Archive sections: ‘Life In Kyrgyzstan’
So, we were told, “the moon will appear to take a bite out of the sun … ” in today’s Partial Eclipse of the sun. The amount of the sun which is hidden by the moon during a partial eclipse depends on how far you are “inside the penumbral shadow”. Although many Europen capitals would [...]
So, 2011 has finally arrived … and, as usual, I slept through it – well almost. Having fallen asleep, as usual, watching the TV, I was woken up at 12:15, (or should that be 24:15?, or even 00:15?), by the fireworks. Apparently, the ban on fireworks is only valid in Osh. Here in Bishkek the [...]
New Year is almost upon us and it is time to sit back and think about what has happened and making resolutions and plans for the coming year. There are already lots of reviews of the year in the various newspapers and on TV and Radio. This year Kyrgyzstan seems to feature in all of [...]
Whilst I was in Naryn this month I took the trouble to go through some of the video cassettes and CDs that we have up there.
I am back from Naryn. Yes, it was a flying visit – it often is. It’s a five hour journey each way, and we usually start work as soon as we arrive and continue until late into the evening. Tatiana, (my accountant from Bishkek) and Asya, (the accountant from Naryn), work on the monthly accounts [...]
So, Christmas has arrived. Many people agree with the song, (written by Eddie Pola and George Wyle and made famous by Andy Williams), “it’s the most wonderful time of the year”. Although a popular song in its own right, it pales into insignificance when compared to “White Christmas”, (“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas”), by [...]
Yesterday I had from Aizada. She’s the Director of one of the city’s Music Schools – The Children’s Musical School Number 7. I am not sure why the schools here are given numbers rather than names, but that’s the system here. They name virtually everything else in honour of some notable character or other. The [...]
There are no Lords, Ladies, Knights, Barons or Earls in Kyrgyzstan, and the Order of Lenin is no longer issued, but the country does have a system for honouring its citizens (and foreigners) and recognizing their contributions to society and the development of various aspects of the social, economic, intellectual and cultural life of the [...]
I have been asked some questions about the “Baseball Kids”, so I thought I had better spend a little time explaining the situation. I have known them for about four years now … Although they live on the outskirts of town, some of them used to hang around the city center, (around Beta Stores, the [...]
“Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat”, goes the old seasonal children’s rhyme. Well, Christmas is definitely coming … and Goose was the traditional fayre for Christmas dinner in Victorian England – whilst, at the same time, it was a rare treat. In A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens wrote that in the poor [...]
