Cool movie stuff I want to buy

The ultimate in silver screen souvenirs

X-Men: Wolverine Claw R520

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Wreak havoc with these retractable plastic claws. Just add extensive chest hair and a bad temper.

Optimus Prime Voice Changer Helmet R700

This talk-twisting mask is the ultimate defence against cold calling.

Star Trek Starfleet Phaser from R400

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Set your Phaser to "fun" with this affordable space blaster, as used by the crew of the Enterprise.

Star Wars Lightsaber Torch R180 (import only)

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Use The Force (or just the on switch) to light up even the darkest corners of your Jedi lair with this flashlight.

The Dark Knight Joker Mask R1 200

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Clown around in this creepy mask, as worn by Heath Ledger in the opening scenes of The Dark Knight.

Sex Panther R1 200

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Anchorman's signature fragrance might sting the nostrils a smidge, but "60 per cent of the time, it works every time."

Erotica

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My personality test results

 

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Selfoon, slimfoon, superfoon

 

Op 3 April 1973 het Martin ­Cooper, adjunkvoorsitter van die selfoonvervaardiger Motorola, ten aanskoue van ’n groep joernaliste die eerste selfoonoproep gemaak. Sy foon, Motorola se DynaTac, het net minder as 1 kg geweeg, was langer as 25 cm en het tien jaar later die mark getref met ’n prysetiket van byna $4 000 en ’n batterylaaityd van tien uur. Met dié enkele oproep – na sy grootste mededinger, die telekommunikasiereus AT&T – het Cooper ons wêreld onomkeerbaar verander. Oor die volgende klompie dekades het selfoontegnologie internasionaal drasties ontwikkel en ook na Suid-Afrika uitgekring. Maar dié ontluikende tegnologie is nie oral met geesdrif begroet nie. In September 1993 skryf die Cape Argus-joernalis David Biggs in sy rubriek Tavern of the Seas: “Ek kan nie help om in my mou te lag as ek luister na al die twak wat oor sellulêre telefone gepraat word nie ... Hierdie telefone sal (glo) die klein- sakeman in staat stel om ’n telefoon by sy groentestalletjie of in sy bakkie te hê. Mense in plakkerskampe en informele nedersettings sal (hul eie) telefone kry. Loodgieters en elektrisiëns sal in staat wees om met hul kliënte in kontak te bly waar hulle ook al is. Asseblíéf.” Vroeg die oggend van 1 Junie 1994 moes Biggs waarskynlik op sy neus kyk toe Suid-Afrika se eerste twee netwerkverskaffers, Vodacom en MTN, hul diens aanskakel en sowat 24 000 Suid-Afrikaners vir die eerste keer oor ’n selfoon praat. Sedertdien is daar geen keer nie. In 2001 het Cell C as derde plaaslike netwerkverskaffer tot die toneel toegetree. Terwyl Cell C net die plaaslike mark bedien, is sowel Vodacom as MTN bedrywig in die res van Afrika. Vandag het Vodacom meer as 50 miljoen intekenare, MTN byna 190 miljoen en Cell C meer as 10 miljoen. En ja, die kleinsakeman hét sy selfoon – van Khayelitsha tot Katlehong is selfone g’n vreemde verskynsel nie en vir loodgieters en elektrisiëns is ’n foon ’n onontbeerlik item in hul toolboxes. Intussen, hoe sterker die selfoon word, hoe kleiner word die toestel. “Die selfoon is op sy dunste, gladste en ligste tot nog toe,” sê Arthur Goldstuck van die Randburgse tegnologienavorsingsmaatskappy World Wide Worx. Maar, meen hy, die beste kom nog. Die nuwegeslag-fone wat vanjaar nog bekend gestel gaan word, is nie net slimfone nie, maar superfone. Verder wys hy op die tendens dat die toestelle toenemend met mekaar gaan kommunikeer. “Jou selfoon (gaan) met jou rekenaar ‘praat’ en binnekort gaan toestelle soos jou kamera, GPS en selfs motorradio ook kan ‘saamgesels’...” * Lees ook die hoofartikel.  Kliek op die grafiek vir 'n groter weergawe

Die organisasie wat die wêreld geskud het

 

