Arafat's Diary

I and my wife Sithee, both are now maintaining healthy diet. The problem with unusual diet is the uncertain cravings that takes you away from your advised diet suddenly, specially when it’s evening.  We should walk every evening, we do that some times. Our walk ended at the famous Ramen Shop  “Kettle Cafe”. This shop has enough space with 25 people seating capacity.  Food tastes really good. We ordered two Korean Rumen Bowl (slightly different but both were with Chicken, Tofu, and eggs).  I liked it. Sithee was not happy with the bowl I had. She thought I could choose something different like the one with glass noodles. But it’s ok. 

আমি এমনই। প্রকাশ করতে জানিনা মনের অনেক কথা। আমি ধরেই নিই যা আছে তা তো আছেই। কিন্তু বুঝতে পারি যখন সবচাইতে কাছের মানুষ টা একটু দূরে গিয়ে থাকে।  আমাদের বিয়ে হয়েছে ৫ মাস ১৩ দিন কেবল। আমরা একজন আরেকজনকে চিনি ৮ মাস ১১ দিন কেবল। পছন্দ করেছি, মন থেকে কাছে এসেছি। আমার মন টা ভরে যায় তার দুটো চোখ দেখলে। ও চোখ দিয়ে যেন অনেক কিছু বলে দেয় যা মুখে কখনোই বলবে না। আমি বুঝি। আমি ওকে অনেক টাই বুঝতে শিখেছি।  ও ভেতর থেকে অনেক নরম। পরিস্থিতি বুঝে কিভাবে নিজেকে সামলে নিতে হয় ও অনেক ভালো বোঝে। ও বেশ লাজুক। কিন্তু অকপটে শিখে নিতে পারে নিজের ভুল ত্রুটি শুদ্ধ করতে লজ্জা পায়না একটুও। অনেক কিউট বউ! তুমি সবসময় অনেক সুন্দর। এক এক সময় তোমার সৌন্দর্য ফুটে উঠেছে এক এক রকম। তোমার কলেজ জীবনের ছবি গুলো দেখলে খুব হিংসে হয়, কেন আমি এতদিন তোমায় চিনতাম না। কতো টা বছর কাটিয়ে দিলাম একা। কেন তুমি এত বছর দূরে ছিলে আমার কাছ থেকে?  তোমাকে শাড়ি পড়া দেখলে সত্যিই অসাধারণ সুন্দর লাগে। লিপস্টিক তো যেনো তোমার সৌন্দর্যের এক অনিবার্য অংশ। 

I was working in Myanmar from 2017 September till May 2020. One of my nearest colleague Ma Pa Pa was always caring to me as an elder sister. I had visited her native twice (once in 2019 July, and 2ndly in 31st December, 2019).  Her mom and dad liked me so much and I discovered that the whole family of Ma Pa (her parents, brothers, sister-in-law, nephews and nieces) everyone was so nice like Ma Pa always. They all treat me so nicely. Today Ma Pa's Mom passed away. I feel bad hearing this news. She liked me so much. When I left my job in Myanmar and settled back in Dhaka with my new job, she talked to me over phone. She can't talk in English so Ma Pa helped to translate between us. She got happy when she heard about my wedding. She invited me to visit Myanmar with by wife. She wants to see us.  I pray for her departed soul. She was very nice person. I hope the almighty give her family strength to stay strong. She was one of the nicest person I've ever seen. I believe she will...

I was quite reserved with my Dad from childhood. I remember, when I was sick from typhoid, I could not taste food. My dad searched for the cookie I like from the market. He brings all the foods I like. He did not listen to my mom as my mom did not want to give me food from outside when I am sick.  My dad was a government officer. You have some idea of the lifestyle of a government officer in Bangladesh and in Myanmar too. With very conservative income, my Dad had to manage our education expenses. My dad tried to afford good tuition for me and my sister doing hard work beside government jobs - like writing speeches for government programs, giving lectures to different private training institutes.  My dad had a dream to see me doing government respected jobs. But I was a very moderate student from childhood and did not want to study hard for any competitive exams. Until I get into Graduation, I did not find myself interested in study. My dad always had an emptiness because ...

Thursday, 26-Dec-2019, at Nay Pyi Taw. I attended one of my Myanmar friend Mg Thaw Zin's wedding ceremony at Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Union of Myanmar. He married Ma Su Ei Phyo.  I write this blog to capture and describe the culture of a traditional wedding program of Myanmar. On 25th December 2019 (Wednesday), I travelled from Yangon by bus and reached Nay Pyi Taw at 4:45AM. It was 15°C at that time here and I was not prepared for it. By 40-50 minutes, Aung Kyaw arrived at bus stop and picked me to Mg Thaw Zin's house. I changed my dress there and arrived at the wedding ceremony venue at 7:15AM. The program Pre-wedding photos Before wedding, couples take pre-wedding photos. In the wedding program venue those pre-wedding photos are placed at the entrance and many of the guests take photo with the pre-wedding photo frame. I personally liked this pre-wedding photo concept. It's creates an attractive sight in the program. Here, ...

Once upon a time, a very beautiful, glamorous and cute Durian stayed in a very wonderful country. She never thought that a Coconut would come from another country and fall in love with Durian. The coconut was thinking day and night  how to tell Durian how much love he has for Durian in his mind. One day, Coconut asked Durian, "do you like coconut?". Durian said, she doesn't like coconut, she like "Mango " . "Mango is Durian's colleague. Mango is very good looking, smart, intellectual, and everyone wants to be friends of a Mango." Then the heart of Coconut had been broken. That day, the coconut understood, durian doesn't like coconut. Now, coconut doesn't know where is his Destiny. How he make himself understand that Durian can't love Coconut and no way to fix this broken heart excep t Durian. Then Coconut told himself, Be a Good Friend of Coconut. This is the only way to live happily with a broken heart. From that d...