How ladies can guess about things you try to conceal so thoroughly?

Unfortunately, every bad experience in life leaves its mark upon your face. It remains in some wrinkle or in your look. And you will never be able to hide such things from ladies as they can subconsciously feel how much money is on your bank account and how successful you are in your relationships with the opposite gender.

The moment they feel that you had failure you stop being so attractive for them as all women prefer to be beside self-confident and successful men. It seems that it is hard to break this circle of failures but there is a way out!

Only coming to Russia you can feel absolutely different attitude to yourself and it is reflected in the way Russian brides treat foreign men. They are popular with Russian brides and only in Russia many men can feel real men.

Russian brides long for support and respect. They are faithful and have fantastic charm. They contribute a lot of efforts to being beautiful.

She's one of the most photographed women in the world. And as odd as it may sound the thing Maria Sharapova is most grateful for on her first visit to Auckland is: "no one has tried to take a picture of me eating a bowl of bolognese pasta with meat sauce all over my face".

That and other little gems is what an expectant press pack found out when the tennis beauty queen, the top seed at this year's ASB Classic, was paraded in front of us yesterday. Apparently, well-meaning fans have a habit of snapping her when she has "meat sauce" on her face, a habit she's not that fond of.

She is after all supposed to be a glamour-puss.

Call me crazy but Maria, as her meat sauce story would seem to suggest, seemed pretty damn unpretentious, dare we say ordinary. Just ask James McOnie.

The likeable larrikin, he of The Crowd Goes Wild fame, specialises in embarrassing sports stars and himself with zany questions. However, poor old James met his match yesterday. As well as the nice meat sauce line we learnt Maria likes to shop but hasn't had time to since here arrival here a few days ago.

McOnie offered to show her the ropes to which she inquired: "How's your taste? Is it good? I see you don't know too many hairdressers around here".

Nice serve that and ASB Classic organisers will be hoping we see plenty more of those when the tennis megastar graces ASB Tennis Centre this week.

You can demonstrate respect by working through the dilemmas and conflicts that arise when taking on additional responsibilities. Negotiation is an important skill; during a conflict it shows that you have respect for the other person. You will need to develop problem-resolution skills that demonstrate personal responsibility. When conflict arises, address the problem by stating what you are planning to change about your behavior to resolve the issue. Through your ability to model accountability and ownership for problems, you will set the stage for positive communication and decision-making. You will also show that you value the other person by not projecting blame on him or her. Behavioral expectations in this stage include being able to identify your role in problem situations, accepting responsibility, and making positive changes in your behavior in order to resolve the issue.

You have probably received or sent roses at least once in your life. Besides the obvious "Someone has thought of me", what do roses say? Roses and their colors have different meanings. So before you send your next bouquet or after you have received one, you need to read this. Is there a secret message behind that delivery?

As most people may know, the traditional bouquet of red roses signifies love. But nowadays, depending on who you ask, red roses can be described as anything from a classic bouquet of flowers to original and boring. One thing is certain however, red roses remain the most popular of them all.

IDEA # 31

When you and your partner are in a shopping center or airport, stop at one of those booths that allow you to take an instant photo and print them out as stickers. Choose a romantic background and kiss your partner while the photo is being taken.

IDEA # 32

If your partner has voice mail at work or on her mobile, leave a message saying "Just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you." She will appreciate this anytime but especially when she is going through a rough period.

If you’ve spent any time browsing through this blog I’m sure you can see that I’m a big believer in spending as much time as humanly possible out in this part of the world.

I’ve never been a big fan of the Traditional Agency process nor am I a supporter of any of the dating websites that seem to be so popular these days like Match or eHarmony dot com..

Sorry.. but I’m proudly an old fashioned kind of guy when it comes to courtship and relationships.

Well I won’t be having any turkey for Thanksgiving since it’s next to impossible to find here and unfortunately it isn’t so popular in Russia.

So all of you Guys will just have to make sure that you help yourself to an extra serving of delicious food for me! Oh an don’t forget the gravy too..

Now if you can believe it..

I’ve NEVER met a local Russian Person who has ever had a chance to eat Turkey.. (and yes I know this is a Serious Bummer as far as they’re concerned)

Ok I'm slowly working my way back to spend more time with you people.

I've been busy getting Mr. Newexpat to Russia groove, so to speak.

He finally located in a beautiful place and there is enough time to get a good inventory of their new surroundings.

I could go on about the adventures of the little we had in this regard ... But the bottom line is this ..

I think he's happy .. 

It's always nice to have friends like Jenya.

It works on major architectural projects right now, but I still managed to catch it on the Internet.

We were on Skype and just catching up, when I noticed that it was a different picture to the profile, which was just melt my screen.

Since then, our conversation went something like this ..