Month: October 2014

You won’t believe it – we’re working!

Lunch at Chimbulak Chalet

By the way, about time zones, I’ve been doing some research and dug up some interesting facts.

China does not have time zones. It’s always Beijing time. Until the Maoist Revolution in 1949, it was like everyone else (China spans 9 time zones), but afterwards, the great Mao mandated that everyone live by a single time UTC+8. So, it turns out quite amusingly — in Tibet, sunsets are delayed by about five hours — the sun sets at midnight.

Because of this, between Afghanistan and China, the clocks are shifted by a whole 3.5 hours. That’s really a place to lose time. Or find it.

Interestingly enough, India and England have a 5.5-hour difference. The English even have a very practical joke about it: “If you want to know the time in India, just turn the clock upside down.”

To emphasize its independence, Nepal moved its clock forward by 10 minutes from India’s time, then after some thought, shifted it another 5 minutes.

At the time of writing this post, it was 20:15 in Moscow, 21:45 in India, and 22:00 in Nepal. Additionally, in Australia, five cities live by UTC+8:45.

Why do Udmurtia, Samara and Kemerovo regions, Chukotka, and Kamchatka not change their clocks? The answer is on the time zone map starting October 26. There is also a link to the map before October 26. All time zones shift eastward, only the Far East now lives across two time zones instead of one, as before. Two regions now live in MSK+1, while the Trans-Baikal Territory and Magadan region turn their clocks back by two hours. The others – by one hour back.

Update the software on your computers, here are the details:

Last night, Liza wrote a note herself for the school newspaper “Belozerskaya 13.” She chose the topic “Our trip with dad to a concert.” Found it on the computer today, publishing it.

“For the second year now, my dad has been taking our whole family to classical music concerts. My mom and sister successfully resist going, so all his love for music and concerts falls on me. Dad believes that every person should be well-rounded, and I completely agree with him.

This month, we went to the Moscow Conservatory for a concert with the intriguing title: “A Children’s Concert for Adults.” Since mainly students performed, the hall was almost empty. My father and I took a place on the balcony and set our sights on the stage.

Then the orchestra came on stage, followed by the conductor—a man in his early forties to mid-forties… After clearing his throat, he glanced around the hall and mischievously began: “Do you all remember the songs of your childhood? ‘Chunga-Changa,’ for example?” — a few people in the audience timidly nodded, while the rest looked at the man expectantly, wondering what would come next. He continued: “And, of course, everyone remembers ‘Chizhik-Pyzhik.’ Let’s sing it together!” A young man started playing the melody on the piano, the conductor sang in a loud voice. The hall burst into laughter, but the people, already quite relaxed, began to sing along. The conductor finished singing, then pondered—what would ‘Chizhik-Pyzhik’ have sounded like in Mozart’s childhood? Or Bach’s? Beethoven’s? The orchestra played well-known pieces non-stop…

I think the concert wouldn’t have been as interesting and funny if not for the conductor’s wit. He pulled out a scroll from inside his coat and read wishes from his childhood: ‘For ice cream to never run out, not to catch a cold or go to school, to get all A’s and do nothing, for America not to bomb Europe…’ — he corrected himself: ‘Sorry, the last one I accidentally took from my current wish list!’

In short, not all classical music concerts are boring. You just have to pick the right conductors :-)”

Our people are invincible 😉

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First time drawing from life.. It’s pretty cool here.

Recommend an artist with a studio available on weekends, who will teach me what I still don’t know. I’m interested in graphics, perhaps oil painting as well. I would like to improve my level (Currently like this https://www.facebook.com/raufaliev/media_set?set=a.10151994159022368.1073741828.573817367&type=3)

Exactly a year has passed since @[1227735830:2048:Evgeny Maslenkov] recommended that I start piano lessons with @[100000569108009:2048:Ivan Shapovalov]. The difference between now and a year ago is noticeable.

Exactly a year has passed since @[1582228111:2048:Anastasia Kunitsyna] recommended that I start English lessons with @[1415211732:2048:Alisa A Hale] – now, in general, I don’t care in what language I conduct meetings or presentations.

UPDATE: Tomorrow I am going to http://art-rukav.ru

Made a new desk for the keys. I used to have a QUIK LOK metal stand-cross, but it wobbled since it seems it wasn’t meant for heavy instruments. On ragtime, the keys would fly out from under my fingers 🙂

At Leroy Merlin, the following were purchased:

1. Leg supports at 32 rubles each

2. Four brackets at 96 rubles each

3. Particle boards 1200х500х16 and 1200х300х16 priced at 323r and 173r respectively

In total, the desk cost 944 rubles, one trip to LM, and 2 hours of time at home with a pencil, saw, and screwdriver. But now it doesn’t wobble.

This is about me right now http://tavlla.livejournal.com/301252.html the author’s LiveJournal