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Meandering Memos

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Insights and observations from international travel.

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  • Daylight savings confusion

    Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 10:00 in news, Bangladesh, daylight savings time

    This was the first year that Bangladesh tried out Daylight Savings Time.  There’s a huge problem with electricity shortages here, leading to what they call “load shedding” – rolling brown-outs or black-outs, where parts of th...

  • Shomi at 7 months!

    Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 00:36 in dog

    OK, so Shomi was 7 months old last week, but 7 months – 1 week doesn’t make for such a great title. Shomi has hit 50 pounds and seems to be staying!  She used to grow at a couple pounds a week, but lately that has leveled off, so we̵...

  • Apparently I need to write more about Dhaka

    Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 07:10 in Bangladesh, urban scenes

    I realize I haven’t written much about Dhaka lately.  That’s because, well, everything’s pretty much the same. Anyways, some pictures from around town: A pickup game of cricket, and goats in a rickshaw. What’s new in Dhaka?...

  • Anti-Rat Campaign!

    Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 08:41 in news, Bangladesh

    Bangladesh awards farmer who killed 83,000 rats By JULHAS ALAM (AP) – 1 day ago DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh on Wednesday awarded a farmer who killed more than 83,000 rats and launched a monthlong campaign nationwide to kill millions more...

  • Shomi takes a bath

    Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 10:05 in dog, Bangladesh

    Posted in Bangladesh, Dog ...

  • China!

    Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 20:33 in china, beijing, travels, urban scenes

    Over the Eid vacation we took a quick getaway to Beijing! And we loved it. Beijing really covered the whole spectrum of things to do, from really old, cool historical places to fun markets to top-notch international shopping. It’s a huge cit...

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