Shadow's Desk

" YOU CAN'T EVEN DO ONE SINGLE THING RIGHT! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY HARDSHIPS I'VE HAD TO ENDURE TO BRING YOU UP?"....We are often hearing things along these lines from our parents.Everyday,at some point we are angry;sometimes, too angry. And that's when we make matter worse.If you have a sibling,like I do, then getting angry will become a habit. And if you are trying to tutor your sibling, then getting angry is simply inevitable.I try to control anger,and trust me, its really really hard.But if you can, the rewards are substantial! So here are a few tricks that you can use: 1.Take a 'timeout.' Although it may seem cliche, counting to 10 before reacting really can defuse your temper.Just do not react instantly,because everyone knows you will regret it seconds later. 2.Get some space. Take a break from the person you're angry with until your frustrations subside a bit. 3.Get some exercise. Think that the football is the person you are angry with and then b...

Location: Berlin Bakery Time:Sometime at the evening. "Aa Vaa.VAA?" I was looking intensely at the stove where the chicken fries were...being fried, when an uncanny voice,or more animal like voice was shrieking beside my ear.I turned my head, and saw two guys with half pants and T Shirts designed for sumo wrestlers hanging from their lean bodies. " Vaa, chicken fry hoteh koutokhkhon laegteh pareh?" "Deri hobe mama,ektu boshen" "Allah! Deiri hobeh? But how much time dude?" At this point the seller has one eye brow raised, his face contorted into a confused tone. "ki bollen?" "Arro koutokhkhon lagteh pareh? "Ei kotha?Ponero minute beshi hole" The guy continued to talk,what we call Banglish.But with his half pant crew member, he never uttered one bangla.Even his English accent was total crap! As the chicken pieces were served,I took one and stood beside them, just to listen to their Banglish. "Vaa, amake borro piece tah...

Any foreigner, visiting Bangladesh during the World Cup Football, will definitely be confused over our nationality.He even may have second thought about where he is actually. I mean who wouldn't? Seeing all the buildings, big and small, wrapped and re wrapped in either Brazilian flag or Argentine flags, or simply just both. It seems we forget our nationality for this one month of footballing spectacle. I go out to take a walk, and see two Brazil flags surrounded by five Argentine flags, with either a Germany or England flag in the middle which is just unrecognizable amidst the Blue and Green. One day, on my way to coaching, I saw one of the most bizarre thing.A small Brazil flag was fluttering proudly on the rooftop of GERMAN High Commission premise! I don't know to whom the flag belonged ,maybe the guards or janitors, but the scene was.....bizarre!Anyway,if it was the guard, then salute man! Rickshaws with small flags attached to their handlebars were a common site.And I alway...