Trying to get some papers translated from Russian into English. The prices are just crazy!!! I never thought it would be that much (in one of the agencies the price was quoted as 30 cents per word, which is about $100 per page. I need 12 pages to be translated  ). Eh, I wish I could translate it myself and then get them checked for accuracy and pay less.  I need those papers for college (descriptions of some of the courses that I took in Belarusian State Economical University), so the translation should be made by licenced agency.

Daniel wants new Palm Treo 700p. It’s so funny how he can get fascinated with a new piece of technology. I totally don’t care, still happy with the one that he got me for my birthday couple of years ago - Clie by Sony. I use it every day - mostly as a dictionary. He installed Russian-English and English-Russian dictionary in it and I find it VERY useful. Much easier and faster to look up words in it, then in the old-fashioned paper version. I also use it as alarm clock, so every work day morning starts with little sweet and awfully annoying tune (Danya says that he likes it though, because it associates with me).

I wanted to brag here about a salad, that I made on Saturday for Daniel’s parents little party. They invited a couple of Daniel’s mom coworkers and she served a delicious dinner, which included her specialty - Funchoza. That’s spicy Korean meal made from starch noodles, meat and vegetables. I love it!! Her mother (Daniel’s grandmother Liza) taught her how to cook it. Well, anyway, back to my salad (even though it wasn’t nearly as good as funchoza). I was asked to make seaweed salad and something light and fruity. Well, I gladly took the responsibility, but wanted to make something new. So after couple of days of browsing through different cooking forums the idea of this salad formed in my head.

Spinach, blackberries, blueberries, peaches, pears, pumpkin seeds, rokfor cheese (kind of blue mould cheese).

Dressing: honey, balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar, curry powder, freshly cracked black pepper and pinch of salt.

Well, it didn’t meet my pretty high expectations, but definitely looked interesting. I think it will be a good idea to mix this dressing with peaches and pears when I’m in the mood for something tangy.