Joe Ragan

On Monday afternoon, a group of us got together to pass out invitations to an English class in the city of Temirtau. You never know how well it will go or the response you might have.
Well, I just heard that more than 40 people showed up (the room will only hold 25 people at [...]

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I got up at 6 a.m. this morning to watch the All Star game. It was on live here in Karaganda. If I had known there was going to be 30 minutes of pre-game, I would have slept another 30 minutes.
I woke up not feeling well, and so I slept off and on [...]

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If you have been reading this site, you know that we have ESPN here. Most of the programming is repeats, etc. However, the channel does show baseball games live, which means I am hoping to watch the All Star Game on Wednesday morning. I will have to get up at 6 a.m. [...]

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Time seems to be flying right now and I cannot even find the time to update people to let them know what is happening here.
During the month of June, 13 young people from Ukraine served in numerous places in Kazakhstan. Each group had various activities that they were involved in and with [...]

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The World Cup is in the books and we are still getting hourly updates here on CNN International. Yesterday, I got to see the Italian team’s plane land in Italy…live!
I must admit that I stayed up (the game started at midnight in Kstan!) to watch the game. However, I could not watch the [...]

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Rain has been falling almost daily here. The rain has been keeping the temperatures from climbing too high. Last Saturday, while in Astana, it was even cool and I almost needed a jacket.
While the rain is welcome along with the cooler temps, it makes for a messy and muddy trek just about any [...]

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