IN THE KITCHEN HEATING UP SOME DAL, BHAJI, AND NAN RUTI for our breakfast. It is my favorite breakfast!
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MY SON, DUSTIN AND I CHILLIN’ ON THE COUCH in our Living Room in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
TTL’s “BANGLADESH IN FRAMES 3” PHOTO EXHIBITION is finished. It ran from March 25-29. The photo below was taken outside the gallery. I am also in the group photo on the right hand side. Look for a pale face and white hair. It may be hard to do with the spot light that was aimed at the poster plus camera flash. Day 76 has a better rendition of the group photo.
AT THE DRIK GALLERY LEAVING with a rickhsaw. Ingrid, my friend and physiotherapist making sure I use proper procedure in getting on and off of a rickshaw.
INGRID MILLER AND I STANDING with the photo of mine that accepted to be a part of the TTL “Bangladesh in Frames III” exhibit at Drik Gallery, in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh from March 25-29. Ingrid is a friend and physio therapist who met me at the gallery to show me how to properly get up on a rickshaw and down. She was expecting me to arrive on a CNG, so was surprised to see me on a rickshaw before she taught me how. I did confess that I had already gotten up on a rickshaw, went to the vegetable market to buy veggies, and came home and got off the rickshaw. We tried several methods but she admitted that the way I was doing was probably the best way. I suspect in physiotherapy schools they don’t teach techniques on how to get up on a rickshaw unless the school would be CRP in Savar, Bangladesh!! Actually it was my wife’s good idea on how to get into a microbus (van), which she gave me yesterday on our trip to the India border. Ingrid also helped assist and give me ideas as I negotiated the steps to the different galleries at Drik. Notice the shirt which I received as a gift because one of my photos was accepted!
WE TOOK A TRIP TO THE INDIA BORDER at Akhaura/Agortala because we have a 90 day multiple-entry visa for Bangladesh. We were short on time so we left at 5:40 am and were home by 6:30 pm. I’m sure it took some longer since there was a long walk between the different check posts, and I was on crutches.
MANG GUITE’S ARTISTIC DESCRIPTION OF MY ACCIDENT and how I look now with crutches.
HI EVERYONE! I GUESS GOD THOUGHT I NEEDED A BREAK! LOL No pun intended! I actually broke my ankle in two places while playing football. But I did keep the fellow from scoring. 🙂 I came home and had some pain walking but kind of tried to ignore it. I talked to Austin in Ohio, because I saw on facebook that Pruitt had broken the forearm bones just behind his wrist. I went to the market with a rickshaw but never got off. Later I went to a grocery store and did some walking and up some steps. Back up the street 50 yards to get a rickshaw. I then in the afternoon went with Alice to our friends apartment to help Charles Fox put four windows back in place, as well as put 4 glass sliding doors back in place. I had to go up 4 flights of stairs to get to the apartment, while carrying a cordless drill in it’s case with another battery pac! Charles on the way home said he thinks he will take me to the ER to get my foot checked out. Here I find out my ankle was broken. Within 1.5 hours I was out of the hospital with my leg in a cast, crutches, and on the way home in a CNG. So six weeks with crutches and no football!:-( Here I am on the couch with my feet elevated. Charles and family brought me my meds, candy, balloons, flowers and some good cheer! 
71 TTL PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAVE PHOTOS IN THE “BANGLADESH IN FRAMES III” photo exhibition at Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. This was the photo we had taken last evening at the Budhdhijibi Smriti Shoudho (Intellectual Martyr’s Monument in Dhanmondi). I am the “pale face” near the right edge of the group! The exhibition will be from March 25-29.
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 NEW YEAR to all our friends and acquaintances! We trust it will be a good year for you and your families. I received a number of texts, from either the phone company or friends, which I really enjoyed so I will share them with you.
(Happy New Year) Wish you and your family a very happy and prosperous NEW YEAR 2011! – M. Rabbi
Wish you a great, prosperous, healthy, bright, delightful, energetic, terrific, mind blowing & extremely happy new year 2011! – Swapan
*HAPPY NEW YEAR*……. *2011*….. “12 months of Happiness”….. “32 weeks.. FUN”….. “365 Days of success”….. “525,600 minutes of good luck….”31,536,000 seconds joy”… wishing your advance for upcoming”…..HAPPY NEW YEAR— ‘2011’ –
Keep the smile, leave the tear, think of joy, forget the fear…hold the laugh, leave the pain, Be joyous..Happy New Year…Aquib
Drinking a cold drink at the “Coffee Club” coffee shop, in Kuala Lumpur. The shop had just opened the day before!
HERE ARE THE GUYS that greeted us at the airport in Bali, Indonesia.
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