Passing Gas is Kazakhstan’s Property
This is why you should always proofread when you translate and look for translations of whole phrases instead of individual words. I don’t know if they were talking about transporting gas or maybe flaring gas, but passing gas means farting. But don’t feel bad if you fart; other countries are doing it too.

If you read a lot of professor blogs–and check my blogroll in the next couple of days since I am working to add my favorite prof blogs to it–you will see a level of frustration at the student-as-consumer model which is being adopted by many universities. In this model, students (or their parents) pay money to a university which is a service-provider. Customer satisfaction is therefore the most important goal. Why do professors resist this? Or in some cases rage against it? Because customer satisfaction seems to imply in the …Continue

Although I assumed this blog would be read mainly by students from Kazakhstan and the former Soviet republics, in fact my biggest readers are from the US, Malaysia and India (in that order). So it might be interesting for you guys to read about life around these here parts. It’s definitely an interesting part of the world: former USSR, nomadic history, culturally Muslim but not religious. If you want to see what this country looks like through the eyes of a genius Brit living here in Astana, check out Kazakhstan …Continue

KIMEP is considered one of the best universities in Kazakhstan, a private venture supported by the government and foreign institutions. It offers degrees in business, management, and other professional fields as well as running a consulting company. Courses are taught in English along the American system and the President is an American citizen. However, The Kimep Blog paints a different picture, with accusations of corruption, mismanagement, and mistreatment of the foreigners who teach there. Check it out for another side of the story, though obviously I cannot verify the truth …Continue