For once I decided to use this blog of mine for what blogs are usually intended for: to share with you some news and to tell you about my day to day life here in Moscow. So, let us begin!
I set out to Moscow (and to London) in order to rethink the puzzle of my life and to reset the direction where I'm heading to. This jigsaw has become somewhat clearer mainly due to my isolation (I live in two different bubbles, remember?). To say the turth I haven't been at all intrested in the life of my family and friends in Finland and luckily they haven't been that keen on my affairs. So I've got what I wanted: solitude. Well at least to a certain amount (yeah, alone in Europe's biggest city! Who would have thought?).
Then on the other hand thanks to my hosts and firends (Night and Trol) being active member of CouchSurfing we've had intresting and often quite extraordinary people from all over the world staying with us, for a day or two, and sharing some of their life with us. This, for one, has been in a way a major contribution for my efforts to get different perspective to the rat race of my university, my life in Helsinki and in Finland. I've also befriended some of our guests and it is rather possible that I'll meet them later on while in London.
Last weekend I went with my friend to see a peculiar musical in the Mossoviet Theatre. This play was the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. For one I could never have been able to imagine this specific piece of literature being transformed into a Broadway style musical. Nevertheless, this Russian cast along with the director succeeded in creating an entertaining and truly inspiring play with accurate coreography and some remarkable acting.
On the other hand the play thoroughly lacked the feeling of Victorian London or rather the stiffness and pompousness of the British upper class which, at least by my reckoning, is an essential part of R. L. Stevenson's work. Also, I was especially annoyed by the sexist division between the male and female roles: the genteel messrs were convincing in their manners whereas the ladies were so profoundly Russian not just in their apperance but their constant melodramatical arias and romantic whining that I almost lost my nerves. Luckily the crucial scene of the last dialogue between Jekyll and Hyde (seen below) was carried out to perfection by Alexandr Domogarov:
On the other hand the play thoroughly lacked the feeling of Victorian London or rather the stiffness and pompousness of the British upper class which, at least by my reckoning, is an essential part of R. L. Stevenson's work. Also, I was especially annoyed by the sexist division between the male and female roles: the genteel messrs were convincing in their manners whereas the ladies were so profoundly Russian not just in their apperance but their constant melodramatical arias and romantic whining that I almost lost my nerves. Luckily the crucial scene of the last dialogue between Jekyll and Hyde (seen below) was carried out to perfection by Alexandr Domogarov:
This week I also had the pleasure of receiving a postcard from my friend in Bilbao. The postcard reminded me of those things I've lacked here in Moscow including open spaces and horizons, running water (as in a lake or a sea - we do have tubes here!), Finnish summer (or rural summer anyhow) but predominantly the company of many of my best friends. On that postcard is a picture of the Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao at dusk (somewhat similar to the picture below):
But right now I'm on my way to Yaroslavl' once again. This time simply just to relax and to gather my thoughts before I once more find myself in the ever condensing monotony of Finland.
Yours in haste,
Stefan
PS. Cheezy as it may sound I've collected and unofficial OST of my summer here in Moscow (following an example of my Dutch friend). If you're intrested enough then, by all means, listen:Yours in haste,
Stefan
1. A beginning of an era: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE&ob=av2n
2. The first and worst days at work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzRecTQUXv8
3. The meaning of life (vol. Russian): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOzkN8dHnjk
4. Babylon had never any power over you!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHDafPS4opk
5. Moscow's got magic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtvgNBRGnMc
6. Wodka trinkt man pur und kalt!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQAKRw6mToA
7. Nights in St.Petersburg: http://www.myspace.com/dushapitera
8. Evening of Finnish cuisine and music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCRGnoVLGnE
9. A postcard from Moscow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTNeCxtPaeM&feature=related
10. A toast for the turning of the season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEnUp2j8TV4
11. A breath of autumnal air: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CxknQGTjyw&feature=related
12. УГ!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P7tW9-_Fck
13. Stuck in the August rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx9I4l64huA
14. Swimming under a starry sky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahJ6Kh8klM4
15. On an August summer night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ&ob=av2e
16. The last day in Moscow and in Russia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLGobWuiYuc
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