I understand the lack of posts on my blog will seem to suggest that nothing much has been really happening in my life...only a few of the rare non-human natured out there will actually think positively: "He's probably so busy having a good time that he just doesn't get the opportunity to write!" Sorry, I'm sorry to disappoint...all you HUMAN-natured misery-loving negative-thinkers...that former thought was just right! (With a flourish, "Yes! I DO have a life...I think!")
For all those lazy readers, I shall use my typical "subheadings" to breakdown the past week...
LAST WEEKEND...Saturday: REAL Food!
Like a mentioned in my last post, I went down to Mehwish's for Iftaar (breaking our fast) at sundown...to eat some real food for once! The plan was that we (me, Hazlin and Georgina) arrive at her place early, and help her cook. We did arrive early, but it turned out she'd already gone ahead and cooked everything on her own (I'm not saying we complained, just narrating the details!). The menu was awesome: for starters: Pakoras (variety of diced-up vegetables like potatoes, cauliflowers, onions, etc. deep-fried with a covering of something we call 'bason'...GOOD eating), main dishes: plain pulao (special rice we cook in Asia) and chicken curry cooked with chickpeas, dessert: dahi varaa (dish made of fluffy bread-type "things" floating in spiced yoghurt). I swear, it was soo good...I stuffed myself with like four helpings! And it made me pretty homesick too...because that's the stuff we have back home! Anyway, once everything was all set, we took out the dishes to Mehwish's large and comfy room, sat around on the floor in front of her medium-sized "sofa table" (table kept in front of a sofa!)...and pigged out! Ohh....it was SOOO gooodddd...thanks again Mehwish...(corny line coming up)...(Meh)Wish, you made our wishes come true!
STILL Saturday: Crazy, MadCap, Out-of-the-Sanitarium Halloween Party!
My Saturday didn't just end there...I had been called for a shift that night at the Student Union Building. Though it wasn't Halloween Night, the Social Club was hosting its Halloween Party. At the same time, there was a concert happening - three bands playing too! Like they would narrate in the old Hollywood "private eye" movies, with a macho husk..."I knew I was in for a tough night..."
And so it was...though tough nights generally mean that there's lots of "entertaining" things happening! (Seeing how 'security' is SUPPOSED to deal with 'things out of the ordinary'!) Let me tell you...if Halloween night is about putting on scary costumes...some really shrewd man with sharp horns on his head whispered to the women here, "Wearing practically nothing is VERY scary!!" To put it frankly (and I'm being bold here - my mother reads this blog on a regular basis!), I would say, that the amount of "legs" I saw that night, if joined together, would take me down to Boston (which is straight south of here)!! I will not deny being a "hot-blooded" male...but I do like tastefulness...so, in a way, so many half-naked women are scary things! What complicated matters some more is the fact that it was potentially Laylatul Qadr that night (the Arabic word for "Night of Power" - the holiest night of the holy month)...so it was almost like God was "testing" me on a night when I am supposed to be devoting myself to Him and purity!
Don't get me wrong - there were other costumes...I saw the Mario brothers, Trinity and Neo from the Matrix, couple of life-sized chickens, Inspector Gadget, Batman, Superman, Snow White, fairies of all colors sizes and shapes (!), medieval women, "bad" cops (the female kind! ;)), firemen, doctors, granny (this was a good one - it was so convincing that I first burst out laughing at the fact that grandma's come to "get jiggy with it"!), nurses, Christina Aguileras (you all know which one of her costumes!), Playboy bunnies (those are always there), blood-splattered Red Riding Hood (this was truly disturbing and spooky), and even a Penis!! However, my personal favourite was this girl in a leopard costume - not too much skin, just enough to taunt, and very elegantly pulled off.
MIDWEEK...
Thursday November 3rd: EID! POSTER SALE!
After a whole month of starving from sunup to sundown, the day finally dawned when I would eat my first lunch in a whole month! At first, I wasn't too sure if I would be able to make it to the early morning prayers (for those of you uninformed, the Eid prayers are said to be the one of the most significant non-mandatory prayers), but my friend Hazlin came to my rescue...she was going to take the bus down to Mehwish's and we'd all go to the mosque together.
Like all the times in the past, I couldn't get to sleep all night (literally - didn't close my eyes longer than 5 mins.!), and just started getting ready. Didn't wear my most "gaudy" clothes - I didn't want to "outdo" the other guys! - just put on my favourite cotton Panjabi (with a t-shirt and sweater on underneath!) and jeans. Got down to Mehwish's place (took some nice 'dawn pictures' on our way there), got a cab, and headed down to pray. Prayers, followed by a short sermon (not so short for a guy who's not slept all night of course!), and snacks. It was wonderful finally eating some fried, home-style junk food made of vegetables rather than greasy burgers and fried chicken! (No offense Canada!) After a short wait in supremely cold weather, I got a drop off at the Student Union Building, where the Imaginus Poster Sale was going on...
