Я хoчо стать полиглотом

I'm trying. To learn Russian. But it's hard. I don't really have possibilities to take a language course. There are only full time studies at an other university, but since I'm working daytime this is not an option for me. I could take private lessons, but I found it quite expensive. At work I'm not really forced to speak Russian, since my supervisor speaks English and I give all the presentations and courses in English. It's of course not necessary to learn Russian, but since I'm interested in languages, I'm giving it a try to learn a little bit more than only how to order food in the restaurants.

So I'm trying my best with my grammar book, movies, music and an audio course. I also meet with two girls, who are studying Swedish with Josefina. We meet a couple of times a week and I help them with Swedish and they me with Russian. Is there something more I can do? I'm proceeding very slowly. Either I'm getting old or it's a difficult language, because it's impossible for me to remember the words. How did we do it in high school when we had 100 of words to learn every week...

Who know if I ever will have any use of knowing Russian in the future, for something more than maybe traveling or chatting with Russian people I might meet. And you forget a language very fast if you don't use it. Is it the worth the effort? I mean in international relations today you manage very well with English. So why not start with learning English properly. But I guess as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep on trying...

I love the feeling when you slowly get aware of that you really understand a language. You have broken the code of the language and you can understand most of what is said by people. You understand what they say on TV and you're able to have a conversation. It's amazing! Have had the feeling with Finnish and French. But I don't think it will happen this time...

By the way it's a pity that Lars Winnerbäck doesn't sing in Russian, since he's the one I want to listen to now as often as possible.