Hello to all reading this. Its been awhile since I have written a blog but I think I’ll be doing it more often now.
What changed? Well, Im no longer in New York. I currently live in Kazakhstan. Pretty big change if I can say so myself.
Kazakhstan culture is hard to describe but I give it a shot. Ive been here a few days now so heres what I’ve learned.
Everything is in Russian. If you know what that truly means, pray for me haha.
Russian looks like this: Здравствуйте из Казахстана
Everyone speaks it….except me. But alas, I have friends who are helping me translate.
Everyone loves tea or coffee, but the whole country pretty much has only a couple kinds of each.
Kazak basketball is different than in America. Its quite hilarious to play really. The sport is the same but nobody really knows how to shoot or dribble unless. They do play defense like maniacs though, an attitude your not getting by me no matter what. A nd what is a foul?
Asian food markets are intense.
Wash your hands everywhere you go or you will get sick. Its a fact, they love handshakes here. Absolutely every greeting is an embraceful handshake.
The culture is both extremely aggresive and at the same time timid. The driving and overall pace of the large city that I am in is very fast and intense. So just going out in public is insane so crazy in that sense of the speed and franatic attitude. To explain the timid statement, the people will not talk to you and are cold towards eachother. They do what is best for them, and thats it. Little to no compassion.
I will take pictures soon so the blogs can be explained visually too.
