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Article About Russian Dating, Russian Women, and Why There are so Many Russian Brides Sites
Marrying a foreigner became usual thing in Russia and in the West since the Internet was invented. I have even read in one forum disapproving notes of an American woman towards American men for this tendency. In her disapprove she criticizes both sides – Russian women for their wish to leave this “awful country of Russia” at any cost and even at the cost of getting married to an old and bald man, and for the men the blame was that some of them being old and bald desperately wish to have young sexy Russian brides believing that these women will love them just for bringing them over there. I think she is right disapproving men. For one thing I could not have held myself from asking the question – “has she ever been to Russia”. I did not receive the answer for that question. Why do you think there are so many cases of scam? Numerous cases of scam show that many Russian women feel quite comfortable at home and try to use “Russian brides” sites for money interest.
The position of the society in both parts of the world, Russia and the West, is usually negative. Western people who have in some or other way dealt with Russian women and “Russian dating” generated a lot of opinions. Many of them are just myths or far away from reality. As a citizen of one of the ex soviet republics I have right to correct or oppose them. I will do it later. Now I want to tell a little bit about Russia. Russia today is not that rich as some western developed countries because there are economical and political difficulties in many regions. But Russia is improving and getting richer incredibly fast and in many regions and big cities situation is quite well. I don’t know why, but many western mass media try to show situation of things about Russia worse then in reality.
So why there are so many the online services with thousands of beautiful Russian women targeted at western auditory? In my opinion the answer is very simple – it is just a dream selling business. On the first most visited pages of the “Russian dating” sites you can see selected beautiful faces. This dream selling business is for both participants – for western men and for Russian women. Many people were disillusioned because the differences in cultures and life stiles are quite big. Some naive Russian girls believe that they will get into colorful life as in Hollywood movies but not in everyday routine. And I think this business exist not only because many Russian women want to settle in the USA or other rich countries but because western men need it and are desperate to find qualities they think western women lack. However, there are many cases of happy examples of marriage.
Actually, it is not bad if a man wants to find a Russian woman for relationships. He can find a perfect life partner. But it could be mistake to believe in some myths about Russian women and for women to believe in myth about life in America. That is why a man deciding to sign up in some or other online “Russian dating” sites should search not a Russian woman but just a good woman; after all she could be Russian. But I believe you can build good relationships with Russian woman if you like and understand Russia, accept all plusses and minuses of Russia, if you can understand a little bit of Russian language, Russian culture, and make some efforts to study Russian language. You will lose if you consider like “I will take away from that “awful country of Russia” a woman and she should be thankful to me for the rest of her life”. I know one example of very happy marriage between a Dutchman and an Ukraine woman. He came to Kiev, very beautiful city and capital of Ukraine, in order to be with her. He could have allowed this move because he has business on the Internet and for him the place of living does not matter.
One of the mistakes when western men search for ”Russian brides” is that they search in sites created just for this purpose because “Russian brides” sites are usually limited by 3 countries: Russia, Ukraine, and Byelorussia. The previous USSR included 15 republics, like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia…There is a lot of Russian women and can be less cases of scam because Russian women in those countries would leave these republics more willingly to find a foreigner husband. The reason is simple. For this search will do usual dating sites with big databases. Just try to browse personal ads of the members from any ex soviet republics in datingforsingle.com. In Russia the business “find a husband abroad” or “find a Russian bride online” was born when the situation was far away from stability and many women wanted to find better and stable life abroad. Many “Russian brides” sites made a lot of money then. Webmasters seeing that financial success are developing these kinds of sites and agencies in big quantities and now. But today this business turns to be tricky because a competition is fierce. Touching previous soviet republics I can say that Russian women there will respond you more willingly if you email them.
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Would you learn Russian in Russia?
There is a cheap and interesting course of Russian in Saint Petersburg on www.russtudy.ru. Would this course be interesting for you?
if I was given the opportunity to study it for free, i would for sure
My Russian American Dichotomy
I was a Russian girl and an American teenager. I had no choice about the first but I tried very hard to be the second. Now as a grown woman, I mostly deem myself a New Yorker. While I never truly considered myself an American, being a New Yorker encompasses more. New York has a special tolerance for Russians.
