Kazakh Nights

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NISA presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare in Kazakhstan.Thanks Nico for the beautiful photos.

It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of a day that celebrates men for just being men. But I have to admitted I enjoyed Men’s Day (of course not as much as women’s day). The  Women of the school put on a great performance for the male teachers. They felt very special and they deserved it!

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Suboatnik is a community cleanup day. For us, this meant tidying up the school and the surrounding grounds. 

It’s hard work being a teacher. #hardlabor

Drum practice!

WE ALSO WENT TO DANCE CLASS ON SATURDAY EVENING. The instructor was a Ghanaian man who lives in South Africa. 

I am ready happy that I decided to attend this week’s American Corner with the Sean Curran dance company. It was really interesting hearing how these dancers fell in love with dance and how some incorporated dance with their professional careers. It was also great not being the only African American in the room and seeing other people take pictures with people who are not me. #wINNING

On Friday, we attended a dance performance by the New York based Sean Curran Company. It was also nice to see another African American in the building. And there were booties, booties, and more booties. Great performance. Great nice.

Happy Easter Sunday…Again

So everyone who reads my rants or fb or on twitter know that I missed Easter Sunday for a number of ridicoulous reasons. I was very salty last week but delighted to hear that the church that I attend would be celebrating the Russian Orthodox Easter. I got a second chance. #WINNING. After the service there were a number of songs and skits and performances. And there was food and Of course Beshbarmak…Happy Happy Easter Beshbarmak… yes “our favorite” multipurpose horse sausage and noodles dish was persent for the festive occasion. Everyone is always nice to me and I felt at home. I wish I could communicate more but I do what I can. I also thank the people who go out of there way to translate songs and the sermon for me. THANKS!!!!

Presentations

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(via moruf)

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A Kazakh Passover, and my first time leading a seder. It was a bit untraditional, but we had many of the essentials, including matzah ball soup. 

I celebrated my first Passover with the gang and since I was the youngest in the group I was given a special reading. I enjoyed Passover and was happy to be in attendance. It was learning experience.

Take away Thoughts

If we look at the world around us, religion has become a major dividing factor but in actuality if we put our assumptions aside, we would see that there is something that can be learned and appreciated from “the other side”. Even though I’m not Jewish, I believe that we were all able to relate to the plight of the Hebrew people who were exiled in Egypt. I’m currently living in a distance land and attempting to find solace and the comforts of home by all means. Once we sit at the table of understanding we will realize that we have more in common than we think. Wouldn’t it be nice if our world leaders could fellowship like this. Take a page from of our book. 

My students’ presentations on their hobbies… and one of my students showed out… #proudteacher

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I was home for New Year’s and of course I had to spend time with my Sorhors!!!