Blogspot - scaryazeri.blogspot.com - Scary Azeri
General Information:
Latest News:
When virtual technology fails real people. 19 Aug 2013 | 02:40 am
I often ask myself why I bother with blogging at all. For a while at the beginning if felt like some new, exciting, creative project. But not anymore. I don't check how many hits it gets every day, li...
Please don't tell me what to think. 30 Jul 2013 | 03:19 am
Every now and again, some story keeps popping up wherever I look, and recently (besides, of course, the obsession with the Royal baby), there were two stories that got repeatedly shoved in my face on ...
Back to the civilised world. 19 Jul 2013 | 03:19 am
I was very much looking forward to coming back to the UK this summer. Not only was I excited to see all my friends back home (Let's face it, Azerbaijan is not really home anymore. After so many years,...
Baku 24 hours for Qatar Airways 12 Jul 2013 | 02:03 am
My latest piece for Oryx in-flight magazine is finally out. Heavily edited, but still... http://www.oryxinflightmagazine.com/24-hours-middle-east/24-hours-in-baku.html
"A year full of raw honey and friends who show up" 16 Jun 2013 | 08:52 pm
So, guess who is turning 40 on Tuesday? Yep. I am this old. (But, I have put up this photo to demonstrate that, in the right light and in the right outfit, still looking okay.) I think what you do on...
'Things have just taken a turn' 11 Jun 2013 | 05:10 pm
0 0 1 521 2974 na 24 6 3489 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE
Arab Pop Music 4 Jun 2013 | 12:08 am
I have recently, and what also is very important to add here- unintentionally, been exposed to a very fascinating genre of music- the Arab Pop music. You see, despite not watching much television her...
Why I am definitely, most certainly, not a cat person. 19 May 2013 | 12:52 am
A long time ago, I was having a sleepover at my American expat girlfriend's flat in Baku. After a few glasses of Baileys, cigarettes and chats about useless men, we decided to go to bed. 'Oh, can you...
Just another morning in the multicultural compound, or a story about Vanilla. 12 May 2013 | 11:50 pm
On a sunny weekend morning my husband was enjoying the company of his compound friend over a pot of freshly brewed coffee. They were having a man talk. 'We should buy a boat between us!', I heard on...
The world of freebies. 22 Apr 2013 | 08:48 am
So, does anyone know how old the Queen is? Because I don't. Neither do I care, to be honest. But, last night, I was enjoying myself immensely at the British embassy's celebration of that significant d...
