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Dude means milk?

07/06/2010 in TOTO Bangladesh by Mark Chenery | 12 comments

Sharna Bremner
Outreach Blogger
7 June 2010

It took almost 11 months, 3 challenges, 3 flights and nearly 24 hours of travelling but we’re finally here in the craziness that is Dhaka.

We’re now at the end of our second day in Bangladesh and I thought I’d share some of the things we’ve learnt so far.

  • Joel and I are almost honorary Bangladeshi’s. Well, our names are. Joel is pretty close to the name that would be pronounced ‘Jewel’ and Sharna means golden.  Yes, from now on, we shall be called Golden and Precious Stone.

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On visions, adventures, and getting perspective

05/06/2010 in TOTO Bangladesh by Mark Chenery | 12 comments

Joel Katz
Outreach Blogger
5 June 2010

It’s been a long time coming, but Sharna and I have finally arrived in Dhaka, as part of Actionaid’s Project TOTO. Crazy tired – like the worn-out, washed-up boxer in Martin Scorsese’s classic Raging Bull, which, oddly, was on last night’s in-flight entertainment.

With a quick layover in Singapore’s heavenly airport, I duck into the men’s, and what’s this – has the turbulence-heavy, sleep-deprived trip over given me visions? The word ‘TOTO’ magically appears before me, in gold lettering across the top of the toilet.

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Does Bangladesh’s MasterChef wear cravats too?

31/05/2010 in TOTO Bangladesh by Mark Chenery | 10 comments

Joel Katz
Outreach Blogger
31st May 2010

Sitting in a Sydney café, bundled up in jacket and scarf, as the icy rain pelts down outside. Light flickers from my laptop’s shimmering screen – the only warmth on this drabbest of days. Locals shuffle past, musing on what shade of pink Mat Preston’s pants will be tonight on MasterChef, and if they’ll match his cravat.

Hmm… food for thought, and really does help us through these dreary winter days.

But wait. Suddenly it hits me with the force of a rapidly descending mini-grand piano landing on my head that Sharna and I will be in face-meltingly hot Dhaka in a matter of days.  Our realities will be up-ended, like a flipped Chapati frying in a Bangladeshi street stall.

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