London Students Protest Against Tuition Fees and I Support Them

I really like English students for bravery to protest. THOUSANDS of STUDENTS have been marching through central London in protest against tuition fees and debt. 

This level of bravery students all over the world need, especially in Russia! I dare suggest that Russian students even do not know why they shall protest. Education in Russia is getting more and more expensive. Free education, which was in every uni of the country, is slowly dying out, thanks to the "lovely" government policy. It's a pity to see that we are losing what our grand-grand fathers fought for with their blood.  

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Студенты Лондона протестуют против роста цен на образование и я их поддерживаю

Мне очень нравится смелость английских студентов, позволяющая им выходить на протесты. ТЫСЯЧИ СТУДЕНТОВ в центре Лондона вышли сегодня на протест против повышения платы за обучение и долга за обучение. 

Такого уровня смелости не хватает студентам всего мира, особенно в России, в нашей стране. Осмелюсь предположить, что русские студенты даже не знают причин БЛАГОДАРЯ которым они могут выйти на протест. Образование в России с каждым годом становится все дороже и дороже. Бесплатное образование, которое было доступно в каждом вузе по всей стране, сейчас по медленно исчезает благодаря политике "замечательного" правительства. Жаль видеть что мы теряем то, за что наши пра-прадеды боролись своей кровью.    

 На многих плакатах написано: "Бесплатное образование".

 Надпись на транспаранте: "Деньги на войну или образование для бедных?" Моя надпись: "Правительства выбирают войну."

Авторы, чьи книги обязательны для чтения (отмечены сердечком на фото): Джордж Оруэлл, Роза Люксембург, Карл Маркс. 

 Почему бы ни прочесть книгу Рассела Бренда "Революция"?

 Надпись на плакате: "Если в Германии может быть бесплатное образование, почему его не может быть у нас?" Моя надпись на фото: "Вообще-то правительство Германии медленно урезает бесплатное образование." 

 Лозунги на плакатах: "Книги, не бомбы", "Как людям получать прибыль?", "Урезайте войну, а не наше благосостояние."

 Надпись на картоне: "Фашист", моя подпись: "Ага!!!"

 Надпись на фото: "Испуганные котята", реплика из уст полицейского: "Мамочка!!!" 

Do you see, guys, how police (which protects politicians from fare people) look miserable in comparison with united people? \

А вы видите, ребята, какой полиция (которая создана на самом деле для защиты политиков от обычного народа) выглядит ЖАЛКОЙ на фоне объединённых людей? 

 I will never understand people who work in police. I think to clean streets is more noble job to do than to be a police man\woman.

\Я никогда не пойму людей, идущих работать в милицию. Я думаю что убирать улицы - работа гораздо благородней, чем быть полицейским.

 Нет, это не Старбакс, это Звёздные Войны.

I would gladly crash Starbucks coffee shop for extremely high prices for nothing and for escaping tax payment. And I also would love to crash a bank or a cash machine. 

\Я бы сама с радостью разбила стекла кофейни Старбакс за непомерное высокие цена не за что, и ещё за то, что они не платят налоги. А ещё, я бы с большим наслаждением разбила бы витрину банка или банкомат.

 Вперёд, девчонки!!!

 Надпись на фото: Сильные и вместе.

Надпись на фото: "Нам не нужно носить масок. Всё в НАШИХ руках."

I do admire London students and wish Russian students would be like this. I wish I could go through the streets of Moscow or London together with the students fighting for free education and equality. It's really amazing how a bunch of elite rules MILLIONS of people. Why do people allow them to do that? 

I hope very soon students of all over the world together with the workers will unite and kick out all rich and "powerful capitalists" out of the country or make them clean OUR streets for FREE!

This world NEEDS A REVOLUTION!

\Я восхищаюсь лондонскими студентами и очень бы хотела, чтобы русские студенты были бы такими же. Как бы я хотела пройти по улицам Москвы и Лондона вместе со студентами отстаивая права каждого человека на образование и равенство. Ни правда ли это удивительно, что всего лишь какае-то кучка элиты правит МИЛЛИОНАМИ людей? Почему люди позволяют им это делать? 

