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NB: all taken from mobile camera... so resolution is not so good. :)

musings

regular readers of this blog(if there any!) knows how weird situations i face frequently here are some more....

1. a few days back i left the office leaving a thousand works to do for a more important event to attend and intended to come back. while returning to office, it started raining and i was in a auto-rickshaw. in the middle(literally) of the road the auto stopped and wont start again. it was raining like hell and as dhaka has the worst drainage system possible there was knee deep water on the road and the cars behind the auto were coming fast and splashing water. my auto driver preferred an accident than getting down and pushing the auto a side of the road. but i thought i better get down unless i will sure die in here like a rat. i jumped into the pool(road) and saw a bus passing. in dhaka anyone can jump into a local bus from anywhere, a bus-stop is not required. i saw a bus and tried to jump in as i was wet already and had no intention to get totally drenched. the bus conductor stopped me from getting in!! if you ever been to dhaka you must know it is near to impossible to happen such kinda thing, because these buses stick to the road and load the bus until they can inject one more pin inside. anyways... i was startled and looked at him asking what is the matter? he answered, that the bus is loaded(which was not, there were empty seats) and cant let me in. doubly surprised i said,"bhije jachhi re bhai!(i am getting soaked man.)".... making me feel like a fool he replied, "bristi hoitese, bhijben na??!!(it is raining and you want to stay dry??!!)"...... huh!!! :O

2. today when i was returning to home from my office i was totally tired after the days work and didnt want to wait a second in the road. but i had something else in luck waiting. to give the context, the distance is not far and i travel this path by human-paddled rickshaws. the road is not repaired for years and it looks like a trench. i dont like to walk on this road and rickshaw pullers obviously dont like to ride too. nobody wanted to go to my destination and my throat started to ache by asking every passing rickshaw. suddenly a rickshaw puller advised to me, "rasta thhik koren!!!(repair the road if you want the luxury of rickshaw!!)" :-S.... :@.... and i wanted to reply [rasta ki amar baper???] but couldnt..............

PS: i read this line somewhere. cant remember where... the like goes like this - i scattered a jokes once. everybody laughed. i started to cry. cause the jokes was about me!!

anonymity

i have changed my cell number recently to grameenphone and i needed to inform my friends about it. so i sent a sms to them and the content was like this...
"this is my new number. i will be available in this number mostly."

looks alright?? it wasnt. my friends instantly started replying me back and two of them was like this -
1. "unfortunately i dont have your new number saved (because its new)! therefore i have no clue who this number belongs to." .... :P
2. "who are u? and what was your previous number."

yeah right... i forgot to give the digital signature at the end... =)... at that time i was in my office and it was hard to stop my laughing out loud.

computer product life cycle

[click to see a larger view]
source : project.jpg
[caution: if you are not a computer/software engineer, dont blame me for not understanding the fun. :P]

commode-based wireless network by google

google makes impossible things, you didnt even think about, real. dont you think? the newest of their innovative product is the tisp beta. i couldnt believe my own eyes when i first saw this new service they are going to provide for free. it is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines. yes you read it right. the connection path is through the sewage line and your end point will be at your commode. currently this is available in only usa and canada. didnt get it? visit the link to find out the installation procedure.

cant wait for the service to be in bangladesh.... :P

here are some products you might not have seen before -
1. google mentalplex
2. pigeonrank
3. google gulp
4. google romance
5. gmail paper

[NB: these are all google hoaxes produced on 1st april of different year!]

god must be crazy!

A man was praying to god. He said, "God ?"

God responded, "Yes?"
And the Guy said, " Can I ask a question?"
"Go right ahead", God said.
"God, what is a million years to you?"
God said, "A million years to me is only a second."

