Thursday, December 27, 2007
A new start
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Enchanted in Manhattan
В сказочной стране живет красавица Жизель, которая по законам жанра влюбляется в прекрасного принца. Разумеется, их чувство взаимно. Но планы влюбленных нарушает злая колдунья – мать принца. Ведьма решает извести будущую невестку! Она отправляет Жизель в самое жуткое место во вселенной – наш реальный мир. А что может быть хуже, чем хаотичный и серый Манхэттен XXI века?
На этом моменте мультик заканчивается – начинается фильм! Анимационная Жизель превращается в настоящую девушку (Эми Адамс) и оказывается в центре мегаполиса в час пик. Просто жуть!
Удастся ли ей попасть домой? Да и захочет ли она туда возвращаться – вот вопрос! Ведь в Нью-Йорке она встретит прагматичного, но обаятельного Роберта. Однако и здесь героине не будет покоя! Сначала в городе окажется прекрасный романтик-принц: он так просто не собирается отказываться от своих чувств. Затем из волшебной страны прибудет целый вагон персонажей: и преданный дворецкий, и злая ведьма (в исполнении Сьюзан Сарандон), и даже забавный говорящий бурундук, от которого будут шарахаться окружающие! Полтора часа смеха и море положительных эмоций гарантированы.
Режиссер – Кевин Лима
В ролях: Эми Адамс, Сьюзан Сарандон, Джеймс Мерсден
В прокате – с 20 декабря
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
There is a first time for everything
These were my
first interviews ever!!!
Here on the right is the
Earnst&Young
represantative
Mr. Aaron Johnson.
And here I'm enjoying the company of a Ukrainian celebrity. His nickname is Dilya, he is a famous pop-band soloist. I actually like his songs! And his personality - a very cheerful optimistic person. Heeeey.... hehe... he is not married, I can share his phone number with those interested.
I feel like a journalist!
And I llllovvvve the feeling :)))
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
He is close!
I SO can't wait!!! I'm a little nervous about the fog, but I know God will get him home safely because He is a good God.
My Jamie will come out of the plane together with the Japanese and it will be almost impossible to tell the difference between them. As you can see in this picture Jamie's eyes have been rather Japanese even before this trip! We'll see if I recognise him in the airport. Might bring home some Ching Sun Yan instead of James Cooper Peipon. I guess I should check his passport first... My husband is an American citizen! That much I know! :)
Friday, November 16, 2007
Our Domestic Zoo
Monday, November 12, 2007
or... uh, more complicated? See what I mean
Home alone
By the way, about this 'behavior' word (and many others like 'favorite'... emm, many of them, but I can't think of another example). Anyhow, in school we all had to write an essay on a given theme. And when the next week the teacher returned our checked papers we were all disappointed at how many corrections there were (she is a very diligent young teacher, about 3 years older than us :)
On the side of the lines there were explanations of our mistakes. I understand 'WW" (wrong word usage), SP (spelling, of course), GR (grammar), but one of my mistakes had 'Am' on the side. The mistake was in the word 'favour'. Apparently, this mistake is called 'Americanism' :))))
It's difficult to be learning your second language and be constantly confused about British and American English (Okay, I get the pronunciation differences, but the spelling! common!). I love them both, but I have to make up my mind and choose one! What shall I do???
Thursday, November 8, 2007
I got a call from Tokyo!!!
I couldn't believe my ears! Right in the middle of my work day on my cell phone! I remember thinking that Andrey's and Jamie's voices sound very similar. Today I got convinced it is really so. The little screen on my phone said 'Private #' and when I picked up it felt like it's far away... Allo, allo... Dasha? I was pretty sure that the call was made from as far as Great Britain. Oh, what a pleasant surprise, my brother was so eager to hear me... I needed like 5 seconds to realise it was from Japan! Quite a bit further, huh? I could barely hear him, we didn't speak for a long time. Now that I think of it the only things he actually told me (besides 'can you hear me?' 'are you at work?' 'what time will you be home?'...) were that we have a 6 hour time difference and that he loved me...
So I really don't know how they are doing. At least we know he is ok :)
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Dreams come true.... hope not mine
Jeanne cooked a yummy meal last night. How could I refuse? It smelled so good. Plus I haven't had dinner that evening. So, I gave up.
In my crazy dream I saw nearly everyone I know... My Mom was a bus driver! A huge bus! And Mom is insanely scared to drive even a tiny car! (in real life)
I saw shoes and purses... Cats and dogs... And many more...
Thank God I don't remember everything I saw.
Whooh, what a night...
Monday, November 5, 2007
RIP
The past couple of months have been really difficult, we published like 6 magazines instead of two. In our room of 7 people there are only two present right now, Olya and myself. The rest of our ladies will be away this week. They have earned a good rest.
