EKUSHI FEBRUARY, AND INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY! MY WIFE, ALICE, AND I HAD our faces painted which is a tradition on holidays. We both had the Shohid Minar (language martyrs memorial) painted on our faces and Alice had the Bangladesh national flag painted on her hand. This is the day in 1952 when some students were martyred who were protesting because Pakistan didn’t want Bangla as one of the national languages. At this time Alice and I were 3 1/2 years old.
THE PROVATI SANGHA football I play with getting lined up and ready for their football match.
A BIRDWATCHERS’ WINTER PICNIC AT Jahangirnagar University on February 4, the day of the Paki Mela!
LAIZU AND INGRID, BIRDWATCHERS at Jahangirnagar University.
ROBBI GETTING TO DRIVE THE BALL INTO scoring territory. Robbi is a good friend of mine.
PROVATI SANGHA (our football team name) player is getting some pre-game advice. In this semi-final match we lost with the opponents 2nd goal with several minutes left to play during the injury overtime.
BIRDWATCHER AT 
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY
We went to see the winter birds and were pleasantly surprised when we realized they had their Paki Mela (Bird Fair) the same day.
MIJON AND ROBBI, with the 2nd place trophy our team won at a football tournament near Taj Mahal Road
OUR OPPONENT KICKS A CORNER KICK, as our player is in the air trying to block it, and the referee looks on.
MASUM PRACTICING BALL CONTROL before a tournament match.
I ATTENDED A TTL “LIGHTROOM” WORKSHOP, on Saturday pm, from 3-6:30 PM. The trip over in a CNG cost me $1, and lunch cost me $3. The workshop cost was $7, which included a nice chicken roll-up and a drink. It was presented by Jenny and Neerod, a husband and wife time. They had a nice powerpoint including demonstrations on the program itself.
Here is a photo of the TTLers that in November went to the Hakaluki Haor and Moulovibazar for a two day photo safari. TTL (a Bangladesh “Through the Lens” photo club. You can check out the club on Flicker or Facebook.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RANDY PETERSHEIM!
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ASIF MAKES A SAVE, as Ripon looks on. In the morning matches Ripon likes to have me as keeper when he is playing defense.
The Camerist's Collection 