Letters From Olya


Letters From Olya

To Delmar Elementary School


Olya sends our letters through e-mail but it was a real treat to receive a postal mailing from her and her father as well with postcards and photos from Russia.

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 07:18:27 +0600 (EBD)
Subject: For Leslie

Hallo, Leslie,

       My favorite sport is basketball. We have girl basketball
contention now in our school. We shall have 2 matches with "zh" and
"b" classes. You don't know how old is me??? Well, I am eleven. What
kind of presentation do you will to do? I have "5" in geography,
two of "5" in biology yesterday. I had "5" in physycs today. Who is
your favorite teacher? What is your goodest friend?

          Well, I have many homework today and I gotta go.
            Bye, your friend Olya.
P.S. Please write back!

Date: Mon, 24 Oct 94 10:34:34 +0600 (EBD)

Dear Patti,

        I can write you more about our holidays. For example, we have
a  Day devoted to Women. It is on  March 8. It is for all women.
Men and boys give women presents, give them flowers. There are
prepared presents for women or delivered concerts everywhere.
As a rule women can go home early this day. Presents are
all around this day. Maybe it is free ticket for cinema or theatre,
maybe it is a concert, sometimes it is a lottery.  I can tell you
about one of Women's Day in our school. We have had music lesson
when two of school colleagues came in to our class. They had a
basket in their hands. Then they congratulated our teacher and asked
her to  take a rolled paper  from  little  box and  she  did  this.
She took a paper and read: "Shampoo". Then school  workers  gave  her
a shampoo from the basket. They went from one cabinet to another and
repeated this procedure with all of teachers - women.  Members of
school musical and other sections made a concert in the school's main
hall in the evening.
    Well, maybe I don't remember some things but in general this is
how we celebrate Women's Day. Of course there are parties in every
home and in every office etc. Everybody likes the day.

                            Bye,
                               your Olya

Date: Sun,  6 Nov 94 20:47:42 +0500 (EBG)

Dear Leslie,

         You are my friend and I think you shall be my friend. It was
end of quarter and I haven't many time. It is holidays now and I may
to write a message for you. I have "5" in all subjects!    Our class
girl (and I with command) basketball contention with girls from
another 7th classes and we have 3th place in basketball of all 7th
class of our school. I am very tall and I is centerer in basketball.
    My cat is getupped me very early, it is morning, 6.45. My brother,
mum and dad are sleeping now.     I have go to my aunt in Friday. I
want to go there.    It is very cold now, it is winter. There is a lot
of snow at the streets and trees.

                           Good-bye!
                                 Your friend Olya

P.S. Please write back!

Date: Sat, 12 Nov 94 23:59:58 +0500 (EBG)

Dear Leslie,

           Can you send me messages with more information? I don't
know what I must to write to you. Well, I am fine. Do you will send me
a picture or a photo of you? It is very good. I want to see  your
picture or photo!

I know you have red hair too. My hair is not understand colour.
Maybe it has copper color maybe another but it is not clean red.
I have blue-green-grey eyes. I am very tall. I am 1m
and near 65cm now. I am changed. I am wait your picture.

                           Bye,
                               your Olya


Date: Sat,  3 Dec 94 23:48:14 +0500 (EBG)

Dear Leslie,

           Hi, this is Olya. I wanted to send a letter to you but I hadn't
time - I had so much homework! Well, you see my letter now. I am sending new
computer music to Mrs Weeg. It is a New Year song. This song about New
Year Tree. Today is Sunday and I'm sitting at home, sewing for my dolls,
doing my homework, playing with my cat, watching TV set and writing a letter
for you. We shall have holidays from January, 28 or later. Our class have
new algebra teacher. She is just beginning her practicing. I think she will
have practice till the end of this quarter. It is not very good, I don't
want bearing her teaching so long because our real algebra teacher is our
class teacher. We love our class teacher. Next week has been a week of Math
in our school and our class must make a Math newspaper. What subject is
worst for you? What are your school plans?

