#Day59 2017MAR01

I woke up with people's conversation at early in the morning.  Well, some have flight in early morning.
I saw several notifications from facebook. It's crazy I get all the messages but my reply isn't going. Apparently,  people can see I've seen the message and ignored!
Anyway, I slept and woke up again at 8.30am. Unfortunately I had my period on my way to China. I was prepared though, it's not been 24hours since it started.
My sleep was interrupted three or four times without any one to blame. I had crazy dreams ever. I tried to kill Umbridge. Yes, professor Umbridge from Harry Potter. Well, not really I, the cat Garfield tried.
And I don't from there how I came in the scene where bollywood is protesting 10mins silent protest because a Karan Johar movie didn't win Oscar. Still no idea what Saif Ali Khan was doing on Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam movie poster.
This abdominal pain isn't easy!
Anyway, I left China at local time 4.30pm and arrived in Korea at 9.45pm local time. I missed the last bus because a friend  wanted to join me towards Gwangju. She's enrolled into my school on exchange student program. We bought ticket for next morning and going to stay at airport overnight. We hope to arrive Gwangju tomorrow around 10am. Glad I'm back here!
Anyway,  I think this is it. This is the end of my winter vacation blog. Thanks for reading my posts. I appreciate your patience to read through this mostly boring blogsite.

#Day58 2017FEB28

This is it. I'm leaving Chittagong and soon Bangladesh.  Like always my mum bade me with tears, a scene made on our small airport where not many parents saying goodbye to their daughter.
Interestingly,  in many countries Allahu Akbar is restricted and here we start with this. Doverst,enh?
Anyway I reached Dhaka around 10 and waited till 12pm  till the check in starts. Meanwhile I had my lunch. My mum packed me fried rice,  duck and beef for lunch. Guess another long time waiting requirs to taste them again.
My flight supposed to start at 2.45 and it's already late. I'm not surprised though.  After the last time using this flight service I kind of knew it's going to be late.
Heading towards China from Bangladesh at evening is interesting.  It's like heading towards darkness from light. The purple pink sky is amazing.
I reached China and planned to stay overnight at a guesthouse. Around 10pm I had dinner with Boal fish, duck, various kinds of Bhorta. Yes,it's again the Bangladeshi guesthouse.

#Day57 2017FEB27

I woke up early and my dad said I don't need to go bank and he will do the work instead of me. Okay, that's great!
My dad brought several packets of dry foods which aren't available in Korea. I wanted to pack my stuffs by myself but my parents insisted doing it. Seriously!  I'm an adult and my mum is putting my undergarments inside my own bag. What a life!
However,  Usha apu requested me to bring some Ghee along with other simple stuffs. Everything was fine but the packing of that liquid wasn't satisfactory.  Unfortunately I had to tell her I can't take risk of bringing it and I will send it back to her home, from where it was arrived at our place. I felt so bad about it!
She didn't mind and said my mum should use it instead sending back to her home.
My mum and I came up with an idea of using a different method to pack the lequid. Still I didn't take risk of carrying all but half. I informed Usha apu this and she seemed okay with it. Well, something is better than nothing!
My mum cooked a lot today! I felt bad that she spent all day in cooking food. I don't when would she realize I don't care about food, I don't even miss Bangladeshi food.
I am done with packing by night. Main bag is around 14kg. I have a small carry on bag ad my laptop.
I have a domestic flight tomorrow at 8.40am. My flight to China is at noon. I have a long transit there.
I already took off my simcard from my phone. Out of network for a night.
PS:  Yeah, I had famous Chittagongian Mejbani too!

#Day56 2017FEB26

Apparently my friends from school managed to meet me today. I did a last moment shopping.  I met one friend after more than two years and she didn't change a bit! We went to our school together.  This time we didn't need any emotional drama to enter there though. We cherished our memory there all together. It was so good I didn't even realized when time flew.
Not to mention, saying goodbye was tough.  Specially when you know some faces you mightn't see again when you return next year.
I started bringing all stuffs together I am going to carry with myself in Korea. This time my baggage is going to be smaller than last two times.
My mum cooked Polao, Vetki fish today. She also made spicy chicken fry. I mostly live on chicken and chicken fry is kind of my regular food in Korea. Still my mum makes it different in taste.
I got some old photos and videos I took at home in my pc. My pc in home has been serving me since 2009. This champ is now old and slow and carrying a lot of memories. The home video is so funny I kept watching it repeatedly untill other family members get annoyed. Maybe because I am the one holding camera and they didn't know when I filmed it.  O:)

#Day55 2017FEB25

I woke up late today; like most other days. I spend a plenty amount of time on thinking.  From last night I was distracted for some reasons. However, I was unable to wound up in any solution. The notification from 'Clue' says it's almost time for period. If you are a female and a mess like me (or not) try this app, Clue. Just look it up in google playstore. Simple yet amazing!
I had stirred fried dry fish today. It didn't taste that good as it should be. Perhaps, I lost my appetite on this dish.
I'm getting more lazy recently.  I have some stuffs to buy and everyday I just plan to go for them but I don't.

