constitution day
Today I'll return to life in Uzbekistan after my little detour to Cuba yesterday.
December 8th was Constitution Day here in Uzbekistan. I'm not really sure how people celebrated it. It was on a Wednesday so it wasn't like you could go away for the weekend or anything. It seemed like most people just stayed home and enjoyed having a day off.
I decided to host a little dinner at my place and invite some of the Peace Corps volunteers over. We all met in the afternoon to go to the bazaar for supplies. Amazingly, this was my first time at the bazaar in Ferghana. It only took two months. I guess I just prefer to not have to hold my valuables in a death grip the whole time I shop so I don't get pick-pocketed. The bazaar was thankfully (and surprisingly) somewhat empty. It was a lot less chaotic than we expected for a holiday. We got all the supplies we needed to cook up our interpretation of Chinese food. We also bought what can only be described of as a heavenly sugar brick. It was made from sugar, more sugar, a little more sugar and maybe a little bit of coconut for flavoring. We consumed nearly a half kilo of this wonderful treat over the course of the afternoon.
We cooked a massive amount of food for the four of us. It was nice to finally have leftovers in my fridge. Nothing like a little Chinese food after a hard day at work. We had planned to watch a movie after dinner, but the power grid wouldn't have it. The TV kept turning itself off because the power wasn't stable enough. I tried unplugging everything in the house and turning off the lights... no luck. The longest it would stay on was about 5 minutes. Funny thing is that after everyone left it worked fine. During peak usage in the evenings I have given up on watching TV. I have to wait until about 8 or 9 and then it's all good (unless I want to run the washing machine too).
December 8th was Constitution Day here in Uzbekistan. I'm not really sure how people celebrated it. It was on a Wednesday so it wasn't like you could go away for the weekend or anything. It seemed like most people just stayed home and enjoyed having a day off.
I decided to host a little dinner at my place and invite some of the Peace Corps volunteers over. We all met in the afternoon to go to the bazaar for supplies. Amazingly, this was my first time at the bazaar in Ferghana. It only took two months. I guess I just prefer to not have to hold my valuables in a death grip the whole time I shop so I don't get pick-pocketed. The bazaar was thankfully (and surprisingly) somewhat empty. It was a lot less chaotic than we expected for a holiday. We got all the supplies we needed to cook up our interpretation of Chinese food. We also bought what can only be described of as a heavenly sugar brick. It was made from sugar, more sugar, a little more sugar and maybe a little bit of coconut for flavoring. We consumed nearly a half kilo of this wonderful treat over the course of the afternoon.
We cooked a massive amount of food for the four of us. It was nice to finally have leftovers in my fridge. Nothing like a little Chinese food after a hard day at work. We had planned to watch a movie after dinner, but the power grid wouldn't have it. The TV kept turning itself off because the power wasn't stable enough. I tried unplugging everything in the house and turning off the lights... no luck. The longest it would stay on was about 5 minutes. Funny thing is that after everyone left it worked fine. During peak usage in the evenings I have given up on watching TV. I have to wait until about 8 or 9 and then it's all good (unless I want to run the washing machine too).
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