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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood : October 2013
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood. Balancing babies, baking, bobbins and briefing - how hard can it be - in Bangladesh? Sunday, 27 October 2013. 65279;. Lalbagh Fort, Old Dhaka - can you feel the sweaty heat? So I promised an update on Eid and it's been a little slow coming. Eid. Seems like a lifetime ago already - now we are into hartels, burning buses and molotov cocktails! Even in the diplomatic zone - imagine that! Afternoon tea - as a distraction from the dead cows! She wanted to se...
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood : July 2014
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood. Balancing babies, baking, bobbins and briefing - how hard can it be - in Bangladesh? Monday, 7 July 2014. So, it appears the drains don't work that well in Dhaka. The joys of visiting Singapore when you are older. The rainy season has started. So has Ramadan. The rainy season in the desh is full of contrasts - baking hot one moment, dust blowing everywhere and then ridiculously heavy rain and cooler temperatures the next! So, next step in the process?
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood : June 2013
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood. Balancing babies, baking, bobbins and briefing - how hard can it be - in Bangladesh? Sunday, 16 June 2013. Dhaka belly in the desh. Yes, I’ve had my first encounter with Dhaka belly. Like Delhi belly but luckily for me it only lasted a few days. People die of diarrheoa every day – in fact Diarrhoea (88% of which in low income countries is due to poor water and sanitation. So, life in Dhaka, what will it be like? There is not escaping it. The beggars who b...
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood : A long time coming
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood. Balancing babies, baking, bobbins and briefing - how hard can it be - in Bangladesh? Tuesday, 16 December 2014. A long time coming. Has it really been almost 6 months since my last post! We've now entered the dry season in Bangladesh - the drains have some time to recover! Not only can they make more money, they have a light on their way to the toilet which means they feel a bit safer when they wee at night! One more Deshi activity - I went on a tour in a...
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood : Cyclones, salt water and the surface of the moon
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood. Balancing babies, baking, bobbins and briefing - how hard can it be - in Bangladesh? Sunday, 20 April 2014. Cyclones, salt water and the surface of the moon. Some of the women in Koyra who had homes washed away during cyclone Sidr and Aila. So we are now in the summer season in Bangladesh. There are 6 seasons overall:. Late autumn which consists of ‘Kartic’ and ‘Agrahayan’. Http:/ www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/world/asia/facing-rising-seas-bangladesh...Below...
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood : May 2014
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood. Balancing babies, baking, bobbins and briefing - how hard can it be - in Bangladesh? Sunday, 18 May 2014. What's the weather like out there? The weather the other day made me think of that classic film, Good Morning Vietnam! Yes, funnily enough, it's hot. Damn hot. Thinking of tropical diseases, I was contemplating a number of ones I've not heard of before, including the Chikungunya virus and Nipah virus. As a matter of public health information, I th...
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood : September 2013
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood. Balancing babies, baking, bobbins and briefing - how hard can it be - in Bangladesh? Sunday, 29 September 2013. At long last our belongings have arrived. I shouldn't say at long last really as we didn't have to wait long. The kids are in toy heaven, all those charity shop specials I found before we left have gone down a treat. Obviously though the things they found the most fun were the giant cardboard boxes! Monday, 23 September 2013. Peter is out and so...
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood : Strawberry season!
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood. Balancing babies, baking, bobbins and briefing - how hard can it be - in Bangladesh? Sunday, 23 February 2014. Apparently the season is short, very short. So we have been jam making, ice cream making and generally enjoying them! The jam has been a little bit of a mixed bag - either a bit too solid or a bit too runny. Where can I get fruit and vegetables which don't contain formaldehyde (formulin)? Have you seen the colour of the pomegranates? Rubbish Dump...
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood : February 2014
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Tales of suburban (or even sundarban) motherhood. Balancing babies, baking, bobbins and briefing - how hard can it be - in Bangladesh? Sunday, 23 February 2014. Apparently the season is short, very short. So we have been jam making, ice cream making and generally enjoying them! The jam has been a little bit of a mixed bag - either a bit too solid or a bit too runny. Where can I get fruit and vegetables which don't contain formaldehyde (formulin)? Have you seen the colour of the pomegranates? Rubbish Dump...
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