You know, mom,
I can't do this anymore,
I want to leave, I want to come home.
I, I...
[The connection is lost]
[Raps]
I've quite enjoyed being on my own
and I think that I'm enjoying having the space
just to be alone
or at least be with other people that don't know me as well.
It's like a fresh start. It's an adventure.
I'm just enjoying meeting lots of new people and then being able to tell
people at home about them
rather than missing, I'm not,
I thought I would miss home more
and I would feel lonely,
but I don't really.
I've never spent a really extended period of time away,
but I'd say in general
I suppose more relaxed,
more living in the moment
almost when I'm overseas.
You get less caught up in daily worries and distractions
and...
take each day as it comes I guess.
I think that even if people do not always understand each other,
there is always a way to share and talk with people.
In my life I traveled a lot,
and I remember I was once in Uganda.
There was a group of small children who had become disabled after crossing a minefield.
One day I was at the pool,
and there was a little girl with no legs.
She wanted to swim.
Even if we did not understand each other as we did not speak the same language
she did not speak English and I did not speak her language
we understood each other more or less and I still could help her.
I think that even if we do not know how to talk to each other,
in the end we still come to understand each other and to share important things in life
without even speaking the language
of the other person.
Yeah I mean I like to travel.
I think I am a young explorer.
I've been travelling a lot since I was a kid and
coming here has been really a different
totally different experience.
You know I realize I've become more aware of myself since I came here.
(Like) anytime I walk around I'm
kinda like aware so much aware of myself.
Basically you don't get that kind of attention like I do get here
and...
the sad thing that I realize about this society:
when something is going wrong
or when someone is being bigoted,
the other people around you don't really care.
When you come here you're going to be alone.
It's different, it's tough, it's harder.
And you are going to be a tough person to
survive in Russia.
For me now, music is another way of thinking - an existential form of life.
Some people may have never studied music,
but they like to sing songs in the shower.
Music brings them relaxation and happiness.
Music is an integral part of our life.
I've got different hobbies.
I love writing,
I love dancing,
I enjoy doing that - it's like a skill.
And I enjoy improving it,
when it puts a smile on other people, if I dance and other people feel good.
How are you going to live?
Being a musician is hard.
Being a writer is hard.
Being a translator is hard.
Because...
people always put emphasis on material things,
and forget about
gifts and talents that children have.
I don't see myself as
an engineer or as an architect, for instance.
I love speaking,
I love teaching.
I feel happy when I see
changes in people.
There is one parable.
Soldiers,
they gathered people and told them to shout:
"There is no God, there is no God!"
And one person did not want to shout "There is no God."
The soldiers asked:
"Why don't you shout" There is no God "?"
He replied:
"If there is no God, what is the use of shouting" There is no God "?
But if there is God,
then I'm afraid."
["I love you Lord" by Laurie B. Klein]
I love you, Lord
And I lift my voice
To worship You
Oh, my soul, rejoice!
Take joy my King
In what You hear
Let it be a sweet
Sweet sound
Let it be a sweet
Sweet sound
Let it be a sweet
Sweet sound
In Your ear
When adversity comes,
that's when you are tested.
And that's when you have to show character or not.
If you don't - things are going to get worse and worse.
Or you might have..
maybe not right away, but consequences are going to come.
I mean people talk about karma, but...
we will find our way, you know.
We will find our way
whatever it is.
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