In this video, we're going to talk about our hobbies.
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Hey, Misha, do you have any hobbies?
Yeah, I have a lot of hobbies, but lately I've mostly been spending my time on
learning how to be a carpenter.
What? I know. Like you build things with wood?
Yeah, I build things with wood. Cool.
My brother is a carpenter, so he has a whole shop. It's his business.
And he's been teaching me on the weekends.
Wow. Mm-hmm. What kind of things do you build?
I built myself a dresser. What!
Yeah, it's really big and it's beautiful. It's made of maple. Yeah, it's.. it's really great.
My dad helped me too because he's also a carpenter.
Oh cool, it's in your blood. Yeah, that's right.
How much time do you spend typically on carpentry?
Hmm, well, lately I've been working to finish that big project,
so I've been doing like one day a week.
Yeah, it's like eight hours?
Yeah, usually. Wow. Yeah, it's hard work.
Sometimes I get tired about halfway through and go home.
What are the advantages of carpentry?
Well, I think it means I can make those things myself
because it's really expensive to buy custom-made furniture.
And it's really nice way to spend time with my brother. Mm hm
I bet it's fun, too, to use the tools.
Yeah, I feel really.. like, tough. You are tough.
Larissa, do you have any hobbies?
At the moment, not really. I have small children and a job,
and I find I don't have a lot of time for hobbies,
but a while ago, I was really into Palestinian embroidery.
That's so cool!
So it's kind of like cross stitching but,
um, like North American cross stitching is usually like animals or flowers. Yeah.
And this embroidery was following more traditional patterns. That's cool!
How did you learn? I took a course.
I lived in Qatar and there was an art school there that was offering evening classes, (that's awesome)
so I signed up and learned the basics. It's very easy. Yeah.
But time-consuming. Mm-hmm. But relaxing.
You said it's time-consuming.. how long would it take you to finish a piece?
Well, it depends on the size. I started with very small embroideries,
but to do like a full size takes 50 or 60 hours.
Wow! I bet. Why were you interested in that?
Well, I thought partly because I was living in, kind of, that part of the world at the time,
I wanted to learn something cultural. Yeah.
But also I just found it so relaxing. I had a chair, that was my embroidery chair,
and I would sit there and put on some music and just in the sun,
like in the window and just relax and stitch and...
I also liked having the finished product. Mm-hmm.
Something to hang on the wall. Yeah, something beautiful. Mm-hmm. Cool.
Well, thanks for telling me about that. It was really interesting. Yeah, thank you.
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In this video we're gonna have a [laughs]
Misha's so excited about this one!