Hoe ver moet die euforiese dae ná 11 September 2001 – toe Al-Qaeda die wêreld geskud het – nie vandag vir sy leiers lyk nie? Die afgelope tien jaar het dié ekstremistiese Moslem-groep groot en gebiedende hoogtes bereik, maar ook ’n hele paar terugslae en rampe beleef. Ten spyte daarvan dat 11?September 2001 ’n hoogtepunt in Al-Qaeda se terreurveldtog was, het dit die organisasie ook tot op die rand van ineenstorting gebring. Die aanvalle het die bedreiging wat internasionale terrorisme inhou, duidelik aan wêreldleiers gedemonstreer en hulle gedwing om saam met Amerika te werk om dit te bekamp, of om die risiko te loop om die wêreld se enigste supermoondheid die hel in te maak. Regerings wat vóór die aanvalle nie veel aandag geskenk het aan optrede teen terreur nie, soos onder meer die Filippyne en Duitsland, het skielik begin om vermeende terroriste te monitor, te arresteer en hul werksaamhede aan bande te lê. Hierdie aktiwiteite het heelwat inligting oor terrorisme opgelewer wat dit baie moeiliker gemaak het vir Al-Qaeda om voort te gaan soos tevore. Meer dramaties nog het Amerikaanse magte, met die hulp van Afgaanse opposisiegroepe, die regerende Taliban in Afganistan uit die kussings gelig. Dit was ’n dubbele terugslag. Die Taliban het jare lank aan Al-Qaeda ’n veilige heenkome verskaf en die groep se lede moes nou vlug na die meer gevaarlike Pakistan. Die Taliban was in talle djihadiste se oë die wêreld se enigste werklike Islamitiese regering. Baie het Al- Qaeda dus nou geblameer vir die vernietiging van die enigste “ware” Islamitiese staat. Al-Qaeda is uiteindelik gered deur Amerika se inval in Irak, sowel operasioneel as ideologies. Die oorlog het Osama bin Laden die geleentheid gegee om skeptiese volgelinge te oortuig dat hy die hele tyd reg was: Dat dit wél Amerika se doel was om die Islamitiese wêreld te oorheers. Dit het ook ’n nuwe generasie vegters gemotiveer om vir ’n djihad, of heilige oorlog, Irak toe te gaan. In die proses het Amerika erg gely. Die land het meer as 6?000 troepe verloor in die oorlog in Afganistan en Irak. Dit is meer as dubbel soveel mense as wat op 9/11 dood is. Die oorlog het hulle ook miljarde dollar uit die sak gejaag. Boonop is langtermyn-sukses in geen van dié lande verseker, of selfs waarskynlik, nie. Al-Qaeda beweer dat die oorlog in Afganistan gedurende die 1980’s Rusland bankrot gemaak het en uiteindelik tot die ineenstorting van die Sowjetunie gelei het. Net só het Irak Amerika tot op die rand van bankrotskap gedryf. Al-Qaeda het egter te ver gegaan in Irak. Die Irakiërs het dankbaar Al-Qaeda se hulp aanvaar in hul geveg teen Amerikaanse troepe, maar splintergroepe met Al-Qaeda-bande het heel gou self die mag probeer oorneem en het begin om Irakese burgerlikes te vermoor. Die Soennitiese Moslems het teen hulle gedraai en saam met die Amerikaanse magte begin werk om Al-Qaeda in Irak te vernietig. Buite die land het Moslems wat aanvanklik baie krities was oor Amerikaanse optrede mettertyd al hoe meer krities geword oor die Moslem-teen-Moslem-geweld. Maar soos Al-Qaeda se ster in Irak verskiet het, het sy invloed in Pakistan gegroei. Sedert die beweging se stigting het Al-Qaeda sterk bande met Pakistan gehad, maar hy was teen die toue nadat die Pakistanse regering ná 9/11 met die Amerikaners begin saamwerk het om groot operateurs, soos die 9/11-baasbrein Chalid Sheikh Mohammed, te arresteer. Langsamerhand is Amerika se aandag egter al hoe meer deur die gebeure in Irak afgelei. Intussen het Pakistan al hoe meer chaoties begin raak met ’n klomp radikale groepe (sommige met Al-Qaeda-bande) wat teen die Pakistanse regering in opstand gekom het. Die meeste van die terroriste-aanvalle wat die afgelope tien jaar in Europa plaasgevind het, het hul oorsprong in Al-Qaeda-groepe binne Pakistan. Al-Qaeda is intussen egter ook gekonfronteer deur die Arabiese opstande van vroeër vanjaar. Vir baie Arabiere, moeg van korrupte, onbevoegde en diktatoriale regerings, was daar nou ’n nuwe model: Om vreedsaam te betoog vir ’n regime-verandering wat nie gewelddadige aanvalle op die VSA ingesluit het nie. Om die waarheid te sê het die VSA-regering, wat lank reeds die ondersteuner van diktators in die streek was, gehelp om die Egiptiese president, mnr. Hosni Moebarak, uit te stoot en om Moeammar Ghaddafi uit die kussings te lig – ten spyte daarvan dat al twee voorheen gehelp het om op Al-Qaeda te spioeneer. Asof die “Arabiese Lente” nie genoeg was nie, is Bin Laden boonop deur Amerikaanse spesiale magte opgespoor en doodgemaak. Die glibberige Bin Laden, wie