Blogs from Bangladesh, Asia - page 32

Never thought that I would be here but now I really am! Before I come all my friends asked me where "Bangladesh" is...actually it's east of India and only 4 hours flight from Hong Kong. This time I don't have a curry lunchbox photo to start with as I was taking the Thai Airline and the lunchbox on plane was in Thai style!! ... read more

I was just waiting for an email to come before I headed off to bed and I decided to read through my blog postings. Wow, I can really be negative! I don’t think of myself as a naturally negative person, so I thought I should try and find the words to explain a little better what it is like to live in Bangladesh. The other day I had an interview with a foreigner on contract with the government, and she graciously suggested we meet at the Bagha Club, the club for British citizens. Given the changed rules at the Canadian Club, this was the first time I was able to go to a club and it was great to sit and have a beer by the pool as we chatted. After our formal interview we started ... read more

Hello all, Well, I wish I had wonderful stories about life here in Bangladesh over the past week, but alas. I had to cancel all of my Eid plans and spend the better part of the past week in bed with a nasty virus which included a fever of 103 and any other symptom you can associate with either flu or cold. Am starting to feel human again (sort of) but with a nasty residual head cold. Have been forced to move on from Grey's Anatomy (how many times can you watch the same thing?) to the season of Friends when Rachel was pregnant (aahhh... good times) and have been known to subject myself to Wife Swap and America's Next Top Model on tv (seriously? Is this the best of American culture to export?). So I ... read more

I am so happy right now, I could cry. I walked into Arif’s room for the five millionth time this week to see if the internet was working, and there were these four lovely little neon lights blinking away. I ran to computer right away, and the whole time it was booting up I just kept repeating “please stay connected, oh please stay connected, please God, all I need is 5, maybe10 minutes, please, please, please stay connected.” So far so good, but I’ll type fast just in case…. So here are some answers to some questions I know you’ve all been asking: How many days until you start blowing black crap out of your nose? 3 How many days until a general feeling of ick settles into your stomach? 10 How many days until you ... read more

Well, I’ve survived my first week back in the Desh (barely). I would really like to say that things are going well, but I’m lonely and tired of being sticky. Last week I was so bored I actually went into BRAC just for some company and to enjoy the air conditioning! Things promise to be better next week though - I have meetings and interviews scheduled everyday. Last week I had my first research interview with my old boss. Then I came home all excited and ready to transcribe and proceeded to delete half of the interview by accident. Fingers crossed it goes better this week! Am settling into routine as much as possible. Right now it is the holy month of Ramadan, my favourite time in Bangladesh. All of the offices close early (between 3:30-4:00) ... read more