As I continue working from Dhaka, while eagerly awaiting my visa, there are certain things that comes into view. The most interesting one being the fact that I still have a problem thinking of the first day of work at Sunday. Even though since everyone left for work I start working on a Sunday I keep thinking of it as a Monday. Suddenly Tuesdays seems like towards the beginning of the week instead of being in the middle of the work week.

One particular thing that has affected be a lot is the fact that in Bangladesh the weekend days are Friday and Saturday. Which would lead people think that I spend 3 days completely out of touch with my office in US. However, adding up the 10 hour time difference gives me an interesting disadvantage. Notably, by the time I wrap up my week on a Thursday here, people in Atlanta are just preparing to go to work on a fine Thursday morning. Which means that they still have 2 days to finish this week.

Similarly by the time they start working on Monday morning, I have already wrapped up two business days in the week. So it boils down to the fact that instead of being out of touch with the office for 3 days, I am infact only in contact with the office for 3 days. The rest 4 days are lost in weekends.

Interesting no?