The Tree in Ruku' - How to get there

Attaching the maps with direction of how to get there.

Tree in Ruku'

Assalamu'alaykum,
Perhaps you have seen this pictures in your emails a lot of times - a tree in the shape of a man in ruku' (bowing posture in the prayer), and thought if it was real! Is it true? Does it exist! Then the answer to all your question is "Yes". These pictures were taken by me - my Nokia mobile phone camera last weekend (Saturday, 8th September 2007). I think, we are so used to see the one side of the tree, so I am adding the other side of the tree to this post - ( the other side is not so appealing because of its natural curves on them).

And it is indeed bowing towards the Ka'ba - the right direction to pray, SubhanAllaah. And interestingly enough, the place it is located is called "BANGALEE" and on top of that, it is in Bangalee Scout Camp, on the other direction of Bangalee Rd!

Du'a for Love

Came across an excellent Du'a narrated in Tirmidhi... wanted to share

Protidan - Jashim Uddin

Gotokal appy-r shathe chat korte gie hotath Polli Kobi Jashim Uddin er Protidan kobitar kotha mone porlo... emon shomoe Shujan online-e ashlo... R koi jae...! jhapae porlam tar upor kobita-ta scan kore dear jonno... r she-o baddho cheler moto tar dairy theke scan kore die dilo... Kobita-ta amar khub bhalo lage... mone hoe - nije jodi emon hote partam...! ajker ei prithibite ashole erokom dil-owala manush paowa khub-e beshombhob (bangla dictionary-te mone hoe ei shobdo nei)! kintu emon dil ekta possess korte parle kintu nijer bhitorei aram lage and eventually the rest of the world oboshshoi will feel the test.

Jibon dorshon

Ajke ek jaegae likha pailam, tai bhablam share kori:

"There are many people around you with the same situation as you are, you will find them if you look carefully. It is true that it hurts people when he cant acheive what he wants exactly in his life, but that does not halt the life. And people has some incompleteness in his life, and living normal by putting it aside is the skill of life."

Haaa...(dirghoshshash) true!

More description of the house

Almost everyone contributed describing the centre of fun - the house in Heidelberg we rented out... and here are the emails... (5th April 2007)

Nizam Abu-Saaleh describes more of the house
Thursday, March 29, 2007 :

hmm.....___(DAQ) to to dekhi bhaloi jege uthse....amader ___(Fakhruddin) chup keno... Ubaydullah, orey ekta guta dish to phone kore....shalar put ki bhaab nichche...?
achcha toder ki mone ache.... bashar bhitore cricket and football khelar kotha....living room e amra kona kuni cricket kheltam....spin, yorker....wall e lagle out...catch dhorle out....arr keu nishchoi Ubaydullah r shei shot er kotha bhule nai...jeita diye janalar kach bhangsilo....pore thandai oi room e keu ghumaite parto na....__(IAT)'r to shob cheye beshi mone thakar kotha....Ubaydullah ekta player chilo botey.....
Fakhruddin ekbar living room er janala diye dhukar shomoy pura janala bhenge felsilo mone ache....pura janala niye dhopash kore porsilo....pore hillary eshe thik kore diye gesilo....ar moojar bepar chilo... bashai jei shomossai hoito ....hillary ar tar jamai mile thik kore felto...
Fakhruddin er room er dorja prai 6 mash er moto bhanga chilo....cant stop laughing now....oi dorja ki rokom kosrot kore khulte hoito mone ache....arr ___(IAT)'r room er dorjar kono handle e chilo na...baire theke ekbar lagai dile...u r trapped.....basha ekta chilo amader JOTIL....
ok thats all for now....want to see more and more....come on guys....


Ibn Abi Taalib replies,Thursday, March 29, 2007 :

Amar ghorer dorja kintu lock kore dileo ami khulte partam. Karon bairer Handle er knob ta ami secret place e rakchilam. saita die khula jeto. Ses er dike ami ghor ta lock korai jetam bag er vitore door knob ta raktam as a key...khek khek khek.
Rajib er dhopash kore pore jauta boroi chintar bisho. Rajib er akta pic deklam saidin. Lal t shirt and nil trouser....u know which one.

