Hey Mili - if you want to practice your English, just let me know

Tak

Fernando's response might be closer to "The ideal life is when you are happy. Nothing else matters" or "No matter what anyone says" or "No matter what happens". I'm not completely sure what he was trying to say.

 

The ideal life is the life I live.

In case you don't know the characters - Yuta is showing "Watashi no namae wa Mari desu" Watashi no namae (My name...) The no is showing that the name is yours. "Watashi wa America-nin desu" I am American. You wouldn't have possession ("no") here.

Try using flashcards (or flashcards on your phone) so that you can practice going both ways. Learn the sounds of the alphabet (e.g. ahh, iiii, ooooo, ehhhh, ohhhh, et al) and then start putting those symbols and sounds together. I think reciting the alphabet would be the best thing to start with, and then the characters. You'll get it - it just takes some dedication.

 

I just got back from Japan and it was so nice to be able to read a bunch of the signs/labels. While you need a good kanji understanding to read a newspaper, etc., knowing hiragana and katakana is definitely a great edge to have if you visit.

My nice weekends!

I had a nice weekends. My grandfather celebrated his 80th anniversary. A lot of relatives arrived to congratulate him on his birthday. All the guests said kind words about to the address of my grandfather.
My grandparents live in a the village, in 100 km from Belokuriha. In this their village there isn't running water pipes, therefore I had to washed the dishes from 22 people for  2 days in a wash-dishes-basin. It was terrible. But the nature in their village is very beautiful. There there are big mountains, quick* rivers, magic** caves and wild animals. I like this place.

 

*fast? strong?

**maybe magical?

I have a beautiful and playful cat but she no longer lives with me because I moved to a small apartment. She likes to be in expansive places with bushes and trees so she can hunt birds. For this reason, she now lives in Tulcan city with my grandparents, but I miss her.
Lately I've been sad for the animals, especially cats because my boyfriend's pet died. His cat was named Ternurita and my boyfriend really loved it. It was really sad.

 

(expansive means large)

Novosibirsk

Novjsibirsk is Russia's third-largest city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg. (The) population is about 1.4 million. The city locating is located on the banks of the Ob River in the West (maybe Western?) Siberian Plain. Average temperatures range in summer is from +15 °C (59 °F) to +26 °C (78.8 °F) and in the winter from −20 °C (−4 °F) to −12 °C (10.4 °F). However, winter temperatures can go as low as −30 °C (−22 °F) to −35 °C (−31 °F), and summer temperatures can go as high as +30 °C (86 °F) to +35 °C (95 °F). The famous building is The Theatre Opera and Ballet (If there is one famous building, then you would say "the famous building is" but if there are more than one, then you might say "A famous building is" or "One of the famous buildings is"). It's the largest theatre building in Russia. Novosibirsk's Zoo is a very intresting place. There you'll can see a Ligr, which was born as is a result of cross between a Leo lion and tiger.