#Day54 2017FEB24

For some unknown reasons I am facing difficulties with operating my google apps. I can't login my mail even! It's a mess.
Anyway, as this is the last week of my vacation I started making a list I should bring in Korea. Almost everything is available still some are better if carried from here. I got new Tshirts and jeans already. This time I am taking a 'sharee' with me. Sharee is a traditional Bangladesh dress for women. For me, it is difficult to wear still for traditional festivals it requires to wear sharee sometimes. Okay, I have feminine attributes too and who doesn't love to be look pretty?
PS: It's a big deal for me just to plan to wear sharee in future, till dates I was always forced or blackmailed.

#Day53 2017FEB23

I don't know my Internet is facing trouble again. Well, it wasn't smooth ever here. I already had to change several telecom company still no luck. So I gave up and started trying to adjust with the difficulties.
Today I finished watching Fullmetal Alchemist. I want to watch more of these two brothers. I have a long list in my hand already. Perks of having movie nerd ex. Here's the list you might feel interested on some.
Airplane!
American Beauty
Baby Mama
√ Back to the Future
Beasts of No Nation
Big Daddy
Carrie
Dark Shadows
Donnie Darko
Girl, Interrupted
Hanna
Juno
Kicking and Screaming
Lemony Snicket
Matilda
Moonrise Kingdom
Not Another Teen Movie
Precious
Push
√ Rain Man
Scott Pilgrim
Shutter Island
Stand by Me
Submarine
Super
Boy in Striped Pajamas
Breakfast Club
√ Narnia
Emperors New Groove
√ Perks of Being a Wallflower
Spiderwick
The Pianist
√ Tomboy
Tropic Thunder
Tucker and Dale
√ V for Vendetta
XXY
Sicario

'Sicario' was suggested later and I'm going to watch it first. Not to mention, I don't think I can finish watching all of them. oops, adding the list made this post longer than expected!

#Day52 2017FEB22

I spent the all day at home. I watched Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and rewatched Sherlock. I also re-read 'Ruhan Ruhan'.
Of course, I didn't do much than this. The weather is changing rapidly here. We can barely stay at home without using a fan.
At evening mum made fruit custards. Now that was the best thing for today. At dinner I had Hilsha fish. Yum!

#Day51 2017FEB21

Today is Int'l Mother Language Day. It is also a public holiday in Bangladesh. I along with the family guests had an invitation to attend. I made a plan to ditch the invitation and went out with my younger brother.
We couldn't hang out together this time because he had tests to attend and apparently he is super busy nowadays.
Anyway,  we went out for shopping just to find out all the shopping malls were closed. It's a public holiday, dumbo!
Anyways, luckily some showrooms were open so we both roamed around. I bought Shakil a 'Panjabi', traditional men's dress. He bought food for both of us as a treat. That was nice!

#Day50 2017FEB20

It's been 1 week of my father's surgery. So today I took him to the hospital for the finale check up. Finally he got rid of that bandage he was carrying for a week. Now there's a mark of the stich though. It is nice to see his neck returned to it's original shape.
My father's friend came along with us but all the time he was using Facebook. Trust me when I say he is a facebook addict. My dad never liked facebook and honestly he is using all types of metaphor to make my uncle stop using that app rapidly. Unfortunately,  uncle is too much obsessed to listen what my dad is saying.
I get the dress I ordered to make few days ago. I was supposed to take it on 15th instant.  Anyway, late is better than never.
Tomorrow is International Mother Language day. Back in Korea, Bangladeshi community made a monument on the memory of language martyrs of 1952. Wish I were there!

#Day49 2017FEB19

Today it was beach day. As maybe I already mentioned, I live in beach area. So it didn't cost me wasting a good amount of time in traffic. My cousin was so eager to taste crab so he was amused to have some finally. Crab isn't common food in Bangladesh. Dry fruits and nuts from Myanmar are very popular in local beach market. My aunt bought some of those Burmese products. Those night market got dazzling lights as if there's a festival going on. Don't want to bother you saying about the numerous amount of people there were.
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We returned at night. I watched a German movie, 'The Lives of Others'
That's a very good one indeed.

#Day48 2017FEB18

So long I have avoided going out as much as I can because of terrible traffic jam. But as the guests arrived and I'm the only one without any 'real work' to do, so I was assigned to show around these people.
Today we went to Foy's Lake. The lake was named after it's designer Mr.Foy. Yes it's a human made lake and the small hills made a beautiful natural view around. However, few years ago Concord company took the whole area lease from Chittagong Railway and made a small amusement park.
We tried some rides there and hiked a small hill too. Okay, what do they call a smaller version of a hill? That's what I mean here by the word hill. My uncle was so eager to ride on the Pirate Ship and I am 100% sure he regretted every second of it. His face turned pale eventually we are lucky nothing bad happened. A heart attack could have been anytime.
We had icecream and returned at night. Over all, the visit was fun!

#Day47 2017FEB17

Sister of my father along with her husband and a son came to visit us. That's the very first thing happened today. I watched a good amount of time on watching Sherlock and Planet Earth. Don't judge me!
I went to meet a friend and chatted for a while
Well, two hours and more.
I had the sweetest coffee ever!
As we are not used to with guests at our house. Now we need to share beds. Me, my mother and aunt sharing the queen bed. Right now, I'm writing this blog and this two lady talking about verses and impact of those holy words in life. Not to mention, I hate sharing beds. -_-

#Day46 2017FEB16

It was a better day than last few days. I went out with my friends. Met two of them actually.  We had spicy crabs together with some drinks. We chatted for hours, of course.
Hower, after returning home I wasn't feeling good. For some reason my right eye was aching. It's crazy, I use both of my eyes same amount of time but only right one is pretending to be tired. Mater of irony, my friend recently told about right sided problem of her body.

