October 13th, 2006 at 9:56 am » Comments (0)

I've been working for 3 hours, and the final shock.... I've already had a full nights sleep!!! Looks like there is hope for me eventually going to bed the same time ...more »

October 7th, 2006 at 4:29 am » Comments (0)

For those of you that have been reading this since the start, you'll know I've made occasional reference to the interesting 'system' drivers use over here. Since then I've discovered ...more »

September 30th, 2006 at 6:38 am » Comments (1)

Well he did last Tuesday morning actually, but then we had a few drinks, and it turned out to be Saturday already. Enough of me, over to him.... hurumph.... complaining he isn't ...more »

September 22nd, 2006 at 12:16 am » Comments (1)

You need to be so careful buying milk here in Kazakhstan. If you put it in tea/coffee, or cooking food, it might not be so apparent, but for any drinkers ...more »

September 19th, 2006 at 4:31 pm » Comments (0)

Chris Denman will be over here in just under a week. The weather has improved slightly, though not a great deal. (Don't forget to check the weather forecasts to the ...more »

September 19th, 2006 at 12:33 am » Comments (0)

and the weather over here has been rapidly degrading to UK standards, in readiness for his appearance. more »

September 17th, 2006 at 11:43 pm » Comments (0)

As you can see in the column on the right, I've signed up at allconsuming.net. You can enter the details of what you're reading/listening to/doing/meeting. I need to finish updating a ...more »

September 16th, 2006 at 5:22 pm » Comments (0)

OK, the original plan was to convert my contract, pay-monthly account to a simple Pay As You Go account. After a lot of calls from Mum, and a few expensive ...more »

August 28th, 2006 at 1:03 am » Comments (0)

It is Sunday, and we've just waved Natalya & Oleg (a different Oleg to the one previously mentioned on this site) off. They visited for a long weekend, to do ...more »

August 18th, 2006 at 3:12 am » Comments (0)

OK, as promised, here is some more info, from Mum & John's perspective. This is basically a cut'n'paste job from an e-mail they sent to family and friends (with permission I ...more »