OH, I forgot to wish all members a very happy Diwali-Festival.
Nalini
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Betreff: Re: [efloraofindia:89662] Re: When I lost my chocolate bet !!
Datum: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:08:20 +0200
Von: Na Bha <[email protected]>
An: Ushadi micromini <[email protected]>
Kopie (CC): Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>, efloraofindia
<[email protected]>, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]>
Well,
Diwali is a family festival, so is X'mas. In India we celebrate Diwali
not with just familymembers but have relatives, friends etc. etc. X'mas
is celebreted in the smallest possible family.
Papa, Mama, children. The children above 18 have mostly their own
"familyworld" and so they come to visit the parents on 25. or 26. dec.
My experience about indian families is that they celebrate Diwali in the
smallest possible family. You are welcome after the festival but not
during the festival.
On Diwali we had to work anyway, so there was not much time to feel alone.
When we were working and living in Königswinter near Bonn, we used to
have one or two foreign students from the University Bonn at our place
for X'mas. All of us enjoyed talking to eachother, learning about the
other culture, the festivals, and many more things. I was very happy
doing this. There was no obligation that we should meet again, but we
still had good contacts for some years. My Kazach-student I met years
later accidently in Bremen.
On newyears eve we did not go out for a party or so, but used the
opportunity to work in the house, hammer, and drill and such noisy
things which we had still to do. The rest of the world was making noise
in their way.
Btw. On newyears day all german regional TVs and nowadays other european
countries show a programm called "Dinner for one" a cult series, the
most frequently repeated TV programme according to gueness book of
records.No one misses it.
If you want to have a look http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lzQxjGL9S0
here it is.
*Story line*
The sketch presents the 90th birthday of elderly upper-class
Englishwoman Miss Sophie, who hosts a dinner every year for her
close friends Mr Pommeroy, Mr Winterbottom, Sir Toby, and Admiral
von Schneider to celebrate the occasion. (Note that the plot has
nothing to do with New Year's Eve, as is often incorrectly stated.
There is a "Happy new year" toast, but this is purely a reference to
Miss Sophie's anniversary.) The problem is that given Miss Sophie's
considerable age, she has outlived all of her friends, and so her
equally aged manservant James makes his way around the table,
impersonating each of the guests in turn. Miss Sophie decides on
appropriate drinks to accompany the menu of the evening, served by
James, and so he finds himself raising (and emptying) his glass four
times per course. That takes its toll, increasingly noticeable in
James' growing difficulty in pouring the drinks, telling wine
glasses from vases of flowers, and refraining from bursting into
song. Even before the alcohol begins to exert its influence, he has
trouble avoiding the head of a tiger skin lying on the floor between
the dinner table and the buffet.
The crucial exchange during every course is:
James: The same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie?
Miss Sophie: The same procedure as every year, James!
After the dinner, Miss Sophie indicates to a very drunk James that
she wishes to retire to bed, to which James responds:
James: By the way, the same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie?
Miss Sophie (/delightedly/): The same procedure as every year,
James!
James: Well, I'll do my very best!
read more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One.
Regards
Nalini
Am 25.10.2011 08:18, schrieb Ushadi micromini:
Pankaj... why lonely...
This what I used to do for about 40+ odd years.. whenever I was in a
new town or a state..
I would look up the directory and look up phone numbers of Bose,
Banerjee, Chatterjee, Desai, Dutta etc etc a few...the ethnic group
that I was comfortable with...
and call up somebody on the random and say I was new in town, I did
not want anything, just to talk to someone in Bengali...if they were
bengali
or in Gujarati if they were gujaratis...
most would be very happy to talk...
not only that , i got invited...often enough...
(some were cold though, ) so what..
((there are 6 billion people on this earth .. all have reincarnated so
that they can get closer to God.. so most are nice..
made friends... so what if 2 billion may not be up to the par.. that
leaves 4 billion of them...to make friends with ..))
.
Getting invited was not the end... even found a few long lost
relatives that way...
and we are still in touch, new found friends or the lost and found
relatives, .. no matter where they have moved to or I ... across seven
seas...
I am sure there are thousands of Indians in HK, that you might find a
few that match up your social and educational standard...
although I know, HK is not USA... local culture may be very very
different.. but expats are all basically the same...
Indians are very hospitable people ...
try it nothing to loose..
only keep you self-preservation antennae out.. and run if some one
wants to shackle you...
ha ha... or invest in a crazy scheme.. happened to me a few times..
just run...
Good luck
Usha di
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On Oct 25, 10:48 am, Pankaj Kumar<[email protected]> wrote:
Happy New year to you Usha mam... Enjoy...
I imagine if I celebrate Chinese, Hong Kongers, or Indian new year,
but the fact is I am too lonely to celebrate!!!
Pankaj
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:51 PM, ushadi Micromini
<[email protected]> wrote:
OK Pankaj ... Ji... ji is for good measure...
Very bright lights of HongKong... nice ...
Have you taken pics of their vegetable market yet...
or haven't had time to do touristy things!!
:)
The little kid in the story was too smart.. wrong but smart...
street smarts take a person so far and no more... though ...
Happy Diwali to all...
wish me a Happy New year.... ours starts the day after Diwali....
...
Usha di
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On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Pankaj Kumar<[email protected]>
wrote:
Firstly I dont like senior people like you all to call me "JI"..... I
am a kid till I am not married :))
Thank you all for your good wishes and also for liking the story.
Gurcharan sir, Unfortunately, during my college days, I never had a
taxonomy teacher :(. There were teachers though, who never taught.....
:)))
Pankaj
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Yazdy Palia<[email protected]> wrote:
Thank you Dr. Pankaj ji,
Wish you and all your dear ones a Happy Divali and Dhanterast.
Happy Divali and Dhanterast to all our friends on eflora of India.
Regards
Yazdy Palia.
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Nidhan Singh<[email protected]>
wrote:
Thanks a lot Pankaj Ji for narrating a good personal lesson.
One should keep on learning no matter whosoever is the mentor, I
usually say
a nearly illiterate mechanic knows so much about the machines, why he
cannot
be our teacher on the matter. Every person has his share of knowledge,
we
should always appreciate and acknowledge
WISHING YOU AND THE ENTIRE GROUP A CHARMING AND FASCINATING DEEPAWALI.
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Regards,
Dr. Nidhan Singh
Department of Botany
I.B. (PG) College
Panipat-132103 Haryana
Ph.: 09416371227
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Conservation Officer
Office:
Flora Conservation Department
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation
Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Residence:
36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun
Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
email:[email protected]
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