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Happy Birthday Irina

January 31st, 2007 at 1:55 am » Comments (0)



Google (AdSense) Sucks

January 31st, 2007 at 1:40 am » Comments (9)

My appeal has been turned down (they had suspended my account).
Apparently, someone had been clicking on my adverts, and not in a ‘normal’ way.
This occurred just before my first payment was due, so all my work and late nights over the past 7 or 8 months have been wasted. Completely.
If Google told me when it [...]



A Little Later Than Intended Again…

January 24th, 2007 at 10:14 pm » Comments (0)

And this will be a very slow post to load for any other dial up users out there, apologies…Anyway, without much further ado, here are the pictures I promised a long time ago…
(Taken over Christmas, New Year & a little bit beyond, in Britain & Kazakhstan, on our, Nick’s & John’s camera)
(Click the link below, [...]



Saturday evening was most revealing…

January 23rd, 2007 at 2:25 am » Comments (1)

Check Tom’s post (My Brief Life As Exotic Dancer) for some more information.
I discovered two things taking a snap of the evening….
1) My camera phone really can’t handle low light situations, even on Night Time setting
2) Club staff don’t like photos to be taken when people have more skin exposed than normal (I dumped my [...]



Comparison post NOT using WLW

January 23rd, 2007 at 1:54 am » Comments (0)



The Most ‘Baptised’ Muslim in Kazakhstan!

January 19th, 2007 at 4:57 am » Comments (4)

Catchy post title I thought, as Irina explained what a gentleman had just (jokingly) proclaimed, just prior to jumping into water in a frozen river, wearing just his underwear.
It was a little after midnight, on the frozen river, here in Astana. We had walked down to see what was going on, as this is the [...]



Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Resigns…

January 9th, 2007 at 3:31 am » Comments (3)

Thereby forcing the removal of the entire cabinet.
Don’t feel like commenting on this, especially until I’ve done a bit more research, but for now, check out these links for a bit more info…
Playful’s article , First and Second Times (UK) articles and finally Bloomberg’s report on this event.
[UPDATE] KZBlog has collated a lot more information [...]



Happy New Year…

January 1st, 2007 at 8:30 pm » Comments (4)

To anyone reading this. (Snovum Goddum)
We’re at the in-laws, and we’ve eaten too much, drunk a fair amount, and made some snow angels.
Pictures to follow hopefully….