Everyday Russian A day in New York and Moscow Life and common phrases

Good morning, everyone! Well then, my day has begun. It's currently 8:15 a.m., and my day always starts with a glass of water and very often from the morning pages. Morning pages is a technique like this, I really like it when you take out your notebook and pen in the morning and write down everything that comes to mind. This helps to clear unnecessary things from your mind and allows you to understand something, as certain ideas come to mind. So, a nice, nice thing. I'll write my morning pages now and then go wash my face. Today I have to film myself waking up. And here I am waking up. What time is it? 9:30. But I usually wake up at 9:30. Yes, I love sleeping in. In the morning I need to drink some water and then the most important thing is Mainly, no phone for the first 30 minutes, preferably an hour. Then I'll get myself together and take a shower. I take a shower, dry my hair, and put on makeup. This takes about half an hour. After that, I go have breakfast and get dressed. I'm usually quick to get ready. I'm ready. When it comes to breakfast, I'm incredibly consistent. I eat the same thing every morning. I always have oatmeal for breakfast, two eggs, and sometimes avocado. My friend gave me such a cool machine, it's called an Instant Pot. Anyway, I put this Instant Pot I set the oatmeal, close the lid, go take a shower, and the machine prepares everything for me. Sometimes I boil the eggs myself. Sometimes I make an omelet. Today I'll make an omelet with mushrooms. My breakfast is ready, I'm off to eat. Usually for breakfast I eat porridge. It can be oatmeal or some other kind of porridge. I generally think, Porridge is great because it's quick, delicious, and healthy. I also love toast, and of course Coffee. Coffee, I brew coffee every morning. And here it is, my breakfast. Grandmother's jam, toast, porridge, and coffee. I left the house. There are many things to do today—I have several lessons. I'm heading to my first lesson now. I often take Uber, but I don't want to get stuck in traffic today, so I'll take the subway. Let's go. New York City's subway is a special place. Of course, it's crowded and not very clean. For example, Rats live there, and they don't mind anyone at all. But there, you can see something like this every single day. Well then, I've had breakfast, and it's high time I got to work! Today I'll be working on transcription for the podcast and, of course, editing a new video for the channel. My first lesson today is at a café. I'm trying not to drink too much coffee, so I switched to a mocha. Macho is such a green drink. I'm now drinking Macho latte. I spend a lot of time in various cafes. Sometimes several hours a day. There I conduct lessons and work on my projects. I'm writing new courses. I do translations and reply to emails. Sometimes I cook at home, but today I decided to go to my favorite eastern restaurant. It's called Samarkand. And it's really great here—atmospheric and delicious. I have lunch here at the café too. I hardly cook at home, but this place is just fantastic. That's what I often come here to order. Now I'll show you what it is. This is my typical lunch. I often order rice bowl with avocado and kale salad at this place. This is definitely tasty and, I hope, beneficial. Winter, snow, beautiful. And I'm going to calligraphy class. I descend into the Moscow Metro, where there are many musicians. Different kinds of musicians. Moscow Metro is very convenient and highly functional. You can easily get to any part of Moscow, and you can also find out who Duke Kahanamoku is. Sometimes I have time between classes, and if I'm not filming a video, I enjoy going for a walk. New York is a very beautiful city. Sometimes I go into a store, for example, a bookstore. I have very little time for reading due to work, but I still keep buying books. I'm afraid I'll soon have to buy another bookshelf. I arrived at the classroom, but nobody is here yet. Calligraphy is not just a hobby for me. It is an opportunity to touch one of the oldest cultures in our world. In the evening I have group classes. I absolutely love talking with my students. It's always very fun and interesting. After school, I go to the store. I rarely cook at home, but when I have time, I can prepare something. Sometimes it's really nice to take a walk through night-time Moscow. These two Greek monks, Cyril and Methodius, founded Russian literacy. Thank you, guys! Thank you! I have an acting class on Wednesday evenings. I don't plan to become an actress, but it seems to me that every teacher is an actor too. Therefore, everything I learn there helps me in my profession. Today, for example, we are learning how to give and conduct interviews. And today I'm serving as the chief operator. You never have too much knowledge, right? Well, it's time to head home now. Of course, by subway. And right now, hell is breaking loose in the subway. Therefore, I strongly recommend that you not use the Moscow Metro in the city center at this time. New York is a city that never sleeps. That's why I don't often stay home in the evenings. My friends and I usually go somewhere. I love theater, especially Broadway musicals, so I'm a frequent visitor here. I'm right now at Times Square. As you can see, there's just an ocean of people here. And people do all sorts of different things. For example, these. Now is the perfect time to read a little and go to bed. But no, it's not time to sleep yet. Because, friends, I have a little gift for you. I want to leave here on the street Bolshaya Ordynka, building 1. Right there, in this very spot, I'll leave the book that Yulya wrote. Yulia, her friend. Here's a book entirely in Russian about the adventures of two girls in China and America. Here, you can read it. And there will also be an account for my website with a one-year membership program access, friends. If you see the word barber, you need to go to the door and turn right, Walk a little along the house, go up here, and there behind this rock, right there, that's it. A book will be waiting for you. Here it is, lying here. Good luck with your search and be sure to let me know, If you find this book, send me photos. Bye for now! Well, it's almost midnight already. I got home about two hours ago, around 10 p.m. Then she attended to her own affairs, preparing for the acting class. Because we have homework, but I feel like I've had enough, I'm tired and can't do any more. I keep promising myself that I'll go to bed earlier, at least by 11:30, but it never works out. So I went to take a shower, brush my teeth, and go to bed. Good night to everyone! No, not yet—too early to go to bed. I still have one more small thing left for today. But it's a very pleasant task. I'm currently in the Union Square area of New York City. It's really 12 o'clock at night right now, and I have this envelope in my hands. And in this envelope, a small gift and a big hello from me to whoever finds it first. I'll hide him right now, show you the coordinates, and if you're in New York, that would be great. If you come to this place and receive from me such a little gift. So, in Manhattan, near Union Square on Broadway, there stands a beautiful church. It is called Grace Church. You need to approach the church from the direction of Tenth Street. If you stand with your back to the lower door, the envelope will be lying on the left, in the flowerbed, under the bush. If you find it, please let me know for sure. Bye-bye! To be continued...