I notice how some people get annoyed and reluctantly comply with the laws of today, particularly regarding wearing masks and having their temperature measured at the entrance to public places.
I’ve seen several times how men and women wave off the staff of shopping centers discontentedly and try to bypass them to avoid having their temperature taken.
I consider this …
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Finally, the public has been presented with a new version of the Kazakh alphabet in Latin script!
I believe that our people have achieved an epic victory over bureaucracy in their effort to please their superiors and have successfully fended off the terrible versions with digraphs and apostrophes.
The presented version looks the most successful of all previously proposed.
We …
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Today, a friend called me, the owner of the pharmacy. Almost crying, she says that she previously purchased medicines for several hundred thousand tenge, and recently the order of the Minister of Health on marginal prices was issued, and now my friend is forced to sell many medicines below cost.
For example, she bought a medicine for 1000 tenge, wanted …
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A young prince turned to his aging father, the Shah, for advice:
“Tell me, father, how can I govern the country after you, to keep the subjects obedient?”
“It’s very simple, my son,” replied the old man, “keep everyone in fear and dependency on you. Start by imposing high taxes on peasants and craftsmen. If a peasant can afford to …
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Once a newlywed couple came to visit us, a niece and her husband.
The honeymoon is in full swing, eyes burning, hand in hand, embarrassed smiles. In general, everything is as it should be.
I look at them and rejoice. I was like that myself.
But the devil pulled me to enter into a discussion with them.
The niece believes …
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I was approached by an old friend of mine and asked to support her in the fight against casinos and sweepstakes in our country. She experienced the full horror of the consequences of the work of these institutions, because she almost lost her son. He is a gambling addict, lost all his property, his wife and children left him, and …
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Many parents of high school graduates face the question: should they send their child to study in big cities at universities? Many fear that their children won’t resist the temptations of the metropolis, will associate with the wrong crowd, and become drug addicts, alcoholics, and hooligans.
In such cases, I always recall my student life.
I enrolled in the capital’s …
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They say don’t raise children, educate yourself. Children will learn on their own by watching you.
I was once again convinced of this truth today
when I became an involuntary witness to one scene.
A woman and a little girl walked along the aisles of a toy store. Suddenly the woman turned awkwardly and touched some kind of plastic toy, …
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Let me remind you that, by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, prostitution is not a crime, therefore the priestesses of love do not violate any laws, and regular raids on them, detentions, and delivery to the police station to determine their identity is a gross violation of human rights.
This is the same as if the police regularly …
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Imagine that you are sitting at the controls of an airplane and you have to fly it through a huge lifeless space – the valley of death. There is no water, no food, and no life in this valley. Therefore, it is very important to fly to its other edge and land on fertile, fragrant land. All the people around …
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