My immigrant story begins when I was five years old. I don’t recall a sense of fleeing from our home country or the idea that our life was difficult. As a child growing up in Kiev, I recall very little. I remember snapshots here and there, mostly stories retold that have tattooed themselves onto the childhood story log.
I remember getting my ears pierced when I was three years old. With gold studs in my ears, I descended sub ground to a quintessential ice cream parlor. I remember the dark wood paneling and the taste of the vanilla. The memory of that vanilla has solidified itself as the definition of vanilla perfection to me.
My grandmother, who came to America three years before us, used to send me clothes. My mother would then go on to dress me up in the fashionable American garb and pose me in front of the navy plaid wool blanket on our couch. To this day I have a portfolio of me as a mini Russian fashionista in bell-bottom jeans, short skirts, and sweaters of the itchiest caliber.
Yet sometimes there were style malfunctions. A roll of film serves as proof of our afternoon strolling through an urban Russian park. Me, a three-year-old with long hair on the swings, wearing as a complete outfit, American Popeye Underoos. My father developed all of my childhood photographs in our bathtub and my mother would send them to my grandmother as proof of wear.
My grandmother arranged the visa that got our family out of Russia. I remember very little of the immigration process. My mother packed the only life she had known into a couple of suitcases and moved to a foreign country that made no promises beyond hope. She was 25 years old. I am now 34 years old with my own 6 year old and cannot imagine confronting a task half as challenging.
We came to America by way of Vienna first and then Rome. We were thrust together with other immigrants into a holding pattern of unglamorous proportions. I can’t recall one iota of our entire time in Europe. The family stories that circulate regarding the European purgatory are few and random. I got motion sick habitually so my mother carried a plastic bag with her everywhere she went. My mother was amazed that so many Italian men knew her name; she didn’t realize that her name, Bella, was synonymous with beautiful in Italian.
I remember my grandmother coming to visit us in Italy; she couldn’t wait the two more months for us to get to America. When we picked her up at the airport, I remember seeing a strange woman who I knew had to be someone important shoving a doll against the glass wall. I didn’t understand if I was supposed to be more excited about the doll or the woman. I don’t remember being thrilled by either.
Early life in America seems distant, a shadow of a childhood where I didn’t really fit in but wasn’t completely ostracized. We lived in a two-bedroom apartment across the street from my grandmother’s identical apartment in Queens. I would look out my first floor window and up to my grandmother’s eighth floor window; with binoculars I could see her waving.
The whole neighborhood holds few memorable moments for me. I remember learning to ride my brown Huffy bike there. I remember playing on the monkey bars and a grown man came to hang upside down. He was wearing loose running shorts and no underwear.
Elementary school in retrospect seems fruitless. My parents were always disappointed with American education. In Russia they told me they were learning my sixth grade math in second grade. My parents would quiz me on my multiplication tables, insisting that I should know them so well that I could recite them if they woke me up in the middle of the night.
I remember the first day of kindergarten. My grandmother took me and was my translator for the first and only time in my life. The class sat around in a circle and I must have done something that caused the boy next to me made a hand motion that I interpreted to be peeling a carrot. Later I learned it was “shame, shame.” I still don’t remember what I did, but I remember the shame shame.
That was the first of many American colloquialisms and childhood antics that I never learned. We didn’t eat macaroni and cheese or Chef Boyardee. For breakfast I used to have tea with toast and cream cheese. When I was really little I slurped the tea from a saucer so it wasn’t too hot. Instead of six packs in the refrigerator, my family had vodka in the freezer.
I don’t even have a real birth certificate. As authentication of my birth, I am the proud owner of a bronze coin with Lenin on it. My official Russian name and date of birth calligraphied on it with what looks like white gel pen.
After five years in America we got our citizenship. I remember thinking there would be some sort of a test but I didn’t have to take one even though I was in fifth grade.
Sixth grade was the year of the Challenger crash. Back in the days when public school let you go home for lunch, I went to my grandmother’s house and watched the Special Report on TV. A few months later, just shy of my elementary school graduation, my parents moved us to Staten Island. I went from Russian to American over night.
Sixth grade was junior high school, not elementary school in Staten Island. I had to learn to put on red lipstick and black eyeliner in the cafeteria. Girls had boyfriends, kids smoked in the schoolyard, and the mall was center of it all. Kids categorized one another as Guido, Preppy, or Jappy; I didn’t fit into any of them.