Ubaydullah said; Friday, March 30, 2007 :

Ami Fakhruddin-k shedin phone dilam tar chup-chap obostha dekhe...! and the news is ... he is reading all of it... but tar mon khuub-e kharap... kissu bhalo lage na...! bechara shokoler du'a prarthi... job-er jonno apply kortese... r meanwhile casual job kortese...! oboshsho ami wait kortesi.. jekono shomoe dekhbi ekta kabbik-atom bomb marka mail toder inbox-e eshe joma hoise... and etodiner tar chup kore thakar shob koshto bhulie dibe...!

r oi bashar kotha...! haere... oi fireplace-ta khub miss kori.. ! ek porjae j amra shobai oi fireplace-er shamne flat hoe ghumaitam.. line dhore...! ekjon alarm shune ghum theke uthe Uni-te jaite chaile... arekjon utshaho jagaito.. "ghuma ghuma... ki korbi Uni-te gie...!" arekdiner kotha to ami bhulboi na... ! brishtir moddhe bus stop-e gie ferot ashsi bashae ghumanor jonno...!!! ghum ghum r ghum..! Footscray bashate-to r-o moja hoto jokhon ghum theke uthe shorashori dour kajer jonno...! dourer upor juta pore merathon race die 2 min-e station-er over bridge par hoe... train-er automatic half lege jaoa dorjae jhapie portam! Ki obostha! r Footscray bashar folding coach-ta? jeta tandilei bichana hoe jeto.. abar ghum theke uthe dhap kore gutie rekhe bhaga!

r Heidelberg bashae moja hoto jodi amra kau-k daoat dear plan kortam...! dhamaka clean up cholto... pura chehara palte jeto..! shundor schim-scham. shooob moela/habi-jabi jinish nie bhitorer room-er wardrobe-e dhukao...! koekdin pore abaaaar jeika shei...


Din Abul-Qaasim (DAQ) describes the hut with his tender emotions
Saturday, March 31, 2007 :

Assalamu'alaikum. Hmm! amio expect kortesi oidhoroner kisu ekta Fakhruddin bhai er kas theke. Jeta hobe kabbik bhashay likha Australiar jibon. Jeta porte hoyto kisuta dat bhenge jabe tar poro moja lagbe. Karon tate mishano thakbe abeg, valobasha, hridoy ningrano kotha. Ki bros(brothers) thik boli nai?
Hayre ghumer kotha mone hole amar mone pore Ubaydullah bhai r Fakhruddin (FAR) bhai er kotha. Ubaydullah bhai alarm die rakhto kak daka bhore. R Fakhruddin bhaia protidin ghum theke uthe bolto aj ami phone ta bhenge dibo. Pray protidin oirokom ghot-to. karon jehetu amra shobai ek sahthe shutam. Mone pore shei set tar kotha jeta bikot awaz kore alarm dito. jar karone para protibeshi-r ghum bhenge jeto kintu amader Ubaydullah bhaier r ghum bhangto na(Shob mas-e "ye" khae r "loita mas"-er dosh hoe! shudhu Ubaydullah keno, karoito ghum bhangto na... ba bhangle-o uthe bondho kore abar ghum!). Hayre Footscray bashay ami tokhon notun. Ubaydullah bhai Uni theke eshe ghum deyar age amake bolto "Din (DAQ) amake deke dio 6 tar dike". Ami dakte dakte 8 ta beje jeto, Ubaydullah bhai er khobor hoto na. Arek din Monsoor phone kore Ubaydullah bhai-k ghum theke tulese 10 tar dike mone hoe othoba sometimes like this.
R Uni jawar poth theke abar bashae fire ashar ghotona to jhakkas! amar to mone hoe oitar jonyo ostad chhilo Abi Taalib (IAT) bhai so far I remember. Nizam (NAS) bhai to mone korie dilo amader football khelar kotha. hayre Ubaydullah bhai ki ek-khan shot nisilo oita mone hoy Carlos kinba Ronadinho o nite parbe na tader jibone. Beta ra to shot mara shikhse Ubaydullah bhai er kas theke. Nizam (NAS) bhai ki shundor bollo Hilary ke ar ami shue shue hashte hashte eka kar. Fakhruddin bhai janala die dhukar ghotona amar mone nai. Tobe drishyo ta kolpona kortei amar moja lagtese. Fakhruddin bhai dhuktese janala die. Ahare bechara. Arek din mone ase kina jani na amader bashay Agun legesilo. Exhaust fan e. Ubaydullah bhai pore tar towel die nibhiechhilo (hee... Ubaydullah bhai-to allrounder... obshor shomoe fire brigade-giri korte parbo...). Ar Abi Taalib (IAT) bhai je picture-er kotha boltese oita to r bolte! Ubaydullah bhai to mone hoe oita world wide chhorie diyechhilo (bhul...! erokom atonko choriechilo... kintu sheta bhua! otoeb, Fakhruddin, dont worry!). International award prapto picture. R basha clean korar kotha mone porle-i mone pore jay Fakhruddin bhai shob kapor bin e felar kotha. Ekbar to Fakhruddin bhai rager mathay bole fello ami r thakbo na ei bashay, tora peyechhish ki. amar shob kisu shudhu shudhu keno bin e jabe! Ahare bechara ke die je kotobar ami r Nizam (NAS) bhai notun kapor kiniechhi purano kapor bine e fele. Nizam (NAS) bhai, ekdiner chapa shutki bhortar kotha ki mone ase? Shobai khawar por toilet e douradouri. Apni ashlen shobar sheshe. Apni jokhon khachchhilen shobai apnar dike cheye chhilo. As if gini-pig! shobai apanke porikkha kortesilo. Ahare bechar ra hotash hoechhilo shedin. jak ge eishob kotha mone hole hashi pae abar majhe majhe kharap o lage. ki r kora. Shob shomoe ek rokom jay na. valo thaken shobai. make du'a for me. Please shobai amar jonyo khas dile ektu beshi kore du'a korben. Allah apnader shohay hon. (Ameen, Summa Alf Ameen!!!)

