Red October

We went to a Russian birthday party this weekend. As I have said in the past, Russian women know how to have a good time! I shot some video on my iphone.

This pretty typical for a Russian party. Enjoy!

The title says it all. My wife’s friend Olga, went to Russia for the holidays to visit her family. She is a doctor living in St. Petersburg, Florida. She took her roommate/boyfriend - let’s call him John - with her and this where it gets interesting. You see he had never been to Russia and he decided to do some research. He wanted to blend in, not look like the very noticeable American that he really is. One key thing he learned was that Russians don’t smile in public.

Mr. Einstein

Now that was true not so long ago, but times are changing. When I was in Moscow in 2007, I had several women smile at me. And people on the streets were much more friendly than when I was there in 2001. But being the smart guy that John is - he decided not to smile. So he blended into the Russian culture of Yekaterinburg by not smiling and wearing typical Russian style clothing and even a fur hat (been there done that - it helps a little, but us Americans stand out no matter what). So things seemed to working out for him until they decided to go out on the town. Olga and a group of her friends decided they would all go to a nightclub - they wanted to get some drinks, dance and socialize. They took 2 cars as they couldn’t all fit into one. Olga and John got separated and John arrived with the first group. They all decided to go in. Security would not let him in, even though he looked Russian, dressed Russian and acted Russian. What the heck? He called Olga and explained that he could not get in. He waited outside the club for Olga to arrive. So the second car gets there and Olga takes him with her and tells security that he is with her. They decide it’s ok to let him in this time. So they get seated and start to relax and have some fun. When John was busy, Olga decided to go and ask security why they would not let John in. They said he looked dangerous, like mafia or a terrorist and the key thing was that he would not smile… Smart guy not to smile.

Vanga (Vangelia) Pandeva was born on January 31st, 1911 and spent her life living in Bulgaria until she died on August 11th, 1996. She lost her sight when she was 12 years old when she was swept away by a tornado. She was found alive with sand in her eyes, which was the reason for her blindness. Vanga began making predictions when she was 16 years old. She became very famous for having this gift rather quickly. Many of the statesman including Hitler had visited her and it is reported that Hitler left her house looking upset.

Baba Vanga

Some past predictions of hers include:

Prediction From 1980: “At the turn of the century, in August of 1999 or 2000, Kursk will be covered with water, and the whole world will be weeping over it.”

Result: The Russian sub Kursk perished in an accident in August 2000

Prediction from 1989: “Horror, horror! The American brethren will fall after being attacked by the steel birds. The wolves will be howling in a bush, and innocent blood will be gushing.”

Result: 9/11

There are many others, and her predictions are 65% accurate. I honestly hope that the predictions you are about to read are part of the 35% that are inaccurate.

Future predictions are as follows, translated from Russian:

