A few nights ago, Nick was lying on his back trying to correctly pronounce the word хрю. (Хрю is the sound pigs make in Russian.) He was having a hard time combining a rolling "r" with a soft "yu" sound. To help him, I was trying to think of more words that include syllable "рю" in them.
Nick: hroo, roo, hruuuu, hroo
Helen: хрю, хххххррррррю, хрю
Nick: hroo, khrooo, kkkhhhhhrrrrru, roo, ru, r'u, r'yu...
Helen: Do you know what the word хрумкать means?
Nick: No. What? hru, hrrrru, hroooo, hrrr, rrrrrrr
Helen: To chew something such that you make a lot of noise doing it.
Nick: So to eat like a pig.
Helen: I guess.
Nick: hroo, roo, roo, rrrrrrrru, yu, yu
Helen: хрю, рю, рю
Nick: hrrrrrrrrrrrrroouu
Helen: Do you know what the work рюмка means?
Nick: Roomka? A little room? hroo, hru, hr'u
Helen: Good one, but no. It means a shot glass.
Nick: hru, hr'u, r'uuu, hryu
Showing posts with label Nick. Show all posts
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Friday, November 13, 2009
Nick's World
A few nights ago I noticed an enormous bruise on Nick's leg. When I pointed it out to Nick, he was as surprised to see it as I was and examined it in the mirror.Now, if I just discovered a bruise on my body, I would probably wonder what I bumped into.
Walking away from the mirror deep in thought, Nick mumbled that he needed to "remember all the things [he] ran into in the last couple of days."
Friday, October 30, 2009
Ten Years Since My First Trip to Vancouver BC
Ten years ago today Nick and I met for the very first time.
We drove to Vancouver together with our mutual friends, Brooke and Van, where we promptly spent 5 hours sitting in a car in pouring rain waiting for Canadian Automobile Association to come help us with a blown tire.
We drove to Vancouver together with our mutual friends, Brooke and Van, where we promptly spent 5 hours sitting in a car in pouring rain waiting for Canadian Automobile Association to come help us with a blown tire.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Two Milestones In One Week
Last week we celebrated two important milestones, Nick’s dissertation defense and our 5th wedding anniversary. It was a mere coincidence that Nick’s defense was scheduled for the same week as our wedding anniversary. Yet there is a definite connection between Nick entering a PhD program, and our wedding.
Nick and I met in Seattle. First we became friends, and then we fell in love. When Nick was accepted into the PhD program at Harvard, we decided to move to Boston together, though I had to delay my move a little because of my job.
In August of 2002, we sent most of our belongings to Boston and traveled to Moscow for a few days of vacation. At the end of our stay in Moscow Nick proposed, making our return flight across the ocean ever so sweet. We flew to New York, from where Nick went directly to Boston to start his PhD program, and I returned to Seattle to live with Nick’s parents. By the time we got married in June of 2004, we were happily settled together in Boston.
We moved to Boston because of Nick’s PhD program. While I am certain that Nick and I would have gotten engaged and married sooner or later, I also believe that Nick’s move to Boston might have brought about our engagement a little sooner. Now Nick has received his degree, and so far we have spent out entire married lives together in Boston.
Nick and I met in Seattle. First we became friends, and then we fell in love. When Nick was accepted into the PhD program at Harvard, we decided to move to Boston together, though I had to delay my move a little because of my job.In August of 2002, we sent most of our belongings to Boston and traveled to Moscow for a few days of vacation. At the end of our stay in Moscow Nick proposed, making our return flight across the ocean ever so sweet. We flew to New York, from where Nick went directly to Boston to start his PhD program, and I returned to Seattle to live with Nick’s parents. By the time we got married in June of 2004, we were happily settled together in Boston.
We moved to Boston because of Nick’s PhD program. While I am certain that Nick and I would have gotten engaged and married sooner or later, I also believe that Nick’s move to Boston might have brought about our engagement a little sooner. Now Nick has received his degree, and so far we have spent out entire married lives together in Boston.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Nick Earned His PhD
Today Nick successfully defended his dissertation!!!
The defense consisted of two parts. First Nick took about an hour to present his research and results. The presentation was public, so I was able to go watch! Then he was whisked away into a different room where he had to respond to a variety of questions on the subject of his dissertation from the examination committee. He emerged almost 2 hours later tired, but happy--the examination went well, and now he is done! The lab prepared a few snacks, champagne was served, and Nick's professor made a toast. Later Nick and I went out to dinner to celebrate.
The defense consisted of two parts. First Nick took about an hour to present his research and results. The presentation was public, so I was able to go watch! Then he was whisked away into a different room where he had to respond to a variety of questions on the subject of his dissertation from the examination committee. He emerged almost 2 hours later tired, but happy--the examination went well, and now he is done! The lab prepared a few snacks, champagne was served, and Nick's professor made a toast. Later Nick and I went out to dinner to celebrate.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Big Milestone For Nick
Last night Nick finished writing his dissertation, and today he distributed copies of it to the members of his defense committee. Of course, he is not quite done yet. Nick will defend his dissertation, Spatial Integration of Motion Signals in Macaque MT, on Tuesday, June 16th. For now I am just hoping that most of the late nights in the lab are over.
For those of you like me, who do not know what Macaque MT is... MT stands for "middle temporal", and it is a specific visual area of the brain.
For those of you like me, who do not know what Macaque MT is... MT stands for "middle temporal", and it is a specific visual area of the brain.
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