On the morning news today on CNN, they were talking about how desperate Turkey was to enter the negotiations into the EU since all the other countries on the table were already in the negotiation stage. So they were saying that they had abolished the death penalty and lifted bans on the Kurdish language. There was no mention at all regarding removal of restrictions for the Armenian Community or any other minorities. They finished off by saying that 61% of the Turks wanted to join the EU. Am I surprised? No, in fact I don�t even know why I watch that channel.
My usual visit to the grocery store later turned out a little differently today. My conversation with one of the ladies to this day has been the usual small talk. Today she approached me and was kind of embarrassed and nervous by her request. She wanted 5 minutes of my time to help her write a letter in English. She�s a beautiful middle-aged woman who had worked at the Children�s library for 20 years and has been divorced for 20 years. The letter she was writing was to an Arab Christian man she had met in 1975
The letter she wrote explained as to why she had not been in contact with him lately. She had by chance recently found out that her former husband had acquired land, house, a car etc in an Arab country through a will, while they were married and was not willing to share any of the assets with her. She took her case to court and won. However the ex is still not willing to help her in any way, even after the court�s decision and she believes he will escape to that Arab country.
In the letter she was also thanking this Arab man for the funds he had sent for her son�s eye operation. When the son was 2 years old, the doctors damaged a nerve in his eye and this latest operation being the third one was also unsuccessful. He�s now studying International Relations and must be in his 20�s. Our five minute talk turned into a half hour chat but well worth it. The moral of the story is what good is the court�s decision?
So I�m off to Georgia on Friday for a week. It�ll be interesting to see what similarities/ differences there are between the two countries. I�m just glad to be leaving the dust in this construction war zone city albeit for a week.
Oh and finally my newfound cousin from the UK is coming to Armenia in a week and joining the Armenian Volunteer Corps program!
Also I am told The Aussie athletes are back from the Commonwealth Games. Having done so well and among them were 2 Armenian weight lifters, one bringing home 3 gold medals and hoping to compete with his son in the coming Olympics (first time in history to have a father and son team) impressed?
My usual visit to the grocery store later turned out a little differently today. My conversation with one of the ladies to this day has been the usual small talk. Today she approached me and was kind of embarrassed and nervous by her request. She wanted 5 minutes of my time to help her write a letter in English. She�s a beautiful middle-aged woman who had worked at the Children�s library for 20 years and has been divorced for 20 years. The letter she was writing was to an Arab Christian man she had met in 1975
The letter she wrote explained as to why she had not been in contact with him lately. She had by chance recently found out that her former husband had acquired land, house, a car etc in an Arab country through a will, while they were married and was not willing to share any of the assets with her. She took her case to court and won. However the ex is still not willing to help her in any way, even after the court�s decision and she believes he will escape to that Arab country.
In the letter she was also thanking this Arab man for the funds he had sent for her son�s eye operation. When the son was 2 years old, the doctors damaged a nerve in his eye and this latest operation being the third one was also unsuccessful. He�s now studying International Relations and must be in his 20�s. Our five minute talk turned into a half hour chat but well worth it. The moral of the story is what good is the court�s decision?
So I�m off to Georgia on Friday for a week. It�ll be interesting to see what similarities/ differences there are between the two countries. I�m just glad to be leaving the dust in this construction war zone city albeit for a week.
Oh and finally my newfound cousin from the UK is coming to Armenia in a week and joining the Armenian Volunteer Corps program!
Also I am told The Aussie athletes are back from the Commonwealth Games. Having done so well and among them were 2 Armenian weight lifters, one bringing home 3 gold medals and hoping to compete with his son in the coming Olympics (first time in history to have a father and son team) impressed?
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