REFRESHING DRINKS for my grandsons. I just returned from a local store with a bag of Diet Pepsi and water. Ricky, the awesome Remian Raider’s goalie wonders if he could have a drink. I was more than glad to share with him. My grandsons and I spent almost five at this football tournament in Banani. They had a great time.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANTOSHI KHAREL, my Nepali daughter!!! Hope you had a very special day. We got to know Santoshi, who worked in the office that arranged our six-day trekking experience in the Annapurna Range.
MAHBUB attempts to score. After 2 weeks of thriling contests between all the top teams of underground football…..JOSephites SOCCER KNIGHTS beat 7NA in a classic final ..full time score was 0-0…but JSK won in penalty….nice keeping by TANZIR…JSK beat rapid fc 2-0 in their semi final and 7NA beat REMIAN RAIDERS on penalty after 1-1 draw.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR causes flooding in Dhaka on Tuesday as 11.4 inches of rain fell in six hours breaking a sixty-year-old record.
Here is my friend, Halim in front of his small room which had water in it at least a foot above the entrance. The next photo is of a cycle trying to decide whether to go through a water-logged intersection. I saw later that he backed up and due to the traffic-jam returned via the sidewalk. He did use his horn so I could get out of his way. Many rickshaws and cycles took to the sidewalks to bypass the jams. The “Daily Star” blames clogged drains and filled up canals for the waterlogging (flooding). Oh by the way, I didn’t crop the heads off of the cycle photo, they were never on the photo.
MONSOON RAINS are here. Here are two fellows who used to play with the Remian Raiders waiting between games, oblivious to the rain. It is refreshing after the heat.
SOLAR ECLIPSE? I decided to use what limited Photoshop skills I have and see what I get by combining two shots from a Bengal Bay beach sunset and the full moon over Joypara. Enjoy!
NICE HEAD SHOT by a teammate while Masum (red jersey) looks on. I play with these fellows early on Friday and Saturday morning. We have a match at 4:15 at the TNT field. If we win we are in the semi-finals.
REBEKAH Petersheim and her Dad exchanging cake, celebrating her 2nd Birthday!
A REMIAN RAIDER enjoying a KFC burger! What a celebration party it was.
REMIAN RAIDERS winners of the Level Next Talent Hunters Football tournament. Here is the trophy they worked hard for. Akib, the captain on the left, and Afif the team manager on the right, are quite happy!
INDEPENDENCE DAY for the U.S.A. It’s amazing to think that the U.S. was only 195 years old when Bangladesh became a nation!! We missed the fireworks usually a part of this day, but there were another kind of fireworks as the Remian Raiders celebrated their latest tournament win with a great meal at Kentucky Fried Chicken!!!
STREET DWELLER neighbor
Notice this fellows feet sticking out of his shelter. I’m not sure what put this fellow on the street. He has lived here for a long time. Every so often I buy him breakfast. One day I bought him a bag of rice. Later I saw him filling plastic bottles with the rice. I noticed that every grain he spilled was picked up to be used. I had wondered how he would survive Cyclone Sidr in 2007, but when the storm calmed I saw that he and his shelter were ok.
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