Day 5 (30-day challenge) - Case with a cup in Argentina Pause hang in mid-air. A man in an expensive tuxedo and red bow-tie stood up and went to the open window and wrinkled from the noise outgoing from the outside. In the yard, children shouted in the sanbox, two men argued lively on the bench, a woman from the balcony shouted to someone that he is a scoundrel and she will never forgive him, and her lover tried to outvioce her, making excuses. Only three men with typically gangster’s look, in a dark sunglasses and dressed in all black, stood next to the one of the doords, without making a sound. Man in a red bow-tie turned away from the window, said something in a sharp tone to the presented in the room people, and left the room. He went down the stairs, where his bodyguards was waiting for him for two hours already. Balcony drama, seemed, has reached its apogee. Woman’s scream turned into a real screech, and her lover already hadn’t even tried to make an exuses and just shut up, kneeling down. Man in an expensive tuxedo moved forvard, crossing the yard. Bodyguards looked around because of the happening there, and the man tried to disengage from the annoying noise and screams, and walked as fast as possible. Overtaked with the grief-lover sitting on his knees, the man shaddered: in santimeter from him wizzed and broke into pieces a tea cup, which raging woman on the balcony run into her deary-beloved cheater. The guards immediately became alarmed and rushed on the man in a red bow-tie, bend him down to the ground. In a second 12 caliber brand new bullet wizzed over their heads.. 15 minutes later, being fully safe in his car, the man in tuxedo smiled a little. “Now is my turn”. P.S. This case of 1932 residents of one of the argentinian houses discussed for a long time, convincing themselves that the broken cup is a precursor of unprecedented luck.

Day 4 (30-day challenge) - What’s the difference between “blueberry” and ...”blueberry”? In Russian In previous text I told you that in Russia we like to go to the forest to pick blueberries. But I found out there are 2 types of berries in Russia with the same name “blueberry” in English, and in Russian they have different names: “chernika” and “golubika”. To be honest, during my trips to Europe or Asia I’ve never seen the one that we call “chernika” in stores/ markets. Only “golubika” was sold there. So these berries actually look and taste similar, but still there are some differences. I’ll briefly tell you about them. Berries has differences in color, size, shape and taste. “Chernika” berries are smaller, has more darker color – sometimes very dark blue or almost black color, and their taste is more like sweety-sour. “Golubika” berries are bigger, has lighter blue color, fruits are more fleshy and thick, their taste sometimes sweet, sometimes tasteless, but more often just neutral. Juice of “Chernika” has dark red or dark violet color, and it stains mouth, hands and even your clothes if you weren’t accurate by chance. “Chernika” fruits have round shape, and “Golubika” has a bit elongated shape. “Chernika” more high-calorie, and it contains ascorbic acid and antioxidants. “Chernika” improves the immune system, helps for eyesight, strenghten the retina. “Golubika” uses for diets for losing weight, heart and blood vessels strenghtening, cell regeneration. On the picture below you can see both of them and comparing of their differences. But guess which one is Chernika and which one is Golubika? :)

Day 3 (30-day challenge) - Do you like picking berries? I do. Blueberry is one of the most useful forest berries. It usually rippens in the middle of summer – in July, and it grows in a pine and spruse forest, often around swamps and on the hillside as a small bushes. City dweller can easily understand that blueberry season starts, when near the metro stations appear old ladies who sell portioned plastic glasses or small baskets with blueberry. Since I live in suburbs, and there is a forest not far from my house, not nesessary to me to buy berries – I can pick berries myself in my free time. Since my childhood I fond of going to the forest for mushrooms and berries. Privacy, sounds of forest, birdsongs, special smell – it’s like a meditation, what especially city dwellers need with all our stress. Some people like to pick berries by hand harvester – this device looks like small scoop with prongs. It makes picking process faster, and hands are less getting dirty. But I prefer to pick berries by hand. The main thing is not to stain the clothes, because blueberry juice is almost impossible to wipe off. Nevertheless if you stain clothes with blueberry, you can definitely throw it out. I adore to eat the berries fresh, especially while picking it, or to make mousse of it.