The after affects of a society that was imprisoned from the outside world for almost a century has become so obvious lately. "Chtesutiun" is becoming more and more visible. In a country that, apparently, has half its people living in poverty ... it's rare to find anyone who does not own a cellular phone in Yerevan at this time.
A new cell phone company entered the market, and apparently 70,000 new clients subscribed within the first few days. Priorities here are cell phones, nice cars, the girls with their chic clothes, the guys with their shoes (which they respect and adore all day long) ... and yet, walk into any local's home and they are eating potatoes, and well, hmmm, not much else. Diet and hygiene (though this second one has improved quite a bit over the years) come second for most.
Back to mobile phones ... for anyone who's aware of how much Armentel's mobile connections sucked before, just imagine, it's WORSE NOW! Ever since the new mobile phone company VIVA Cell entered the market, you can barely make calls with an Armentel connection.
To top it all off, a couple of days ago when I picked up the phone to call my sister to wish her a happy birthday, my home phone line wasn't working. It was down for 2 whole days. What kind of luck does this sucky Armentel company have? I think it's time to ditch them.
Yesterday I saw the film "Yes", which is competing in the Feature Films category in this year's festival. Just one thing that really turned me off was the Armenian music that was being used for Simon Abkarian's Muslim Arab role. Wrong connection. One other comment, it's very unprofessional to have movies with annoying live Armenian voice-overs translating. The least that can be done is have the original English subtitles running in the meantime. How are all those non-Armenians watching these movies supposed to understand? The poor Japanese man sitting in front of me was completely confused throughout the entire film.
Will be seeing Arsine Khanjian in Sabah in a few hours. Should be an interesting movie, I hope.
A new cell phone company entered the market, and apparently 70,000 new clients subscribed within the first few days. Priorities here are cell phones, nice cars, the girls with their chic clothes, the guys with their shoes (which they respect and adore all day long) ... and yet, walk into any local's home and they are eating potatoes, and well, hmmm, not much else. Diet and hygiene (though this second one has improved quite a bit over the years) come second for most.
Back to mobile phones ... for anyone who's aware of how much Armentel's mobile connections sucked before, just imagine, it's WORSE NOW! Ever since the new mobile phone company VIVA Cell entered the market, you can barely make calls with an Armentel connection.
To top it all off, a couple of days ago when I picked up the phone to call my sister to wish her a happy birthday, my home phone line wasn't working. It was down for 2 whole days. What kind of luck does this sucky Armentel company have? I think it's time to ditch them.
Yesterday I saw the film "Yes", which is competing in the Feature Films category in this year's festival. Just one thing that really turned me off was the Armenian music that was being used for Simon Abkarian's Muslim Arab role. Wrong connection. One other comment, it's very unprofessional to have movies with annoying live Armenian voice-overs translating. The least that can be done is have the original English subtitles running in the meantime. How are all those non-Armenians watching these movies supposed to understand? The poor Japanese man sitting in front of me was completely confused throughout the entire film.
Will be seeing Arsine Khanjian in Sabah in a few hours. Should be an interesting movie, I hope.
posted by Der Hova at 5:54 PM
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