Back in Dhaka, and happier for it too!!!
Wednesday, 02 August 2006
Its been a while since my last entry, which coincided with my return to Dhaka…. The trip back was uneventful, yet I was relieved to be back at the hotel and reunited with the rest of our Malaysian team…. Am not looking forward to going back out to the villages this Sunday, but until then I might as well enjoy it while it lasts…..
While I have been busy in the office, documenting the results of our work at the villages, I am definitely more relaxed and at ease as compared to the past 2 weeks…. I have been able to catch up with the world news, and I found it distressing to read and watch what is going on in Lebanon, sad that Ruud Van Nistelrooy has left Man United but pleased that Michael Carrick has finally been signed by Ferguson…. Its so nice to be able to catch up with all the football going-ons as the new season approaches…..
Then there’s the internet, I found my mail inbox filled to the brim, not that it was a problem…. I was delighted to find myself connected to the internet (somehow there’s wireless connection in the office, slow as it may be, but its better than no internet at all :) ), hence I was able to catch up with what has been happening at home…. I was also able to chat with friends from home, Penang, Australia, Singapore and even Senegal…. Hopefully I’ll be able to get hold of my friends in India and the UK in the near future…..
Of course, let’s not forget the hot showers I’m now able to enjoy again after a hard day at work…. Nothing washes away the tiredness as well as a nice hot shower….. and then to step into a cool and air conditioned room, where I wont have to worry about any power cuts…. No more hot, sweaty and uncomfortable nights as I toss and turn in our mosquito infested bedroom…. While I was at the villages, I had a frog, a rat and plenty of roaches as room mates….. how I managed to get enough sleep I will never know, but I guess when you’re so tired, after a while, you just push it to the furthest corner of your mind, you close your eyes and drift away to sleep…..
Of course, being able to watch reruns of Friends, Will & Grace, new episodes of Joey, the OC Season II, lots of ESPN and Star Sports does wonders to one’s morale…. We had a shock though when we returned, as the Ministry of Culture or something like that had banned the sports channels and the Z series channels, which had all my Friends and Will & Grace’s so we were not happy…. As one of us said, what’s a country without a sports channel, hehe, something that I am in total agreement with…. But its all good now, all the channels have been reinstated, and I’m happy again…..
Anyway, I’m off to watch more Friends and Joey, so till the next entry then!!!
Its been a while since my last entry, which coincided with my return to Dhaka…. The trip back was uneventful, yet I was relieved to be back at the hotel and reunited with the rest of our Malaysian team…. Am not looking forward to going back out to the villages this Sunday, but until then I might as well enjoy it while it lasts…..
While I have been busy in the office, documenting the results of our work at the villages, I am definitely more relaxed and at ease as compared to the past 2 weeks…. I have been able to catch up with the world news, and I found it distressing to read and watch what is going on in Lebanon, sad that Ruud Van Nistelrooy has left Man United but pleased that Michael Carrick has finally been signed by Ferguson…. Its so nice to be able to catch up with all the football going-ons as the new season approaches…..
Then there’s the internet, I found my mail inbox filled to the brim, not that it was a problem…. I was delighted to find myself connected to the internet (somehow there’s wireless connection in the office, slow as it may be, but its better than no internet at all :) ), hence I was able to catch up with what has been happening at home…. I was also able to chat with friends from home, Penang, Australia, Singapore and even Senegal…. Hopefully I’ll be able to get hold of my friends in India and the UK in the near future…..
Of course, let’s not forget the hot showers I’m now able to enjoy again after a hard day at work…. Nothing washes away the tiredness as well as a nice hot shower….. and then to step into a cool and air conditioned room, where I wont have to worry about any power cuts…. No more hot, sweaty and uncomfortable nights as I toss and turn in our mosquito infested bedroom…. While I was at the villages, I had a frog, a rat and plenty of roaches as room mates….. how I managed to get enough sleep I will never know, but I guess when you’re so tired, after a while, you just push it to the furthest corner of your mind, you close your eyes and drift away to sleep…..
Of course, being able to watch reruns of Friends, Will & Grace, new episodes of Joey, the OC Season II, lots of ESPN and Star Sports does wonders to one’s morale…. We had a shock though when we returned, as the Ministry of Culture or something like that had banned the sports channels and the Z series channels, which had all my Friends and Will & Grace’s so we were not happy…. As one of us said, what’s a country without a sports channel, hehe, something that I am in total agreement with…. But its all good now, all the channels have been reinstated, and I’m happy again…..
Anyway, I’m off to watch more Friends and Joey, so till the next entry then!!!
posted by zufar | 8:52 PM
1 Comments:
oi..nice to hear about you way over there. hang in there, you'll be back soon. send my love to the team :)
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