It was also at this point that I really hated being Russian. Russian was the anti-cool. The 80s Cold War had pitted Russia as the supreme enemy. In every James Bond movie, in every Tom Clancy book, we were the foe. My name brands me with my nationality so it was hard to hide. When I hung out on the block, the annoying boy would call me Commie.
Living in Staten Island shielded me from Russians. They mostly settled in Brooklyn, particularly Brighton Beach. I didn’t have any Russian friends and didn’t want any. I didn’t want to associate with anything or anyone Russian because Russians gave other Russians a bad name.
Russians came to this country expecting freedom and carried with them a sense of entitlement. They knew how to milk the system like professionals. They collected welfare, SSI, unemployment, Medicaid, food stamps. They learned to get fake divorces to collect two checks. Old ladies signed up for jobs as home health aides and then would “take care of” their non-sick friends, splitting the paychecks. No one paid taxes, but the government had plenty of payouts. The women of Brighton Beach would wear their Cartier watches and Gucci purses over their fur coats. They bought their food at the fancy Russian gourmet stores and used food stamps to buy caviar. There were plans to trick the system prepared for them before they even got here.
Why does this country owe these immigrants anything?
My family, in contrast, worked diligently from the time they arrived in America. My parents worked two jobs and took ESL classes. We never received a dime of public assistance. We had pride and work ethic. I resented these criminals that gave me a bad name – tarred the road I was struggling so hard to pave. They didn’t earn that right.
Life got easier after Perestroika. All of a sudden, Russia got cool. Gorbachev was a hero, Russian letters were fashionable. We went from enemies to friends.
In college I embraced my inner Russian. While I originally taught myself the Russian alphabet from the Russian newspaper at my grandmother’s dining room table, I thought college was time to finally learn to write in script. So I placed myself in Russian 5 and and sailed through because I knew the answers based on what sounded right.
I don’t remember at what point I gained the appreciation and gratitude toward my parents for bringing me to this country. I don’t remember a defining moment when I it sank in that they did it all for me; all so I can have a better life. A life of freedom and opportunity.
It’s a constant internal conflict, like a child of divorced parents, you’re not sure to which country to pledge allegiance. Watching the Olympics, we always rooted for both the Americans and the Russians. Why were we still rooting for a country we fled? Whenever anything tragic or abominable happened, it was “Americans!” or “Only in America!” I didn’t get it. I thought we were those Americans.
America promises life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. America celebrates birth with a paper certificate as opposed to a dictator-branded bronze coin. For that, I am thankful.
When you immigrate as a child, you don’t question it. It just happens to you and you go along with it. But somehow plucking a leaf off a tree and replanting it in a new country doesn’t come without consequences.
I feel like I have a perpetual wanderlust, nothing holding me down anywhere. New York is as good as it gets; a multicultural Mecca with no judgment. But New York bears no roots, no collective history, no cemeteries bearing headstones with names of generations of my family.
I haven’t been back to Kiev, but I’d very much like to go. I hope that walking the streets, smelling the trees, hearing the language around me will somehow give me that inner resolve – some sort of conflict resolution of future meeting the past.
I speak Russian – fluently and rarely. It was my first language but will forever remain my second. But I still listen to Russian pop icon Alla Pugacheva, love caviar and bring bread and salt into every new apartment I occupy.
But in English I read, I write, I dream.
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Choosing a Cruise
So, you want to go on a cruise! It’s exciting, it’s fun and it’s your way of enjoying the great life. But how do you make the choice of where to go, when and with whom? There are so many choices with respect to cruising nowadays that it can be very confusing. Here are a few tips to consider helping you decide which cruise is right for you.
Listed below are few examples of the types of cruise you may wish to take:
1. Mediterranean cruise
2. Caribbean cruise
3. an Alaskan cruise,
4. a cruise down the Amazon or Panama Canal
5. a Transatlantic ocean crossing
6. South Pacific or Hawaiian Island cruise
7. River cruises (the fjords in Norway, the Danube in Europe, the Nile in Egypt, the Mississippi in United States)
8. Polar cruises to see the penguins in the Antarctic
9. Russian waterways cruises
10. Galapagos Island cruises
11. New Zealand or Australia
Each can be very appealing but are also very different.