      Bye,
 your friend Olya

P.S. I'm waiting a letter!

Date: Wed,  7 Dec 94 03:08:51 +0500 (EBG)

Dear Betty,

          I have one brother and he is seven. His name is
Alexander Sergeevich Malykh. We call him Sasha. I live in
Ekaterinburg. It is not very good in Russia because the
weather is cold here now and we don't see sun. Do you like
cats or other animals? I like cats very much.

   Well, I must to go
                       Bye, Olya

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Dear Nicole,

       I have one brother. His name is Sasha (his full name is
Alexander Sergeevich Malykh). He is seven and he go to the first
grade. I live in Ekaterinburg. Here is near 2 mln. people in our
city. People call it "the capital of Ural". I know my city well.

                     Bye, your friend Olya

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Dear Brooke and Julie,

        I am eleven years old too, but I'm had turn twelve soon.
My birthday is in January 1. I think you can be my penpals ;-).
I am in seventh grade. I have a brother. His name is Sasha and
he is seven. And I have a cat. I like cats very much. Do you have
brothers or sisters? Do you have animals? What do you like to do?

                 Bye, Olya
P.S. Write back!

Date: Mon, 12 Dec 94 10:07:43 +0500 (EBG)

Dear Rhae,

        I do not play band. But I had go to sing in a chorus.
I am not in chorus now - I don't like it very much. I love to
study about more interesting things which I don't know now. I
like to listen or read more about people, animals, cosmos,
dreams, UFO etc. And of course I like Dinosaurs. They were very
big animals and they lived on Earth many millions of years ago.
It is a very big mystery for scientists and other people. We
have books with dinosaurs for colour paintings, toys-dinosaurs
and special books about Dinosaurs in Russia. I think you can
tell me about Dinosaurs and I can talk with you about them too.
We are not really at Kidlink though we could be.

                         Bye, your new friend,
                                             Olya


Date: Wed,  4 Jan 95 07:05:31 +0500 (EBG)

Dear Leslie,

           I am so happy to receive a letter from you!;-))) And of
course, I'm writing back to you. We haven't connection with Internet
for long time. It is the time of holidays, vacations now. I had a very
nice New Year's Eve, New Year and my birthday holidays. We had a very
nice party at school too. Do you believe that I am Miss 95 in my
class!;-) I have a lot of sweet presents, two magazines Burda Moden, a
book "Barbie in Russia" and some other things. I haven't received a
package in the mail yet :-(. When have you sent me that package?
  I wanted to have a penpal from other country when I didn't have
a computer with a modem and I knew an address of American girl which
wanted to have a friend too: she sent a letter to me. I sent a letter
to her too after I received her letter. It was nearly New Year holiday
too and she didn't receive my letter! If you had sent a package for
me long ago maybe I can't receive it! :-((( Well, happy new year!  Bye,

your Olya

P.S. Have you seen Pig drawings from me?

Date: Sun,  8 Jan 95 06:53:24 +0500 (EBG)

Dear Leslie,

your e-mail message is touching really.
So I am writing back to let you know that you wonderful friend.
Thank you very much. See you later too, bye,

Olya

Date: Sun,  8 Jan 95 06:18:27 +0500 (EBG)
Subject: From Olya; parcel received!!! ;-)))

Dear Patti and Leslie,

that's fantastic! Your parcel has arrived at last. We received it
today, Jan 13, which is counted as an old style New Year Eve!
It's real Barbie and clothes! Great!

     Thanks, thanks, thanks!

It's good also to see Leslie's letter and a picture inclosed. Thanks
once more.

It's so good that e-mail is still available and we can tell how it is
wonderful to recieve such presents. We thought that the parcel had
gone astray as it sometimes happens with our mail but it hadn't.
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                               Olya and family


Date: Wed, 18 Jan 95 05:48:52 +0500 (EBG)

Dear Leslie,

         I have so much  homework - I do not work with
computer for two days. I  love my Barbie  Doll very much!
And I use to sleep with it. I am so happy! I went to
my Unesco club in Monday and I learned I would talk about
e-mail  at the  presentation which should be held in February or
March. When will you have  your vacations? What will you be
doing?
     Well, I like to write letters to you and Mrs Weeg.
Maybe it is my last letter :((( because my father has told me
that we may be cut off from Internet in early February.


