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Death Valley_2
Death Valley is a mystical anomalous area in the valley of the Vilyui river located far in north-east Siberia, on a sparsely populated land where the Sakha people live. Sakha have always known that there are mysterious structures far in the tundra, which they called cauldrons. Hundreds and hundreds of years ago, they fell from the heaven with a roar and flame, and since then have slowly sunk into the permafrost. Some of them were the size of a big yurt, shaped like an upside-down cauldron, others much larger, with several levels going deep underground. During a hunt for fur animals, Sakha sometimes stayed overnight in them. It was much warmer inside than in the open air, the walls seemed to emit warmth, especially in multi-level structures, the deeper it was, the warmer it got. But those who spent more than one night there always got sick and died soon. In the middle of the 19th century, a Russian gold digger with a mate and a few Sakha guides roamed this area, looking to pan out sands at the small rivers flowing into Vilyuy. One evening they went out to the hilly area with sparse trees. Pointing at a small mound, the oldest guide said that they were to spend the night there. For the Russians, it looked like a kind of large bump, which are abundant in the local tundra. They usually are formed when the water accumulates under a thin layer of soil and freezes, creating a form of convex lens. But it was astonishing for them to see that its edge had risen above the ground and they could crawl under it to get inside. The whole object resembled an upside-down and slightly inclined bowl covered with soil and grass. During dinner, the guides told to the Russians some legends related to the “cauldrons”, as much as the both sides poor language skills allowed. They warned that in case of suffocation, headaches or nightmares they should get outside and sleep in the open air. But the guys slept well and started to examine their cauldron in the morning. It was made of metal, the hemispherical outer surface was rough, black, and covered with some kind of scale so strong that neither a knife nor an axe could leave any scratches on it. On the brim of the cauldron the metal was smooth, polished, silver colored. It glistened as if it had just been made, and its edge was so sharp, that the gold digger’s mate cut himself running his finger over it. They tried to break off a piece of metal from the edge of the cauldron, hoping that the metal was valuable and could be sold. Eventually they crashed the axe , but there was not a single scratch left on the shiny metal of the cauldron. During their further journey, the gold digger’s mate got sick and died, but he himself got to the town of Vilyuysk, where a government official responsible for public education in Eastern Siberia and enthusiast of exploring this region, wrote down this story from his words and made a sketch of the cauldron. There is also a sketch of multilevel "cauldron", made approximately at the same time, in the second half of the 19th century, according to the description of Sakha elders. Some Russian settler from the southern part of the region possessed an object taken by Sakha from one of the "cauldrons" and exchanged for alcohol. It was a metal object that could cut glass like butter, but it was lost later. Nowadays, or rather in the very beginning of 2000s, the Czech expedition tried to find the "cauldrons", but due to poor technical equipment and lack of funding after one season of searching abandoned this idea. Even today, this area remains completely wild and stretches for tens of thousands of square miles. Sakha people are not nomads any more, they are ruining themselves with drinking and gradually dying out. Most likely, there is no one left who knows the exact location of at least one of the "cauldrons". Apparently, this mystery will remain unsolved, as well as the mystery of the Tunguska event and many others.
Nov. 23, 2020
Nov. 23, 2020
Journal 11/23/20
The meeting receptionist gave me a bad impression. When I reported on duty, the receptionist seemed like I had nothing to do with them. They were just playing on their phone until I asked them to register. Then I came to the front table to check in, but the receptionist told me that there were no rooms available at the moment. I asked her how long I would wait. She said she didn’t know and told me just to wait until someone checked out. Because there were few chairs in the hotel lobby, I had to go out of the hotel and get around. But unfortunately, it was raining back then, however it was just a drizzle. A little while later, I returned to the front table. They still didn’t have an available room. It was about lunch time. The meeting receptionist told me that I could eat lunch first, and after lunch, I could recheck if the hotel had a room available. In the end, I waited for a long time after lunch before I checked in.
Nov. 23, 2020
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Nov. 23, 2020
Vad är mina mål med svenska?
Hej allihopa, idag tänkte jag snacka om mina mål som jag vill nå innan årsskiftet. I början av 2020 köpte jag en bok som heter Röde Orm från en bibliotek i Stockholm. Mina svenska vänner skojade om att om jag kunde läsa den klart så skulle jag bli en riktig svensk kille med en förmåga att läsa vilken bok jag än önskade mig. De skämtade, men jag tar det på allvar! Ett av mina mål det här året är att läsa den innan årsskiftet. Mitt andra mål följer samma linje - jag vill läsa 10,000 sidor på svenska innan 2020 tar slut. Än så länge har jag läst igenom 7,651, så det är ju nära! Om jag når de här målen innan årsskiftet skulle jag vara jätteglad.
