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Note: I wrote this piece in a spur of a moment while I was waiting for a friend at the Columbus Circle Mall, New York. I might sound entitled and judgemental, but I decided to not appease its scolding demeanor and leave these thoughts in their raw honest form. Re-reading them, reminds me just how much my views have changed over time.
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I grew up in Moldova, a small country in Eastern Europe situated at the intersection of two cultures: conservative and traditionalist Russian, and mildly-Westernized Romanian. To many people’s surprise, I speak Romanian, I watched Disney growing up, and, like many American teenagers, I was a big fan of The Wizards of Waverly Place, Phineas and Ferb and the Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Still, I was equally drawn to the intense and stoic nature of the Russian people, often indulging into Soviet war-themed movies, chanson and “blatnaya pesnya” (the Russian equivalent of the Western gangster rap), or even cold plunges, fishing, mud baths, and delicious pickled fish.
Published:
I grew up in Moldova, a small country in Eastern Europe situated at the intersection of two cultures: conservative and traditionalist Russian, and mildly-Westernized Romanian. To many people’s surprise, I speak Romanian, I watched Disney growing up, and, like many American teenagers, I was a big fan of The Wizards of Waverly Place, Phineas and Ferb and the Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Still, I was equally drawn to the intense and stoic nature of the Russian people, often indulging into Soviet war-themed movies, chanson and “blatnaya pesnya” (the Russian equivalent of the Western gangster rap), or even cold plunges, fishing, mud baths, and delicious pickled fish.
Published:
I grew up in Moldova, a small country in Eastern Europe situated at the intersection of two cultures: conservative and traditionalist Russian, and mildly-Westernized Romanian. To many people’s surprise, I speak Romanian, I watched Disney growing up, and, like many American teenagers, I was a big fan of The Wizards of Waverly Place, Phineas and Ferb and the Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Still, I was equally drawn to the intense and stoic nature of the Russian people, often indulging into Soviet war-themed movies, chanson and “blatnaya pesnya” (the Russian equivalent of the Western gangster rap), or even cold plunges, fishing, mud baths, and delicious pickled fish.
Published:
Note: I wrote this piece in a spur of a moment while I was waiting for a friend at the Columbus Circle Mall, New York. I might sound entitled and judgemental, but I decided to not appease its scolding demeanor and leave these thoughts in their raw honest form. Re-reading them, reminds me just how much my views have changed over time.