The ATM gave me this ... "Your operation was absolutly wrong. Please turn to your bank by use of an offical letter."
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Monday, 13 December 2010
Friday, 27 August 2010
Monday, 12 July 2010
History repeating
Out of a textbook about the history of Russia:
'... by the end of the 19th century, a cult of modernization had arisen that justified any action...'
(the harvest of sorrow, Robert Conquest, 1986, Oxford University Press, p 17)
Sounds somehow familiar, doesn't it?!
'... by the end of the 19th century, a cult of modernization had arisen that justified any action...'
(the harvest of sorrow, Robert Conquest, 1986, Oxford University Press, p 17)
Sounds somehow familiar, doesn't it?!
Saturday, 3 July 2010
Fail - caged car
This morning they installed posts so cars can't block the sidewalk anymore.
Big fail, that they caged one car behind the posts ;)
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
a unique moment...
heavy turbulence, people fasten their seat belts, food is flying through the air.
next to me the stewardesses take their seats, pick up the security introductions and start to read it very carefully...
next to me the stewardesses take their seats, pick up the security introductions and start to read it very carefully...
... comforting
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Sunday, 2 May 2010
Monday, 15 March 2010
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Sunday, 24 January 2010
discipline
I was quite surprised to see in a parking lot special lots for handicaped persons.
I wasn't surprised to see that people gave a s**t and anyway parked.
Still the lady parking her new car accross two lots for disabled persons
As a Russian parlamentarian put it not long ago in an interview. 'Our society is not disciplined enough, as that we introduced laws as sophisticated as in Europe/USA'.
I am pretty sure that is true :)
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About this blog
This blog is a close up on Russia and the CIS. I am not giving you the big picture.
I would anyway fail. I am too long here. So beauty & decay, education & corruption, high culture & kafka-style administration are meanwhile normal for me.
So this blog is like a painting from from Roy Lichtenstein... when you are with your nose on it :) You will just see the dots, not gaining any understanding of the whole.
I would anyway fail. I am too long here. So beauty & decay, education & corruption, high culture & kafka-style administration are meanwhile normal for me.
So this blog is like a painting from from Roy Lichtenstein... when you are with your nose on it :) You will just see the dots, not gaining any understanding of the whole.
Most things will look strange in this blog. But you can be sure, I would not live here, if there would not be a lot of great things here. Unfortunately, the weired stories are more interesting to tell & read.
Don’t judge
Gilles