tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18764915.post113215469485595663..comments2023-08-10T15:15:40.807+04:30Comments on Kabulog: Existing and Timequasimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16045568121156864937noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18764915.post-1132233114524100232005-11-17T17:41:00.000+04:302005-11-17T17:41:00.000+04:30Elizabeth, yeah, i'm not really complaining, just ...Elizabeth, yeah, i'm not really complaining, just whining. Are you still out in the field? Is that a permanent posting? Stay warm if it is.<BR/><BR/>I can make out a few words when I hear dari spoken, but not nearly as much as i can when hindi is spoken. I'm not sure if accent is a factor here either. Pushto, forget it...sounds like greek to me. I know the languages have a lot in common, but the vocabs can often be quite different. I but heads with this fact whenever I try to fix my urdu/punjabi pidgin language. So I assumed there is a chance that dari or hindi or gujrati might have different words for 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow'. And i'm not sure if having the words is necessarily a good thing either. I kinda like the fatalism and different sense of time.quasimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045568121156864937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18764915.post-1132232405153577632005-11-17T17:30:00.000+04:302005-11-17T17:30:00.000+04:30Rachel, got this one, as you too know. Glad you'r...Rachel, got this one, as you too know. Glad you're enjoying my blog...we'll see how long that lasts. I too, will i kinda wouldn't have minded being in SF, but i'm really glad i'm here. Today at work I got a better grasp of what my contribution will be, and that was good. <BR/><BR/>Tourists. Hmmm. Well I haven't left the confines of two buildings yet this week. I think its over precaution, but I'm not going to be pushy yet. I don't think there are capital generating, taking a vacation tourists here. There are many people visiting to do work, and many Afghanis coming to visit family. There is a $200 a night hotel a stone's throw from me (in the first set of pictures). There are definately quite a few places to see around town, none of which I have seen. God, I hope I get to before I leave. And i'm sure there are a bunch of crazy europeans and aussies doing treks and climbs across the country, except now it's winter. <BR/><BR/>So come visit me in May. I've been out to eat once, with my co-workers, all of us shuffled by our drivers.<BR/><BR/>I'll try to find recipie, but we haven't had pumpkin yet.quasimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045568121156864937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18764915.post-1132163410699388722005-11-16T22:20:00.000+04:302005-11-16T22:20:00.000+04:30Blogger ate my comment last time, so who knows if ...Blogger ate my comment last time, so who knows if you'll even get this. But - I'm really enjoying your blog. (Wish you were in SF instead of Kabul, but oh well.)<BR/><BR/>And now, for some ign'ant quetions from a white girl: How safe is it for tourists in Kabul? Are there tourists? Do you eat from places other than your house, and if so, how is the food? Can you get me the pumpkin recipe that I love?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com