#Day45 2017FEB15

Today I watched another movie. I read a book too. However,  as Bigganjatra debunked a fraud who was claiming evolution is false. As a member of the group and I had nothing else to do, I activity tried to explain all the misunderstanding as far as I could. This lead me to read science journals too.
I had usual foods like most other days. Anyway, there were a kind of fried rice cake, locally known as 'Khaj-kata Pitha' for my evening snacks.

#Day44 2017FEB14

Happy Valentines Day! Holding a hundred percent single relationship status, this year spent all day at home. (As if it's something new!) and nobody asked me out!
*crying in corner*
I watched a movie, 'The Giver'.  A scifi one. Also watched Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. It got me hooked up. Believe it or not, it's my first anime. I read an awesome short story of Asimov as well.
At night my father once again asked me what'd I do with my degree on Biological Science?
Oh well,I can't show him any meme from "Trust me, I'm a Biologist."
Seems like any news about Korea, most likely N. Korea should be in my knowledge. I never cared about these two Korea's politics and that made my father shake his head in disappointment. 

#Day43 2017FEB13

It's first day of Spring! At morning I woke up early. I had a plan to join the spring festival but then remembered it's operation day of my father. Once again, I'm a terrible person!
Me along with him went to the hospital.  I signed the consent paper as his guardian.  Okay, I shouldn't feel that much excited about this after all I'm an university student now.
Anyway, it took almost all day to wait in a cue for that minor surgery.  It was a beningn tumor as doctor said lipoma on the back of his neck. However,  to be frank, other four members of my family were so afraid about this I'm now questioning on my position on this family.
Seriously,  it's a small one what he didn't even consider to get rid off at first. I pushed him continuously since I arrived and all of them now pretending it's a massive surgery.  You didn't even care when it was there for like two years!
After a very long time today I had a beef burger.  Definitely I was super hungry at that time.
I watched Fullmetal Alchemist brotherhood at night.
Anyway, here's the instructions to the visitors outside of OT (Ref:photo).
And yes, my father is doing great.

#Day42 2017FEB12

Today I didn't have any plan to go out. As it's Darwin Day I planned to study about evolution again. I started making Bengali subtitle of a movie but soon I gave up.  Don't have enough patience for that. I watched another episode of Planet Earth II. Once again kudos to the team worked to bring the reality of animals in different places in front of us.
According to Bengali to calender, tomorrow is first day of Spring. There will be some program to celebrate the festival. 
Last night, I asked to have some 'Jilapi' and today my brother and dad bought 'Jiapi' for me. Apparently,  I had lots of 'Jilapis' in a day. Still there are some left over.
I never was a fan of food and unlike most Bengalis sweet isn't my favorite. However,  enjoyed the texture of 'Jilapi' after a long time. Those still wondering what's a Jilapi is maybe already guessed this is a kind of sweet. Probably the most common one in Bangladesh.

#Day41 2017FEB11

Last night one of my school mate asked me to join her to visit school. I thought, why not?
So around 10am we were infront of sailors colony:01 gate. At first, the guards didn't let us go in. Being 'civilian' you can't get into 'protected' Navy Colony easily. You must need special permission from officials.  Anyway,  we requested the guards saying we graduated 4 years ago (It's been 5 years though) and we don't live in this city anymore (it's partially true.I don't.)
Wemanaged to influence the guards. Though we had to provide our addressanand phone number. The guard didn't even notice my phone number didn't start with BD mobile codes.
The school is changed in a rapid way.  Firstly, We got a fancy gate now. The huge field didn't look the same way bigger anymore. Experience made us feel it like a smaller now and of course some construction works are going on a part of it. We got a new 'Shahid Minar'  monument on the memory of language martyrs of 1952. There were new school buildings as well. The teachers common room us changed as well.
Unfortunately couldn't meet all the teachers. Many of them already retired. However,  I can't deny I was happy to see those taught me in school still remembered me. Well, extra curricular activities make you a familiar face indeed! *wink*
It was a mixed of feelings seeing other kids wearing the same uniform amd roaming around in off period like we were used to. We also had some snacks from our canteen. 
Anyway, aftee going through a memory lane for a decent amount of time and comparing what was before what's new we both headed back to ours home.
I bade my friend goodbye for another year.

#Day40 2017FEB10

Today I woke up super early! It was 4.30 am when I checked the time. Well, honestly I couldn't sleep well whole night. I register my courses as soon as the website opened. Finally was able to select the courses I wanted. The "only" compromise I had to made is selecting morning classes for all weekdays.
I had to go to the shopping mall alone for changing the jacket. After that I went to attend the meeting of Bigganjatra aka Biggan-adda at  Nextop office.
I met Masum vai, Ismail vai, Prottoy Prokash vai and some others for thr first time. We discussed over several topics. I brought some "watching & reading" materials from Masum vai. After about one and half hour we went for lunch. Sadly, I couldn't join them to 'Avoymitro Ghat' for boat ride. I had to come back at home.
Because it's Friday, I didn't have to face any traffic jam.
I watched the movie 'Arrival' at night and also watched first episode of 'Planet Earth  II'
As usual I totally forgot to take a snap with other 'Bigganjatri' and here's a selfie of the members (without me). However,  a day well spent.

