A found bag, some new clothes and my first day of work

So, this morning once I got myself sorted a little, I headed over to the Asia Foundation where I will be working for the summer. I was introduced to everybody, but can't remember hardly any of the names, I need a list with pictures (The Dal Legal Who sets a high standard). Anyways, I also met John and then the two of us sat down with Kim, Jerome and Russell to kind of outline what the Asia Foundation does, some of the different projects we might be interested in, and some logistics stuff. It's pretty interesting. One of the projects I am interested in is called Leaders of Influence, where they take leaders from different religious groups, but mainly Imams, and try to introduce them to the more secular organizations, with the aim of building bridges in civil society, in order to demand government accountability (I probably didn't word that the best, but I am tired). Anyways, there is a deep distrust of secular groups by the religious groups, and vice versa, and this program is meant to try to bridge that gap a little. So yeah, the election stuff is also interesting. The Foundation, along with other groups, has been trying to help the interim government update the voter list, which in a country of 160 million, is pretty difficult. So yeah, there are lots of possible projects, right now John and I are both just getting our feet wet and doing quite a bit of reading of annual reports of the projects. We are hopefully going to get out in the field quite a bit in the next couple months, which should be good too. John and I headed over to the High Commission to register ourselves, and as well to the Canadian Club to get our memberships set up. I am looking forward to some time there, nice gym facilities and a very nice outdoor pool. We also went out shopping for a bit. I bought two Salwar Kameez and a new tunic. I will die of heat here, but I also have to have 'appropriate' clothing. After shopping, we got back to the office, where Kim told me they found my bag in Hong Kong, so now we just wait until it gets here. I can't wait for non-running shoes shoes. Project for tonight - try to get my sleep schedule a little more normal for here.