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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. _____ ______ / ___\/___ \ / / \ \ / /\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \ | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | | / / | | | | | \ / | | \ | / | \ \ | | \ \___/ / | | | | \________/ | | \ \ / / 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 0 0 | \___/ 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