The man wondered. Then he asked, "God, what is a million dollars worth to you?"
God said, "A million dollars to me is a penny."
So the man said, "God can I have a penny ?"
And God cheerfully said, "Sure!....... just a second ."

rent a protester!!!

bangladesh is a country which is going through continuous political crisis and for a country with such amount of poor people, the rich can always gather a crowd that will give slogan for him and clap at his words in the political meetings and gatherings. its a common trend in here. they rent the people, gather them for a day for demonstration and average people around the country will have a wrong impression of the team. it is one kind of showing off knowing where everybody knows the "truth behind".

anyways, the question is why am i jabbering about such a cheap trick? because germans are officially marketing the same product (supporter/protesters) in a manner as if they are giving rent to cars. check these links - bbc, german site.

german online rental market erento.com has now opened a section for protestors that are available for hire. in their words - "you have a cause but you lack supporters? you want to stage a demonstration but have no friends? there's no reason to sulk anonymously anymore. these days in Germany, protesters are available for hire." and they are young, good-looking, and available for around 150 euros (£100), more than 300 would-be protesters.

here you go rent them and have fun.

we should have patented this idea..... :-?

wrong number

a few days back i got a call from an unknown number. i received and said -
-Hello....
caller: hello, tareq sir?
i got confused. nobody is supposed to call me with a sir. in bangladesh people use this title only to the teacher or someone superior in the office. anyway i thought any of my friends is jokin. so i replied - yes, tareq speaking.
caller: sir, it's me. do you recognize me?
- no, i'm sorry. i dont. who is it?
the caller just ignored the question and said - sir, are you still in iut?
huh! i have passed last year i thought - no, im not in iut anymore.
the caller got surprised - really! sir you still dont recognize me?
- no. :-S.
caller: weren't you in iut?
- yes.
caller: i was your student sir.
i got totally confused. because i was a student in iut. not a teacher.
- may be you did a mistake. i am tareq and i was in iut. but i wasnt a teacher there.
a little pause from the other side - oh! im sorry then.

how on earth somebody thought me i was a teacher???? :-? hmmmmm.

Eid Mubarak

source:DonQasim
Eid mubarak to everybody in this world... be happy, stay happy, make happy...:D

belated blog day 2006

how come i hadnt heard of it before! i couldnt log into the net on 31st august. so when today i came to my office and started checking mails and blogs, i found out there is one blog day and it was last thursday. hmm. anyway Belated-Happy(!) -Blog-Day to everybloggy(!) in this world. now what is the idea behind this blog day? while searching for it ive found out that there is one www.blogday.org maintained by Nir Ofir, editor in chief of an Israeli web portal. and he claims its his brain child. he said -
"the date 3108 (August 31st) looks like the word “Blog”. I have noticed it when I was in the first Blog conference that was held in Israel and I doodled it on a paper. On that day I started the BlogDay idea." - Nir Ofir.

its allright. im glad that someone has started the idea. but 5 NEW blogs should be recommended by me. so that readers/visitors to my site gets to know about other good, readable blogs. ahem. i have one question though, to whom it may concern - what is a NEW blog? blog that i found out recently or blogs that my visitors havent found out yet? in my opinion recommendable blogs that i found out recently are infact very old...khekz. and those that are not recommendable shouldnt be recommended, right? now now, dont get crazy. im just kiddin a little. i think i have allready recommended 5 sites on the right side bar of my site. i dub thee(s) sites as my recommended sites....:P... along with them u can visit perpetually befuddled aisha.

oopsie. when i was going through this post in search of errors that i most frequently do, i found out only 1 of the 5 sites on my right side bar is regular in bloggin. and that is rajputro aka shafi. Dipu is not blogging for months now. Shakia came back a few days back and most probably will go in hibernation once again :-? audity and samara just blocked their site from public access. ahemmm. im feeling confused. i suddenly found out the blogs that i used to read and comment on, are no more :(. bless them. I feel so alooooooone bohoooooo......

THE BEST FLASH ANIMATION IN 2006 - Google Video

flash animations always fascinated me a lot, i can't do anything with this tool though. you can do almost anything with it in small range. these small flash games and movies are fantastic with a little touch of creativity. google video has rated some flash animation videoes. the best one is about a fight between a drawn image of a man with the pointer that drew the image. more like fighting with its creater. you better watch it and stop readin this unnecessary commentry done by me. well what r u waiting for???
THE BEST FLASH ANIMATION IN 2006 - Google Video

Women

When God created woman he was working late on the 6th day. An angel came by and said: “Why spend so much time on that one?”

And the Lord answered: “Have you seen all the specifications I have to meet to shape her ?"

