So, in 2000 I moved to Aotearoa and married a kiwi. This was the time for many young Russian people who thought that grass is always greener on the other side. Not much changed for almost a quarter of a century, as they say we live in cycles roughly a couple or three decades. History repeats they say it surely does.
Why Aotearoa you might ask me... By accident although no accidents in life. Guess it was written in my destiny books. My folks were bookworms and I had a book which I kept closer to me as it was about etiquette and rules of behaviour, so I read for the first time about how indigenous people in New Zealand are greeting each other rubbing their noses, hongi.
I think I was challenged or pushed to get to Aotearoa by my friend or a couple of them to be more specific. They didn't know each other by the way, so they never met nor they could have discussed this.
Once I was chatting to my old friend and she asked me where I see myself living in the future and I said that I picture somewhere near the ocean, yes. True. Then, I should mention my other friend Ludmila or Mila later on she changed her name completely hiding her Russian origin. You know they say that you can take a girl from Russia, but you can't take Russia from the girl...
So, Mila married a kiwi before I came there. So, she was the one who found my man for me. Later on I will describe all the story regarding her in details, it's not a flattering story or friendship as it turned out. But it's when the right time comes to that point. Not just now. It's still a honeymoon for my blog, so no ugly feelings just yet.
If you think I was forced to leave because of being from a poor Russian background then you are wrong. I didn't now at that time in my 20-s but I used to wear designer clothes from Italy, Etro as my dad used to work in Italy as an engineer and he brought them for me from there. I was a nerd and although I loved fashion at that time we weren't familiar with logos of brands and we didn't have internet to find out. I just recognised the pegasus as a brand logo recently, otherwise I would never find out and I was fascinated by fabrics of this brand and it looked somewhat familiar like paisley design.
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