So, I'd like to tell you how it all started.

Actually, I had a pretty low opinion of America and everything related to it until the summer of 2008.

That summer, I was working as a passenger train conductor for Russian Railways (student brigades), while my girlfriend, Ksyusha, was in the USA on a visitor visa. After she returned, she managed to get me "infected" with the American dream—so much so that going there became my main goal.

And now, I've already paid for the program, received my offer, and decided to sum up my current expenses.