Feature
A memorable evening
With monsieur sten le berrigaud
Maliha Ahmed
 HE was fired from school accused of being a failed musician and a failed supervisor. He was going away and he hoped for a last farewell from his loved students.just as he walked towards the gate, hundreds of paper aeroplanes flew towards him through the school's window.There were lines and musical notes written on them.as his bus started to leave, Pepinot ran to him. The bus stopped and he came out to see his little student carrying a bag pack and pleading to take him with his teacher.Pepinot got to leave with his teacher.
As the film ended the 'soirée d'adieu' at Allince Francaise de Chittagong began. It was 15th August 2008 when we, the students at AFC, organized a farewell function for our director M. Sten LE BERRIGAUD, who has worked with us for the past 3 years.The basic idea of projecting the last scene from the French film 'The Chorus', was to make our director feel how much we love and admire him, how badly we, just like the character 'Pepinot', want to leave with him. Surely the serene smile on M. Sten's face, at the end of the film, assured us that he got our message. As for being one of the performers, the responsibility of hosting was upon me and a senior friend of mine. We designed the evening with songs in both Bangla and French, a solo drum performance and a bangla dance performance especially included because our director is a huge fan of classical dance. We listened to speeches from senior students about their experience with and feelings towards M. Sten and then a speech from the director himself. Indeed it's a common consensus among everybody at AFC that in spite of the fact of M. Sten is French, the way he adjusted in a different society and an entirely contrary culture is undoubtedly appreciable.He always fulfilled all his duties as responsible pedagogue and supervisor. Whether someone was familiar or not didn't matter to him when he'd pause on his tracks and say 'Bonjour! ca va?'. We will really miss the person who never forgot to smile at everyone he saw everyday. While giving his speech M. Sten expressed how much he was touched by we presented him that evening. He said that it was really nice to work with all the teachers and students at AFC and that it was a great experience he was taking back to Paris.The melodious yet melancholic evening ended with a French chorus where everybody bade their last farewells to M. Sten.
As the saying goes, good things don't last long but our director will always last in our hearts, in our memories and in our prayers.
'Adieu Monsieur le Professeur,
on ne vous oubliera jamais........'
(Student of Bay View International School, Chittagong)
Jokes
* This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.
He immediately phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available.
George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.
"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot them all."
Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"
George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available.
* 3 friends die in a car accident and they go to an orientation in heaven. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket and friends and family are talking about you, what would you like them to say?
The first guy says,"I would like to hear them say that I was a great doctor of my time, and a great family man."
The second guy says, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and school teacher which made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow."
The last guy replies, "I would like to hear them say ... Look, He's Moving!
* A linguistics professor was lecturing to his English class one day. "In English," he said, "A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
|
