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– Oh, great, yeah, we could try, why not? I just got back from America. I need to invest everything in real estate urgently.
– Let’s go for a week.
– Let’s go.
What’s funny is that later I had a friend, Yana, whom I last saw when I was 15 or 16 years old. And we met after so many years, sitting in a café, talking. I was completely different, of course. She reminded me of the person I was as a child, reminded me of that time. She says:
– Do you remember how you used to make me listen to all your music and said it was the soundtrack of life?
– Wow. You remember that?
– Of course.
– Wow.
I was sixteen. Not even eighteen. 2006. And she asks me what my plans are, what my goals are. I explain to her that I’m writing books, that the goal is to write books. I need to write everything I know, everything about everything I know. And that I returned to Russia because I feel like something is going to happen. And I always saw the future in Russia, even maybe right now, if things aren’t perfect there, but I believe Russia will change, and it’s number one. And while it’s still not in demand, I need to take advantage of the opportunity and urgently buy real estate. Now, I say, I’m going to look for an apartment for myself. And I want to build a castle for myself in Karelia. She laughs and says:
– Why Karelia?
– Oh, a friend just suggested it, we’re going next week.
– Are you kidding or not? Do you even remember what’s in Karelia?
The girl tells me this, and all of this, you know, happens within two weeks of me returning from Russia. And she says:
– Well, don’t you remember, I’m actually from Karelia.
– Let’s go for a week.
– Let’s go.
What’s funny is that later I had a friend, Yana, whom I last saw when I was 15 or 16 years old. And we met after so many years, sitting in a café, talking. I was completely different, of course. She reminded me of the person I was as a child, reminded me of that time. She says:
– Do you remember how you used to make me listen to all your music and said it was the soundtrack of life?
– Wow. You remember that?
– Of course.
– Wow.
I was sixteen. Not even eighteen. 2006. And she asks me what my plans are, what my goals are. I explain to her that I’m writing books, that the goal is to write books. I need to write everything I know, everything about everything I know. And that I returned to Russia because I feel like something is going to happen. And I always saw the future in Russia, even maybe right now, if things aren’t perfect there, but I believe Russia will change, and it’s number one. And while it’s still not in demand, I need to take advantage of the opportunity and urgently buy real estate. Now, I say, I’m going to look for an apartment for myself. And I want to build a castle for myself in Karelia. She laughs and says:
– Why Karelia?
– Oh, a friend just suggested it, we’re going next week.
– Are you kidding or not? Do you even remember what’s in Karelia?
The girl tells me this, and all of this, you know, happens within two weeks of me returning from Russia. And she says:
– Well, don’t you remember, I’m actually from Karelia.