Good afternoon!
I just ordered my Bangla phrasebook, which I had hoped to do sooner but kept holding off for one reason or another- I already know I will never be able to understand the script but hopefully I can at least get the basic phrases down, enough to say "Hello", "How are you?", "Thank you" and "Do you speak English?" :)
I have already learned in past travels that people across the world are more likely to take pity on you if you at least give it your best effort, regardless of how badly you butcher it!
Tonight I head to the Christmas party for the Rotary group that is sponsoring me, and tomorrow we were SUPPOSED to have another preparation meeting, but our team leader who was going to host us for this session reports heavy snowfall up in Flagstaff, much worse than anticipated. The snow would make a beautiful backdrop for our group photo (and yeah, I am selfish enough to want to take an hour or two to play in the snow!) but if it isn't safe we will have to Skype instead.
It is a beautiful rainy day here in Phoenix though! We get them so seldom it is quite a treat when we do, even if our clothing and hair disagrees... Hopefully more to report tomorrow once we have had our meeting, in person or otherwise!
Signing off,
Stephanie Babb
P.S. I am going to try to let the other girls have a go at posting in this blog, so any future readers don't get too bored reading about the inanities of my life...
I just ordered my Bangla phrasebook, which I had hoped to do sooner but kept holding off for one reason or another- I already know I will never be able to understand the script but hopefully I can at least get the basic phrases down, enough to say "Hello", "How are you?", "Thank you" and "Do you speak English?" :)
I have already learned in past travels that people across the world are more likely to take pity on you if you at least give it your best effort, regardless of how badly you butcher it!
Tonight I head to the Christmas party for the Rotary group that is sponsoring me, and tomorrow we were SUPPOSED to have another preparation meeting, but our team leader who was going to host us for this session reports heavy snowfall up in Flagstaff, much worse than anticipated. The snow would make a beautiful backdrop for our group photo (and yeah, I am selfish enough to want to take an hour or two to play in the snow!) but if it isn't safe we will have to Skype instead.
It is a beautiful rainy day here in Phoenix though! We get them so seldom it is quite a treat when we do, even if our clothing and hair disagrees... Hopefully more to report tomorrow once we have had our meeting, in person or otherwise!
Signing off,
Stephanie Babb
P.S. I am going to try to let the other girls have a go at posting in this blog, so any future readers don't get too bored reading about the inanities of my life...
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