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November 8, 2021 - hot springs pool in Issykata (I was only in this town on Saturday, but I’m uploading more pictures from this place because I don’t have many interesting pictures at the moment)
November 3, 2021 - took a picture of this sign because it includes the possessive grammar I’ve been learning in Kyrgyz lessons
October 31, 2021 - went to watch a ballet today! It was good, but the story was quite dark. This is inside the Kyrgyz Opera and Ballet Theatre (I’ve posted a picture of the outside of this building in the past)
October 30, 2021 - Dom (Π΄ΠΎΠΌ) in Russian means ‘building’ or ‘house’, so I assume this was some kind of interior decoration or furniture store, but phonetically the name sounds a little bit like ‘dumb idea’ which made me giggle
October 28, 2021 - bought a pack of semolina at the store because it was on sale and found a recipe online that I wanted to try (https://www.mygorgeousrecipes.com/semolina-pudding-recipe/). The recipe was good but mine came out a little too watery. I think I didn’t let it cool off/sit long enough before eating it. My semolina to milk ratio also might have been a little off
October 27, 2021 - taken at an ATM I used. I was confused to see Turkish on the buttons. I don’t know if the ATM itself came from Turkey or if maybe there are a lot of Turkish people in this part of the city? Or maybe the words for these options are similar between Turkish and Kyrgyz so whoever installed the ATM just thought ‘eh, close enough’? But this is definitely written in Turkish because Kyrgyz is written with the Cyrillic script (like Russian)
October 22, 2021 - ad featuring Kyrgyz Olympic silver medalist Aisuluu Tynybekova. She is a wrestler
October 20, 2021 - a persimmon that I bought without knowing what it was because to be honest I’m terrible at identifying fruit other than the standard fare. I also don’t recall if I have ever tried a persimmon, and I bought 4…so I hope I like them π
October 19, 2021 - one of my students drew a picture of me during class. I think it is a good sketch and that giving it to me was a kind gesture, but I also can’t help but to think that I look like the Grudge, especially without any eyes
