Daylight savings confusion

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 the city are left without electricity for hours a day.  In the worst parts of the year (when supply is [...]

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Apparently I need to write more about Dhaka

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?  Nothing’s new.  Someone forgot to turn off the monsoon, so it’s still raining, even though technically the monsoon ended last month.  [...]

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Anti-Rat Campaign!

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, to protect crops and reduce the need for food imports.
Mokhairul Islam, 40, won a first prize of [...]

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Shomi takes a bath

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Traffic woes continue – call in the army

With traffic at its annual worst, the government called in the big guns – the military police, at least.
This month is Ramadan, the month when Muslims fast leading up to Eid, probably the most important religious holiday of the year.  I don’t profess to be any kind of expert on the religious part, but here’s [...]

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The Mystery of the Missing Handicap

As has been mentioned before, M likes to golf.  A lot.  And fortunately, one of the nicer things in Dhaka are the two golf courses.  So when we arrived, 15 months ago, M inquired about getting his handicap recognized so that he could sign up to play in tournaments at the nicer of the two [...]

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Sad news from the zoo

We visited the zoo just a couple months ago, and were actually pretty impressed.  The cages seemed decent, reasonably large; the animals seemed to be doing OK.  We were impressed by the nice landscaping and by the informational sign about each animal – you know, like a real zoo!  (After a while here, your [...]

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Shomi, Toy Destroyer

Once upon a time, this toy was yellow:

Here, wait, I’ll show you:

Yes, same toy, just three months prior.
Actually, three months is pretty good around here. We’re going through toys so fast we can’t get them in the mail quick enough. This week, Shomi ate half a tennis ball. Not the fuzz, the [...]

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