Lost in Bangla Land.... again....sigh.....
The day has finally arrived…. We’re off to Bangladesh…. During the trip to the airport with my Senior Manager, my phone rang, with one of my team mates who had already arrived at the airport telling us that our flight was delayed by more than 2 hours…..
As we sat in the plane, waiting to take off, we noticed the technicians performing repair works on the wings of the plane…. And so the prayers started for a safe trip to Dhaka…. A safe trip it was, but a peaceful one it wasn’t…. We had a screaming baby sitting 2 rows ahead of me….
If that wasn’t bad enough, security was really tight at Zia International Airport, Dhaka…. How tight was the security you ask? Armed security guards greeted us at the airport the moment we got off the plane…. Quite a different reception as compared to the tourists flying into Malaysia during the Visit Malaysia Year 2007…..
2 of my colleagues were stopped by the immigration officers…. Not that it was a big problem, it was resolved fairly quickly…. We were also asked to put our bags through the X-Ray machine, which is unusual as foreigners are usually allowed to walk through uninterrupted…. A colleague of mine was also stopped for his suitcase could be checked, where they proceeded to ruffle through his belongings and asked him all sorts of questions regarding his clothes and medicine…..
This could be due to the uncertainty brought about by the looming general election, to be held on 22 January 2007…. In view of the general dissatisfaction with the Government, the opposition parties have stated that they will boycott the elections…. Instead, many public demonstrations, sometimes violent, are held, with many people being arrested….
The weather was cold in Dhaka, possibly 10oC or so…. Good that I had brought along my jacket…. But it only means that I’ll be facing even more colder conditions in the northern parts of Bangladesh for the audit of branch outlets of the client….
Well, what with the unstable political situation and the cold weather, this could be the most challenging audit in Bangladesh yet!!
As we sat in the plane, waiting to take off, we noticed the technicians performing repair works on the wings of the plane…. And so the prayers started for a safe trip to Dhaka…. A safe trip it was, but a peaceful one it wasn’t…. We had a screaming baby sitting 2 rows ahead of me….
If that wasn’t bad enough, security was really tight at Zia International Airport, Dhaka…. How tight was the security you ask? Armed security guards greeted us at the airport the moment we got off the plane…. Quite a different reception as compared to the tourists flying into Malaysia during the Visit Malaysia Year 2007…..
2 of my colleagues were stopped by the immigration officers…. Not that it was a big problem, it was resolved fairly quickly…. We were also asked to put our bags through the X-Ray machine, which is unusual as foreigners are usually allowed to walk through uninterrupted…. A colleague of mine was also stopped for his suitcase could be checked, where they proceeded to ruffle through his belongings and asked him all sorts of questions regarding his clothes and medicine…..
This could be due to the uncertainty brought about by the looming general election, to be held on 22 January 2007…. In view of the general dissatisfaction with the Government, the opposition parties have stated that they will boycott the elections…. Instead, many public demonstrations, sometimes violent, are held, with many people being arrested….
The weather was cold in Dhaka, possibly 10oC or so…. Good that I had brought along my jacket…. But it only means that I’ll be facing even more colder conditions in the northern parts of Bangladesh for the audit of branch outlets of the client….
Well, what with the unstable political situation and the cold weather, this could be the most challenging audit in Bangladesh yet!!
posted by zufar | 5:18 AM
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