“She must be washable, but not made of plastic, have more than 200 moving parts which all must be replaceable and she must function on all kinds of food, she must be able to embrace several kids at the same time, give a hug that can heal anything from a bruised knee to a broken heart and she must do all this with only two hands."

The angel was impressed: “Just two hands....impossible! And this is the standard model?! Too much work for one day....wait until tomorrow and then complete her“.

“I will not”, said the Lord. “I am so close to complete this creation, which will be the favourite of my heart”.

“She cures herself when sick and she can work 18 hours a day”.

The angel came nearer and touched the woman. “But you have made her so soft, Lord. "

"She is soft", said the Lord, “But I have also made her strong. You can’t imagine what she can endure and overcome.“

“Can she think?" the angel asked.

The Lord answered: “Not only can she think, she can reason and negotiate."

The angel touched the womans cheek.... “Lord, it seems this creation is leaking! You have put too many burdens on her.”

“She is not leaking....it’s a tear” the lord corrected the angel.

“What’s it for?" asked the angel.

And the Lord said: “Tears are her way of expressing grief, her doubts, her love, her loneliness, her suffering and her pride.”

This made a big impression on the angel; “Lord, you are genius. You thought of everything. The woman is indeed marvellous!"

Indeed she is!
Woman has strengths that amazes man. She can handle trouble and carry heavy burdens. She holds happiness, love and opinions. She smiles when feeling like screaming. She sings when she feels like crying, crys when she is happy and laughs when she is afraid.

She fights for what she belives in. Stand up against injustice. She doesn’t take “no” for an answer, when she can see a better solution. She gives herself so her family can thrive. She takes her friend to the doctor if she is afraid. Her love is unconditional.

She cries when her kids are victorious. She is happy when her friends do well. She is glad when she hears of a birth or a wedding.

Her heart is broken when a next of kin or friend dies. But she finds the strength to get on with life.

She knows that a kiss and a hug can heal a broken heart.

There is only one thing wrong with her - She forgets what she is worth...

NB: dont knw the actual source. thanx to anika.

icon's story

my horoscope for the last week was like this - "you are goin to be criticised a lot at the start of the week, but dont worry "you are goin to be served with sweet mangoes" at the weekend". if you have read my previous post u knw that i had to work for the last weekends too along with normal week days. so i thought the constant workin = criticism [in the perspect that both is disgustin, fraustratin and annoyin]. anyway so i was waitin for the "sweet mangoes". u knw what, yesterday after havin my breakfast mom called me and said, "yousuf, aam kheye ja...[yousuf, eat the mangoes before u leave]...:-? hmmmm.... now hows that?

you might have watched the "toy story" and could be "antz" story, now this link is provided/ directed/ animated by some 'unknown geek'. you will enjoy it, soooooooo watch... The Ultimate Icon's Story [in an announcin tone....:P].

Crazy Rabbit

check this crazy rabbit. take ur mouse near it and see what happens... its cool...:D Crazy Rabbit.

Husband store

A store, that sells husbands, has just opened in New York City. Where women may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions hanged at the entrance that how the store operates.
1. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE !
2. There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights.
3. There is, however, a catch . . .. you may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband for herself...
-On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
-The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
-The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 -These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking."Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
-She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads: Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework. "Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"
-Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads: Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
-She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads: Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!

NB: anika - an online friend of mine forwarded me this email. i thought sharin it. no offense. :D

Some links i wanted to share -
-40 things that happen only in movies
- some times when i feel bored i go to this site and start readin from this good collection. some are very expensive if u want to buy from a book store. u can check it out. Read print - collection of classic books
Learn the basics of drawing
and a spicy real life story...:P

