Getting a phone
One week after moving in to our new apartment I finally requested two phonelines from Armentel. The process, I'm surprised to say, is much easier than I expected. The people who work in the Republic Square branch are super friendly and have bent over backwards to make sure my "Armentel experience" is good. I am, however, probably jinxing things as we won't have the lines until early next week.
The move has been an amazing experience so far. I've only encountered two problems as of yet: first the leaky closet which Armen and I to this day can't explain and second our elevator continues to break down (not a fun experience when you live on the 9th floor...)
Tried to go ice skating on Saturday. We were turned away since the weather was too warm and the ice was melting. And here I thought spring was around the corner. Then this morning we had a short snow storm that piled on quite a bit of snow. There has been a lot of complaints regarding the government's handling of ploughing streets and sidewalks. One report even claims that there are in excess of 200+ ploughs in Armenia. If you live in Yerevan you know this is not true. I've only seen one plough so far and it was ploughing the snow off of the sidewalk (near one of Yerevan's government buildings) onto the street... effective eh??
Has anyone else heard of this new show hai superstar? Please tell me it's not Armenia's version of Star Search!! And as for Jermaine Jackson's visit - a lot of Armenians seem to think he's here because his wife has some relation with Armenia (they say she looks Armenian). Mr. Jackson himself even spoke about the possibility of having Michael Jackson perform in Armenia... odd...
The move has been an amazing experience so far. I've only encountered two problems as of yet: first the leaky closet which Armen and I to this day can't explain and second our elevator continues to break down (not a fun experience when you live on the 9th floor...)
Tried to go ice skating on Saturday. We were turned away since the weather was too warm and the ice was melting. And here I thought spring was around the corner. Then this morning we had a short snow storm that piled on quite a bit of snow. There has been a lot of complaints regarding the government's handling of ploughing streets and sidewalks. One report even claims that there are in excess of 200+ ploughs in Armenia. If you live in Yerevan you know this is not true. I've only seen one plough so far and it was ploughing the snow off of the sidewalk (near one of Yerevan's government buildings) onto the street... effective eh??
Has anyone else heard of this new show hai superstar? Please tell me it's not Armenia's version of Star Search!! And as for Jermaine Jackson's visit - a lot of Armenians seem to think he's here because his wife has some relation with Armenia (they say she looks Armenian). Mr. Jackson himself even spoke about the possibility of having Michael Jackson perform in Armenia... odd...
posted by Arina at 5:17 PM
3 Comments:
I know what it is to walk up and down to the ninth floor. Two weeks ago, I moved into a new appartment on the - you guessed it! -ninth floor. The day I chose to move my things, - you guessed it again! - the elevator didn't work! Had to drag everything up all those stairs. Good exercise!
As for the snowploughs, I know for a fact there are more than the one you mentioned in Yerevan ;-) : one evening during one of those big snowfalls we had recently, I saw one, two, three...seven snowploughs in a row going down Mashtots. Having snowploughs is one thing, using them efficiently another..
Jermaine Jackson's wife, apparently is from Afghanistan.
Arina, I think it's very interesting to have Jermaine Jackson involved with Armenians. I just hope his Star Search ambitions will not lead to a cresent star shrine in the middle of downtown Yerevan. The man is a converted muslim and full member of the American nation of islam. What the heck is he doing in Yerevan?
Yeah the American Idol or Star Search type program is going to be conducted in Armenia.
About the 9th floor thing; I dont know if you were in Armenia during 1993 winter, but people had to carry water and pretty much every other daqily supply to the 9th, 10th, and God forbid if you were in a taller building than that. It was a nice way of staying fit and breaking down your moral.
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