Russian dream

It's quite easy to figure out why so many people like to travel to Frence, Italy, Spain or other tourist attraction. However it is perhaps unusual for tourists to put Russia the first place. But I really have deep love for Russia. Even I graduate from university, I will continue studying Russian. Furthermore, I want to pass the TORFL(Test of Russian as a Foreign Language) -- the TORFL of Russian is just as the TOFEL of English. I hope I can study abroad for one year to get close to the place I have learned and seen from textbooks. Wish me achieve my goals.

Russian people

Since I studied Russian, I have found that many abnormal killer in movies and series are Russian. They are really scared me. The stereotype impressions on Russion are cold-blooded, cruel, stony, and brutal. The weather in Russia is really chilly,and people there have to get with the environment. As a result, they try to conceal their passion and pretend they are as cold as the weather.

I had an impressive experience to meet a Russia. I have ever been a student ambassador two years ago. My mission is to take care of foreign professors for an international conference. I had to pick them up from airport and paid attention to what they need during the conference. One of the professors is an Russian, and actually she is chief of academy department in Russia. How respected she is! So I was very nervous when I faced her. But she is extremely nice when I took her to look around our campus. She liked to chat with me, and took photo with me. She is so cute that I won't think Russian is cruel anymore.

Alexander Pushkin

If you are talking about the literature in Russian, you must mention Alexander Pushkin. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire —associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influencing later Russian writers.
I have ever read many stories wrote by Pushkin, such as "The Tale of the Fisherman and Fish" and so on in Russian, in English and in Chinese. I  am always surprised by his immagination and creativity. His works have never be replaced.

Russian

I have learned Russian for more than three years,but I think it is still tough for me. There are so many grammatical rules I need to remember and to be familiar with. It's not easy to memorize a vocabulary but it is more difficult to figure out how the vocabulary vary in the all situations. It's hard to understand for the Chinese learners and English learners. Take a word "school" for example. After I know the meaning and the spelling of "school", I can put it in any sentences. Such as "I like the school", "I went to the school", "I leave the school", "He walks by the school" and so on. It's so normal for us. But it never happened in Russian. The word "school" changes in the sentence I just said. It always drives me crazy. Not only nouns are changeable but also the adjectives, adverbs and verbs. However I will never give up learning Russian, because the intonation is still beautiful and enchanting.

Russian Castle

Do you think Russia is a country that is far from Taiwan? It's true on the map, but it's not really correct in your life.

"Russian Castle" is not only a castle but a restaurant just opened in 公館. It's really not far from us, right? The food there is authentic Russian food. Maybe you have heard of the famous Russian restaurant "Bread and Salt". But my Russian teacher said the food there is not really so "Russian". The taste is purposely changed in order to suit Taiwanese people. If you try to taste the real Russian food, you must come to the restaurant "Russian Castle".

The boss there is also the cook of the restaurant is Russian. If you have learned Russian just like me, you can chate with him by Russian language. He was a doctor in Russia then he came to Taiwan to study Chinese and met his Taiwanese wife. And he is really friendly!

I have some advice if you are going to experience the restaurant. The cook emphasizes the food ingredients. So if you order your meal, the cook just start to deal with your meal. It takes a lot of time~. The beter way to enjoy your meal is to make an appointment and order your meal before the day you get there.

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Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Sergei Rachmaninoff, a Russian musician, is my favorite musician!! The first yime I heard his composition was in a Japanese drama "Nodame Cantabile" (交響情人夢). The leading actor performed Piano Concerto No.2 of Rachmaninoff. I really marveled at the stunning musical note. And I have tried many kind of version. I found that the most important factor to make the concerto  perfect is the chief of piano. I hope that you can also hear the wonderful melody.

In addition to the Piano Concerto No.2, the Piano Concerto No.3 is also famous. His compositions are genuinely Russian style: impassioned, beautiful and difficult to play. His whole life was always in a melancholy and accepted the mental healing. Every day his psychological therapist made him in a dark room and repeatedly told him that "You will start to compose concerto.  Your work will be the best...". It's kind of weird, but after the therapy he created the wonderfully Piano Concerto No.2.

Red Square

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Red square,one of the most famous tourist attraction,is often considered the central square of Moscow and all of  Russia. There are several famous buildings around the square, including Kremlin, Saint Basil's Cathedral, and GUM department store, and National Museum of History and so on.

"Red" in ancient Russian means beautiful, so you don't have to find out where the place there is red. On the center of the sqare is Lenin's Mausoleum, contains the embalmed body of  Lenin, who is the founder of the Soviet Union. You can get there and momorize the history of Russia.