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Post by Annie on Feb 28, 2007 21:16:54 GMT 3
I guess that's Chile and what a cute cute photo that is ;D ;D ;D Thanks Helene  |
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Post by aussiechick on Mar 1, 2007 3:14:42 GMT 3
hi guys, my computer has been broken for the past month  so i feel completely out of touch now but its all good cos now i have a lot of reading to do. anyway i finally got a few more pics in from the aus open of dima. first up his is first game (its been so long i forgot who he was playing against hehe) which was delayed due to the heat. so you get a lovely view of melb and i'm the dark figure on the right.  next up is round 2...hot day and i think dima washed his red shirt with his white as there were pink marks all over his top (not sure if its noticable here)  now for my fav! the shirt change!! we were lucky that day as its was a scorcher which only meant there was a lot of changing ;D  that's all from for now...gotta a lot of catchin up to do  |
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Post by Annie on Mar 1, 2007 9:51:10 GMT 3
I was wondering what hapenned to you LOL ;D Glad you see you back and thanks for the photos |
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Post by aussiechick on Mar 1, 2007 11:49:08 GMT 3
aww big hugs, thanks Annie  |
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Post by Alya10 on Mar 1, 2007 15:58:46 GMT 3
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Post by Annie on Mar 6, 2007 16:26:33 GMT 3
Davis Cup 2006 Year Book foreword... it's soooo sweet It was a great pleasure to be a member of the Russian Davis Cup team in 2006 and to win the title. Never as a kid had I imagined I’d be part of a team, much less holding this trophy, but nineteen years into my tennis career I can finally say that it has happened. All of my teammates had doubts and uncertainties about whether we would win the Davis Cup this year. With Netherlands, France, USA, and Argentina in our way to the title it’s hard to say that our fears weren’t valid. Looking back at the matches we played in 2006, sometimes I question how did we win? So many matches could have gone the other way and that makes this Cup even more special. All of the countries mentioned gave us the ultimate test, and each test we faced and passed as a team. We stood by each other in the joy of winning and the pain of losing as one family, and regardless of the end result I feel that I found friends no amount of time will erase from my memories. Yes, it is a great honor to win the Davis Cup and to see your friends stand by your side and hold up the trophy along with you, but to give this victory to Russian fans and bring the Cup to our country is a humbling feeling that’s hard to describe. It is a great honor to hear thousands of fans chanting, “Thank you!” Seeing them with tears of joy on their faces made me realize that this victory is so much more important than any personal win I ever had or will have in the future. Yes, we are athletes in an individual sport but how many of our fans have dreamt of seeing the Russian team raise the Cup? It is a great honor to see the first president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, the biggest and most prominent fan of our team, cheer on every point from one stand, and the equally distinguished Diego Maradona support the Argentines from the other. That proves people of all cultures, ages, and statures can come together to celebrate one of the greatest events in sports. It is a great honor to be a part of all this and to realize that this is what you live for! For etching your name in history. For reaching a goal not just by yourself but with people that matter to you. For the fans, and for a sport that is truly able to unite masses. It was heartbreaking to see Chucho in tears after the decisive match in the final because all of us had felt the pain of a loss, and knew how it felt to give your everything and not win. Any of us could have ended up crying that week and there is no shame in tears of that kind. Jose didn’t turn down the responsibility and immense pressure of the last match and fought till the last point. He, David, Agustin and Juan Ignacio deserved to win the Davis Cup just as much as we did, but this victory was for our fans. They needed to see their hopes come to life and, sometimes, that means much more than a personal triumph. Dmitry Tursunov |
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Post by Mrs. Fabregas on Mar 6, 2007 19:54:30 GMT 3
Awwwww....... Dima.....  .... The guy is so sweet!   Now good luck for the next Davis Cup round againt France.... Hope to see you there as a player, and not as a cheerleader  ! |
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Post by aussiechick on Mar 7, 2007 2:52:49 GMT 3
wow that was so heartfelt and inspirational!
