Category: Friends


THIS YOUNG BOY, WHO LIKELY LIVES IN THE BIHARI CAMP NEAR TOWN HALL IS A LIKEABLE BOY!

He must spend a lot of time at the playing field where our football tournament is being held.  He was playing with a spinning top toy one evening, so I sent him to buy me one. I gave him 20 tk, since he said it would cost 8 tk.  He came back later with the top.  It looked like a used one with a new string used to make it spin.  I told him to keep the change. Later he showed up with a small pack of fried potato chips and shared them with me.  They would have cost him 5 tk.

We did win our semi-finals game 2-0, but I thought I would wait till later to post some of the football photos. The first point was on a penalty kick soon after the second half started.  Later there was a nice combination of passing which outwitted the goalkeeper!

Friendly Boy With Big Eyes!

BOISHAKHI FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2012 SPONSORED BY BAG PACKER’S IN LALMATIA.  The Chillies team, who Asif plays for lost this semi-final match.  My team plays in a semi-final this afternoon.

ASIF, THE FOOTBALLER IN THE ORANGE JERSEY GETS THE HEAD SHOT!

AFTER A CANCELLED FLIGHT BY BIMAN THE DAY BEFORE DEPARTURE DAY HAS FINALLY COME!

GOOD FRIENDS SAY GOOD-BYE!

 

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JOSHUA AND NIC TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THE COINS AT DHAMRAI METAL CRAFTS. The children were going to buy some of the old coins.  Sukanta’s wife decided to treat the children, so she gave them the coins as a gift.  Some were stamped with Queen Victoria, and some King George V!

THIS COIN IS OLDER THAN GRANDPA!

YESTERDAY WE VISITED THE NATIONAL MONUMENT FOR MARTYRS IN NOBINOGOR.  Here you see two fathers trying to get some great shots of their children enjoying the beautiful monument, brickwork, and green grass.  You can see a nice photo of the monument at:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sazzadrafique/232536846/.

Henry and Ellis!

ALICE AND ME IN OUR LIVING ROOM.  With matching clothes we took the opportunity for a photoshoot.

My wife, Alice and Me!

DIPTI AND JAMES, WITH THEIR 8-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER SOPHIA VISITED IN OUR HOME LAST EVENING.  James gave me a copy of “Bangladesh NATURE QUEST,” WHICH IN THIS March-May 2012 issue feature an article of his entitled, “The Padma, A place for all seasons!  Good work, James!  For the evening meal, my dear wife Alice treated us with french fries, french pizza, salad, hot veggies, a fresh veggie plate, and a delicious trifle dessert.

I would love to get feedback on how you like the new theme I am using with header:  Twenty-Ten.

TTL PHOTOGRAPHERS AT TT’L’S BIF 4 AT DRIK GALLERY!  Sometimes a photo of someone being photographed is a nice variety from the posed photos.  If a fellow TTLer could comment with their names, I would gladly edit the post to include their names.

TTL LADIES POSING FOR A PHOTO

PRETTY AND KAMAL, SOMEWHAT NEWLYWEDS pose for this shot, though Kamal looks distracted!

KAMAL AND PRETTY, MY TTL PHOTOGRAPHER FRIENDS!

THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE 7TH HEAVEN RESTAURANT ABOVE AARONG’S IN LALMATIA, DHAKA, BANGLADESH. Carol Hochstetler liked this photo because of the tractor and the cool car beside it.  I guess this photo is dedicated to my friend, Joe Hochstetler!

Tractor and Wagon beside Sports car on Mirpur Road, as Well as Many Other Modes of Transportation!

FRUIT STALL

HERE I AM WITH ANOTHER FRUIT STALL OWNER!  They sure know how to arrange their fruit in a pleasing manner.

FRUIT STALL OWNER GLAD TO POSE WITH HIS FOREIGNER FRIEND!

THIS HANDICAPPED MAN CAN BE FOUND DAILY BEGGING AT TOWN HALL BAZAAR.

He wanted my guests to take a photo of him and me.

HERE I AM WITH A MAN WHO ALWAYS GREETS ME WITH A SMILE AS HE SCOOTS AROUND WITH HIS 4-WHEELED "VEHICLE!"