From Belarus to Iran

Dear friends,
Here are some of our answers:

THE BEST …
day in life – last birthday; is still in the future
dream – not to have any dreams; walking with your boyfriend
wish – to fly to the space; to become a famous pop-star; to live on a large warm island
book you have read – Bulgakov “Master and Margarita”
film you have seen – Terminator; The Titanic; Enemy Near the Gate; Emily
sentence you have read – I know only that I know nothing; Be careful of what you wish, because your wishes may come true; Mother
sentence you have heard – A friend for everybody is nobody’s friend; Never say never; Everything that happens is for the better; Everything is in your hands; If you want to be happy, be.
music you have listened – Requiem; Rasmus; Gothicmusic; Evanescence
food you have eaten – chocolate; pasta; pizza; a roast chicken
To be continued...

Best regards,
Natasha Tulinova, Vera Stepanova, Alesya Voltova,
Marina Soshneva
college #24, Minsk, Belarus

 

Hello dear friends,

Here is the continuation that we have promised… Sorry for the delay, but I was ill and couldn’t write to you earlier.

If you had a huge wall …

Story 1:

Actually this wall existed many centuries ago. In the10th century BC in Central Africa there lived two tribes, who formed 2 different countries. These two countries were at peace with each other and had really friendly relations, as their rulers were two loving
brothers… These two brothers had two sons… And one day they both fell in love with one and the same girl…That’s when the troubles began. One son killed the other one, and soon the war began… The two countries forgot that they had once been on friendly terms… They built a wall between the countries, made of gold and diamonds… On this wall they drew pictures from their history and this wall became the symbol of their enmity. But suddenly a sand storm began and in a minute these two countries completely disappeared. Only the wall remained where two countries had once flourished…
This wall still exists; one only needs to find it. If I found it, I would give pieces from that wall to all poor people on our planet… And I believe this wall is a remarkable example of what happens if two countries start a war with each other. I hope thanks to that
wall the wars will disappear and hatred will never exist in the world.

Natasha Tulinova, Gymnasium-college #24, Minsk,Belarus

Story 2:

If I had a very huge wall, I would call it “The most unnecessary thing in the universe” or “Waste of time and bricks”. I would prefer it was made of red bricks and was located in a desert, where it can’t disturb anybody… I would write my diary and some of my poems on it. I would draw a small worm with big red eyes, a frog, a reptile, some graffiti and a huge black hole on it. I would get it extended, making it wider, until it turned into a cube. I won’t use it to make a difference in the world. I don’t want my wall to divide anything. It would just occupy some free space
on the Earth…

Marina Soshneva, Gymnasium-college #24, Minsk, Belarus

Story 3:

If I had a very huge wall, it would be situated in Belarus, not far from Minsk, the capital. I hope it would attract many tourists all over the world, and so our tourism industry would develop. Everybody in the world would know where Belarus is… Popular Belarusian singers and rock groups would give concerts in front of that wall… This wall would be made of gold and would look like a hay pile, as it would symbolize the world itself (which is said to be a huge hay pile). Everybody could take a piece of this wall, as it would be unlimited… And I would call it “Gold Mecca of Belarus”.

Vera Stepanova, Gymnasium-college #24, Minsk, Belarus

Story 4:

If I had a very huge wall, I would call it “Wally”, as it would be rather small. I would put some art works on it, like the paintings of Picasso, Leonardo Da Vinci, Marc Chagall, etc. It wouldn’t have any meaning; it would be just art for art’s sake.

Alesja Voltova, Gymnasium-college #24, Minsk, Belarus

Story 5:

If I had a very huge wall, I would make it of glass. It would divide the Earth in two parts: in the first part only good people would live, in the second-only bad. The wall would be invisible; there would be scriptures from the Bible written on it and angels
drawn on it. The wall would be called “God’s Wall”. People from one part would be able to move to the other part, if they proved to be good, or if they did something bad. There would be windows in the wall, so that bad people could see, how good people live in that kind of paradise, and would want to improve themselves as well. I hope this wall would change the life of many people and would eliminate the number of
bad people on the Earth.

Kate Sokolova, Gymnasium-college #24, Minsk, Belarus