Absolutely love that song:

Спи моє миле дитятко,
А я тобі розповім малятко
Про те як лоскотно мені від дотику ніжних трав,
Про те як печально мені, що рученьку ти зламав.

Хай не сниться тобі потвора, не лякає тебе до плачу,
Ось така моя колискова, це тому що тебе я люблю.

Приспів:
Ти, ліхтарику мій, в непроглядній пітьмі сяє посмішка твоя,
Загорнись в свої сни, відвернись до стіни, хай не сліпить тебе зоря.

Спи моє миле дитятко,
Не грай в дурні зі мною малятко.
Пташки заснули в ставку, рибки заснули в садку
Один ти оленятко не спиш і до болі в вухах ти кричиш.

Приспів

Флiт - Колискова

P.S. I want to speak Ukrainian in addition to just being able to understand it =-(

I've been asked by at least three of my friends, what I am going to do (or what am I doing) in Jonquiere w/o an Orthodox Church around. Do I go to Catholic masses? Does it feel weird w/o being able to attend Divine Services? Am I still alive (those who don't know that I have a separate blog for this trip think I might've died).

First thing first: I am alive in good health; also I am enjoying the whole trip very much. Jonquiere indeed is a quite, peaceful city that reminds me of things I heard about the "Old Canada". For example, a city of 50,000 people has 7 catholic and 2 protestant cathedrals. On Sundays, the majority of shops in the mall are closed and people are so nice that it scares me sometimes.

Second day I was here it was Sunday and I went for a walk early morning to see the local St. Dominique cathedral. To be honest I was interested to see if a church inside looks anyhow different from what you see in Toronto's catholic church. Turned out there was no big difference, but I was sort of surprised and happy that the church was fully packed. It would've been better if the church was Orthodox though ;) But as one of the Russian theologians said, in the light of last days catholics will be our first support, for we have a lot in common. Please don't throw stones at me, I am not talking about ecumenism or anything :D

Anyway, it's being two weeks, and I do miss my parish a lot; even more I miss people - rector, deacons, the choir, and many-many parishioners I am so used to see at least once a week. Mrs. Backevitch is still recovering in the hospital, and I really hope she gets better. She promised to celebrate her 100 anniversary with us ;)

One thing I don't miss here is God. I recently read Metropolit's Antoniy book that's entitled "The School of Prayer". It is actually a compilation of many of his works on prayer. One of the first things he notices is that if one needs many words, and church service to talk to God, that relationship is very shallow. Indeed the best friends are those who can be silent with each other. Of course, it doesn't mean that we should not have prayers and services, it merely suggests that the deepest prayer lies in the heart, and only with a heartful prayer we can meaningfully say the words and serve.

And this all brings me to the whole suggestion on "maybe you should go to a catholic church while you are there...". No! I don't need that. What could possibly I take from there that I can't have in my room in front of my icons, holding a prayer book in my hands? I can't pray with them, can't take communion, so unless I want to socialize after the service *oh, I miss that too XD*, there is really no "benefits". And if one says that "but you'll be at the service, and it will feel prayerful" I would recite Metropolitan Antony's lines once again, adding, that their service doesn't even look like Orthodox. Otherwise, I might think I am a puppy :) You know, a puppy doesn't know what the word means, but he recognizes the intonation.

Well anyways, that's what I think. Glory be to Jesus Christ!

Hmm... quite honestly I don't even like baseball... but I like how "Let's go Blue Jays" sounds when it's yelled out by BJ funs @ Rogers Centre ^_^

That was a complete offtopic, though. I meant to say that I am leaving at least till 21st of June, and that's where I am going to publish everything related to my trip. I might consider reposting it here, but that's not important :D

Wish me a good trip ;)

that people do like to misspell my first/last name just for fun, 5 secs ago in the mail:

Thanks Nitika

Fr. Dennis


:D:D:D:D

Recently I received something like that:
http://www.blog.lgr.ca/wp-content/u...007/09/droc.jpg

It turns that's a scam. Well, the actually do what they say they do, but it is completely unnecessary; they have very misleading style though - the letter & envelope feels looks like something you'd expect to receive from the government of Canada agency or smth.

Almost fell for that one =\

Anyways, I complained to Competition Bureau and that's what they've responded:

Dear Mrs. Pchelin:

Thank you for the information you provided regarding Domain Registry of Canada.

The mail solicitations sent by Domain Registry of Canada ("DROC") have, in the past, been extensively and repeatedly scrutinized by investigators of the Fair Business Practices Branch of the Competition Bureau. We have in each instance come to the same conclusion, that the prominent disclaimers contained in these mail pieces make it very unlikely that we would succeed in a prosecution under section 52 of the Competition Act, concerning Misleading and Deceptive Representations.

