# #Hobby > Blog posts tagged #Hobby - Canonical page: https://shorin.me/en/tags/Hobby/ - Page language: English - Russian version: https://shorin.me/tags/Hobby/index.md ### [MSU’s Three-Hall Building](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2026/09/three-hall-building/index.md) - Published: 2026-09-25 MSU’s Three-Hall Building and handball: back in the gym of my student days, remembering the team’s victories and feeling that, 29 years on, everything still lies ahead. ### [O Sport, You Are Peace!](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/10/o-sport/index.md) - Published: 2025-10-16 Training with the MSU handball team is back: new players, sharper combinations and a friendly against RANEPA. We lost, but thoroughly enjoyed the game. ### [The Knowledge Seller](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/09/prodavets-znaniy/index.md) - Published: 2025-09-01 I received a signed copy of Prodavets znaniy (The Knowledge Seller) from Oleg Utkin, a colleague and project partner. Knowledge grows more valuable when shared! ### [A Cool Friday](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/08/prohlada/index.md) - Published: 2025-08-01 A cool Friday greeting from Romashkovo! I love skiing just as much as handball and tennis. Enjoy the freshness of a snowy trail on a hot summer day! ### [Summer Upgrade](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/06/letnee-obnovlenie/index.md) - Published: 2025-06-09 Summer means upgrades: training is back, the courts are sunlit, and I have an elbow brace instead of a new racket. I just hope tennis elbow does not become a tradition. ### [Mindfulness](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/05/osoznannost/index.md) - Published: 2025-05-15 Mindfulness means knowing the story behind what you wear. The new Casio Edifice × NISMO blends time with speed – and I think I have earned a watch like this. ### [MSU vs RANEPA](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/05/msu-vs-ranepa/index.md) - Published: 2025-05-05 A friendly match between MSU and RANEPA: youth versus experience, speed versus tactics. Friendship – and a love of handball – won the day! ### [The Assist](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/04/golevaya-peredacha/index.md) - Published: 2025-04-21 Even an easy ball demands focus – only then can you turn an “assist” into a clean, decisive winner. A useful metaphor for both sport and life. ### [The Watchmaker](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/03/chasovyh-del-master/index.md) - Published: 2025-03-25 The second Digital Business Leaders gathering was all about Breguet and mechanics: taking watches apart, meeting a watchmaker and exploring the craft. ### [Digital Business Leaders](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/10/tsifrovye-lidery-biznesa/index.md) - Published: 2024-10-28 I attended a Digital Business Leaders talk on Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe and Jaquet Droz. Their craftsmanship inspired me… and may lead to some serious spending. ### [The Most Complicated Watch in the World](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/10/samye-slozhnye-chasy/index.md) - Published: 2024-10-23 Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260: 57 complications, 2,826 parts, eight years of work and a $10 million price tag. The world’s most complicated watch, made as a one-off. ### [Alexander Yuryevich Stepanov](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/09/stepanov-alexander/index.md) - Published: 2024-09-20 After 27 years, I met my former MSU handball coach, Alexander Stepanov, again – a man devoted to his work and his students, and an example to us all. ### [Making the Most of Our Time Off](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/08/tennis/index.md) - Published: 2024-08-12 Sport brings energy and builds management skills. With the MSU team on its summer break, I keep training – this time on the tennis court. A healthy body means a healthy mind. ### [A Patek Philippe Calibre](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/08/patek-philippe/index.md) - Published: 2024-08-07 I admire the art of watchmaking. The Patek Philippe GS 36-750 PS IRM calibre has 703 components, 95 jewels, six complications and three patents: mechanical perfection. ### [Swiss Watch Movements](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/07/watches-mechanism/index.md) - Published: 2024-07-17 What lies behind the Swiss Made label? A look at Swiss mechanical watches: ETA’s market dominance and the distinctive masterpieces of Patek Philippe and Rolex. ### [Self-Winding Mechanical Watches](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/07/mechanical-watches/index.md) - Published: 2024-07-03 My passion is self-winding mechanical watches. No electronics, just precision mechanics, a rotor, gears and constant motion: the timeless beauty of engineering. ### [The Global Market for Swiss Watches](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/04/swiss-watches/index.md) - Published: 2024-04-04 I prefer mechanical watches: precise, full of life and character. I gave up my Apple Watch for watches with soul, self-winding movements and a story behind every mechanism. ### [Friday Mood](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/03/sport-friday/index.md) - Published: 2024-03-15 Sport brings balance and builds leadership qualities: willpower, team spirit, and persistence. I share what handball at MSU still teaches me today.