Nov. 23, 2020
Today is a Holiday (2)
Today, November 23rd, in Japan is a public holiday: called "Labor Thanksgiving Day." It was established in 1948 but its origin is older than 1948 because it was a ritual in which people thank God in appreciation of the bounty of the harvests. Now, its purpose is respecting working, celebrating production, and people give thanks to each other.
I enjoyed these three consecutive holidays, but there is no more holiday in 2020. I'm looking forward to the New Year Holidays.
Nov. 23, 2020
Practicando mi saque de tenis
Hoy practiqué mi saque de tenis. Hasta ahora he sacado desde abajo pero la semana pasada mi amiga me enseñó cómo sacar desde arriba. Quería practicarlo un poco más antes de mi partido de tenis esta semana así que fui a las canchas al mediodía. A lo mejor debería haber esperado hasta la tarde porque cada vez que tiré la bola, miré directamente al sol. En la cancha al lado había dos hombres jugando al tenis como si fuera el fútbol (las reglas del tenis, pero jugado con los pies y con un fútbol). Su partido me interesó mucho.
Nov. 23, 2020
Nov. 23, 2020
Journal 11/23/20
I am on a high speed train that is from Zhengzhou to Fuzhou now. I got on the train at Fuyang station, and will get off at Hefei station. The high speed railway that I take is called Shanghang high speed railway. The railway starts from Shangqiu, and ends in Hangzhou. This is the first time I have taken this line, so I am kind of excited. Yingshang County is a stop on this line, and it is 55 kilometers away from Fuyang. Usually we drive to Yingshang for more than one hour, but by the high speed train today, it only takes 12 minutes. The development of society and technology is too fast. I wonder what will happen in a few decades.
Nov. 23, 2020
Nov. 23, 2020
Ein Tag in Darmstadt
Die Stadt südlich von Frankfurt hat mir immer viel Neugier gegeben. Vorgestern habe ich endlich mit einer Freundin von mir entschiedet, einen kurzen Ausflug nach Darmstadt zu machen. Wegen Corona konnten wir nicht alle die Sehenswürdigkeiten besuchen. Ehrlich gesagt finde ich Darmstadt praktisch und sauber, aber nicht ein Ort wohin ich ausziehen möchte.
Wir haben die Waldspirale, Marktplatz, Luisenplatz und den Rosenpark besucht. Die Waldspirale war total verrückt. Das ist ein buntes, großartiges Gebäude entworfen von österreichischer Künstler Hundertwasser. Mein Lieblingsort war allerdings der Georg-Prinz Garten. Dort man kann ein schönes Gebäude, das ich nur als träumerisch bezeichnen kann. Seine Wände wurden sorgfältig gemalt und wenn ich nicht mich irre, wird jetzt als eine Bibliothek benutzt.
Nov. 23, 2020
22 ноября 2020
У меня сейчас есть план на следующей четверти, которая начинается в январе. Я собираюсь вернуться в университет и записаться на курс русского языка и курс чтения по-русски. Я не смогу жить на кампусе из-за коронавируса. Возможно, это к лучшему. У нас так много случаев в США за последнее время, и не представляю, как студенты живущие на кампусе будут соблюдать правила социального дистанцирования. Ситуация неидеальная, но я рада, что у меня будет ещё два курса русского. Я очень хочу учиться на продвинутый уровень.
Nov. 22, 2020
Minha família
No final dos anos 90, meus pais se mudaram Para os EUA para trabalhar. Foi lá que nasci! Ambos os meus pais são médicos, e queriam se mudar para aumentar o rendimento (O rendimento médio dos médicos, na época, era muito baixo no Canadá). Minha mãe nasceu no Canadá, e meu pai é um imigrante de Portugal. Até agora, sou a única filha dos meus pais, não tenho um irmão nem uma irmã.
Nov. 22, 2020
Nov. 22, 2020
Obdachlos
Letzter Freitag, habe ich bei meinem Praktikum eine obdachlose Person getroffen. Er war da für ein Problem, der nicht mit seiner Lebensbedingung direkt zu tun getan hat. Ich habe verstanden, dass er obdachlos war, weil ich ihn gefragt habe: "aber wo wohnen Sie?" Er kommt aus Afghanistan, hat gar kein Freund in meiner Stadt. Er sprach gar kein Französisch und es war schwer ihn zu verstehen. Seine Sprache wurde nicht von Google Übersetzung anerkannt. Ich habe seine Telefonnummer genommen und ich habe ihn Wohnorte von Vereine für Obdachloser gegeben. Aber ich habe nicht für das Moment zu meine N+1 gesprochen.
Ich hoffe dass es Ok ist, das ist kalt und er antwortet nicht. Seine Augen werden mir plagen meine Alptraüme für eine lange Zeit
Nov. 22, 2020
How online shopping growth has improved our lives
Online shopping has evolved through last years. What before was something difficult to manage and people didn’t really think it was possible, has become essential and hard to imagine what would life be like if it didn’t exist nowadays. And within its changes, there also have appeared various benefits for society.