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Post by Happiness on Mar 7, 2007 3:27:42 GMT 3
Dima my boy I like you more every day now!!! ;D ;D Really deep and touching ... And so true all you describe!!!  |
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Post by aussiechick on Mar 9, 2007 15:36:50 GMT 3
on dima's website he was wishing russian ladies a happy woman's day. is that like mother's day or something? which he had to later translate after a few complaints. and then he posted up a picture in russian without translation. can someone translate it please ;D www.dmitrytursunov.com/newsarticle.php?news_id=1173337896 i'm expecting it to be silly |
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Post by Alya10 on Mar 10, 2007 13:16:13 GMT 3
On March the 8th, 1857 a group of textile workers in a NY factory started a strike and ocupied the plant demanding a reduction of the working hours from over 16h a day to 10h. These workers, that for those 16h of work received less than a third of a man's pay, were shut up inside the factory. A fire broke and the 130 women died.
In 1910 in a international women's conference held up in Denmark, it was decide to honour those women and celebrate the 8th of March as the International Women's Day.
About Dima, apparently the postcard says something like: "Dear forum-lady, pamper only those who are worth it .... yourself, your cat and Dmitry Tursunov!"
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kisses
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Post by aussiechick on Mar 11, 2007 3:22:24 GMT 3
On March the 8th, 1857 a group of textile workers in a NY factory started a strike and ocupied the plant demanding a reduction of the working hours from over 16h a day to 10h. These workers, that for those 16h of work received less than a third of a man's pay, were shut up inside the factory. A fire broke and the 130 women died. In 1910 in a international women's conference held up in Denmark, it was decide to honour those women and celebrate the 8th of March as the International Women's Day. About Dima, apparently the postcard says something like: "Dear forum-lady, pamper only those who are worth it .... yourself, your cat and Dmitry Tursunov!" ;D kisses oh wow thanks Alya10 ;D that's a sad story. Good to see their deaths didn't go unnoticed. As for Dima's postcard LMAO! |
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Post by Patxy on Mar 11, 2007 11:56:37 GMT 3
Why???!!!  |
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Post by lau on Mar 11, 2007 15:48:42 GMT 3
on dima's website he was wishing russian ladies a happy woman's day. is that like mother's day or something? It is a big thing here too (in Argentina) with ceremonies and mentions everywhere and and I think it´s 'celebrated' in Europe too. (It´s holyday in Russia and other countries) I´ve been told it´s not that important in the States. It kinda makes sense, historicaly speaking, as the first big organizations that declared the 8th of March International Women´s Day were the Socialist Party of America and the Second International BTw, I have no idea how it´s in other countries, but here, although you are given flowers and everyone says "Happy Day" and everything, the conversations and statements about the conditions of women around the globe and the social inequality is present everywhere and during all day. EDIT: It has a similar origin to the one of International Workers' Day - Labor (the 1st of May) in conmemoration of worker´s riots in Chicago somewhere in 19th century 80´. Most of the world celebrate it on May 1st. The States celebrate Labor Day in September and it´s not that related to leftist labor activism. EDIT 2: Sorry for the history lesson ;D  I made a short paper about International Worker´s Day a couple of year ago and I couldn´t resist LOL  |
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Post by aussiechick on Mar 11, 2007 18:19:42 GMT 3
Thanks heaps lau ;D I feel well informed now. If only all my history lesson back at school (a lifetime ago) were held in a safin forum I would have paid more attention! It sounds like the whole world knows about woman's day! and making it a public holiday in russia as well!! why is australia out of the loop? i guess we women aren't apperciated here  (more reasons to move to russia perhaps  ) |
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so i feel completely out of touch now but its all good cos now i have a lot of reading to do. anyway i finally got a few more pics in from the aus open of dima. 
I made a short paper about International Worker´s Day a couple of year ago and I couldn´t resist LOL 
(more reasons to move to russia perhaps 
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