beachside nightfall. In view: moi
Sep 7, 2004
Sep 2, 2004
Opeth is an amazing band! For a band that did dark metal music to come out suddenly with an album like 'Damnation' is just .. out of this world. The mellow dark tunes of that album has a calming effect on me every time. The music is very moderate and arranged to give all tracks a very exquisite feel.
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Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2004
Aug 31, 2004
Thsi caem in as a fowrard tdoay!
"Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. THE
PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer In waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the
olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, But the
wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?"
huh? huh? huh? huh?
"Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. THE
PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer In waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the
olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, But the
wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?"
huh? huh? huh? huh?
Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Aug 30, 2004
Healthy Habits
---------------
ok, after ages of just talkin about it, we (me and fellow jogging enthusiast Fuad) went for a jog this morning. it was 8 in the morning, a bit late for our choice, but we thot... 'Now or never' since any time we do wake up early we just fall back into sleep after minutes of little struggle! So anyway, the sun was not out and it was actually drizzling outside. Now or never was the motto. we had to start sometime! So we walked to the park in sector 7 and then started jogging. Fuad did a little sprint too! i didnt want to overdo anything on the first day and spend the day at the office thinking about the pains all over my body! so all went well. just as we stopped jogging, started some free hand exercise. Then, it happened. Started raining dinosaurs and elephants. Or whales. Ok, it wasn't really heavy but i do think it was a sign. On the first day of our attempt at starting healthy habits... it rainss!!! ouch. i was grumbling all the way back home.
Gmail
-----
Since last night the boys at the office were up and down with one word "GMAIL!!!!!" it must be how "Eureka" sounded when the naked scientist ran down the streets. But anyway, this morning thanks to 'Saiful Saiful' and 'Mssaikat''s invitations i got a taste of it too.
Its pretty good. So far its been fast and there is address autocomplete and ...well... 1GB of space!!! hmmm... will all my skeletons fit in this closet?
hhaha.. time wil tell.
---------------
ok, after ages of just talkin about it, we (me and fellow jogging enthusiast Fuad) went for a jog this morning. it was 8 in the morning, a bit late for our choice, but we thot... 'Now or never' since any time we do wake up early we just fall back into sleep after minutes of little struggle! So anyway, the sun was not out and it was actually drizzling outside. Now or never was the motto. we had to start sometime! So we walked to the park in sector 7 and then started jogging. Fuad did a little sprint too! i didnt want to overdo anything on the first day and spend the day at the office thinking about the pains all over my body! so all went well. just as we stopped jogging, started some free hand exercise. Then, it happened. Started raining dinosaurs and elephants. Or whales. Ok, it wasn't really heavy but i do think it was a sign. On the first day of our attempt at starting healthy habits... it rainss!!! ouch. i was grumbling all the way back home.
Gmail
-----
Since last night the boys at the office were up and down with one word "GMAIL!!!!!" it must be how "Eureka" sounded when the naked scientist ran down the streets. But anyway, this morning thanks to 'Saiful Saiful' and 'Mssaikat''s invitations i got a taste of it too.
Its pretty good. So far its been fast and there is address autocomplete and ...well... 1GB of space!!! hmmm... will all my skeletons fit in this closet?
hhaha.. time wil tell.
Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004
Aug 29, 2004
Aug 28, 2004
Last night recorded again with ashu. All the previous songs have outstanding raggae rhythms to them. It's ashu's beats, they just crave for raggae rhythms from my guitar. It was the same with last night's session. The beat just reeked of raggae. I did my best to suppress that and played something latin-like over it. The end result was very nice. It felt good.... the song.
today is a hartal again. Hope i have no trouble going home. Its always that part that is difficult.
Otherwise things are cool. hope to have a good day ahead.
today is a hartal again. Hope i have no trouble going home. Its always that part that is difficult.
Otherwise things are cool. hope to have a good day ahead.
Posted on Saturday, August 28, 2004
Aug 25, 2004
This is about SECRETS. Is there such a thing called a secret?
