My friend’s son studies at one of the Czech universities.
Recently she went to visit him. She decided to lavish her son’s classmates, mostly Czechs, with Kazakh national dishes, and served a dinner in the dormitory. Before the feast, the son suddenly said to his mother: …
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Today, many well-off people have assistants at their homes: housekeepers, nannies, personal drivers, security guards, etc.
Relationships that develop between employers and employees can be different.
Some newly-made rich people think of themselves as feudal lords (bais) and treat their employees as serfs: arrogantly, disparagingly, as third-rate people.…
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I divide all waiters conditionally into 4 types: “gentlemen”, “servants”, “robots” and “friends.”
“Gentlemen” behave arrogantly, they talk unwillingly, through their teeth, have an impenetrable face. In the past during the Soviet Union, with the supremacy of sellers over consumers, majority of the waiters was like that. Now they are extremely rare, except in …
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There are different types of wives. I would mention out the following 10 types of wives in their relationship with their husbands.
1. Wife-companion.
This is a wife who is engaged in one thing with her husband, shares his views and actions. In difficult times she can even replace her husband in his post.
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When people hear about the achievements of other people, many have a feeling of envy.
But some people have “black” envy, which strangles them from within and poisons their lives. It whispers to them that they are losers. Then, in their justification, they begin to look for shortcomings in the objects of their envy and with joyful relief find them …
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Every year on May 9 Kazakhstan celebrates Victory Day.
However, recently the significance of this holiday began to cause many doubts.
I’ll try to understand each of them.
1. Was there any Patriotic war in general? World War II is known throughout the world. It was named Patriotic for propaganda purposes in the Soviet Union.
Yes, I agree. The same …
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The Day of Defenders of the Fatherland is celebrated in Kazakhstan on May 7.
Did you wonder why May 7?
What happened on this day?
Maybe the great Kazakh batyrs won some kind of historic victory over the Jungars? Or Amangeldy’s emancipating forces heroically died on this day? Or was there a turning point in the World War II on …
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This is how I see the national and linguistic model of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan will remain a multinational state. No one will be expelled or oppressed on a national or racial basis. A person does not choose his or her nationality at birth, therefore nationality itself can not be the basis for exaltation or humiliation of anyone.…
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What is “hype”?
This is a foreign word, meaning agiotage, stormy discussion, mass discussion, scandal, intrusive advertising, emotional arousal, etc.
There is commercial, social and political hype.
A commercial hype is raised to arouse interest in some product, person or company. For example, a good hype was played in Kazakhstan a year ago as …
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I notice how veganism is gaining popularity in Europe.
Veganism is not only and not so much a rejection of products of animal origin, but rather a philosophy of life.
If vegetarians believe that animals can not be killed for food and clothing, then the vegans went even further. They believe that animals (in the broad sense of the …
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