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Hey, there, I've just got back from HSE'S 17th birthday which was held at the Central Hall of Academic Sciences at Leninsky alley. There were very many people there... The whole grand hall was full of professors, teachers and students. There were some snacks and wine so we had the opportunity to look at other people in a festive atmosphere. I listened to the speeches made there by the HSE Director and Seniors who said that the university is growing rapidly. I can feel it myself as we have many more students this year than in the previous. I was there with my fellow teacher Irina and we spent a while there watching performances and having sth to eat. Generally it's really nice event they arranged for people of HSE as these days in Moscow are unbelievably very grey and dull (no snow, only rain and overcast skies). Stanislaw is flying to Vietnam tomorrow on a business trip and will be back on Saturday. We decided to go to Vietnam for a New Year holiday as we really miss its wa

Hey there, We've just arrived from Oxana's wedding party which took place just in the heart of Moscow, at the National Hotel, next to the Red Squire. It was a long awaited event, which ended her attempts to get married throughout 2008/9. Now, I hope so, it's a success as her husband is a financial director of one of major Moscow's pharmaceutical plants. She is a senior position there, too and she used to be Dad's student. He's a kind of patronizing her as she originally came from Kazakhstan (Alma Ata). She is his favourite and she is really hard working and ambitious, not to mention a beauty. The wedding itself was a kind of show with some hosts who didn't give us a chance to get acquainted with some other people there, just to listen to them and take part in varuious fun activities. I took some photos there, so have a look and try to imagine what it was like. These photos were taken with my iphone so the quality is not very good...