At one time I thought I was an “owl”. I went to bed late, got up too late. I was sure that at night my productivity increased, I worked better in the quiet, etc.
Then it became necessary for me to get up early. I started to get up early, because of this I went to bed …
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I was born on November 16, 1967 in Leninsk (Baikonur), the famous space harbor of the Soviet Union. My parents were regular workers. My father worked as a communications engineer, and my mother was a cashier at the station.
From 1975 to 1985 I studied at the secondary school No. 245, which I finished with good …
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Never ask anyone for anything – only offer. All people are selfish and think only of their own interests. This is an axiom. It is useless to resent it, disagree or try to change people. Just take it into consideration.
For example, it’s silly to say: “Take me to work. I have not worked for a …
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Yesterday on the way to Burabay we stopped at a roadside stop to buy water. My companions went to the kiosk, and I stayed in the car. I sat and waited for them.
A car with darkened rear windows stood in front of me. Apparently, they also were also waiting for someone.
Suddenly a …
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Recently I spoke with an Italian that I know. Conversation started on public services. He really liked our system of PSCs. He says they do have one. People still go to different institutions.
Then he showed me his documents for comparison, and I showed mine.
It turned out that in Italy people still use …
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I do not know why, but in the unspoken Olympic medal ranking, the ratings are made exclusively for gold medals (see the attached file for the arrangement of countries at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics). Even the total number of medals is not taken into account. So, China, which won 70 medals, is only in the third place, …
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At the beginning of the last century, a phenomenon such as the “Black Hundreds” developed in Russia.
Initially, it meant an informal movement of Russian chauvinists and anti-Semites who aggressively oppressed Jews and enemies of the monarchy.
Over time, the meaning of this word has changed, but personally in my perception, the “Black Hundreds” …
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The transition of the Kazakh alphabet to the Latin alphabet excited all of our society. Citizens actively joined in its discussion. Now there are already several variants of the alphabet on the Internet. Analyzing almost all of them, I came to the conclusion that the dispute is only about a few letters that convey Kazakh specific sounds. The …
Read moreI am interested in the development of the Kazakh language for a long time. I know four languages at different levels: Russian, Kazakh, English, Italian. Multilingualism expanded my horizons of vision, allowed me to catch some patterns and typical problems of different languages.
In this regard, I decided to take the liberty of proposing for discussion …
Read moreWhile the state authorities racing each other change the signs in a new Latin alphabet and the publishers publish books overnight, the people still hope for the cancellation of the apostrophes. I was included in several groups in WhatsApp and in Messenger, where with great enthusiasm a discussion of various variants of the Latin alphabet are conducted. The debates are …
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