KZ: Sunday in Almaty

I went to bed quite late last night. Around 3 o’clock in the morning. We stayed at that club until late. Woke up just in time for breakfast and continue sleeping until noon. In the afternoon, I had lunch at Promenad (again) and later went to Ramstore. This time, I was with David, an Australian who just joined the company. I was told this particular Ramstore is where majority of people go. Apparently, Ramstore is just like Carrefour / Tesco and Ramstore is a Turkish chain. Bought few fridge magnets for myself and some friends. Haven’t found the key chain for Zal yet.

The weather today was cold and the best thing to do in this weather is cuddling with the loved one sipping hot chocolate or coffee. Hehehe… However, I am alone here and there is no coffee place like Starbucks or Coffee Bean. So, forget about it. I was told the first Starbucks in the region (Russia and CIS) was opened in Moscow couple of months back and it was a great success. I think it is time for Kazakhstan to have one.

After Ramstore, I joined other two colleagues for drinks at Soho Almaty Club. This club is not the same as the club I went last night. It is a dining palce with live band. Although it is not the same, it is similar. A place where you can pick up “overnight partner” for around USD200 per night per partner. The band was pretty good I would say. We stayed there until 1am, which is the club closing time on Sunday.

Went back to the hotel and started packing. I need to pack just in case I have to move to another hotel since I was told the current hotel is fully booked. I hope that the company can extend my stay for another two nights. Too lazy to move out – although the hotel is not a great hotel. The breakfast is lousy and the internet connection is expensive.

Tomorrow is the official day. I will be seeing few top management and I am not pretty sure whether I should do my best…. :-p

~ MT @ Kazakhstan
~~ Astana International Hotel, Almaty

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