se vermoë om telkens die dood vry te spring deur sy volgelinge as niks minder nie as ’n wonderwerk beskou is, is as leier opgevolg deur die vaal en verdelende Aiman al-Zawahiri. Behalwe vir Bin Laden het die organisasie ook die laaste paar jaar verskeie leiers verloor in bomaanvalle deur Amerikaanse onbemande vliegtuie. Dié aanvalle het natuurlik ook bestaande werwers, opleiers en bevelvoerders gedwing om hul koppe laag te hou, wat hulle baie meer ondoeltreffend gemaak het. Sommige Amerikaanse amptenare glo selfs dat die organisasie op die punt staan om heeltemal in duie te stort. Selfs al is dit waar, het Al- Qaeda die afgelope dekade ’n paar beduidende suksesse gehad. Sy eens kontroversiële taktieke is nou ’n gereelde, verskriklike deel van die moderne lewe. Ongeveer 20 jaar gelede was selfmoordbomaanvalle ongehoord onder Soennitiese Moslemgroepe. Ook het hierdie Soennitiese groepe gewoonlik hul woede gerig op plaaslike regimes, nie op Amerika nie. Deesdae is die Al-Qaeda-ideologie aanwesig in gebiede so uiteenlopend soos Indonesië, Nigerië, Sentraal-Asië en sy tradisionele tuistes soos Suid-Asië en die Arabiese wêreld. Al-Qaeda kan hom ook daarop roem dat hy die VSA gedwing het om sy ware kleure te wys. Die Amerikaanse militêre teenwoordigheid in Irak en Afganistan, asook die groeiende militêre rol in Jemen en Somalië, demonstreer – veral vir dié wat gretig is om dit te glo – dat Amerika daarop uit is om die Moslem- wêreld te domineer. Peilings onder Moslem-gemeenskappe oor die wêreld heen toon dat hulle ’n swak beskouing van Amerika het. Terwyl Al-Qaeda se kern in die moeilikheid mag wees, is sy suster-organisasies steeds sterk. In Irak, Jemen, Somalië en in die Maghreb is Al-Qaeda-afdelings besig om teen hul regering te rebelleer, en so ook in Afganistan en Pakistan. Hulle mag verskil in die mate waarin die moederorganisasie steeds beheer oor hulle het en of hul fokus plaaslik eerder as internasionaal is, maar hulle deel minstens sommige van Al-Qaeda se ideologieë en doelwitte. Al wat ’n mens dus met sekerheid oor Al-Qaeda kan sê, is dat dit ’n organisasie met ’n indrukwekkende oorlewingsvermoë is. Daniel Byman is ’n professor in sekerheidstudie aan die George­town-universiteit en ook verbonde aan die Brookings Institution. Met vergunning van Slate Magazine. Elke item verteenwoordig ’n lewe Jonathan Allen Die kurators van die 9/11-gedenkmuseum wat gebou gaan word op die plek waar die World Trade Center se twee torings gestaan het, is besig om moeilike keuses te maak in hul poging om die afgryse van dié dag in herinnering te roep, maar sonder om oorboord te gaan met beelde van dood en verskrikking. “Ons doel is nie om ons besoekers te traumatiseer nie,” sê me. Alice Greenwald, direkteur van die museum, wat volgende jaar, op die 11de herdenking van die aanval, gaan open. Van die moontlik meer verontrustende uitstallings word apart van die hoof-uitstalling geplaas in spesiale nisse waar besoekers kan kies of hulle daarna wil kyk of nie. Hier is materiaal geplaas soos foto’s van mense wat na hul dood val nadat hulle uit die brandende geboue gespring het en die opname van ’n buitengewoon kalm Betty Ong, ’n lugwaardin op American Airlines se Vlug 11, waarin sy aan haar kollegas op die grond vertel van die bloedige kaping aan boord, enkele minute voordat hulle in die noordelike toring vasgevlieg het. Die museum het honderde items opgespoor wat behoort het aan brandweermanne, noodwerkers, slagoffers en oorlewendes. Een daarvan is die platgedrukte helm van die brandweerman Kevin M. Prior, wat êrens tussen die 20ste en 30ste verdieping was toe die noordelike toring ineengestort het. Daar is ook die rooi beursie van Gennie Gambale, wat op die 103de verdieping gewerk het en vasgekeer was nadat die vliegtuig die noordelike toring onder haar verdieping getref het. Die beursie is op die dak van die nabygeleë Marriott-hotel gevind. ’n Paar geel vroueskoene het behoort aan Linda Lopez, wat op die 97ste verdieping van die suidelike toring gewerk het toe die vliegtuig in die toring langsaan vasvlieg. Sy het oproepe om in haar kantoor te bly geïgnoreer en die brandtrappe begin afklim. Sy was op die 61ste verdieping toe die tweede vliegtuig haar gebou tref. Sy het met bloeiende voete en haar skoene in haar hand uit die gebou ontsnap, net voordat dit ineengestort het. Ander aangrypende aandenkings sluit in ’n lappop wat op ’n rak in die kantore van die welsynorganisasie Chances for Children op die 101ste verdieping van die noordelike toring gesit het en ná die tyd in die rommel gevind is.

