Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The UAE is the home of a small number of Turkmenistani expats. Calling them from Turkmenistan is quite true, especially when the UAE is still overwhelmed by large number of foreign expats, with more than 85% Emirati population are not native Emiratis but rather other Arabs or outside.
Turkmens in the UAE is not large. The largest Turkmen diaspora are in Russia and Turkey, two major recipents of them. Russia is the former colonial overlord, and Turkey is Turkmenistan's close cousin, both are Turkic nations of Oghuz branch. Thus, the Turkmens there get a closer bond with the Turks, and both speak similar dialects.
Turkmenistan in the current state isn't much different. It is opening, but not as open as their neighbors, remaining very oppressive under the dictatorship law of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. Of course, considering to the previous era of Saparmurat Niyazov, Berdimuhamedow is nicer, though not better.
Turkmenistan isn't North Korea, but people often love to compare her with the DPRK, a communist state with an already collapsed economy in the Eastern part of Asia. Many Turkmens have problem to access with modern media. The only good sources came from private Turkmen media abroad, located in Europe and Turkey. The US embassy in the country also works as an unofficial private source as well.
Soccer, went on, as message of Turkmen people …
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"That's damned time for me …" It was the voice from Altymyrat Annadurdyýew, a Turkmen player of the national squad.
"Same for me. In fact, both of us …" Wahyt Orazsähedow also expressed the same concern: "At least we aren't North Koreans, but this struggle isn't better."
Due to the oppressive and restriction nature in Turkmenistan, many Turkmen expats moved abroad in hope to establish a better future. As they expressed, Turkmenistan is freer than North Korea because she's opening herself, but the progress was slow and futile.
Accompanied with them is an Ukrainian official of the UEFA staff, Mykyta Hroshchuk. Mykyta also expressed the same:
"My Turkmen brothers and sisters, you don't need to ask anyway."
Mykyta spoke about the fact Russia and China prefer dictatorships in Turkmenistan, and told how Ukraine is fighting against this tyrannical rule of the Kremlin-backed Government. Wahyt and Altymyrat nodded.
Both kept walking alongside each other, as Mykyta, Altymyrat and Wahyt entered to a bar, where they wanted to get a good lunch drink. Of course, they had nothing to eat, seriously.
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"Clamp!"
Altymyrat, Wahyt and Mykyta celebrated, alone: "For the better of us."
The drinking was the only thing they wanted to do now. Said, for them, it could have been something messy.
Then, Mykyta called: "Waitress?"
A girl walked out, of course she arrived with a happy face. Bearing the name on the badge "Kaho Hinata", there was something to tell.
And, Kaho Hinata arrived. With such a large breast and a cute face, she hoped to impress by her natural tsundere of a coffee/bar shop Stile Abu Dhabi, which was just recently opening in the UAE by a special permission from the Emirati authorities. Kaho joined in hope to make good image for the newly-established Stile store.
"What type of drink do you prefer?" Kaho asked, with her yellow petite hair.
"Three beers, for us." Wahyt told: "Faster!"
"Hey!" Kaho blushed, angered to them: "I'm not a toy!"
Mykyta, Altymyrat and Wahyt were surprised, but they didn't got nose-bleed, that's for sure. Just Mykyta to respond: "Alright, alright, we're fine. But please don't be lunatic."
"Fuck …" Altymyrat sat back as he talked: "What kind of bar we're going, Mykyta?"
"Stile." Mykyta explained. In fact, Mykyta remembered Stile is a relatively small bar, founded by an Italian. After it gained popularity somewhere in Italy, it expanded the market, although relatively small, in Turkey, France, Greece, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, the U.S., Japan, Canada and Brazil. This was the first time Stile opened its shop in the UAE.
According from Mykyta, whom his friends were there once, Stile was struggling to open shops in Russia, Germany, Ukraine, Israel, Poland, South Korea, Australia and China, probably due to license. But Stile is still pretty small by market counting.
However, what made Stile famous was the waitresses' unique trait, by its clothes and behaviors.
"So the bar is a pseudo sexual bar." Wahyt told: "I bet since you knew it, you must have been aware …"
"To be frank, I think it could be normal." Mykyta expressed: "Well, not too much."
"We're not Arabs anyway. And Turkic people are famous for sexual habits though." Altymyrat said, as another girl walked out. She was bearing the name "Maika Sakuranomiya" when she walked there to them.
Maika, a pink one dress, with black hair and a sadistic face, arrived. Known for sadistic smile, she once again smiled toward the guest, but not without scary style:
"Please drink …"
"Huh?" Wahyt got even surprised, like Maika was taking anger. They said nothing.
Wow …
"Really, this bar is funny." Altymyrat got a little surprised, but they started to keep drinking, until they got drunk enough. So on, for Mykyta and Wahyt.
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After drinking enough, Altymyrat Annadurdyýew, Wahyt Orazsähedow and Mykyta Hroshchuk all drained down. Just saying a bit for them, another waitress arrived, and this time she was smaller for them both.
"Please pay us money, thanks."
She looked a bit smaller and like a cheerful child, making them to got a little bit impressed. Mykyta, with a good habit, paying for the girl wearing yellow dress, as they said goodbye.
The bill was done, and Mykyta, Altymyrat and Wahyt saw from three kind of behaviors. Frankly, they got a bond with the store …
"I'll go back. I like that place."
"Yeah … to free from the stinky environment, it can help a bit."
Mykyta, Altymyrat and Wahyt all left, just to hope for that.
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On the other side, three girls, however, saw them the most boring guests, simply because they only focused on drinking beers.
"You don't mention that …" The girl with the badge named "Mafuyu Hoshikawa, who was in fact, a college student, didn't like that.
"And that was the ridiculous idea of Dino!" Kaho expressed.
"Come on, at least they paid that chunk of money …" Maika tried to be at best: "We're not the main actors there. The guests are …"
"But Dino won't like it and he would soon try to hire locals. Besides, we are working temporary for certain. We need these girls to improve experiences before we left." Kaho said.
"Fair enough. They may come back, so better get a good time." Mafuyu said: "Better wait for it until now."
And there it went through. The new Stile shop had welcomed guests, but in the modest as possible. Just like that …