Recently I bought a watch that suits me completely.
Firstly, it has hands for hours, minutes, seconds. And they are large and well visible on the dial. Moreover, they are phosphoric, so they are visible even in the dark. My previous watch was with thin white gold hands. They looked impressive, but weren’t clearly seen against …
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As a child, I lived in an apartment building. Each of these buildings had its own yard and its own company of boys.
I remember a boy living in one yard. I think his name was Nurlan. He was stronger and larger than his peers, and he was a bully. He kept the whole yard in …
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As it happens, in 2017 I lived in South Korea for about a month.
What do I want to say?
It is a typical Asian country with a distinctive eastern mentality. Here the elder are venerated, the family values are strong, the collective is considered more important than the personal, the mores are not …
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The switch of Kazakhstan to the Latin alphabet has caused many controversies in the Kazakhstani society.
Let’s try to understand this issue as objectively as possible, without emotion.
What are the arguments for the switch to the Latin alphabet?
First is the rapprochement of Kazakhstan with the world community, in which the …
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Recently, I selected candidates for the vacant position.
I noticed such statistics. Only 20 percent of those who were denied the job, found the strength to adequately say goodbye. That is, to my letter with regret that they did not pass the interview and good luck in the future, only one out of five politely answered …
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When a person says that only an immoral Kazakh girl can marry a Chinese, he or she thereby makes it clear that the Kazakhs are higher than the Chinese.
From the ethical point of view, this is immoral as it is nothing but chauvinism.
And from the legal point of view, it is against …
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– Can you tell me, why do you always lash out at Russia and Putin? Why are you so furious with the Russians?
– Nonsense! I have never had anything against the Russian people. I speak only against Putin’s policy. Russia and Putin are not the same thing. Putin will leave sooner or later, and great …
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Recently I conducted an interview with candidates for work.
Again I faced with a phenomenon that has firmly rooted in our business environment.
Many candidates are not very flattering about their former employers.
“I worked best, but they promoted other person.”
“I have not been promoted for a whole year, …
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Abroad, the most striking difference is the relationship between parents and children.
Our former fellow citizens (I do not know which republics they are from, but they speak Russian) beat their children, shout at them, humiliate them in front of people. I have never seen such scenes from anyone else. Even among representatives of poor African …
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Why does the surrounding of an authoritarian leader change over time into sycophants and back-scratchers? Why does this process develop geometrically?
It’s very simple.
In an authoritarian society, the head of state is the only source of power. Not the people, but him. He distributes all the benefits: high public positions, financial flows in …
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