New Feet Wanted

Nya skor=Gamla fötter
Aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj… Ingen fara, de e bara jag som kommer gående i mina grymt obekväma skor. Måste ge riktigt mycket cred till alla ryska donnor som klara gå hela dan, spelar ingen roll hur långt, i klackar aldrig mindre än 10 centimeter (mina fötter såg ut så här för nån da sen). Själv går jag nu till jobbet i gympadojjor och när jag väl kommer till entren bytar jag till mina ”advokat firma skor”. Våra vakter viker sig dubbla varje gång men det kan jag bjuda på, det gör i alla fall inte lika ont! Ni vet vad man säger; vill man vara fin får man lida pin! Tror jag har förstått innebörden av det nu… Killar, klaga aldrig; vi har det värre. Period.
Wanted:New feet!
New shoes= Old feet

Aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj aj… What’s that? Oh, it’s only me making my way through the city in my awfully uncomfortable shoes. Have to give an enormous amount of credit to the Russian girls that are able to walk the whole day, no matter how far, in heels no less than 10 centimeters (my feet were looking like this a couple of days ago after wearing a peer of new shoes). Personally I’m now walking to work wearing sneakers, and once I’m entering the building I change to my “law firm shoes”. Our guards are cracking themselves up but I can give them that one, at least is not as painful! A Swedish saying goes; “Om man vill vara fin får man lida pin!”, meaning “If you want to look good you gotta suffer!” think I got the meaning of that one now Guys, don’t ever complain: we’ve got it worse than you do. Period.

Street Kids

It is definitely true that not all children had as good childhood as we’ve had. Kids should have parents that love them, kids should be playing around not worrying about more than when they going to have their next ice-cream. Kids should go to bed with Mickey Mouse sheets and with fake stars shining in the ceiling, kids should be happy and cared for!
Kids shouldn’t live in underground pipes or in abandoned buildings. Kids shouldn’t have to beg for food or money, wearing dirty clothes and shoes were you can see the toes sticking out. Kids shouldn’t be high from sniffing glue or shooting up H in their skinny arms. And kids shouldn’t get kids of their own, after offering their bodies to survive another night or day on the streets.Whether they should or not, this is the cruel reality in cities like St. Petersburg. You don’t see them much, not here in the center. But if you travel a few stops with the metro they will be everywhere. Many of them doesn’t know anything else than living on the street, and run back to the streets once, or if, they are taken to a shelter. Yesterday a small girl, maybe 14, asked me for some money. She looked like hell, high and skinny with dirt in her entire face. She was also very pregnant. Never felt that much for anybody in my whole life. Looking at her I just wanted to cry. Where the hell is she gonna give birth to her kid, what is she gonna do with it. Right now it might be warm here, but in the winter-it’s freezing!!
Last weekend some of them stole my phone on the metro. They squeezed around me, many of them, with their small hands everywhere. And they are good, professionals. I know they not gonna use the phone or money for food, but I hope it could help them be happy, if even for 5 minutes. Eish I feel so spoiled, we have everything we wish for, they haven’t got nothing! And they are kids! If there is anything we could do to help them we should, it’s awful.
Sorry to bring this up on you, but I think we shoul all know about it. It’s a 2 hours flight from home!!
Kramar Anna