TMAG Volume 2 Issue 28

Status of the week A weekly production of

DhakaTribune Editor Zafar Sobhan Executive Editor Shahriar Karim Managing Editor Jahangir Hyder Magazine Editor Sabrina Fatma Ahmad Asst Magazine Editor Natasha Rahman TMAG Team Saudia Afrin Tahsin Momin Baizid Haque Joarder Fuad M Hossain Rad Sharar Raisa Rahim Shah Nahian Contributors Kyoko Bhuiyan Nasif Chowdhury Nusrat Naushin Qarshi Graphics Mohammed Mahbub Alam Tahsin Momin

Editor’s note

If you can post a status complaining about how injured you are, you are not as badly hurt as you want people to believe you are

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Meme of the week

Dear Readers, Winter is here and so is the wedding season. That means there are pranks, dance rehearsals, dressing up and the works coming up to keep you on your toes. Check out our Hot Topic(pg6&7) as we dole out fun ways you can spice up the holuds and the weddings and poke some fun at the bride and groom. Tired of the mundane entries that the grooms go on with at weddings? Check out Car Talk(pg5) and bring an extravagent twist to the grand entry into the venue. We hope you are following our comic strip by Nasif Bhuiyan on You Write It(pg9). And to finish it off, we have a mind blowing list on Teenarama(pg12) on the kinds of interesting characters you are going to see at the wedding. Do let us know how we are doing and keep writing to us.

#MyFamilyIsWeird This trending hashtag came about as people started sharing funny and weird things their family does. “my parents bought me an Elsa barbie from frozen on my 21st birthday because they were afraid I was growing up too fast”

More inside Picks Of the week 2 Room of the week Rudaina Reaz 3 Doodle of the week Elhaam Hasan 10 Spotlight Step up!

10 The goodsheet All the small things Your world 5 Car Band, baaja and grand style entry!

9 Non-fiction River 9 Comic Strip Nasif Chowdhury 9 Fiction Crushing a wedding Real Life 3 Event Tweets 6 Hot topic This is war

12 Listology 10 Types of people you meet at a wedding Fashion 4 Beauty check Lets not overdo it 4 Look of the week Armin Khan

Cheers, From the TMAG desk

TMAG says 2 Your room Bridal lounge 2 FYI The gate brigade 10 Playlist And they were all yellow 11 Science 101 Flying Saucers!

Horoscopes 5 Your forecast

Colour Specialist Shekhar Mondal Production Masum Billah Advertising Shahidan Khurshed Circulation Masud Kabir Pavel

5 Car talk Band, baaja and grand style entry!

8 Written in the stars

Bijon Islam

Email: tmag.dt@dhakatribune.com Website: www.dhakatribune.com

About the cover Party down!

Model Misha, Priota Make-up & styling Farzana Shakil Photo Abu Naser

3 TMAG’s Easel Elhaam Hasan

4 Look of the week Armin Khan

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Will your education survive the wedding?

Weddings can be a lot of fun, especially if it’s someone from your family that’s getting married. Sure there can be a lot of extra responsibilities, but the good food, dancing, guests coming over all day, etc, easily makes up for everything else. However, amid such a celebration, it can be extremely easy to forget about your regular responsibilities, especially when it comes to your school and studies.

Let’s be honest, no one wants to stay locked inside a room studying, or go to classes when you know everyone else but you is having a great time.

This scenario might be unavoidable if you have exams coming up, however, if you plan and prioritise, you won’t be missing out on anything.

Find time during the day - or if you’re already a night owl, sometime during the night- when you’re not too tired and the house isn’t buzzing with too many distractions. Take this time to get your work done and repeat this practice as many times as you might need. The sessions can either be long sitting where you get everything done at one go, or you can sit down with your books for a short while and finish up through bits and pieces throughout

the day. Find out what works best for you and stick to it.

It’s also a good idea to work smart rather than working hard. Try and absorb what you’re reading.

Understand the methods rather than memorising them. As long as you grasp the meaning of what you’re studying, you’re likely to remember it much better and won’t need to dwell on a single subject for too long. Also remember to keep the procrastinations to a bare minimum. The goal is to get the work done fast and efficiently.

