So, Ramadan is over and we finally celebrated Eid a week ago. It was a fun day. I spent the day with Sudman and Rasidul. Nazmul also hung out with us for a while. At night, we went to my cousin’s house. Since his house is right next to my friend Einul’s, we hung out there instead. (It’s not fun in my cousin’s house.)
I had gotten a haircut the day before because I was tired of my long hair. As I’d expected, I had angered many of my friends. What I didn’t expect was the amount of comments I got from people who’d never said anything about my hair before. I guess change is good. It’s still hard to decide between keeping it short for a while or growing it out again.
Of course, the photo above is one of the first photos of my new haircut. I got back a roll of photos today and put them up on Flickr for your viewing pleasure. I’m actually surprised at the amount of photos that came out nice this time around. Hopefully, I’ll be getting my LC-A fixed sooner and have more than just indoor shots to show off.
What have I been doing lately? Well, I’ve been caught up in schoolwork. Junior year’s very harsh. Definitely don’t wanna slack off this year. It will hurt you. Of course, I’ve also been playing Phantom Hourglass. Although I really like it, the length of the game is disappointing. It’s way shorter than I expected. I honestly think Nintendo could’ve spent more of their time working on the gameplay than the little enhancements. We barely get to use all the little features they spent so much time on. That’s just what I think.
Also, In Rainbows is just awesome. It’s definitely something to listen to. I’ve had the songs stuck in my head since I got the album. I even went as far as putting the whole thing on my phone.
Seems Radiohead has a new album coming out. It’s called In Rainbows and you have the choice of buying it for 40 euros as a discbox or downloading it for free/whatever you wanna pay. I plan on blowing my current savings on the discbox. (Thanks, YANP)
Update: My cousin ordered it for me a few minutes ago.
Derrick is a really funny comedy group. I don’t know why I didn’t post about them earlier. They’re hilarious. New Bike is one of the funniest.
Sudman and Myself, originally uploaded by cafenut.
I know I was supposed to put up photos of my new iPod but the only one I’ve been able to take is one with my phone. Of course, I was able to get two rolls of film developed. One of them was shot with my Fisheye soon after I got back from Bangladesh and while in Canada. The other was shot with my newly acquired Minolta X-370. Unfortunately, the only good shots were the few I shot of Sudman.
I still have about four more rolls I need to get developed soon.
At the moment, I’m in Scarborough, Canada visiting my sister and her husband. My sister’s having a baby in December and we plan on coming back then. We wanted to see her before she gives birth so we decided to come here as soon as I got at least 3 days off. Luckily, thanks to Rosh Hashanah, we got 4 days off and we’re here now.
The trip was kind of strange since we left on Wednesday night and yesterday was the first day of Ramadan. We had to eat Suhr on the road. I bought a couple of those plastic bowls of Apple Jacks when we stopped for gas. The day wasn’t that hard except having to walk around Niagara Falls since my uncle had never been there.
Last Saturday, when our plans to come to Canada were made final, I ordered an iPod classic, hoping to bring it along on the trip. Of course, I ordered it a day too late and it didn’t arrive at my house till yesterday. Luckily, my aunt was at home to pick it up for me. It’s amazing how FedEx lets you see the receiver’s signature online. Expect photos of the new iPod as soon as I get home on Sunday.
As I’m in Bangladesh right now, I couldn’t go to the Midnight Party for the last Harry Potter book. I did, however, get the book on the 21st. My cousin’s staying over at my house for a few days and he was there to recieve the book I’d preordered on Amazon.
Of course, my aunt bought me a fake copy of the book here. They sell fake copies for about $4 on the street here. I got in the afternoon this past Sunday and finished it last night. I couldn’t put the book down. Luckily, it was a paperback else I wouldn’t be able to carry it around like I did.
Like all the other books, I loved this book. I won’t write about the story because I don’t want to ruin it for anyone. If you really want to know, just read the book or go on Wikipedia.
I’ve been in Bangladesh for almost two weeks now. I can’t always come online because the internet’s wonky here. It’s not much hotter than it is in New York but the problem is the humidity. I have a whole lot of relatives and it’s really hard to keep track of them. I even have grandnephews and grandnieces because my really old cousins (I’m the youngest) have kids that are married.
Most of my time is spent indoors reading my AP Biology textbook or listening to my iPod. Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of Björk, The Strokes, The Postal Service, The Decemberists, and, as always, The Shins (Samantha was right, New Slang really does change your life.). I want to watch one of my DVDs but I left our portable DVD at home and not everyone here has a DVD player. The computer I’m on has some weird virus that shuts it down if you don’t play a DVD the right way.
Here’s a list of the DVDs I brought:
- Garden State: Might be my all-time favorite movie or up there.
- The Science of Sleep: Very funny, I loved it.
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: I really liked this one, too.
- Little Miss Sunshine: Hilarious movie.
- Brick: An interesting detective-type movie.
- Donnie Darko: A really weird movie that I liked.
- The Royal Tenenbaums: Funny and interesting.
- Stella: Season One: Hilarious show, wish it wasn’t cancelled.
- Arrested Development: Season One: I got the box set for cheap at Costco. Another hilarious show I wish wasn’t cancelled.
I might be going to India for a few days if I can convince my mom to let me go. She thinks it’s too hot there to let me go. My dad’s going. I left my LC-A at home because it needs some repairing but I’m hoping to get back the Minolta SLR my dad left in Bangladesh soon. I’ll be sure to take photos in India if I go.
It’s almost time for me to go to Bangladesh. I’ll be there from this Tuesday to September 2nd. I’m hoping I can have a good time. It certainly feels strange to be leaving everything behind especially since this was the summer I was planning on doing lots of things. I’m glad to be going, though. As much as I’d like to stay with my friends, I think two months away from here will do me some good. It should help me get forget about things I had to worry about during the school year.
While I’m in Bangladesh, I plan on studying, eating, and exercising. Next year, I’ll be taking AP History and AP Biology so I have summer assignments which include reading chapters from textbooks and essays. Every relative I know in Bangladesh will try to make me visit their house and stuff myself with food. I don’t want to gain a lot of weight from all the food so I’ll have to work out. My cousin and her husband are both doctors. My cousin’s husband is gonna be my trainer.