#Day39 2017FEB09

I planned to go out for shopping today. My school mate Farah asked me to meet her and we went together.  We spend whole day together. I bought a jacket and ordered a dress. Farah also boughtt several makeup and cosmetic products. We walked a lot though!
During lunch we met a guy almost our father's aged. We had a short chat with him too.
I returned home and found somehow the jacket turned smaller. Of course there was a problem, maybe during packing it was changed. I've to go there again. ugh!
I had Coral fish for dinner.
Maybe because of walking I got a very bad headache. So went for bed early.

#Day38 2017FEB08

I had my course registration today and I couldn't get enrolled into any of the courses I planned to do. I didn't have sufficient internet data. So I had to recharge my phone and by the time I did it I was already late. Of course,  the slow didn't help. I have another chance on this Friday though.
Rest of all was as usual.

#Day37 2017FEB07

So today I watched the movie 'Tomboy' again. My younger brother asked me to do his practical notebook drawings. I hate to do that but I have nothing else to do. Boredom at level best!
I had rice cake which almost tastes like Korean Tteok.
Anyway,  today I started a small project. I'm going to spend three hours after evening on this project. Around 21 days in hand. Let's see!

#Day36 2017FEB06

I had a plan with my friends but somehow at the very last moment it was cancelled. People are busy!
Anyway, I watched a movie today. My mother made Beef Halim at evening. Yeah, I am having meat (beef or chicken) everyday at least one time. I had fish for dinner though. Like any other Bangladeshi family we talked over fish to be precise, Deshi Rui during whole dinner time.
Me and my father had a long discussion over international politics. My family was making fun how would I deal with the situation if suddenly the crazy leaderoor North decides to start a fight with South Korea.
I'm terrible person sometimes because of my gene, you see!

#Day 35 2017FEB05

I watched a movie. It was a pre-register period for my class. After last semester I am really uncertain about my new semester. I am allowed to take 20 credits but I don't think it will be a good idea. So for now I am thinking about taking less credits.  Unfortunately, there's no class from my favorite professors. It's not going to be easy!
I write a little bit more.

#Day34 2017FEB04

Another day wasted. I read a novella which costed almost all my day. I also write a few more. I better finish the story before I lose my interest.
My friends agreed to meet day after tomorrow. I hope nobody will back off at very last moment. There's huge possibility though!
I had "Loitta Fish" for dinner.  I didn't know the English name and found it is called "Bombay Duck" according to Wikipedia. Don't ask me why?!
Raising up in Chittagong,  a sea-coastal are of Bangladesh,  although my parents are from North Bengal I inherited some local habits. None of my parents are fan of this but I always found this "duck" delicious.

#Day33 2017FEB03

Today I planned to go bank as Soumitra da asked me for a favor. After waking up I realized it's Friday. It's weird just two years and I'm so much used to with weekly holidays on Saturday and Sundays.
I was expecting a mail today. Seems like I have to wait longer. I'm tired of trying to get my friends together. I understand everyone is busy and I don't blame them. It's just bad timing, I mean my vacation. Even both my brothers have Finale Exams now!
I found ants are being attracted to my laptop. Before things turn bad I tried some  insect killer. Hope it will work.
My younger brother snoring again on my next bed. I prefer the noisy refrigerator I had for last four months. I just want my room back like I had two years ago.
ㅠ ㅠ

#Day32 2017FEB02

My uncle called and wanted to know if I want to visit his village. I said him I will think about it. I became too much used to with this lazy routined life I guess.
I read two books. I also made a good progress on the story I'm working on right now. It's sad I can't show it to Dir though. I wrote a decent amount in Bengali. Too much effort is needed to turn the whole thing in English.

#Day31 2017FEB01

So some of the books I "rescued" were in terrible condition so tried to give them a hope to live. It was difficult process though.
I read a book and write a little bit. At evening I took a nap. Soumitra da called and while talking I found I made a mistake last time when I gave him my Bangaldeshi number.  Anyway, like always it was helpful to talk with him and now I have some "real" things to do.
At night after dinner me and my brother watched some old Hindi songs. We didn't recognise many of the casts so I googled them. We felt so old while doing so, though!
We ended up discussing how fabulous childhood we had! Now it's so awkward that we're not even on our thirties but already it feels we're all too grown up.

#Day30 2017JAN31

I woke up at 9 am with a bad headache. I slept late last night. I checked my Kakao and found I wasn't dreaming the chat. It really happened!
I decided to keep myself busy today. I started reading books I found yesterday. I found one where it describes deliberately about 'Ohabi Andolon' I am not sure how accurate the history described there though. I tried to avoid my phone all day. My friends were supposed to come and I asked them not to come. I watched an action movie which didn't have any story. I don't know why they fought that much literally!
My mother made some pitha which is locally known as 'haath-chani pitha' It was like very tiny soft  'tteok' aka rice cake. Cooked with milk, coconut and ofcourse sugar. There were other ingredients for flavor like Cinnamon, Cardamom etc. Let's just call it sweet 'tteokpoki'
I had fish curry, lentils and leaves for dinner. I wrote for a while and after finishing one chapter I felt I should write in first person. So I rewrote the whole chapter.

