Summertime Sadness V

I never will forget those nights

I wonder if it was a dream

Don Henley, "Boys Of Summer"

Probably, my best summer has come to its end. Actually, I don't feel it at all. I know that warm weather will stay for some weeks more, and we're not gonna have difficult studies in the beginning, so it will feel like summer. I've done everything I planned: I successfully worked in the summer camp, I visited my friends and family in my hometown, I had the most awesome trip (I keep writing about it nowadays, the post's about to be huge!), I did well with checking in my dormitory and even chanced to go to V-Rox!
V-Rox is a big international rock festival founded by the leader of my favorite Russian band “Mumiy Troll” and held in Vladivostok. I went to the festival the last year, but somehow I didn't write about it. This year I went on its first day with my group leader Anton, his girlfriend and my good friend Tatyana and Cherry Lady's boyfriend Andrew. It was really cool! We went there on purpose to see the British rock band Echotape, but the bands before them were excellent too!

Echotape

You know that according to my plans I should have gone to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in August, not in July, and Dasha can't help reminding me of it. Nowadays my Sakhalin squad have had a lot of parties as everybody's in hometown now, but everything they do mostly boils down to drinking and sleeping and then it repeats. I have complicated thoughts about it, because well, I love partying, you know, but sometimes it sounds boring to me, though they've had all the fun. Actually I don't regret that I didn't return to Sakhalin in August, because, first of all, I saved a lot of money this way and, secondly, I checked in my dormitory easier because there weren't so many people on the day of my moving in. I don't know why, but I don't feel homesick. I feel like "Ok, it's not our last meeting, we'll drink together another time". I don't feel angry or jealous that I couldn't join my friends. And no, don't call me heartless! Only I can call myself heartless! Neither I'm indifferent. I'm glad that my friends have the opportunity to gather together, but I can't, and it doesn't bother me. I should have other things to worry about. On the contrary I'm thankful for the time I spent with them in July.

Now I should prepare for the beginning of this academic year, but I don't feel like doing anything. Frankly speaking, I don't know what I should prepare. If I run out of copy books, I'll go and buy it. I don't need new clothes, I have all the pens, the bag, the cosmetics... For the first time in my life I don't long for 'back to school' shopping. This is where I feel indifferent. But I actually want to return to studying. We're going to have some really interesting stuff like "The British heritage in the American culture" and something about psychology and teaching. 

Talking about teaching, so I can't wait when I comeback to my kids whom I teach English as a tutor. I'll have the same children, so we'll just go on learning. I want to improve my teaching skills with some papers and videos, so learning will be easier for the kids and teaching will be easier for me. 

I don't think I have anything else to tell you about my summer here, because as I've written, I'm writing the biggest post about my travel that'll be published once it's ready. All in all my summer 2015 was amazing, thank you.

And traditionally! On the last day of summer! Welcome! "Summertime Sadness" by one and only Lana Del Rey!

Kiss me hard before you go

Summertime sadness

I just wanted you to know

That, baby, you're the best

I got my red dress on tonight

Dancing in the dark in the pale moonlight

Done my hair up real big beauty queen style

High heels off, I'm feeling alive

Oh, my God, I feel it in the air

Telephone wires above are sizzling like a snare

Honey, I'm on fire, I feel it everywhere

Nothing scares me anymore

(1, 2, 3, 4)

Kiss me hard before you go

Summertime sadness

I just wanted you to know

That, baby, you're the best

I got that summertime, summertime sadness

S-s-summertime, summertime sadness

Got that summertime, summertime sadness

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

I'm feelin' electric tonight

Cruising down the coast goin' 'bout 99

Got my bad baby by my heavenly side

I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight

Oh, my God, I feel it in the air

Telephone wires above are sizzling like a snare

Honey, I'm on fire, I feel it everywhere

Nothing scares me anymore

(1, 2, 3, 4)

Kiss me hard before you go

Summertime sadness

I just wanted you to know

That, baby, you're the best

I got that summertime, summertime sadness

S-s-summertime, summertime sadness

Got that summertime, summertime sadness

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Think I'll miss you forever

Like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky

Later's better than never

Even if you're gone I'm gonna drive (drive, drive)

