Monday, May 10, 2010

Nadine Jansen & Milena Velba Milking Tits

kebab on the river


After almost six months of winter, the month of May, the beginning of spring: Finally no more white, gray back roads, brown earth and the first bit of green. How many Russians are also pushing us to the long time indoors then out into nature, that is, out of the city. Without own car and relevant local knowledge would be this desire to realize not easy, but fortunately we met a Russian family that has both and we participate in the weekend like it does. Parents Irina and Peter and her seven year old son, Danil - to know we have the scooter riding around the Springbrungen in the city center - share, in contrast to many other Russian families our need for fresh air and freedom of movement for the boys and easy exchange of ideas for parents. Although both have no relations with Germany and speak a word of German, are more intense than with some of our contacts in which the former is given. For us is very pleasant, that our meeting very spontaneous and always - at first - take place on neutral ground, that we talk and make us two hours later on the way to a park or on an ice rink. There are tea from a thermos flask and some biscuits on hand or we have some time to warm fresh air inhalation in a simple cafe. Sometimes we end up at the end of the day when one of us at home, but it never is a multi-hour menu preparation connected.
Quite often there are first mother-child meetings in relatively civilized places in the city and the men come in the evening for a beer to, but sometimes we start as a complete Families in the early afternoon in the direction of nature - which for us is always an adventure with an uncertain destination and output. It begins with the drive, because 6-7 people (with or without Cara now mostly) in a car are also available for most of the Russian transport police a little too much of a good. But urgent calls - and a little attention - they are able to convince them to let us go blameless.
Pyotr not only has a (Japanese) SUV, but also the knowledge of corresponding lines in the vicinity of Novosibirsk, where it can fully operational. If it is found in our spontaneous phone calls, that the men with come out to play, we agree with us then to a more jerky-hour car journey and a return not much before midnight. So also on that day in May.
After a joint purchase in a supermarket (lots of fresh vegetables, French bread and Russian shish kebab), we were on our way to a "good spot on the river". Which river? What place? No idea, but our past experience had shown that it would be unusual and exciting in every case. the way we stopped in a suburb with an old wooden house settlement, where there are on street corners or public water pumps. There were already in the car mounted jerry cans filled with drinking water. Then we headed to woodlands in the north of Novosibirsk, first on public roads, then on forest roads, but finally we left out determined to make a birch visit, had at the Pyotr an apparatus for the disposal of the attached spring flowing birch juice. In the army, so we heard learn how to survive alone by birch trees. The juice of the birch is to have a clean and very refreshing effect on the body - of course we also confirmed after the first taste of the fantastic taste. Then we got but rather to the well water. For a real trip but we did or firewood, which we collected on the spot under the expert guidance and Piotr's invited. The tour went through the forest and the river (probably a tributary of the Ob) along the right of the forest slope, next to the river bed. Since the time of snow melt was not long past, there were some areas of the Way flooded - fortunately not a problem, for that SUV, and great fun for our boys. past other city fugitives who had already taken with folding tables and barbecue spits of land in fog, we finally got to "our" place. Annoyingly, we were not the first to welcome the spring this year here wanted: Impressive witnessed piles of rubbish from previous visitors. If we had grudgingly come to terms with this common bad habit of marking territory was unbearable for Pjotr the sight of the plastic plates and bottles. Embarrassed and cursing, he began a ditch auszuschachten, in which he was completely every relic. He did not fail to explain his and also our son, that you are so in no case did behave in nature. Too bad, we thought that not speak more Russian fathers so with their sons. Finally, our natural pleasure
was nothing in the way: The boys had started a long time, the little forest hills to climb to let himself down roll it enjoyable by the fresh earth (Irina is different from many Russich mothers in that she believes a day without nasty boy Pants is a lost day.) now got Irina a small tent shows that Danil and Julius independent after long preliminary constructions: It offered comfortable protection from the still fairly icy wind.
Meanwhile, the collected wood sawed to proper length - and has generated some heat. When at last the fire burned and spread on the small folding table, almost still warm baguette, fresh green salad (a rarity!), Tomatoes and cucumbers were all suddenly realized we were we hungry now become. One can not describe in words how good such a simple meal and taste the typical Russian shish kebab on the shores of a wild river! While the boys with rifle replacement of branches up the hill and down running, then in her tent rested, with sticks dangerously far in the river flow poked and ate again kebab, we could enjoy the first spring sun,
the improbable silence beyond any city sounds (luckily we were in contrast to most other trippers the Car radios) and at all these beautiful spring day, now went to meet even the twilight.
fact, we reached the city center in total darkness - as one would expect the persistent traffic jams formed from many day-trippers who had welcomed the month of May in Nature.

the rest of this trip took place on 9 May take place in Russia the great celebrated "Victory Day" - over Nazi Germany. "Better you can not celebrate the day well": Danil grandma in Khabarovsk (? Na, who finds `s) responded to the information of her grandson, he would spend the day with his German friend Julius. This Opinion we concur with absolutely!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Can You Do A Hollywood With Veet?

