Following on from the earlier Apple A Day post, we have three videos shot around the same time that the phot was taken, back on the 6th February. And still no one has poked me to re-insert the embed code for Anna’s videos over on her blog – AnnaMerriman.com! Anyway, I’ll need to leave the PC uploading the other videos for the night, so I’ll stop writing for now.
Feb 21 2010
365 Days Ago…
I wanted to post some videos of Anna and a few more pictures tonight, but either YouTube’s upload service is slow tonight, or Pipex’s performance isn’t top notch once again when it comes to expected vs. delivered speeds. Anyway, it is just a few moments past midnight here, meaning that in just over five hours (I think the time that appears on these posts may be set to Kazakhstan still), Anna will be exactly one year old! I’ll try to write more on this later, and eventually get the photos up, but for now, I just wanted to say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY Anna! It barely seems plausible that this time last year I was about to head home whilst Irina waited for Anna to be ready to make an entrance, and that after a few hours, the fastest ever Clydach>Swansea hospital journey I had ever made was achieved!
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Feb 11 2010
Anna Behaves Well
We hadn’t originally planned to have a lot of friends over for Irina’s birthday this year, but quite a few turned up whilst we were at the in-laws’ house. Anyway, here we have a short clip of Anna and friends taken on the 31st of January. Anna behaved very well considering all the faces around her, and the attention she was given. We just hope she behaves as well back in Britain. Speaking of which, we’ll be in Istanbul in less than 24 hours now!
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Feb 11 2010
Unfair Wimp Labelling
Despite me originally thinking that Lucky (of The District of Lucky and Lucky21842 fame) was simply a light weight former Almaty resident, who wouldn’t recognise a real snow storm if it held a sign up, after watching the following video, I concede that America did seem to get pretty hard, pretty quickly with its recent snow storm. I’m hoping that the renewed possibility of fresh snow in Britain quickly melts away – whilst pretty, it is a pain in the arse to drive around on, without winter tyres/snow chains…
Feb 11 2010
Hands Free
We finally have some good video clips of Anna walking completely solo. Ignore the date Irina gives, I’ve double checked and it was in fact the 30th of January…
It is great to see Anna happy to stand up on her own, decide where to head, and just start walking. She is just as happy changing direction mid-journey, and carrying cups/toys etc. in one hand. There are moments when she is too tired or grumpy, as she will return to crawling, but the moment she first had the confidence to start taking little steps on her own will stay in our memories for ever 🙂
Feb 11 2010
Grumpy Young Man
Just a quick embedded video from LuckyInDC here – he outlines one of the differences between America and Kazakhstan – strangers talking to you, or rather the lack of them in Kazakhstan. Some might argue that complete strangers talking is a good way to make friends outside of your normal circle of associates, but I suppose that insincerity from all around you could be just as bad?
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Feb 10 2010
YouTube upload page no longer …
YouTube upload page no longer timing out. Anna videos uploaded. Few blog posts to write. Flat tidied. Packing still to do. Flights confirmed
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Feb 09 2010
Furry Feline Friends
As YouTube is still not displaying the Video Upload page :(, I thought I would take the opportunity to post a picture that Irina snapped recently. Karra and Muska (sisters) are our cats, and other than play fights/chases around the flat, they get on pretty well. Occasionally, they snooze next to each other, and even if the temperature hasn’t dropped, they will hug or cuddle. This time it was on the settee…
Hugs On The Sofa
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Feb 09 2010
Is the YouTube upload page dow…
Is the YouTube upload page down for everyone else? I shouldn’t have procrastinated for so long I guess…
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Feb 09 2010
Synchronous IO
Circular breathing is something I was never able to pick up. To be honest I can’t even remember why I tried, though I’m guessing it was related to a musical instrument? Anyway, came across a friend’s video featuring his didgeridoo playing. Well, not exactly playing as he has only had it a week. More learning the basics of rhythm, circular breathing and the basic drone required. It turns our Karra isn’t a huge fan of the noise, as she jumped off the PC and hid when I played the video!
For anyone with a good memory, this is indeed the same Rich as was featured on this site a couple of years back with his graffiti videos.
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