The hot season is going to kill me. \u00c2\u00a0The smoke hangs in the air all day and night, pilule<\/a> and makes my skin itch, purchase<\/a> my nose black and my throat itch. \u00c2\u00a0Driving my motorcycle to and from the office coats my face with pollution and makes my eyes puffy. \u00c2\u00a0At night, my stomach hurts from all the filth I’ve ingested during the day. \u00c2\u00a0It’s bad like this all through Southeast Asia as the farmers are burning their fields and compounded by the shift in seasons from cool to hot. \u00c2\u00a0I don’t usually jump for joy at the rainy season,<\/p>\n

The evaluation was going well but everyone in the seed advisory group was glancing at their watches. <\/span>It was 12:45 and Rick had already asked me three times if lunch was ready. <\/span>I called Chai again, dosage<\/a>
\n wondering what the heck happened to my well-laid plan for someone to pick up lunch for our group.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hey Chai,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153where are you? <\/span>Are you back at the centre yet?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yeah, I am.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153So is the food with you at the office?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Uh…what food?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Oh no. <\/span>I had a handful of hungry men to placate. <\/span>I ran from the seed production plot and arrived panting at the office. <\/span>Wah looked at me curiously. <\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going on?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No! <\/span>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m trying to figure out what happened to the food? <\/span>The lady at the restaurant said that someone already came by and took the food. <\/span>I tried calling you a couple of times to see what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going on but got no answer.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Huh? <\/span>I already told Alap to put the food in the seed bank office. <\/span>Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you see it?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

I shook my head. <\/span>We marched down to Alap\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s house, where the guys were hanging out after eating their<\/em> lunch. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Alap? <\/span>Where\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the food? Ruth and her group haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t eaten anything yet?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Wah said sharply.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I put it in the seed bank office, like you told me!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Alap said, looking confused. <\/span>We walked over to the seed bank office, where everyone was still talking about our 3 year goals.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Over here,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Alap said, pointing to the boxes of food sitting on top of the germination chamber. <\/span>Hidden behind the taller seed drying machine. <\/span>Which we had all overlooked going in and out of the office an hour ago<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ooooooh<\/em>, thanks, Alap,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I said as sweetly as possible, trying to ignore Wah laughing behind her hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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