Working/Pracující :-)

Zase hory/Again mountains

Jak už jsem psala dřív, byla jsem se podívat na jeden český ODA projekt. Celý oficiální název projektu zní takto - Monitoring vysokohorských ledovcových jezer a ochrana obyvatelstva před katastrofálními následky povodní vzniklých průtržemi morénových hrází. Já jsem se byla podívat v oblasti kousek od Biškeku, kde probíhá sledování jezera v čelní moréně ledovce Adigyne a modelace říčního údolí pod jezerem. Dostala jsem se s pracovníky projektu až do výšky 3700 metrů, kde byla zřízena meteorologická stanice a postavena malá základna sloužící k výzkumu. Výstup to byl docela náročný, zvlášť když mě pak rozbolelo koleno - no zasloužilý tělocvikář. S projektovou skupinou jsem zůstala celkem 3 dny a nakonec i trošičku pomáhala při měření v terénu - zeměpisné znalosti se hodily :-) takže ještě jednou díky všem z Geominu, PřF UK a místním pracovníkům:-) V následujícím odkazu najdete hlavně fotky hor a jezer a ledovce, tak se pokochejte!!!
As I wrote before I had the possibility to see one Czech ODA project. The whole official name is like this - Monitoring of alpine glacial lakes and protection of population against the catastrophical consequences of floods caused by destruction of moraine barrages. I was in the region close to Bishkek where the lake of Adigyne glacier is being monitored as well as the river valley below this lake. We climbed to 3700 m with the other workers of the projects. There is a small meteorological station and small house used for the research there. The climbing was kind of little bit demanding especially when my knee started to hurt - yes a very worthy PE student. I stayed finally 3 days with the project group and I also helped a little bit when doing measurements in the valley - well, my geographical studies were useful :-) So, once more thanks to all people from Geomin, Faculty of Science of Charles University and local workers:-) You can see mainly pictures of mountains, lakes, and glacier in the next link, ENJOY as I did!!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/simsonka224/VHorachUBiskeku

Habitat for Humanity

Tak konečně - co tu dělám? Jsem tu jako dobrovolník v organizaci Habitat for Humanity Kyrgyzstan - www.habitat.elcat.kg Takže dělám, co je potřeba a samozřejmě sháním kontakty a materiály všeho druhu pro svou každodenní práci na katedře. Habitat je původně americká NGO a staví domy pro lidi, kteří se nacházejí v tvz. "housing poverty" (chudoba bydlení). Tady v Kyrgyzstánu docela aktuální téma...
A přesně? - tak pomáhála jsem s psaním jednoho projektu, dělala nějaké překlady a přepisy dokumentů a teď se snažím vymyslet, jak přitáhnout více místních dobrovolníků :-) Takže budu dělat prezentace na univerzitách tady v Biškeku, no snad to stihnu než odjedu :-)

Well finally - what am I doing here? I am here as a volunteer surprisingly :-) I work with organisation called Habitat for Humanity - www.habitat.elcat.kg Therefore I try to do what is necessary and just needed. In the meantime I also work on my everyday work at my Department :-) - trying to have some new contacts, information and so on.... Habitat for Humanity is an American NGO working in the field of housing poverty - very actual topic in Kyrgyzstan.....
And what I have been doing exactly? I helped with writing of project, some translations and documents typing and exactly NOW I am trying to develop a strategy how to attract more local volunteers to cooperate with Habitat :-) I like this theme!!! Therefore I will do some presentations at Universities here in Bishkek :-)

Lake Issyk Kul/ jezero Issyk Kul a další

Well some other pictures - I went with Habitat to Issyk Kul lake. They had there a seminar and I had the possibility to enjoy the incredible lake, to get burnt and also to go to the mountains.
tak pár dalších obrázků - Jela jsem s Habitatem na jezero Issyk Kul. Oni tam měli seminář a já tak měla možnost poznat další kout kyrgyzské krajiny, taky jsem se spálila (ještě teď se loupu) a opět jsem byla v horách - ale jen na den.http://picasaweb.google.com/simsonka224/LakeIssykKulAndMountains

