I’ve been learning for over two weeks now (five days a week, three hours per day) and I’ve just received the results from the first test – my score was 91%, so I guess I’m on a good way to complete this goal… in next five years or so ;P.
longleeegs's Life List
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1. plant a tree
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2. draw Peter's hands (the most beautiful hands I've ever seen)
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3. watch all films starring David Bowie
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4. Be a better friend
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5. Understand poetry
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6. buy my favourite albums on vinyl
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7. own a t-shirt with a bandname on it
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8. Understand a friend better
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9. be more like my mother
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10. improve my english
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11. do something to make my bedroom look more interesting and less impersonal
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12. get a scholarship
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13. visit Canada
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14. visit the London National Gallery
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15. start a webcomic
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16. find somebody to love
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17. learn to cut hair
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18. see all the Fred Astaire movies
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19. re-read the Brothers Karamazov
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20. pray more
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21. create one collage a month
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22. learn Russian
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23. see David Bowie in concert
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24. Visit the Louvre
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25. draw more and draw better
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26. make an animated film
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27. Dance like David Byrne
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28. meet david byrne
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29. read all the works of...
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30. See the Rolling Stones in concert
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31. be at the first talking heads, reunited show
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32. design an album cover for the Rolling Stones
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33. Learn Czech
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34. start to paint
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35. learn more about art history
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36. See as many Van Eyck's as possible
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37. visit St Petersburg
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38. Study more history
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39. meet the rolling stones
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40. Not waste paper
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41. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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Some may say that friendship is all about caring for another person – and they are right but they miss one important thing: no good comes from caring about them is you can’t find any way to help them or at least show them that you care. For quite a long time that had been my problem. I usally got scared of others problems because I thought that I don’t have much experience with family matters, love problems and so on, so the only way in which I could help my friend was helping them with their homework etc. Recently, I learnt not to panic and to calmly think of some solution – if I don’t know it, maybe I know someone who can help or I remember how someone has coped with a similar problem or at least I can point out some things that my friend has missed, so making the decision will be easier for them.
At the same time I still have a lot to learn, especially how to be patient and not to expect instant gratitude, since people tend to be more self-absorbed when they have problems. I also need to learn how to express my own problems and expectations more clearly.
That’s it I’m graduating tomorrow. I feel really ambivalent about it – excited and sad at the same time. I guess it’s normal. This school has really been a great place for me – I had some really wonderful teachers (it’s rare to hear one saying this about their teachers, isn’t it?), meet some true friends and had a lot of great times (some hard times, too). I know that I’ve learnt and experienced a lot.
