Dear Sinister, I know I've been out of touch for a LONG time. Limited time on the net' and all that. Some people have informed me that messages sent bounced from my account over the last month. If you're not sure if I got your email then please send again. It seems to be okay now (fingers crossed). Well my first summer of no festivals hasn’t been as much torture as I imagined. I contented myself by listening to Glasto highlights (including B & S and Morrissey) on the BBC World Service. I have been kicked off the siniglasto list (during my account problems) so I don’t know what you were all discussing. Those that I’ve heard from seemed to have lots of fun. NEWS FROM BANGLADESH So for the updates. I'm now getting them straight on to my local Development Education Centre website. Go to http://www.ownne.org ...and click on Latest news. See my Apr-May BIG update first including my honey hunting trip in The Sundarbans - with pics. It was a brilliant trip so there's plenty of juicy details. There's a smaller May-June update. As I've got my access (without internet) to a computer in Bangladesh I've started including some pictures. I did go over my old updates to add pics - saris, slum areas etc. to give you a broader view but these improved versions don't appear to have gone live yet. While you're on the site have a look (if you get chance) to see what the Teesside One World Centre is all about. HONEY I'M HOME... NEWS FROM THE UK My big news is that I'm back in the UK for interviews! My first is with Biwater (international Water/wastewater treatment consultants) for a graduate engineering position on Tuesday. Then at the end of the month I've got an assessment centre exercise with DFID (Department for International Development). That's for a 12 - 18 month placement to hopefully make me a better consultant for DFID in the future. I’m going for an Infrastructure (Water and Environmental Health) position. There's so much preparation work I need to do for this! They’re paying for my flight ticket from the desh’ bless them. The DFID assessment is in East Kilbride. Glasgow massive - are you up to anything then? It would be nice to see some of you. I'm staying in the UK for a month (leaving Aug 15th). My last week may (hopefully) be in Surrey for a canal restoration camp but I've got another three weeks to try and cram things in as is my usual style. If anyone is in Cardiff - either normally or for the Interhash and wants to meet up then please let me know. This UK trip was quite last minute so I couldn’t pre-notify. THE END IS NIGH… I'll be back in the UK on a more permanent (?) basis on Thurs September 23rd - the end of my placement in Bangladesh. Yes, I know that means I'm only going back overseas for a month but I really want to finish my job properly. I enjoy my work and my colleagues are like family for a start. Not to mention the fact that I'm still going out with Stu (American Peace Corps Volunteer). Yes, it has developed into a more serious relationship as the months have gone on. We've already decided that we are going to try and keep it going when I leave the desh'. Both of us 'want job, will travel'. His placement in Bangladesh doesn't finish until end of May 2005. We'll come up with something. In the meantime hopefully I'll be earning soon and will be able to afford go back to the Desh' in winter. my wellbeing won't be able to afford not to. So, i'm about to embark on my first inter-continental relationship. It's a bit daunting. Right, now I have to get on with some individual messaging. Some of you have been neglected for a long time. <Brr> It's cold. I need to reacclimatise. Take care all, Amy _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+