Vuut Bangla

This is really really strange...read on to find out more about the Bhuut incidents, IAT replies to DAQ's email:
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Jaak DAQ at last upponnas ta release korlo. Kintu most of the incident amar jana nai. Ak bari bill na debar karone biddut chole giechilo. And tuna to daily khetam it was a nice food ...akhono khai. Well, BHUT er kotha jokhon uthlo tokhon boli. Tomra sobai to Haig St chere chole gecho. Ar tokhoni suru holo bhut er upodrob. 65 Haig Streeet chilo shun-shan. Guum guum korto sarakkhon. Ami ar Fakhruddin(FAR) basai aka. Haig street e tokhon karo ana-gona chilo na. Shudhu chilo idur er upodrob. Tanvir er kotha tomader sobari mone ache hoito. Or maa dhaka theke ase amader basai thakar plan kore 1 month er jonno. Aunty khub sahosi mohila. Sara jibon aka aka katie dilo Tanvir er baba r mrittu r por. Jaihok, amra keu basai na thakle aunty keno jani Haig St e aka thakto na. Ber hoe jeten hattey. Shei din ami bashai firlam kaz theke. Dupur bela..prai 3 ta baje. Dorjai knock porlo. Tanvir ghore dhuke amake bollo (IAT)Talib bhai akta ghotona ghotlo, amma to thakte chache na ai basai. He requested me not to tell Fakhruddin(FAR) about it. Because it was really true. I went to aunty's room and she was really scared. She was shaking ! Aunty dupur belai backyard e kapor rodre dite giechilo tokhon aunty ki jani deklo. Kintu amader bolte chachchilo na. But at last I found little information. She was always scared in this house whenever she was alone. And that afternoon someone clearly said something infront of her and she felt something infront of her and she got stuck on her way. It was not a joke. I am serious. If u dont believe me then u can ask Tanvir.

Jai houk, shudhu tai na. Tomra chole asar por aro onek mojar ghotona ghotto Haig Street e. Tanvir and me planned to make some ghost story but it was nothing serious and after few days this incident really happened in real so we stoped making jokes on it. I went to sydney and tanvir saw a shadow and noise in my room. It could be a joke ..could be not. The other day I went out with Sumon for dinner on Sydney road. Fakhruddin(FAR) called me. He was really scared. I came back home straight away and found Fakhruddin (FAR) in the kitchen. He was scared to get in the house. Or chokhe mukhe voi. He claimed that someone was in my corner room. I dont know what has happened to him that day but i found nothing. Shotti kotha ses er dike Haig Street ta purai Bhut banglo hoe giechilo.

