Screw My Bangla Life!!!

[Kabir]

I had the same experience..."which part of India is Bangladesh in"?

That's fine. It should just be embarassing for someone to not know about the country where the other guy is from. Just like how I'll be embarassed if someone tells me he's from a country whose name I never heard of.

[Ashraf-FTP]

today, i talked to this korean guy..
he asked me "where are you from??"
"Bangladesh"
"ooohh.. Bangaldess"
"isnt that between Pakistan and India?" ( i have a lot of Pakis in my area, so all the brown people they see, they think they are pakis (:
"its a small country between mostly India and a bit of Myanmar"
"i see.. isnt there a lot of people? how small is it?"
"uhm, its......"

[revolver]

Originally Posted by Ashraf-FTP
today, i talked to this korean guy..
he asked me "where are you from??"
"Bangladesh"
"ooohh.. Bangaldess"
"isnt that between Pakistan and India?" ( i have a lot of Pakis in my area, so all the brown people they see, they think they are pakis (:
"its a small country between mostly India and a bit of Myanmar"
"i see.. isnt there a lot of people? how small is it?"
"uhm, its......"

our poppulation is so big that will explode u shud hav said that 2 him

[Alien]

Originally Posted by Ashraf-FTP
today, i talked to this korean guy..
he asked me "where are you from??"
"Bangladesh"
"ooohh.. Bangaldess"
"isnt that between Pakistan and India?" ( i have a lot of Pakis in my area, so all the brown people they see, they think they are pakis (:
"its a small country between mostly India and a bit of Myanmar"
"i see.. isnt there a lot of people? how small is it?"
"uhm, its......"

Thats why when westerners sometimes ask me which country I am from, I just say India. Coz otherwise you'll end up spending rest of your life giving geography lesson.

[Imteaz]

Why cannot we find our own address?

[Orpheus]

So here I go to a wedding as a friend of a girl and get introduced to everyone as a friend but some how "friend" sounds like "fiance" to them. So out of no where in the dance floor, I am dragged in the middle by an influential murubbi as a future zamai. Not knowing how to do any dance moves that is in consistent with the music, I just stood there startled. All of a sudden everyone thinks I am a zamai in the family.

But you would then expect to be treated like a zamai but no I get bombarded by hate speeches from some murubbis.

All I wanted was to eat some f-------------- curry man. So FMBL!

[goru]

Hate speech?

[Orpheus]

Originally Posted by goru
Hate speech?

yes things like why I am here at a family wedding before marrying into the family... stupid **** like that. It was horrible - I was burning inside - but that could just be from spicy food though. Anyways, I should have just said i came here for the food and resisted any form of communication whatsoever.

[goru]

Hate speech is a term for speech that attacks or disparages a person or group of people based on their social or ethnic group, such as race, gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, or lack there of, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, language ability, ideology, social class, occupation, appearance (height, weight, skin color, etc.), mental capacity, and any other distinction that might be considered by some as a liability.

Well, I suppose coming to a wedding as a "friend" and not a fiancé/husband is a liability...

So much for "modern" Bangalis...

[FagunerAgun]

Originally Posted by shaad
Zeeshan,

While I consider majoring in Humanities/Arts disciplines to be quite praiseworthy, you have to remember that, in our culture, these fields are generally not perceived as ones that can earn you a decent livelihood. Given that Bangladeshi society can be thought of just beginning to develop a burgeoning urban middle class, such views are not surprising -- back home, Humanities/Arts have often tended to be the domain of women (whose parents believe they can be married off to doctors, engineers, businessmen, of high-income chakrijibis), scions of wealthy families (who already have a safety net), and exceptional students (who are guaranteed a future as academics).

With that in mind, I don't think you will find your chhoto phupi's response that disturbing. She is, after all, thinking of your best interests from her perspective. Of course, that does not mean that you have to agree with her, but understanding her viewpoint might prevent you from taking it too personally.

BTW, why aren't you majoring in mathematics?

Good post

[FagunerAgun]

Additionally, I wonder why 'mullah manusher eto bokbokani' and then 'going good' in Theatre Arts!

