Mongol we pride ourselves in Mongolia
Mongo they laugh at each other in Britain
Mothers cuddling their babies round the world
Fathers cursing the ignorant and Trisomy 21
Mongol, Down called his observation in 1860′s
More stupid than us, he clarified
The world followed him, calling babies Mongols
They knew none of it in Mongolia
Civilization is not a right to call names
Civilization is not a permission to bully
Developed, they say
Did they, really?
Zavhan is my home province in Mongolia. It is a bit bigger than countries like Scotland and Austria and it is in the western part of Mongolia.
My childhood was spent in these mountains and deserts, riding horses and milking cows, goats and sheep. My book Mongol covers my childhood and it was lovely to remember this picturesque landscape.
I’m just back from a funeral of a kind man we knew. He used to work at a garage next door from us and I would walk there with our oldest son who just started walking then. He played with our son, snowball fights in winter, water fights in the summer, measuring our son’s heights, letting our son play with his super shiny bikes and helped us do many things from carrying furniture to pumping up our kids’ water pool.
Sadly he passed away very suddenly a few days ago. I find comfort in knowing that he would be with his son who passed away a few years ago.
Oh my word!
I mean literally, oh my words!
I started learning English more than a decade ago and still I can not tell the difference between a vest and a waistcoat. Every time I use one of these words I have to think and end up saying both of them.
Do you have words like these? Please leave a comment and reassure me that I’m not the only one. Thank you.
Waistcoat
Vest
Ulaanbaatar (Red hero) is the capital city of Mongolia. In English it is written as Ulan-bator. It is the largest city in Mongolia with over one million (2008) people.
In Britain, people seem to know it from mostly pub quizzes and Discovery channels. I went to university in Ulaanbaatar. I was a country bumpkin with long plaits when I started and Ulaanbaatar was this massive city where I struggled to find my ways.
This video shows you an idea of where Ulaanbaatar is and what it looks like.
Have you heard of Ulaanbaatar? Or have you been to Ulaanbaatar? If so, what do you remember?
