My Hat is in the Ring.

It has been a hectic week for me. Ranging from opening up Pearl Bubble Tea & Coffee to some things more personal and back to more bubble tea.

I am tired beyond comprehensive belief. I think I have averaged about 20 hours of sleep the past two weeks and I may just about get the same amount of sleep this week, maybe less.

I am doing my best to bring all of my experience to use to make this business venture run properly and do well. Yet there are some setbacks and some handicaps that are preventing me from doing my best.

My Russian is pretty shitty, so communicating with staff and customers has been difficult. Let alone all the other people I encounter on a daily basis, at best I can offer them is a "hello" and "how are you?"

School is in session, the malls are always packed during the summer and winter breaks. We opened the second week of September and have seen lesser crowds and pretty slow days. 2/3 of my staff are essentially students so dealing with their schedules and whatnot has been an experience.

But I digress, you should do your best and watch what happens. If you succeed, do what makes you successful. If you fail, change your ways until you see continuous success.  I am determined to do well despite being so tired.

I have not been depressed or sad as I have been in previous months. I feel somewhat uplifted perhaps by hoodie weather and finally getting the first shop open. I also have been going out more checking out the city that I have been living in for nearly seven months.

The buses oh the buses - that one is a separate post. I have tons to say about the bus situation here.

I have been smoking less. The other day I ran for the bus for about twenty feet and it was difficult to run.

So as my brain is dysfunctional as that I cannot properly post anything, I'll have to save the good posts for later.

That's jamiroquai and buses.

Sweet baby Nazarbayev, We made it in Almaty.