[Kabir]

Couple of days ago, I was speaking to a friend's mom who came to the US recently. I was trying to tell her that her choto chele shouldn't complete his A'level in BD, and should rather complete his highschool in US.

Anyway, her comeback was that she already spoke with her bhagina...and out of nowhere, there goes 5 minutes of waste because no uni onar bhagina koto poysha banay and koto boro chakri korey oita niye ekta bhashon dibe. I've seen this nature in almost all BD aunties.Their bhaginas have to be the shobcheye bhalo salary ala, shobcheye boro job ala...and shobcheye smart.

[incredible]

very nice thread... had fun reading...

was thinking about going into sports management education ...but my dad's face always comes in my mind as soon as i start thinking in that line.

i swear as soon as i told even my educated friends...they give me a stare that my dream is to open a kheladhular jinish becha dokan at bongobondhu stadium...

i guess SMBL

[Antora]

LOL! love this thread

[Alien]

It reminds me of back in old days (mid 90s) when my brother wanted to do computer science. Back then computers was largely unvailable in most households, and not many places were offering courses. They just started CompSci subjects in O and Alevels, and my parents kind of took it as a joke "Computer diye ki kheladhula korba?".

On that note, yeah I do hate this narrow minded mentality of the older generation that if you dont end up with a lab/surgery coat, with thick glasses staring at the computer, or be a engineer with helmet, your life is doomed.

[AsifTheManRahman]

Engineer hoiso othocho remote control er battery thik korte paro na?

[incredible]

ki computer science porso amar computer thik krote paro na... (internet er kotha bolse...bill dey nai deikhe connection kaita dise)

[BD-Shardul]

EE engineerder jala aro beshi....ki engineer hoisos ei douranor machineta (treadmill) thik korte paros na?

[Alien]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Engineer hoiso othocho remote control er battery thik korte paro na?

LOL...good one.

Or, "Lakh lakh taka diya computer chalano shikso othocho computer noshto hoile, mistirir kase jaite hoi ken?"

[auntu]

সব ইঞ্জিনিয়ারগুলা আকাইম্মা...ধুর!

[Nafi]

Im studying Economics and Accounting/Finance, when I start university next year.

[incredible]

get ready to hear...ki accounting/ economics porso...mudir dokane ektu damadami korte paro na...

[bujhee kom]

Hahahaha...when I was 15-16 years old in Malibagh, Dhaka, I got heavily into weight-lifting, body building inspired by the Terminator movie and Arnold and Incredible Hulk's Lou Ferigno (spell)!

My mom and all my over-weight older fufus, chachis, khalas would save all the heavy lifting in the Market/store for me (like large electronics appliances!!) and constantly verbally abuse me saying exactly same thing, "Ki miah, kier beyam koro shara din, adha mon algaite gia jan jai jai koro...." My mom would also add, "shara din shodhu shaarer moto khawa, porashona aar kajer belai alosh aar ekta apodartho!!!"

They would also demand knowledge on how to lose body fat, stomach fat to me....of course I was scared of them elders and respectful thus would not say that I might have learned a thing or two from Arnold's books about bulking and toning muscle fibres but it is impossible for my knowledge to help these 300 lbs obese Shylheti, Noakhali and Brahmanbarian diet 50 years old ladies who even the poor business slow-day skinny ricksha pullers refuse to take as passanger or charge double for 2 persons fare because of their weight and body mass and fat!!

[One World]

Originally Posted by auntu
সব ইঞ্জিনিয়ারগুলা আকাইম্মা...ধুর!

It might backfire.

Lifeline of a typical BD Engineer

Best student of the local mofoshshol city/suburb/thana ->
Top SSC result -> Top HSC result -> Buet/Duet/Chuet et. al. -> BCS Cadre in Public Health, Custom, Foreign Affairs -> Bureaucracy ++ -> Transparency Intl. Rating ++

That benevolent honest and lovely boy of the locality now a liability instead of an asset.

[Zeeshan]

27 year old virgin. Screw my bangla life!!!!