Anyway, onek kotha bollam. Ektu mon khule kotha bollam. Ami ja tai openly show korte chai...always..as usual. Atto vebe chinta kore boli nai. If i said anything wrong sorry for that.

This is Din Abul Qaasim's turn

Din Abul Qaasim on fire. Writes on Tuesday, March 27, 2007:

Assalamu'alaikum wa Ra'hmatullahi Wa barakatuhu, Bhai dosto o buzurgo gon. Apnara shobai to shob kisu share korlen. Kintu tar por-o keno jani mone hochchhe kisu special ghotona oti special ghotona arale theke jachchhe. Karo-ki mone nai amader shei shob din gulir kotha Australiar jibone ondhokar ratri ja kokhono keo kolpona korte pare na. Sheeter rat ghore bittut nai. Pani gorom nai shower korar jonyo. Shobai bari chhere palaise amare eka rekhe. Bhaia janera ghotona gula ki mone pore. Are mia prothom prothom ashle oneker e erokom na khawa r kosto hoy. But onek din Aus e thakar por je na kheye thakar kosto, jobless (sensored) gula bhobogurer moto ghurtesilo egula bhule gesen. naki ekhon egula otit hoye gese. Khali Chisolm r Manziz nie doura dorui.... Are mia Australiar matite ghore biddut nai, candle light dinner. Koto kisu...
____ (Boro Hujur) bhaier na kheye thaka. Bechara to promise e koresilo r Melbourne e ashbena. Kintu tar poro eshechhilo. Hay re dinguli mor shonar khachay bondhi. Koto din tuna kheye amra jibon dharon korechi ajo mone pore.
Koto din ghor theke ber hote parini ticket kenar taka nai e jonyo. National bus er validation machine chhilo na dekhe faki-jhuki mere ber hoye jetam. Ki bhai janera, mone pore ekta 2 hours ticket die shoptaho par!! Onek ghotona mone pore ja hoyto shundor kore ghuchhie likhte parbo na r likhte hole shomoe lagbe. Majhe majhe ichchha kore ekta shundor diary likhi shudhu amader Heidelber er house-k nie. But likhte jeye r kolom chole na. Valo lage na. Koto sriti bijorito shei basha. Koto koshto plus moja. Tobe amar kase mone hoe koshter cheye moja chilo beshi. Raater por raat adda - Maxine er chilla chilli, complain. Cha cholto hordom.

R shob cheye jei mojar ghotona - Fakhruddin ar-Razi (FAR) bhai-k bhuter bhoy dekhano hoisilo ekdin rate mone pore shobar?? Shedin rate to chandu bathroom er door na lagie shower koresilo.. Are rastay je take phone kore koto shabdhanotar bani shunano hoise. Bola hoise tore pichone keo dakle takabi na, aro koto kisu....

Oh! ha arekta ghotona na bolle hoy na. Jodio ami ghotonar shomoy Aus te chhilam na tarporo ja shunsi tai boli. Footscray bashay thakte IAT bhia er butt e agun lagar ghotona ki shobar mone ase na thakle mone korie dilam..Sorry poor IAT bhai....Maf cheye nichchhi. Shedin IAT bhai heater er shamne boshe chhilo back side gorom korar jonyo. Heater bechara opomanito hoye dilo pasa jalie. ar shikkha dilo jate next time tar dike pasa na die bosha hoy. Ki IAT bhai ekhono ki oi kaj ta koren?? Naki shedine-e apnar shikha hoye gese. Aro mone pore IAT bhai er ek second er ghotona, honey chicken ... HAhahaha

