CORNER KICK! I promise there was a ball there, and it vanished. It didn’t produce a goal, so we ended up losing the finals match 2-0. This football tournament was stretched over several months on a field adjacent to Taj Mahal road in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
RUBEL, ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS, whom I play football with five days per week.
REUNION WITH OUR GOOD FRIEND Carol Hochstetler
Not a good day for the U.S. soccer team as they lost in overtime to Ghana. Maybe in 2014?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SPECIAL WIFE whose birthday is today! I met her on September 18 in the afternoon and have had so many special times together since then! Sorry, sweetheart, it’s 9 pm and the power is off so I couldn’t find a good photo of you on this laptop, so I used one of an Argentina flag waving high over a street in Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh. This city is wild with 2010 World Cup fever! Even more so than the World Series or the NBA finals in the U.S.A. Well today was filled with more good-byes. As I left the football field I had tears. One fellow told me it is ok, you will return!
ALICE AND I ARE CELEBRATING OUR 41st WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TODAY! Up at 4:30 AM for a 50 min walk and back by 5:30 AM. No sense wasting a good day by sleeping! 🙂
I had a great bean and cheese burrito for breakfast. We are trying to empty our freezer before we leave, and I think the last trip to the market I bought too many beans! If and when I run out of beans I’ll head for the local hotel (little local restaurant) for some dal, bhaji, and nan ruti!
We’re whacking away at our to-do lists in preparation for heading to America. We were hoping to be done yesterday but didn’t quite make it. Pulled out some cupboards, the fridge, etc. so Shaheen, our house helper could clean behind them. We want things “spic and span” when Lewis’ arrive. They will be staying in our apartment upon their return to Bangladesh, until they find a permanent place to locate. I just finished off some mango juice, which we will miss while in the U.S. After another bean & cheese burrito I think it may be nap time. I see Alice is on the couch fast asleep compensating for the early morning. This morning she had cooked up the rest of the veggies that were in the freezer into a nicy spicy veggie/potato mixture, which I will be enjoying for several days. It’s almost 4 am in the U.S. so I think I’ll post this since the 14th of June (our anniversary) has arrived in the U.S. as well!
This photo was taken last year as we celebrated with the Friday and Saturday morning footballers I play with. They gave us a beautiful red trimmed crystal vase.
AWAMI LEAGUE LEADER OF AREA including Town Hall, Mohammadpur is being shown in which direction to kick the opening kick of the football match.
LINES BEING CHALKED for football tournament
JENSEN (top photo) and Pruitt (bottom photo), grandsons who played in football (soccer) tournament at the French School yesterday.
RILEY, my grandson moving on the ball, during a football tournament today at the French International School.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Warren, my younger brother!
MITHU SHOOTING A shoot-out goal attempt.
Soon after we returned from India, a young football team I associate with (Remian Raiders) were involved in a tournament at a field next to the Army Stadium. Here are some shots of the quarter-final match they lost 4-3 in a shoot-out! Good luck Raiders next time.
ASIF TRYING TO GET INTO position to receive the ball.
MAHBUB COMES through on this shoot-out with a hard shot into the corner of the goal! He came into this game in the second half, having injured his ankle which kept him from playing the previous game.
FOOTBALL PLAYING resumes with the end of Ramadan and the Ramadan Eid. Here I am guarding the goal which is typically my position on Friday and Saturday mornings. It was nice to see the guys again after a five week break.
I thank either Dan or Frieda Mast for this photo taken last Winter.
BROTHERS IN THE Red and the White watching a football tournament final match were asked to pose by the one gentleman’s son.
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