So, my mom came to visit me last week. I was very glad to see her, although it was not very simple between us. Since I live in a studio, there is no place there for 2 persons (in my opinion) and I deeply need some personal space for at least 20 min per day. I slept on the floor, in the sleeping-bag, which by the third night was already ok. But I found it quite difficult to be criticized all over when you sleep 6 hours and try to work every free second. According to her, I don't clean enough, don't dress as a girl and don't date. Well, that might be true in some sense but it all can be explained by EPFL :)))). Once we figured that out (and to do that, I had a quick beer at Sat on Friday night) we got along quite good. She even admitted that she was impressed by the job I've done during last year and told me she should have come here to support me in the very beginning. Well, I guess we never grow up for our parents. And when we get independent it gets sometimes even harder for them. But we love each other and this is the most important.


I gave her one of my T-shirts Alinghi bought on sale last week. She loved it but said: "Last year, before leaving for Switzerland you told me that you are not gonna wear only jeans and T-shirts!". LOL.

oh, those russians

I was sleeping (almost) as a baby today at 9a.m. when my friend called my cell. She was in Frankfurt, heading to Philadelphia to pass a very important exam. I haven't heard her for a long time since her internet connection is very bad to use skype, we usually googletalk. So, her first phrase was: "I'm in Frankfurt and everybody is staring at me and I don't know why". It didn't take me a lot of time to figure out why - she was wearing a skirt! (and high heels of course, she does not have other shoes). LOL. I can understand her surprise, she hasn't been abroad for a while, especially in Germany. But we did have a very nice conversation (with her company paying for her expenses) and I can hardly wait for her feedback from US - we both were there 5 years ago. And with her constant business-looking it's gonna be so much fun :)