Since morning the song that was stuck in my face was "Queen of
the Stone Age"'s 'The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret'. While humming
the words of that song i began to think of the lifecycle of a secret.
We come up with something we want to keep a secret and we tell someone
we trust. And like the chorus of the song, we say "Don't tell anyone!"
He or She we trust again passes on the secret to someone trusted. I think
this continues till the secret, though not really public knowledge, is
known to many in different circles of trust!!!
Even if I don't make sense... do listen to the song. Its a cool one and this is the
last verse of it:
I think you already know
How far I'd go not to say
You know the art isn't gone
And I'm taking my song to the grave
[The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret:
Queens of the Stone Age]
Since morning the song that was stuck in my face was "Queen of
the Stone Age"'s 'The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret'. While humming
the words of that song i began to think of the lifecycle of a secret.
We come up with something we want to keep a secret and we tell someone
we trust. And like the chorus of the song, we say "Don't tell anyone!"
He or She we trust again passes on the secret to someone trusted. I think
this continues till the secret, though not really public knowledge, is
known to many in different circles of trust!!!
Even if I don't make sense... do listen to the song. Its a cool one and this is the
last verse of it:
I think you already know
How far I'd go not to say
You know the art isn't gone
And I'm taking my song to the grave
[The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret:
Queens of the Stone Age]
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Aug 23, 2004
The country suddenly seems to have taken a turn for the worst. The ruler, the opposition are now in the center of everything. With the attack on the opposition leader and her 'party people' yesterday, accusations and rumors are now abundant as the polluted air in the city. The opposition leader is in shock, but physically unharmed. Other top leaders of her party are however in hospitals having really suffered from the bomb blast.
This morning the paper was blistered with the ghastly images of the suffering that followed the blast. People in shock, bleeding, lying dead on the street, or being dragged away by a helping hand.
I always found the news of our politics very disappointing and disheartening. I would have a bad day any day i was graced by the news paper in the morning! And today i was left speechless, just thinking of how I ended up where i was. Strangely though, that feeling didn't last and i did not have a bad day. I went to work. I took the bus in the morning, tried to help a lady by offering to her my seat (she refused by the way!), had lunch, made jokes at work, all the usual stuff plus i read more news on the internet! News was of abundance anyways, one did not need to look around for it today. The phone would ring and carry with it news of skirmishes here and skirmishes there.
A train which was bound to chittagong was burnt. There was a fight in motijheel. Ivy Rahman the wife of an MP and an activist herself for AL died..so on and so forth. And also the warnings from concerned relatives and friends poured in, "Go home early" they all said.
Well, the popular belief now is that this is the ruling parties' dirty politics. Logic fails me now and i don't know what to think. Why would BNP call on such risks upon themselves by attackin AL in such a fashion? AL would not inflict such a wound on itself. Or would it? Is it some third party's work? What was achieved from this other than the looming possibility of total chaos?
Well, its politics. Bangladeshi politics. Every party wants our good, our well-being. But they just can't stand shoulder to shoulder amongst themselves to unite and achieve that. They hate each other with arrogance, and rage. The Jonogon (people) as always are caught in the crossfire. I am one of those jonogon who hates them back. But there is no arrogance in my hate. Only rage.
Politics was made a dirty word a long time ago, but we are on the forefront, trying to give it a new dimension of dirtiness it seems.
This morning the paper was blistered with the ghastly images of the suffering that followed the blast. People in shock, bleeding, lying dead on the street, or being dragged away by a helping hand.
I always found the news of our politics very disappointing and disheartening. I would have a bad day any day i was graced by the news paper in the morning! And today i was left speechless, just thinking of how I ended up where i was. Strangely though, that feeling didn't last and i did not have a bad day. I went to work. I took the bus in the morning, tried to help a lady by offering to her my seat (she refused by the way!), had lunch, made jokes at work, all the usual stuff plus i read more news on the internet! News was of abundance anyways, one did not need to look around for it today. The phone would ring and carry with it news of skirmishes here and skirmishes there.
