Kyle Hepp

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   russian paris hilton?

   Comment by lydia — March 13, 2009 @ 7:16 am

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   Yep, stat counters are evil. You always wonder what people are thinking about and why exactly they’re reading your blog…

   I know a Russian translator and travel agent in Santiago in case your mystery Russian ever gets in touch and wants some Russian contact.

   Comment by Matt — March 13, 2009 @ 7:19 am

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   Is it from St. Petersburg? My friend lives there and I’ve been trying to convince her to move to Chile…haha.

   Stat Counter also drives me batty. Way before I gave anyone the link to my blog I had someone from Columbia, Maryland who read every day and I never found out who they were. Also, I hate it when there is no referring link (unless I pretty much know who they are).

   Comment by Abby — March 13, 2009 @ 7:57 am

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   I don’t have stat counter. Maybe I should.

   Comment by Amanda — March 13, 2009 @ 8:09 am

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   Ooops, I’m not the Russian, but I do read a lot of Chile blogs. Haha, I didn’t realize I would be showing up on the stat counter as some unknown creeper. Just thought I’d say hi since I’m not very good about commenting.

   Comment by Amy — March 13, 2009 @ 8:10 am

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   I’m not from Russia neither, but I enjoy reading your blog. I think you are hilarious.

   Comment by chenz0 — March 13, 2009 @ 11:52 am

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   LOL, Lydia, you’re hilarious.

   Matt, maybe your friend was back in Russia and is one and the same as the person who’s been reading.

   Abby, I don’t know the city, unfortunately. Isn’t it weird though to know that someone is reading you all the time and knows everything about you and you know nothing about him or her???

   Amanda, Statcounters are awesome/evil! But you should still get one.

   Amy, hi! how come you don’t allow comments on your blog? We could be blog friends.

   Chenzo, thanks! I appreciate you delurking yourself, nice to meet you!

   Comment by Mamacita Chilena — March 13, 2009 @ 12:24 pm

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   Why is it that when you call people out, they actually delurk? Granted you haven’t found your mystery Russian yet, but you did find two new people! I just get comments from the same people saying “well you already know I’m here.”

   Comment by Emily — March 13, 2009 @ 12:56 pm

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   Somebody in Portugal keeps looking for naughty content in my blog.

   As for the Russian person, I had a friend in Concepción who married a lady from Poland who he met in the States and then brought her and their baby to Chile.

   Other than that, I know that you can still find russian brides online to buy and have sent anywhere in the world. The spam box in my email is mysteriously full of offers.

   Comment by Sara — March 13, 2009 @ 1:33 pm

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    Hello Kyle,

    I am so sorry for making you ‘Crazy’ and here are the details of the smart counter :
    Name: Irina
    Age: 28
    Profession: related to real estate
    The reason: I am also “just married” to a Chilean (we got married 31st of January) and we are currently living in Moscow. I have recently lost my job here in Russia and I am discovering job opportunities in the countries where I can legally work (without a need of a working visa), therefore for me it is Russia and Chile.
    Basically while looking for something in Chile I came across your profile and you probably understand why I read a lot of your posts and why I was interested about your life.
    By the way I do not look at all like a Russian woman you pictured, it is not so cold here and I am not drinking vodka, and I am not even blonde:)

    Anyway, if you are interested about my story, about how a Chilean man could come across the world to Moscow (by the way my husband is from Punta Arenas) to marry a Russian woman (which he did not buy online:) ) let me know and I will share it with you.

    Cheers,
    Irina

    Comment by Irini_ta — March 13, 2009 @ 6:47 pm

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    WOAH! Irini_ta, wow thanks for coming back and telling me who you are! I was totally joking around. I mean, I really was dying to know who you are but never in a million years did I think you could actually come back and see this! Man, the internet is COOL.

    Send me an email, my email address is in the sidebar. I would LOVE to hear more about your story!!! How in the world did a Chilean from Punta Arenas end up in Moscow? I guess it really is a small world.

    PS. I hope I didn’t offend you with that image. Totally not my intention, I know that’s a horribly ignorant stereotype.

    Comment by Mamacita Chilena — March 13, 2009 @ 6:54 pm

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    KKyle,

    Unfortunately, I couldn’t find your email.

    Anyway, my story probably seems kind of unreal, but quite simple.

    In January 2008 I went to Chile with a group of tourist. My last destination point was Punta Arenas and Paine Park. The day I had a tour to Paine, my husband was working the first day as a guide. Since, it was his first time to do the tour in Paine he was working with another tour guide. Therefore somehow my husband converted into my personal guide. However, we could spent together only that day and half of the following day before I left for Santiago and then to Russia. Then we kept in contact via skype and our romance was developing with time. In May 2008 we met in Rome, Italy, in the most romantic city in the world (my personal opinion). Then in August he came to Russia and then we went to Spain together with my parents for holidays, where we informed them about our plans to get married. In November I went to Punta Arenas to meet with his family and from the end of December we are living in Russia and we got married 31st of January.
    As you can see pretty simple

    Comment by Irini_ta — March 13, 2009 @ 7:36 pm

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    Irina, that is a beautiful story. Very romantic, and definitely a good one to tell the children someday.

    What does your husband have to say about living in Russia? Does he like it? I’d imagine it’s a pretty different life from Chile. You should start a blog so we can all read about your worldwide adventures. I know I’d read!

    Comment by Mamacita Chilena — March 13, 2009 @ 7:47 pm

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    Irina– I think it is amazing that you commented back. Congrats on the wedding and welcome to the Chilean blogging world. I think you should start a blog– we would all read it.

    Kyle– I am so jealous you lurker de-lurked. When I have called mine out, they never have! hahaha. Lucky girl!

    Comment by Clare — March 13, 2009 @ 8:47 pm

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    Thank you for welcoming to the Chilean community. It is true I should start a blog one day but I do not really think that I have to say so much about the topics you discuss since I am not a Chilean expat. My husband arrived to Moscow in the end of December, then we had preparation for our wedding, the wedding itself and in February we went for the honeymoon, and then I lost my job, so we are continuing being 100% time together. Therefore he did not have much time to understand what is the life here in Moscow. In addition, the language barrier is something that makes it very difficult for him to integrate.
    He is not planning to work here because of the language and work permits here (even when you are married with a Russian citizen, it is still a problem here). He is currently studying online and is looking for online jobs.

    Clare, I will really consider your suggestion to start a blog, not it is more possible since I am not working.

    Comment by Irini_ta — March 14, 2009 @ 4:03 pm

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    Hmm, then it sounds like you will probably have more luck in Chile. While work visas/temporary visas in Chile are a big pain in the butt to get, really it’s not too hard. Maybe moving here would be good for both of your careers…although, just wondering, do you speak Spanish as well?

    Comment by Mamacita Chilena — March 14, 2009 @ 7:58 pm

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    Irina and All- I have found several online teaching positions that I am currently pursuing. You have to have an advanced degree, but there are several online private high schools that are hiring where you don’t have to have an advanced degree. My husband and I want to travel and since he is a web designer, that makes it perfect.

    Best of luck!

    Comment by Samantha — March 17, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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    Mamacita, I am seriously cracking up!!! I can’t believe you delurked someone in Russia for goshsakes.

    You should let Irina do a guest post, esp. if she comes to Chile!

    Comment by Still Life in South America — March 22, 2009 @ 10:47 am

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