My thoughts of 'The Little Prince' This week I had to read 'The Little Prince' translated into English. Tell you the truth, I haven't finished reading the book yet, but I definitely going to do it in the future. I think, almost all of you have read it at least once in your life, so I will not retell you this story. I noticed that something interesting happens when I read books in English: I can feel every nuance, every slight detail, which I hardly ever see if I read it in Russian. It happens because my reading speed in English is much slower as if I read a book in Russian. I can taste every letter of every single word and my reading is more attentive. That is why I was extremely impressed when I was reading the part of the book in which author drew the box for the sheep, and after that he thought about grown-ups' vision of life and their inability to see the unobvious sheep behind the obvious box. I do not know why, but I haven't stop thinking about it since I read this. When I was a little school girl, I had to write a composition about this book. I had been keeping this composition for many years, but, unfortunately, I have lost it. This work was really lovely and touching, I can remember it quite clearly, and the cutest part was about the Little Prince and me. He was looking for a friend which could understand him well, but could not find. He looked very sad because of that, and when I decided to approach him and said 'You have just found a friend, the Little Prince'. It is too cute, isn't it?

What is your favourite book? One of my favourite books is 'Gone With The Wind' written by Margaret Mitchell. I've read this book several times, and I have no doubt that I will read it again. The characters lived in one of the South states in period of the American Civil War and after its ending; that meant they had to inevitably meet the new reality when slaves were set free and former slaveholders learned to live on their own. I very much admire the main female character, Scarlett O'Hara, for her incredible power and love of life. From my point of view, she behaved very bravely under such difficult circumstances, and her family was able to survive only thanks to her. Moreover, her dead husband's family owed its salvation to her as well. Many people say that Scarlett was too selfish and didn't know how to love, but I think she deserves more kind words because of her courage and fortitude.

What country would you like to live in? I never know how to respond to this question. On the one hand, I want it would be more sunlight and warm days in the place I live, but since it's impossible I have to move somewhere and enjoy the weather in a new place. When I imagine me walking along the brightly sunlit street while cheerful birds are singing in the trees, it makes me feel I need to choose such a place and move there as far as I can. On the other hand, I do not have any desire to live in the South of Russia, so I should think about alternatives. I really like South Korea, although I've never been there. I am in love with mountains and sea, I am excited of local cuisine, I have tender feelings for Asians in general, that is why I think about that country first. Besides, my future husband live in this wonderful country and he is waiting for me impatiently, and I don't want to make him feel depressed anymore. So, I am going to pack my suitcase and book a ticket to Seoul right now.

The famous person I would have dinner with If I had a chance, I would have dinner with a Korean drummer Kang Min Hyuk. May I use 'will' instead of 'would'? Thank you for you permission. Hi is a member of a South Korean indie band CNBlue since 2009, the year they started to play music as a band. Min Hyuk is a very serious and clever young man with a stunning smile which causes fainting of school girls. I suppose I am not worse than army of fan girls, so I decided I need to talk to him in private atmosphere of his father's restaurant, the place where you can taste delicious Korean cuisine and make friends with my future father-in-law. It seems like a good idea, doesn't it? After we will go there and have a couple of glasses of dry red wine I am going to ask him only if he would marry me. I am sure no one could ask him such a provocative question before, so he will definitely answer me yes. Wish us luck guys!

Who I wanted to be when I was a child When I was a child I wanted to work at different places. It depended on places where I been before, books that I read, people I met that time and many other factors. One day I wanted to be a doctor who heals children, and next day I changed my previous dream and started to dream about another job. I can remember clearly how I wanted to work at the zoo. That period of time I was very fond of books about animals. There are a lot of excellent Soviet authors who wrote about nature and animals: Yevgeny Charushin, Vitaly Bianki, Vera Chaplina and so on. The last one worked at the Moscow Zoo for more that 20 years, so she knew well the subject she wrote about. I was very impressed by her experience and wanted to follow in her footsteps. I went to the Leningrad Zoo by the underground and looked at animals imagining how it would be great to work there and take care of all those furry creatures. One time I was going to be a yardman. There were too much rubbish and dust at the city streets so I decided I must help people to live in tidy world. I closed my eyes and saw how beautiful the world would be without garbage. I dreamed about flowers and trees instead of mountains of tins, plastic bags and mud. I didn't become either a zoo worker or an yardman, but I still love animals and nature. I can't hit a cat or spit on the road.

The most important person in my life My mom is definitely the most important person in my life. When I was younger I rarely tried to think, just tried to imagine how it's difficult to raise three children in Russia in 1990s. I can see now how many sacrifices she made to make us happy. I never was hungry, I never needed something I couldn't live without, I always knew that my mom can bring all I need. I think she influenced me more than anyone else, even though I always was very independent in my thoughts and utterances and supposed that we are very different. Unfortunately, I started to recognize the measure of her efforts not so long ago. I just lived my own life without thinking of her needs and dreams, without much helping her. I helped, but it was too little to show my grateful to her. I want to believe I would be a better daughter than I was before.

Monday Note Last week I needed to write a little abstract of some kind about using 'can/could' in English. I couldn't concentrate on this task and instead of doing important things I did nothing during the week. I could have finished my homework by Tuesday, but I started doing this only on Sunday evening. Two hours later it became clear that I can't do it so well as I could do if I just began it much earlier. I could finish my homework in time, but the process and the result weren't satisfying. I hope that I can do such a job better next time.