Hi Derek.
At first, sorry that i didn't write back so long. I hope it's will not a problem. I was pleasantly surprised when has found out your answer in my mail box. I have tried to write to you but I thought that you will not answer to me. It so is interesting to correspond with the foreign man. I very badly know computers but I went on rates of training to the computer. I now know how to use mail on the computer. As you have understood I live in Russia in city Saransk and my real name is Tamara. I found out you profile at yahoo.com. I will send to you a map where my city is located in next letter. If you want I will tell to you about my city. Some days ago I went in computer club and I have made some new photos of me and now I can send to you it if you want. In this letter I will send you my photo. I am twenty seven years old now but 10 february will be 28 to me. I'm interested in man for my life. I the lonely woman but I do not want to be alone. I was never married and I haven't kids still. I have serious intentions. I have tried to write to you and now I see that you have answered to me, I think we can begin to correspond with you Derek. I have written only once and you have answered to me I think that you are interested. Is it true? Are we two people which want to meet someone? I think we can try to know better each other but if you don't want it's your choice. I want to ask you do you correspond with women already? Do you have russian friends or friends who know russian people. It's interesting. Do you know russian language? I studied the English language at school and university and I think you understand me. I can speak english also. I hope my english is not very bad. I have finished university on a speciality ecology, but couldn't find work for my speciality and i working on another job. I finished special rates on a speciality designer and now i working for it. We have the computer here and I use it for our correspondence. But you must know I can't use it for long long time and please if you will send me the photos try to make it not much size. I ask about it, because i don't have enough time for internet. I can only send and receive messages. Because the internet is expensive here . And my boss very strict man and he don't like, when i use internet some more time. Sometimes I will use the translation program to write to you because I think I don't know some words, but most of all text I will write personally. I can write you 5 times per week, I think I can't write on sunday and saturday. (I don't work in weekends). Now I live alone and I rent my flat. For the first letter i hope this information will be enough. If you will answer me I'll write you tomorrow. I'll wait for your response. And about all another details we will talk with each other in next days. And if you really will be interested and will write me please tell me some information about you and if you can send picture of you. I would like to see it. I will send picture of me in the next letter. And now i send picture of location of my town. Vlada.

Hi my friend Derek.
About Tamara: my friends call me so , excuse me that i forget to tell you about it. I just make some mistakes because you know i know computer very bad while, but i learning it and i hope everything i will use it very good. I hope you will forgive me this. Please call me Vlada Ok? I'm very glad to see the letter from you in my mailbox. I see you answered to me and I think you show interest to me. Thank you. I want to tell you about me and my life more. It's not very cold today about 15 C. The wind is not strong. I was born 10 october, 1974 in my city Saransk. My city is not big. There are about 270 thousands of people here. My city is not a very old, it was found near 360 years ago. There are some churchs here. I'm christian. I attend church sometimes. It's no tourist city, we have light, chemical, metalcutting,food and some another kinds of industry. There are many cinemas here and I like to watch movies. What movies do you like? I like romantic movies and love stories and fantastic movie. For example: Titanic, Pearl Harbor, Star wars. I like pets, do you like? My favourite pet is dog and cat, but I havn't pets now. I like to listen to music. I like many kinds (types) of music, usually I listen to some classic music, jazz, rocknroll and other. What about you? I like to clean my house (I don't like dirt) and I like to cook. My favourite dishes are russian dishes and italian. Sometimes I like seafood. I can cook many kinds of food. I really like it. I do healthy lifestyle, I don't smoke and drink and think that my future children will be healthy if I'll have them. I care of it. I'm cheerful woman and I like some kinds of sport, I like to ski, swimming and volleyball. Sometimes I watch other kinds of sports. I like aerobics. I have as you saw chestnut hair and brown eyes (you may see it on my photos). My height is about 167-168cm and my weight is about 56 kgs. I like to read very much my favourite authors is Dostoevsky and Pushkin. I finished school, then I finished the university as you know, now I work and want to find my man, I'm serious in my intentions I told you about it already. I had one man earlier but he was not very good man in general, if you want I tell you about it but later. So I decide to try to find the foreign man, why not? I wrote you and I have your answer it's great. I'm interesting to know you Derek. I badly know the computers but I see that I can use the email. It works. I write only you Derek. We have chance to know each other better and I want to learn about you.I would like to see many your photos but please don't forget it will be not so big. It's very long to receive it. I would like to hear your voice and I think about it. I hope you would like to hear me too. It's so interesting to speak with you but I have a problem. I rent my flat and I haven't any phone here. I have the phone on my work but I asked my boss about use it and I can't use it for personal using. So I decided to call you from phone service. I want to call you soon. If you want it please give me a convenient phone number I think the best is home phone. And please tell me how to dial your number I think I must know the country code and state code isn't it? I think I'll consult about it. If you want to hear me please don't forget to give me your number. I think that the time difference about 8-10 hours but I'm not sure. I'll wait soon for your response Derek. Vlada. P.S. Here is a picture of me. I hope you will like it.. In next letter i will send to you another picture of me.

