Aufgetischt

At Istanbul Airport

Business Class Lounge

Office lunch

Jhaal Muri

Veggie lunch

Breakfast at Star Kabab

Ahoi!

I like farewells. They mark the end of something existing and the beginning of something new.

Company Iftar Cruise. Goodbye Jamil, welcome Cathrin!

It is always a good opportunity to go out and have lunch the buffet style...

Linna's farewell at Verbanella's

Christine's lunch invitation at Heritage - Yam!

And most importantly just go and hang out with lovely friends at places like The Cream & Fudge Factory in Banani.


Aylin's farewell in July



As you might assume, I am heading back to Germany. If you still wanna keep reading what I post every now and then, make sure to stop by once in a while. I have to follow-up on soooo many things I did, saw and experienced here in Bangladesh and will post a lot of pictures, once I am back. There is our trip to Sonargaon, stuff about mosquitoes, food, markets, signboards...

Coming up:

Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed

I have a new friend. I have never seen his face. I have never talked to him. But he talks to me everyday.

Today is the second day of Ramadan, considered the holy month in the islamic calendar. During this month, the Quran was revealed by Allah. Muslims fast during the day and eat and drink after the sun has set. To get through the day, people get up for Sehri, the last meal before dawn. In Bangladesh from about 4 am to 6.45 pm all Muslims, except eldery, children, pregnant women, the ill and invalid, are not supposed to eat and drink. Everyone should avoid sinning in genral and good deeds are rewarded by Allah a lot more than during the rest of the year.

But coming back to my new friend. Every morning before dawn he calls me at about 3 am. To be more precise, microphone announcements are being made all over the city to remind people to get up for Sehri.
My friend from my local mosque repeats "Get up! Eat Sehri! Fast! ... Everyone get up!" all over. He then recites the exact time when to stop eating and repeats everything again. But now comes the fun part: He sings it! No joke! My friend sings to me at 3 am in the morning which makes it hard for anyone to stay asleep.

Good service, which shall be rewarded, friend!

The Coca-Cola Company

More than 140 million people live in Bangladesh but more than 300 million people speak Bangla, which makes it one of the most spoken languages in the world.

Historically, Bangla not being officially recognized as one of Pakistan's languages back when East and West Pakistan existed led to the Bengali Language Movement. Bangladeshis, mostly students, fought for the recognition of their own language in February of 1952 and protested the "Urdu-only" policy. Years later the UNESCO declared February 21 as the International Mother Language Day.

Many people speaking Bangla means also many people reading and writing in this language. This is reason enough for multinational companies, like Coca-Cola, to present their products in both English and Bangla.