All About HONEY

Time went by and Alyona turned 4 years old, that is when all the fun started. Having mother who was a teacher, it was a bit difficult to cope for Honey Bee. Alyona's mum made new rules which included mostly reading and that had a huge impact on Honey's playtime. She wanted so much to play with her friends, but the rule stated - finish reading the page and then you are free to go. It is easy to understand, mother wanted her child to be ready for school.

Well, the school started and Alyona was bored to death, because she already knew everything, thanks mum. She would crawl under the desk and seat there during the lessons, but that was not her favorite ploy. She loved to turn around to chat with people behind her. It all ended when she got grounded for a month.

Apart from terrible behavior Honey Bee was an excellent student, trying really hard to succeed. Alyona's favorite subject was mathematics. At twelve years old another subject she started to love was chemistry.

About the same time, suprisingly, Honey Bee became really aggressive teenager. If somebody, does not matter whether it was a boy or a girl, would huff her in any way, she would get angry and even could start a fight. Probably hormones were playing up. All that was really tragic for Alyona's mum, she wanted her daughter to be a perfect student.

Honey's period of aggressiveness finished as fast as it started. She became more calm, patient, understanding and supportive, as a girl should be.
The saddest year of her life was a year when Honey turned fifteen. Alyona's father decided to move to New Zealand. He broke the news on Honey's birthday and shocked her saying that she is moving to another country in two months time. Alyona did not know for how long she was going to New Zealand and it made farewell really heartbreaking. She left relatives, friends and beloved city.
In November 1993, arrival to New Zealand was even more depressing then departure from Russia. Alyona was ready to die right in airport. Honey Bee did not speak English, she did not know anybody, she felt absolutely lonely and even being with her father did not make it easier for her...


It was eased up when other students arrived from Russia...

They arrived in two months time. They all were in the same boat, not knowing English and not knowing anybody. This situation built firmness between them. First two months they studied English in a special school with people from allover the world, that was kind of fun. After this course everyone could speak at least a little English.

Then college years started. There were five Russian girls in the same college. Poor girls were fighting with Kiwis all the time, but that gave them strength and more desire to learn English. They really pulled it through, now its a last thing they worry about.

The time spent in college made the relationship between girls very close. They all always hang out together, share their most intimate secrets and problems with each other. If one of us had a hard time where she would need a support, she would know where to find it right away.

We are always there for each other. Of course, we all are not that perfect, sometimes we have fights, sometimes we have communication troubles, but it does not affect our friendship in any way.

Following statements were made by two best friends of Alyona.

Hi, my name is Anna - (o: AnnA :o)
I have known Alyona for the last, nearly, 6 years. She is one of my close friends here, in New Zealand (Honey is also known as my best lunch buddy).
I still remember Honey's first baby steps on the Internet, something so new and exciting for her, and look at her now - Alyona is finally well known in most (best) chat rooms around the Web.
The funniest thing is that she spends so much time on Internet, that I can not get through on the phone to her house, so I have to get online to talk to her, it is like we are living in two different countries or something :o) In real life we live 10 minutes drive from each other.
But, anyway Alyona -Honey is a great person (believe me - I know her longer than most of you do!).
Thank you for reading or listening, whatever you want to call it. Carry on looking other stuff Alyona has on her page, there are some great things to look at.
Anna novikovaa@usa.net

Hi there! My name is Katya.
I came to New Zealand over 5 years ago, together with Alyona. Basically we met on the way to the airport. I, originally, come from Nakhodka, in Primorsky region. Alyona and I didn’t get on very well at first. You might even say we were kind of enemies. But hey, look at us now, she is one of my best friends, and also a flatmate.
It is actually kind of funny. We used to fight all the time, about every little thing. I didn’t agree with her opinions and she didn’t with mine. Basically we just didn’t understand each other. But then all of a sudden, it was "love at first site", well, not love, but definitely friendship. I can’t even recall what happened there, just kind of became friends, and five years later we live together. Well, in the same house, we do not share a bedroom, of course (just wanted to make that clear ).
Alyona is one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever met. She is very opinionated and will not take shit from anybody. Anyone, who had a chance to even talk to her, will know that if she doesn’t like something, she will let you know without any hesitation. That is one of the things I like about her mostly because I am the same. I respect her, because of that. But also she can be very strange. She has her mood swings, not in the bad way at all, just strange.
Katya v_katuha@hotmail.com