August 15th, 2007 at 3:53 am » Comments (0)

I have previously mentioned credit card comparison sites before, however this one certainly has an interesting feature to make it stand out from the crowd - truly personalized results! The ...more »

August 12th, 2007 at 2:19 am » Comments (0)

Last night Ira and I went out to celebrate our six year anniversary. There is a Japanese restaurant down by where Irina works, and as Ira loves sushi, we decided ...more »

August 10th, 2007 at 8:08 pm » Comments (0)

For anyone who has not yet come across the scheme, Boat Angel has been setup to allow the more comfortable in life help out those in dire need. The basic ...more »

August 4th, 2007 at 1:34 am » Comments (0)

This evening, Ira and I went to find a new cafe to eat at, in Astana Park. Her parents had told us about a place that did good sashliq, and ...more »

August 2nd, 2007 at 12:22 pm » Comments (0)

Researchers from St Andrews University, in Scotland, believe they have identified intelligent communication modification habits by Orangutans. Although great apes have already been shown to be capable of using sign ...more »

July 23rd, 2007 at 2:52 am » Comments (0)

We (Me, Irina, Balzhan, Ildar (Balzhan's son), Dr. Natalya, Sveta (Dr. Natalya's daughter)) all went out Saturday evening to celebrate Balzhan's birthday, and also because we had not all been ...more »

July 19th, 2007 at 1:56 am » Comments (0)

I remember seeing a friend's child being enthralled with a book. Not just the normal, very interested in the plot type of fascination, but the sort of situation where they ...more »

July 3rd, 2007 at 11:26 pm » Comments (2)

He has been away in Moscow studying for almost a year now, so it is really good to have him back around, if only for a couple of weeks. We ...more »

July 2nd, 2007 at 12:49 am » Comments (0)

Sam and Amanda (contestants on the current UK series of Big Brother) had their birthday recently (they are twins). Big Brother organized a party for them (as they are twins, ...more »

June 13th, 2007 at 1:48 am » Comments (0)

We recently went to a restaurant in the park near us (named, with some unique inspiration, Astana Park) with Walton and Assel. The place is based around the theme of ...more »