Invitation to Wedding
Went to Kingston for my friend’s cousin’s daughter’s wedding.
The city is between Toronto and Ottawa.However, I did not want to go, my friend brought inveigle.
Said I don't have to buy the gift, he bought it.
He wants to give me a fifty dollar gift card for esso gas fuel from his office.
It had been lying in his drawer for a long time.
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I could not say no.
But this time I am very careful; Can't do anything with me.
I will go and come back after being invited.
He must have a purpose behind calling me. Last time he took the camera to Toronto and said, “Your job is to take pictures.”
Eating in a hurry is not a gentleman's job. The most important picture of the event is the picture of eating. Tell the people to hold the run of the roast, laugh in that situation.
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I went to work.Whenever the people raised their pipes to fill their mouths,Just at that moment I started shooting the shutter of the camera. The picture of the moment when the uncles were fighting to tear the fat from the meat with their teeth! What a dynamic! But I could not for long. The smell of goat biryani all around makes my heart melt. It is not pleasant to imagine eating with a very hungry stomach. Now I have decided to run away from him and eat on my own. Sitting in front of him and eating under the supervision of the head sir is the same thing. People forget the memories of happiness, remember the memories of pain.
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The event is at 6 p.m. We walked into Tim Hortons coffee shop for lunch and sat at the back corner table. Chishti showed the bag at my feet and said, what's inside?
- nothing
- What do you hear about this? Food?
- Huh
– What is there to hide? I will have lunch now.
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When I opened the bag of chaat and put the large size four-story tiffin carrier brought from Bangladesh on the table, he said, what time is the meal?
- There is only noon and night
- Not invited at night?
- Invitation in the evening?
- La Hawla Wala Kuata.. You will die? It is three o'clock in the afternoon. Got here around 2pm and had cream cheese bagels, muffins and broccoli soup
- Those are snacks. Lunch is different.
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From the uppermost (4th) floor of the tiffin carrier, I took down the bowl for roasting seam bhaji and duck eggs. Khasalam beef liver roast from the third floor. Thin lentil stalks from the second floor and thick iri paddy rice were lying on the last floor.
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He pulled the bowl of the fourth floor to himself and checked it again and brought the bowl of the third floor to his nose and said, What are they?
- Roast beef liver. Eat one?
- There is at least one worm liver. Test your blood sugar and cholesterol. Do you eat half a kilo of rice?
She showed reluctance and said 'Let's see' and picked up a piece and burnt it in her mouth and said, Bhabhi's (my wife) cooking is good.
If I take food somewhere, he will not reach. At first, I used to abuse. He will eat special food at noon. very strict He took out the lunch box. Nice clear plastic lidded bowl. Inside is grape tomatoes, a pile of romaine lettuce, fresh spinach leaves, assorted nuts, sweet pumpkin seeds, shredded chicken breast, tossed with lemon juice and olive oil. Sprinkle goat cheese white powder on top.
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I don't get into my head, how do people eat these things? But the lettuce is picked up with a fork and is chewed with a crunching sound; It seems that there is no such thing in the world. It's like banana uncle eating Halim.
As soon as I took out the clay plate from the bag, he raised his eyes and said, Where did you get this plate?
- At the Bengali store in Ottawa. Dal does not fall over
- good
After a while a Tim Hortons employee came and gave me some salt and some salad. He asked, bought these?
- No, it's like that. Familiar..
- Bengali?
- Huh
- Did you say you don't know Bengali anywhere? Strange animals!
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I sprinkled salt on the rice, poured half a bowl of dal, fried eggs and fried beans and did Bismillah. I started biting into the green chillies and onions bit by bit making noises.
He finished his meal and took out a small tea flask and made green tea. without sugar Then he turned his chair forty-five degrees, looked out, sipped his tea gently, and sank into deep thought. Ripon said suddenly
- Tell me
- You are very happy. I also want to see you eat. can't A pile of doctor bans.