Pappa Pretorius dalk nie so vroom?

 

Die waterryke plaas Elandspoort, wes van die destydse Apiesrivier, is in 1855 as die nuwe regeringsetel van Transvaal aangewys. Die plaas het behoort aan veldkornet Andries P. van der Walt. Marthinus Pretorius, die eerste president van Transvaal, het die nuwe dorpsgebied Pretoria Philadelphia (“Pretoria van broederliefde”) gedoop, ter ere aan sy pa, die vermaarde Voortrekkerleier Andries Pretorius, en sy broers. Die ouer Pretorius was destyds skaars twee jaar dood en het hoë aansien onder die Boere geniet, veral vanweë sy rol as bevelvoerder tydens die Slag van Bloedrivier in 1838 toe ’n klein groepie Voortrekkers hulself suksesvol teen ’n Zoeloe-oormag verdedig het. Andries Pretorius het egter ’n donker geheim gehad waarvan min mense vandag weet en wat baie historici deur die afgelope dekades óf aktief verswyg óf probeer wegverduidelik het. Die groot Voortrekkerleier en die man na wie Pretoria genoem is, het in 1844, skaars ses jaar ná Bloedrivier, onder baie verdagte omstandighede ’n kind verwek by ’n minderjarige meisie wat in sy sorg was. Pretorius en sy sieklike vrou, Christina Petronella (sy is in 1848 oorlede), het destyds op die plaas Welverdiend naby Pietermaritzburg geboer. Pretorius was in dié stadium ’n vermoënde man. Saam met hulle op die plaas het ook ’n bywonersfamilie, Johan Hendrik de Beer, sy vrou, Martha Louisa, en hul jong dogter, Anna Christina Arnoldina, gewoon. Uit die historiese rekords is dit duidelik dat Pretorius in ’n stadium die egpaar De Beer gevra het om sy plaas te verlaat, maar dat die jong Anna in Pretorius en sy vrou se sorg geplaas is sodat Anna met haar skoolopleiding kon voortgaan. Dié reëling het egter later verskriklik skeefgeloop. In regs- en hofdokumente in die Pietermaritzburgse argief word beweer dat Andries Pretorius in die maande ná haar ouers die plaas verlaat het, verskeie kere probeer het om Anna de Beer seksueel aan te rand. Sy het egter blykbaar telkens daarin geslaag om haar teen die ouer man (Pretorius was toe in sy veertigs) te verweer. Gedurende Augustus 1844 beveel Pretorius vir Anna om na sy ander plaas, wat in die omgewing van die Umgenirivier geleë is, te gaan. Dié plaas is deur sy seun, Marthinus Wessel, later president van die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, bewoon. Anna verklaar later dat Andries Pretorius in September op die plaas opgedaag het en dat hy daar, ná dreigemente en geweld, oor ’n tydperk van ’n paar dae herhaaldelik met haar seks gehad het. Anna het daarna swanger geraak, maar voordat die kind gebore is, is sy getroud met Theunis Botha, ’n ongeletterde houtkapper van die omgewing. Hulle is in Maart 1845 in die Geloftekerk op Pietermaritzburg in die huwelik bevestig, twee en ’n half maande voordat Anna Christina Arnoldina (sy het dieselfde name as haar ma gekry) op 15 Junie gebore is. Ná die kind se geboorte het Anna vir Andries Pretorius genader om geldelike bystand met die onderhoud van die baba. Sy het aangedring op die bedrag van een pond sterling per maand totdat die kind mondig sou wees. Dokumente in die Pietermaritzburgse argief toon dat Pretorius dié versoek geweier het, maar pleks daarvan dat hy ontken het dat dit sý kind was, haar die bedrag van 45 pond sterling (die waarde van 200 skape) aangebied het, mits sy hom kwytskeld van “alle en verdere eise”. Anna was nie hiervoor te vinde nie en het gehou by haar aanvanklike versoek van een pond per maand vir 21 jaar, dus ’n bedrag van 252 pond (of die waarde van 1117 skape). Op 21 Februarie 1846, toe haar babatjie ongeveer agt maande oud was, gee Anna aan haar prokureur, John George de Villiers, opdrag om ’n eis vir onderhoud teen Andries Pretorius in te stel. Toe Pretorius weier om te betaal, beteken die balju in Junie 1846 ’n dagvaarding aan Pretorius waarin hy gelas word om