For August 2024 and onward
For August 2024 and onward
Traveling overseas again
Going to a post-Soviet country again
Seeing and being with I.P. again
First hours and day in Almaty after landing
Arbat Street, dinner, and Saturday's night festival
Shymbalak Ski Resort in July via cable car
Walking up a ski slope above the city
Hiking at Ile-Alatau National Park
Going to Big Almaty Lake
So much mountain
Big Almaty Lake at the top of the mountain!
At Botanical Garden
The Zenkov (Ascension) Cathedral and War Memorial at Penifilov Park
My last day in Almaty
Almaty Zoo and Central Park
Who knows what the future holds?
I went to Almaty, Kazakhstan. Blog post about the trip are coming soon!
Back to work the next day after returning
What's next?
I'm going to Almaty, Kazakhstan.
I will be with my partner, I.P.
6/23/24 Gagarinskaya Station- Part Three
My look at an alternate Novosibirsk Metro System's Gagarinskaya Station in an alternate, more democratic, free, and equal Russian Federation
6/9/24 Gagarinskaya Station- Part Two
My look at an alternate Novosibirsk Metro System's Gagarinskaya Station in a "successful and living USSR"
Where I am right now. The end of the program year at the adult education agency
I joined Instagram and Threads at: greed382_43
Removing the "Books I've Read" section of this website
4/12/24 Gagarinskaya Station- Part One
My look at Novosibirsk Metro System's Gagarinskaya Station in "close to present" day Russia
(Today is the 63rd anniversary of humankind's first spaceflight made by Yuri Gagarin)
2/18/24 My Tablet (Tenth Anniversary)
10 years of owning an Amazon Fire HD Tablet
Still going strong today.
We've been through a lot together
1/14/24 Thoughts on “Kin-dza-dza!”
My thoughts on the 1986 Soviet Sci-fi film
I wished that we could have stayed on Earth to see 1980s Moscow
It was a movie about a world that collapsed made before the USSR collapsed
9/1/23 Ten Years Since Returning From Korea
Ten years since returning to The States from Gimcheon, Korea
The Four Years in Korea paved the way for my next ten after
Looking back at Gimcheon and Korea during my time there
8/19/23 Ten Years Since Tsushima, Japan
Ten years since my last visit to Japan
Failed in getting to see the main city, Izuhara
Thought I would have returned Tsushima by now
7/4/23 Two Year Anniversary of being Back in The US
June 15, 2023 Marked two since I've been back in The States
From the 275 days Visa Extension to June 2021 to June 2023
Stuck things out to get the best job I could in the ESL field
6/6/23 On Frontline's 1988 "Back in The USSR"
Been watching documentaries from the 1980s about the USSR
Saw a little of the late 1980s perspective of the Soviet Empire
Three favorite scenes from "Back in The USSR" about the Schecter family's return to Moscow
6/2/23 Beginning (Posting) Again
Have moved to eastern Pennsylvania
Finally settled into my new job
First post in almost a year
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7/18/22 Mid July '22 Update- Success
Perhaps last year wasn't lost
Accepted an ESL coordinating position
Will be moving to eastern Pennsylvania in near future
6/24/22 Sketch- Rage Racer (Playstation One game)
A look at "Rage Racer" Playstation One Game
First "Sketch" post of the blog. Hope to have many more
6/15/22 One Year Since Returning Back to The U.S.
A Lost Year
Still happy to be back in The U.S. given where I had been
Is there opportunity here?
5/22/22 Mid May '22 Update- Failure
I didn't get a coordinator job I thought I qualified for
My socio-philosophical explanation as to why
I haven't given up
Things slowly moving
The view of the conflict from here, distance
Shifting the website/blog to different a Google Suite accent
3/1/22 Thoughts on "A Special Operation"
My Support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian People
The effect of the fighting from a personal perspective
Still looking for a good position in the ESL field
Still teaching online for students in Russia
Still feel like a single email away from a break
From Novosibirsk back to New Jersey
Didn't expect to be back in The US yet
New problems and not sure what to except next
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