#Day29 2017JAN30

So today I brought out all the books we have stored without care in our store room. I managed to bring out two sacks of books. Yes, they were in sacks! My family can be this cruel.
Anyway, I found one is full of my elder brother's text book along with mine. I didn't know my mother were reserving those. 
Another bag was full of madrasa books, monthly magazines and some real books. I found three books for MBA originally printed in USA and Singapore. I felt so bad that I study with photocopy of books sometimes use the pdf because the original printed ones are so super expensive!
My uncle studied in Madrasa and completed his study from Chittagong University while staying at our place. All these books were from him and he somehow refusing to take these back to his place. The condition of the books aren't the best, but readable.
I think I can spend my rest of the vacation with the novels I managed this time.

#Day28 2017JAN29

I woke up and was really hungry. I shouldn't have skipped my dinner. Anyway, today I had to do some laundry work. 

I had spicy shrimp for lunch. Then I read some and while watching Australia Open match between Federar and Nadal, I fall asleep. When I woke up, Federar already won the match!

I had spicy pitha which is locally known as 'Nunaas pitha' at evening. It was nice. 

I watched Indian Idol (Ref: photo)

Then I found Harry Potter on HBO so you know what to do when there's Harry Potter,right?

#Day27 2017JAN28

I started working on my translation nothing to be excited,  it's just first few words I finished on my very first day. Kudos to my motivation!

I woke up comparatively early. I couldn't sleep well at night. I watched a movie, The Unnamed. It was a nice one. After that I kept staring at ceiling and couldn't sleep. Anyway, from morning I kept reading online stories. I had my lunch with "Rui Macche er Do-peyaja" Loved that!
At evening I was tired and slept.
Ah, my friend wanted to meet me. I declined the idea.
At night I started watching another movie but soon I got distracted somehow. I watched news.

#Day26 2017JAN27

I woke really early and figured out it is already 8 in the morning. Then I remembered it's Friday, we have weekend on Fridays.  So everyone was asleep that made me feel I woke up super early.
My mother cooked 'Polaw' for lunch. We had Polaw with beef and pigeon. I know, in Korea the thought of eating pigeon meat makes one sick. In Bangladesh,  people love pigeons.  Even my uncle used to pet or should I say he had a farm?
Anyway,  eating pigeon is a bad idea. They barely have any muscles so it is basically just bones.

Anyway,  I had "Gajorer Haluwa" for evening snacks. Now that was super tasty!  I never liked this sweet thing (erm, maybe dessert?)  made of carrots before. It was yum!
I almost finished the book I borrowed from my friend once again. I had forgot some stories memory betrays!
Today I snatched another tshirt from my younger brother. Well, I didn't bring my clothes here and I can't wear my old clothes because I don't like them anymore. I prefer this white tottenham  jersey instead. *wink*

#Day25 2017JAN26

#Day25

Last night I slept while thinking about a story and morning I woke without having a single clue of it. After breakfast I did some laundry and read some in wattpad. I also put an old story there. I afraid not many Bengali reader are available in wattpad though. After lunch I went out to meet two friends. My friend made tea for us. No doubt she is so good at this. I borrowed a book from her.  

Anyway,  today I visited Sailors Colony: 02. Me and my friend weren't allowed to enter but we insisted saying we were students of the school inside. Which partially true. We both were from Bangladesh Navy School, just the ine situated in Sailors Colony: 01. Oh well, maybe my friend finished her kindergarten from this one. I don't know. Ir doesn't matter, because still we have memories in this colony. I along with some friends once broke in into a school for special kids and was red handed by the guards. Of course there are some other memories too. It is funny, being a civilian I have memories in that sailors colony.

I noticed the children playground is motivated now. The small kindergarten is bigger than some colleges in Bangladesh. I remember there were times several familiar faces were visible in colony streets.  Today, I met no familiar face. Not a single one! While walking around we saw a bunch of kids playing with a log (Ref: Photo). I can't remember seeing so many almost same aged children together in Korea in my last two years. Once again realized the density of population in this country. 

Me and my friend took a rickshaw on our way back to home. Like the old times, after finishing our coaching we used to take the same road.

At night I read the book.I borrowed and figured out I read it before. Basically  I re-read it. My younger brother is suffering from fever. Even last year when I came home, he fall sick. Now he is blaming me for falling sick.

Yes, that's the stupid I deal with everyday here. I hope, he'll get well soon though. 

#Day24 2017JAN25

I played "Never have I ever" with Dir through kakao and slept late. As a result I woke up when everyone from my family went out to do their business.  It is weird, my mother gave up waking me up in the morning.
Anyway, I had so called breakfast with 'ruti' (handmade bread) and 'alu vaji' aka potato fry. This isn't even close to French fry though.
I didn't do much like most other days.
I read. I watched a movie. Like any other Indian movie lots of mistake were spotted.
Now a days, whenever I watch any movie I keep thinking what would be the "Mistakes of Bollywood Movies" video on that certain one.
I had some tropical fruits like mango, guava and pomegranates.
My mother made 'Faluda' today. It's basically a  very cold dessert. Milk, Sagu ( Metroxylon sagu), noodles, edible jelly, fruits etc are used to make it. I just realized eating cold noodles not only a Korean thing.

