A SMILING YOUNG GIRL FROM OLD DHAKA.
Archive for October, 2010
RICKSHAW WALLAH IN OLD DHAKA.
BLACK SUNDAY AT THE Mirpur stadium though the Bangladesh cricket team won their 4th one-day match against New Zealand (171-175). My strap on my Rebel XTI let loose twice resulting in my camera falling to the ground or cement floor. I thought maybe just my screen was bad, but when I uploaded the 614 wanna-be good photos they looked like this after using the auto-correct with GIMP!! Each photo showed the exposure times, aperature, etc. but they were all black before being auto-corrected.
NICE LIGHTING ON THE INSET panel at a restaurant in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
POURING CEMENT WALLS ON THE TOP of this new neighboring apartment building. Note the bamboo supporting the top floor, waiting for the cement to dry.
CHARLES, CINDY, CANACE, CHAYLA, CAROLYN AND I, spent sometime in Old Dhaka, taking in the sights and sounds of the Durga Puja Hindu festival. This shows the typical street we had to navigate.
MY DEAR SWEETHEART, “Walking in the Rain,”being watched by the ducks! We enjoyed our trip to Mymensingh visiting different MCC projects.
AN INTERESTING BLUE CEILING in a great Bengali restaurant in Mymensingh. Looks like it could be the surface of the moon under certain lighting conditions. 🙂
FARMER (Malik) IN MYMENSINGH carrying some grass he harvested. Even though it was raining he didn’t mind posing for the photo, of course he had his own shelter! I wanted to get the pose in the field but I was too slow getting the camera out of the bag and safely under a fellow traveler’s umbrella.
HOUSE CROW (Kak) COMING in for a landing to join the others. This scene is on the rooftop of our 9 story building. Trivia: Later today it will be 10/10/10 10:10!
A BUILDING SEVERAL DOORS DOWN is being torn down, likely for a new many-storied apartment building. I think it was a building in which friends of ours were when he asked her to marry him, probably 40 years ago. I suspect it will obstruct some of our view from our living room. There are worse things that can happen.
Closeup
THREE YEARS ago we arrived in Dhaka and unpacked our bags. Our lives have blended with many friends, bideshi(foreigners) and Bengalis. We have impacted others, and others have impacted us. Life goes on whether it is a rainy or sunny day. Today is a very rainy day, which has naturally caused a big drop in temperatures. It is 79.9 degrees Fahrenheit outside, trying hard to stay below 80 degrees! Winter is surely on its way.
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