| ~*Within the one and only Universe (as far as Im concern)...Of the many planets it holds, a beautiful yet exploited planet called Earth...biggest of its seven continents, Asia...Of the many over populated countries in its south eastern part, a country close to my heart called "Bangladesh"...Of its six so- called "Jelas", the most beautiful of all, CHITTAGONG!...Of its many aka baka roads, Jamboree field er thik uttor dike, Agrabad center point er theke paach minute dur o chittagong port er chaar minute poshchime amader bari...717 "Shagor Bhobon" Amader once gorgeous and beautiful house is surrounded by narikel gaach that never gave a daab, lebu gaach that never smelled of lebu, boroi gaach that never ever blossomed and pepe gaach gulo whose pepez alwayz seems to rot...hmmm...maybe becuz I forgot to put gobor when I planted those...or maybe I intentionally did that because I was mad at my dadu for making sit under the hot sun and planting those trees :o)...Any wayz...We don't live there anymore, it was once our house but now became more like a public housing which no one seems care if the paints starts to chip off...or the wooden staircases and the beautifully carved window sills need varnishing...Now, it doesn't even look like the house I once lived in! My room which ones was filled with Shahrukh khanz posters, now I hear is a storage room...:o( Upor talai thake: Borouncle, Mejhoma, Anika o Fahim....nich talai: Dadu, chotouncle, chotoma o liza...and the never ending groups of guests that confuses our house with a bonna shelter...Shunechi baba desh theke ashar aage shanti te baari koreche (no, thats not in dhaka..its in CTG)...but we can't live there because its a apartment complex...Abar shunlam Shamoli'r khola jomi tate bari hobe....(no, thats still in CTG)...So basically, deshe gele amar kono ostitto nei...Appi aar khalader barite beriye beriye shomoi paar korte hoi...But let me tell you...amar jiboner shob mojar din gulo oi shob baritei keteche...I don't complain, because being the boro meye of the family..i am treated like a real Princess :o)!*~ Oohh, did I happen to mention that Chittagong Rulz??...well, it does!! Because I was raised in Chittagong for most part, my knowledge about Bangladesh is solely based on what I have perceived there...Thus, I saw many differences between us and other bangalies I have met in US for these past seven years...Not only that, I even found differences between chattgaiya peepz that came from a differenct region than us...i.e. Amra maach aar torkari ek shathe ranna kore khaina aar murgir o maacher intestine khaina like sum peepz I choose not to disclose...for us those totally repugnant You know wut?...we are some hella diverse group...Nevertheless, Chittagong rocks...are u thinking that Im ethnocentric? well, I like to call it pride :o)... My parents and relatives kept all of us ( including all my cousins) from being exposed to Chattgaiya slang fearing it will ruin our bangla...But I happen to find it very fascinating(I've been speaking the tongue for about two years now...but my accent is still developing)...its not one of those slangs that derived from khat bangla...it has its own roots from farsi, hindi and burmese! My affection toward it is not because of its originality, rather because...if I speak loud and fast other peepz thinks I'm mad or cussin' :o)...Also, when ur talking about the girl sitting next to you at a party who is wearing a hideous dress and make-up that contrasts her complexion...banglai bolle bujhbe, english e bolleo bujhbe...tobe chattgaiyai bolle mone korbe we're speaking Vietnamese :o) But its not i like do that ;o)...juss tellin' y'all why its gr8! |