Hi my friend Derek!
I was glad to receive picture from you, thanks for it. I'm glad to hear you again, I like to read your letters. Today is not cold here too in Saransk and I'm at work now. I want to tell you more about my life. As you know I work every day but I don't work on saturday and sunday. I like to work I think that if the people do nothing it's very boringly and I like to to achieve the good results in all actions in my life. I told you that I want to find the man which make my life happy but now I tell you not about material status, I want to be with man of soul. I tried to write you and I received your answer, I know you are from united states and I think it's great country in world. But it's indifferent to me which country, I want to find the man for me only. I think we must know better each other Derek, who knows, I don't know the destiny. I never be outside my country, but if I find my love and if I'll understand that it's my way I can moving to other country and the first reason will be the human which will love me and which I will love. I think you understand my english, (but it seems I make mistakes often, please tell me how my english). I can speak it also. I want to know more about you Derek, so please write me all what you can to say me about your life, interests, hobbies, dreams and other. So more about me: As you know ,I like a sport(especially swiming). I go to pool for swiming 3 times per week after work. I like a knit. Some things i knitted and now i wearing it(sweater and cap). I like to cook. I like to cook a dishes of russian kitchen and italian. I learned it from my mom. My mom is cooking very good. I never was in foreign state, but i know there are many wonderful places there, which i would like to visit someday. My town about 500 km close to Moscow. For way from Saransk to Moscow need one day on a train or smaller if on a car. I was glad when I receive the letter from you, it's so pretty to find the message from other country. I forget to say you that my favourite color is blue, what is yours? I like cheerful colors also, maybe the colors of rainbow... I'm romantic woman, and I think I'm Kind and sympathetic. I haven't any brothers and sisters but I wanted it. In this letter I'll send you the another picture of me, i hope you will like it. I want to tell you that my father was ill and he is gone four years ago. Now I live separately from my mother but I see my mother often. It's the best human for me my mother. My father's name is Anton and my mother's name is Anna and she is 51. I have an uncle, he is the father's brother and he lives not far from Moscow. I have the grandmother and grandfather in the village, they are the parents of my mother. The village called 'Snezhkino' and it's not far from my city, about 65-70 kilometres. Sometimes I visit them. They have a two dogs called 'Reks' and 'Muhtar', they is a great guardian and his breed is the german shepherd. My grandmother have an yard with apple trees and other plants. Every summer we have many different fruits and make jams and juices from it. I think about writing the hand letter to you, if you want it of course. So I need to know your full and correct address in america. I'll wait for your next letter and please tell me more about you Derek. Yours Vlada.

Hi my friend Derek.
