Archive for September, 2008
The Institute of Governance Studies
I realise that I have not actually said anything yet about the work I am doing in Dhaka and that is clearly remiss of me as I know that you are all keen to know what I am up to. The Institute of Governance Studies (IGS) is part of BRAC University in Bangladesh. My job, [...]
Happy birthday to me…
What a lovely day it has been. Not too much work – it is a weekend after all so only three meetings – and then my very good friend, Dipu, arrived with a birthday cake and a present. Sadly, Dipu was fasting so I had to demolish most of the cake on my own. If [...]
Ramadan in Dhaka
So here I am, back in Dhaka and in the midst of Ramadan. What’s different? Well, for a start, work finishes early so that people can get home to break their fast. The traffic has also altered its pattern with a phenomenal rush homeward starting from about 3 and the streets really empty around the [...]
A secret webmaster
Back in Dhaka at the Westin and here I am at the end of the weekend (that means Saturday here) sitting in my room and catching up on web site administration. My webmaster has just set up a new piece of software for my photo gallery and it is now much easier for me to [...]
A French “Summer” holiday
So it was off to France to join the annual house party organised by my godson’s parents. We spent a couple of days in Paris en route with all sorts of good intentions to spend time at the Louvre. The weather, however, was vile and so we decided to take a bateau mouche tour on [...]
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