Protidin rater bela ei jinish dekhe ami ghumate jai. Amar snehomoyee jononir koi theke dharona hoyeche, tar dhamra chele thik moto ghumate jabar age dat majche na edaning, soon tar shob dat khule porey jabe. Ei moha-vitir karon holo, dentist ammu ke boleche tar 5 ta dat fele dibe hobe. Ammu dentist er shathe raga ragi koreche.. ekhon dentist bolche 7 ta felbe. Ammu ar voye dentist er kache jay na ebong amake protidin vitamin D and calcium-wala dudh khabar jonno shadha shadhi kore. Fridge ‘extra calcium added’ dudher bottle diye bhore utheche. Ar protidin rater bela ei sign-board zhuliye rakha hoy amar dorjar shamne, shokale abar jotno kore tule rakha hoy next diner jonno. Amar ma ke khushi korar jonno, jibon diye holew ami amar dat rokkha korbo.. ei protigga korechi. :)
Feb 26. 13 din hoye gelo since my last post. Ei 13 din e 13 rokomer jontronar moddho diye jete hoyeche amake. New Orleans e kon beta amar ATM card fake kore account theke 503$ tule boshe ache, ami tokhon Virginia te. Shei taka tolar ektu por e ami D.C. te walmart e amar card use korechi, eto kom shomoyer moddhe eto huge distance e duita transaction, bank diyeche amar account freeze kore. Ei dui din e ter pelam, khawa, pani, oxygen chara prithibi te beche thaka shomvob, kintu ATM card chara beche thaka moha jontronar. Beche gechi je bondhu bandhob chilo shathe. Na hole vikkhe kore khete hoto. Ami ba amar purbo purush keu konodin New Orleans e pa rakhen ni, tarporo ei jontrona amake pohate holo. :( Bank ekhon 10 diner jonno dhonger investigation korbe, tarpor hoyto amake taka ferot dibe. Din din prithibi shudhu jotil hochhe, jotil jotil shomoshhar toiri hochhe.. shei shob jotil shomosshar abar jotil jotil shomadhan o thakche. Bepar mondo na, jotil e jotil e kata kati. :p
Virginia theke ghure ashlam 2 diner jonno. Giyechi bus e, eshechi o bus e. Snow dekhte dekhte gelam, ar snow dekhte dekhte ashlam. Bus jinish tar proti amar ekta oniha chilo shara jiboner. Choto thakte bus e uthlei matha ghurto, ei jonno hoyto. Abar ekbar Greyhound e amar luggage haralo, laptop ar camera khowalam. Greyhound Bus Line khub bhalo, amar 2500$ er jinisher jonno compensation dilo 150$. Jai hok, amar shei oniha ar ghrina ei 2 din e kete geche ekdom. Beheshte gele ekhon ami shudhui snow er moddhe bus e kore ghure berate chaibo. Bus er duita seat khali thakte hobe aram kore boshar jonno ar shathe full charge howa ipod thakte hobe; bas ar kichu chai na :p
Ei holo obostha. Dosshu ra amar taka poysha lutey niyeche, kintu moner shukh kere nite pari ni. :p
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Artist: A-HA (original artist: Everly Brothers) Song: Crying in the Rain. Album: East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990)
“I’ll never let you see
The way my broken heart is hurting me
I’ve got my pride and I know how to hide
All my sorrow and pain
I’ll do my crying in the rain
If I wait for stormy skies
You won’t know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You’ll never know that I still love you so
Though the heartaches remain
I’ll do my crying in the rain
Raindrops falling from heaven
Could never take away my misery
But since we’re not together
I pray for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you’ll never see
Someday when my crying’s done
I’m gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool
But till then, darling, you’ll never see me complain
I’ll do my crying in the rain
I’ll do my crying in the rain
I’ll do my crying in the rain
I’ll do my crying in the rain.”
Bengay!