Class timings are slightly tricky. It’s always a bad idea to skip a class for whatever reason. Bunking a single class is the first step into developing a very nasty habit. It’s extremely easy to get desensitised to the whole idea of bunking, and before you know it, you’re not attending a single class. However, on the flip side, while attending a class, if you’re paying attention properly, you’ll be saving the time you need to sit around with your books at home. Finish up on as much work as possible from class, spend a few minutes reviewing them once you get back and you’re good to go! Shah Nahian

Event Tweet

TMAG’s easel

Our Beautiful Universe-A Musical Performed by The Children of Jaago Foundation School November 22 6pm- 7:30pm Donation Tk1,500 per head (sponsors one child’s expenses for one month) Tickets available at Radius/Red Shift Venue Red Shift

Service Carnival 2014

“Alive and staring” Elhaam Hasan

If you are a classroom doodler, email your doodle to tmag.dt@dhakatribune.com and see it in our weekly!

The Marketing department of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised a day long “Service Carnival” on November 17, at the ground floor of the university campus. All the stalls in the carnival displayed an unique array of services. The participants in the fest

were all student from the MKT330 course. The fest featured services like, Taro card reading, fortune telling, fun photography, caricature, henna application, gaming and even the unique experience of seeing a one-off silent movie through the lenses of a bioscope.

Photos Kamran Ibne Abdul Qader

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10 tmag Goodsheet

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All the small things Band: Blink 182 INTRO: C F C G All the small things F G True care, truth blinks C G I’ll take one left F G You’re right, best trip C G Always I know F G You’ll be at my show C G Watching, waiting F G Come misery-teen C G Saying aint so I will not go F C Turn the lights of, carrying me home C Nana nana nana nana na na G F Nana nana nana nana na na

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1. Tikatolir more Motin chowdhury 2. Sadi Gali Tannu weds Mannu 3. Amar gorur garite Bioscope 4. Jaadoo Habib 5. Baby doll Ragini MMS 6. Thug le Ladies vs Ricky Bahl 7. Besharam Besharam OST 8. Balam Pichkari Yeh Jawaani Hain Deewani 9. Lat lag gayi Race 2 10. Feel Bombay Bicycle Club

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Step up!

Successfully organising dance rehearsals before “holud” Dancing for an occasion like “holud” can be an extremely fun experience.

However, organising one can become a complete nightmare if you’re not sure of what you’re doing. Here’s TMAG’s step by step guide into organising a successful dance rehearsal.

Putting together a crew Needless to say, the main crew should consist of close family members and friends. Try not to stress out on finding the best dancers. Just put together a fun crowd to have a good energy going. It’s the cutest thing when the youngest members get enthusiastic about taking part in the dance, so don’t forget to include their names on the list. It’s not about putting up the best show possible, but having a fun journey along the way.

Finding a venue Find a fixed place for everyone to rehearse. It might get difficult to coordinate with everyone if the venue keeps changing. However, if it’s just the one place, people can start getting more comfortable and rehearse in peace. It’s also a good idea as it might get uncomfortable for someone, who’s a bit shy, to dance in front of everyone.

Song selection If you’re not too familiar with the whole Bollywood scene, it’s probably best to ask for some recommendation.

However, the songs don’t always have to be trending hindi numbers. The whole point is to have fun and pick out whatever track you think satisfies that, as long as the bride/groom is okay with it. Just make sure you’re not picking out the same songs as the other party.

Choreography Don’t be scared if you’ve never choreographed a dance before. Use music videos as guidelines. For steps that might be too difficult for some dancers, feel free to dumb it down or replace it with something fun and easy.

Remember to also check out the actual venue where you’ll be performing and rehearse there at least once. Lock down the limitations and plan accordingly.

You don’t want to find out on the day of “holud” that there just isn’t enough space for the dance routine you’ve been working so hard for.

It’s also a good idea not to have overly complicated steps. As long as the dance routine is fun, your hard work will start to show. Plus the easier the whole routine is, the lesser the

chances are for someone to mess up.

Practice makes perfect!

In order to put up a good show, it’s best to have a routine where the dancers can sync with each other easily than to have an extremely complicated routine that’s not in sync.

Don’t expect everything to go too smoothly on the first go. However, don’t let your crew get distracted and deviated with other things during rehearsals. Always remember, you all met up for a purpose. Take the deadline seriously (but not too seriously), and practice till all of you get it right.

Props An easy way to make dancers break out of their self-conscious selves and make the dance routine more fun is to include a lot of props.

Plan ahead During rehearsals, if people are messing up a certain step, teach them back-up moves they can do in case they do mess up. Once they learn how to improvise, it will help create the illusion that it was all part of the show.

Shah Nahian