Ajker jonyo e tukui thak, baki gula pore bolbo. NAS bhai Ubaydullah bhai, mamu keo-e bad jabe na Insha-Allah. mone kore nite chaitesi. ektu gusie nei tar por likhbo insha-Allah. stay in touch buddies. valo lage. jodio amra hoeto r ekotre hote parbo na tarporo moja to r sriti theke jayni. ekhono ache. Ar he amder shobar uchit Allah SWT er kase shukria aday kora, je tini amader kotha hote kothay nie eshechen. Unar Mercy er jonyo aj amra shobai valo valo position e asi (well off). Keu hoeto ektu pichie, keu ektu agie, but still we r in good position. Brothers chinta korben na, ekdin Allah apnader-k apnader manzil e nie jaben (inshaAllaah, ameen). Uni-e valo janen kokhon apnake ki dite hobe. Hotash na hoye amra tar kase chai.
Ektu beshi bole feltesi tai na? (mote-o na... jazakallahukhayr email-er jonno) Sorry brohers, amar jonyo ektu beshi kore du'a korben. Onek-k nijer ojante onek hurt koresi shei jonyo antorik bhabe khoma prarti... (Allaah amader shobai-k maaf krun... ameen)

Take care
Wassalam
Din Abul Qaasim

Ibn Abi Taalib and Nizam Abu Saaleh speaks

Nizam Abu Saaleh says on Sunday, March 25, 2007:

shobar jonne...notun arekta....boloto ki babu ra???
sir, aami bolbo....
hay shobar jonne arekta proshno...mane question...

"omitted"

Ibn Abi Taalib said on Sunday, March 25, 2007:

Hahahahahahaha... I cant stop laughing. what a good time we had ! Atto koster modheo sundor sundor somoi chilo. Ai shob kichur karon chilo amader ekota. Jani na tora agree korbi naki but thats true amader success er pichone each and everyone chilo. Ek sathe 4/5 bochor thaka not that easy. Anyway, toder mone ache manziz e je prothom rice banaichilam amra..that was not rice ...i should call it rice soup. hahahahaah.
And Dim vaji..hahahaha. was that dim vaji or pora dim er vorta..hahahahaha. Ubaydullah tor menziz er bed e jhapta jhapti ami kintu vuli nai... hahahahahaha. Joking ! ___(NAS) tor ki Abby-r kotha mone ache? ;) Damn ...purai bipode porchilam. Toilet e gia dekhi pani nai and Abby was Brushing her teeth. Purai trap e porchilam. And tui je Abby-r shower e gia dhakka dhaki suru korchili amake vebe...hahaha. She got scared. hahahaha.


Nizam Abu Saaleh says on Monday, March 26, 2007:

hay re menziz er kotha mone korai dili re pagol....ami ekhono prothom raat-er kotha bhulbo na....
charidik chup chap...!
oneek raat...!
ekjon eshe khule dekhai dilo... tinjon tin room-e thakar kotha chilo...!
kintu amra shob gula thaktam ek room e... Ubaydullah energy biscuite niye gesilo... oigula khaitam... prothom din menziz theke Agora te kemne jabo matha noshto hoye gesilo...map hatey niye ghura ghuri...
pura tummy bhore orientation er khabar kheye ashtam... jate kichu jeno na khaite hoi...washroom e giye chilla palla....hagu korei goshol kore fela...
sweater pore shob gula bekub er moto ghure beraitam... haire din chilo ekta... M bhai gari diye Franklins e niye gesilo... bread milk juice eishob kinsilam amra... mone ache toder... amar ekhono mone ache.... shob kichui ekdom crystal clear...!!

Oeye... baki shobai ki mara gese naki... keu dekhi kichu bole na... naki dont like the idea...???


Ubaydullah replies on the Monday, March 26, 2007:

Hay re pagoooool ... toder shudhu orientation-er khaoar kotha mone porlo r Franklin-er kotha mone porlo? mone nai amra khaoa kine ene kirokom bhagabhagi kortesilam..! r kibhabe hishab kortesilam next koekdiner khaoa kibhabe khabo ta nie chinta, hishab...! bread and drinks kinlam olpo olpo kore khaitam lest it finishes and we have to buy again! tarpor even footscray-te move korar pore j amra 30cents die yesterday's bread kintam and tuna to make our lunch!
tarpor bashae ehshe bhat khaitam maipa! 4 pot or something bhat ranna kortam, and every body will have limited share with dim bhaji.

SubhanAllaah! R ajke amra kothae darie! Alhamdulillah..! Allaah-r kase ki amra enough shukria adae korsi? kirokom chorom koshter moddho theke ber kore ansen Allaah. Amara bhule jai .. kintu Allaah thik-e amader-k help korei jachchen ...!

Today, standing in the midst of boundless bounties of Allaah, we rearely think about what Allaah has brought us out of... and thank Him.