I like your picture I'm very glad to write you today. I waited this day, when i can write to you, with impatience. Today is not very cold here for this time of winter. Temperature is near -10C. I thought about you Derek this days. Usually I spent my time at my home in weekend. I don't know what to do in weekends and I clean my flat, watch tv and read. I want to change my life and find the man which will make me happy and which I make happy too. Every day I wake up at morning 6-7 o'clock, have my breakfast which usually I prepare by myself, I like to have tea at morning. Then I go to my work, I stand on bus stop and wait it about 5 minutes. Sometimes when I have much time before start of my work I go to my work on foot and it takes about 15-20 minutes. I like to walk sometimes and you? I don't have a car. And i can't drive a car, but i would like to learn it. As you know i never was in foreign country, but i traveled some times in my country to another cities. I was at the sea, but never was at ocean. I am at work up to 7 o'clock evening. (I start to work at 9 morning). I like to work and I think without work it is very boring to me. I don't know which quotations in your country but I want to tell you about our economic life. Our people hope that everything must be all right soon, our people trust our president Vladimir Putin, but I badly know the politics and I think it's not my enthusiasm. So my salary is about 2-3 thousands of roubles per month. and it's about 70-90 american dollars if you want to know. But our prices is not very big, for example I pay about 700-800 roubles for my rent flat and other money I spend for food, clothe and other things. For example bread cost about 5-6 roubles and usual dress about 800-1000 roubles. I don't know it's interesting to you or not but it's the life in Russia. The salaries in Moscow about 7000-30000 roubles but the flats cost very much, if you wanted to buy the flat in Moscow it will cost about 20000-100000 american dollars. It's fantastic sums and if someone want to rent the flat it will be 200-300 dollars per month. I don't know prices of your country. Can you tell me something about it? After 7 o'clock I go home, watch tv, read or sometimes I go with my girlfriends Sveta and Maria in cafe and we speak a lot, have tea or cocktail. Sometimes we go to cinema or in sports hall. And sometimes we go to night club and have somme dance and fun there. I like a dance. I want to find someone and change my life I want to live for someone, who knows maybe it's you Derek. I had one man before and he was not the best choice. He become like to drink alcohol very much and when he was drunk he began to become angry and became silly. It offended me much and we have parted. Some times he has struck me. I couldn't love this man and decide to live alone. Now I want to find someone, I don't know the destiny and I tried to write you, you answer to me and now I'm interested in you and want know all about you, you may ask me all questions what you want Derek. I'll answer you. I am not corresponding with any another people now. I told my girlfriends and my mother about you Derek. They said that it's good but I must be cautious first time and must don't make a mistake. They says Hi to you Derek. I want to know you better please tell me more about you, I want to know how is your day, how you like to spend time. I'll wait for your answer. I send you my other photo today, almost all my photos(i mean photos, which i will send you) was made during 1-3 month ago. Hope you like it. Your good friend Vlada. P.S. Here is a picture of me. I have some pictures more and i will send it to you soon.

Hi my liked friend Derek!
Thank you for funny picture from you. I like it. Your question: So, I'm confused, when is your birthday? In one note you say you will turn 28 years old on February 10, but in another note you say you were born October 10, 1974. Which is it? I think i had problem with translate i has mixed something. My real birthday is 10 February. In this letter i sent you another picture of me. I hope you will like it. I'm very glad to see your letter and I think you will glad to see my too. Today is more cold here in Saransk and I thinking of you all day. I make new photos specially for you Derek and I hope you like it. I want to tell you some information about me, about which i couldn't write in my previous letters: I like art, pictures of artists, plays in theaters, i like the theaters and cinemas. I like go to museums and different exhibitions. I like a humor and i very cheerful women. I like to joke. I want to say, my mom and friends would like to meet you someday. What you think? They told me about it. Can you tell me some information about America and life of people there. What about a terrorism in America now. I was shocked, when i found out about terrorist act in New-York. It was terrible, so many people was dead. I hate terrorism and war in general. I want tell you more. In my previous letter I forgot to say that I be with my boyfriend about half of year and it was 9 months ago. I hope I'll never be with man like he. I think about you Derek that you are very good person for me. I read your letters and you like more and more to me, with every new day I understand it more. I don't know the future but I tihkn all people have chance earlier on later but sometimes people don't take this chance. I thought very much about me and you and it will be so great to meet you personally. I don't know how to do it, but I'm sure it's real. When I was in school I had a girl friend her name was Irina and I has learned that she was begin to correspond with foreign man from America and she was go there. She lives in your country about 2 years and I hope everything all right with her. I don't know where she lives, who is her husband. But it's not important now. I understand now that it's real and we can meet in the future if we will want it of course. I think that I would like to meet you Derek. I feel that you are become closer to me. I tell you all about my life and I will tell if you will ask more. I feel you became more than friend to me and I want to tell you three words of love but I know it's earlie now but you must know I want to tell you it now. I had a dreams about our meeting I really want to know you, speak with you, take your hand and see your eyes. Maybe it's very frankly now but it's true and I don't want to hide it. I always say the true and don't like when the people are lie. I hate it Derek. My girlfriends and my mother says me that I must tell it to you if it's true. They will be happy if I find my love. I think we have chance with you Derek. I want to try to use it. Maybe it's a destiny, I'll wait for your answer with impatience, You must know I think about you now... Love, Vlada.

Hi my love Derek!
