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August 13, 2023 - today we discussed the legend of Burana Tower (Wikipedia) in Kyrgyz, and this is how one of my colleagues depicted it. You can read the legend on the linked Wikipedia page
August 12, 2023 - a cute house in Krasnaya Rechka village. My colleagues and I agreed that we’re all in love with the old style balcony on the second floor. It seems like a decent number of village houses in this area have them
August 11, 2023 - Also on yesterday’s adventure, while we were reading the plaque, a group arrived in a van. We thought they were tourists, but they were archaeologists from China. My colleague and I spoke to them with our limited Chinese, and they let us come with to this other nearby site
August 10, 2023 - went to a UNESCO designated place today of Buddhist building/monument remains which were once located along the Silk Road (it’s listed on this webpage)
August 4, 2023 - green apple slices sitting on a table outside at a coworker’s host family’s house. I assume they are going to be used in cooking, but not sure for what
July 31, 2023 - first day of my short teaching practicum! I had students work in groups and make this at the end of a lesson on ‘I like’/‘I don’t like’. Not a v productive production activity, but oh well. I’m biased, but I think it’s an interesting visual. Maybe w more time could’ve done more w it
July 30, 2023 - Was confused because I saw this guy from a distance so I could only see the black moving…was talking with someone at the time and couldn’t help but to turn away and say, “what IS that creature?” I don’t know exactly what it is or how it got there, but I hope it’s safe 😥
July 29, 2023 - There’s a phrase in Kyrgyz, Эл эмне дейт? (What will people say?) It encourages people to stick with societal expectations and community-approved actions. This cafe is called Эл эмне жейт which rhymes but means ‘what the people eat’. My sense of humor is so boring, I find this funny
July 28, 2023 - Kyrgyz grammar chart made by a past trainee/volunteer. There is a separate word for ‘if’ in Kyrgyz (эгерде), but it’s not always necessary to use. To show ‘if (someone) (verbs)’, you need to put a С between the verb stem and the possessive ending of the subject
July 27, 2023 - line of sinks out in the open in the entrance hall of the local school. I don’t know what the purpose of this is, maybe because appearances are important?
July 24, 2023 - my host cousin showed me pictures he drew. They had stickers which looked exactly like mine. Wait…I went to my room and saw that my cat sticker pack was missing. Later my 3 y.o host sister returned the cat stickers from his pictures. But no idea where the whole pack is 😂
