Sunday, November 29, 2009

Carbonara in...Bangladesh?!?!

Not made with pancetta...but with something like it.

I got the "something like it" from a guy who knows a butcher in the capital city (8 hours away). Got the parmesan from our local grocer, Mr. Moonshine. (Yes, that's really his name). And thank goodness we can readily get eggs and spaghetti here.

Kat and I chowed down on 3 bowls each. So good for the fact that we have been without it for so long--and thought we would never eat it here!!!

Though this carbonara is still not as good as Ray Streeter's...

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Halloween--Deshi Style

If you can do Halloween in Bangladesh--you can do it anywhere!

Calvin, Zelda, Fritz, and I used our brain power and creativity to make decorations from whatever materials we had in our apartments. We decorated all day so that everyone could dance the night away in a ghoulish atmosphere. A super fun time!












Decorating with muslin grocery bags, chalk, old pillows, and furniture!




















































Creepy monster food


















"Monster's Cage"































Katrina and Sangita--twins separated at birth and reunited in Bangladesh!



















I went as Betty Boop!













Dancing the night away...

Monday, November 9, 2009

Office Space

Some tidbits from my work diary:

11/8/09

9:00 AM
Workers are currently re-decorating the area outside of my office. They disconnected our internet in the process, making it very hard to work on a Sunday morning. Hmmmm…work...

3:00 PM
Working in a co-worker's office. The workers are using a blow torch in the crawl space in my office. It smells like plastic melting. Not in the mood to be in the path of an explosion.

11/9/09

The drilling, sanding, and sawing continues. As a co-worker said, the construction noise is now in stereo! The building going up outside my window has now almost completely obstructed my view of the palm trees--my one spot of green in this concrete landscape. Soon I will be in darkness. The only good thing is--once they finish the building next door, the pounding will stop…right?