Category: Cyprus

I live in Cyprus for many years now. It is a beautiful little island in Mediterranean Sea. It features warm weather for most of the year, sea, very kind and hospital people, plenty of jobs in IT industry, good food and plenty of alcohol, stable currency, and more. It’s really a nice place to live if you can handle small towns and villages. It’s also a great place to raise the kids.

Not much happens here. It is a quiet and simple place. Yet, when something happens or when I write about it, I post it to Cyprus category.

Whit Monday

I was on my way to the Municipal park with Maxim today. We were passing by few office buildings. The street was empty and silent. There was only one guy in a suit and tie and he was trying to enter one of the buildings. It was locked. He looked around trying to understand what’s going on. Than he took his mobile and dialed a number. Since it was very quiet around I could hear his conversation perfectly. It went like this:

– Hi John. Are you sleeping? Sorry to wake you up…
– …
– It’s 7:50 in the morning.
– …
– Yes, it’s Monday.
– …
– Well, I’m trying to get into the office, but everything is locked and closed. What’s going on? I need to make a conference call with David and Veronica in 15 minutes…
– …
– What?!!! And what holiday is that?
– …
– Oh, I see. Dang! What I am supposed to do now?
– …
– Yeah, true. You’re probably right. I’ll go back to bed. I’ll call them and appologize…
– …
– Thanks, man. Sorry to wake you up. Cheers, mate.

Poor guy woke up, shaved and showered, put on his suit, had a breakfast, drove all the way to his office. And only than he found out that it is Whit Monday today, which is a public holiday. I felt pity for him…

This incident nicely illustrates why I don’t like moving holidays. All public holidays should be on a fixed date to avoid confusion. And those religious beurocratic bastards should be forced to confirm with the regulation. Period.

Building arrow

Building arrow

This is one of a few office buildings that I pass every time walking with Maxim. For some reason only this building touches my feelings. It seems so solid and straight that I feel the urge to distort it somehow. I was trying to convince myself that this building is no different than any other, that all of them have straight lines, squares, angles. But I couldn’t. So, today I decided photograph it using a wide angle lens that would provide enough distortion for me to feel satisfied. When I saw the picture at home, I was surprised to see that the distorted building looks like an arrow.

Album location: /photos/2005/2005-06-20_POTD

Speed doesn’t kill

There is an excellent article in Cyprus Mail by Barry Faulkner. Barry explains why thinking that speed driving kills by itself is wrong. He says all the same things I was telling for years now. The only difference is that he is way more an experienced driver than I am. He was a law enforcement officer for 11 years and trainer for traffic police officers for 16 years.

The article also mentions a RoADS website which promotes safe and defensive driving on Cyprus roads. It mentions regular meetings and courses – something that I have been passively looking for for some time now.

Finally!

Jesus house

Jesus house

I know that everyone and their brother are buying property in Cyprus, but I find it very hard to believe that Jesus himself came here and bought an apartment on the third floor of the building next to Starbucks coffee. Maybe someone is trying to pretend. Or maybe somebody is waiting for The Second Coming and wants him to have a place to stay. I don’t know.

Album location: /photos/2005/2005-06-18_POTD