Day Thirty: Fresh Guavas in the Morning (12 July)
on From Banglatown to Bangladesh (Bangladesh), 18/Sep/2010 08:54, 34 days ago
Picked from the tree in front of my house, where the branches have been heavy with fruit for days. Enough to occupy a shelf of my fridge, and to give away two full bags to friends. They’re sweet, perfectly ripe, and full of vitamins. A perfect accompaniment to my breakfast, and to build up my immune system, worn down by Bangladeshi bacteria. An excellent start to the day.Today is also the end of my month of positivity. There have been other positives too: overdue Skypes and phone calls and emails with much loved friends and family, several trips to the tailors to get those holiday dresses back, jokes in the office and lunches with Khagrachari friends. And the processes of identifying and of writing about them has helped to remind me of so many of the good things of my time in the Desh, at a time when– for a variety of reasons – such reminders really were necessary.As I post this, two months after the date itself, I am looking back over the– now quite extended - month. The intended daily updates weren’t there, butas I have said previously, it would not have been representative of my time in Bangladesh if my carefully-chosen plans and timelines were actually followed. But all the positives were thought about and decided upon on their respective dates, and while they may seem silly or strange or overly-sentimental, they do indeed make up much of my Bangladeshi days.