Category: Curiosities
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Eat, Play, Love
We sat down to have our Saturday dinner, the adventure packed burgers made by my husband. The turkey burgers were spiced with love and few other ingredients which my tongue failed to recognise. They were just delicious. ‘It’s quiet without No 2, isn’t it?’ my husband looked at me. ‘Yes.’ I agreed thinking about my…
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9 Fun Facts Growing up in a Ger
Does happiness depend on how many rooms or how much you have? When I say I grew up in a ger some people think poverty. Well, I never starved of love. Here are the fun facts growing up in a ger: You never feel alone You are always in the same house wherever you move…
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The Secret Language of Silence
As I mentioned in my previous post I am addicted to Twitter. I didn’t realise how much there is going on in the world and Twitter is my personalised window onto the world. So today @TrishaNicholson, one of my Twitter ‘tweeps’ as she calls everybody tweeted an article called An Infinite Noise by Daisy Hickman…
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The mystery and magic of the ger*
ger*- is a Mongolian round house known as yurt in the West The Edinburgh Festival. The Edinburgh Book Festival to be more specific. The book lovers wandering about, secretly eyeing everyone’s bag, checking who has which books by whom. The writers competing secretly about who has the longest queue for their book signing… Amongst all…
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Unusual names
In Mongolia some names are quite weird and unusual just like any other countries. I remember going to Spain and was surprised to find out someone was called Jesus. I guess it sounded a bit like someone is called Buddha. So today here are some interesting and amusing names for you: Bibish – not me…
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Things I found weird when…
…I came to Britain in 2000. Bear in mind that it’s a few years back and I’m from rural Mongolia. Now, I don’t want you to think that everyone from Mongolia is like me. There are many Mongolians who are well educated, travelled about, speak a few languages and most importantly they are the ‘city’…
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People want to know about …
It’s a pleasure to be from or born and grew up in Mongolia. Especially when I live in Scotland where I meet lots of different people from many countries. So I get asked many interesting, funny, daft and strange questions. Here are some: -Where are you from? -Mongolia. -Mongolia, Europe? Mongolia, Africa? *** -Where are…
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My favourite place
Everyone has a favourite place or time in their life. Mine is my parents’ ger, my childhood home. Waking up in our ger was a pretty sight. Our ger had a round window at the top of the ger called ‘toono.’ The toono was hand painted along with the supporting poles and the two columns.…
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Why Guuye?
Guuye is my name. It was my first ever name which I was addressed to as a baby. However, my official name is not Guuye. Why? It’s a lovely story. When I was born my parents were very happy as I was the first grandchild in both families. My parents didn’t have a name for…
Guuye ~ Гүүеэ 