Naryn and At-Bashi

Tak tady je několik obrázků z mého výletu k téměř čínským hranicím. Nejela jsem sama, ale s přáteli z Biškeku a v At Baši jsem také bydleli u kyrgyzské rodiny.
Here are some pictures from my trip to almost Chinese border. I didnt go alone, but with some friends from Bishkek and we were living with the family in At Bashi.http://picasaweb.google.com/simsonka224/NarynAtBashiTashRabat

Čas utíká / Time is running

Ano, ano, ano, dlouho jsem nic nenapsala no ale to bylo proto, že nestíhám a byla jsem po všech koutech Kyrgyzstanu. Tak ted se to budu snažit nahradit. Uz jsem navštívila hodně částí Kyrgyzstánu - chybí mi už jen jih, ale to asi nestihnu, toš budu muset přijet znovu :-) byla jsem na JV skoro až na čínských hranicích - po tom, co je otevřeli, tak po neupravené silnici projede cca 50 a více (no víc už jsem nezvládla počítat) tiráků denně z a do Číny. Taky jsem se koupala v jezeře Issyk Kul, jehož voda je neskutečně průzračnááááááááááá. No a taky jsem byla u jezera Adigyne v horách nedaleko Biškeku - je to jedno z míst, kde probíhá jeden z projektů české rozvojové spolupráce (http://www.geomin.cz/?menu=3). Takže kluci díky, že jsem mohla být s vámi :-) Taky jsem byla v kině na filmu v ruštině - ne že bych rozuměla všemu, ale toš šlo to..... rozumím víc než na začátku a kyrgyzsky už umím možná i 4 slova.

Yes, for sure I´m very sorry that I didn´t write for such a long time but I was enjoying Kyrgyzstan and all its coulours and nice and bad parts :-) I went for some other trips, now only south Kyrgyzstan is missing to my mosaic of the whole country. I discovered almost the Chinese border with many trucks going from and to China :-( I was swimming in a great lake Issyk Kul where the water is incredibly cleaaaaaaaaaaaaar - really you can watch your body all the time :-) and I went to Adigyne (nice place in the mountains near Bishkek) with nice Czech guys from one Czech Official Development Assistance Project - thanks (http://www.geomin.cz/?menu=3)!!! I went to the cinema to see a movie in Russian :-) well I understood something............

první dojmy / first impressions of Kyrgyzstan

Už jsem tady týden :-) 2 dny na venkově s mojí úžasnou kolegyní Bermet - dobrodružství cestou tam auto se pokazilo uprostřed hor uprostřed noci:-) a pak nááádherné hory a lidičky. A taky pracujuuuuu:-) a snažím se mluvit rusky!!! Víc na fotkách!!!

I´have been here since one week. I spent 2 days in the countryside with my great colleague - really adventure going there (our car has broken in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere in the mountains:-) and then amazing mountains and people around me. and of course I work also and I try my best to speak Russian - sometimes it is very funny - just my Czech converted into Russian, but sometimes it works. Enjoy pictures!!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/simsonka224/BishkekAndCountryside

Central Asia

Helloooooo:-)

I arrived safely to Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), after almost 24 hours of travelling from my sweet home. Only one big problem - how to buy a small package of handkerchiefs in duty free area? ............... no way!!! I used the toilet paper all the time ..............
BISKEK - 42 degrees - really very very hooooooooooooooot!!! but mountains with snow on the southern part of the city - incredibleeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
pictures coming next time.............

Ahoj domu:-)
v pohode jsem doletela do Biskeku (Kyrgyzstan), skoro po 24 hodinach cesty z domova. vsechno vpohode, jen papirovych kapesniku se mi nedostavalo .... a jak je koupit v bezcelni letistni zone?..... no, toaletni papir byl nejjednodusi reseni :-)
V Biskeku je ted pres den 42 stupnu, no horko poraaaaadne, ale na jizni strane mesta se tyci neskutecne hory, tak okolo 4000 metru a je tam snih!!! naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadhera!!!
fotecky priste..........