So, rest in peace, ladies, and get more energy to substitute me when I go for vacation in a week...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Cat attack!
Friday, October 26, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
In the past few weeks
- For those of you who don't know... we have 4 kittens(1 of them is our neighbour's, but it comes during the day to play with the rest of our cats) and two puppies! It makes our life complete :) I love animals, especially babies. Unfortunately I don't get much time with them. I see them once a week on Saturdays. Gosh, they get a lot bigger in a week! I have to catch up on playing with the cuties.
- There will be 4 of my little articles in the next Edinstvennaya magazine that comes out in December! (well, not so little - they are all 1-page long... for TV Ekran that would be huge)
- I think we finally broke our vacuum cleaner - it was so close to dying, but started coughing just yesterday after sucking in quite a bit of wood dust. I really hope it will recover. Our poor blue babe.
- We had a corporate party, Jamie came with me. I think he will agree that we had a good time. The next day my chief editor deputy said to the whole office: 'Dasha's husband is so cuuuute!' Is she right, or what! He IS cute! :)
- Next week we're both invited to Bee Movie cinema preview. Enjoy, Jamie!
- I finally got myself some winter boots! Yeah! I had this burden hanging over me for a while. I like shopping for fun. But not when you know exactly what you need... And when there are several important aspects that limit your choice... like price, size, height - definitely up to knee!, material - it has to be genuine leather and fur, otherwise it's too cold and not worth buying... oh, and you have to be able to wear them both with a skirt, dress pants and jeans... SO - feminine, but not with high heels... Blah! Anyhow, it's a tough process, I'm sure everyone will agree. I didn't have the time or desire to go through it, so I just peeked into the only shoe store we have near our village, tried the only pair of boots... and bought them. No more burden! Dunno about you, but I'm ready for snow :)
- A friend from work brought me a Blast, Swingin Bach and Dizzy Gillespie DVD :) Percussion art is in favor of many.
- I was just interviewed by a friend of mine! She invited me for coffee (sly) and came with a notebook and a pen! :) Asked me about that corporate thing that she didn't go to - cheater... :))) - everything said about Alina was said in a good mood with no shade of frustration. I love her!
Emm... That's it for today. What's new in your lives?
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Not for vain
Last Wednesday I went to see a boy named Vanya who has inner organ transposition and a really bad heart disease.
He is 1,8 y.o., so cute! Big blue eyes with long black eyelashes and a cheerful smile. Looking at his shiny face you can not believe that he is actually dying.
When he desperately needed a surgent's help the doctors in Ukraine didn't even want to try, he was too young for a surgery that could help him. The doctors in Germany agreed to operate him realising the risk. A BIG sum of money was collected by our fund, 85 ooo hrn brought in by the readers of our magazine and 100 000 hrn added by one of our oligarchs, Mr. Surkis (he owns Dynamo FC). After a very successful operation there was hope. The boy was adopted by a young couple who have two of their own children. They were visiting Vanya long before the surgery, but weren't adopting him because there was nothing they could do to save his life. No money - no hope.
Now little Vanya has a family, people who deeply love him and will do everything they can for his sake.
The problem is that a second surgery has to be done in order to save Vanya's life. The first one was done in order to prepare his little body for this one. It has to be done not later than January, otherwise the risk is too big. A surgery after the deadline might not be helpful at all.
My job was to organize a photo session for Vanya and to write an article about this situation calling out for help. I really hope and believe that people of Ukraine will find mercy and kindness in their hearts to save this angel's life. It is only by God's will that he'll survive, but it is only through our readers' help that Vanya's new parents will be able to do it.
What I realised from this little task of mine is that the work I do now is actually not only to entertain the readers of our magazine. Through this fund God actually saves people's lives. I felt so right when realised that what I do daily is actually good, I finally see how I can really serve Him through my job. Official job. It's so great to know that you're useful to society. God is good.
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By the way, if any of the ones reading this post feel like being part of this act of mercy, you may contact me for the fund information or use the coordinates below to support our fund.
Получатель: Благотворительный фонд журнала «Единственная»
р/c 26001000671000 (в гривнах)
р/c 26004000671900 (в евро)
в АО «Калион Банк Украина» в г.Киеве
МФО 300379
Код ЗКПО 26548008
Назначение платежа: фонд в помощь Юрочке Бражнику.
Or in English...
Calyon New York, New York
Swift code: CRLYUS33
Receiver: charity fund of Edinstvennaya magazine
Account number - 26004000671900 (will in be exchanged into EUR)
Purpose: Yura Brajnik's fund
Thank you for your generosity
Friday, October 19, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Dedicated to TV Ekran
I'm not complaining, I'm in no right to complain. I just now have something to compare.
