english clubs and friends

It is always fun to go to English Clubs for me. As long as you can get them talking about stuff they like, they overcome their shyness and then you don't have to do much work =) Yesterday Jim and I went to the one Rosa has been doing with him for a few years now. They used to only invite teachers but sometime last year they began to invite students as well. It is a kind of balancing act because when you invite students, the teachers don't want to come and when you invite teachers, most students don't want to come...wonder why? =) Well, so there were 7 guys from the electrical engineering faculty and one guy, Andrew, who is in computer science and had by far the best English and most outgoing personality there. He tended to take over the conversation so I had to actually direct questions away from him. The funniest part was when one of the guys, Dima, who conferred with all his buddies to make sure the English was correct before asking questions, asked me "Do you believe in love at first sight?" (gee, i wonder where this line of questioning is going??) i debated for a bit in my head about what to answer but then i decided to just go for the truth. Yes, i do believe in love at first sight. Next question from Dima: "What are you doing tonight??" (how original!) everyone laughed and i told him i was going to a bible study at oxana's but he was welcome to come. Best part: Jim had given my phone number to one of the female teachers, and Rosa copied it and then handed it to Dima...wonder when he'll call??
Played basketball with a bunch of guys at Tomsk state on Thursday...it was so much fun!! I haven't played in a while and it was great to get back on the court. I also helped Alex put up wallpaper that morning and that was messy fun as well. I love hearing russian spoken even if i don't understand most of it, it is beautiful to me.
this afternoon i'm going to another english club with andrew, from yesterday, and tonight going with denis to some concert of one of his friends...who knows what kind of music it will be but i'm sure it will be fun.
tomorrow is the one sunday a month that the church meets all together at akadem gorodok...how blessed am i!!?? How wonderful that i came at just the right time to see everyone. I really can't wait!