1. The first thing to consider in taking one of these cruises is when you want to go—the time of the year can dictate the type of cruise. Some cruise ship lines do not offer cruises to the Mediterranean in the winter months, but transfer their ships to the warmer waters of the Caribbean. Alaskan cruises only run in certain months also due to weather conditions. Ocean crossing cruises (Transatlantic) take place only as the seasons change so that cruise ship companies can reposition their ships to match the high seasons’ tourist industry.
2. You also have to decide on the length of your cruise. A typical choice is a 7-night cruise, but you can take cruises from 3-4 nights to over a month in length, or more. The length of your vacation time available may limit you, but taking a cruise for the first time may also be a consideration. Limiting your cruise to a manageable shorter cruise may help you decide whether a longer cruise at another time may be more advisable. In other words, do you get seasick? Do you like the variety of visiting different ports? Do you wish to simply stay at one destination and relax? Do you like the busy atmosphere of the many activities on a ship?
3. Next, the ports that you wish to visit can be a great part of which cruise is the right choice for you. Have you always wanted to visit Tortugas, the Bahamas or Cayman Islands? Here is your chance to get a taste of it. Make sure that one of your chosen destinations is on your cruise itinerary, and there are endless choices of various itineraries available. Cruises are great ways to experience various places. Then you can decide which destination you would like to see more of on a future vacation.
4. Another consideration in choosing a cruise is the amount of time you wish to be “At Sea”. For a Transatlantic voyage you are at sea for many days at a time, which limits you to being within the confines of the ship at all times. This can be a bonus if you don’t want the hustle and bustle of visiting different ports, but it can also be a downside if you want a lot of variety on your vacation. Some cruises offer very little time at sea, being in a different port every day, and this flurry of activity can be too overwhelming for some vacationers. I would recommend a bit of both—for a 7-night cruise a good happy medium would be 2 days at sea with the other days stopping at various ports of call.
5. Once you have narrowed down your choice of cruise to when and where you wish to visit, the next hardest choice is the cruise line and size of ship you want to use. The size of ship can dictate the cruise line, as some cruise lines offer significantly larger ships than others. Some cruise lines only use smaller, more intimate ships for smaller groups of people. Other cruise lines offer huge ships with passengers in the thousands. You must decide whether you like a small personal touch or like the larger groups. (We found that even on a larger ship, there were still areas where we could go to get away from the crowds. Crowding on the huge ships was not a problem at all.)
6. Fitting the cruise line to your individual personality is perhaps the most important factor in determining your cruise enjoyment. There are many different types of ship lines that cater to varying personalities. Of course, the Disney Cruise Line caters to families, but others such as Carnival Cruises cater to more of a party atmosphere for adults, or Norwegian focuses on a more conservative group. Discuss with your travel agent which cruise line fits you best. Cruise lines also offer themed or special interest cruises, such as an art collectors cruise, golfer’s cruises or culinary class cruises. These may be great to fit in with the interests in your life-style.
7. Once you have found the best itinerary for you on the cruise line that suits your personality, at the best time of year for you, there are still other choices you need to make. Some cruise lines offer “freestyle cruising”, which simply put means that you don’t have a set dinner time at a set table, but you can choose to eat whenever you wish. On most cruises, however, you have a preset dinner time at an assigned table. You can choose an early dinner (usually around 6-6:30) or a later dinner time (7:30-8:00). In choosing your dinner time, take into consideration your off-ship excursions. You don’t want to have to rush back from your shore excursion just to get back in time for dinner. You also usually have a choice of how many people you wish to sit with (usually from 4 to 8 -10 people at a table.) Our travel agent suggested a table of 8 on our cruise—she stated that if you were at a table for 4 and you didn’t get along with the other couple you were stuck, but a table for 8 offered more chance of finding congenial soul-mates.
8. Shore excursions can also be a major part of your cruise experience. There are many different shore excursion packages available, from visiting butterfly farms, swimming with dolphins, exploring ancient ruins, to snorkelling or scuba diving. Of course, if you wish you do not need to go on any shore excursions. You can simply choose to stay on-board and take advantage of the ship’s amenities, or you can simply walk around and visit or shop in the port-of-call.