              Bye,
                 your friend,
                             Olya
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 95 22:12:31 +0500 (EBG)

Dear Leslie,

    Yes, I do like the barbie doll very much. Big parcel are delivered
very slowly as a rule here and sometimes it takes even some months if
delivered at all. I am also sorry that it 's possible that our access
to Internet e-mail may be cut off soon. If we will be switched on again
I will write you, be sure. Now I am sitting knitting a serviette as a
birthday present for my grandmother. She is 60, it's very important
jubilee for her and for us. Well, I gotta go too. Bye,

                            Olya


Date: Thu, 19 Jan 95 08:57:17 -0800 (PST)

Dear Patti,
e-mail is still operating here. And I would like to thank you and Leslie
once again for your wonderful presents. We were really happy, Olya was
almost mad from happiness when they got the parcel in the post office.

Best loving wishes,

Sergei

Date: Fri, 14 Apr 95 09:42:03 -0700 (PDT)

Dear James,

        I am doing fine. I haven't been in United States but I
want to go there some day. I have never been abroad. I only
was in the Moscow, St. Petersburg and in some other Russian cities.
Have you been to Russia? Today is my brother's birthday and one of
his presents is a book about Transformers. He likes it very much.
What do you like (or liked) to play? I like to play computer
games! Maybe you like to play it too? ;-) What is your favorite
game? Do you like to write letters? I like. This is the end of
school year and I do not want to go to school... Today we have a physical
culture lesson. We play basketball there. Do you like playing basketball?
I like to play it very much! Well, will you write me how is there in Florida?
I am waiting your letters!

         \/\/\         Bye-bye
         * | *       your  friend
          \_/           Olya

From Olya Malykh                     May 28, 95 12:16:25 pm +0500

Dear Christina,
        My hobbies are: reading, drawing and dancing too. I like
sports and I play basketball. I have finished 7th grade at this year.
When does your vacation begin? I am on vacations now! My birthday is 01.01.83.
I have very pretty cat named Styopa. He has long grey hair and he is soft.
;-) I love him very much. Well, I like all cats. My grandmother has
hens in the village. Other people have cows, horses, geese, sheeps and
goats in our village. I collected a lot of different things and they are
bright or brilliant. ;) I must go to sleep - it is late night already.
                                    Bye-bye
                                      your friend
                                              Olya

Date: Tue,  6 Jun 95 12:07:22 -0500 (EST)

Dear Michelle,

         I am in the 7th grade and I am twelve. I live in
Ekaterinburg. This city is in Ural mountains. I see you have a small
zoo! I only have a cat, but what a cat! He is very pretty.
I have one brother too, but he is in 1st grade. His name is
Alexander. We call him Sasha.
             Well, Bye-Bye,
               Olya


Date: Tue,  6 Jun 95 12:07:17 -0500 (EST)


Dear Leslie,

       I am so sorry!! I could't write to you early. But now I'm writing
answers to you and Michelle. It is a very good idea to take the school
computer for summer!! I've heard you go to school until June 13. Is it
always so? We usually attend school til May 26. What languages do you learn?
I learn Russian and English. What shall you do in summer?

                   Well, Bye-Bye,
                    your penpal,
                      Olya


Dear Becky,

            I am 12 years old and I am ended the 7th grade. Usually we
studied until May 26, but we losed our class book at the end of this
school year so we went to school till May 31. I have very nice pet (and
animal) - a cat. He has round eyes and long hair, he is white but the
ends of his tail, his pads, ears and the nose are black, so he is very
pretty! I like to send mail and do not like long waitings for answer too.
        Well, I hope you shall send me a letter around September 2, but
I think you can send one or two messages before this school year ends.

                      Bye-bye,
                            Olya


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