Young Man's Chronicles

>> Thursday, November 12, 2009

Pictures of me and my co-workers taken at International Exchange Center - our workplace
[Photography Copyright: Ilya Lifanov]

My co-worker Zhenya

Exclusive video by fabulous Lady Gaga!

>> Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Check out the newest video by scandalously creative Lady Gaga "Bad Romance".

>> Saturday, November 07, 2009

Here are few pictures from the birthday-party of my co-worker that we had a few days ago

New standard for Absolute Stupidity

>> Thursday, November 05, 2009

Ok, it's been a while since I posted smth here, and I actually have a bunch of pictures sitting and waiting to be uploaded, but since I have a hectic schedule and almost no free time, those pictures will have to wait a bit:))
Just so that you know, I am still alive and hanging in there.
Couple days ago I went to a birthday party of my co-worker, and then the very next day, even before my mind got clear again, I was co-hosting a radio-show with my friend, where we talked a bit about love-affairs and also discussed a very hot topic these days - swine flu:)))
Hopefully, you are all safe and healthy, and for now you MUST read a little story below. I wish it was a joke, but unfortunately, it seems like a new standard of absolute stupidity has been set recently.
ENJOY:)

NEW YORK-resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends and family
when she set a new standard for stupidity with her appearance
on the popular TV show, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.'

Evans, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two, got stuck on the first question
and proceeded to make what fans of the show are dubbing 'the absolute worst use
of lifelines ever.' After being introduced to the show's host
Meredith Vieira, Evans was posed with a typically easy initial $100 question.

The question was: 'Which of the following is the largest?'

A) A Peanut
B) An Elephant
C) The Moon
D) Hey, who you calling large?

Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming panic as she did not
readily know the answer. 'Hmm, oh boy, that's a toughie,' said Evans,
as Vieira did her level best to hide her disbelief.
'I mean, I'm sure I've heard of some of these things before,
but I have no idea how large they would be.'

Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the 50/50.
Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was
bigger, an elephant or the moon. However, faced with an incredibly
easy question, Evans still remained unsure.

'Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!' exclaimed Evans.
'Darn. I think I better phone a friend.'
Mrs. Evans asked to be connected with her friend
Betsy, who is an office assistant.

'Hi Betsy! How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!' said Evans,
wasting the first seven seconds of her call.
'Ok, I got an important question. Which of the following is the largest?
B, an elephant, or C, the moon. 15 seconds hun.'
Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon.
Evans proceeded to argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds.
'Betsy, are you sure?' said Evans. 'How sure are you? Duh, that can't be it.'

To everyone's astonishment, the moronic Evans declined to take her friend's
advice. 'I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright.
So I think I'd like to ask the audience,' said Evans.

Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98% in favor of
answer C, 'The Moon.' Having used up all her lifelines,
Evans then made the dumbest choice of her life.

'Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking,' said the
too-stupid-to-live Evans. 'But you know, sometimes you just got to go with
your gut. So, let's see... I'm going to have to go with B, an elephant. Final answer.'

Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one waiting with bated breath -
and was told that she was wrong, and that the answer was in fact, C, 'The Moon.'

Robert Madrid's photography

>> Thursday, October 22, 2009

For those of you who love weddings (or/and also if you do love photography as much as I do) , you should go see the web-page of a wedding photographer Robert Madrid. He lives in South Florida and, while being a frequesnt visitor of wedding ceremonies, does a truly inspiring work of photography.
Check his way of translating reality onto pictures here.

Chris and Marina's wedding ceremony

>> Monday, October 05, 2009

Below are some pictures from the wedding ceremony of my friends Chris and Marina that me and my mom visited this past weekend.
Marina got proposed by Chris this past March during our annual English Camp project, and now it's the happy wedding time:)
Bride and Groom

Me and my mom

Me with my mom and our common friend

Guests at the ceremony

Me and my mom in front of the church where the wedding ceremony took place

With my friend Nastya

More Birthday Parties

>> Saturday, October 03, 2009

Birthday girl Gayane

At a Birthday Party for my friend GayaneMy friend Ira and me

Daily Thoughts

>> Thursday, September 24, 2009

I am wondering, if there is any particular age, when you start thinking that life is going by too fast...
Couple days ago I was near my old school in the downtown Moscow, where I studied for 8,5 years (1996-2004), and so I stopped there for a while and walked around and a lot of memories from my school days came to my mind, and with them came the bitter-sweet feeling that I am getting older faster than I would like to, and that I would probably love to always be 17 or 18:)))
ok, well, aside from all this sensitive crap, life is going pretty good, and even though I kind of slacked my blogging, it doesn't mean that there is nothing to write about. Well, probably the most exciting part is the prospect of graduating from university this year and then I've got some nice plans for afterwards, which are still to become reality:))
We've got some nice weather in Moscow right now, the classic fall with the golden leaves, blue sky and chilly sunrays, which overall creates a very positive energy:))
Tonight I'll meet with my American friends and we will go out to the mall to see what's in store and find a cool outfit for our friend Nathan:))
Thanks for checking, and I hope this finds you in best spirits:)

My energetic mom

>> Sunday, September 13, 2009

Beginning of fall season

>> Saturday, September 12, 2009

Gegam, Adel, me and Katya

Me and Adel

Moscow City Day

>> Sunday, September 06, 2009

This weekend Moscow was celebrating its 862nd birthday (wow!), so me and my friends Vanya and Craig went to the downtown to check what was going on. It turned out to be very crowded - we couldn't find any free parking spots in the area and had to park far away - and also it was extremely trashed, this was probably the dirtiest you could see Moscow during the year. Rather than that everything was fun and the atmosphere was relaxing, and the weather was also very summer-like - lately we are lucky enough to have a lot of sunny days:)
Craig, Vanya and me near the Red Square

Vanya and me

Craig and Vanya

Crowded downtown

Craig's Birthday Party

>> Saturday, September 05, 2009

We threw an open-air disco-night party for our friend Craig's birthday. There was a lot of cool music, active dancing and nice drinks, the weather was awesome and the party was a blast. I gave Craig a funny hat from H&M, it was just the right size and looks very funky on him:) Check the pictures below:)
Katya, Craig, Vanya and me

Katya and me

Craig, me and Suzy

Katya, Vanya and me

Me and Craig in his new cool hat

Craig, Vanya and Suzy

Katya and me

Sam, Katya, Craig and Suzy

Celebrating the last days of S.U.M.M.E.R.

>> Saturday, August 29, 2009

Today we spent a day out in the city park with friends having a picnic and a lot of fun together. There are only couple days left till the official end of summer, and then the routine starts again. Fortunately, the weather was amazing and very sunny, so we could enjoy some last moments of this summer before it turns into fall.
Me, Seva and Artur