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Welcome! I am a British Freelance Writer and Educational consultant who worked in Bangladesh until December 2013. I also have ADHD.In these pages I discuss all of these things and I try to give you a picture of life in Indian subcontinent Asia too.
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Tag Archives: age
The Mortality of Fear
Tomorrow will be Thing I‘s fourteenth birthday. It’s quite unnerving to think she’s that old already. If I think about taking the time we had in Bangladesh – a good 5-6 years – and jump forward that same amount of time … Continue reading
Posted in children, Life
Tagged age, Bangladesh, birthdays, celebration, children, fear, growing up, mortality, teenagers
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Never Trust Doctors – part I
I’ve just been to hell and back; and I’m not convinced about the back part of that sentence. I now have some idea what POWs go through in torture camps. In fact, to my shock, I think I’ve discovered that … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Humour, LAMB, Life, story
Tagged age, Bangladesh, Doctors, friends, health, humour, LAMB, life, Typhoid
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Fear, Friendship and the Art of Praying
I stepped into the room of the Guest house at LAMB and I could feel fear rising in my throat. There must have been twenty or so people there and most of them I knew well, yet I was extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, British, children, community, Culture, Humour, Life, Religion, story
Tagged age, Bangla, Bangladesh, Britain, children, Christianity, culture, Differences, friends, God, Hinduism, Islam, LAMB, language, life, Muslims, myers-briggs, Prayer, relationships, Religion, women
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My Town – part two
Continuing my two-parter on life in my midlands hometown. I got a lot of response from many friends from Coalville on my facebook – publicly and privately. Feel free to add your memories of the place in the comments below … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, British, children, community, Life, Philosophy
Tagged age, Bangladesh, Britain, children, Coalville, Differences, friends, Lady Jane, life, Mining, music, Palitoy, philosophy, racism, society, Woolworth
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Minipost 14 – Happy Birthday!
I write these miniposts for supporters of this blog. If you enjoyed this post please consider sharing it on your facebook, Twitter or blog to encourage others to sign up too! I would love more to follow the blog and … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Life, Writing
Tagged age, Bangladesh, blog, books, friends, LAMB, life
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