Moving up in the world

When our newest colleague arrives this Tuesday, I will not only be the second-newest person in our office (as in NOT the newest) but also the third-youngest person at the Embassy (as in not the youngest, a distinction I held for a looong month).  Ah yes, I can feel myself growing wiser by the day.  [...]

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Protected: On the American Dream

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Quite a spread

I snapped this picture at a “Language Learner’s Luncheon” at work today – the South Asia language section is proud to take any opportunity to celebrate with food. Today’s occasion? None really; it’s too long between holidays in South Asia, so they’ve created their own. The food is always delicious; our teachers [...]

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A glimpse of things to come …

Today we visited the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in Maryland to get a preview of Hindu culture and religion. Bangladesh is about 15% Hindu, so we should see some temples in Bangladesh as well as lots, of course, on our (hopefully) frequent visits to India! Also, Bangladesh was primarily Hindu prior to the [...]

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The hard part about this job…

is that the great people you meet have to up and move to a different country just as soon as you really get to be friends. A couple of close friends from my entering class left today for Mexico and I’m pretty bummed – it won’t be the same without them here.
It also turns [...]

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