Я надеюсь, что очень скоро студенты всего мира объединяться вместе с рабочими и вышвырнут всех богатых или так называемых "власть имущих капиталистов" из страны или подметать НАШИ улицы БЕСПЛАТНО.

Этому миру НУЖНА РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ!

    

Oversized Grey Coats for Winter

 Yesterday on my way from work I noticed a girl wearing a huge oversized camel colour coat in metro. She looked so comfy in it, though a bit too big\oversized. Looking at her I realized that baggy coats can serve good for winter time. You can wear thousand layers underneath and still will look baggy and oversized. If you are seek and tired of figure hugging clothes, then go ahead, free your body, baby, and find your own oversized coat. But please, choose something brighter than grey. Or, if you long to wear a grey coat, then add a colourful scarf or beanie.   

#MBFWRUSSIA was Full of Smiles

 I'm posting this foto not only because of the wide smiles of the ladies, but also because of the bright yellow spots in their looks. I don't know why yellow is not popular among adults? I only know that yellow makes you look bright and makes everybody around you feel bright and sunny.    

Monday Mood

 I hope I'm not the only person who does not like working on Monday. Well, I'd love working on Monday of it was my dream job. But as far as I do not have the job of my dream yet, I have to bear what I have with the hope that someday it will change. Of course I'm undertaking the required actions to secure a better job for me. But economic crisis is everywhere and people around say that I must be happy with what I've got. Yeah, may be, but I can not feel happy about my present state, knowing that it can be better. I know that hard work is waiting for me, but I'm not afraid of a hard work, more than that like working hard. 

 I'm not going to work hard today at work that I do not like, but I will work hard for my personal interests and aims while acting like I'm working my a** off for my "lovely" boss.      

Friday Office Look Created by Nuri

 Happy Friday to every working girl and boy! Tomorrow is a weekend! Yooohoooo!!!!

 If the company you're curently employed at boasts of a strict dress code on Fridays, my first advices - look for a new job or fight for your rights and your personal style, my second advice - be inspired by Niru in the picture. 

 I like the brown colours combination. She does not look tacky in a leopard jacket, because she wears a nice and modest skirt. The simple three stripes in the skirt make it look good and not boring at all.  

 So guys, enjoy your work day, but mostly enjoy your evening and weekend and forget about a boring job for two days! 

Blankets Are Trendy

Do you have a wool blanket covered with check or square pattern? Is it of red colour or warm brown? Then wrap yourself up in it before going out to work on a cold autumn day, otherwise you will not look trendy. 

The girl in red definitely borrowed her grandma's blanket. See? And she looks cool.

Guys, do not hesitate to wrap a huge scarf or blanket around your neck. Be careful, please, do not suffocate yourself, cause fashion has too many victims already. 

Street Art in Moscow # 21

 I've found one more piece of street art I spotted on one of Moscow streets. 
 It must be the most fat milk in the world - 31 %. 
 I wonder at what time of the day street artists create their works on the canvas called #wall#? Day or night? If you have street artists friends, please, ask them and let me know. In my turn, I promise when I accidentally come across a street artists, I'll ask him too and let you know, guys.

Shower Gel that Makes You Want Eating Raspberry Jam

 Hello, friends! I know you are out there. I know that I have friends around the world. Isn't it a dream to have a person, in every country, who understands and shares some of your views? I think it can be a reality.

 Here is my body care post. I want to say ahead that it's not sponsored, I do not have friends among Yves Rocher's top managers or PR people. How did it get the shower gel you see in the picture. A friend of mine gave me a present - an Yves Rocher card for 55 Euro. So, unfortunately I can not exchange cash instead of that card, so I bought MAAANY body care products. So, get ready to see more Yves Rocher products pictures on the blog with my HONEST comments. Nope, I'm not posing for a beauty blogger here. I want to help you to make a right choice, if one day you come across cosmetics products and would hesitate - to buy it or not. Not to waste time and energy hesitating - you can read my short review. Or may be this post is an excuse to post. I didn't run out of topics. But I'm really interested in the products that I bought for MY OWN present.  