...and they robbed me. Believe it or not people, I bought 5 posters in one go...followed by two more later on that day because I "needed" them to "complete" my walls! Just in case you want to know how much poorer that made me: $80! But no regrets...I earned that money staying up late nights, and
IMMEDIATE PAST WEEKEND...
Friday November 4th: Work @ SUB
Friday night, 8:00 p.m., I show up at the Student Union Building, with my black, oversized "SUB Staff" t-shirt tucked into gray slacks. Go into the SUB office, where my supervisor for the night (Hasnain - not sure about the spelling - funny, cynical, potentially-perverted (!) yet brotherly Pakistani friend, who just so happens to be one of my bosses there!) tells me with a sadistic as well as wild look in his face that three of us alone have to reset one room (all the couches and chairs were either one floor up, or one floor down...around 14 three-seaters, 40 single seaters, couple of chairs and probably 6 center tables!), set up another area, and there's a Joy Kidd (one of the residences on campus) toga party in the Ballroom. I groan as I secure my radio into my belt and grab my keys - I was one of the people who dragged out the couches and everything from the Blue Room, and I was the fortunate one to once again put them back!
However, the night went without incident (no broken backs, no drunken injuries, no broken windows)...except for two things...one, we ordered in a 15" pizza (moving furniture gets a guy hungry!)...and two...well, I have to censor the incident...so I'll let your imaginations run wild with two keywords: TOGA, LOOSE. ;)
Saturday November 5th: The List's Way too LOOONGG!!
This day was nuts...I was out the WHOLE day, right after I woke up...this post's getting way too long right now, so I'm going to be concise though...
1. Bangladesh Cultural Society Eid Get Together
By the way people - I am now the Vice President Administration of the Bangladesh Cultural Society, BCS (it's just a euphemism for "Secretary"!!). We arranged a get-together for all Bangladeshis on and off campus up at the Student Union Building (yes - in the very same room into which I dragged in and dragged out all those darned couches!). The executives of the BCS and their friends cooked up some great food - three types of pulao, chicken curry, beef curry, salad, and to top it off, rice pudding (Subcontinental style!). Talk, food, laughs, pictures, and two party games later, we headed down to the Engineering building to watch a few episodes of a highly entertaining humorous soap. At 6:50p.m., I headed towards my room...
2. The REAL Inspector Hound
...and by 7:30p.m., I was out again. Ten minutes later, I was buying tickets to a student drama production called "The Real Inspector Hound" along with my friend Asoka (nickname: Thush). It was SOO good...the acting and stage was great...but the plot was what made it unbelievably entertaining and original. It's a "whoddunnit" comedy...but it's not even your usual whodunnit. It's about two critics watching this play which is a whodunnit...but some very bizzarre things happen. There's so many random things thrown out throughout the play, it gets real confusing, and without a good cast, you're bound to get lost and bothered...but nearing the end, everything gels together somehow, and you sit back thinking, "Whoa...what just happened? I mean, I know what happened...but did it really?"
3. House Social
I return from that wonderful play...to join in the Bridges House Western Social! I sign Asoka in, and then we're off! I make it sound like a great adventure, but all we did was tour the house, spoke to everybody, enjoy their drunken antics while taking pictures all the time! We checked out the lower lounge, where the Barn Dance was supposed to take place, but the party hadn't quite "warmed up" in there yet. But soon patience paid off, and a decent crowd was on the dance floor. Thush refused to dance, because he says he needs to be pretty drunk to dance to country!! Nevertheless, I got my groove on every now and then - all the while still clicking away random pictures in that chaotic mass of sweaty, drunken bodies! The "Best Cowboy/Best Cowgirl" contest followed - I actually made it past the first round! But I lost when it was time to lasso the plastic cow! Anyway - Georgio (aka, Nick) became our House Cowboy...forget who the Cowgirl was though.
4. Social Club
Dave, Melissa, Sara, Georgio, me and Asoka all headed down to the Social Club once we decided the House Social was pretty dull overall...Melissa and Sarah were already pretty smashed by the time, so I was a bit apprehensive about how the night would turn out! With a promise to Melissa thtat we will eat pizza and chicken wings once we're back, we made our way upto the Student Union Building (where the Social Club is). It was full when we got there! We all waited in a line for quite a while before being let in...after which it was dancing all the way till 1:45a.m.!! But even a fully packed club dancefloor wasn't enough to stop my camera...I have a lot of shots of our night up there!!
...the After Party...
The night didn't even end at the Social Club!! As promised, we ordered in pizza and wings (Melissa was so drunk and footsore she couldn't make it upstairs first...I brought her pajamas down to change in my room!)...and boy, was it goooodddd!! We were literally worshipping the food...don't believe me? I got pictures to prove it!!