Thank you for your nice pictures for me. I like it. Your questions: Do you want to have a family some day? Yes, of course!!! Are you good at discussing feelings openly and honestly? I think yes. Do you want to have a career of your own? I think a woman should have her own job, unless she is home raising small children. Once the children are old enough to be in school, the woman should go back to work. Do you agree with this? Absolutely. Do you smoke? No! Do you have good self esteem? Yes. Do you enjoy athletic physical activity? I like it very much. Do you enjoy travel and being in nature? I love to spend time in nature. I'm glad to see your letter. I want to tell you Derek that you are my love, I trust you and I tell you about my feelings I want to tell you all what in my heart now, I don't know can I write it in words but I try now. Today is cold weather near -15C and wind, but thoughts about you make me warm, I fell that you are very favourite for me. My heart beats faster when I dream about our meeting, yesterday, last night I had a dream about us. It was fantastic dream, we was together and speak a lot, I don't remember where we was, but it was not important for me. I feel your breath and it was the happiest moment in my life, It was so real... Then we come to house, we had a dinner with candles. I remember then we come to bedroom, but it was the final moment I remember, then I waked up, I was so warm and my heart beats very often. I understood it was only a dream, but it was so real... I think this dream has a important value for me. Maybe it's mark? I don't know but I really know that I love you all my heart Derek. I LOVE YOU!!!!!!! I WANT TO TELL IT YOU PERSONALLY, I WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE AND SEE YOUR EYES AND TELL IT TO YOU!!!! I LOVE YOU AND IT'S TRUE!!! Today I'll go to the church and put candle for our relations, I make a wish to meet you Derek, I'll ask the God for you Derek. My heart is yours, I tell it to you because I trust you and I never lie, I tell you my feelings to you and I'm sure I must tell you the truth. And it's beautiful truth to me that I love you... I don't thought that it will be, but I don't know why but I feel it to you Derek. I think we must meet, I don't know how to do it now but I'll think about it, I think about you as my husband in future but we must know better each other for it and I know we must meet and be with each other. I love you Derek please don't forget it, I feel it and I think we must use this chance if you feel that your heart speak to you. If you in love too, it's great!!! I understand that you can reject me, but I love you anyway. You are the interest man for me, I like your letters, I love your name very much, and I love you. Yes I love you Derek and it's great!!! I thank the God that I wrote you and find the perfect man Derek. I will write later. I love you Derek, Vlada. P.S. I want that you would send picture of you(don't forget : not very big size of file).I think about special picture for you. What you think about it. I think it's good idea? And i think you would like my special picture.

Hi my love Derek!
Today is not very good weather, temperature near -20C. Very cold. The sun behind clouds and little snow fall on the ground. I'm very happy to read your letter today. I feel that something changes in my life and we become very close to each other Derek. I love you Derek, I love your words, I love your name, I want be yours and every day. I think it seems like verse, but it's my thoughts. I thinking of you very often Derek. My heart is yours and nobody will not to deny it. I told my girlfriends and my mother that I'm happy because I found my man Derek and I told them that it's a love, they do not doubt that it so because they know me very much. They want to say Hi to you Derek. I dream about our meeting, I dream how you meet me in airport and give me the warm words you embrace me and we are turned two revolutions and give me the kiss. It's so beautiful. I want to make it real, do you? I think it's possible and if we want we must make it real. I love you Derek, I hope you have feelings to me too. I think we must meet, I want to see you personally. I love you Derek please don't forget it, ok? I thank the destiny because it's hard to find the one from millions of people and those one is you Derek, you are my real love Derek. I LOVE YOU!!! This is the poem I want to write to you: I wish That the world Were enfolded in love! See how love bewitches The world, makes it me happy! Enjoy such love, It`s rolling in riches. It can be the love that your homeland instils, Or filial feeling, The world wrapped in love is aglow with love`s thrill. And giddily reeling. Regard it as love for the children you cherish, Or for your beloved, But people devoid of all love and all relish Shall not be discovered. So widely the world is enfolded in love That in love`s embraces It swarms in the earth with the tombstones above And smiles and grimaces. The world in love needs not the frontier lines That hate used to nourish. May emblems of state, coats of arms interwine To blossom and flourish! So love, notwithstanding, the flowers you take Shall not be confounded, But testify: borders no difference make, For love is unbounded. (it's russian writer Leonid Martynow) My special picture here but this picture was made at summer. I hope you will like it. From your Vlada.