Don't put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington

greetings one and all. sorry it''s been a little while since i last wrote on here. we're having a few teething problems with the internet in our small piece of mother russia. as you can see i've decided to stick with mr cole porter for my headers. for all you trainspotters out there i'm listening to the vic reeves cover as i type.

life in moscow continues unabashed. the course is moving along at a cracking pace and there are days where i feel like i am positively drowning and in work and a total failure as a teacher. and then there are days where i manage to pull off a lesson (not perfectly i might add) and to teach them something and it is a feeling unparalleled. i'm still learning and i still have a long way to go. but i totally adore my students and they in turn seem to find me hilarious and miss on the days that i am not around. which is so incredibly flattering.... i change from elementary to intermediate students next week and i am filled with fear as i am totally pants at grammar. diabolical in fact (today i am thrilled as i have worked out what an adjective is). and i have to teach it in some detail. blargh. i am learning a few other failings on my part. it seems i am totally tone deaf when it comes to working out the stresses in words and sentences. who would have thought?! it makes for amusing tutorials.

life in moscow remains much fun. although i haven't had a chance to explore properly as i don't have much time spare at the moment. as we don't have' much time my flatmate and i spend what we have exploring our local n'hood. and we are learning more and more each day. our local drunk has a social club every sunday and his mates come to sit with him and talk and booze it up. in its honour he even changes clothes. it does nothing to stop the stench though. we've also learnt that it seems our local church is a rather important cathedral..and we've been naively banging on about how we live near this really quaint little church. its the Epiphany Cathedral at Elokhovo. (the photos are not mine of course...i really should sort out a digital camera sometime soon). and here is the wikipedia link for you people who are interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_Cathedral

we (my flatmate, another coursemate and i)have made our first russian friends. as luck would have it one of them loves shisha almost as much as i do. fate i tell you. so we are planning our first big excursion with them next week. a chance to practice my shocking russian (i can't begin to fathom how i have managed so far...).

so i guess i should leave you for now and get back to my ekker and plotting some adventures for the weekend. all work and no play makes miss c a dull girl. will report back again next week. hopefully with something interesting for once

laters

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