First notebook entry: Introducing myself As for me, studying English is extremely necessary nowadays due to the fact of world's globalization and integration trends. Also, being a scientist I'm in a great need of articles and books originally printed in English. Finally, I like the way of Americans expressing their thoughts - precisely, shortly and easy to comprehend. For example, Russians naming the year 2009 will say the following(translit): "Dve tysyachi devyatyi god". It's heavyweight. English lets us explaine the same shortly: "2k9/twokeynine". It rocks! So that's the point.