Well, we have to accept that amra joto boroi hoi na keno... joto taka-e kamai na keno... amader jiboner chahida or shomoshsha shomadhan completely kokhonoi hobe na...! Ekhan theke darie mone hochche jodi r this much amount taka thakto tahole amar r ei shomoshsha thakto na...! Shukhe jibon japon kortam...! kintu ashole ki tai? Ashol kotha holo amra jokhon jei shomoshshar moddhe thaki tokhon shetakei mone hoe shobcheye boro obstacle. jokhon shei shomoe par hoe jae... tokhon r pichon fire-o dekhi na j kibhabe uddhar pelam...! kintu pichon dike takie dekh ajke... ki koshter shomoe-e na par hoe eshechi amra... kokhono bhebechish ajke jekhane darie achish erokom ekta jibon shajano ache tor jonno...! hoeto khub arame nei.. kintu dekh... khub beshi na... 2 years ago jei bepar guloke 'pabo ki pabo na/hobe ki hobe na' mone hoto... tar beshir bhag-e hoe gieche... peye giechish... na hole-o.. shegula r ekhon boro kono shomoshsha na..!

jei kotha-ta bolte chachchi ta holo... Allaah amader-k ja neamot diechen ... amra jodi tar shukria adae kori.. tahole Allaah shei neamot r-o barie den... r borkot den...!

Lets thank Allah with our heart filled with gratitude for Him - Alhamdulillah.

Wassalaam

Conversation continues...

My reply went to them on the Friday, March 23, 2007:

Assalamu'alaykum...
Jazakumullahukhayran... ikhwanul kareem for your replies...!
mojar bepar holo.. tora shobai ek-e shure kotha bolli... ;-) ! eitai proman kore j amader moner koto mil...! Allaah-r kase abar shukria adae kori amake toder moto kisu bhalo bondhu dear jonno...! r Allaah ta'ala-r oshesh meherbany na hole ekshathe 4-ta bochor thaka jeto na..! Alhamdulillah...! majhe majhe mone pore oi dingular kotha... jekhane amar bipode/koshte tora j jebhabe parsish amar pashae eshe dariechish...! support disish..! Allaah toder shobai-k dunya r akhirate uttom shorbottom puroshkar daan korun...! (ei jah... chokhe jhapsha dekhchi naki?... chokhe mone hoe ki porlo mone hoe! jol keno?)

toder email pore ami amar dat lukae rakhte pari nai...! shobcheye moja holo __(Din Abul Qaasim)-er-ta pore... ! pore dekh..! ami to kaje boshe porte gie jore heshei dilam..! Hahaaha...!
Jah..! ami jodi boi/attojiboni type kisu likhi... oboshshoi toder kotha ullekh korbo.. ! tora tokhon bole berabi... areee oi Ubaydullaah-r kotha bolchen..? Oi boi-e jei omuker kotha bolechen uni... she to ami-e! areee bhaaaiiii amar autograph nen, karon ami unar shathe thaktam..! ;-)

ashol bepar-ta ki... sheta apatoto lukaito thak... inshaAllaah kokhono shomoe hole khule bolbo...! apatoto temon bikkhato hoar shopno/chinta korish na..! ta nahole ahoto hote hobe pore! jaihok... tora to already koekjoner reply dekhei felechish... tobu abar pathalam.. share korar jonno...!

bhalo thakish... amader jonno do'a korish...

wassalaam...
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Followed by on the Friday, March 23, 2007:

hei... did u guys notice one thing?
arent you feeling connected once again?
I m going back to the old gold days... you know.. talking to eachother... !
perhaps we should do this more often... to stay connected...! dont u think so? and hei... its FREE..!
so atleast we will know that we are still alive somewhere in a corner of the world.

take care boys...

wassalaam...

The beginning of it

It started all in a sudden! I emailed some of my old friends asking about few incidents happend in the past. Almost all of them replied promptly... and they had some funny replies! It started from there, we started to talk about our old days where we were staying together and sharing accomodation. All in a sudden this idea popped up to start blog them. I will post some of the replies to start off... and I hope with the boys we will grow it with our old gold experiences!!!