in die hof te verskyn “om rede te gee, indien enige” waarom hy nie vir die onderhoud van die kind aanspreeklik gehou moet word nie. “Die genoemde Klaagster is die Moeder en die genoemde Verweerder is die Vader van die kind, wat voortspruit uit verskeie kere se vleeslike konneksie (carnal connection) tussen die Klaagster en die Verweerder, binne hierdie distrik, voor 15de Junie in die jaar van Onzes Heeren 1845.” Op 4 Augustus 1846 dien sy prokureur, Walter Harding (wat later sir Walter Harding, die hoofregter van Natal, sou word), ’n dokument by die aanklaer in waarin hy vra dat Anna de Beer se aansoek om onderhoud met koste van die hand gewys moet word. As redes voer hy aan dat Anna se verklaring nie met die dagvaarding ooreenstem nie. Ter stawing van die aansoek verklaar Pretorius plegtig: “Lank voor die 15de Junie 1845 was die Klaagster getroud en het met haar eggenoot, die gemelde Theunis Botha, saamgeleef, en die gemelde vroulike kind vir wie daar nou om onderhoud in hierdie saak gevra word, is dus binne die wettige eg gebore.” In dieselfde verklaring maak Pretorius egter ook melding daarvan dat hy aan Anna 45 pond aangebied het vir onderhoud op voorwaarde dat sy alle eise teen hom laat vaar. Dit is ’n aanbod wat sy van die hand gewys het. Die hofsaak is aanvanklik vir 8 September 1846 geskeduleer, maar op Pretorius se aandrang word dit uitgestel tot 22 September 1846 en later weer tot 29 September 1846. Anna en haar getuienis woon egter nie die saak op 29 September by nie en in haar afwesigheid word geen getuienis geroep nie. Die Distrikshof van Natal het gevolglik vir Andries Pretorius kwytgeskeld en Anna moes sy koste van 25 pond, ses sjielings en drie-en-’n-half pennies betaal (die waarde van 112 skape). Dit moes ’n reuse-bedrag vir sulke arm mense soos Anna en haar man gewees het. Die argiefrekords laat egter talle onbeantwoorde vrae. Kwessies soos: Is Anna reg en was Pretorius werklik die kind se pa? As die houtkapper Botha wel die pa was, soos Pretorius voorgegee het, waarom het Anna voortgegaan om Pretorius te dagvaar selfs nadat Botha met haar getrou het? As Pretorius die pa was, het hy Anna verkrag of het sy ingestem tot seks? Hoe oud was sy tydens die voorval? Hoewel haar ouderdom nie bo alle twyfel vasgestel kan word nie, dui omstandigheidsgetuienis daarop dat sy beslis jonger as 18 was. Het Anna dalk vir Pretorius ’n seksstrik gestel in ’n poging om aan haar eie haglike omstandighede te ontsnap? Was hy dalk die slagoffer van ’n politieke komplot teen hom? Of dui die feit dat hy haar na ’n ander plaas, weg van sy sieklike vrou, geneem het daarop dat hy voorbedagte rade met haar gehad het? Andries Pretorius se biograaf, prof. B.J. Liebenberg, beweeg taamlik ligvoets oor dié bewe-ringe sonder om ooit ernstig die moontlikheid te oorweeg dat Pretorius wél skuldig kon wees aan verkragting of kindermolestering. In sy boek oor Pretorius wat in 1977 verskyn het, kritiseer hy Harding se vertoë tot die hof as “beuselagtig” en “verspot” en verklaar dan dat Pretorius volgens hom duidelik onskuldig is. Die hele klag was, volgens Liebenberg, ’n komplot. Die enigste ander rede wat hy hiervoor aangee, is dat die vrou van Martin West, die luitenant-goewerneur van Natal, tydens ’n private dans en soirée op 23 September – ses dae vóór die hofsaak – met Pretorius sou gedans het. In Liebenberg se oë is dit ondenkbaar dat die vrou van ’n hoë amptenaar sou dans met ’n man oor wie se kop ’n verkragtingswaard gehang het. Dit mag só wees, maar die beskikbare argiefgetuienis suggereer dat die “vader van Pretoria” effens meer het om te verduidelik. * Dr. J.C. van der Walt is ’n historikus en navorser van Richardsbaai. Die plaashuis op Welverdiend net buite Pietermaritzburg waar Andries Pretorius en sy vrou in die tyd van die voorval gewoon het. Dié foto is in 1932 geneem.

