Snowing last week,was 41C in direct sun today!No ice for Baileys,so used special frozen plastic balls.All ok here.
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May 28 2009
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May 28 2009
AntiSceptic’s Xbox – May 28 2009
AntiSceptic had to choose between watching TV and playing with me and I am happy to say I won… this time… Gamerscore is at 700 points. He opened up Peggle, FC Instincts Predator, SEGA Superstars Tennis adding 1 achievement, and then he started getting all these friend requests because of high awesomeness levels.
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May 27 2009
AntiSceptic’s Xbox – May 27 2009
My power supply almost exploded! AntiSceptic turned on the juice and we did some serious gaming! 700 points of total gamerscore is pretty good. Admit it. He played Peggle, and… hmmm… I forget what else we did…
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May 27 2009
AntiSceptic’s Xbox – May 26 2009
My power supply almost exploded! AntiSceptic turned on the juice and we did some serious gaming! 700 points of total gamerscore is pretty good. Admit it. He rallied PGR 3, Call Of Duty 3, Virtua Fighter 5, and then… oh wait… no and then!!
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May 27 2009
Made Me Mad
Walking back from our flat a couple of days ago, I saw a baby being carried by his/her mother in a car. This, sadly, isn’t too unusual in Kazakhstan, and I think I’ll have a few battles in the future when it comes to insisting that Anna is able to use her car seat over here when we get a lift.
Part of the problem is that the law in Astana (laxly enforced) only applies to the front seats as far as seat belts are concerned. This means that even if belts are fitted in the rear when the car was made, they are often ignored, left under the seats or in some truely kcufed up cases removed!
Anyway, back to my story… Not only was this small baby held loosely in her mother’s hands, she was actually sat/leant against the dashboard in the front! So we now have a baby inches away from the glass windscreen, should any accidents occur. But it didn’t end there, this car was an almost new Toyota (Camry? I didn’t notice the exact model), and I’d bet 100 dollars against your 5 that it had air bags.
This means that should even a relatively minor shunt occur, the air bag would… well, lets just say that that baby’s parents would most likely be grieving.
It doesn’t matter how many people tell me that there isn’t the culture of safety over here, or that people don’t consider things like seat belts & car seats for children as necessary/affordable, it does not take a fricking genius to look at the little bundle of joy in their arms and wonder what would happen if this car was crashed into, right now. Anyway, rant over, and just to show that this sort of problem is obviously not just restricted to Kazakhstan, here is a quick picture from failblog I noticed recently…
May 27 2009
Made Me Laugh Anyway
A couple of quick links, as I realised it had been a while since I posted any. First we have the most unfortunate t-shirt slogans for police mug shots. I espcially loved the “If we get caught it’s all your fault” and “Every great idea I have, gets me in trouble” shirts. Those peoplr are really going to reconsider their wardrobe selections in the future, I guess. Unless they were aiming to be arrested (demonstrations etc.), and the humour was intentional?
From the same site, we have the 10 most bizarre gaming incidents. I just love #3 – “Boy saves his sister from a moose attack with skills learned from World of Warcraft” !
Stupid bloody Megaline, their internet connection is down again as I write this. Ho hum, will try and publish it later. Then it was up for long enough for me to check out the 20 most bizarre mugshots page. Pretty weak with some of those shots, unless I’m missing something? A lot just look like relatively normal weird people, and four just look plain average. I’d be surprised if there weren’t a lot better weird mug shots around… Internet down again, will try and post this later.
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May 27 2009
Expat Directory
I recently submitted this site to the Expat Directory, after one of their staff left a comment here. Having also had a couple of my articles on Kazakhstan accepted there, I thought I’d meet their polite request, and give a link back to them. If you are an expat looking for information on a country you live in, or are considering moving to, give them a try. The information is free, the site reasonably well laid out, and you may find other blogs that give you local information…
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May 26 2009
Aunty Sveta Seems To Approve :)
The following photos were all taken around the time (26th – 28th May) Aunty Sveta came to visit us at Irina’s parents, with some other family members. Aunty Sveta was very glad to finally see a small addition to our family. The pictures were all taken around the in-law’s home – in the back garden, kitchen and on the garden swing.
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May 26 2009
Our block of flats abandoned b…
Our block of flats abandoned by maintenance co.
No hot water.This has just arrived 🙂 Can bath Anna without kettle http://twitpic.com/5zj8c
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May 26 2009
Aunty Sveta et al have arrived…
Aunty Sveta et al have arrived 7am, must be time for a feast 🙂 http://twitpic.com/5ywgb
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