Jeez...this IS a long post, isn't it? I intend to put in some more pics on it to make it cooler...however, you will be happy to know, that I'm ending it here for now...have fun people...I'll give you time with this post...it'll be a while till I have another one coming in!!
I LOVE my posters!!
IMMEDIATE PAST WEEKEND...
Friday November 4th: Work @ SUB
Friday night, 8:00 p.m., I show up at the Student Union Building, with my black, oversized "SUB Staff" t-shirt tucked into gray slacks. Go into the SUB office, where my supervisor for the night (Hasnain - not sure about the spelling - funny, cynical, potentially-perverted (!) yet brotherly Pakistani friend, who just so happens to be one of my bosses there!) tells me with a sadistic as well as wild look in his face that three of us alone have to reset one room (all the couches and chairs were either one floor up, or one floor down...around 14 three-seaters, 40 single seaters, couple of chairs and probably 6 center tables!), set up another area, and there's a Joy Kidd (one of the residences on campus) toga party in the Ballroom. I groan as I secure my radio into my belt and grab my keys - I was one of the people who dragged out the couches and everything from the Blue Room, and I was the fortunate one to once again put them back!
However, the night went without incident (no broken backs, no drunken injuries, no broken windows)...except for two things...one, we ordered in a 15" pizza (moving furniture gets a guy hungry!)...and two...well, I have to censor the incident...so I'll let your imaginations run wild with two keywords: TOGA, LOOSE. ;)
Saturday November 5th: The List's Way too LOOONGG!!
This day was nuts...I was out the WHOLE day, right after I woke up...this post's getting way too long right now, so I'm going to be concise though...
1. Bangladesh Cultural Society Eid Get Together
By the way people - I am now the Vice President Administration of the Bangladesh Cultural Society, BCS (it's just a euphemism for "Secretary"!!). We arranged a get-together for all Bangladeshis on and off campus up at the Student Union Building (yes - in the very same room into which I dragged in and dragged out all those darned couches!). The executives of the BCS and their friends cooked up some great food - three types of pulao, chicken curry, beef curry, salad, and to top it off, rice pudding (Subcontinental style!). Talk, food, laughs, pictures, and two party games later, we headed down to the Engineering building to watch a few episodes of a highly entertaining humorous soap. At 6:50p.m., I headed towards my room...
2. The REAL Inspector Hound
...and by 7:30p.m., I was out again. Ten minutes later, I was buying tickets to a student drama production called "The Real Inspector Hound" along with my friend Asoka (nickname: Thush). It was SOO good...the acting and stage was great...but the plot was what made it unbelievably entertaining and original. It's a "whoddunnit" comedy...but it's not even your usual whodunnit. It's about two critics watching this play which is a whodunnit...but some very bizzarre things happen. There's so many random things thrown out throughout the play, it gets real confusing, and without a good cast, you're bound to get lost and bothered...but nearing the end, everything gels together somehow, and you sit back thinking, "Whoa...what just happened? I mean, I know what happened...but did it really?"
3. House Social
I return from that wonderful play...to join in the Bridges House Western Social! I sign Asoka in, and then we're off! I make it sound like a great adventure, but all we did was tour the house, spoke to everybody, enjoy their drunken antics while taking pictures all the time! We checked out the lower lounge, where the Barn Dance was supposed to take place, but the party hadn't quite "warmed up" in there yet. But soon patience paid off, and a decent crowd was on the dance floor. Thush refused to dance, because he says he needs to be pretty drunk to dance to country!! Nevertheless, I got my groove on every now and then - all the while still clicking away random pictures in that chaotic mass of sweaty, drunken bodies! The "Best Cowboy/Best Cowgirl" contest followed - I actually made it past the first round! But I lost when it was time to lasso the plastic cow! Anyway - Georgio (aka, Nick) became our House Cowboy...forget who the Cowgirl was though.
4. Social Club
Dave, Melissa, Sara, Georgio, me and Asoka all headed down to the Social Club once we decided the House Social was pretty dull overall...Melissa and Sarah were already pretty smashed by the time, so I was a bit apprehensive about how the night would turn out! With a promise to Melissa thtat we will eat pizza and chicken wings once we're back, we made our way upto the Student Union Building (where the Social Club is). It was full when we got there! We all waited in a line for quite a while before being let in...after which it was dancing all the way till 1:45a.m.!! But even a fully packed club dancefloor wasn't enough to stop my camera...I have a lot of shots of our night up there!!
...the After Party...
The night didn't even end at the Social Club!! As promised, we ordered in pizza and wings (Melissa was so drunk and footsore she couldn't make it upstairs first...I brought her pajamas down to change in my room!)...and boy, was it goooodddd!! We were literally worshipping the food...don't believe me? I got pictures to prove it!!
Jeez...this IS a long post, isn't it? I intend to put in some more pics on it to make it cooler...however, you will be happy to know, that I'm ending it here for now...have fun people...I'll give you time with this post...it'll be a while till I have another one coming in!!
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