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Deshi Russian Salad

Ingredients:
1. Potato 2pc
2. Apple 2pc
3. Carrot 2pc
4. Cucumber 1pc
5. Egg 1 pc
6. Mayonnaise half cup
7. Lemon Juice 2 tsp
8. Sugar 1 tsp
9. Salt 1 tsp
10. ground white pepper. 1 tsp
First I ate russian salad in 1993 in France while we are in training. One of our male collegue, he was in russia, made this dish to make happy all male society. It was escape from monotonous rice and chicken dish.

You are Bangladeshi if you…

1. Think Bangladesh has made lot of progress in spite of corruption.
2. Express your contention on communication infrastructure condition (specially Jamuna Bridge).
3. Thankful to god for not being under Pakistani rule.
4. think Bangladesh among highest density in mobile usage, when it is among countries with low penetration.
5. Wonder why politician does not change their habit, when you don`t change your habit to cast vote for them.
6. Think shanty town does not represent Bangladesh.
7. Feel proud of 3 noble prize winner of this soil, although 2 of them are Indian national.
8. Feel proud that most Indian restaurant in UK actually ran by Bangladeshi.
9. Forget to say “thank you” after taking help.
10. Think salary is poor than service you deliver.
11. Wonder why Rosogulla (a kind sweet meat) is not liked by the west.
12. Being one of the smallest countries in the world, find superlative in it: Biggest Delta, Largest Mangrove forest, Longest Beach.
13. Think our national assembly building (Jatio Sangsad Bhaban) is one of the finest, when it is so.

Sony Cybershot W7: Few Shots

I bought Sony W7 in 2005. This was my first digital camera. I took thousands of shots in point and shoot mode. But now I am taking shots in "manual" mode results are much better. Manual mode one of the option it has got, which I never tried seriously. May be this is the time to buy a DSLR camera. Here are few shots I took in last four year. Although camera can shoot in 7.2 mega pixel size, considering the storage problem I took these in 3 mega size setting, but output show these picture are only 1.2 mg in size.

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25 Useful Bangla Phrases

1. Assalamu Alaikum ( IsIamic Expression for Salutation ) .

2. Kemom Achhen ? : How are you?

3. Ha (as spelled in Hand) : Yes.

4. Naa : No

5. Daam Koto : What is the price

6. Bhaalo : Good.

7. Khaaraap : Bad.

8. Bhaaraa Koto : What is the fare.

9. Kom : Less.

10. Beshi : Much.

11. Khub Beshi : Very much (or Very Expensive)

12. Taakaa : Money (Bangladeshi currency = Taka)

13. Thick Acche : OK.

14. Toilet/Baathroom : Toilet

15. Kub Bhalo : Very good

16. Aamar Naam Hasan : My Name is Hasan

17. Edike Eso: Come here

18. Sheraton Jaabe ? : Will you go to Sheraton?

19. Cholo Jai : Let us go.

20. Kon Dike : Which way.

21. Daan dike : To Right

22. Baa Dike : To Left.

23. Dhonnobad: Thank you

24. Sunun : Hello/Excuse me.

25. Bidaaye : Good bye

Link: Bangla Phrases


Emotions:

Aami Tomake Bhalobashi : I love you
Thik bolechhen : Right you are.(you said that right).
Bhalo na : Not good
Bhalo Lage Na : ( I ) don`t like.
Prem/ Bhalobasha : Love.
Abar Dhekha Hobe : Meet you again.
Manush : Man.
Aapni : You (Respected).
Aapni bhalo : You are a good person.
Ek Dom Maathaa Kharap: You are crazy.
Eta Cholbe : This will do
Sundori Meye : Beautiful girl.
Apni Khub Sunder : You are very beautiful.
Bangaldesh Khub Sundor : Bangladesh is very beautiful.
Bhulo na Amay : Forget me not.

Last Mile Solution

The last leg of providing connectivity from a PSTN operator, ISP owner or Cable TV operator to a customer. Also called "First Mile" from subscriber point of view. Traditionally it is done by copper wires, you may find that connects your old telephone set to nearest telephone exchange. Copper wires carry analog signals generated by telephone equipment, including fax machines. Analog technology is by nature a less precise signaling technology than digital technology. Increasing demand for information access it became a big question to reach the unreachable.

Most subscribers, however, log on to this network through copper lines with limited capacity. This creates a bottleneck for advancing technologies that increasingly require greater bandwidth. Last-mile technology represents a major remaining challenge because the cost of providing high-bandwidth services to individual subscribers in remote areas can be higher than the service provider would like. Laying wire and fiber optic cables is an expensive undertaking that can be environmentally demanding and require high maintenance. Wireless networks will eventually provide the solution.

Existing last-mile solutions are:

Physical lines

• Plain Old Telephone Systems (POTS), fixed copper wire.
  
• ISDN, a somewhat faster technology than regular phone service. Not so popular.
  
• Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) (or ADSL) over existing telephone twisted pair lines. very popular
  
• cable and the Cable modem, for data, using the same installed coaxial cable that already is used for television
  
• Optical fiber and its transmission technologies, therefore FTTH/FTTB (fiber to the home/Fiber to the Building).

Wireless

• wireless (WLL, Wi-fi, Wi-Max) and including satellite services such as Direct TV)