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Het weekend is alweer even geleden, en het volgende weekend staat al weer om de hoek te wachten.
Het weekend is alweer even geleden, en het volgende weekend staat al weer om de hoek te wachten.

Ik ben niet alleen naar films geweest. Er waren twee 'musea' in het planetarium. De eerste heet Urania en hier kon je allerlei materialen, zoals telescopen, sextanten, kompassen etc. zien. Ook waren er stenen te zien, die afkomstig zijn van meteoren en meteorieten. Deze zien er 'gewoon' uit als stenen, dus het is niet iets waar je uren naar kunt staan kijken. De tweede zaal was een soort experiment hal. Hier kon je allerlei 'experimenten' doen. Om een voorbeeld te noemen: een bel in een koepel. Wanneer de koepel vacuüm werd gezogen, dan hoorde je de bel niet meer! Dit komt doordat geluid lucht nodig heeft om zich te verplaatsen. Als er geen lucht meer is, kunnen de geluidsgolven zich ook niet meer verplaatsen! Er was ook een robothand, die je met behulp van hendels kon laten bewegen.
'The Unequal Marriage' van Vasily Pukirev.
Deze week had ik geen Russisch, dus heb ik mijn tijd vooral op het lab doorgebracht. Daar heb ik de twee laesies getekend. Binnenkort kan ik waarschijnlijk een foto posten met mijn werk! Vrijdag ga ik leren hoe ik een Corpus Callosum (hersenbalk) kan reconstrueren. Daarna krijg ik wat opdrachten om daarmee aan het werk te gaan. Ik ben benieuwd!
Aankomende zaterdag ga ik schaatsen met een meisje van Russisch en zondag ga ik naar het 'Joods museum en Tolerantiecentrum'. Ik heb er weer zin in!
Nu wil ik graag mijn blog afsluiten met een leuk nieuwtje: vandaag (donderdag) kreeg ik een mailtje betreft mijn aanmelding van de Research Master Clinical Linguistics. Ik ben aangenomen! Helaas krijg ik uiterlijk mei pas te horen of ik ook in aanmerking kom voor de beurs, maar dit nieuws is ook al super fijn!Planetarium, Tretyakov Gallery and internship
The weekend has been a while ago, and the next weekend is already around the corner.

A girl from the lab had advised me to go to the Planetarium. On Saturday, I took the subway to go here. They run different movies in the planetarium. There is a large so-called 'full-dome' room. This allows you see the projection all around you, for example, the universe. It's really nice to see this once! A planetarium is often something where children go, and this was true haha. I have always been interested in the universe etc., so I didn't mind. Besides ... nobody knew me there haha (I was not the only one without children). I have seen a few movies, including "Rosetta" in the main hall. This movie was about a European project, where they launched a capsule into space to take samples from a meteor. The planetarium also had a 4D-cinema, where I saw two movies. The chairs could move, there were heat lamps, and bubbles were blown. One of the movies was called 'Flight over Moscow'. Here you flew, as a way of speaking, over Moscow. When we went past flowers, you could smell them too. We flew through the Kremlin, came into the 'Terem Palace' and the Bolshoi Theatre for example. A very nice experience! During those two films, I met a boy who was just 6 months engaged in learning English. Our communication was therefore mainly via Google translate haha. He found it very interesting to meet someone who spoke English (as there are not many people in Moscow who can speak English). We drank coffee together and ate something. Very nice to meet a local! In the end, I went to the small cinema. This room had a half-dome screen and moving chairs. The last movie took 5 minutes, and was a rollercoaster. A tip: do not eat before you watch this movie! It feels very real with those moving chairs! Only the animation image made the rollercoaster a bit fake.
I haven't just seen movies. There were two "museums" in the planetarium. The first is called Urania, and here you could see all kinds of materials, such as telescopes, sextants, compasses, etc. Also, there were stones, which are derived from meteor and meteorites. These look like a 'normal' stone, so it's not something you could watch for hours. The second 'museum' was kind of an experiment hall. Here, you could do all kinds of 'experiments'. To give an example, a bell in a dome. When the dome was vacuumed, you could not hear the bell! This is because sound needs air to move. If there is no air, the sound waves also won't move! There was also a robot hand, which you could move with the help of controls.
Sunday, I had planned to go to the Tretyakov Gallery. This is not just a gallery where you can walk through fast. I spent almost 4 hours in there! If you want to sniff culture, this should be on your list. One of the most famous paintings hanging there is perhaps the ' Bogatyrs' (three horsemen) by Viktor Vasnetsov. He has worked for almost 20 years on this painting! Some paintings covered a whole wall! An example is 'The appearance of Christ before the people' by Alexander Ivanov. Every time, I'm wondering how someone can paint on such a large canvas. I think it's really clever. A painting that touched me was "The Unequal Marriage" by Vasily Pukirev. Here, a young girl marries with a very old, cold-hearted man, while her sweetheart stands behind her as best man. The candle she holds, represents her life that slowly burns up.
This week I had no Russian classes, so I have spent my time mostly in the lab. I've drawn two lesions. Soon, I probably will post a photo with my work! Friday, I'm going to learn how I can reconstruct a Corpus Callosum. Then I get some assignments in order to practice with this reconstructing. I truly am curious!
This Saturday, I will go ice skating with a girl of Russian class. On Sunday, I will go to the 'Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center'. I'm really excited!
Now, I would like to conclude my blog with great news: today (Thursday) I received an email about my application for the Research Master in Clinical Linguistics. I've been accepted! Unfortunately, I will hear about the scholarship by May, but this news is already incredibly nice!
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