music intensively

only way for all cases we had Caras violin, on which they had been in Germany for four years taught in the music of Mr. Rott Enger-Spennymoor with great patience, even with our packed with relocation to Novosibirsk. Rather, we naturally had loose in the hand luggage, us - clueless as we were - after landing the completion of multilateral declarations in Russian (who knows what "violin bow" means in Russian?) Under the strict supervision unhelpful official brought. The properly now imported instrument stored for several months peacefully in our new house which prevented many new impressions in the city and school, first playing music. In the course of the approaching Christmas season 2008, however, we collect all - as every year - the desire to give this special time also to musical expression. Unfortunately, only the violin was lying down transport and long tune considerably.


mediator, we were convinced, however, that at the secondary school No. 1 for all interests an offer there, and then Klaus went looking for a music teacher who "just" could set up the strings again. The search for such was really no Problem: Liliya Maksutowna, director of the school ensembles and violin teacher at a neighboring music school, was immediately ready to help out. But: Not only should we put the violin, but please also equal to the child!

were quick tune the strings - and Cara unexpectedly logged to the course. Despite our firm intentions, Cara, first of any "free time stress" keep away, to enable it for the first time in a quiet settling into the new language and environment, we could the friendly obligation Liliya Maksutownas not resisted, and consented that Cara (at first) once a week should have in her classroom. Before long, Cara was "tentatively" invited into the ensemble and of course it made the music with 10-12 other young people enjoy.
Then, when the first concert came up and Cara solemnly with a long evening dress stood on the stage, all resistance was futile: At the weekly individual lesson came two hours of rehearsals with the ensemble, sometimes another single hour during the following school year, "Solfeggio" a kind of music theory with musical notes and rhythm theory, finally, the third weekly private lesson and a "mandatory" second instrument piano. Only the subjects "Music Literature" and "Musikanhören" which are provided with one additional hour per week in the regular curriculum, can Cara (yet) from. As Cara was taken thanks to the intercession of Liliya Maksutowna in a State of Music, will cost us all the fun just 500 rubles a month, currently about 12 €. use
From Caras progress and the unexpected possibilities here animated spot now Julius and I have the opportunity to inform us about Caras piano teacher Jelena Genedjewna. While Julius makes the first ever encounter with notes and keys and still get used to the necessity of regular practice must I struggle with at some point learned, but then thoroughly forgotten bass clef. Several weeks ago I took alone to me by the German re used to the Russian note names. But using Julius' song "Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si-na sela Koschka taksi" I too have finally understood. Serious strikes me as even the correct posture of fingers (to be able to play on the "cushion", the fingertips, must of course all protruding nails to be sacrificed), wrist and arms. Despite the constant assertion of our teacher, it would be nothing unnatural about it, demands that my whole focus. Nice here is that Jelena Genadjewna considers us as a family project and often selects notes, in which I play Cara monitoring and the upper parts or in which one of Julius easy batch place.

So we have probably already set up soon a plan for the use of electric piano, there has been a Christmas present for us all. provide, together with daily practice sessions Caras on the violin, which requires, in contrast to the times at the German music school no longer call, we offer our neighbors for several hours every day listening.
Over the past year and a half Cara participated in 40 concerts, festivals and competitions, which has earned her a thick stack of representative documents. She has on birthdays in restaurants, at a wedding, at the German Christmas Market, in libraries, museums, in the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, in a home for disabled children in an Orthodox and Protestant church and played our course, on all occasions on stage at school. Most performances of the ensemble are approximately 10-minute posts in a concert with many different drivers, but there are also longer performances, especially as trials in the music school or at festivals and competitions, where each ensemble member's solo contributions are required.
Cara is now the third model with a concert dress (after altrose now white and gold, with each matching headbands and shoes were designed to) and in the last week she has (finally) traded in their half against a good violin.
But the highlight so far was definitely the trip with the company to an international youth music festival in Nizhny Novgorod. During spring break in late March 2010, Liliya Maksutowna was accompanied by Aliona Yuryevna that accompanies the ensemble is always on the piano, with the young people by train to the two and a half-day route in the city on the Volga. During the trip was in the greater sleeper practiced every day, only to lose no time to prepare. Also in the hotel where they stayed with other participants from throughout Russia and neighboring countries, had each ensemble member daily two hours of individual instruction, to daily rehearsals. All this culminated in a performance for which the ensemble with 2nd Course was excellent. As the violinists had done their best, they were still the first for the Place This prize money is 1000 rubles per person. Of course, the returning ensemble at School No. 1 and in the music school with great pride was taken in reception.
The sometimes extreme exposure to concerts (there were times with up to four concerts per week), daily practice, the back and held out of the instrument and dress for every (!) Cara weather can certainly stand as good reason because Liliya Maksutowna at all professional need never lose the people in the eye: Basically it fits to the individual lessons to the individual schedule of their students, the samples found in the "podwaltschik" instead (a small basement room with a piano) in School No. 1, so that Cara not need to Music to walk. When a concert in the morning before school in the afternoon Caras pending, she always asks about whether Cara still at home is "fed", or whether she should get her something to eat. Are the concerts in the afternoon, she worried even chocolate bars and drinks as a reward and reinforcement. In the last two weeks before the trip to Nizhny Novgorod were distributed to all participants and vitamin tablets for the train bag as healthy food packed for self catering.

Given the great progress that Cara has made this intensive musical education, and the joy and sense of achievement, she has experienced it, we are happy that their is still ahead of another Russian school year in which they several times a week in the small "podwaltschik" and can be run on different platforms.