Hey, guys! Sorry for such a long silence in this blog :)
I've got a lot of news! New semester has officially started 3 days ago and I spend half of a day (or maybe even more) at the uni. Well, at least now it's not that dark outside when I'm going to the university and back home, that means than spring is close and it makes me feel happy:)
This semester we are working on a course project in a group of four students and I'm really amazed by my so-called colleagues! We are making a nice team - two girls from Marketing, a girl from Finance and I - from International Management! The professor played a mean joke during the class: "It's better, when a team represents different faculty's departments. Guys from Finance are good in calculating, guys from Marketing are creative and International Managers...well, they also can be useful!" Well, we've already got used to this joke and even are kidding about it by ourselves ;) So, we have to pick up a type of business from the list. I'll tell you our type of business, when everything will be settled.
A little about all my foreign languages ;) My Chinese classes will start in a week. At least, I hope that it will be no delays! I miss this language and it will be a pitty, if I give up these studies after two semesters! My first Spanish class after the winter break was on Thursday! I like it so much! Or
me gusta español mucho ;) Spanish sound like there is a stream of emotions, simply amazing! But the language I'm worried about most is English. Well, not worried yet, but I'm spending half of my free time practicing it. I'm taking TOEFL exam in a month and have to do my best. So, in the morning on my way to classes I'm listening to
The New York Times podcasts, during boring classes reading
400 essential words for TOEFL, talking in English with the exchanger when I'm standing in a queue in the canteen and watching
Lie To Me with the subtitles:) From time to time I'm checking my progress by taking trial tests (thanks to my friend Julia fot the CD!) and I'm really satisfied with the results! Hoping for the best! Not 676 of 676, but close to it is my aim right now:)
Also I got two letters with the internship offers. Not for me directly, Career Centre is just spreading the info. One is HR trainee in a very good hotel in the centre of the city and the other one in the insurance company, which works with Gazprom) the duties are not clearly mentioned, some work with papers and coffee, as I understood it) I'd love to give it a try, but now I'm too busy with TOEFL and exchange application. Hope it will be another nice opportunity later!
I'm still have time for partying:) The photos here are from the club where we were on last Satirday night. The best photos are always the ones I don't remember posing at)) On Monday we went out to a nice bar for cocktails, really great place! the bar was almost empty, so it was like a private party:) The name of the bar is Daikiri bar, check it out once you'll be in St. Pete:) And tomorrow we are going to the cuban restaraunt with my friends and then to the housewarming party of French guys who happily moved out of the dorm into a nice appartment! It gonna be crazy, 40 people already "attending" on Facebook event and I'm not actually sure how big the flat is...) well, anyway it will be a lot of fun!
I'll keep you posted!
Yours,
Tanya.
P.S. and it's really cold!!! -16 or something like that and it will be the same for a week at least! wish I were somewhere where it's warm! at least above zero!!! :D