Van: Ekaterina < malayaeekaterina@gmail.com >
Verzonden: donderdag 2 maart 2017 14:22
Onderwerp: Re: YOU e Me

Hello !

It's so great to hear from you and I am so glad to have received your answer.

Hope you were also looking forward to getting mine. Sorry, , for such a late reply, but I was really busy here.

I'd like to take this chance and tell you more about my life and my habits. First thing, mostly general.

I was born in Russia, Omsk. I'm 32 years old.

I have been living separately to my parents for already 5 years.

Oops, wanted to tell you to not judge a lot y mistakes in English, I hope to improve it when writing to you (google translate also helps).

Sooo' My birthday is 18-th of October.

I am not a very tall woman, just 170 cm but it is also not that little.

I have lived in Omsk for almost my entire life.

I have graduated from local University for medicine, so I can say that I have spent 18 years at school and university, which is very normal for Russia.

They teach us English at school and then as a doctor I also had to study it. What else, ?

Mmm, I worked as the second surgeon in small medicenter. I enjoy my profession as it brings hope to many people's lives.

Maybe one day I will be a self-standing surgeon, this is my dream.

I particularly like studying people with disabilities, which may sounds strange but you have no idea how captivating the researches in this field are!

do you consider this a valid dream?

Because I am a promising doctor and my English is not bad at all, I was lucky to receive a scholarship for training in the US.

I am very proud of myself.

If all goes well, I might stay in the US as an associate doc to local surgeon with the possibility of obtaining a permission of stay.

It will be great to see American cities after Omsk!

What impresses me more, is that you so easily offer this scholarships to foreigners' We do not have many opportunities in Russia.

I guess, at some point you may want to know why I contacted you. Well, the answer is simple.

I am going to live in the country where I have no friends and no colleagues yet, so I thought it might be a good idea to get to know somebody and eventually meet for a coffee somewhere.

So yes, this is basically it. As you can see, I love writing long letters)) Hope you did not get bored.

Hope to get your reply anytime soon, Ekaterina!

Van: Ekaterina < malayaeekaterina@gmail.com >
Verzonden: vrijdag 3 maart 2017 19:11
Onderwerp: Re: YOU e Me

Hello ,

How are things with you?

I don�t really want to insist, but it is always nicer to have an idea of a person you write to.

Soooo, , can I expect to see your pictures in the next letter? ;)

Well, I am very glad that you show interest in our dialogue and that you sustain this correspondence.

First thing, and I cannot wait to share it with you � today my lab let me know that I will have to start preparing my visa documents in the nearest future.

The agreement has been settled with the receiving party in the US and now it all depends on how soon I get the visa.

Isn�t it great, ? I am so excited! I was thinking that my previous email was a little bit banal and that I did not tell you anything really specific.

For example I did not mention my family� To make the things plain, I do not have a father, he did not live with us.

My mom grew me up, and my grandma helped her. This ladies tandem made us become best friends.

Unfortunately, not so long ago my mom was diagnosed for cancer. They stage was really advanced and she died not long after the diagnosis.

Now it is just me and my grandma, who is very senile but fit. I slipped into a depression after my mom�s death.

That was also the major factor to make me decide on medicine and surgery.

We did not have much means but I am still sure that I was a happy kid, surrounded by love and care.

Since my mom had had this bad experience with my biological dad, she used to repeat to me, that I will only marry a guy worthy of my trust.

Besides my grandma I have two girlfriends Lena and Sveta. They are like my siblings and they support me a lot.

By the way, how about your family? What are your relations? Do you have best friends, fellows you can rely on?

When I have spare time I read books, I have composed my own tiny library at home. In summer time I take care of flowers on my balcony.

Tulips in spring, asters and mini-roses in summer. , do you have hobbies? How do people usually spend their spare time in the US?

So looking forward to knowing American attitudes and habits!

Ekaterina