Choosing a cruise can seem overwhelming, but the main point is to suit the cruise to what you want to get out of the experience. If you want a whirlwind of activity choose a party cruise line with that in mind. If you want a more relaxed atmosphere, choose more time at sea. If you want to sample various cultures, choose a destination-rich cruise. Different types of cruises offer at of those things, and more. Hopefully the above has given you an idea in the choices you need to make to get the most enjoyment out of your cruise. Happy cruising!
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Denny Phillips has created several articles inspired by her love of cooking, travelling and art. Read other articles by Denny on her websites: www.goodcookingcentral.com and www.vacationtravelquest.com
Russian Translation and Understanding
Once you hear Russians speak, you will feel puzzled a lot. You know, they speak always in a very fast speed. Maybe it is but what we consider about them. On the surface we can feel the complexity of this language, but how could we learn it and try to translate this language into another, possibly English?
One thing you must be certain, when you cannot do something, you always think others cannot, either. But this concept is totally wrong! A lot of others can do well. Actually Russian is not so easy to translate.
If you have learned translation, you must learn that there are 2 theories in translation: literal translation and free translation. For the literal translation, it translates the basical meaning of one sentence, while the free translation needs to translate the deep meaning of one sentence.
Russia is also a very powerful country in the world in terms of it comphrehensive power and territory. And another element you need to understand is that Russian was the Soviet Union which had so many small countries in it and which split fially, but these small countries still use Russian as their language. Thus Russian culture is rich in its language. But for the translators or interpreters, the task becomes enormous. So they must learn much Russian culture. This time it needs free much more than literal translation.
Then another factor is that the translators or interpreters need to be very smart and quick-minded while they are translating. But this smart spirit differs from other kinds. It needs savvy. Or we call it understanding.
This spirit appears extremely important in translation or interpretation. What you understand decides the quality you translate or interpret. Sometimes situations are not within your control. So you must do some research and get the very idea as fast as you can. Certainly in our daily life we need this kind of spirit as well so that we can make our life more and more wonderful.
By the way I think I should introduce some tool for you to learn this language once you have the interest. Software is the second choice measured against going abroad. Amongst them is Rosetta Stone Russian that shines the most brilliant light. If you have wishes to learn french or Italian, Rosetta Stone French and Rosetta Stone Italian are also available to you. You may find them very easily on the web.
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There are all sorts of things for us to learn. I love learning so much and have learned some fields as well. I like writing and reading, hoping I could share something beneficial here with all the partners.
learning russian with the rosetta stone program?
i am interested in learning to speak russian with the rosetta stone program
i am not concerned with reading or writing it
anyone know how long this will take?
depends on how much work you put into it.
im taking japanes with rosetta as well.
its a good program.
i’d say it would take you about 1 1/2 yrs
to speak. also depends on if you have a tutor or not.
Where You Should Begin When Learning To Speak The Russian Language
It takes a lot of hard work and determination to learn a language, but it is not impossible. Keeping yourself motivated and interested will do wonders when attempting to learn Russian. Follow these tips in order to best prepare yourself to learn a new language in the most efficient ways possible.
To begin, you need to find a way to get a basic knowledge of the Russian alphabet. You could enroll in a college course or find a tutor to help you. Some people like to take foreign language lessons on the internet or through software programs. You need help getting the basic knowledge in the beginning of learning a language. The valuable help will be worth any expense in giving you a good foundation in the language.
Once you start learning the alphabet and a few simple words and phrases, you can start combining these to learn more conversational skills. Consider purchasing a Russian to English dictionary for quick translations when you get stuck.
Learning a language is all about repetition. Anyone who has attempted to learn a language knows that words just go in one ear and out the other if you do not practice them. Preparing flashcards to bring with you on long bus rides or in between classes can really help you improve your Russian.
Another good idea is to use the internet in your quest to learn. You can access Russian websites or blogs as well as various periodicals. Even if you are not fluent in Russian, you could try reading a newspaper from Russia on the internet. See if you can identify any of the words and phrases you know. Eventually, you will be able to read the whole thing.
Learning a language with a friend can be a great resource. You can get together with your friend on a weekly or biweekly basis to discuss new things you have learned in Russian. In between your meetings you should listen to CDs or books on tape. When you meet up you can discuss what you both learned from the reading material.
