I was already leaving my friend when he mentioned his younger brother, who's currently serving in the regular army. He got drafted half a year ago. I asked my friend, "Do you miss him?" "Not really,

My cousin Elena was celebrating her birthday with her family. She had a lot of relatives there — about 16 people. At some point, I left the table and went to the kitchen, as table talk exhausts me

A few months ago, my friend and I exchanged keys to each other's apartments in case of emergency. I mainly wanted his keys because he lives in a gated apartment complex, so every time I visited, I

I got home from my book club meeting a few hours ago. We discussed Thirst for Love by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. Sadly, I barely started it, as my schedule has been packed for the last three

二年前、友達がアパートを買った。システムキッチンも買ったが、オーブンを一度も使ったことがなかった。どうして？僕はチェックするべきだった！その日を決めた。ベーキングミックスで、ケーキを作るつもり。易しい。 「ベーキングミックスを持っていく。牛乳、バター、卵がある？」 「無いよ。卵を食べちゃった。牛乳を飲んじゃった。でも、自家製バターがあるよ」 「卵を自分で食べるの？食べるなら、買って

一か月前、いとこの息子のデニスは私にメッセージを送ってきた。「自慢してもいいか？」と聞いた。 「どうぞ」と私は答えた。 デニスはカリーニングラードの飛行機のチケットの写真を送ってくれた。 「そこで何をする？」と私は聞いた。 「旅行する。4日間散歩する。」 「かっこいい！誰と？」 「今は一人。いっしょに行こう？」 「考える。」と私は言った。 私は二十分間考えた。お金がある。時間がある。あの人が好き

AI-generated videos infuriate me. People praise AI because it allows people without any skills to create something, but it sucks for the very same reason: people with no original ideas, no

At our last book club meeting, I saw my friend wearing a pair of fingerless gloves. I remembered that at one point, I wanted a pair too, but forgot about it. So I went ahead and ordered myself a pair

Sorry for the clickbaity title. After I thought of it, I couldn't resist using it, even if it doesn't fully reflect the story. This spring, I visited Armenia. It was the first time I was abroad. I

I learned to read pretty early as a kid. I loved reading and read profusely even into my teens. After devouring everything I liked from my parents' home library and the books they got for me, I

Every time I log into Journaly after a few weeks of absence, I face a problem: I have too many unread posts from people I follow and I feel obligated to read them all. First of all, because they're

My father told me just now, "We're almost out of eggs." "I can go to my aunt's tomorrow and ask for some", I replied. "She tells me to take some every time I visit." "Do you think it's alright to do

In June, my book club read A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess. It's a dystopian book that depicts a society in which there's a certain groups of teenage boys that's extremely violent. The

When I was learning programming in middle school, I read that there is no true randomness in computer systems. Behind it all, there are only mathematical functions, which will consistently give you

Today we celebrate Victory Day. Initially, I had planned to take a bus to my parents' hamlet and join in the commemoration ceremony and events, but I caught a cold a few days ago, so I decided to

2週間前の土曜日は、友達の誕生日でした。友達の名前はイヴァンです。午後4時に誕生日会が始まりました。 パーティーには、私が知っている共通の友達が二人いました。イヴァンの他の友達は知りませんでした。イヴァンはたくさんの友達がいますから、25人が来ました。にぎやかでしたね！ 私はいつも静かな人ですが、お酒が入るとしゃべれます。ビールを飲んだので、新しい人たちと知り合いました。

I've just read this post and it sent me down memory lane. I had an origami book when I was a kid. I didn't know back then that it was Japanese art. Maybe it was mentioned in the book, I'm not sure.

Do you enjoy giving and receiving gifts? For me, it's always been a struggle. I don't really like getting things I don't need because I prefer to live minimalistically, without any clutter. What's

As I was adding words from the textbook Minna no Nihongo to my Anki deck, I wondered, "Why doesn't the word for bank contain the kanji for gold? Wouldn't that be more logical? Why is there some other

明後日、図書館に言語のイベントがあります。「ヤロスラヴリの言語の祭り」といいます。毎時十時から六時まで２～４回の講義があります。 日本語の講義は十六時にあります。話題は何ですか。知りません。多分、「日本語には 三つの書記体系があります」といった基本的な内容から始まるのでしょうか…　それはもう知っているよ！ しらない言語の講義を聞きます。十一時に中国語の講義に行きます