June 7, 2007
“If you’re smiling, you clearly have no idea what’s going on.” – Neil
It’s either 2:45am, 8:45 am, or 10:45am, depending on what time zone you’re working from. Right now, the 16 of us (plus Resident Director Neil) are sitting on a German tarmac waiting for takeoff. The past few days have been a blur; hours of orientation, testing, and tips on language acquisition… broken by a few delicious dinners, a quick trip to the hotel's pool and sauna, and breakfast in the amazing hotel atrium of the Embassy Suites in Washington, DC.
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Miscellaneous Russian Superstitions:
>If you forget something and have to come back into the house to get it, you must look at yourself in the mirror before you leave again.
>Never, NEVER give a Russian an even number of flowers—a dozen roses is a very unlucky thing in
>Never whistle in your Russian friend’s house—they believe that if you whistle at home, you’ll whistle away your money.
>Don’t sit on the corner of a table—unless you want to wait at least 7 years before you’ll be married, or for women, never have kids.
>If you decide to travel, before you leave your house, sit for a few seconds on the front steps.
>Don’t give knives or handkerchiefs for gifts—if someone gives them to you, you must pay for them, even if you only pay a penny.
>By buying presents for a child who hasn’t yet been born, you may actually be endangering them (calling attention to them and drawing an evil eye).
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