Marina M
@alivemary.bsky.social
Frontend Developer 🧑💻 Book lover 📚 Ukrainian in Sweden 🇺🇦🇸🇪
We went to the Irish pub for the book club because the events in the book take place in Ireland.
I baked a cheesecake and it fell and completely collapsed along with the baking form. Well, that made me sad, but that's life.
The discussion of Orwell's "1984" lasted five hours. I think I'll read a thriller next to relax.
On Monday I did some paperwork to organize my dad’s funeral. On Tuesday he was burried. Today it’s Wednesday and my birthday. Feels surrealistic.
I went to the doctor, guess what he told me… ”Bra svenska” and it stands in my journal.
My life path as Ukrainian: Nuclear disaster (Chornobyl) Collapse of Soviets Poverty and inflation Two revolutions Annexation of Crimea Occupation of Donbass Immigration Pandemic Full scale invasion World order change To be continued…
It is real. Not just that but also forced to pay for this war.
"If Ukraine is forced to surrender its sovereign territory to Russia, it will be the greatest betrayal of a European ally since Poland in 1945," says UK MP Edward Davey.
Every time I tell myself they go after 4-5 years, it’s not forever. But then it takes sweat and blood to deal with consequences.
My main 2024 insight is that having a boring life is the best. It means you don’t have to apply your survival skills regularly and still can add some fun stuff in dosage.
”We are still alive and it’s already not bad.” The last concert of this year - Dakha Brakha. Many Swedish people were there which is not typical for Ukrainian band.
Didn’t like “The midnight library” book mostly because it promotes the idea about depression being a mindset problem and describing the main character recovery through unsuccessful suicide attempt.
You know you have a wonderful life when you recognise Florence in your friend’s stories because you’ve been there.
Ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has a potential to improve my mental state significantly. Let’s hope it holds 🤞
The Hardkiss shined in Stockholm yesterday. Julia Sanina is the best ❤️
My work today was like making sense from the error messages that didn’t make sense. ChatGPT was really helpful and Googling failed.
On 1000 days of the full scale war in Ukraine I got this booklet in Sweden to be prepared.