A train which was bound to chittagong was burnt. There was a fight in motijheel. Ivy Rahman the wife of an MP and an activist herself for AL died..so on and so forth. And also the warnings from concerned relatives and friends poured in, "Go home early" they all said.
Well, the popular belief now is that this is the ruling parties' dirty politics. Logic fails me now and i don't know what to think. Why would BNP call on such risks upon themselves by attackin AL in such a fashion? AL would not inflict such a wound on itself. Or would it? Is it some third party's work? What was achieved from this other than the looming possibility of total chaos?
Well, its politics. Bangladeshi politics. Every party wants our good, our well-being. But they just can't stand shoulder to shoulder amongst themselves to unite and achieve that. They hate each other with arrogance, and rage. The Jonogon (people) as always are caught in the crossfire. I am one of those jonogon who hates them back. But there is no arrogance in my hate. Only rage.
Politics was made a dirty word a long time ago, but we are on the forefront, trying to give it a new dimension of dirtiness it seems.
Posted on Monday, August 23, 2004
Aug 21, 2004
"Why put off something for tomorrow when you can avoid it forever!"
"Nobody dies a virgin, life &*%#$ everybody"
!!!
For more check out the nuts at forum.amadergaan.com
Disclaimer: I could not quote the sayings word by word due to internal problems with volataile memory.
"Nobody dies a virgin, life &*%#$ everybody"
!!!
For more check out the nuts at forum.amadergaan.com
Disclaimer: I could not quote the sayings word by word due to internal problems with volataile memory.
Posted on Saturday, August 21, 2004
Aug 19, 2004
its here again. The end of the week. Once again the planning will start for this one day of break from work, from the blockage of the time of day between morning and night. I am baffled as usual as to what i shall do.
Will go meet my uncle who is visiting from UK, dad will also be in town... meet them, then contact Bipu mama, take his tablas and head on for some recording.
Or anything else.
: ) its really not enough for me!
But as my friend says, the shortage of time is a good thing. He will usually compose tunes while he has classes at university, and not do much during the weeks of his holidays. Even then it is still a little difficult to do that while hurdling the 10 - 6 job i have (usually i miss the 10 am entry time and also miss the 6 o clock exit!). Like last week I recorded with Ashu quite a lot, but i could feel the struggle to gather the energy and motivation to play a note on my guitar. Hopefully tomorrow i will not personally play anything, just sit and watch, and brainstorm.
PEaCe and Respects.
Will go meet my uncle who is visiting from UK, dad will also be in town... meet them, then contact Bipu mama, take his tablas and head on for some recording.
Or anything else.
: ) its really not enough for me!
But as my friend says, the shortage of time is a good thing. He will usually compose tunes while he has classes at university, and not do much during the weeks of his holidays. Even then it is still a little difficult to do that while hurdling the 10 - 6 job i have (usually i miss the 10 am entry time and also miss the 6 o clock exit!). Like last week I recorded with Ashu quite a lot, but i could feel the struggle to gather the energy and motivation to play a note on my guitar. Hopefully tomorrow i will not personally play anything, just sit and watch, and brainstorm.
PEaCe and Respects.
Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004
Aug 18, 2004
I blog while I am at work. and in the middle of the hustle bustle i thought of something to write about. But that was probably an hour ago. So seconds back while i discovered this window, I was hit by the thought of it... what was i gonna say!! I totally cannot remember!!!
But, I did read a lot of good blogs today, there was ullah.net, then Wamy and Rifats, and this guy who had a massive list of bloggers who are from or in Bangladesh! amazing!
Well, substance later.. thats all for now!
:)
But, I did read a lot of good blogs today, there was ullah.net, then Wamy and Rifats, and this guy who had a massive list of bloggers who are from or in Bangladesh! amazing!
Well, substance later.. thats all for now!
:)
Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004
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