Had
a colleague Joe sing as part of a 2 Stars talent contest. One song in English
and the other in Kazakh. One academic and one student. Was well attended by the
students and a smattering of staff too. Kids enjoyed it and Matthias and Kyria
went up with Joe when the results came in. The sound recording was not great,
but the atmosphere hopefully carries through:
Attended
a meeting to push the development of the PhD program through for School of
Engineering. The meeting was quite positive, though we spent more time
discussing the title of the PhD than the actual content.
Celebrated
Sean’s birthday, a crazy triathlete from Australia. Children had lots of fun
chasing balloons round someone else’s apartment. I tried desperately to get
Sean to eat as much junk food as possible. He’s 6 foot tall and weighs a
postage stamp and obviously needs fattening up to make it easier on me when my
bike arrives.
Joe’s
mum and sister came in from the USA bearing gifts. Kids very excited to get a
giant jar of Jelly Beans. And we went back to a restaurant not far from where
we initially stayed. Somewhat embarrassing though. We did not organise this get
together at that restaurant but were keen to come along. Turns out that we had
no Russian speakers in our party and there was no picture menu. So I had to
text Kevin for assistance and he duly obliged, having remembered what Ali and I
ordered several months previously. Just showed the waitress the text message
and we were fine.
Running
has been a challenge. Felt I was over-pronating, which was causing sharp pains around
my ankles. Then felt very conscious about concentrating about how to run. Must
have looked a right twerp, face screwed up in procrastination trying to look at
my feet landing on the treadmill. They say running suddenly gets a lot easier.
Cannot wait for that day.
Ray
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