Ati: "Kuva ku munsi wa mbere w'Ukuboza, twese dutangira gucibwa mu gihe cy'umwaka mushya. Kuva mu bwana, bifitanye isano nigitangaza, igiti cya Noheri, impumuro yindamba no gusohoza ibyifuzo. Kubwimpamvu runaka, iyi minsi mpora nibuka uburyo ibiruhuko nkunda byagaragaye mugihe cyoroheje. Kimwe nabantu bose, biyoberanya nkumupira wamaguru ku kigo cyincuke. Kandi namaze kugira ikirego gishobora gutongana neza nimyambarire ya shelegi: Imyambarire maremare ni ikamba rya feza rishushanyijeho "amabuye".
Igihe kimwe, muri rusange nakoze hanze yukuri, kugaragara mukwizihiza umwaka mushya wishuri mubikoresho byinka. Abakobwa bose bari abakomangomesi cyangwa ingofero itukura, kandi naragaragaye cyane - ubwoko bw'umudamu uri kurwana na freetine yo mu kirere. Nize gato "ibanga rito": Niba wifuza umwaka mushya, bizasohora rwose. Igihe kirenze, ndetse nagize imihango, nk '"umugani wo kubikora." Birakenewe kurugamba rwa chimes, ufashe ikirahuri cya champagne mu ntoki, ibuka byose nibyiza, byabaye mumwaka ushize, hanyuma ushake icyifuzo cyiza. Hanyuma bizaba neza!
Umwaka mushya buri gihe ngirana mumuryango. Jye n'umugabo wanjye tugerageza kugenda muriyi minsi kuva Moscou. Guhitamo kwacu kugwa kuri Bali. Mbere yo kugenda, nasuye muganga wanjye, natsinze ibizamini. Kandi hano twicaye mumodoka, ifite amahirwe kubijyanye nikibuga cyindege. Hanyuma umuhamagaro wa muganga: "Maria, ndagushimiye, uzabyara!" Ntabwo twabonye impano nziza yumwaka mushya! Kandi kuza i Bali, guhura 2005, twari tumaze kumenya ko byaduteguriye: Tuzahita tuba babiri, na batatu. Ntabwo twabonye impano nziza y'umwaka mushya! "