Of course, the most obvious way to learn the language is to spend some time in the country. You could take an extended vacation to Russia if you have the finances to do that. If you cannot afford to just go to Russia for awhile, maybe you could bring a little bit of Russia home to you.
If you are looking to make money instead of spend money while learning Russian, offer up a room in your home for a Russian exchange student. Many colleges and high schools offer exchange programs and are looking for families in the community to host them. Although your exchange student probably wants to learn English, they will love having someone to speak their native language with.
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No matter how you choose to take Russian
grammar lessons
, you can learn through continual repetition and practice. Make sure you are reading Russian and speaking it on a regular basis. You can
learning Russian
with a little hard work and patience. Do not give up and you will soon be able to carry on a regular conversation easily.
Online class to learn Russian for free or at low cost?
I really want to continue learning Russian, but there are no classes at high school to do so.
Is there an online class that is free or is low cost?
Or a program that’s low cost?
It has to be an actual language class or program, not just a website that just gives the basics.
Please help, I’ve seen Rosettaa stone but its way to much……
So any suggestions?
This is a site where you can find foreign language tutors, I searched for Russian teachers so you can look through that.
http://www.language-school-teachers.com/Default.asp?selX6=38&chkSameX3=true&chkTutor=true&selDelivery=&txtCity=&txtState=&selCountry=null&txtFName=&selSize=&selSkill=&selOrder=s4&submit1=Search
This is a Russian learning software from Talk Now! It seems like it will help you with phrases, colors, numbers and such. Good for starting out at least.
http://www.amazon.com/Talk-Now-Learn-Russian-Beginning/dp/B0002BK412/ref=sr_1_3?s=software&ie=UTF8&qid=1308698365&sr=1-3
I know you said no websites, but you’re going to have to do some self-study and you may find some sites that break down grammar for you better than software can.
http://www.russianlessons.net/
This site is free and not only covers the basics, but also covers verbs and some grammar concepts.
Livemocha.com has native speakers and free lessons so that’s always an option.
Hope I helped you!
How to Look Like a Genius With Your iPhone
Yes, there are millions and millions of pointless apps out there with which you can waste plenty of time on a long train ride. But when you need to look really smart in front of that pretty girl, or impress your boss with your wealth of knowledge, there are quite a few trusty apps to reach for your iPhone 4. Everyone around you will be raving about how much of a genius you are in no time, well, that or they will be talking about how much time you spend on your mobile… but let’s be honest, you will be on it all the time anyway, so why not put it to good use?]
Nerd app number 1: Thesaurus
And you are in luck here, there are plenty to choose from, so you don’t need to waste time or money looking deep in the Apple store for a good one. Writing a report and already used “synergy” five times in the last two paragraphs? Never fear, the thesaurus on your smartphone will expand your vocabulary faster than you can say “virtuoso.”
Nerd app number 2: Language Tutor
Searching for a way to say “look at how smart I am” in Russian? Just whip out that Oxford Russian Dictionary you purchased before take-off and blow everyone away. It provides over 185,000 words in English and Russian as well as idioms and colloquialisms. At £17.99 it is certainly the most expensive app on the list, but can you really put a price on your self-esteem?
Nerd app number 3: Uranus
Imagine being on a first date with that guy you really like but is a little intimidating with his encyclopaedic-like knowledge of seemingly everything. Everything has gone really well up to this point and you end up driving to a pretty secluded area late at night. You two are sitting on the hood of his car gazing up at the sky and you decide it is time to display your universal grasp of the Milky Way. Uranus is a great app that uses the video camera in your mobile phone to plot the night’s sky and give you information on over 100,000 stars, planets, constellations, and numerous other objects lost in space.
Nerd app number 4: SAS Survival Guide
What is a survival guide doing on a nerd app list, you say? With 100% certainty, you will never look like a smarter, more accomplished, bigger genius than when you safely guide a group of university students past the herd of stampeding Siberian tigers and out of the blizzard. Saving a life goes a long way in showing how smart you are. It comes complete with survival checklists, Q&A’s, and videos for how to survive different situations.
Any one of these apps can increase your prestige, but try a combination of a few out and your perceived brain power could increase multiple times over. Be the person you were born to aspire to be and unleash your inner nerd-dom all over the place.
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Pandora Devine is a freelance journalist and is raising her profile in the field of mobile technology. She wrote this article originally for Orange UK.