This has been a sunny yet a very cold day (now it's dark, and it has got warmer). I grabbed mom's 1000 roubles (as a birthday gift), and headed out for a walk. I was going to Ribbon mall (to Cucumber district) on foot, via Defence bridge. But i'll probably do it tomorrow, as it's a long way: it will not only save me 50 roubles, but give me an opportunity to observe beautiful views of river Izhora and neighbourhoods once more.
I had called a cheap pharmacy shop, and later i took a bus, came there and bought a pack of "Grammidine Neo" (some pills with anaesthetic, against throat pain).
Can you believe it?? Perhaps i made a "breakthrough", that will help me to relieve the symptoms of my exacerbated COPD (when it exacerbates, like these days). Yesterday evening, mom started harrassing me badly, and i literally started suffocating. Pain in the chest was really bad. Nothing else helped (quickly). I remembered that i had 5 pills of Grammidine Neo left (which is basically Gramicidine C hydrochloride + Cetylpyridinium chloride). I devoured the 1st one, and the pain decreased,- i devoured the 2nd one, and the pain disappeared. Today i feel better, but there is still certain discomfort, cough and wheezing (as usual), but now i have 20 tablets left (total), and i'll be devouring them until this f***ing COPD surrenders. Still waiting for my wages to come.
Today i received a call, that made me quite happy
: Alya was trying to tell me birthday wishes, as she forgot the date (she thought it was today, because her husband's birthday is today),- but i told her that it doesn't matter, because i was born at 3.55a.m., so whatever. At first we were talking on the phone for an hour! Then i taught her how to make video calls via "Whats up" messenger. She was very pleased and we talked for more 30 minutes.
Before making a video call, i asked her: "You're probably making
Qistibi now?" She exclaimed: "Wow! How did you guess??" So, during the video call, she showed me her "qistibis" (tatarian meat pies, roasted on a skillet), showed her dirty kitchen, her view from the balcony, +she managed to drink a shot of vodka "for my health", devour a marinated cucumber and marinated tomato, etc. etc...
She said she's bored, as there is no work now because of the quarantine,- therefore she keeps stuffung her face for the 5th day in a row, and she feels fat, lol. She asked me: "You'd better tell me, how do i make myself stop stuffing my face and stop this gluttony??"
...We decided we would be making video calls to each other ocasionally. She said she understands about the "risk group", etc., because she's 72y.o.). So her son does grocery shopping instead of her now. I'll be missing her too.
Quistibi (it can be easily veganized):
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Then i played my piano at home for some time, and mom decided that we could invite Gala tomorrow, in order to celebrate my birthday, so i can play for Gala (i think it's a good idea). Poor Gala is having such a tough time now: barely she buried my grandpa,- she's "getting ready to say farewell" to her old mother. Her mother is in hospital, in a very pathetic condition. She has severe COPD, and many other chronic illnesses. No one is let into that hospital due to the quarantine. Gala used to feed her mother, but there is no one to look after her now and she's left to die.
I dropped by Magnet grocer and bought Marrocan yellow cherry tomatoes on discount. Feet hurt like a hell, so i'm just sitting inside Okey mall now, having a rest: if i'm lucky, i'll buy some pickled yuba.
They say, there's been detected 54 new cases of covid in Russia within these 24 hrs. 4 new cases in SPb. They all were "imported ones", but this fact doesn't make me relieved. The president of "Ros-turism" (headquarters of russian touristic business) promised that in 3 days, all russians who are stuck abroad will be brought back home. That is going to be a chaos.
Since Sunday, i've had only 3 hikes, but small walks around Kolpino that i'm trying to have every day are better than nothing (they are not so small, after all). The first "hike" was on Sunday. I went to Nevsky avenue! That was an escapade. But i managed to get Methylcobalamin supplement (probably there will be no supplements from the US in the visible future). I'm scared about a chance of not getting B12 for a long time, because my liver doesn't hold it very well (it can accumulate it well, but it "leaks"). So i have to take it periodically. If i don't take it for a year or longer, i will regret.
So here is my hike to the city (perhaps, very soon i'll be deprived of a chance to go home by Martlet train, so i took pictures of "Square of revolt").
B12. Haven't tried this brand yet, but there were no "MRM" supplements available (California can't send us anything now, i guess), so why not:
Bucharest avenue and new "Danube" subway station.
Pretty interior of brand-new "Danube" subway station.
Part of glass mosaics inside "Merchant's court" subway station.
Kolpino, "Kharlamov stream". It was still daylight after i returned from the city, as polar summer is coming. Very soon i'll be irritating you with photos of White nights, hehehe.
The building of Moscowsky railway station.
Square of revolt, obelisque and the words on the building: "Hero city - Leningrad".
Vestibule of "Square of revolt" subway - one of the first subway stations in SPb (the 1st line).
Mom's blurry photo, yikes. Liza and Elijah after the concert in Mariinsky theatre (without any audience). It's written on the t-shirt he's holding: "4th international harp festival. Northern lyra".
It's really petrifying.
www.ladepeche.fr
. That bothers my so much! I mean if you're told to keep distance, why think it's ok to open your mouths when you're just a shopping cart away, or worse, right up on the person.
. This has that parsely and chik'ny flavor. (not the weird egg thing )
I've received this
, and it's the first birthday wish i'm receiving (i'll "be born" in 2.35 hrs), at 3.55a.m.
