Complicated Vacations

Sakif Ferdous
Sep 3, 2018 · 1 min read

I said something really strange to my coworker the other day.

She knew that I was taking some time off over the next few weeks. She casually asked where I was headed for my vacation. I promptly replied, “Oh, I’m not going on vacation, I’m just going home”.

She seemed perplexed, “Home?”

“Yeah, just back to Bangladesh for a few weeks”

“Oh. Well, have fun!”, she said as she left, still looking somewhat confused.

It wasn’t until much later that the absurdity of my statement hit me.

If I am taking time off to go “home”, then where am I now?

Sakif Ferdous

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Marketer. Eater. Bangladeshi.

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