#Day23 2017JAN24

I couldn't sleep well at night. I have no idea why!
Today I had total veg meal at noon. Oh not really, there were shrimp and egg. Anyway, for some reasons I am getting rashes on my skin. I believe that's the result of some type of allergy and I'm trying to figure out what exactly I'm allergic to.
I read a very good story today. That inspired me to write. Well, one chapter is better than writing nothing.
Oh, at evening I had mango.
A real mango! This is not the season of mango and my mother stored the mango from last summer. It was very much delicious and there wasn't any change with the taste.
At dinner we had chicken and rice. I had to drink milk before I went to bed.

#Day22 2017JAN23

Again I get back to my abnormally lazy life. I woke up and had my food. I started reading a novel. I liked the chemistry between characters and thought about my unfinished stories. I just keep thinking about them; that's it.

I had my lunch with dry fish aka "Shutki Vuna".It was spicy and salty. Around evening I felt tired and had a nap. I woke up and had some snacks. I wanted some real caffeine in my body but no luck with that. My mother asked me to tutor my younger brother. I watched Sherlock with him instead. Not the best home tutor,I guess.

I was reading ebook when I heard my father called my name. My parents wanted me to talk with them. I am already done with my abroad life style and student life. There wasn't much to talk from my side. So basically I remain silent amd that seems like very upsetting for my mother. My father wanted to bring random topics and I ended up with a lecture on evolution and the experience of wohler on 1828 about organic chemistry. Don't think that's not the discussion they wanted to have though.

#Day21 2017JAN22

For some reasons I couldn't sleep well at night. I read a short story, surfed on internet. No luck! However, I woke up comparatively early. I didn't want to eat anything for breakfast but my mother insisted me to eat at least a banana. 

After shower I had a quick bite and went out to meet a friend. Three of us were from same school. Listened a lot of stories and made plan for "future". We walked a lot. Even though my sandals weren't comfortable anymore, I didn't complain. We then took a rickshaw and headed to KGN, a food shop near M A Aziz Stadium. We ordered Naan, Porota and Spicy Chicken. They served the chicken like Koreans serve 'Jjigae'. Even the color was similar. I was so happy suddenly. 

It wasn't spicy but mild. Anyway, I enjoyed Naan after a while. We don't really get original Naan in Korea.

We walked for a while and two of us take taxy on our way back to home. Of course there was heavy traffic. 

When reached home, my mother complained why I didn't receive the phone call. I showed her I didn't get any call. Seems like the phone network is troubling again. Anyway, I found my mother bought some Naan for evening snacks. But I eat half of one as dinner with beef bone stew.

#Day20 2017JAN21

I wrote a post and it is being published for 6 hours!
I don't know what's wrong with this blogger app. I found that post isn't even saved in drafts.
Nice!
-_-
So, not going to describe things again.
In short,
me friend, two high school teachers.

#Day19 2017JAN20

I woke up before 6.30 in the morning.  It was sad to see my younger brother need to go coaching early morning even though It's weekend.  Reminded me my high school days. Waking up early in winter morning was a curse!
My mother cooked Polaw, Beef, Fish and Eggplant fry for lunch. We also had fresh salad. I wonder how come almost every fish she cooks nowadays had eggs! Anyway, it was a very heavy meal. Before we had our food, all guys went to the mosque to say special Jumma Prayer of Friday.
I recited some verses from Qur'an too. I got this book when I was 10 years old, first learned to read Qur'an. I denied to read my mother's one because there wasn't any translation.  What's the purpose of reading a book if you don't understand what it says?
However,  I had 'Chira Polaw' on evening.   'Chira' is flattened rice and my mother cooked 'wet chira' in a way so that it tastes both spicy and sweet. Weird combination of taste, I know.
Because of my coughing,  after dinner my mother made me to drink lukewarm water mixed with honey. This time there was some ginger flavor and smell of cloves too.
Me and my father watched the.inauguration ceremony of US president Donald J Trump. We talked random political issues too, like good old days!
Then everyone went to bed. My body was rejecting sleep so I kept surfing on internet till I felt tired enough to sleep.

#Day18 2017JAN19

I woke up super late. My mother wasn't happy about it. I took my shower early and draw some pictures on my brother's practical notebook.  It is totally unfair but I was too bored so why not keep myself busy?
Soon I lost my interest on drawing.  I chatted with some friends. My father informed there is a wedding invitation at night if I want to join.
In Chittagong,  you don't need to be close with bride or groom to get invited in a wedding program. You can just go to the place where the ceremony is taking place, have your meal and return home. That's what most invited people do. Only the close relatives and friends get chance to engage with the whole thing.
Anyway,  firstly I had no idea whose wedding it was. Lastly and most importantly I was too lazy to go out for that. Of course I didn't tell my father these reasons.
One friend informed that, she and her friends are planning to visit 'Khoiyachora Waterfall'. Seems like it became a trend among youth to go there. However,  as I went there very recently I passed the offer.
I had a very good nap around evening. At night, while watching some news on TV my father suddenly said, "it's an earthquake!"
Me and my mother didn't feel anything.  My elder brother came from the next room and said he also felt a tiny shake.
I didn't buy their story and checked out on online. The latest earthquake was in USA. There's no chance it could be felt here in Chittagong.  The last earthquake on this city was two weeks ago.
We laughed about what might these two guys felt, if it wasn't earthquake. 
I recovered from the fever totally. But I still do have cough. My mother made me to drink warm water with honey before going bed. I kept awake late though. The evening nap never is a good idea.

