Today is Irina’s mum’s birthday, we hope your day goes well and that those around you make sure the day is a relaxing and enjoyable one.
Aug 09 2008
Irina (the other one) Has Her 21st
Well, I don’t which 21st this is (lets be polite, and suggest perhaps the fourth?), but in any case, Happy Birthday from me and Ira.
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Aug 06 2008
Just Missing Last Month’s Collection
is Aunty Sveta, who has her birthday today. Hope you are having a great one, and that you are amongst friends and family.
Jul 26 2008
Pippa’s Birthday
Happy Birthday Pippa
I hope you manage to get away to Amsterdam soon, and look forward to getting utterly pissed with you meeting up again some time.
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Jul 26 2008
A Good Month For
… birthdays, it would appear, as today is both Dana’s and Natalya K’s. Hope you are both having a great time in your respective cities, and that we will get to see you all soon 🙂
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Jul 14 2008
And Another One
This time it is Ramon’s birthday. We hope you are having fun playing with some rich lady’s pipes. (He is a plumber, not a gigolo, I hasten to add 😉 ).
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Jul 13 2008
Happy Birthday X 2
Today is both Balzhan’s and Javier Eppen’s birthday, so a big congratulations to both of them. To newcomers to this blog, Balzhan is a friend here in Astana, whilst Javier is a good friend who rented a room in the same house as us, a long time ago. We’ve not heard from him in a while, but we hope he, Paula & family are doing well…
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Jul 04 2008
Natalya Returns To Astana
Natalya (as in Ms. Kim, rather than the Dr. Natalya that gets mentioned more often on this site) should be arriving later today (Friday). We’ve not seen her in a while, so it will be good to catch up. She used to live with us in Cheltenham a long time ago, before returning to Kazakhstan. Dave is also supposed to be popping over for a drink or two, as well as some haute cuisine created by yours truly. (OK, it will probably be some processed & battered meat product deep fried with chips & beans, but he didn’t complain last time 😉 )
Finally, before I forget, Happy Birthday to the friend who doesn’t want their name or photo on this site. We hope you enjoyed your day, and we look forward to meeting again soon.
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Jul 02 2008
Over The Top In Sweden
According to this report, a school in Lund, Sweden, has informed a boy that if he hands out his birthday party invites on their property, he must invite all pupils, rather than those he is actually friends with. I would have not raised an eyebrow had they simply been telling him not to bully others, or make fun of someone due to their weight/skin or hair colour, but to tell a child that his birthday party attendees will be controlled by the authorities really does seem totally OTT. Whether general opinion backs the teacher who confiscated all the invitations, or this was a politically correct little authoritarian, I was unable to discover, but the story caught my eye, so I thought I’d pass the link along…
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Jul 02 2008
Car Alarms And Lasers
Last night (well, a couple of hours ago) was the first night of celebrations. The reason? This city’s (Astana) birthday as being the capital of Kazakhstan. Also, the president has his birthday around this time, so it is a joint celebration. Anyway there was huge firework display with some lasers. The sights and sounds all the way from our flat window was pretty spectacular. They will apparently be repeating the spectacle each night by the river, though whether it will be to the same scale remains to be seen. Hopefully Ira and I will manage to get a little closer sometime, and I’ll try and figure out which settings will work best on the camera. Probably not tomorrow, as Dave is coming over to get drunk catch up and listen to some of his new tunes discuss deep intellectual matters.
Oh, and the car alarms? In the car park near us, despite being a good 10/15 minute walk away, all the car alarms were set off by the bassy booms from the fireworks!
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