I’m a big fan of Twitter. While there seems to be a fairly vibrant community of Kyrgyzstani tweeters, it’s still pretty limited. Nevertheless, I get some gems from the people I follow every once in a while. “Watched ‘Night at the Roxbury‘ – it’s swag!” Oakland is a rap duo that I’ve featured on Kyrgyz …
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Kyrgyz Music Friday
Kyrgyz Music Friday is a weekly feature in which I post a pop music video from an artist in Kyrgyzstan. It could be catchy, annoying, funny, insightful, brilliant, awful, or anything in between. It’s what’s playing on the radio, what all the cool kids are listening to these days. Kyrgyz Music Friday is not trying …
Am I showing yet?
Well, there it is, I’m finally fattening up. And I have only 16 more weeks to go! (That’s all sarcasm, this pregnancy thing takes soooo long.) Some things that are happening with this pregnancy: -People are now asking me how far along I am and how the baby is doing, which is a whole lot …
How to converse with me по-русски
I can sort of speak Russian, but my listening comprehension is much better than my speaking. Russian-speaking friends will sometimes taunt me with suggestions(/threats) of switching to strictly Russian conversations, which I could probably handle, but with a few caveats. 1. You don’t have to speak slow, but I need more time to absorb. I …
Advertise on Ivory Pomegranate!
Time for a bit of shameless self-promotion. Have you noticed the new Advertising page up on the top menu bar? Well, my computer is making a horrendous crunchy sound lately (and no computer means no blog), so let me give you guys a quick sales pitch. You can now advertise on my blog! I’m using …
Kyrgyz Music Friday
Kyrgyz Music Friday is a weekly feature in which I post a pop music video from an artist in Kyrgyzstan. It could be catchy, annoying, funny, insightful, brilliant, awful, or anything in between. It’s what’s playing on the radio, what all the cool kids are listening to these days. Kyrgyz Music Friday is not trying …
Two Years in Kyrgyzstan
“And look at where we are,” I said to Farrell yesterday as I reminded him of our moving-to-Bishkek anniversary, referring to how much has changed since August 15, 2010, when we first landed here (or even just one year ago). “Yeah,” he said, not looking up from his computer. “Writing the same damn proposals.” Things …
a weekend on the south shore
I only traveled to Issyk Kul once last summer, so I’m attempting to get myself out there a few more times this season. A few weekends ago some friends and I traveled to the south shore for a relaxing weekend in Tamga and Kagy Sai.
Kyrgyz Music Friday
Kyrgyz Music Friday is a weekly feature in which I post a pop music video from an artist in Kyrgyzstan. It could be catchy, annoying, funny, insightful, brilliant, awful, or anything in between. It’s what’s playing on the radio, what all the cool kids are listening to these days. Kyrgyz Music Friday is not trying …
the uncertain future
People always ask me when I’ll leave Kyrgyzstan. It’s inevitable, I won’t argue that. Nobody assumes that expats will stick around here forever. But it’s a tough question to answer. I’m coming up on two years since I moved to Bishkek and there’s still no clear plan for how long we’ll stay, what we’ll do …