Once upon in Kyrgyzstan

Weeks earlier I went to the Issyk Lake, which is 80 or even more kilometers away from Almaty. Decision to go there was spontaneous, I wasn't even planning to go there that day. And it was quite nice actually, except it was +15 C in there, when during the day in Almaty it was +30 or so.

So this temperature ,let's say, delta made me feel sick right when I got home that day. Oh well, always plan where to go, what to take with you, what kind of clothes to wear and etc. :))

And then I was ridiculously sick for couple of days, or I think it was one week. There was a day, I lost my voice, I could barely talk, it was painful. Urgh, disaster.

And there's that stupid law, you got sick, or something happens right when it shouldn't happen, no way you want it to happen at that particular important moment of your life. But it always happens, when something important is to come :) Oh well, I need to be less excited about things... :) But good things, happy moments in your life, they are not often, that's why it is difficult to contain... Well still..

Also there was a business trip to Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek. And I was sick. Ridiculously sick. Surprisingly Kyrgyz border was 'clear', guess people are afraid getting plague (there was a plague incident weeks earlier in Kyrgyzstan.. poor boy died, aged 15). So the border was so easy to pass, it took me literally 5 minutes to cross the border. Oh before getting to the border, I was in the car with my colleague, it was 4-th or 5-th hour of our long ride, and then police officer on the road asked us to show our IDs. That's the moment when my colleague realized she left her ID at home :) That was really something :) Of course, you can't cross the border without ID, that's the rule, so she took a taxi back in Almaty. And never came back in Bishkek, cause our manager decided that it's not worth it.
I had a dinner with colleagues right when I arrived in Bishkek, in this 'super famous' and 'super cool' cafe Obama :) Well once you get in Bishkek, you'll see that the place is full of American people, literally, everywhere. I don't know what is happening there, but it is true, and most of locals speak fluent English, and everything is so dynamic. Actually this is my second brief visit in Bishkek.
I guess there's going to be some big event this week, with Presidents of Kazakhstan, Russia and China taking participation on it, in Bishkek. That's why hotels are over- booked, most of the central streets are closed, trafic is so very chaotic (this one is constant in Bishkek, no matter what).
So the next day when I was supposed to have meeting, I took a taxi to get to the client. I had half an hour to get there, and the client is couple of blocks away from my place, so usually it takes 5 minutes maximum to get there. But since their main roads are closed, and I got such a tricky local taxi drived, that realized that I am not local, and probably not even Kyrgyz (we people do look alike, but there are slight differences between us in terms of appearance).. so the taxi driver decided to left me in the middle of no-where saying that 'I need to walk 100 meters' and I am at my destination. I paid 100 soms and that was it. I don't know where I am, I lost time, I had 10 minutes before my meeting. So I run like CRAZY :) And it was steam hot. And I was wearing heels. And I am sick (if you still remember).
It was such a horrible experience. I could barely breath when I entered our meeting room :)) Jeez... But I enjoyed meeting we had, it was very nice, people were nice and ..

Then there was a meeting with project team members.. Which I really would like to skip, cause I already over-wrote (in terms of word count) and I am not very excited about reflecting on that one particular meeting.

So that's about it.

ps: It is Autumn in here, days are becoming cold... I want warmth!

Dostoyevsky

Today I guess pretty much everyone is concerned of what is happening, of what might happen in case Congress of the US decides 'to hit'.

All these frightening images of suffering innocent people, horrifying pictures broadcasted by all of the mass media sources, UK parliament refuses, UN investigators investigating, Russia says this, Obama says that...

It is tough, to judge something that is happening right at this particular moment is tough and quit difficult thing to do. Imagine, you want to see the writing on the coin. To do so you take the coin as close as possible to your eyes level. And then you see the writing, but you can't see the rest of the world. All you see is that small writing. My point is that it is worthless to judge politics, simply because you can't be objective in doing so, so many prejudices, so many emotions, empathies and sympathies.. Wait, time passes, and then see, judge, have your opinion on who was right, and who was wrong.

But nothing is new in these wars in the name of democracy, in the name of liberty, in the name of something surely important from one's view...

Since I mentioned literacy in my first blog post, I'll try to keep this tradition in my second post :)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was saying about this 'While there is still time, I hasten to protect myself, and so I renounce the higher harmony altogether. It's not worth the tears of that one tortured child who beat itself on the breast with its little fist and prayed in its stinking outhouse, with its unexpiated tears to 'dear, kind God'! It's not worth it, because those tears are unatoned for. They must be atoned for, or there can be no harmony... I don't want harmony. From love for humanity I don't want it.'

'Is harmony worth a child's single tear?', he is asking. It is worth it! It is worth it!!! Might be the answer from the US.

But let's see, they say Congress will start debating tomorrow. Let's see, and try not to judge things while they are happening. Nothing is new, everything is cyclical.