i woke up a little late.. 8:30.. though i had set my alarm for 7:00 :P
I put my glass on..and another shock..
there is almost no other color outside except white..
the pine trees are holding hundreds of snow flakes, offering me a heavenly white scene.

So, its Eid today ?
But where is the smell of khichuri and paesh?
I opened my room's door, why not everyone running to and fro with towels for shower or looking for the new socks which is suddenly vanished ?
I turned my oven on. Where is mom, busy with all her hands preparing noodles and everything and sweating !!
I took a quick shower, why there is no1 knocking the door to hurry up!!

I put on the new shirt, that my bestest friend bought for me A MONTH before !

I ate the "khichuri" i prepared two days ago! I was trying my best to hurry up. But..i was feeling..its getting too late. The eid prayer starts at 9:30, and its 9:00..oh..9:05..9:10..when i finally ran out like a stupid dog, it was already 9:17. I opened the apartment door, the bus was on the other side of the road, i saw it coming !! I cant reach it !! So, I started running to the opposite direction, to the next stop . I hoped there would be a red signal on the bus's way..

i didnt have time to put my gloves on... i was freezing in -5. But i was the bus passing through the next stop too.. I didnt feel that sad.. its just not my day..

The only sign to feel eid was probably this morning eid prayer, and i m 10 mins away from it, and missed the last bus..

I didnt knw what to do when i finally halted at the empty bus stop...

Then..
Bus 22 !! I saw it coming.. this bus has started its service recently !!
Forgot about that !!

....

15 mins later, i was in the gathering. The prayer was decided to be held a little late. Coz ppl were coming from far by car. Its the only Eid prayer near hundred kms.
Are those all muslims??
Black, white, blonde, dark.. all sorts of people sitting on the carpet !!
From Turkey, Sudan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, some black from I couldnt guess where!

it was extremely good to be among them.
After prayer, i hugged and did "Kolakuli" with ppl i have never seen.














































The imam distributed toys to the children !!
that was something new !
















I was playing with a Belayet vai's little kid safa.

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I am in the office right now.
I should not write blog in office hours.
But i cannt resist.
( Come on!! Its eid !! )
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So is it just anothe cold winter day?


No..its not..
Its Eid..though i m in the office..fixing bugs..
yet, its eid..
eid in the music in my headphone..
Eid in the smell of the new shirt i m wearing..
Eid in the expensive and delicous Kebab-pizza I have bought..
Eid in the makaroni that i will cook this evening..
Eid in the big fat huuuge chips bag I will buy when I go home ..
Eid in the jackie chan movie that i will download at home..
Eid in saying eid mobarak to my roommates..
Eid in showing them how to do kolakuli ..
Eid in sleeping late night..and whispering to myself.. it was eid today !

Started with the soup of the day..full of mashroom, cheese !














I wanted to have the lamb dish! but it wasnt there ! So i tried beef stro..stooo..stroudgate with rice or something !! ( Oh by the way, in the plane, I ate lamb kebab..first ever in my life..mm..lamb is great !!)

I watched tv..took a nice nap and then i went out to take a better look at that strange and awesome looking airport !



















So here is the center pillar !
















Which expands and makes the ceiling..















A better look at the ceiling !!















Hey hey hey.. a Harley Davidson bike !! It was on lottery i guess
















The night and the moon !! ( sigh !! )














Okay..second plane to Munich..almost an empty plane.. lots of seats to lie down..and a personal LCD where u can watch movies, listen to video, see the plane's front view camera or even play games like chess !!















MUNICH !!!
















Weired but good looking seats ( someone over there is also sleeping on it !! )















Lighting in the airport














Look at the eluminating desks !!















From the airport u can go downstairs and catch these trains.
















And i went outside to take a fresh breath in Munich.













The temparature was very comfortable..














a little cold but not much !!!















The sun was rising... it was yellow and beuuuuutiful !!














Outside airport















Leaving Munich by Finnair flight ! Lucky to have a window seat !














Final journey.. Pendelino train from Helsinki to Oulu !
















....and dressed up to survive oulu..inside lift of my apartment ! 13 october, morning !




















and leaving office to go back to my home !!


I left Dhaka on 11 October,2006, 9:15 am
Reached Abu Dhabi at 12:30 local time.
Left for Munich at 02:00, 12 October local time and reached there at 6:30 local time.
Finally started for Helsinki at 10:20 and reached there at 1:50.
Caught the train at 3:33 and finally reached Oulu at 9:25 pm , 12 October 2006.