Review:

Cost: 8 Euro = expensive

I would have never purchased it, if it wasn't a present. It's EXPENSIVE. I do hope that someday spending 100 Euro on a shower gel won't be a problem for me, but for now, spending even 8 Euro on it is painful. Price is a negative part.

On its package it is stated, that you'll have a good aroma experience, which is true. It smells nice. When I looked at it I had a strong desire to eat raspberry jam. The gel looks like a raspberry jam in a modified package. 

Its substance is very sticky, not watery. It firmly sticks to your palm and does not drip down from it. So you have time to put the tube on the shelf back while showering before rubbing yourself with the gel. It is actually a strange feeling to apply sticky gel on your body.

It is exfoliating. I don't like exfoliators, so I stubbornly refuse feeling its effect on my skin. So I do not have any comments on that feature, except it has real kiwi seeds. If this fact makes you buy it, go ahead.   

Conclusion: If you long for aroma experience in the shower, then it would be a good experience.
Caution:Do not eat it.

A Stylist

 

 When I first learned about "stylist" job, I didn't pay much attention to it. I was about 15 years old then. The word "stylist" didn't convey any sense to me. I liked watching runway pictures and pictures in fashion magazines being 8, 15 or 27. I simply didn't pay any attention to the word "stylist". Most probably because my parents were bringing me up to have more dependable job like a teacher or a accountant, or a translator. So stylists weren't in my radar until a couple of years ago. 

 The most famous stylist I think is Rachel Zoe. She has 2nd job already - clothes designer. Watching "Rachel Zoe Project" series on Bravo TV, I saw how the stylist really works. After that I concluded that it's not a bad job after all. This job even seemed easy for me because, let's say frankly, it's not a building design, or airplanes repair, or documents translation. It requires constant creativity and being on the go. Looking at Rachel Zoe you can't help admiring her, her energy, her style, her husband, her kids, her team. Watching the series I was always thinking: "Hey, Rachel, just relax." I remember after those series dreaming about becoming a stylist. I'm still dreaming about this job. 

 I've never met a professional stylist in my life. Taking a picture of the girl you see above, I liked her unusual look (hair, fur jacket, high-waisted skinny jeans and platform boots), I learned that she is a stylist. Her name is Anastasiya Voskresenskaya. Please welcome her, guys! I didn't have a chance to speak with Anastasia about her experience as a stylist. But I'll definitely get in touch with her and make an interview to learn more about stylist job.      

Grey Tights

Hey friends! I hope you are having a warm autumn with small amount of rains and cold winds.

I want to make a post about grey tights today. Usually I'm not a fan of them. All grey tights look like grandmother's tights to me. I do not want to bring down grandmothers all over the world. They are very sweet and loving creatures. Well, I hope most of them are like that. My grandmothers can understand me better than my parents.

  Let's go back to grey tights. In November grey tights look really appropriate. If in summer or spring they look colourless, then in autumn they can look very cool. I'm not sure for now that soon I will buy a pair of grey tights but I constantly keep noticing them in shops windows.    

Hiking in the Wood

 Hello, friends! 

 Recently my friends and I went to the wood. 

 We wanted freedom. Those of you who work 5 days a week for 8 hours know what it's like to walk in my shoes. For those who can't imagine it, here is my description: alarm clock, cold dark morning, metro, bus, office, computer, lunch, computer, paper documents, not very nice people, computer, bus, metro, house, shower, supper, bed. In the mode like this I'm 5 days a week. Sometimes the routine is interrupted with working out in gym, swimming pool and doing my hobbies. But the above mentioned routine usually dominates. That is why we wanted freedom: no computer, a few people, endless spaces, quietness. The first escape nooks that came to my mind were: sea, field, mountains, forest. The most possible option for Moscow region was forest. So we went to the suburb of Moscow seeking for forest, freedom, warm fire and baked potato. 

 Before the hiking I imagined it to be like this:    

endless field that farther becomes a forest, bright sun, light wind, brave steps forward, no constraint, unity with nature.        

