upcoming hardships for Qurbani Eid (2013)

Five days left to Eid al-Adha (we call it “Qurbani Eid” when we speak about it in our mother tongue). It is the toughest Eid for me for all the Qurbani management. I’m sensing this year it’s gonna be be the toughest, as we are going to qurbani a full cow (not shared) for the first time. As the only male member of the family, I have to manage it all myself (except the financial part!) 😐

Last year we were at Hajj so had to do nothing about it except to pay for the Qurbani. We didn’t even have to see the Qurbani goats. What a peaceful and easy was it!

The Rules of Being Human

from ancient Sanskrit

1. You will receive a body.
You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for as long as you live. How you take care of it or fail to take care of it can make an enormous difference in the quality of your life.

2. You will learn lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time, informal school called Life. Each day, you will be presented with opportunities to learn what you need to know. The lessons presented are often completely different from those you think you need.

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of trial, error and experimentation. You can learn as much from failure as you can from success. Maybe more.

4. A lesson is repeated until it is learned.
A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it (as evidenced by a change in your attitude and ultimately your behavior) then you can go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning lessons does not end.
There is no stage of life that does not contain some lessons. As long as you live there will be something more to learn.

6. “There” is no better than “here”.
When your “there” has become a “here” you will simply discover another “there” that will again look better than your “here.” Don’t be fooled by believing that the unattainable is better than what you have.

7. Others are merely mirrors of you.
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. When tempted to criticize others, ask yourself why you feel so strongly.

8. What you make of your life is up to you.
You have all the tools and resources you need. What you create with those tools and resources is up to you. Remember that through desire, goal setting and unflagging effort you can have anything you want. Persistence is the key to success.

9. The answers lie inside of you.
The solutions to all of life’s problems lie within your grasp. All you need to do is ask, look, listen and trust yourself.

– http://positivelyinclined.com/wp-content/uploads/RulesForBeingHuman_HiRes.jpeg

found it so motivational, so decided to share it.

a sleepy update

staying up for no reason and dozing off! so why not take a care of my neglected blog? I swear (in a dozing mode!), I’m gonna write here regularly. huh!

update 1: created a Bangla blog but have no intention yet to write there anything! now feeling that I’m not good to take care of more than one blog. no matter how bad my English is, better try to keep this up only.

update 2: didn’t upload the pics yet. what a lazy ass! now not sure will I really upload them or not. doesn’t matter though.

update 3: trying to shift my interest from twitter to Google+. I may will write something on Google+, and why am I getting interested on it.

a new blog?

Came back at home on Nov 29th. I thought a lot to write something about Hajj experiences. But when I think about the events and my feelings, there are so much to say, I find it too complicated to express. Perhaps I don’t know where to start and how to start!

Took some pictures. But now feel too lazy to upload them! First, I need to categorized them. And then will upload one by one with captions.

Thinking to open up a new blog in Bengali. I might will find it easier to write things with my mother language.

two documentaries on Hajj

watched some documentaries on Hajj. they are mostly about how to perform Hajj. what to do, what to not do etc. here two of different kind of documentaries on Hajj by BBC and National Geographic

Hajj… The Journey Of A Lifetime: BBC

A documentary team follow the journey of three UK Muslims who are performing the Hajj pilgrimage. The documentary focuses on the Hajj rituals they must observe and the challenges they face on their spiritual journey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqCsW7OP_sU

INSIDE MECCA: National Geographic

this insightful documentary explores the holy city and its historic importance, while explaining the rituals behind the Hajj pilgrimage. the documentary is originally created by national geographic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoDDdnvEFT0

4 day Hajj training program

Attending in a 4-day Hajj training program arranged by our agency (Al-Ihsan travel). the trainer is Maulana Mahmud Shoaib, who is the leader of our Hajj kafela and the managing director of the agency. it is open for anyone. today is the last day of the training. after three days, I feel how useful and essential is it. helps in a great level.

should I open a different blog to talk about Hajj and Hajj experiences? thinking about it!

a late kiss of monsoon!

it’s been raining for three days. according to Bengali calendar the monsoon is over. it is exactly not a monsoon like raining. not raining heavy for hours. and the clouds are not forming that fast. but it has managed to rain continuously with little gaps. it is cloudy all over the sky all day around. misty clouds. and no lightning. a characteristic of monsoon is that lightning happens rarely even it rains a lot.

this monsoon was kind of strange. first month of it was very wet. but the second month was unusually hot and drier.

so this post-monsoon rain appears to me as a late kiss of monsoon! 😉

preparing for an incredible journey

Preparing to go Hajj this year. The most important preparation (the financial part!) is done for it. Now if everything goes okay, if we get Visa, inshallah, me and my mother going to perform Hajj this year.

I’ve never imagined to go Hajj so early. very few people from my country at my age get this opportunity. I’m lucky!

For my mother, it is different. She has planned and dreamed of it for years. One of the main reasons for me to go Hajj is to accompany her to fulfill her a lifetime wish to go Hajj.

I don’t know much about the Hajj rituals. Only two months left. Need to do some serious study on it. Need to consult with people who have made Hajj. Hope to get some tips from my maternal grandfather who has performed Hajj 17 years ago.

may Allah make this Hajj easy for us.

two docs: Religulous and The Primacy of Consciousness

Just have watched two documentaries. one is
Religulous https://youtube.com/w/?v=7f8fMmMhwRg

and another one is
The Primacy of Consciousness https://youtube.com/w/?v=-d4ugppcRUE

The Primacy of Consciousness isn’t actually a documentary. it’s a lecture or a presentation on
consciousness by Peter Russell. He discusses the problems the materialist scientific worldview has with consciousness and proposes an alternative worldview which rather than contradicting science, makes new sense of much of modern physics. He presents a reasoned argument that shows how they are pointing towards the one thing science has always avoided considering—the primary nature of consciousness.

monsoon and a bit flood

it has not been raining for 5 consecutive days including today. and it’s monsoon!
unbelievable. it was flooding even a week ago. this no rain condition helped to recede
the flood water.

took some pictures of flooding neighborhood on last Wednesday:
http://lockerz.com/s/220402084
http://twitpic.com/a14011
http://twitpic.com/a141cb

that is river water. the river of Surma was overflowing. I live about 1 km away from the river bank. raining has stopped and flood water started to recede before it get worse. flooding isn’t a regular incident in my area. last time it has happened in 2004.