Nam ta motew shubidhar na. Shune mone hote pare ‘jonab Ben shaheb ekzon shomokami’, ei rokom ekta ghoshona deya hochhe. Bepar ashole ta na. Eta khub shanto vodro dhoroner ekta oshudher nam. Oshudh na bole, cream ba rub bola uchit. Ar khati bangla vashay bolte gele ‘molom’. Jei vabe porichoy dichhi, mone hochhe duniar manush ar konodin Bengay chokhe dekhe nai. Jini ei lekha porchen, 70% shomvabona tini mone mone bolchen “dui diner boiragi, bhat re bolish onno! beta agey bar”.
Oshudh, molom ba cream jetai hok, ei kono drobber upor-e amar khub ekta sroddha nei. Oneke dekhi kichu holei godam kore ek gada oshudh kheye felen, shamanno ektu matha-betha jor jor vab holei tup tup kore ‘tylenol’ gilte thaken. Ar amar mone hoy, oshukh emni ashbe, emni chole jabe. Jodio choto thakte oshukh hoye doctor dekhano take khub anonder bepar mone hoto. Mone hoto oshukh howa sharthok hoyeche, shobai amar jonno chinta korche, tension korche, nizeke besh mulloban mone hoto. Tobe ekta ghotonar por theke doctor der upor theke amar vokti eke-barei uthe giyechilo. Shob bachha der ekta common oshukh thake. Thik school e jabar age age pet e voyongkor rokomer betha. Amaro chilo. Tobe ami buddhi shuddhi te juger theke ektu egiye chilam. Pet betha take bisshash-joggo korar jonno school e jawa chara onno shomoy-o pet betha pet betha bole chitkar kanna kati kortam. Ar amader dui bhai er ektu kichu holei abbu chintay osthir hoye poren. Shutorang amar pet betha take khub gurutter shathe dekha holo ebong amake niye jawa holo doctor er kache. Amader basha theke ektu durei ekta pharmacy chilo. Al-Islam ba Al-Amin pharmacy, ei rokom kichu ekta nam. Shei pharmacy te shoda-hassho-mukhi dui assistant (Bangladeshe tader bola hoto compounder) chilen. Ekzon ya lomba, onnojon gol gal choshma pora nayok type chehara. Tader duijon kei amar khub bhalo lagto. Bhalo lagar ek matro karon pharmacy te gelei free ‘civita’ (orange flavored vitamin C tablet) pawa jeto. Tara duijon jotoi besto thakuk ekta ‘civita’ amar kopale jutbei. To Al-Helal-Amin-Islam pharmacy’r doctor er kache jawa holo. Onekkhon opekkha kore, civita kheye teye doctor er dekha millo tar chamber e. Ebong doctor er prothom proshno ta shunei amar shomogro chikitshok jatir upor theke vokti sroddha uthe gelo. “Khoka, tomar pet betha ta shudhu school e jabar age age hoy. Onno shomoy komey jay, tai na?” Ei kotha jiggesh kore daktar muchki muchki hashchilen jeno birat ek rohossho uni ber kore felechen. Ami nizer kan ke bishash korte parchilam na. Ami na hoy boyoshe choto, dhore neya jete pare amar buddhi kom, tai bole doctor amake ki ahammok mone korlen naki! Eto shohoje ami jal e dhora dibo vablen ki kore! Ami khub iniye biniye bollam “nah! ta hobe keno.. shondhar dike beshi betha kore, bikel belaw betha kore khub.” Shei theke amar dharona holo doctor ra khub e boka prani. Tobe amar jiboner ekta shomoy-e amaro doctor namer boka prani hobar gopon bashona chilo. Shesh porjonto ar boka howa hoye otheni.
Ki likhte boshe ki likhchi. Mul ghotonay firey asha jak. Mul ghotona khub ekta bishal na. Goto dui din dhore bethay ghar narate pari na. Balish theke matha pore giyechilo othoba mathar nich theke balish shore giyechilo. Jetai hok, kal sharadin amake egyptian mummy’r moto ghar shokto kore ghora fera korte hoyeche. Drive korchi, dan e bam e takate pari na, ghar beshi uchu korte pari na, voyaboho obostha :( Amar ek bondhu buddhi dilo, “tylenol kheye boshe thako, shorbo roger mohoushodh”. Ghar bethar shathe tylenol’er shomporko milate parlam na (amar dharona tylenol jor, matha bethar oshudh), tai ar khawa holo na. Ordhek rat ghar bethay ko ko kore ar baki ordhek rat ghumiye katiye uthlam ektu age. Uthe hotath mone holo Bengay er kotha. Ei Bengay niyew ar ek ghotona ache. Amar shudhu ghotonar por ghotona thaktei thake.
