Feeling Re-energized!

Ok, so today I have totally been re-energized and am ready to do this election thing again. Somehow, I had become very skeptical in the last month. And because of that, kinda losing interest in why I'm here. But today, we had a meeting with a representative from Britain (Michael Meadowcroft). He totally made me excited about it all again. He was an MP in the UK for a number of years and now runs the Electoral Reform Society. Anyways, just what he was talking about and the questions he had about our program were really interesting and got me thinking again. The thing I think that was most important in what he said is that elections are the result of democracy, not the cause. Something all of us back home should maybe think a little more about, how it's the activities that go on between elections and our civic engagement that allow elections to be of the importance that they are. Anyways, I thought I would let you all know that I am being positive again and excited again about my work. Oh, and tomorrow the Bangladesh Electoral Committee is supposed to be announcing when City Corporation Elections are to be held. Really hoping that it happens the last week of July, then I will be here for them, and still be able to head to Nepal for the first week of August before going to Beijing. 

Oh, other happiness - Russell, one of the guys we work with, had us over for dinner two nights ago. We had real North American cheese burgers and apple pie and ice cream for dessert - I was happy. Speak to you soon!