An ex-pat living in Georgia since 2011, I trade stocks, take photographs & make video's, work out at the gym, and many more. Contact me
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Portfolio Grows to $7,827.75 Despite MS Credit Spread Adjustments
Last week marked another milestone for our investment portfolio, demonstrating resilience and steady growth despite some strategic adjustments. By the week's close, our portfolio value stood at $7,827.75, reflecting a modest but positive 0.04% increase compared to the previous week.This growth comes despite the need to adjust our credit spread on…
Holiday Season
The holiday season in Tbilisi - or another awesome weekend has been recorded and sealed in our tapes - Fun at Tbilisi Golf club, picnic in the footsteps of Shavnabada monastery, and Christmas pre-party with Latvian…
Meeting more Latvian Expats at Āgenskalna market
After the strange yesterday, it was agreed to go and support my new German friend at the Āgenskalns market and buy some cheese. Leo, an old friend from the Bākūži times offered to go to the Āgenskalns market together…
Strange Day during the snowfall
A few weeks ago Steffen contacted me about some things in Georgia. Turned out this German had some business in Latvia and while I was for a couple of days in Riga, he contacted me again and offered a handy hand at…
Got a Fewer After freezing Cold
For the last few days I have been exceling as an painter at my better part's Tbilisi Office. Yestwrday I decided to stay longer and finish most of the job, and by doing this at the end of the day I couldn't get a taxi…
Paint Job for Tbilisi Office 3.0 Part 1
At the start of December 2021, my better part decided its time to upgrade her company office to a more spacious and one. The new office is located just a few hundred meters away from the previous one, but unlike the…
Shavnabada Monastery
Shavnabada Monastery is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastic complex that is located upon Shavnabada Mountain, approximately 30 km away from Tbilisi, Georgia. I have noticed this monastery atop of the hill in the past…
Mountain Biking At Birtvisi Canyon
Mountain biking at Birtvisi canyon / or after a long pause I took some drone footage again. Also, now I know the shortcut on how to get here in some 30-40 minutes from Tbilisi (via Amlevi). December 5, 2021
Vilgāle apt update: Wall Plastering
Another week have passed and I got the latest images from the Vilgåle apt renovation works. This time contractors have finished drywall works and have plastered walls and finished electricity works. The end is so…
Vet House Hotel and Hospital in Tbilisi
Vet House is a 24-hour hospital with all kinds of veterinary services, a hotel for pets, a rehabilitation center, grooming, a zoo shop, a veterinary pharmacy, and a school for future doctors. Vet House is located on …
Center for Immunization and Prevention in Tbilisi
Center for Immunization and Prevention in Tbilisi is located on Tashkent street 10a. My first visit here happened after a stray dog bit me in the leg, and being afraid of rabies I asked my partner what should I do. She…
The Grand Documentary of 2020
From more than 111 GB of footage (1295 short clips per year), I was able to produce about 1 hour 30 minutes long documentary As every year - documentary, a home video style, filmed with a DSLR camera, and since July,…
How To Start a Newsletter with Substack and Get Paid
In this article, I'm going to talk about how I launched a paid newsletter on Substack and what steps I took to grow my audience from 0 subscribers to 100 in just7 months (April - December 2021) Here is my newsletter …
How to get Green Passport for a foreigner in Georgia
Foreign citizens and individuals with non-resident status in Georgia can now use the health ministry's newly launched application for confirming their Covid-related status during their stay in the country, while the…
Vilgāle apt update: Doors, drywall, electricity
Again a few weeks have passed and I got the latest images from the Vilgåle apt renovation. This time contractors have almost finished drywall works and are ready for plastering and finishing electricity works. The end…
Top 10 Best Selling Laptops December 2021
In this article, I've listed the top 10 best-selling laptops models on Amazon in the month of December 2021. As a proud owner of Macbook Air, I found it just logical this list features it Without further ado, here is…
3 Days into My Meatless Experiment: Reflections and Observations
I decided to take a quick experiment and stop eating meat for 7 days. Just meat, not dairy or eggs. I guess age, current affairs, people around me, and go green hype have finally reached me. Despite that I still love…
Adding Custom CSS stylesheet to Drupal Olivero theme
Just recently I migrated my blog from Drupal 7 to the Drupal 9 platform, and this time I decided to stick with what I get, instead of building it all from scratch. I really like the default experimental theme Drupal…
Top 10 Best Selling Mirrorless Cameras 2022
When talking about mirrorless cameras in 2022, Canon, Sony, Nikon, and Panasonic are the brands to consider. In this article, I've listed the top 10 best selling mirrorless cameras on Amazon.com A quick note: Please…
Latvian National Opera
The Latvian National Opera and Ballet is an opera house and opera company at Aspazijas boulevard 3 in Riga. Its repertoire includes performances of opera and ballet presented during the season which lasts from mid-…
How to Rotate a video in Adobe Premiere Pro (Portrait to Landscape)
Sometimes when filming with a mobile phone, I shoot in portrait mode. Portrait mode is Okay for social media posts, but not really cool looking on larger screens. Recently, when working on a larger home video in Adobe…