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Update After 4 Months 11 Days: I'm Still Alive!

Holla! 

After a lapsed episode of daily dramas, finally, I am back with my blog.

Writing this article to briefly note what happened last four months:

1. June: We left AYM sir's den at Banani, started working with Muspana (If you haven't read my miseries yet, read here). Atik Bhaia and Rojel Bhaia were the angel saviors back then. We were indeed searching for a little straw to save our souls from drawing. 

We had a solar project at Madaripur, 35 kWp, got introduced with Bakar Bhaia from Kaptan Bazar Solar Market. The project is still on hold. I and Asif literally had 7 days of eerie experiences in Madaripur. From climbing 11 floors up and down 6-8 times a day to painting solar structures bare hands by ourselves - we had it all!


2. June 22 was the date, my Namecheap hosting got expired for versedblogger. The renewal price was irrationally higher for me (at least for an unemployed wantrepreneur, I was penniless back then), so I decided not to renew the hosting package. After that, I tried a couple of free hosting options like Netlify, x10hosting.com, etc., etc. But unfortunately, none could point my blog domain properly to the new host. Eventually, I tried Google Blogger after almost 4 months (was a little bit busy with my new projects though) and now hosting the domain for free.

Google Blogger is full of bugs though. Trust me if you are a newcomer in blogger, or have used WordPress earlier, you will on dots hate its features. However - বাঙালি মাগনা পাইলে আলকাতরাও খায়।

3. August: We were assigned another project in Gazipur, 40 kWp, in RAB office. This time, got introduced with Atik Bhai (or Farid Bhai, whatever) by Shangjog Solar's Saifur bhai. Probably those guys are thinking of us as scammers right now.

4. Muspana asked for a 20% equity stake of Grit Technologies Limited.

5. Grit Technologies Limited has been a listed company in the RJSC (11 August 2021, remember the date).

6. We have been given a space in Karwan Bazar High Tech Park at level 4 (start-up premises). My eldest maternal uncle played a role here though.

7. We have given a presentation for BDT 1 million under Bangladesh Government's idea fund from ICT Division, decision yet pending (মামার খেলা এখানেও).

8. Bangladesh is not a place for faint-hearted people, mark my words, and hopefully, I won't join their club either. 

9. I am a master procrastinator, by this time I should have accomplished at least 1 MWp solar project with not less than 10 LPS installations. Unfortunately, my fate has crossed over with another super procrastinator named Asif. Perhaps, all BUETIANs are like this (Not actually, we are exceptions).

10. Have made a financial projection for our company, and I hardly believe we can meet those up this quarter. Very disappointing.

However, I am happy to be back after a long time. Will continue writing in my blog from today. See ya!

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Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh

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