 2020

27, or where is it better to study Ukrainian «27 years of Independence! What has changed in 27 years? What gave 27 years of Independence to Ukraine?» - you can hear during the last three days on hear on TV, in public transport or at the festive tables. The very first thought that jump to my mind is «club 27». It's no wonder as for music-addicted:) If you heard about «club 27» for the first time, it's about musicians, who made a great contribution to the development of world rock and blues music and died at age 27. Fortunately, this is only about musicians, but not countries;) I decided not to deal with pretentious things and do not write lavish congratulations with Independence Day of Ukraine for Italkers to show what a great patriot I am. But to give something more valuable than just loud words. 27 – it seems must be such number of useful links in this festive discussion. But I wasn’t surfing the internet in order to make another one long-list with links. As the experience shows, all those saved links in the folder named «English» on 99% you will NEVER OPEN AGAIN. https://www.italki.com/discussion/182240 P.S. This is only the second one my article, so I would like to hear gladly your remarks:) Image from pinterest.com

August 27, 2018

Where is it better to study Ukrainian

Yesterday I saw a <a href="https://goo.gl/F3FrM8">discussion</a> of one girl who asked for the internet resources that could help to learn Ukrainian. I decided to respond her and eventually noticed that my comment with tips turned into a novel:) That’s how was born this discussion. <o:p></o:p>

Travelled back in time when I started to learn English I was addicted to TED. I just visited the TED <a href="https://goo.gl/TDeqAF">website</a> and found 47 pages (!!!) with 36 lessons on every page with Ukrainian subtitles. Should be enough to get you started;) By the way, on the first weekend of September will be a live TED-event in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/398492573962849/">Kyiv</a>! So if someone is going to the capital of Ukraine in this period, you already know what the place to visit;) Also in the previous years there was an online stream.<o:p></o:p>

I can’t even imagine how big has been and still is the role of listening music in studying English. I can say the same about the Ukrainian. There is a great resource <a href="https://lyricstranslate.com/">https://lyricstranslate.com/</a>, where you can type any Ukrainian singer and choose the song. Most of the singers have songs translated into English and transliteration. For example, Onuka (<a href="https://goo.gl/x2QX6X">https://goo.gl/x2QX6X</a>), or Okean Elzy (<a href="https://goo.gl/kGtFTH">https://goo.gl/kGtFTH</a>), or Jamala (<a href="https://goo.gl/KWVFoT">https://goo.gl/KWVFoT</a>). I will not reinvent the wheel - music is a real locomotive in your long way of learning any languages. <o:p></o:p>

<a href="https://goo.gl/zbc5Hc">Ukrainer</a> – it’s a goldmine for travel-addicted and language-lovers. This is about how to turn from traditional tourist routes to unobvious places and atypical heroes in Ukraine. But this Expedition not only through different regions of Ukraine, it also discovers how different Ukrainian language is. Almost every video has English subtitles. Moreover, it’s a multilingual project. When you enter the website, you can see in the head of it a list with different (I counted 7) languages. This is a volunteer project, so still not every article translated into English. <o:p></o:p>

<a href="https://www.hurtom.com/portal/">Hurtom</a> – this is my TOP! This is my Hoverla (the highest mountain in Ukraine;) On this peak every tree, every little rock is alive and breathing with Ukrainian things. Adore Game of Thrones? <a href="https://toloka.to/t82986">Here</a> you can find it with Ukrainian voice-over and subtitles. You already listened to Okean Elzy, Jamala, Onuka, but want something new? Here only Ukrainian bands and singers, and for any genre your heart desires. Liked to learn languages through books? Here you can find, for example, the best Ukrainian <a href="https://toloka.to/t93623">novel</a> of the last 10 years. And not only a text, but also an <a href="https://toloka.to/t71052">audio</a> version, so you don't have to guess how to read a particular word.<o:p></o:p>

I wasn’t surfing the internet in order to make another one long-list with links. As the experience shows, all those saved links in the folder named «English» on 99% you will NEVER OPEN AGAIN. <o:p></o:p>

I bloody well hope this article will be helpful for each next person who decides to learn Ukrainian language;)

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August 27, 2018