However, we are interested in receiving recent examples of the DROC mail piece. If you would care to forward a copy directly to us, we would be pleased to examine it to determine whether DROC has made any changes which would alter our previous conclusion.

We invite you to visit our Web site, www.competitionbureau.gc.ca, to learn more about the work of the Competition Bureau and to access public information on case developments and general information about our programs and activities.

Thank you again for taking the time to bring this matter to our attention.

Dave Shoobert

=( First of all they addressed me as Mrs.; I suppose that's the latest multiculturalism / tolerance feature :D Second of all, too bad I've torn the letter into tiny little pieces cuz I was really angry. It is nice though that they've at least responded in timely fashion.

Very recently I came across the quote from 1 John 2:15-17 (shame on me, did not think it was from there):

"Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s. The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever."

Several more times Jesus in the Gospel says, that His Kingdom is not of this world; also, apostle Paul says "...through which the world crucified to me, and I to the world."

There are a lot of great explanations to these verses, even though the message is pretty clear - we, as Christians, are guests in this world, and we aren't going to stay for long.

The thing that many very pious Christians forget, and by pious, I mean "fanatics" :), is that they are not the only "special ones". They think that it is only them who are on the path to salvation; they don't care about about people that surround them; they find it normal to let down others, thinking that this would be one of the things of "this world" that won't matter after. Mind you, not only every Orthodox Christian, but also any other person is potentially not of this world for you don't know who of the people you call "pagans" today may become faithful tomorrow.

Very strange indeed - I dare to say that every single person is in the same soup bowl, so to say, as those pious people are.  Hence, we, people, are in need of support of each other, and it should be a law, for there is a commandment - love your brother. Yet, these pious people think they can cover their faults with the words of the Epistle forever. I don't think it is possible.

I think it is right that I should be able to rely on you, my brothers and sisters in Christ, as I rely on God, for we live to perfect ourselves in our love to our Creator, and loving fellow people is an integral component of it. We should strive to love everyone, with love that is not of this world, but with love that our Saviour showed us by His death for our salvation.

Yesterday I've upgraded my desktop machine to Ubuntu Hardy Heron (a.k.a. 8.04 LTS). The official release date is in about 2-3 days, but the website provides access to various Alphas, Betas, and, of course, the RC version.

To be honest, I haven't noticed much of a difference at first, mostly the regular stuff like new icons/slightly different design - but that happens with almost every release, so it wasn't that much fascinating. Hence, I decided to consult The Wise to figure what's new and exciting 8.04 offers. So here are some new things I really liked:

1) new Nautilus features
Nautilus looks more friendly now, for example, it shows various dialogs with estimated time / speed whenever it performs some lengthy operations. I am an impatient user, so I fiend that upgrade particularly useful :)


2) international clock applet
I love that thing! Now I am never going to call Russia at 3a.m. just because I haven't calculated the time properly :) Unfortunately, I wasn't able to move the cities on the list, and they seem to be seating there in the order you put them in.... FOREVER! Oh well, I think that'll be fixed soon.



3) Firefox 3 Beta 5 is the default browser, it looks somewhat the same as the previous edition, except for minor design changes; I suspect that internals were changed significantly - for one thing it doesn't freeze anymore, and doesn't consume 100% of processor time w/e several windows with active flash are opened.

4) The new Vinagre remote desktop (VNC) client is installed by default, replacing xvnc4viewer. It looks much friendlier :)


5) Totem has a plugin to support youtube video search. It is A-MA-ZING :D



6) I skipped some of not-so-interesting features, like new security integration, new "absolutely fair scheduling algorithm", since I don't think that these features are of any interest to the general public, you can always google them if you are interested.

And by the way, it seems that my desktop is running significantly faster with 8.04 :)

There are certain things that can make me smile even if I am really sad\tired\weird. One of such things is that song:

Past three days were like woooooooooooooow paced O_O: Friday work until 3am, then go home, sleep, come back on Saturday, leave earlier, go to the service, go home, sleep, go to the service on Sunday morning, rush to work quickly, and stay there until almost ten, although it was supposed to be only until 6ish :S

What's ahead? Last school week, exams, Easter (up to the end of April), things should become more clear with GSoC, and hopefully, if everything works out - going to Quebec May-June, then coming back, getting docs ready for St. Arseny's application and planning next UofT year.

