tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256137716781395129.post3271005930831200450..comments2023-04-11T02:36:46.348-07:00Comments on Alyssa’s Journey to find Felicity, Passion and Rapture: The Top Ten Things I Miss about AmericaAlyssa shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03765836743411498331noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256137716781395129.post-65475517782641761162011-06-20T15:27:30.680-07:002011-06-20T15:27:30.680-07:00You are living a simple life in Spitak and sometim...You are living a simple life in Spitak and sometimes real felicity comes from simplicity.<br /><br />I hope your landlord, if you ask him, will install a small air-conditioner at the window of your apartment, or your summer, specially in August during daytime, you would be full of sweat. The evenings get a bit cooler, breezy and bearable. Also mechanical fans for airflow do help in cooling.<br /><br />I heard that flies do not like smell of coffee beans burning, so when the summer invasion of flies starts put some coffee beans on a tray and burn them and the smoke would keep the flies out. I don't know about mosquitoes that abound in summer near stagnate pools of water. Maybe you can find a window screen of the type made from rolling plastic fiber, and unroll them and pin them by the window frame. And is it possible to get some of those hanging paper strips that caught flying insects because they have some kind of clue on them that attracts insects. Wasps are not harmful or nuisance unless you get them on your dinner plate while eating otherwise consider them your friends. Any ants on floor corner, just sprinkle some vinegar on floor to keep them out.<br /><br />If there is a pharmacy in Spitak then you can get none-prescription drugs, just you have to tell them what is the matter and for what (like headache for example) and they give it to you, but labels will come written in Russian, so you have to ask for translation. Russian drugs are effective, strong and fast working, only take the amount suggested, do not overtake.<br /><br />Although women in Armenia look sweat mannered but they do have their periods of yelling, arguing, and fighting. So do not be startled when they show their tiger fangs; I know it will be frustrating to you since you do not have command of language, but you can ask your counterpart to come and do it for you in a language they understand. <br />Cheer Up! papikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com