Zase jednou doma / Back home

Ahoj,

tak vsecky zdravim, opet jsem zase jednou doma a tos chystam se do pracovniho procesu. Ale tady jeste odkaz na uzasne video, ktere nam udelala kamaradka o nasem pobytu v Mexiku:-) Urcite jeste napisu dalsi novinky a postrehy z meho posledniho mesice v teto uzasne zemi, ale dejte mi trochu casu!!!
Takze sup na youtube!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR4jTCmNTbc

Hello my dear friends all around the world:-)
I´m back home even if it is unbelievable. yeah yeah yeah and I have to start to work (to be able to leave again:-). But back to Mexico, one friend of mine produced a special video for us. It is about our stay there and about our work.
Lets watch it!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR4jTCmNTbc

SIMONA - SIMCA - SIMCHO - ......

Vanoce / Christmas

Tak jak vypadaji mexicke Vanoce?
No hlavne - je tu teplo!!! byla jsem i na plazi a koupala se v mori:-) chapete to? na Vanoce!!! Ale jak se rika - jiny kraj, jiny mrav. A v tomto pripade to urcite plati. Jo a chybi mi snih. Nemuzete mi nejaky poslat?
V moji rodine meli stromecek uz asi 3 tydny pred Vanocema a myslim, ze vsude jinde taky. Nazdobili taky domy a velky stromecek byl i na namesti. Vanoce tu jsou opravdu rodinnym svatkem. Uplne vsichni se sejdou. Moje rodina sla v 9 vecer na msi, pak ulozili Jeziska do jesli (jako ze se terpve narodil) a pak jsme jeli na veceri s ostatnimi cleny cele rodiny. Celkem mas bylo asi 20. Veceri se presne o pulnoci a pak se dal slavi. V nekterych rodinach se davaji darky a v jinych ne. Deti spis pisou o darky Trem kralum a to teprve bude :-)
Skoro kazda rodina stavi svuj vlastni Betlem a nektere jsou opravdu obrovskeeeeee

How is the Mexican Christmas like?
Important - it is really hot!!!! I even was on the beach and I was swimming!!! Did you get it? At Christmas time!!! Incredible for me. But as you know - different country, different customs and habits. Well but I miss the snow a lot!!! Could you send some, please?
We had the Christmas tree 3 weeks before the Christmas in my family. And I think that it is like this in all the Mexican families. Also the houses are decorated and there was a big Christmas tree in the main square. Here in Mexico Christmas is the real family festivity, the whole family is united. My family went for the Christmas service to the church at 9 am. After they put the new born Jesus to the creche and we went for the midnight dinner with the whole family. Together we were 20 I think. After the dinner the celebration went on - singing, dancing,... My fanily is not used to sahre the presents. Here in Mexico it depends on each family (some of them give presents the others dont). More common is to receive the presents from the Three Kings (6th January).
Almost each family builds its Betlehem - and sometimes they are really enormous....




Stromecek na hlavnim namesti v Cordobe.
The Christmas tree in Cordoba main square.


Stromecek na jeslicky na namesti.
The Christmas tree and the creche in main square.


Stromecek a jeslicky v moji rodine
The Christmas tree and the creche in my family.


Ja a Montse na vanocni veceri a oslave.
Me and Montse during the Christmas dinner and the celebration.


Ja u babicky pri oslave
Me at grandmother's place during the celebration.

Trosku pozpatku 3 / Couple of days backwards 3

Slavnost ve skole

Protoze obcas pomaham v detskem domove, dostalo se mi takoveho poteseni, ze jsem s detmi sla do skoly na zaverecnou oslavu pred Vanocemi. Opet to bylo plne tradic a vystoupeni motivovane Vanocemi trvalo cele asi hodinu. Vsichni byli v maskach - andele, Tri kralove, pastevci, odchazejici rok,...

Jak uz jsem zminovala, Mexiko si proste zachovava spoustu tradic :-)

V detskem domove probihalo velke strojeni a maskovani

School Christmas celebration

Sometimes I help in the orphanage and that is why I could go with these kids to their school for the last celebration before Christmas. It was full of traditions and shows and everybody was disguised like angels, Three Kings, herdsmen, the Year going to be finished,...

As I mentioned before, There still many traditions alive in Mexico :-)

Andele v Betleme

Angels in Betlehem

Tri kralove na ceste do Betlema

Three kings going to Betlehem

Pastevci se svymi dary pred Betlemem.

The herdsmen with their presents going to Betlehem.