Tokhon ami 8/9 bochorer hobo. Amra tokhon dhanmondi te thaki. Mama eshchen USA theke Dhakay. Tokhon nana-nani dujon’e beche chilen. To nanir jonno Bengay enechen mama. Ekta plastic er bag e mora. Ammu sheta niye drawer e rakhlen. Amar to chokkhu chana-bora. Emon ki gupto-dhon amar chokher aral’e pachar hoye gelo! Nishchoi candy, chocolate kichu hobe (shei shomoy chocolate ar khelna pistol chara amar kolpona’te ar kichu khub ekta ashto na). Tokke tokke thakte laglam ki vabe ei jinish bagano jay! Amake dekhtei hobe oi plastic bag-e ki ache. Birat chor chilam tokhon. Shujog-o ek shomoy chole ashlo. Ami mone hoy ghotona beshi roshachhi. Er porer ghotona khub e shongkhipto. Plastic bag e mora toothpaste (Bengay dekhte toothpaste’er tube’er moto) dekhe kichuta obak holam. Shamanno toothpaste keno ei rokom alada kore ammu drawer e tule rakhbe! Tai bole eto koste joy kora toothpaste to ei vabe chere deya jayna. Ami khub utshaho niye Bengay toothbrush e makhiye dat brush korte lege gelam. Shathe shathei prochondo mukh jolte shuru korlo. Ekdom kanna kati obostha. Dukkhher kotha ammu kew bolte pari na, bolle mar khabo, shojjo o korte pari na. Mukher vetor ta thanda hoye obosh hoye ashche. Pani khete khete amar jibon shesh, tobu lubh hochhe na. Joto beshi pani khai mukh jola mone hoy toto bare.
Aj onekdin por shei Bengay jibone ditio barer moto bebohar korlam. Ebong kore ami mugdho :p Koto ta je mugdho sheta to ei post thekei bozha jachhe. Mone hochhe ami boshe achi prithibi te, amar ghar chole geche behesht’e. Dui din ki kosto tai na korechi. Ekhon theke oshudher upor abar vokti firiye ante hobe. Shamanno ek Bengay niye je eto boro mohakabbo likhe fela shomvob eta amar nizer-e dharonar baire chilo. Othocho choto belay school’e thakte 200 word er “Journey by Boat” eassay likhte giye jan ber hoye jabar upokrom hoto. Bar bar word gunte thaktam, kono vabe ekbar 200 par hole hoy!
Ek udvot shopno dekhechi goto rat e ebong tar por por e ghar bethar shathe tylenol’er shomporko abishkar korechi. Ghar betha hole, mathay dosh dekha dey, manush ulta palta shopno dekhte shuru kore, ar matha bethar oshudh holo tylenol. Shopno tar kotha boli. Dekhi ami ek gada bread (dhakar vashay pauruti) ar roshogolla niye boshe achi. Bread toast korchi, tate chamoch e kore roshogollar zhol lagachhi, tarpor ekta kore roshogolla niye pauruti chapa diye roshogollar sandwich banachhi ebong ditio dofa abar toast kotre dichhi sandwich ta. Ebong ami buzhte parchilam ei shob amake kheye shesh korte hobe, jodio roshogollar rosh er kotha chinta korei amar ga ghin ghin korchilo. Bangladeshe thakte shob shomoy shuntam; shopne pawa oshudh, shopne pawa chikitsha! Allah ki amake shopne erokom kono notun recipe’r ishara dilen?
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Artist: Suzanne Vega
Track: Tired of Sleeping
Album: Days of Open Hand Lyrics
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