Subj : hi
To : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Nicolay Simonov
Date : Fri Dec 30 2005 04:41 pm
Hallo, Carol!
26 ������� 2005 at 12:32 you wrote to me:
NS>> I'm trying to use the opportunity.
CS> No problem! If looking for 'active ones' I can name a few, some lower
CS> volume Hand some higher. 'MEMORIES' is a good one for chatter like
CS> this echo.
CS> Memories is mostly USA/Canada Hfolks but very friendy.
Yes, I'm receiving it. Are there any restrictions forbidding a foreigner like
me to write? :)
CS> COOKING His a good one if you are into cooking at all.
Well, I fear I'm not. But it may interest my sister. Oh, by the way, she also
studies Spanish and Italian. Please, tell me (if you know) how can I get echos
using these languages for her?
CS> Yup! We still have some points in Fidonet in places. Not out here in
CS> Japan Hbut there are spots where you can still find them. It never
CS> was as popular Houtside Z2 as where you are though.
Yes, there are lots of points in Russia. I didn't suppose it was a zonal
peculiarity..
NS>> Oh! And how do you like it? Actually I live in the european part of
NS>> R I have never been to Vladivostok.
CS> Well, it was nicer the first visit there. We didnt have to be in uniform
CS> and Hpeople were friendly. The second time we had to be in uniform and
CS> while most Hfolks were friendly, some were not (old cold war era
CS> thinkers).
Yes, some of Russian people have thoughts of that. Mostly not young people..
They are sure that the cold war still hasn't stopped. I think they are not
right. The world is globalizing.. It's time to visit other countries, learn
foreign languages and English first of all. English-speaking countries plays a
big part in the world nowadays. It's not a very good idea to think they don't.
Another thing which makes me think of itself :) What do people in the
countries you've been to say about Russia? About its international activity?
CS> I'd love to see Moscow and the old buildings there!
Yes, there are many ones. You know, at school we had a special subject about
Moscow. Our teacher was very enthusiastic, she took us on excursions around
Moscow, telling us many interesting things.
But on another hand, there are very many modern buildings which often spoil
scenes of Old Moscow, if built in historical places or near. Now the centre of
Moscow is a strange architectural mixture.. But it is still worth-seeing ;))
In the living-districts something is constantly being built. In the district I
live in there are old 5-floors blocks of flats being destroyed orderly and
serially and new buildings appear on their place. There is always heavy traffic
in our street.
In the end of November I was in Kostroma. In comparison with Moscow it's a
VERY small town. Few people and cars, no 'Shhhhhhh..' from the window.. I liked
it very much. The old image of the town is kept with effort - for tourists. By
the way, almost all the signs are in English, too. In my hotel room there was a
TV set receiving English channels, and over the reception there were different
clocks: London, New York, Tokio.. :)
Please, tell me something about contemporary Japan. What does it look like? Do
you speak the Japanese language?
NS>> Does English really become the international language? Does it
NS>> help y to communicate with people?
CS> Well, it's a very common 'second language' now for those who have more
CS> than Hone. In the USA, the most common second language is spanish but just
CS> about Hanything you can think of, is there someplace.
I think it's better to have more than one. Even than two.. In our University
in the next term we will be able to study second foreign language: Arabian or
Chinese - for choise. What would you advise?
