Azat Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 She is my aunt. She is super. and is the grandma of the baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 couple of quick blurbs of things I heard in Armenia that were amusing to me. 1. On our first day in Yerevan I heard my cousin and couple of his friends were talking about "bjijayin". I had no idea what it was then later on that day another cousin asked if I had my "bjijayin" with me. I had to ask what that was and was told that it was the cell phone. They had literarily translated cell. I chuckled when I heard that. 2. We went to all kinds of great restaurants in Yerevan and on our last trip we decided to go for Armenian food. There is a nice restaurant in the Hrazdan gorge called Monte Cristo(a bit too rabiz for me, but it was good). No menus or anything so we ordered drinks, few salads, grilled ishxan and last was kebab. The waiter asked if I would also like the "prebor" for kebab. Knowing a tiny bit of Russian I knew that "prebpr" was tool so I thought for a sec and realized that they must have special forks and knifes for kebab and not to be a typical low life that I am I said of course we also want the prebor as well. After the waiter left my cousin told me that "prebor" was grilled egplant and tomato salad. ok, back to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Not exactly vacation, but I was here two weeks ago: http://s94772541.onlinehome.us/sink.jpg The blue of that water was incredible - the photo is nothing. Karstic formation, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Van is full of Armenians again. Well, not exactly full, but two different tour groups of Armenians are here at the same time - one lot from America and one lot from Iran. And me, hopping between the two of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I was crying because my arm was dead. 45 minute ceremony and I was dead... Azat jan gitem aper 2 angam el yes em qashel et "Tanjanq@" k@rkin VArtsq@t katar K@nqahayr jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 couple of quick blurbs of things I heard in Armenia that were amusing to me. 1. On our first day in Yerevan I heard my cousin and couple of his friends were talking about "bjijayin". I had no idea what it was then later on that day another cousin asked if I had my "bjijayin" with me. I had to ask what that was and was told that it was the cell phone. They had literarily translated cell. I chuckled when I heard that. 2. We went to all kinds of great restaurants in Yerevan and on our last trip we decided to go for Armenian food. There is a nice restaurant in the Hrazdan gorge called Monte Cristo(a bit too rabiz for me, but it was good). No menus or anything so we ordered drinks, few salads, grilled ishxan and last was kebab. The waiter asked if I would also like the "prebor" for kebab. Knowing a tiny bit of Russian I knew that "prebpr" was tool so I thought for a sec and realized that they must have special forks and knifes for kebab and not to be a typical low life that I am I said of course we also want the prebor as well. After the waiter left my cousin told me that "prebor" was grilled egplant and tomato salad. ok, back to work Bjijayin is funny ?? do you knwo haw to say digital in Armenian ??? like a digital Video camera ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Bjijayin is funny ?? do you knwo haw to say digital in Armenian ??? like a digital Video camera ??? Matnatesasenyak? Silly! Silly! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted July 10, 2004 Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 Digital = Tvayin / like numbers in russian Tsifravoy so in ARmenian it will be tvayin was asked if my camera was tvayin ? asetsy che tsavt tanem tiwan chi japonakan a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted July 10, 2004 Report Share Posted July 10, 2004 (edited) couple of quick blurbs of things I heard in Armenia that were amusing to me. 1. On our first day in Yerevan I heard my cousin and couple of his friends were talking about "bjijayin". I had no idea what it was then later on that day another cousin asked if I had my "bjijayin" with me. I had to ask what that was and was told that it was the cell phone. They had literarily translated cell. I chuckled when I heard that. Azat, if may be so bold as to what business you had in a "bjij". Did they lock the doors behind you? Is that where they use bjijayins? Sorry I thought you were in a banti bjij, prison cell. :) Edited July 10, 2004 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Van is full of Armenians again. Well, not exactly full, but two different tour groups of Armenians are here at the same time - one lot from America and one lot from Iran. And me, hopping between the two of them. And there is supposed to be a third group - from Armenia - arriving next week! But I'll probably be gone by then. Went with the Iranians to Charpanak / Khtoutz ısland today. Which won't mean anything unless you know the place - it is a deserted Armenian monastery on a little island that is very difficult (as in very expensive) to visit if you are only one person. So I was lucky to find others wanting to go there - and finally getting there wipes out a little bit of the "unpleasantness" that certain people inflicted on me in Van last year. