Category: Alice


40TH YEAR CELEBRATION FOR BANGLADESH IS TODAY!  The day when the liberation war with Pakistan ended.  I was 23 years old and I don’t recall seeing it in the news,  but I am enjoying visiting in this country.  Two of my grandsons were born here in Bangladesh.  It is interesting that I am almost as old as Pakistan and my sons are almost as old as Bangladesh.  Both of my sons have spend time working here in this country filled with many friendly hospital Bengalis.  It is a country of 150 million people with 15 million living in the capital of Dhaka.  At least 88% of the people are Muslim.  With time constraints in today’s schedule I didn’t have time to locate photos of the National Flag, Flower, Bird, or Animal.  Of course the Bengal Tiger has eluded me!  I once took a photo of a tiger’s track that the guide thought was maybe less than an hour old!  I decided to post this photo which not only was handy in my flash drive, but showed the friendliness of Bengalis in this village near Mymensingh. We have visited this village twice this year.

Alice on the left; Katriel standing; Moriah sitting; Marland sitting on the right.

TODAY WAS A  BUSY DAY DELIVERING CINNAMON ROLL CHRISTMAS WREATHS TO OUR NEIGHBORS.   I started at 11:30 am and took an hour off for supper and stopped at 7:15 pm.  I was unable to deliver to 3 of the 31 apartments, until Friday. Then I headed out to deliver some more to our U.S. friends.  I kept one rickshaw wallah busy for over an hour with this last venture.  I had started the day at 5 am, with a morning walk, and then an hour of football and some shopping, so I was ready to drop into bed.

     

Alice Assembling Wreaths                        Final Touches                         Marland With Finished Product

Day 305

FOREIGN VISITORS ATTRACT A CROWD IN BAILOR VILLAGE in Mymensingh district in Bangladesh.

Day 264

ALICE UTILIZING HER BANGLA IN A CONVERSATION WITH this Bengali lady who is processing some harvested rice.

MARVIN, ALICE, MYSELF AND MARGARET ENTERING BAILOR VILLAGE IN MYMENSINGH.

Day 254

ALICE IN BAILOR VILLAGE NEAR MYMENSINGH.  We spent 2.5 hours in this village.  She quizzed them on English and they knew the numbers, colors and body parts in English.  They have three schools in the village of 2500 in which they are taught English.

Day 243

ALICE WITH SOME OF HALIM’S NIECES AND FRIENDS on the way to buy some ice cream.  Alice and I had been invited to Halim’s house to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, yesterday.

 

Day 207

MY WIFE ALICE WITH MY NIECE BAILEY, all dressed up in saris, ready to go to a Guy Holud.

Day 172

ALICE AT THE “FOREST GREEN RESTAURANT” in the Hotel Dallas building. Alice’s one favorite was mug dhal.  There is also vegetable curry and beef curry for this meal.

Day 169

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET WIFE!  Here she is having her birthday breakfast. Mango juice, omelet, toast, butter, jelly, and coffee or tea. On this trip she has sure been enjoying the Kindle her friends gave her for an appreciation gift.

Day 364

ALICE READING IN THE EVENING in the relaxing area beneath our lumbung. We stayed at Hotel Lumbung Damuh for the last five nights in Bali, including Christmas Eve and Christmas. It was a very relaxing place, with the background of the waves hitting the shore just 30 yards from our lumbung (Balinese style home on pillars)!

Day 358

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS!  We are having a relaxing day here in Bali, Indonesia, reading books, editing photos, taking photos, enjoying good food, etc.  Photos were taken at airport in Kuala Lumpur on our way from the U.S. A. to Dhaka in September.