 I wanted to really breathe, I wanted to touch the tall field grass, I wanted to dream solitary sitting by the tree. May be that is the reason I like the new version of "Pride and Prejudice". In this movie you can feel nature and you want to be in Elizabeth's place when she is walking early in the morning through the field reading a book, a warm sun shines, birds twit. I always liked the freedom of the girl in certain parts of her life - she can walk and dream in the field for hours, or she can think on a swing without taking care how much time had passed. She could be HERSELF. At those moments there was no noisy mother by her side, who was very eager to plant her past century ideas into the daughter's mind or to make the daughter to live with her own stupid fears. There were no shallow sisters by her side. There was only real her. The girl with HER OWN thoughts, wishes and dreams. The picture (see above) in which Elizabeth is running away from the annoying mother, who choked daughter's freedom is close to me. The wood hiking was needed so we could run away from everything that limits our freedom in the big city - crowds of people, traffic, loads of information. 

 When you get ready to travelling, you usually imagine different pictures. Pictures of forest created by the talented Russian painter Ivan Shishkin came to my mind (You can see them below).

 Then I moved to my childhood memories. I remembered fairy tales, cartoons and books illustrations. It's strange that in childhood forest does not seem at all scary or mysterious. In my childhood, as well as in yours, I'm sure, forest is full of light, open, friendly, ready to share the area with you.   

 Early in the morning on Sunday we came by train to the village that is located 1-hour ride from Moscow. The travel didn't seem long to us because we were fresh and full of enthusiasm for discoveries.     

A wide field and bright sun met us. And we felt happy.  

I could touch the tall field grass with my fingertips and breathe pure air.

When we crossed the field we entered the forest with our eyes wide open. Wandering in the forest we listened to quietness. We stood still for a couple of minutes making no sounds and devouringly listened. The quietness wasn't screaming, it was pleasant. It was what we exactly wished for. We felt so relaxed after that performance of quietness.  

 When we detected a nice area for our camp, funny things got started - we looked for dry wood, we made fire, we baked potatoes, fried sausages, sang songs playing guitar. On that day it was very cold but fire didn't let us freeze. Guys, it's such a huge pleasure to drink hot tea with lemon near the fire.

I got mesmerised with forest flora and fauna.

 Mary, a friend of mine and me worried about our khm-khm... hair styles(???). Why do the girls feel so insecure about hair? The longer the hair the more insecure you feel? 

Dancing! Dancing is the best way to feel warm in the forest. 

Us dancing again. As you can see we were hysterically laughing. 

And one of the highlights of our hiking is proving that no gravity exists. 

 Sitting by the fire makes you more sincere. As if fire burns down limiting thoughts in your brain and you start feeling honest and close to the fellows. We spoke about life and tried to share philosophical thoughts. "Life of Pi" came to my mind and I asked boys, who did hiking with us, whether it was possible for a modern human being to survive in the open sea or in the forest without any special equipment or food stock. We all came to the opinion that it was impossible.

 We didn't want to leave but we had to, because we didn't take a tent with us. So it was dark when we were stumbling through the forest on our way back. I could barley see the path. At that moment I realised if it wasn't for the boys, Mary and I would never find in the darkness the way back. So girls, my advice to you, if you go hiking, take some boys with you. But those boys, who really know hiking and surviving in wild nature. Let's get back to the idea I want to share with you. Going through the dark forest I suddenly started being afraid. I was scared because I could bare see any objects around me. I guess part of that fear was caused by sensual deprivation and partly it was caused by my wild imagination. Interesting thing is that in childhood it was not scary at all to be in the forest but now, being and adult girl I was scared. Though I completely realised that I had nothing to fear because it was a friendly forest, without any wild animals, I still couldn't quiet my wild imagination.  The source of my fear was in horror movies that I used to watch, in scary stories that my school friends told me, yellow paper articles that I came across with. Only now I realise that my mind, and probably yours, is full of rubbish that makes me being afraid. All that rubbish didn't let me move with light heart through the night forest.

      

Except my junky fears, the hiking was perfect! Mission succeeded.