It is one of the easiest things we can do. You look for something, click the first link you’re shown, add it to your cart, then proceed the order and that’s it, your package will be on its way to your home in a few days. It is even easier than changing a tire or repairing a plumb! Though, is it better than traditional shopping?
One of the main advantages of online shopping is saving time. Whereas you would enter a store, search where is the product you want – or if they even have it – pick it up and join the long queue to pay in the cashier, you can just Google it, choose the best deal and forget about everything else. That also involves the fact that, most of the time, on the internet there are more and better prices, deals or promotions than in traditional shops. Lastly, the big game changer: you don’t even have to leave your home! You can just wait for it to come sitting in your sofa with a cup of hot chocolate.
Online shopping has changed our lives for good, and it is a matter of time for traditional shops to extinguish.
Nov. 22, 2020
Las galletas (parte dos)
En los Estados Unidos, una actividad popular durante las fiestas es la decoración de las galletas de azúcar y de pan de jengibre. Casi todas las fiestas que asistas durante esta época lo tienen. Usando cobertura y dulces, decoras la galleta, idealmente de cualquier manera en que se forma. Sin embargo, muchas personas (incluso yo) ponemos los dulces y cobertura que nos quieremos, sin consideración de la forma. Ahora, muchas tiendas venden cajas se llenan con materiales especializados para hacer las galletas de pan de jengibre y las de azúcar en diferentes formas. Por ejemplo, la semana pasada fui al supermercado y vi una caja de "Ninjabread". ¿Qué es? Aparentemente son galletas de pan de jengibre en la forma de ninjas. Es un poco gracioso y muestra la popularidad de estas cosas en nuestra sociedad. Me las gustan también, y, aunque suena un poco raro, si yo no las hiciera este año, creo que me sentiría un poco triste.
Nov. 22, 2020
Wie kommt man von meiner Wohnung zum nächsten Kino?
Ich erkläre dir, wie man von meiner Wohnung zum nächsten Kino kommen kann. Zuerst musst du aus dem Gebäude herausgehen und dann nach rechts abbiegen. Geh den Gehweg entlang bis zur nächsten Ecke, dann nach links. Dort kannst du eine Haltestelle finden. Nimm den Bus Nummer 12 und fahr geradeaus weiter. Du kommst durch das Zentrum, den Park und am Mozartplatz vorbei. Danach musst du in der Haltestelle „Rathaus“ aussteigen. Geh geradeaus in die Hauptstraße bis zur nächsten Ampel und dort nach links, über dem Fußgängerüberweg. Gegenüber der Brücke ist das Einkaufszentrum. Dort findest du das Kino im ersten Stock.
Nov. 22, 2020
11/23/20
According to my older brother’s plan, today, he will return to Shanghai by high speed train from east Taihe station. The whole trip will take four hours. Taihe is a county that belongs to Fuyang, which is located in the northern part of Fuyang, and is 40 kilometers away from Fuyang. The high speed train in our city opened on the 1st of October last year. Fuyang is also the newest city in Anhui that owns a high speed train. This high speed railway started from Shangqiu and ended in Hangzhou with the whole journey of 750 kilometers. If you take a high speed train from Fuyang to Hangzhou, it will only take you a bit more than 3 hours. You know how long the distance is between Fuyang and Hangzhou? It is more than 600 kilometers long. How fast the high speed train is! In those days when our city didn’t have a high speed railway, if you drove a car to Hangzhou, the whole trip would take you 8 hours, even now, it’s the same. The high speed train is very convenient for people to travel on, and it saves a lot of time for people. Have you taken the high speed train yet? What about the high speed trains in your country?
Nov. 22, 2020
Nov. 22, 2020
Nov. 22, 2020
Plants and Flowers
I've always loved flowers. When I was little, I used to pick flowers whenever I could. Nowadays, as I'm older, it's a bit embarrassing (I don't know why, it just feels that way), but I still do it sometimes. What I usually do is press them so that they last.
I would love to have more flowers at my house, but my mum and I are not very good at taking care of them. However, we do have a jasmine plant. As it's blooming, my house is filled with flowers. They are beautiful at sight, but the best thing about them is the smell (so sweet!). My mum bought a China rose plant recently, which I hope my dog doesn't eat. We had more plants, but our dogs eat them. We had rosemary, basil and parsley (we also had bay, but it died, it wasn't eaten by the dogs). I loved cutting those plants to use for cooking.
I also wish I had interior plants in my room, but I don't have much space. My grandma has a pothos, so I may ask her for a cutting one day. Green is my favorite color because of plants. I think it would be very nice to have lots of them.
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