Hi,
I am Maria, I live in Russia and  Russian is my native language, but now I’m looking for friends around the world to practice my Japanese and English and to know more about people’s lives and cultures.

Japanese is the language I do really love. I do like its sound and how perfectly logical it is. Can you imagine I even like the grammar and the kanji!
I am also interested in Japanese culture.
I watch anime, I think One Piece is the best anime ever and the only ‘a big one anime’ I watched  till the end, but, yes, it’s still ongoing.
My english is not bad, I guess I could help Japanese learners because I understand (at list to some extend) Japanese language, its logic and pronunciation difficulties when it comes to english.

Recently my hobby was planting flowers. Even though I live in Moscow, where it’s often lower than -5 C•, I have a lot of tropical and subtropical flowers in my place. Mostly plants  that have a good smell, I have a big interest in flora of Australia and New Zealand.  I will leave the best photo of my flowers in my profile.  So if you like flowers and gardening we will probably find something to speak about. Right now I have more than a hundred of plants, not a long ago I  had even a bigger collection.

I also like running and one day I hope to run a marathon or something. 

Before I started planting flowers as my hobby I travelled quite a lot, I also like hiking and a wild nature. But now  I am not leaving my plants alone, if i leave, they die.
I also enjoy music. I can listen to a lot of kinds of music, my preferences changes through years but they are still flexible. I like singing but that is not a thing to mention, everybody likes, I guess, you feel better when you sing))
I also had a painting as my hobby before, I’m not practicing it now but still love.

I have a cat called Lucy, it is white, faithful like a dog and makes a lot of noises trying to speak with me))

What I don’t like is... well... I will remember if I see it or hear, but I don’t want to think about it now, because I prefer to think about something that I like:-)

I am looking for a good long-termed friends, especially from Japan.

I am not looking for relationships!!
And, just in case,  I am not a muslim.

If you are looking my profile because I wrote you first, please be patient with me, probably I rushed to write a lot and made some mistakes, that would be because I was nervous. Actually, I am a kind  ( well, quite kind, I don’t bite with no reason) and easygoing person, I can be a good listener too. Sometimes am very childish in my manners, and sometimes I'm slow in understanding.

I have a lot of free time now, I mostly stay home. I live with my parents who are very kind, I love my family very much.

I will be glad if you write me:-) Don’t hesitate to write me soon)

If you want to speak with me, please write me more than just a simple "hi".

こんにちはマリアです。
ロシア人です。 でも英語なら、よく理解しています、英語を勉強する方にちょっと力になれるかもしれません。
好きなことたくさんありますよ。 友達をたくさん作りたいんです。日本語をほんとに勉強したいの、大好きですから。

Good people.

I usually choose one at a time, it can be planting, reading, learning, etc.

different, depends on a mood. Generally I like  Jewish, Persian, Middle East music mostly christian, classic, from favorite anime, a bit of Japanese, a bit of Russian, well I can listen to different music...

don't watch a lot, but prefer kind and funny comedies such as "Night in the museum", with happy endings where people make peace with each other.

Don't watch. If series is considered to be a TV show than " My boss, my hero" is a funny one)

Easy to read, kind books, generally children's books, because I like when it's kind. Bible, sometimes philosophy or the like.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.
Isaiah chapters 53-54

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails.

1 Corinthians 13 chapter

Though the fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
19 God, the Lord, is my strength;
he makes my feet like the deer’s;
he makes me tread on my high places.

Habakkuk 3 chapter