Just to give a brief background of the characters here: we came to Australia from Bangladesh as international students and we were young - 19/20 years in average (talking about back in 2000). Coming oversease to stay by ourselves was a thrilling dream to us, but never the less, the reality turned out to be harsher than we thought. And we had to face lots of difficulties during almost the whole student life in Australia. And just to mention here that, most of us never lived outside our home by ourselves - so u can call us spoiled lad by the care of the parents. Then, all in a sudden, living outside the comfort zone - and worrying about income, study, bills, rents - everything flooded at once - too unexperienced and too hard to stand at ease...
Well, thats all story now and most of these letters will be based on our struggling life and few glitches of fun here and there.

By the way, I am using there nick names here (given by me, they dont even know about it!), lest they dont want to have their name published.


Ubaydullah:
Well, if you havent realised about this person yet... then just to clearify a bit more... thats me...!

Nizam Abu-Saaleh (NAS):
He is my friend from school. And we been moving together since then. Going to year 9/10, year 11/12 together in the bike... and at the end landing into this BIG ISLAND! He is one of the brightest/smart boys I have ever met, MashaAllaah. I think he was the most organised person among us. You will find his books the neatest and wont let anyone to touch it, lest he puts an unnecessary scratch in his book or bends the cover :-) ... and you find these things with his other things, too... his mobile, PC, table .... He has to have the best thing - or dont worry! He had another amazing quality, he was a living navigation, SubhanAllaah. He can take you anywhere around Melbourne in a shortest path without looking at the map - even if he has gone to that spot once in a dark night. He is very accurate about numbers and dates! MashaAllaah very sharp memory.

Ibn Abi Taalib (IAT):
MashaAllaah he is a mysterious guy with really smart thoughts and plans. Sometimes I see his nick in MSN as "Akti Odvut Chele" (A Strange Boy) and true to his name, he used to come home with all these weirdest stories and ppl that he met on the street or somewhere! He is not one with a huge body figure, but his heart is defenitely a HUGE/GIGANTIC one with big smile in the face. I think the best description for him will be to say that he has his own world, and he loves to realm there with his symphonic thoughts. He wont hurt anyone and he doesnt like to be disturbed when he is on the phone! One thing I have learnt from associating with him is - determination! If you have firm determination, no matter how long it takes, you will get there inshaAllaah!

Din Abul-Qaasim (DAQ):
His nick is/was Cute Hujur or Sweet Hujur - and you can guess his character! He is the youngest of us, hence the name "Cute hujur" and he looks sweet with his beard that he has started to grow - and all the Boro Bhais gave him the name - Sweet Hujur. He is also the BEST cheff around, MashaAllaah. The simplest thing he will cook with utmost sincerity and it will turn out to be the best (other than the HOT chilli that he puts sometimes to make me cry!). And as he was the youngest of all, we all used to love him and liked to make him angry by saying things against his views! Tell him how bad his favourite cricket team played, or add some fuel into it by saying something you dont like about Sylhet!!! But his flashing side of his characteristic is that which many man lack in - patience and modesty. Just to mention here that, we had our roaster of cooking (as every other bangladeshi students who share their accomodation do) and we often missed our days to cook ontime... and he will come home hungry expecting the food to be ready, but alas! Now he has to get fresh, pray his salaat and prepare the food... and then only could he stabilize his rumbling tummy! But even then, he wont say a word (untill it becomes the person's habit to get to reluxed!) to the responsible person rather he will cook for the rest of the brothers!!

Fakhruddin Ar-Raazi (FAR):
He is the poet friend and a very good cook. You can smell his food from around the corner and I have to be honest in saying that we all used to wait for his turn to come to cook! That was a feast!!! To talk about his poetic part - we all wrote poems from time to time { ;-) you know... in those winky age of teen}, but not of the standard of his! MashaAllaah. He had diaries full of poems... and we were so mesmerized by his poems, that we once thought that we will bring out a book or a cassate full of his poems. And the thing is, he used to write for his self setisfaction, to express himself and not to publish or become famous in the eyes of ppl. So, he is a humble guy with honest joy - and you will feel it if you are next to him. There are ups and downs in one's life, and I think the harsh life of this materialistic world has affected us all in one way or the other... I dont know when was the last time he picked up his pen to write another poetry, but the natural him is still intact! He can still think of green as green, blue as blue... and red as red! (I remember from his poems, he used to have colours on them - he had a poem about colourful dreams - Nil Shopno, Lal Shopno ... )
We still havent heard anything from him in regards to the emails I am posting... but I am still waiting... he is following the emails for sure... and he will drop his atomic bomb anytime soon!
I will be cheating if I dont say another aspect of this beautiful man, and that is, his generosity/openhandedness! Anyone and everyone who has associated with him will agree with me that if you have gone out with him he will never look at how much can you contribute to the shout, rather it will end up him going the full amount... and not only that, I remember of incidents where we ate outside somewhere and he ordered one to takeaway, upon enquiry we found that he wants to take that to give to the person who missed out in going with us!! And if he has cooked something for himself, will not eat just by himself but will want to sahre with others even if the amount is little.