The team I used to work with is SO great! I don't know how to describe it. I think it's mostly the chief editor's influence. She is young, beautiful, energetic, optimistic, with great sense of humor. She never shows her despair or disappointment even if everything is out of control. She is the spirit of the whole team. I'm sure that's why the atmosphere is so warm and friendly. Though it's a weekly magazine and the speed of work is just amazing, even the air is tense... there's always a lot of laughing, sharing joys and sorrows, support and encouragement, real personal relationships. I'm not even talking about the parties and all the good times we had together. With all of that, believe it or not, we always worked very productively. A real team work, that's what it was.
Here, at my new table, I have this content feeling 'I'm here to work'. Everybody is much more melancholic and candid. Everybody minds his/her own business. People don't talk as much. I guess that's what work is about.
I'm just gaining experience with every minute of my life.
What I can say for sure is:
Dearest TV Ekran,
.... and I will always love you....!!! (Good thing you're only 3 minutes away from me ;)
Monday, October 8, 2007
A new page of my life
All I can say is:
I'm really happy
and
GOD IS SO GOOD TO ME!!!!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
It's 2 a.m.
It was such a nice cup of coffee, worth every minute of this sleepless night...
Good thing about being a journalist/editor is that you can always do your work (or improve it, or add to it, or check and correct) just whenever you feel like it. Last week was too hectic for me, somehow my partner and I got a whole WEEK late on our magazine section. We were working like mad, typing thousands symbols per hour, discussing hundreds of problems and answering as many questions that kept falling at us from our boss, advertisment department our designers etc. Busy week, not much of an inspiration one. So tomorrow (or actually today) I have to plan the topics for our next magazine while I still have a couple of articles I have to write for the previous two magazines. So I thought, why not use this sleepless time for creativity. So I did. This will make tomorrow much easier for me :))
Good Monday to everyone. Have a great week!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Otherwise I'll forget...
Try this to see how good your ideas look on a pumpkin :))
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Attitiude
Anyhow, I greeted her cheerfuly. And she literally barked at me! :)) I don't mean it this way, but she was so frustrated and upset, her whole body saying 'Don't mess with me!' So, I was like 'wow, you don't seem very happy today'. Turned out that she and her husband were moving that weekend. She didn't know where anything was, she couldn't cook, she couldn't even find any warm clothes. She looked cold in her sandals and shirt (and summer bag). It sounded like she was the most unhappy person in the whole world. And she complained and complained describing in details how unconvenient this whole moving situation is.... And then I laughed and told her I completely understood her. Cuz Jamie and I moved that very same weekend. I told her about my adventures while looking for teapot and at least one cup. She looked a little relieved knowing that someone else is going through the same process right then. We had a good laugh together that morning.
Friday, September 7, 2007
We're home...
But as for the rest of the house, it's done and clean. And whatever it is like, we don't care as long as we are... at home :)))
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Updates on the house
The floors and inside paintings are all done, too! The tiles in the kitchen - 'check'! (No kitchen itself though, but we'll get to it) The bathroom is completely done, even with washing machine connected! The lights and outlets... it's all done.
We'll be ready to move in once the electricity matter is solved.
Grandma is moving into her part of the house (to the first floor) today! :)))
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Fun, fun, fun!!!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
How to...
1) Give out as many tasks as possible to friends and relatives (in case if they are responsible of course). They will be happy to help and you won't have to worry about hundreds of little things.
2) Find the balance between your desires and your parents vision of this event. It's as important to parents as it is for you.
3) Make sure to have professional musicians, DJ, photographers and video-operators. You will really want their products to be good.
4) Comfortable shoes (!!!) and tiny handkerchief (I didn't have it and still regret it and when Mom gave it to me I meant to keep it forever but lost it really soon - I wish wedding dress had a tiny pocket in it)
5) Make your wedding a very special unique celebration that you'll remember for life. It's very easy to organize -
...on how and where to order white gold rings
and the most fresh flowers for the bridal bouquette...
... or a perfect reception hall
Friday, August 10, 2007
Make a wish if you see a falling star
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Watermelon Inspiration
Friday, July 27, 2007
Beeeeeezzz, that's us ;)
(hard but oh so fun!)
Below is my beautiful, caring and most wonderful
partner in the 'advisery' magazine section.
Please welcome... Yulia!
And the sweetest Alina, who is a 'celebrity section' editor.
She sits right across me, so we face each other daily.
There is no other face I'd like to see every day more than hers.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Have you had your laugh today?
There is a long pause....
The lady half laughing asks, "Do you want a ketchup or mustard on that?"
Puzzled the man asks, "What? Why?"
She says, laughing, "We just moved in and our electricity is not turn on yet."
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Monday morning...
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Airless and hot
My point is, boy is it hot here!