My Correspondence with Russian girl Dashenka

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Datum: 2018/05/14, 11:52

Hello, how are you ? I'm sorry if I made you wait so long for my news, but for some reason I don't know, your Email is in the spam folder, and I just happened to find it . If you are still interested in meeting me , please reply me as soon as possible to this email and don't forget to send your photo. I will also send you my photo now and in the next letter I will tell you more about myself.

On 11:54, Mon 14 May 2018 Dasha <d.islamovaa@gmail.com> wrote: Hello, how are you ? I'm sorry if I made you wait so long for my news, but for some reason I don't know, your Email is in the spam folder, and I just happened to find it . If you are still interested in meeting me , please reply me as soon as possible to this email and don't forget to send your photo . I will also send you my photo now and in the next letter I will tell you more about myself .  Yes, I am interested.    Onderwerp: Re: Hello! I'd like to know you. Van: Dasha <d.islamovaa@gmail.com> Datum: 2018/05/17, 07:39 Hello. I'm sorry if I made you wait for my answer , but I don't have a computer at home , and I can only text you from my work .  Thank you for the photo, I like you and I'm ready to continue to communicate with you . I want to say right away, in order to write you a letter , I use google translate . Of course I can speak English , but it will take a lot of time if I write in English and that would save time using a translator .  I hope that the translation is correct and you can understand the meaning of my letters ? I'm going to ask you a few questions , and I'll expect your honest answer .  : You live in what city ? How old are you? Were you married? Have children ? Where you work ? Unfortunately, on the Internet you can meet a lot of scammers always have to be careful, and I do not want to lose time in the empty , I am very serious , in order to meet a decent man with whom I can build a serious relationship , and create a family in the future ! I want to warn you right away, if you are going to ask me for Nude photos, then it is better to stop our contact now ! I have already had such an experience when I write to a man for a while and I start to believe that meeting a serious man and every time it ends up like asking me to send naked photos and when I refuse to do so , don't get more emails ! I want my body to belong to only one man , and that only he could see it and enjoy it always ! I want the relationship to be clean and based on mutual trust and respect ! I decided to try to find a man for the Internet , because here in Russia , I was not able to build a serious , long-term relationship , most of the men here , look for a relationship for the night , and I'm not interested in entertainment ! I'm going to say not much more about me ... I am living in the South of Russia, the city of Novokuzneck, maybe you hear for that ? As I already told, My age 29 years, I was born 26.08.1988 . I have a mom and dad , I am the only daughter in the family , not to have brothers , not to have a sister , and my parents love me very much . I live apart from my parents, I rent a room . I work for a company that deal in selling home furniture . My task is to look for new clients , to sign a contract . What can I say about my character ? I am an intelligent, romantic, moderately emotional, cheerful woman . I am very economical, I love a clean house, and always keep it in comfort . I love to cook , read , dance, play sports . In General , I am a very versatile person , I can be serious , but I can also be very fun, and become like a little girl ) I know how to enjoy life ! I hope I don't bore you with this letter , I'll finish now . I will hope that you will want to continue our communication , and will find time to tell more about yourself and answer my questions .  I wish you a good mood !  I'll wait for your answer . IMG_0168.JPG You sound like an interesting woman who can be a very good wife. I also like to have fun and can be serious at times. I like the idea that you belong to one person and build a lifelong relationship. Would you like to have a video call like Skype so we can get to know each other better?   hello thank u vut if u want continue im waiting answer for my questions and foto Here is my answers: You live in what city ? In a town called Strand, which is near Cape town in South Africa. How old are you? I'm 39 years old Were you married? Never been married Have children ? None Where you work ? I'm a librarian at a charity organisation. Onderwerp: Re: Hello! I'd like to know you. Van: Dasha <d.islamovaa@gmail.com> Datum: 2018/05/19, 17:01 Hello Jan . How's your day today ? What are you going to do for the week end ? Unfortunately, I have to work today .   Thank you for answering my questions .  I don't see the problem , for the difference of our age , you are nice to me and I see that you are in good shape . For me , the main thing is how you feel in your head , and I see that everything goes well for that . I look for a more adult man because, a man of my age is always wind in my head and not know what to want . I'm sure that at your age, you will not waste time on the wind, and you know exactly what you want to have in this life . . I see that you're very open to me , and I want to believe that I was able to meet a serious , decent man who not only looks for entertainment on the Internet , but who's really serious about meeting the right woman for life . I want to ask you a question, and I ask you to answer me sincerely . If you meet the right woman , will you be ready to start a family with her and have a baby ? How many children do you want ? I feel that I am ready to start a family life, but unfortunately , I could not meet in my country the right man who will want it ! I have no problem to meet a man here, and I have never been deprived of male attention , and a lot of men here , want to get to know me , but the whole problem is that most of them , look for a relationship for a night , a week , they are not interested in what would create a family , have a child . Unfortunately, most marriages in Russia , go because a woman make an accidental pregnancy , and only then would a man agree to marry , but usually , such a relationship quickly collapse , because this marriage and this child , was not planned , and in the end a man just leave the woman alone , with a child in her arms . I do not want to receive such a fate , I want to meet a man who will love and respect me , and with whom we are together , we will come to the fact that we want to get married and together we will make a decision to have a child . I believe that the main dialogue between people is in relations , and I will never make a decision alone, but I will always take advice from my man . For me , a good example of a right relationship has always been my parents who live a long and happy life together and I see how they always continue to love and respect each other . My mom, always teach me that I should listen to my man , because he is the main thing in the family , but I think that the last word can belong to both man and woman , depending on the topics and issues . I think that no one can always be right in a couple, I stay for balance, between a man and a woman . Unfortunately, in today's world , more and more women are trying to become independent of men , they set themselves the main goal , career , work , money , but they forget about the most important thing in life , the most important thing is the family . I sincerely feel sorry for such women who pursue material wealth , but forget for the spiritual . For me, creating a family is the meaning of life, and this is the most sacred thing that can be in this world ! I very much want to start a family with the right man , and for this , I decided to apply to search through the Internet . I hear a lot about that foreign men , looking at life , not like a man here in Russia . You think for your health, to have a good upbringing, to have a good education , and I hear a lot about the fact that unfortunately a woman in your country does not want to create a family , but as I said before , to pursue material well-being . I am ready to devote me for my man, to always love and respect , to give him affection , tenderness , to be his best friend , wife and lover . I want to build strong relationships for all life, which will be based primarily on mutual love, trust and respect .  