#Day17 2017JAN18

I was feeling little better today. Although didn't have appetite to have breakfast. Anyway, I cleaned my room. Got rid of some text books from high school. And of course got nostalgic for a while. I discovered my diary of year 2012. I never was good at continuing diary.  So it mostly blank. Some pages were covered with my thought and tension of that time. It's been hardly 5 years and now it felt my world was narrowed among my study, family and friends. It was interesting to see how important people from past can lose their position. According to this, it is so normal if important people of this year lose their positions after 5 years. Well, let's not try to make the list if important people here. Getting back to the my daily routine.
I read a book titled 'One Indian Girl' by Chetan Bhagat. It is sad to see how a brilliant writer is sold to the money. I chose the book because it had 'feminist' tag but in real the book was more like a description of a bollywood movie. However,  I was ready to waste time and I did it!
Anyway, I had 'Halim' after more than one year! 'Halim' is basically a spicy soup. Powder of different types of lentils are cooked with meat.Of course various type of spices are used to cook this. It is garnished with mint, cucumber, carrots, ginger, lemon and fried onions while served.

#Day16 2017JAN17

I didn't do much today. Not that I do so many stuffs everyday.  I had cold fever so mostly I was in bed. I had dry fish aka shootki with rice. It was super spicy and toothsome. I watched the movie 'Snowden'. A good movie indeed.
I tried to do some work on online. The Internet was slow and limited data plan made it difficult. I was so disappointed that my parents not agreeing with me to set up wifi at house. Oh well, my younger brother will stop study and play video games all day indeed.
Around evening I had a discussion on human psychology with a friend. None of us really have academic knowledge on this topic but interestingly we have a very good subject. I'm planning to study farther to understand our subject more.
I had 'Dudh-puli Pitha' which is basically oone type of handmade rice cake soaked in coconut milk all night. I had it before soaking all night long though. Still it was delicious. Unfortunately with my almost blocked nose I didn't get the sweet smell of 'Dudh-puli Pitha' or anything else.
Anyway, at night I received two emails that made my day. Yaay!
A guy going to join CNU upcoming semester knocked me on facebook because he was facing trouble with room selection. He knocked me on Facebook because of Soumitra dada's recommendations. Unfortunately I couldn't help him much.

#Day15 2017JAN16

I woke up with a terrible headache.  I was feeling bad from midnight.  Suddenly I felt cold and at morning I had blocked nose. After breakfast and shower I could feel my body temperature is increasing.
I talked with my grandma and she wasn't feeling good too. The cold weather of Northern side of Bangladesh made her sick.
I had a meeting with Liya and her friends but I had to cancel it. I lied on bed and watched a bollywood movie. Amir Khan was good as always. The casting was impressive but the lack of dialogues was unavoidable to notice. The only person really talks is Amir Khan.
After watching the movie I ate sweet potato and had warm milk tea.
My body temperature increased around evening. I wasn't going to take medication but my mother made to have.
Me and my younger brother watch some show. I basically played it so he doesn't talk with me. I had my dinner with fish fry, chicken curry, potato soup and duck egg. It sounds a lot though!

#Day14 2017JAN15

So today I had a meet up to celebrate 15th years of Bangla Wikipedia.  I wanted to go there but around noon I felt too lazy to go outside. However,  I had get out from house because my mothers insisted me to meet an aunt. 

On our way to meeting Aunt I met MainUddin Sir. He was our English teacher when I was in Nursery grade. I still remember he taught us how pronounce the word 'Girl' and I was second captain in class till grade 5 because of him. I had his class till grade 5 and it was really surprising to meet him after years. I guess It has been 6 years since I met him last. Suddenly he looked older. I loved the way he reacted though. It was amazing to see he recognised me at very first look. 

Anyway, I had date juice with some handmade rice pancake which is named as 'haat-jhara piTha'. It was super yummy! The sweetness was divine!.

 I had betel leaf at aunt's place. In our culture we take betel leaf with Areca nut, Calcium Oxide and some other materials. 

We walked on our way back. I bought some Shingara. It wasn't the best one but okay.

#Day13 2017JAN14

I woke up super late again. I have a very good excuse though. I talked with my parents till 2am in the morning.  I discussed serious issues and made fun of some stuffs too.
I basically shared some experience and they also told me some interesting stories happened when I wasn't home. My two brothers were asleep when we three were doing this. It was fun!
Anyway, I had my lunch with 'muri ghonto' which basically fish head cooked with lentils. It was tasty! One thing I can confirm you about my mother. She talks a lot (only with we four, though.) and cooks awesome. 
I met one of my friend today. Munia is going back to the city she studies.  She might not be able to come again within February.  So we basically said goodbye to each other. I spent some hours together and it felt good. Spending time with old friend at old place. Always feels good.