Nahore - piñata - jedna z mexickych tradic - pred vanocemi se delaji vecirky a deti pak piñaty se zavrenyma ocima rozbijeji a z nich padaji bonbony

At the top - you can see piñata - one of Mexican traditions - before Christmas there are meny celebration and the kids with closed eyes try to break down the piñata, there are many cookies inside

Dalsi tradice - RAMA - nazdobena vetvicka - deti s ni chodi a zpivaji a tak ziskavaji pomlazku. Trva to od 12. az do 24. prosince.

Another tradition - RAMA - a decorated branch - kids use it to sing and to ask for some money. There ame many of them in the streets from 12th till 24th December.

Trosku pozpatku 2 / Couple of days backwards 2

12. prosince

Takze jak asi fseci v Cechach vite, 12. prosince mam svatek. no ale tu v Mexiku je uplne jiny vyznamny den a to ze ma Simona v Cechach svatek je jim jedno. 12. prosince je den, kdy oslavuji Zjeveni Panny Marie Guadalupske. Slavi se to nekolik dni dopredu a v ulicich je spoustu pruvodu, lidi zpivaji a tanci a oslavuji "La Guadalupana" - Panna Marie Guadalupska. Tradice tu opravdu maji velky vyznam a lidi se jich zatim jeste porad drzi a je to uzasny. Tos tolik k memu svatecnimu dni v Mexiku :-) a diky vsem, co se mi ozvali!!!

12th December

Normally I celebrate the Day of my name in the Czech Republic. But here in Mexico it was a bit different. the 12th December is the day of Virgin Maria of Guadalupe. It very important and famous day here in Mexico therefore I celebrated this day in a bit different way then I do it at home. The Mexicans celebrate it many days and 12th December is the last one. There are many processions in the street and people sing and dance and celebrate "La Guadalupana" - the Virgin Maria of Guadalupe. The traditions and customs are very strong here and that is why really like Mexcio and its people. The country is very rich in this way - culture, traditions, customs,...

Well this was my 12th december!!!

V centru a ve vsech mestskych ctvrtich probehla spousta pruvodu oslavujicich Pannu Marii Guadalupskou - lidi zpivali, bubnovali, drzeli svicky a proste oslavovali.
There were many processions in the town center and in all the districts. People were singing, drumming, walking with candles and just enjoying the celebration.

Trosku pozpatku 1 / Couple of days backwards1

1. prosince byl a je svetovy den boje proti AIDS. No ja bojuje se i tu v Mexiku a v Cordobe. Ja jsem se toho zucastnila taky jako organizator diky sve kolumbijske kamaradce Sheryl. Pomahaly jsme s distribuci materialu o AIDS a o tom jak se chranit, rozdavaly jsme kondomy a organizovaly koncert - byl vynikajici asi do pulnoci, v zivote jsem nevidela tolik rasta v Mexiku na jednom miste pohromade. Na zaver hralo vynikajici spanelske (mexicke) reggae - no to jsem si fakt uzila.
Tak a tady prikladam par fotecek z akce.

Hello my dear English speaking friends. I'm sorry for not writing such a long time, but you know :-) Now I will share evetything I have lived in the last months.

well, 1st December is a world day of Fighting against AIDS and HIV. In Mexico we were fighting also :-) Thanks to my Colombian friend Sheryl I took part in an event organised in Cordoba. We were distributing the information material about HIV/AIDS, condoms and organising the concert. It was really cool and I had never seen so many Mexican rasta people together. I was listening to a Mexican reggae (Antidoping) and it was amazing!!! I enjoyed it a lot!!!
Here you are some pictures from the event.


Plakaty ke kampani za boj proti AIDS/HIV. Sefka Sheryl uz ma dlouholetou sbirku.
Posters for the campaing Fighting against the AIDS/HIV. Sheryl's director has a bog collection of the posters from last years.


Sheryl a pani Perdomo, ktera ma celou akci na starosti a bojuje proti AIDS.
Sheryl and Mrs. Perdomo (her director), who organised it all and she has been fighting against AIDS since many years.


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Pracujeme.......
Working.......


Koncert - vystopovalo asi 6 kapel vez naroku na odmeny :-) vyborne mexicke reggae
The concert - there were 6 groups playing without any salaru :-) cool Mexican reggae!!!