Well, I think now that I would stop my letter because clients are coming and I have to get back to work , I hope I don't bore you for all this . I want to learn the same way you look at life , and what purpose you keep for the future ! Tell me about your life , how you spend your childhood , where do you study ? If you are interested in continuing to communicate with me , then tomorrow, I will tell you more about my life . Have a good day . IMG_0183.JPG IMG_0174.JPG Hi Dasha, Thank you very much for the letter. Quite a long letter. I've learned much about how you view life and let me say you are the most stunningly, beautiful woman I have ever seen. I have fallen in love with you. To answer your question, yes I think I will be able start a family and have one or two children if I met the right woman. First I want to ask you some questions: Firstly what are your religious beliefs? Are you a christian? Secondly are you still a virgin? Believe it or not I am. Lastly would you be interested in having a video meeting online? Then we can really see that each of us is a real person and get to know each other even better. I'm waiting for your answers, thanks. Onderwerp: Re: Hello! I'd like to know you. Van: Dasha <d.islamovaa@gmail.com> Datum: 2018/05/20, 17:16 Hello Jan . How's your day today ?How you feeling ? I'm good don't have to work today , then take a good rest and now to go to cyber cafe to write the letter . please send more photo of you ! If I answer your questions, no, I'm not a virgin . I believe in God , Orthodox Christian .  I like your idea to be able to organize a video link, but first I want to get to know you better and understand if you really are the man I'm looking for ! Then I want to tell you , not much more for my life . I was born in the city of Zarinsk , it is 265 km from Novokuzneck , and in order to go there , you need to take the bus for more than 3 hours . Unfortunately, the roads in Russia are in a very bad condition, it is not repaired , and when it will be heavy rain , then it becomes very difficult to go there, the bus can just get stuck in the mud . Now , I rent an apartment here in Novokuzneck because here I find work , but my parents continue to live in Zarinsk and I try to visit them , several times a month . But of course , every day , I talk to them on the phone , and it's to help me and give strength to continue to live alone here . I, always feel the care of my parents and I am very grateful to them for everything they do for me in this life . Now my parents don't work anymore because they are already on pension . My mom is 60 years old and my dad is 65 years old . My mother used to work as a teacher of Russian at school , she is very intelligent and educated woman and she always teach me good manners . My dad is a Builder and all his life he work on a construction site but one day he get serious spinal injury and had to leave work and get disability but thank God everything goes well , he says he feels normal . When I was a little girl , I often spend time in the company of my grandmother . Unfortunately, my parents couldn't always stay with me , because they had to work hard to ensure a normal life , and I had to go to the village to my grandmother . The village is called Belovo . I loved spending time with my grandmother and she gave me a lot in this life . I remember now , as we with it to go to the forest to gather mushrooms , berries . She taught me that I could take care of the garden , grow different vegetables , flowers . I hope you won't laugh for this , but I know how to milk a cow ) Before my grandmother have a farm like a cow , a sheep , a pig , a chicken and I help her a lot for all this . Then , I am very fond of nature , forest , lake, fresh air . Now my grandmother is 85 years old, and I also try to visit her . Then if you keep talking for my life . At 18, I was graduating from high school , and then I was able to enter the state economic Institute , the profession of accountant . When, I go there, this profession was very well in demand in Russia, but after 5 years , when I graduate , I find that it is very difficult , in order to find a job for this profession . Then, I began to look for any work, for what would have the money to live . I work in a shop, and sell clothes , I was ready for any job, but unfortunately it was very difficult to find . Then one day , I meet my girlfriend , together with whom , we study at the Institute , and when we talk , she also told me that she can not find a job for the profession , and now she work in a company that is engaged in the sale of furniture . My friend told me she could talk to the Director and maybe I could work with her . In the end, all go well and I have been working for 3 years in this company and overall I stay happy ! For today I will finish my letter and look forward to your news . Have a good day . IMG_0185 1.JPG IMG_0186.JPG Onderwerp: Re: Hello! I'd like to know you. Van: Dasha <d.islamovaa@gmail.com> Datum: 2018/05/22, 14:12 Hello Jan . How's your day today ?  I'm fine, but having a lot of work today and not being able to write to you before . Thank you for the photo I was very interested to see it . If I answer your questions , I already told you that I don't remember where to get your email , I was registered for several Dating services . Of course I admit the option that if one day I will meet a man with whom I want to build a life , I will have to make a decision that would leave the country , friends , parents and start a new life in a foreign country . I am a grown woman and I will be ready to take this step if I am sure that there I will be waiting for a man who will love and respect me . Of course I have a smartphone , but now it is under repair because I break the screen . I don't use social media because I find it to be time consuming , which can be spent on more useful things in this life .   