2008 - Assassination attempts on four heads of states. Conflict in Indonesia. That becomes one of the causes for the start of WWIII.
2010 - The start of WWIII. The war will begin in November of 2010 and will end in October of 2014. Will start as a normal war, then will include usage of nuclear and chemical weapons.
2011 - Due to the radioactive showers in Northern Hemisphere - no animals or plants will be left. Muslims will begin chemical war against Europeans who are still alive.
2014 - Most of the people in this world will have skin cancer and skin related diseases. (as a result of chemical wars).
2016 - Europe is almost empty
2018 - China becomes the new world power.
2023 - Earth’s orbit will change slightly
2025 - Europe is still barely populated
2028 - Development of a new energy source. (Probably controller thermonuclear reaction) Hunger slowly stops being a problem. Piloted spaceship to Venus deploys.
2033 - Polar ice caps melt. World ocean levels rise.
2043 - World economy is prosperous. Muslims are running Europe.
2046 - Any organs can be mass produced. Exchange of body organs becomes the favorite method of treatment.
2066 - During it’s attack on Rome (which is under control of the Muslims) U.S.A. uses a new method of weapons - has to do with climate change. Sharp freezing.
2076 - No class society (communism)
2084 - The rebirth of the nature.
2088 - New disease. - People are getting old in few seconds.
2097 - This disease is cured.
2100 - Man made Sun is lighting up the dark side of the planet Earth.
2111 - People become robots.
2123 - Wars between small countries. Big countries don’t get evolved.
2125 - In Hungry the signals from Space are received. (People will be reminded of Vanga again)
2130 - Colonies under water (advices from aliens)
2154 - Animals become half-humans.
2167 - New religion
2170 - Big drought.
2183 - Collony on Mars becomes nuclear nation and is asking for independence from the Earth. (same way as U.S. did from England)
2187 - Successfully two volcano eruptions are stopped.
2195 - Sea colonies are fully supplied with energy and food.
2196 - Full mixture between Asians and Europeans.
2201 - Thermonuclear reactions on the Sun slow down. Temperatures Drop.
2221 - In the search of Alien life, human beings engage with something very freighting.
2256 - Spaceship brings a freighting new disease into Earth.
2262 - Orbits of planets start to change progressively. Mars is under a threat of being hit by a comet.
2271 - Physic properties are calculated over, since they changed.
2273 - Mix of yellow, white, and black race. New race.
2279 - Energy out of nothing (probably from vacuum or black holes)
2288 - Travel through time. New contacts with the aliens.
2291 - Sun cools. Attempts to fire it up again are taken.
2296 - Bright flashes on the Sun. Force of gravity changes. Old space stations and satellites begin to fall
2299 - In France, there is a partisan uprising against Islam.
2302 - New important new laws and mysteries about the universe are uncovered.
2304 - The mystery of the Moon is uncovered.
2341 - Something frightening is closing in with Earth from the space.
2354 - Accident on one of the man made suns, will result in drought.
2371 - Mighty hunger.
2378 - New and fast growing race.
2480 - Two man made suns will collide. Earth is in the dark.
3005 - War on Mars. Trajectory of planets changes.
3010 - Comet will ram into the Moon. Around Earth there is a belt of rocks and dust.
3797 - By this time, everything living on Earth dies. But humans are able to put in the essentials for the beginning of a new life in a new star system.

P.S. She also predicted;
“Everything will melt away like ice yet the glory of Vladimir , the glory of Russia are the only things that will remain. Russia will not only survive, it will dominate the world.”(1979)

- The prediction was made in Soviet times when just a few people were using the term “Russia”. It remains to be seen which Vladimir Vanga had referred to. There are three real candidates: The Prince Vladimir, Vladimir Lenin, the Vladimir Putin, or the future one…

Vanga

What will you do this year? Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Personally I gave those up decades ago. Yes I have desires I wish to fulfill, but no resolutions. One of my desires is to get better at writing. I will be honing my skills over the next few months in order to get good enough to make money doing it. I have started a class to help excel my skills and will be practicing those skills right here. Another desire is to get my old mustang looking and running good. It needs quite a bit of help, but it’s do-able.

Here is a suggestion for you - go to Russia in 2010. It will be a great year to go for it. Find 2 or 3 women (or more) you are interested in meeting and make plans! If you don’t go for it, you may never do it. Even if you don’t hit it off with any one woman, you’ll get to spend 2 weeks in Russia and see what it is all about. That’s the attitude I had when I went. I spent 3 weeks in Russia and traveled to Moscow and Yekaterinburg. But by the third week I was worn out with Russia. So my suggestion to you is to limit yourself to 2 weeks and plan on having an awesome time!

We went to the annual Russian New Year’s Eve Party. As usual, it was a big hit and I’d give it a thumbs up. This year’s party was a little different. The couple who hosted it was a French husband and a Russian wife. So there were a lot of French people there when we arrived. The party was a bit, shall we say lacking of personality when we arrived, but the more Russians that showed up the livelier the party got. Russian women tend to let loose and have a lot of fun at these parties. One woman’s husband showed up late. He had to get his nap in before coming to the party? Well, what can I say about us Americans - we like to be well rested for the night’s events…  They had Russian ‘Channel 1′ blasting on the TV and watching the Moscow New Year’s celebration. This is a staple of every Russian New Year’s party. They love to watch the party on TV and dance to the live music.

Russian Pop Singer Anita Tsoi at the Channel One Russian Party

Yes - there was a lot of champagne flowing, vodka, dancing, eating and good conversation with friends. I met a few new people as well. Russians know how to celebrate the New Year! And the good news is that my headache is minimal this morning. But the Russian champagne was pretty darn good.

Just a quick note to tell everyone Merry Christmas. I wish all of the very best in the coming year. If you are looking for a Russian wife, I wish you the best of luck at finding your true love.

Kelly