I got that summertime, summertime sadness

S-s-summertime, summertime sadness

Got that summertime, summertime sadness

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Kiss me hard before you go

Summertime sadness

I just wanted you to know

That, baby, you're the best

I got that summertime, summertime sadness

S-s-summertime, summertime sadness

Got that summertime, summertime sadness

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

☼ Be brave ☼

Sweater Weather In July

Oh man, long time - no see! So much to tell you about! I'll try to make it short but still full enough - will I handle it? I hope I will while having my inspiration. I'll throw away all this describing stuff about dates or something till my travel information - there's gonna be a separated post about it. I hope.
So, first of all is my camp work! It was mind-blowing! I worked with children at the average age of 11. They didn't have any specific serious problems like older kids had ("I'm so fat!!" or "Nobody talks to me" or "I broke my arm lol") but all together they were SO NOISY! NOISY AF! Teachers from other teams told us we were the noisiest. I know it boils down to the age in the end, but anyhow.  Moreover, we had the biggest team - all teams included like 20 people, and our team were made of 24! And it had its weight! Sometimes I was on the edge of crying, especially when they laughed in front of me while I was reproaching them. That was total disrespect! And they couldn't hold the line while walking (it was important for them to feel each other as a team and it was an easier way to control them for us as the teachers). And they couldn't prepare a task for the event themselves. But in the end they were nice and fine. In the end we won "The Best Team" award!!! They were my first children, and I'm glad I worked with them. Now I know what I did wrong, what I did right, what I should add and what I should cancel. But of course I didn't do it all on my own. I had a lovely co-worker Dorothy and our helper Dora. It was the first time for Dora too, but Dorothy had already had pretty big experience of working in the camp. And the other teachers from the other teams were awesome. I can even admit that I got attached not to the children, but to the teachers. Everyday we had different events for the children and then the teachers had some fun in their own after the kids fall asleep. No doubt I'll work next summer too, though I'd like to have a team of older children. And nowadays while we have some days till studying I'm going to help to the teachers in the camp who work in the last 3rd summer term.

I used to borrow bats from older teens to make my children
obey me. No, I didn't beat them! :D

Teachers' nights out

My noisy team

Then I went to my hometown of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk for like 18 days or something, and all my rest there was like "Today I'm seeing her, tomorrow I'll meet up with him. Oh, it's nice that I met them yesterday - no need to plan a meeting with them anymore". My first day in YS was pretty interesting. I had never told my bestie Dasha that I would come in July, so I decided to make her a surprise. When I arrived home, I got sure through our texts that she was home doing nothing. I quickly prepared, went to shop for a bottle of wine and headed to her place. When I knocked on her door, I closed the peephole with my hand, so she wouldn't see me. When my friend asked "Who's there?", I answered "Surprise for Daria Rozhkova!", but she never opened. So I took my hand away from the peephole, and when Dasha finally opened the door, she yelled my last name and hugged me I couldn't breathe :D Cool, huh?
Of course I also tried to spend as much time with my parents as I could because I came to YS in July only because of them. For example, my mother, her god daughter and I went to the mountains on my mom's day off. It was so marvellous! It was tough to crawl up the mountain, but it was worth it. The view was amazing, so my poor phone camera couldn't catch all the beauty.

And yeah, I dyed my hair's ends red again!
Though it has already washed away by now

 And I met some people I didn't meet during the winter holidays. Well, even though my home vacation was really short, but it was enough. I would add some days, maybe, but 4 weeks would be too much already, I would become boring and all the vacation would grow into drink-sleep-drink system. Moreover, July in YS wasn't warm; it wasn't even cool - IT WAS COLD AS HELL! I had to put on my mother's sweaters (because I didn't take any warm clothes with me) not to get cold. It was nonsense! Sweaters in July! What?? You see, I still can't get over it. My mom suggested me coming to my hometown in August after my travel abroad too, but I refused - it would take too much money, so I'd better save it in Vladivostok.

Night view of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

MY LOOOOVEEEEE I really miss my cat
*still hopes not to become a cat lady some day*

Our classmates' squad

And after my hometown little vacation I went on a travel to... TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT POST.

Intrigued, huh?:D Well, I'm still not sure whether I told you or not about the destination of my awesome trip, but no matter what I'm about to give you a little hint. [I know that my true readers, they all m]know about, hmm, everything, but still maybe there's someone who doesn't know?] And the hint is gonna be the song of the day, actually [or 'of the summer' though], because it suits July's condition, it was on my mind during all my travel 'cause it just fits and it's simply a good song by The Neighbourhood called "Sweater Weather".

All I am is a man

I want the world in my hands

I hate the beach

But I stand

In California with my toes in the sand

Use the sleeves of my sweater

Let's have an adventure

Head in the clouds but my gravity's centered

Touch my neck and I'll touch yours

You in those little high-waisted shorts, oh

She knows what I think about

And what I think about

One love, two mouths

One love, one house

No shirt, no blouse

Just us, you find out

Nothing that I wouldn't wanna tell you about, no

'Cause it's too cold

For you here and now

So let me hold

Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

And if I may just take your breath away

I don't mind if there's not much to say

Sometimes the silence guides our minds

So move to a place so far away

The goose bumps start to raise

The minute that my left hand meets your waist

And then I watch your face

Put my finger on your tongue

'Cause you love to taste, yeah

These hearts adore

Everyone the other beats hardest for

Inside this place is warm

Outside it starts to pour

Coming down

One love, two mouths

One love, one house

No shirt, no blouse

Just us, you find out

Nothing that I wouldn't wanna tell you about, no, no, no

[2x]

'Cause it's too cold

For you here and now

So let me hold

Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

Whoa, whoa...

Whoa, whoa... whoa

Whoa, whoa... [2x]

'Cause it's too cold

For you here and now

So let me hold

Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

It's too cold

For you here and now

Let me hold

Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

It's too cold,

It's too cold

The holes of my sweater...