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This time I don't pour roasted liver. It tastes sweet because of the extra onion. Super combination with thin dal. Along with the liver, there is also a large portion of the heart; On top of it like a cloud of fat! He wanted to know, what is the process of cooking liver?
- The pieces should be boiled in hot water for five minutes, drained and then roasted
- What do you say!
- Huh. Add more garam masala, ginger-garlic paste, whole pepper and grind it in little water.
- I will try.
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I finished the bowl of rice and poured the extra rice from the chaat bag into a small plastic box and wiped off the remaining dal and curry and took a final sip. He just stared in amazement and said nothing. Ginny, however, provided the meals for both of us. If he doesn’t play, what else do I have..
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We strolled along Lake Ontario and entered the ceremony around half past five. Elahi Karbar. This time I am very careful. Last time he escaped by betraying a poet. The gentleman found me easy and left me with only half of his poetry book. I don’t even understand the ‘c’ of prose poetry.The Creator has not given me the power to rescue the meaning of the unintelligible lines such as “The cry of the stars in the breast of the brass pitcher. . . the ghost of the dew on the swan’s wings.” I feel stupid. I understood the reason for not listening to the other half of the book after six months. If I know the great poetry, why spend money? He took out twenty five dollars from his pocket.
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Even today, Chishti took me behind the scenes as always and said, listen; Remember you are on the girl's side. Don't do too much yorky nonsense
- Okay
- Said when can be yorkie?
- When the boy will be on the side
- Well done! Who says you have no intelligence? I will buy a blazer if I can
- Okay
- Do you know how many blazers I have? At least a dozen! What is the price of a blazer?
- One hundred and fifty dollars?
- Damn fool, buy from the Salvation Army. Eight to twelve dollars. Will anyone understand that they are old? The price is less than your t-shirt
- The wedding suit is still there, but a little tight
- Don't eat like crazy. And there is no need to shake hands and laugh with the people of this country
- Okay.
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We were invited and came out earlier around eight o'clock in the night. Several hundred kilometers to go. Besides, I have to catch office tomorrow morning. He said, Ripon, do you need a dish washer? A gentleman is giving free, I saw on Kijiji
- Need a friend
- Good, come on. The man is leaving for Vancouver with enthusiasm. Just three years ago. Also bought a ten year warranty. How lucky you are!
We stopped in front of a house in the town of Kingston. There is actually a General Company dish washer near the garage. We both caught hold and brought it to the back of my car. He said, Ripon can do a help?
- Sure!
- A little income?
We opened the garage and pulled out a giant laundry washer and gasped. Chishti saw well and said, the thing is good! At least a thousand dollar price. almost new Tell me how much it took? – Two hundred? – nearby. two and a half hundred What is the condition of the dryer?
We brought the dryer and kept it near his car. Very heavy and big. My heart hurts when I change the house. Today, while pulling these things on him, the pain increased. He said, Ripon is in danger
- What say?
- The dryer won't fit in my car. Will there be room in your car?
I lowered my car seat and put it in, clearing some space. Still a little came out. He took out the rope and tied it well. We drove to Toronto. On the opposite side of my house.
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Ginny's (my wife) phone at ten o'clock at night, have you left?
- It will be a little late
- Why?
- Going to Toronto a bit..
- Why?
- To deliver one thing to Chishti..
- Do that all day! I suspected so. Tell the truth, you went to the event, didn't you help my brother? - he cut the line.
His home is two hundred and sixty kilometers west. Then from there at night I will leave for Ottawa; Another four and a half hundred kilometers to the east; A total of eight to nine hours. A sigh escaped. Still good that I was bringing dinner!
I reached his house and brought them down to the basement. My toenails are bleeding. Even if Sadh's dish washer was running. After bringing it home, I could not turn it on even after many attempts. I thought that I would get rid of Vasan Maja, Ginny would also be happy.
Got a $50 esso gas fuel gift card, fuel cost $150. That too could have been accepted, if the windshield of the car had not been cracked by the impact of the khora thrown by the Creator’s own hands on the highway.
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Javed Iqbal
February 28, 2022.