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Sunday, March 20, 2011 2:37:03 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled On feeling far, far, far from Holi.:
katia said, "Today is Holi, in India, or rather for Hindus all over the world. If not for Facebook, and the friends from /in India whom I'm in touch with via this social media tool, the day would have gone without my having the slightest notion that a mere 45..." more
Sunday, February 27, 2011 8:51:48 PM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled Have bicycle, will ride it in the streets of Dhaka:
katia said, " So, I was a blogger gone mute, these past few months. I'd like to think I'm slowly extricating myself from this dark spell, and one way to do that is to shed my own bit of spotlight over an event I participated in, this past Friday.Yes, it..." more
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:51:19 PM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled One year since the earthquake in Haiti:
katia said, "Almost three months since my last post. I'm almost through with a deadline, and I know I must again carve the time to keep my blog alive, but the main reason I'm writing today is that it is the first anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. One year,..." more
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 6:19:58 PM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled And where do you think my children have lived all their young years?:
katia said, "Never would it occur to me to carry anything on my head. It doesn't matter that I have also lived the past ten years (and counting) between Nigeria, India and now Bangladesh, where this is the normal way of carrying most anything. But for them, it..." more
Sunday, October 17, 2010 4:34:12 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled Buying plants:
katia said, "We entered our apartment one week after the day that our shipment was scheduled to be delivered and five weeks after we left the neighboring country of India. Almost a month later, we're still camping. As it turns out, the ship with our..." more
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:53:03 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled The Virtual Tour for Kelly Starling Lyon's "One Million Men and Me":
katia said, "A few weeks back, Kelly Starling Lyons sent me an email asking if I would like to participate in her virtual tour on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Million Man March (October 16) - which was the inspiration for her picture..." more
Saturday, October 9, 2010 4:56:27 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled And how do children get to school and back home?:
katia said, "I am told that the government of Bangladesh has devised a plan to enroll the numerous local children in schools : there are classes from 7 am until 12 noon, and then from 12 until 5 PM. This means that at 12, every school day, the streets fill with..." more
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:45:39 PM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled So, today, I grumble and whine.:
katia said, "Well, I can't download the pictures of my beautiful new wall from my camera, because somewhere between the hotel, the many bags, and the move to the new empty apartment, I seem to have lost or displaced the necessary cable. And so, today, I will..." more
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:45:38 PM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled New wall.:
katia said, " I found the cable to download the pictures from my camera at the bottom of one of the bags I had not yet emptied. I can now show you our new wall.When they first came to measure it, I asked if it was necessary to protect the floor. They just..." more
Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:33:57 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled Decorating our house with local art.:
katia said, "When I first arrived, an expat who's been living here for a while gave me a list of shops where I could find... this, and that. One drew my attention immediately because my friend mentioned that it had many local handicrafts. I think it's one of the..." more
Thursday, September 23, 2010 5:44:33 PM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled A visit to the slum:
katia said, "So, the title is bizarre. Are slums something to be visited ? Of course not. But this particular slum is located on the banks of the lake, just across the river from our hotel, and the stark contrast between our life, and the lives of the people and..." more
Saturday, September 18, 2010 7:42:16 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled Shopping in a new country:
katia said, "The last update on my Facebook page goes : I miss Q Mart !!! Q Mart is the supermarket where we found pretty much everything we needed in terms of foods, cleaning supplies, etc, during our six years in India. It was our regular supermarket. When we..." more
Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:32:14 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled Another kind of exploration:
katia said, "So, we are still waiting for shipment to arrive, still waiting for apartment to be cleaned, repainted, etc, but this may well happen before said shipment reaches us, and after a month at the hotel, the overall feeling is that time has come to move..." more
Monday, September 13, 2010 3:55:31 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled First exploration of Dhaka:
katia said, "Three and half weeks into the school year, and the kids have their first school break (8 days) for the long Muslim festival, Eid-ul-Fitre. It celebrates the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The last days before Eid, we saw what it supposed..." more
Friday, September 10, 2010 12:41:00 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled New country, new background, and first impressions.:
katia said, "The last two weeks were spent mostly in the Unicef car, fighting the grueling Dhaka traffic, and visiting big, empty spaces while trying to picture our furniture, and our lives in them. The process was rendered even more difficult by the fact that I..." more
Friday, September 10, 2010 12:41:00 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled Robin Pascoe Online Lecture Series:
katia said, "It seems fitting that one of my first posts from our new country should be about Expat Expert Robin Pascoe, and the subject of expatriation.Those who read my blog know that I'm a great fan of Robin. I was lucky to meet her when she toured India..." more
Friday, September 10, 2010 12:41:00 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled Unconsciously looking for something familiar... and finding it.:
katia said, "We signed our lease contract yesterday. It's official, we are no longer homeless. Of course, the apartment is yet to be emptied of its content, but the previous tenant has left, and it's a matter of days, two weeks at the most, before we move into..." more
Friday, September 10, 2010 12:41:00 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled On basic social skills, and finding them lacking.:
katia said, "One of the obvious consequences of moving to a new place is that you meet new people, you create a whole network of acquaintances - some of which may eventually morph into friendships. This means going up to people you don't know, or maybe you saw..." more
Monday, August 16, 2010 9:08:22 PM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled Bye Bye, India:
katia said, "This is the last picture I took, on the way to the airport, on August 15. Six years almost to the day after I landed in India for the first time (we arrived on August 18, 2004.) As you drive, you suddenly come upon all these statues waving at you...." more
Saturday, June 26, 2010 4:33:54 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled Out of The Way! Out of The Way! Blog Tour:
katia said, "I'm so happy to host two very talented artists, Uma Krishnaswami the author, and Uma Krishnaswamy the illustrator, on the occasion of the blog tour for the release of their delightful picture book Out of the Way! Out of the Way, published by Tulika..." more
Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:23:34 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled The Motherhood Muse Blog Tour : A Challenge to Change the World:
katia said, "A Challenge to Change the WorldThroughout my life I've been challenged to change the world, to make it abetter place. The sister and brother living on the streets of Tijuana,begging me when I was seven years old to buy Chicle. The sea animals..." more
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:13:27 PM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled Catching up:
katia said, "Life is funny. When I have too much to do, I still find time to do more. But as soon as my schedule becomes lighter, I catch myself doing less. I still haven't figured that one out.Of course, the fact that I've been fighting a pretty bad throat, and..." more
Sunday, April 18, 2010 9:01:01 AM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled Varanasi : So Long:
katia said, "Just a few more pictures out of the 478 I took, in six days. Just because..." more
Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:24:36 PM
katia novet saint-lot wrote a blog post titled This blog is moving!:
katia said, "Accessing my blogger account has become almost impossible. First time I manage to get in in the past five days, and I don't even have all the features available. So, I created a new blog on WordPress. Please, join me there. The background and title..." more