I tried to get a sense this morning of how many of my work colleagues would be voting on Feb 19 and there wasn�t that much enthusiasm. You want know why? Well one basically has to vote in the region they are registered in so if one is from Stepanavan, then they would have to go and vote there, well it�s really not very convenient for most of my colleagues. So most these �brains� at my work won�t be voting which is a real shame.

Seeing the posters of Kocharian absolutely crack me up, I really want one to place on my wall for a good laugh especially the one embracing a �Dadik�. Or better still the one that shows all, Kocharian with army boys, with sportsmen, with a youth, with the Dadik and the middle picture of him waving with a great smile.

I was invited to be an observer at the elections with OSCE but since I had to take too much time off work, I decided not to do it. Absos.

On a sad note I also have heard of a lot of thefts lately and break ins. My poor colleague from work had her bag snatched after work when it was still daylight and a Frenchman helped her get her bag back from the thugs. The locals were standing around morally supporting her instead of running after the bastards?

PS Thanks Mr Menechian re your comment about how I fainted in the back of the plane, believe me it was not due to excitement, far from it actually!!