Brave wife 'fends off' big tiger

got the link from mezba's blog .... and it is a real fascinating story. a woman, called Nazma Akhter,[or should i say girl?] age 18, killed a royal bengal tiger with just an oar! she was fishing with her husband and this tiger came out of the jungle and got the man by the leg. it was draggin him inside the forest. desparate about what to do she took the oar of their boat and started beatin the tiger. im tryin to visualize the whole event. but it sounds like somewhat imaginary story. my god how angry she was then...:S... and we say females are powerless! certainly not. we bangladeshi ppl are a country with infinte tolerance. we try and cope up with almost anything that comes infront of us. then there are sometimes when infinity is crossed! im thinkin how far is that!!..:-/.... bravo bangladeshi woman, i salute u... heh heh... u can kill Royal Bengal Tiger and we are nothing but mere human being.[kiddin]. check the link. Brave wife 'fends off' big tiger

yesterday i was readin a story in the Prothom Alo[bangladeshi newspaper], 3 hijackers were caught and beaten by the mob. one of them died of the heavy beating. they were tryin to escape by open firing after hijacking a businessman. the one that is dead is a graduate from some australian university. all of them well educated and from a well off family. they have the backing from their parents and knws that they will get out even if they are caught and sent to jail. so in my opinion beatin them to death is the only option left for normal ppl. one of my frnd was attacked by gang of 5 hijackers in uttara, and most interestingly they were using a toyota allion! [ppl in uttara beware of allions...:P]. the next day these ppl stabbed one woman. i knw its an inhuman way to die from mob attack. but u c when u r desparate u have to take anythin u have and strike back. these bastards should be killed instantly, like nazma did.

not old enough!

almost all of my friends from iut work in offices in banani or gulshan now. where i do work and live in mirpur. in between we have the dhaka cantonment. ppl outside bangladesh might find it difficult to believe. but we have dhaka cantonment inside the main city. talk about unplanned city! and its very much troublesome to cross through it or around it. ultimately u would want to blow thing away. its a little too far to walk, and a little costly if u dont wanna walk. anyway after meeting my frnds in banani i was comin back to my home through cantonment with one of my frnds. the night was windy. so we decided to stroll, smoke and enjoy the time instead of being irritated by the cantonment and its clumsy meaningless rules. so we did. when we are in the center of cantonment a 'young' military police stopped us.
- hey u! y r u smokin?
me: sorry?
- y r u smokin? how old r u? [:S]
we were totally dumbstruck. and didnt knw what to say.
- u r not old enough to smoke and u r doin that in public. y?
me: im 24 years old, im a graduate and im a jobholder. y? is it prohibited to smoke in cantonment?
- u dont look like one. and throw that cigarette away. 'moner shukhe rastay cigarette khachhen! felen oita!'..... :# .. :@ *&%^&^$^%$^ ......
i cursed the bloody bastard under my breadth and had to throw the cigarette away. after all these are uncivilzed sack full of shits with absolutely nothin inside the head.
NB: its not prohibited to smoke inside cantonment. more over there is rule related to age limit. is there any?

Type Of Women

Which type of woman is yours?

HARD-DISK Woman: She remembers everything, FOREVER.
RAM Woman: She forgets about you, the moment you turn her off.
WINDOWS Woman: Everyone knows that she can't do a thing right, but no one can live without her.
EXCEL Woman: They say she can do a lot of things but you mostly use her for your four basic needs.
SCREENSAVER Woman: She is good for nothing but at least she is fun to look at!
INTERNET Woman: Difficult to access.
SERVER Woman: Always busy when you need her.
MULTIMEDIA Woman: She makes horrible things look beautiful.
CD-ROM Woman: She is always faster and faster.
E-MAIL Woman: Every ten things she says, eight are nonsense.
VIRUS Woman: Also known as "WIFE"; when you are not expecting her, she comes, installs herself and uses all your resources. If you try to uninstall her you will lose some! thing, if you don't try to uninstall her you will lose everything ..........
source....

weird game

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

Now count aloud the F's in that sentence. Count them ONLY ONCE; DO NOT go back and count them again. Click the read more link.

There are six F's in the sentence.

• One of average intelligence finds three of them.
• If you spotted four, you're above average.
• If you got five, you can turn your nose at most anybody.
• If you caught six, you are a genius.

There is no catch. Many people forget the OFs. The human brain tends to see them as "V's" instead of "F's"

holy smoke!

after having lunch in the office i go out of the building boundary to a teastall to have a cup of tea with a smoke. as usual last week i went, had the smoke and coming back to my office. got into the lift along with a man and a woman. suddenly the woman said, "uhhh, somebody have smoked inside the lift!!!"..... :O... and i was staring at the roof of the lift, wondering if is she meant that or just wanted to embarrass me...:-S