It's true that every new day, we get to know each other better , and I want to tell you honestly that I stay happy for our acquaintance . If you're interested , I want to tell you how my day goes . My working day starts at 8 am, but I have to get up at 6h30 to have time to take a shower, make Breakfast , and I need 30 minutes to come to work , for this I take public transport . My Breakfast goes, for 2 boiled eggs, a Cup of black coffee (it's good to help me Wake up ) , cheese , butter . My working day, end very late usually it's for 19h but sometimes I can stay until 20h . I have to work very hard every day , and in the evening when I come home , I have to stay strong , just to cook dinner , brush my teeth and go to bed . Now in Russia, it is a big crisis, and already a lot of people lose their jobs , and for the rest of people to reduce wages . I do not work officially, it means I do not pay taxes . A lot of people here work like this because the salary goes higher if you don't pay taxes . Before the crisis my salary was 350-400 $ and now I get maximum 250 $ . Every month , I have to pay for an apartment rental and it take $ 100 , the cost of products and necessary things , it is still $ 70-100 , then I stay very little for life , but I try not to get upset and continue to believe in the best . I'm gonna tell you all this so you can get a better picture of my life . I hope you are always interested in learning more about me , and if you have any questions , please ask me this and I will be happy to answer you . I hope you love the photos I send you ? I will finish my letter now, and look forward to hearing from you . IMG_0169.JPG hello Dasha, sorry I didn't write to you sooner. I was very busy.  How was your week? Mine was good.  Thanks for telling me all about your life. Sounds you have a really tough life. Wish I could do something for you.  But you know it's going to cost a lot of money for you to get out of Russia.  Especially the plane tickets. And I also am not rich unfortunately.  I live with my dad in a small house.  I get a disability grant because I can't work in the mainstream industry because of my autism.  But I have explored much opportunities online to make money and there are some things I can maybe do.  But you say you studied for an accountant but in Russia there's not jobs for accountants. Well in South Africa there's lots of opportunities for accountants and they earn a good wage.  So maybe you'll make a better living here.  I'm just saying.  I did went to a mainstream school but I only have standard 8 (Grade 10).  I don't know what you call it in Russia.  I didn't have many friends at school and I was bullied sometimes.  Anyway holidays we went to visit my family.  Like grandparents and cousins.  They were my best friends when I was young.  Anyway I want to ask you are you a football fan?  Are you excited for the world cup that's coming to Russia in a few weeks?  I'm going to end my letter now.  Can you maybe let me know when your phone are repaired?  I absolutely adore your photos.  It's almost too much too handle for me.:-P Lovies xxx   Hello Dasha,  are you okay?  It's been a while since i've heard from you. Did you receive my last e-mail where I explain my life story to you?  Or are you not interested anymore? PLEASE REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL. Because I just want to be sure that you received it.  Otherwise I'm going to assume that something happened to you or in the worst case scenario,  God forbid, that you died.       Hi Dasha. My day was good. I'm feeling fine and you? My weekend was nice and relaxing. I spent Saturday watching the Royal wedding and getting wedding fever. It was so beautiful I got tears in my eyes. I want to ask you you said you love your parents very much. Are you willing to make that sacrifice and leave your parents in Russia while you go live in a foreign country where you know no-one and you're far from your parents? And also I want to know do you use social media like facebook or anything else. Or do you at least have a cellphone with whatsapp? And can you tell me the name of the website where you first met me? I forgot where it was. And how did you get my email address? Thanking you. On 2018/05/20 05:16 PM, Dasha wrote: Hello Jan . How's your day today ?How you feeling ? I'm good don't have to work today , then take a good rest and now to go to cyber cafe to write the letter . please send more photo of you ! If I answer your questions, no, I'm not a virgin . I believe in God , Orthodox Christian .  I like your idea to be able to organize a video link, but first I want to get to know you better and understand if you really are the man I'm looking for ! Then I want to tell you , not much more for my life . I was born in the city of Zarinsk , it is 265 km from Novokuzneck , and in order to go there , you need to take the bus for more than 3 hours . Unfortunately, the roads in Russia are in a very bad condition, it is not repaired , and when it will be heavy rain , then it becomes very difficult to go there, the bus can just get stuck in the mud . Now , I rent an apartment here in Novokuzneck because here I find work , but my parents continue to live in Zarinsk and I try to visit them , several times a month . But of course , every day , I talk to them on the phone , and it's to help me and give strength to continue to live alone here . I, always feel the care of my parents and I am very grateful to them for everything they do for me in this life . Now my parents don't work anymore because they are already on pension . My mom is 60 years old and my dad is 65 years old . My mother used to work as a teacher of Russian at school , she is very intelligent and educated woman and she always teach me good manners . My dad is a Builder and all his life he work on a construction site but one day he get serious spinal injury and had to leave work and get disability but thank God everything goes well , he says he feels normal . When I was a little girl , I often spend time in the company of my grandmother . Unfortunately, my parents couldn't always stay with me , because they had to work hard to ensure a normal life , and I had to go to the village to my grandmother . The village is called Belovo . I loved spending time with my grandmother and she gave me a lot in this life . I remember now , as we with it to go to the forest to gather mushrooms , berries . She taught me that I could take care of the garden , grow different vegetables , flowers . I hope you won't laugh for this , but I know how to milk a cow ) Before my grandmother have a farm like a cow , a sheep , a pig , a chicken and I help her a lot for all this . Then , I am very fond of nature , forest , lake, fresh air . Now my grandmother is 85 years old, and I also try to visit her . Then if you keep talking for my life . At 18, I was graduating from high school , and then I was able to enter the state economic Institute , the profession of accountant . When, I go there, this profession was very well in demand in Russia, but after 5 years , when I graduate , I find that it is very difficult , in order to find a job for this profession . Then, I began to look for any work, for what would have the money to live . I work in a shop, and sell clothes , I was ready for any job, but unfortunately it was very difficult to find . Then one day , I meet my girlfriend , together with whom , we study at the Institute , and when we talk , she also told me that she can not find a job for the profession , and now she work in a company that is engaged in the sale of furniture . My friend told me she could talk to the Director and maybe I could work with her . In the end, all go well and I have been working for 3 years in this company and overall I stay happy ! For today I will finish my letter and look forward to your news . Have a good day .