finally

as usual...taktau nk tulis apa..its my 3rd month in this great land.
living in this country could actually be simple and easy, if not for some small and ridicule things that certain people would like to make a big fuss about..
top of the list
1. mobile services is restricted to locals only.
2. never give them authority power, however small it is..they just know how to misuse it.
3. unwritten policy
4. really not professional
5. the food is sucks and not hygenic
6. the women is hardworking and intelligent, unlike their other half
7. 10 dollar is normal, more is blackmailing

the list goes on....
well, on the bright side i'll be on holiday next week and be back to malaysia. 3 weeks will be a short one, but it's all i could get.

its still cold

its been a month or so without mobile phone services. there's no telling if i would managed to get hold of one.i just need the internet services. been asking around with all the secretaries if either one of them were able to bought the simcard for me, since only locals are allowed to register. with new ruling limits it to one simcard per person makes it even harder. some of the locals even selling it for usd100. even worst is that they terminate it afterward leaving us with useless piece of card. its just the way things work around here. i am beginning to hate them. call me racist, i wouldn't mind a little bit. i'll try again later.
i'm so missing my wife now.
its snowing in ashgabat and flights delayed because of thick snow on the lane. few of my colleagues stranded for a day, lucky for those chinese that snow falls yesterday, since most of them were leaving for chinese new year last week. on the contrary, kiyanly been windy all day long, with drips of rain. but there's no indication if its gonna snow here. last year it did thou.
its been a cold day today, with this morning on -7 deg celcius.
finished two books already, the japanese devil fish girl and the dadadesada code, both by robert rankin. not bad thou...quite entertaining as well. but again in this kind of situation, reading dictionary would probably be thrilling. am starting to read the prestige, looks interesting.
gosh, its february already..it would be anytime soon for performance appraisal. i hate it, but its important.. how am i gonna do it with internet like this..
well, internet had been good tonight, probably since most of its user are away on homeleave...

it sucks

big time..with no recent update on when MTC will be activated, my only hope to virtual reality is thru office internet which is neither good as well.
this country is full of idiots...period
it doesn't matter if millions of business goes down the drain, till they get their 49% shares in MTC they will continue to denied access to the network..no wonder the russian gave them their freedom...its not worth keeping them under the federation..

Its new year already

its 2011 now…while others partying like theres no tomorrow last nite in some other places…here we are smashing shuttlecocks till midnite. its getting really cold now at this point of time. gonna post some photos of what it like here in kiyanly…

kiyanly is a small fishing village about 40km from its town turkmenbashy, it a decent town with all neccessary facilities available for them people. For the locals, life is simple and easy. but it is quite tough for us here.

Language spoken in either russian nor turkmen…both are worlds apart. but most can understand ruski. so it is essential to know some of the important phrases in russian to survive..

we have a room for ourselves here..no sharing room, personal business is important…here’s my room

                                                             

although it is chilling now, but winter is not at its peak now here..bought a new heater, see that red glowing things…i ought to buy myself a carpet for the room, but since locals knew us expat so they tried to fork out dollar for us…2*2 meter turkmen carpet (machine) could easily damage you for USD100…business is good..

there are no shopping complex here in turkmenbashy…closes would be in ashgabat. we go to bazaar for anything..its like amcorp mall sunday market. anything and everything..mostly are from china.

                  

compare to ringgit, turkmen manat is stronger. owh, manat is their currency. 1usd = 2.84 manat

cats here are adorable, fluffy. wife asking if i would bring 1 back.. i dunno, maybe yes, maybe no..these two cats are frequent visitor to my room…

                                                                        

figuring out what the hell are we doing in this blessed land?

                                                       

this is what we are building here…

dasdivaniya…

on a plane

i waiting for the driver to sent me to airport..nope, i'm not going back home yet.although i am happy it i would.
i'm flying to ashgabat, turkmenistan capital city for some meeting there. i don't know why i was being summoned, being a black sheep i think so..
so rumour around town is that MTC gonna have their contract ended with the government tomorrow. there're chances that the service will be continued, if that do happen i probably have to swtich to a different carrier. never in my life i seen telco provider being ended...this would be the first...till we meet again..