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My Russian-language blog: http://laosergo.livejournal.com

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A friend and I have started an online language learning school with quite an unorthodox name : ) and a totally amazing way of learning. Getting thoroughly pickled in the language - the only surefire way to know it.

At the beginning of 2018 we are running a free 14-day winter course for learning English - if you can find a spark of the holiday magic ( Read more... )

"Китаяночку" в шорт-листе Волошинской премии ( Read more... )

Announcing the first issue of the South China Literary Almanac - the Russian issue.


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My family humbly dwells in our village penthouse. From time to time we bravely venture onto the sun-scorched roof patio adorned with palm trees, roses and that vine-like plant known in Chinese as ‘the gold and silver plant’ (it is a translation, of course). In times when we forget to water our penthouse garden, a random rainstorm visits it every ( Read more... )

Yesterday a 1.5 year old neighbors' son performed the wish that all the neighbors of our little village had cherished and carried with them behind their rib cages for so long. Now I understand what their sly glances had meant all that time ( Read more... )

I can't say I am a frequent long distance traveler - I'll even say more: it is a worthless task to try to calculate my frequent traveler miles, but the last days of this spring saw me traversing one of the hemispheres quite a bit. I am usually a reserved and suave traveler, I mind my own travel-related business without hustling anybody. Well, rare ( Read more... )

Yesterday in a restaurant decided to show some originality and ordered a crocodile. It showed up on our table but partially, braised with bamboo shoots and mushrooms, said was very busy with other visits ( Read more... )

A stuffing firm in Illinois posted an ad for a tech writer - with a twist that made some people wince.

Among other requirements, it was suggested that 'arrogant Americans' will not work well in this role. (Besides, a potential candidate should be respectful and understand Chinese culture - a definite edge for me!).
( Full text of the ad )

I vowed to write often but alas - the life that might be interesting for others from far far away have sucked me in and on very few occasions let me off the hook to draw in a gasp of arguably fresh south China air to only plunge back into the tenacious routine again. Ahem. So, I am translating a book on Burmese literature, it is interesting but at ( Read more... )