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Overview

  • 6 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian; learning Italian
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Being happy:)
  • bachelor, Belarussian state university (economics)
  • From Minsk, Belarus
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

putting smiles on people's faces:)

ABOUT ME

I am trying to enjoy every single moment of my life.

Pushing myself beyond the boundaries (of what's known and comfortable) and discovering something new is always a challenge, but always so rewarding! Spontaneity is now one of my favourite concepts.

PHILOSOPHY

A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are built for..

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing…"

"Happiness needs sadness. Success needs failure. Benevolence needs evil. Love needs hatred. Victory needs defeat. Pleasure needs pain. You must experience and accept the extremes. Because if the contrast is lost, you lose appreciation; and when you lose appreciation, you lose the value of everything.."

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly" Robert F. Kennedy

I know it's a cornball thing but love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? I say fall head over heels. Find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love -- well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived... Stay open. Who knows? Lightning could strike…

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Beverly Sills

Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.
Baltasar Gracian

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

To be honest I'm kind of new on here, so if you wanna know me, just drop me a line..or two:) I will be glad to meet new people on this site to exchange our views on different things, share travel experiences and have a good time together.

Interests

cross-cultural communication, foreign languages, literature, roller skating, dancing, photo, tennis, traveling, culture, fashion, psychology

  • culture
  • literature
  • fashion
  • dancing
  • running
  • traveling
  • tennis
  • languages
  • psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

7 Pounds, Don't Move, Love and basketball, Amores perros, Blow, Crush

I do enjoy different kinds of music. Especially I'm into r'n'b and hip-hop music

I'm keen on reading. Something tells me u will be surprised to know that I like reading at least 3 books at a time. So as far as u can see I'm trying to train my memory:)
Among my favorites there are Martin Eden by Jack London, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1984, Gone with the wind, My sister's keeper

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The amazing view from the Empire State Building in NYC!! At that moment I kind of understood that impossible is really nothing, that miracles definitely happen and we shouldnt give up on our dreams.

Teach, Learn, Share

It would be my pleasure to show you around minsk and make everything I can to make you love it. Also, I can teach you Russian if you are not scared of that intimidating language:) Besides, I can be the reason you smile:)

Countries I’ve Visited

Italy, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belarus, United States

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