Wed, 21 Mar 2007; Ubaydullah said:

Assalamu'alaykum... bondhu kul..

asha kori Allaah oshesh meherbanite bhaloi asish tora jar jar jaegae...!
ekta gurutto purno proshno jiggesha korbo.. kheal kore dekhish to mone pore ki na..!

toder ki mone ase amra koto tarikh Heidelberg Heights bahsae move korlam? amake jodi ektu chinta kore exact date/month/year dite parish - tahole khuuub khuuub upokarito hobo inshaAllaah...!

r toder ki mone ase, by any chance, koto tarikh theke National bus company-te validating machine boshiesilo? Jodi exact time mone na thake... tahole approximate date janate parbi?

Please reply to me with whatever information you have about the questions asked. jodi ekebare kono kisui mone na pore... tahole FAN chere ... ... nah..! kono kisu mone na porle ontoto shei kothatai janaish...!

Jazakallahukhayr... Allaah toder-k uttom pruushkar daan korun... ameen...

jobaber protikkhae roilam.

wassalaam...


1st reply came from Nizam Abu-Saaleh(NAS) in this shape:
Thursday, 22 Mar 2007

duss...
ei rokom exact kichui mone nai...tobe heidelberg e move korsilam march 2001 e....probably at the end e....
mm..national bus e validating machine boshche 2003 er june kingba july te....
kire tui life in australia namer kono kitab lekhar plan kortesis naki....

2nd reply followed by Ibn Abi-Taalib(IAT):
Thursday, March 22, 2007

Assalamualaikum,
Ami tor prosno porey ektu confuse holam. Heidelberg theke move korechi? Naki Heidelberg e move in korchi? Konta? Well ! Futos-keray theke 2001 er Feb/March er dike move korechilam. ... ...
And remember we kept looking for house near LaTrobe university. So, i guess mid of march 2001 we got the house and somewhere near that date we moved in heidelberg.
Ar Bus er validation? Cant remember. I trust ___ (Nizam Abu Saaleh) in that case...u can rely on his answer.
By the way, whats happening? Tui ki Vromon kahini likha suru korli? Naki Jibon kahini? Is everything OK?
I might come and visit u on saterday. Let me when u 'll free.
Allah hafez


the 3rd reply was even more interesting, claiming for my autograph, from Din Abul-Qaasim(DAQ):
Friday, March 23, 2007

Bhaijan Assalamu'alaikum. Asha kori Allah ta'alar oshes meherbanite apni apnar poribar porijon ke nie onek valo asen. Amio Allah-r rohmote valo asi. Apnar Heidelberg Basha shomporkito Question er Answer amar jotodur mone pore ami ashar 7 din pore move koresilam. Ami Aus te in koresilam 28 Feb. Within 7 days amra Footscray bashay chhere Heidelberg er notun Bashay Uthi.

Ar National bus er ticker machine. Shetha to mone hoy __ (Nizam Abu Saaleh) bhai e right. Jotodur mone pore 2003 er June/ July te install kora hoy.

Ei porjonto mone ashtese.

To Mr. Apni ki kono boi likhte jachchhen naki. Shunen famous howar age ekta autograph please pore chance nao paite pari.

jazaks

du'a korben. Allah apnake sahi salamote rakhun

Assalamu'alaikum

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds , and blessing and peace be upon our prophet Muhammed and upon his family and his companions.

I cant believe myself doing this.
I never thought that I will start a blog... but here we are... ! I have done it.