Life seems to be passing by quickly O_O I've never, since I remember myself, have had so many thing happening around me, which is kinda cool - you never get time to get bored :D

I want to acquire a British accent one day :D When I started studying English, I was actually working towards that, and I used to pronounce words the way they'd do in Britain. Then I came here, and people found it funny, so I tried to merge my language with surroundings as much as possible (at least at first, now I don't really care), thus I lost my British accent.

I don't know why, it just sounds so cute :) But as eurogirl2 suggested, I should train both accents to be on the safe side here, in Canada - go figure why :D

I love spring - sunny and kinda fresh (probably cuz it is still pretty cold outside +8C).

Among other news, I've got a j'explore program bursary (www.jexplore.ca) and now am going to Jonquière (Québec) for the spring session (May 19 - June 20). The program itself (from what I hear) seems to be really fun, and people are actually improving their language a lot (at least spoken). I spent most of the day reading about the program and trying to find people who are either going to the same city this year (to make friends) and those who went their last/previous years (to make friends and ask lots of questions). Unfortunately, I found only a few, but I am still quite happy.

I am still waiting for the package from the university to fill out the acceptance form and to get details of stay there. From what I found on the web #1 problem is that they don't have internet on residence (in the rooms), unless you pay an extra $70. I really need that because I am going to try working on Google Summer of Code (well, if I get accepted of course) during the course of the program. I will also need to find a place where I would be able to buy a cheap desktop :D, because the project I applied to requires two computers for development. I think I will not need a second monitor though, since I have an input for extra screen on my laptop, so I will probably be able to switch between two running computers like that.

#2 problem (which is probably more important than #1) is that there is no Orthodox Church in that city or anywhere around (as far as I know) and at least Ascension and Trinity celebrations are during my trip, so I considering obtaining a letter from my priest and use it to be able to go to one of the big cities for a service (at least on Sunday). I don't know if they actually care (I think on Sundays there are no compulsory activities), but I want to make sure that I won't get in trouble.

Even though that government pays for most of the program, there are still lots of expenses (I really need to earn some money between now and next months) - tickets ($150 with ISIC card via VIARail, money for student card/laundry/food, $70 for internet, + 2 round trip tickets to one of the big cities if I want to make it for the feasts). And that's in addition that I have an outstanding balance on my credit cards, since I used them to pay for the rest of my student fees. But then again, I won't spend that much on traveling between Toronto & Mississauga :D:D:D:D.

The other thing I realized that before I leave I have to teach my parents how to use Skype :D

P.S. This is one more reason I really like Canada - it is a country of opportunity. When students get the chance to participate in
programs like that - this is where government shows that it actually cares about us.

This semester I am taking that course about OSes... Seems to be a great class, plus I absolutely love our prof - tough in terms of work to be done, but VERY helpful. We are working on the OS/161 written at Harvard, and are basically adding a bunch of code to it, hoping that it's gonna work as described in the assignment.

When I was trying to compile the kernel for the first time on my home machine from scratch (I eventually gave up after 4 hours) I was thinking of how people like to complicate things.

Today when I finally compiled the kernel on both my desktop and laptop I was thinking that I should probably pay more attention to the instructions in the manual %)

But generally speaking, it is hard to understand the beauty of a complex thing (and it can be anything - program, alphabet, the whole world God created) without "diving" into it, without living with that complexity, without that complexity being part of your life.. If that does not happen, if the person is lazy - he would substitute his feelings with simple rejection... which usually turns out to be pretty bad.

Let every thing glorify the Lord!

P.S. Is not that beautiful:
jango@squirrel:~/workspace/csc369/root$ sys161 kernel
sys161: System/161 release 1.13, compiled Jan 18 2008 00:09:09

OS/161 base system version 1.11
Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved.

pchelinn - Jango's system version 0 (ASST0 #2)

Cpu is MIPS r2000/r3000
368k physical memory available
Device probe...
lamebus0 (system main bus)
emu0 at lamebus0
ltrace0 at lamebus0
ltimer0 at lamebus0
hardclock on ltimer0 (100 hz)
beep0 at ltimer0
rtclock0 at ltimer0
lrandom0 at lamebus0
random0 at lrandom0
lhd0 at lamebus0
lhd1 at lamebus0
lser0 at lamebus0
con0 at lser0
pseudorand0 (virtual)

OS/161 kernel [? for menu]:

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publikenthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.

16 percent of Canada's population are immigrants. 27 percent of Ontrario's , 26 percent of British Columbia's and 15 percent of Alberta's residents are immigrants. The provinces with the lowest proportions of immigrants are Newfoundland and Labrador (1.6 percent,) Prince Edward Island (3.1 percent) and New Brunswick (3.1 percent).

