Trying To Find Something Noteworthy

I’ve been silent lately because there aren’t really any exciting topics to discuss lately, whether in politics, culture or economics.

Sure, there’s always cultural events happening—concerts, plays, ballets and so forth. But I can’t manage to attend them most of the time, so obviously there’s nothing to write about. Jazz guitarist and singer George Benson is coming soon, which is a first-time event in Armenia. Rock star Arthur Meschian is making a comeback tour after three years, and I’m definitely going to attend his concert to be held at the Opera House on November 15.

The political situation at the moment is rather dull it seems. The ARF-Dashnaktsutiun in Armenia mentioned last week in a press conference that it would be seeking regime change, but without calling for President Serge Sarkisian’s resignation, which doesn’t make much sense to me—this holds true for the majority of the decisions the party has been making for several years now. The Armenian National Congress has changed its tune from being supportive of the rapprochement process between Armenia and Turkey to being highly critical of the deal, having recently rejected the protocols. Yet there are no anti-protocol rallies to speak of lately. Seems that politicians are waiting for something to happen, but what?

One thing that I’ll bring up which I also talked about on my other blog is the new law prohibiting people of Yerevan to jaywalk–in other words, to cross the street anywhere they like to. Now they must go to crosswalks or use pedestrian bridges and underpasses, wherever they are available. It’s made driving a lot easier for sure, I no longer find myself having to steer around people standing in the middle of the street—or even between lanes of traffic. This was a huge problem and now it seems to have been curbed, although a few adamantly stubborn jaywalkers are still out and about.

Unfortunately because of my office job I am not able to get out as often as I would like during the day, in search of something interesting to post about. However, I’m past due on tax payments on land that I own in the Aragatsotn region, not far from the town of Kuchak, and I’m anxious to get to Aparan so I won’t have to think about paying them anymore. I will be required to pay late fees for sure, but I can’t assume how much in advance. I’ll definitely post something about my experience here.