When we were sitting by the Naval road beside Karnafuly River, three girls came to us and asked to take snaps of them. They addressed us in English. I learned they were from Kashmir, India.  They came to Bangladesh to pursue MBBS degree and they are almost done. We talked for a while and meanwhile found a k-drama fan among them.
K-wave is really spreading very fast. Phew!

#Day12 2017JAN13

Basically wasted another day. Oh well, personally relieved from a big stress. All's well that ends well. I read a novel written by Shirshendu. Actually I reread it. I am so much in need of new books!
It is funny I have so many stuffs to do in Korea and here I'm wasting my time for nothing!  My uncle asked if I would visit them. I didn't lie and tell him I am unable to visit them this year. The thought of having another 13 hours journey by bus cringes me each time.
I rather just sleep, watch movie or read book.
Today I ate polao with rui fish curry. I still wonder how does they differ 'deshi rui' and 'bideshi rui'?
I also had a semi-wrestling match with my younger brother.  Yes, we still do fight. I was going easy on him otherwise I would have won.  Okay, I admit, if I was little more strong I could have win.
Anyway, it's fun to make a team of two and do 'pochafying' aka make fun of other sibling.
That's why you need three siblings at home.

#Day11 2017JAN12

I woke up and my limbs were hurting terribly.  Yesterday after that hiking today I didn't have any energy to move neither motivation.

I had my breakfast and started reading the book. 

And finally today I finished it. I got mail from the volunteer program I have applied for. They require an English proficiency test. Well, I will deal with it later, maybe at night.

My mother asked me to help with some shrimps to clean. I cleaned them for her. 

At lunch I had Shrimp aka Chingri Malaikari with rice and some vegetables. It was yum! Meanwhile my mother noticed I lost "a bunch of hair" and she poured coconut oil on my scalp. She believes it will help my hair to recover the torture I did. Oops!

At evening my mother made some Puli Pitha, handmade cake with coconut inside. It was sweet and toothsome. Me and my brothers watched WWE for a while. It was interesting to see old wrestlers like Shawn Michael,  Undertaker and so on. Undertaker declared he will return to the main event of Wrestle Mania like he always does from last few years. Oh well, he looks too old to win Royal Rumble this time. We'll see.

Well I didn't need 1 week to wait but take the English test. I was categorized as upper intermediate level. Ungh... my English is getting lower leveled day by day. That's not good.

#Day10 2017JAN11

Today I woke up very early around 6.15am. I packed my backpack for hiking. Me and my younger brother headed to AK Khan gate to meet my friends. We were supposed to be there by 8.30am and others were late. Anyway, we had Porota and Daal as breakfast. Oly was saying this Porota is special. Maybe because it was thicker than usual. We also had milk tea meanwhile Neetu and Munia joined us. Afte we finished breakfast we met Liya and get on a bus towards 'Khoiyachora Waterfall'

It was around one and half hour bus ride when we get off. We took two baby-taxi and reached the place. There were some restaurants. We knew we would be hungry by the time we get down. So we ordered food and started walking. The first waterfall was a 20minutes walking distance. We had to take off our shoes soon as the way was muddy and slippery. The first waterfall was pretty crowded. Right beside it there were ropes to climb. We used the ropes and climbed up the montain. There weren't any stairs and the winter season made the hill wall slippery with dust. It wasn't that difficult once we get used to. We found the second water fall. I can imagine how beautiful thia waterfall would've been in rainy season.

We took some photos and climbed up the fountain. Well this time, there wasn't any rope. We grabbed roots of trees like Tarzan to climb up. We had to walk between mud and water. As the water wasn't flowing like it used to during rainy season so all the stones were covered with slippery moss and Spirogyra. After climbing up 4th waterfall three of ua wanted to get back. No doubt the qay was getting harder and there weren't any other people. Some of us was feeling insecure for obvious reasons. 

As most people wanted to keep going so we kept moving. We reached the highest and biggest waterfall it was sad to see the waterfall is at it's old age in this winter. Anyway, we had a choice to summit the hill and we thought why not?

Now the real adventure began. We didn't have any hiking equipment. There wasn't any rope to grab neither any stairs. I basically grabbed the roots of trees and kept pushing ourselves up. It wasn't as easy at it sounds. It was tiresome. We had some snacks at top and ofcourse some photos were taken. We didn't want to be get late. So we started getting down. 

It was scary and dangerous. I was worried about my younger brother but he was doing quite fine. I wish I could have taken any photo but trust me that was too dangerous to concentrate on any other thing but getting down safely. Sourov, Shakil and I were able to came down faster. Munia was doing well too. So as Liya. I guesa Nitu was facing trouble. Sakib and Oly helped her though.

Anyway, on our mid way we stopped. We threw water to each other. Sakib totally drenched me. Oly was the only one who survived from getting wet. Shakil had a shower with that ice cold water.

We were the only team there so we hurried. After getting down each of us were hungry. When we reached the restaurant we ordered food previously we were tired and covered with mud and dust.

We freshened ourselves and had our food. Spicy chicken, lentils, spicy mashed potatoes and rice. 

Then we took taxi and later bus. Three guys left early and Liya headed to her dormitory. We, remaining four took taxi to home. It took around three hours to return from there though. 

I freshened myself, had some food. Wrote the biggest post ever on this blog.

End of all, a day well spend. I'm glad.