That's right, this is why they are so antisocial XD

Now that the summer is upon us, you might be considering a visit to Canada's youngest province. Here are a few survival tips:

a) Memorize all of the jokes at this site. Every Newfoundlander will be impressed that you have taken the time to learn about our culture and can quote these jokes verbatim.

b) Always refer to a Newfoundlander as "Newfie", otherwise you will be considered snobbish.

c) Until you are more familiar with Newfoundland and it's history stick to safe topics when talking to Newfoundladers. A good opening line might be: "I hear unemployment is high in Newfoundland" or "My brother Jack works with a Newfoundlander in Brooks Alberta".

d) Learn how to pronounce Newfoundland. Many Canadians pronounce Newfoundland as "Newf-And-Land", sort of like Understand. This won't get you many friends. The correct pronunciation is "New-Fun-Lin". If you remember any of these tips, make sure it is this one.

e) Don't visit a bar on Monday evening, it will be empty as everyone will be at home watching "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Also look through the TV Guide to see if "Codco" is on, another good time to stay at home.

f) If you do visit a night club be sure to ask for Screech. You will insult the bartender by asking for anything else. Newfoundlanders are like the Scots when it comes to their national drink. It's a fact the average Newfoundlander drinks Screech with every meal.

g) If you don't get to visit Newfoundland, but meet a Newfoundlander during your visit to Toronto, remember to compliment him/her on the province. A good example would be: "Your from Newfoundland, I love the Maritimes, I visited Nova Scotia two years ago".

h) Memorize all of the jokes at this site. Every Newfoundlander will be impressed that you have taken the time to learn about our culture and can quote these jokes verbatim.

What I have to say... I really like him as a Russian president. It is too soon to talk about his career in overall sense, but so far he accomplished more for the country than anybody with the same amount of power.

It is truly sad to hear from young people that Putin is this and Putin is that, while they can't name anybody else who is suitable for the position of the country's leader. Yes, not just a president but a leader. And yes, the interests of the stability in the country are being put before democracy principles, as it was done everywhere else - Iraq, USA, Germany...

Obviously, there were both good and bad things but I can't recall any fooling around, at least at the time I lived in the country. Time will show.

was pretty sad... I should've started studying earlier XD Sad in the sense that I have to work my ass off towards the end so that I can get nice marks, while I could've done better in the beginning AND work my ass towards the end to get like awesome marks XD

French - I love it, i love ittttt! Despite of the fact that it is really hard to remember... not the conjugations - new words; conjugations are one time thing, actually, but the words - even compared to the number of similar ones, it is still hard. But I am looking forward to my next french course, and I really hope that after that one I'll be able to do "real stuff" like reading books with a dict. or smth. Right now it is still difficult - I only know three different tenses and I do confuse them a lot XD

Stats... well I dropped it, and I am taking it next year, so let's not talk about it XD

Computation - I really want to hope that I am gonna ace the exam tomorrow and pass the course, but who knows... in general I did not find this course very useful, because the marking system was not fair at all. The only thing that course taught me - how to use google better to find answers to the assignment's questions XD

Software Design - amazing course, so many new tools I can use now!! plus it is really satisfactory when one gets 100% for the final project XD Exam was a little bit hard, but i think I am gonna do great overall.

Computer Architecture - not a very exciting course, but the prof was so amazing that I absolutely loved it. The assignments were kinda hard but I guess I should've used office hours. Also, the prof managed to mark our exams the same day we wrote them, which, again is pretty awesome.

It has been 19 years now, and it is time to realize that I am freaking lazy.

I would moan that I have no break in between my exams and that my schedule is so intense and yet I would idle for 4 days before the major exam that I can't afford to fail. Oh well it is gonna be a fun day tomorrow, and I don't really care how well I am gonna do, I just wanna pass and forget about that once and forever.

I am taking Algebra 224 next semester which is supposedly an advanced course in algebra. So I went to the course website and it outlines the following marking scheme:

"There will be 6 Term-Tests, each worth 10 % of the final mark.
These tests will be held on Thursdays during class time.
Tentative Dates: Jan.17, Jan.31, Feb. 14, March 6, March 20 and April 3.
Final Exam 40% of the final mark"

That is ridiculous :S I hate quizzes and such but I just can't stand weekly tests :S
And I still haven't got approved for my second French course - nothing except one section
fits my schedule.

to mention to the general public that Dambldore is gay right after the sails of the last book started to drop down.

No respect for her.

And yes now I would've thought thrice before giving these books to kids despite of what Kuraev says in his book

В воскресенье,
понедельник,
вторник,
среду...

Да когда же кончится это мученье )