1. The rainy season came. We heard so much about how impossible the rainy season is - days and days of heavy rain with no stop, hip-high water in the streets downtown. Instead, what we got is a beautiful green Yangon, with refreshing bursts of rain once a day cooling the air, cleaning the streets, masking the noise and slowing everything down just a little bit.
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| A nursery in Yangon last weekend |
2. Arne got a job. Who would've thought that changing from time-off to full-time-work would be such a huge happiness booster. Not only does he have a job, he has an amazing job, and it even came with a car.
2.a. We got a lucky break - Arne's office is just next door to mine. That means we get to drive to work together and also meet for lunch some days.
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| The lakey where we eat lunch every other day |
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| Free side-dishes that come with lunch |
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| My best work to-date. Ever. |
4. I realized how generally stimulating and inspiring life here is. Our friends, though at first sight perhaps a normal group of western alcoholics, are actually an extremely intelligent, caring and socially-aware bunch. Really special people. You can always count on them to surprise you with new ideas. And then there are all the other surprises - at work, dealing with completely new challenges; at home - discovering a corner in the neighborhood you never noticed, or suddenly understanding something you didn't get before.
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| A parked train, just outside our home. Things you don't see when you always take the bridge. |
.. And Myanmar continues as before. Our house-dog is pregnant, my favorite market has been surprisingly torn down, but otherwise it's really all exactly the same.
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| The external display of out downstairs shop, one lucky day |
