[Interview series]eNorway´s Citizens Part VII: drru from Ukraine

Day 2,383, 16:24 • Published in Norway Norway • by MrManiac

Hello eNorway, Hello rest of the eWorld.

After an hour trying to find out what was wrong with my article and why I could not publish it, I tested and finally found out, that articles containing the word e sim with a - between the e and the sim cannot be published. But finally, here is the article!

Our guest for this part of the series is drru from Ukraine.


Personal Part:
1. First Name/Nick Name:

Andrej (ukr: Андрій /andrij/, rus: Андрей /andrej/)


2.Age:

Born in 1993 in Dneprodzerjink, Ukaine. Live in Kiev


3.How do you spend your free time:

Play drums, sometimes travel, basketball, reading, foreign languages.




4.Profession:

Interpreter... but nowadays - unemployed.. I'm a student also..




5.Favorite Singer/Ban😛

Forseti, Gåte, Burzum, Гурт Тостер


6.Favorite Song:

Erlkönig (Forseti), Bendik og Årolilja (Gåte), Jeg Faller (Burzum), Портвейн (Гурт Тостер)

Bendik og Årolilja http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GekKPIcoBlQ
Erlkönig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkn30e6Q4Qg


8.What are you afraid of?

Heights... I fell down from the 3rd floor when I was 17..that's why, I had many injuries. The scar on my face is also from that time..😞


9.Best way for somebody to put a smile on your face:

Just be yourself🙂)


10.Most embarrasing moment in your life:

Trip to Sognefjord... It was amazing!...


11.Why are you playing erepublik?

Just for fun. I registered my account many years ago, but forgot about it...once I met my friend who's also playing eRep and he suggested me to relaunch..🙂)


12.What other games do you play?


FIFA 2013, PES 2013, and e sim (online) but not so often




RL COUNTRY PART:

1.Your RL Country:

Ukraine



2.What do you like best about your country/what are you proud of?

I'm proud of Ukrainian spirit and courage! Also I like our nature and our significant places, especially in Kiev.


3.What do you hate/like least about your country?

Our life quality... we’ve got the lowest salaries in Europe. Also we have the war now.. Even if it is hidden, it can't stop to be the war😞(


4.Where do you see big differences between your country and Norway?

Everywhere. Ukraine, mostly, is a warm country. We have very hot summers (even 40 C degrees sometimes) and very cold winters (it is possible to see even -30 C degrees in some regions)




5.Which traditional food from Ukraine should all eNorwegians try?

Борщ! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Борщ)

Quote:
Borscht is a soup of Ukrainian origin that is popular in many Eastern and Central European countries. In most of these countries, it is made with beetroot as the main ingredient. In some countries, tomato is used as the main ingredient, while beetroot acts as a secondary ingredient.


6.Which traditional food should we avoid?

Everything is good, tasty!🙂)


7.Your favorite tradition in Ukraine:

Don’t know…. Now is not a time for celebrating something…😞( but the most popular is the Cossack’s tradition. Here are a few words about them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks
Also we like to wear our traditional clothes. We call them “vyshyvanka”. At this photo you can see me wearing traditional vyshyvanka:



Here is some info about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyshyvanka
We’ve got even the Parade of Vyshyvankas: http://nbnews.com.ua/news/9043/
(it was the celebration of The Independence Day…)

I especially like your traditional sunglasses 😃


8.Most beautiful part of your country?

Carpathian mountains, Lviv and Kiev… (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lviv), (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev), (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian_mountains).... Crimea also was a good place, but not nowadays… (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea)...


Lviv


Kiev


Carpathian Mountains


9.Can you tell/show us a typical Ukraine joke/cartoon/caricature?

Our jokes, nowadays, are mostly political, but I’ll try…. They are not so funny, but they are true...





10.A movie/series from Ukraine everybody should watch:

We don’t have famous cinematography… the lack of money…🙂


11.A band/singer from Ukraine everybody should know:

maybe, “Океан Ельзи”… as far as I know, they are famous in Europe…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMmUlc9TPZY

from Rock-bands, there are “Dub Buk”, “Nokturnal Mortum” (“k” is correct), “TOL” (“ТОЛ”), “SkinHate”…. Don’t think that they are so famous and popular in Europe, but they are worth to be listened to 🙂)

Nokturnal Mortum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFAj8XIoT_Q
TOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbOs4GB6Zqo
Skinhate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhM0AnO-jCY

What about you and Furious Tank join forces and found a metal band? 😃


12.A great book/writer from Ukraine everybody should rea😛

Taras Shevchenko, surely… (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Shevchenko)
Lesya Ukrainka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesya_Ukrainka) ,
Ivan Franko… (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Franko)

but I like other writers… more modern, maybe…. Somebody like Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko, talanted Ukranian fantasy-writers: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serhiy_Dyachenko_(writer)


13. What are people from your country really good at?

Ukrainians are especially patient and friendly. It’s in our blood. We are always welcoming to friends or guests. We are always willing to help everybody. But we hate Russians that try to tell us how to live, or invaders, intruders… we love freedom.


14.The biggest idiot in your country is:

Surely, the biggest idiot is Viktor Yanukovych, our previous president….



15.Teach us a saying from Ukraine:

the most popular saying in Ukraine is “Slava Ukraini” – “Geroyam slava” (answer)… it’s something like a greeting… you may read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_to_Ukraine
Also we have many patriotic sayings against Russians (“moskali”, “moskal’s – from the name of Moscow) but I don’t think that it is appropriate here🙂))))))


16.Teach us a typical swear word from Ukraine:

borstch (de: borschtsch) борщ (you may read it as “b”, “å”, “r” and the sound which you use at the end of the Norwegian word “verst” (shch?) I posted an article about it before🙂)

Wasn´t that also the soup? *confused*


17. Anything you would like to add?

Cлава Україні! And also I’d like to thank MrManiac for the idea for this article and an invitation to say🙂) Thank you for your attention🙂)

Thank you for your time, drru 😃



Up next: Grabarzstag from Poland


Don´t forget to rea😛
PartI - Xibbard|The Netherlands
PartII - Tangerine Dream|Greece
PartIII: Snohetta|Turkey
Part IV: Read Beard the Scotsman|Scotland
Part V: Joshua Morriseau|Canada
Part VI: Furious Tank|Bulgaria