mnjah..
Many things have happened during the past month. Being sick (well, nothing serious, but annoying); feeling as a celebrity in a school when going to do a market survey among classes 7-11; going to Cox's Bazar together with Triinu; missing internet in the office for 3 weeks; lots of work; driving all night to see sunset at Jamuna bridge (~200 km from Dhaka); preparing for Bangladeshi NLDS; chairing and facilitating at NLDS and of course everyday joys and miseries.
But anyway, today has been one of the worst days of my BD experience. Everything just goes so wrong. Starting from ruining my clothes with mud when stepping out from house, taking 1,5 hours to reach work (awful traffic!!! which has NOT been disturbing me before at all), having fight in the office with a colleague about a real tiny thing, ruining my clothes for the second time during lunch in the office and so on. Aa... and of course - during past 4 days I've been late to office every day just because I have not been able to wake up in time. Too exhausted.. If I had a list of the symptoms of culture shock I guess, I could mark most of them as symptoms of mine at the moment. Besides, today another of my colleagues asked me: "what is wrong? If I compare you today and 2-3 weeks ago, I can see that you are getting upset so easily.."
All the ideas are very welcome about how to overcome this time....
3 Comments:
I think you should get some rest as number one priority. Apart from that, just keep doing 1-2 things that really make you happy.
This past week I think I was also in that low. Having been in my new job & living in a new place for 3 months now, finally it caught me.
I just could not wake up as early as I used to etc. etc. Exercising keeps me focusedd for example. Not sure if you can do any of that over in Dhaka though..
Or take a day off. That should also be good. And do something you are good at (I pick up Dutch pretty easily, so am always enjoying the class even if my mood is zero).
I am sure you will soon be back to happy sunshine.
Kallistan kovasti.
hey huns,
personal experience could be that it is slowly settling down to you that you would be staying here longer than the normal "tourist visit", and all these novelties that you find that exciting in the beginning are losing its appeal to you maybe. But have faith my dear, you will get over it soon. Talk to your comfort circle aka family and friends back home, and you will get back on your feet soon, also when you realise what a rare opportunity it is for you to be where you are and knowing that its only temporary situation, before your traineeship ends. Take care and lots of love!
Life is a bitch...I know :) I have so far killed some cockroaches and managed to live without hot water. Mmmm...I wounder if they start to heat in the winter. Greetings from Russia... Eat sweets, because 100g sweets = 100g welfare ;)
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