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 F**ing Azeris. I wanted to visit Nakhchivan to see what nasty things the Azeri creeps have been doing to the Armenian monuments there. I arrived in Ankara on Thursday morning (yesterday), after a looooong journey from Van, and visited the Azerbaijan embassy in Ankara, but found that it had very recently moved from Cankaya, where everyone with any sense has their embassies, to a new location in some godforsaken suburb out at Oran (moved without telling anybody it seems!). By the time I had located the new embassy site their visa section had closed for the day. I visited the Azeri embassy again this morning, but was told that I first needed a letter of introduction from the British embassy. This is a recently introduced requirement. By the time I had obtained that letter (costing 50 dollars!) the visa section had again closed for the day! (It is only open from 9am till 12 noon). This means that I would only be able to apply on next Monday morning and be issued with the visa on Wednesday afternoon at the earliest. Which does NOT leave me with enough time to visit Nakhchivan before I have to fly home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armat Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Steve Do Turks and Turkish Azeris have to go through the same mundane procedures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Steve Do Turks and Turkish Azeris have to go through the same mundane procedures? I don't think you are asking the right question. Steve ignore Armats question. Answer this one insteed. Have you come accross the procedures for an Armenian that would want to visit Azerbaijan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Steve Do Turks and Turkish Azeris have to go through the same mundane procedures? No. Turks can enter Azerbaijan without a visa - they just get their passport stamped at the border. The same is true for Azeri Turks entering Turkey, I think. I have been told that it is possible (for Americans anyway - including American Armenians) to go on a "day trip" to Nachkhivan from Turkey without getting a visa - but I don't know if it is true, or is still possible is it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Been in Cyprus - been on both sides of the "last divided city"... Very revealing in a few ways. Non-EU nationals may note that crossing the checkpoints from the Republic of Cyprus to TRNC is no problem as it is seen as one country, merely with the north under occupation, and one's going there being out of their own free will, at their own risk, etc. - hence they do not check those that leave the country, only those that come in. This means that EU nationals can go whichever way they like. Others will require a Schengen visa. I suspect that Turkish nationals without Schengen visas might actually still be given sh!t for entering the island through an "illegal port of entry," but I am not entirely sure. Certainly that will be cleared up in time as EU mechanisms take full force if they haven't already. I met a grade-school friend who works in the Republic of Cyprus and he said it was unbelievable how much hatred there was being injected in the Greek Cypriot youth. People the world over shake their fingers when Palestinian children are made to get out of school to protest and demonstrate on the streets, yet this is obviously exactly what happened in Cyprus during the referendum. It was a bit of an experience for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 People the world over shake their fingers when Palestinian children are made to get out of school to protest and demonstrate on the streets, yet this is obviously exactly what happened in Cyprus during the referendum. It was a bit of an experience for me. What people all over what world? Are they the same people who live in a different world from the rest of us and who think that it is OK for Israeli "self defense forces" to regularly murder Palestinian children. And if Greek Cypriot children are able to defy the overwhelming weight of EU propaganda and become aware of what damage Turkey and their northern "neighbours" (a large percentage of whom were born in Turkey) have done to Cyprus, then that is fine by me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 You visited the Blarney Stone or what? Did you have to really try that hard to say something, anything? You don't involve children in political stuff, period. Defy propaganda? Children? What are you talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 22, 2004 Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 Blarney Stone http://www.iol.ie/~discover/blarney.htm Kissing the Blarney stone The world famous Blarney Stone is situated high up in the battlements of the castle. Follow one of the several long, stone spiral staircases up to the top and enjoy the spectacular views of the lush green Irish countryside, Blarney House and The Village of Blarney. The stone is believed to be half of the Stone of Scone which originally belonged to Scotland. Scottish Kings were crowned over the stone, because it was believed to have special powers. The stone was given to Cormac McCarthy by Robert the Bruce in 1314 in return for his support in the Battle of Bannockburn. Queen Elizabeth I wanted Irish chiefs to agree to occupy their own lands under title from her. Cormac Teige McCarthy, the Lord of Blarney, handled every Royal request with subtle diplomacy, promising loyalty to the Queen without "giving in". Elizabeth proclaimed that McCarthy was giving her "a lot of Blarney", thus giving rise to the legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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