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An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘Astana’

  • Winter Games Opened Yesterday

    Winter Games Opened Yesterday

    The Opening Ceremonies of the 7th Asian Winter Games yesterday went very well. Still waiting for video of the proceedings to go up online somewhere. The ceremony definitely felt reminiscent of the Beijing and Vancouver Olympics opening ceremonies. I guess that giant floor video-screens and pre-recorded clips that tell the history of the nation in […]

    1/31/11 • (6)

  • When and Where to See Kazakh Sportsmen?

    Liter.kz has a schedule up of which events Kazakhstani sportsmen will compete in in the Asian Winter Games in Almaty/Astana. The list is in Russian, the Google Translate version is under the cut.

    1/25/11 • (Comments Off on When and Where to See Kazakh Sportsmen?)

  • Asian Games Torch

    Asian Games Torch

    KazInform has a little map up of when the torch will be where. It arrives in Almaty today and will be sent all around Kazakhstan before arriving in Astana on the 30th of January for the opening ceremonies. The map is in Russian, but it shows the cities of Kazakhstan and the date next to […]

    1/12/11 • (Comments Off on Asian Games Torch)

  • OSCE Summit

    OSCE Summit

    Apparently I have achieved a certain status as a Kazakhstan/Central Asia blogger status where people expect me to comment on events. I even get mentioned in the same sentence as Registan.net, something I had only dreamed of. So here is my take on the OSCE summit. First though let me point out that it is […]

    12/07/10 • (2)

  • Road Closings During OSCE Summit

    Road Closings During OSCE Summit

    There’s been a lot of rumors and different sources of information about what will happen us to here in Astana during the OSCE Summit. They stuck this map of which roads will be closed to public traffic and when in my door the other day and I thought I’d share it with you. Click on […]

    11/21/10 • (3)

  • Ridiculousness

    Another ridiculous but amusing video about Kazakhstan being the center of the Masonic/Illuminati/Biblical conspiracy to take over the world as predicted in Revelations by uniting all religions and by building evil sun-worshipping pyramids and circular things. Damn those satanic triangles and circles. If I wanted to start nitpicking this, I would note that there are […]

    11/20/10 • (Comments Off on Ridiculousness)

  • Nazarbayev University Freed From Curriculum

    Parliament has agreed to pass legislation giving Nazarbayev University “special status”, meaning that it will be able to set its own curriculum. Nazarbayev University, where students started studying about two weeks ago, has invited Western universities in to run the academic programs University College of London at the moment is running the course for undergraduates. […]

    10/19/10 • (Comments Off on Nazarbayev University Freed From Curriculum)

  • Davis Cup Videos

    First set, Golubev cleans out Lammer. Warming Up Sunday for the second match by Chris Merriman

    9/20/10 • (1)

  • Lightning Kills Woman

    Two days ago during a flash thunderstorm, a woman was killed by lightning when she was swimming in the river. Lightning hit the water and injured another 5 to 10 people, depending on which news source you read. By the way, the emergency call was responded to very quickly. I was home when the rain […]

    8/07/10 • (4)

  • Astana Water to Be Shut Off

    This is a Public Service Announcement. Just got this email from the US Embassy: The Astana city water authority has announced that the water supply for the entire city will be shut off for maintenance from 10pm tonight until 4pm tomorrow (Wednesday, August 4th). The actual outage may be shorter, however it would be prudent […]

    8/03/10 • (4)