Archive for the ‘family’ Category15 March 2014 Nurzat (my niece, 22 now) finished the courses in accountancy in Talas. She does not want to be an accountant. She wants to sell. She says "I do not want to sit, I want to move". I said: I know. I said: watch the knees.
She came with me in March. First trip: sick on the bus, sick at the border, happy at the market. At the stall in Urumqi she bargained with the girl for a belt, 17 yuan down to 12, and the girl clapped her hands and said "Talas girl!" I felt a cold feeling in my stomach, the good one. 28 June 2013 Bakai got his diploma on Friday. Economics, TSU, a red cover. He did not need to wear the tie; I told him he must, I had a lot of ties.
In September he starts work at a bank in the city, the bank with the blue sign. The first salary he gives to me and I give back. A mother has to do this.
 In front of the main building, 14.00. His tie is a little to the left.20 June 2009 My son Bakai finished the first year at TSU, Economics, with two fives and one three (statistics, we do not talk about it). 18 years old, 188 centimetres, he eats like a bus.
He asked: "Mama, when I finish, you stop going?" I said: when you finish, you carry the bags. He said that is not what he meant. I know what he meant.
 TSU on the last day of exams. Bakai is the tall one in the blue shirt, far left. |