The standard billboards of President Nazarbayev, his strategy for Kazakhstan's development, and his political party, Nur Otan, have all been replaced this week by the cute tiger mascot of the Asian Winter Olympic Games.
The what?
Yes, the Asian Winter Olympic Games, which have been held for years and years are currently taking place at select sites across Kazakhstan. I'll confess, I had no idea such a thing even existed before I came to Kazakhstan. For those of you who know me well, you can bet your bottom dollar that I am trying to score a t-shirt...
In other news, having Tess has a roommate has opened up my eyes to the daily joys of the life of a teacher in Kazakhstan. Like my TEFL Volunteer friends in Kaz 21, Tess is molding young minds through interactive teaching methods and a rigorous and unrelenting demand for class participation, the combination of which is sometimes quite humorous.
For example, last week Tess was conducting a lesson in which her students were asked to draw their ideal superhero and then explain (in English) what superpowers this hero would use to save the world. One of the students decided to draw Abraham Lincoln holding the Constitution of the United States. Naturally, I am in agreement that the premier document of freedom, justice, and equality is enough to stave off the evils around the world (plus a little military industrial complex, har har), but this was not, come to find out, Abe's superpower.
No, no, no, dear old Abe also had an army of black people at his disposal, drawn in the background. Whether or not this army was emancipated by Abe, I am not sure, and their surly demeanor and rough and tumble presence in the drawing reminded me of a cross between Mike Tyson and a fully trained Blackwater special-opp fighter. Vengeance and skill.
The best part about the whole thing is that Abe, in addition to the army of black people, had a trusty sidekick at his side. And who other to be the sidekick than George Bush #2? I know, I know, it was Obama who was compared to Lincoln, not Bush, and we all know that Bush had some shortcomings which would most likely preclude him from superhero consideration or status...even as the lesser important sidekick.
This is why George Bush was drawn as a pile of poop. And (this is only guesswork on my part), the poop could fling itself at any Axis of Evil, as the case may be, sticking with such insatiable determination until the arch-enemy was simply confused into submission.
Come on now, that's funny. Step aside Batman, there's a new favorite superhero in town.
The what?
Yes, the Asian Winter Olympic Games, which have been held for years and years are currently taking place at select sites across Kazakhstan. I'll confess, I had no idea such a thing even existed before I came to Kazakhstan. For those of you who know me well, you can bet your bottom dollar that I am trying to score a t-shirt...
In other news, having Tess has a roommate has opened up my eyes to the daily joys of the life of a teacher in Kazakhstan. Like my TEFL Volunteer friends in Kaz 21, Tess is molding young minds through interactive teaching methods and a rigorous and unrelenting demand for class participation, the combination of which is sometimes quite humorous.
For example, last week Tess was conducting a lesson in which her students were asked to draw their ideal superhero and then explain (in English) what superpowers this hero would use to save the world. One of the students decided to draw Abraham Lincoln holding the Constitution of the United States. Naturally, I am in agreement that the premier document of freedom, justice, and equality is enough to stave off the evils around the world (plus a little military industrial complex, har har), but this was not, come to find out, Abe's superpower.
No, no, no, dear old Abe also had an army of black people at his disposal, drawn in the background. Whether or not this army was emancipated by Abe, I am not sure, and their surly demeanor and rough and tumble presence in the drawing reminded me of a cross between Mike Tyson and a fully trained Blackwater special-opp fighter. Vengeance and skill.
The best part about the whole thing is that Abe, in addition to the army of black people, had a trusty sidekick at his side. And who other to be the sidekick than George Bush #2? I know, I know, it was Obama who was compared to Lincoln, not Bush, and we all know that Bush had some shortcomings which would most likely preclude him from superhero consideration or status...even as the lesser important sidekick.
This is why George Bush was drawn as a pile of poop. And (this is only guesswork on my part), the poop could fling itself at any Axis of Evil, as the case may be, sticking with such insatiable determination until the arch-enemy was simply confused into submission.
Come on now, that's funny. Step aside Batman, there's a new favorite superhero in town.
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