darn it, computer down. Vista sucks, clinging my hope on Windows 7 now. Who's using Windows 7? is it nice?

同学们，小的最近在迷这个电视剧，推荐一下。不是清宫剧，不是武侠剧，是古玩题材的现代都市剧《雾里看花》，剧情挺清新的，如果对文化，历史和古玩有兴趣可以看看，背景音乐就是此剧片尾曲《花为谁开》。

 

你是不是那神奇的传说
羊脂玉的气质水墨画的留白
蒙尘的往事藏着美丽的面容
恍惚隔世不知何朝何代
谁有慧眼谁能把你打开
谁知道唐宫的霓裳元青花的光彩
谁懂得明时的寂寞清时的愁
谁知道大江东去风华几代
百年相约千年相见
烟波江雨长亭外
江山风雨多少情
红尘滚滚谁最爱
百年相约千年相见
烟波江雨长亭外
江山风雨多少情
红尘滚滚谁最爱
谁能看清雾影憧憧花为谁开

 

I was always called an Indian, simply because I still keep certain habits that I formed in India, but the following 37 points clearly say that I am so far from a real one!

 

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We are like this only so true, so very true.............
 

1. Everything you eat is savored in garlic, onion and tomatoes.

2.. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminum foil.

3... You are always standing next to the two largest size suitcases at the Airport..

4. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think it's normal.

5. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service missed to stamp.

6. You recycle Wedding Gifts, Birthday Gifts and Anniversary Gifts.

7. You name your children in rhythms (example, Sita & Gita, Ram & Shyam, Kamini & Shamini..)

8. All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere,
close to their real names..

9. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says 'No Food Allowed.'

10. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house.

11. You load up the family car with as many people as possible.

12. HIGH PRIORITY ***** You use plastic to cover anything new in your house
whether it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch. *****

13. Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think, but they won't let you do certain things because of what the other 'Uncles and Aunties' will think.

14. You buy and display crockery, which is never used, as it is for special occasions, which never happen.

15. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.

16.. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.

17. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible.

18. Your kitchen shelf is full of jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils (got free with purchase of other stuff)

19. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel
(and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes)...

20. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker.

21. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.

22. You live with your parents and you are 40 years old. (And they prefer it that way).

23. You don't use measuring cups when cooking.

24. You never learnt how to stand in a queue.

25. You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least to see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus, train or plane.

26. If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest in knowing whose daughter has run with whose son and feel proud to spread it at the velocity of more than the speed of light.

27. You only make long distance calls after 11p.m.

28. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.

29. You call an older person you never met before Uncle or Aunty.

30. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin.

31. Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign
countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls.

32. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them
from getting dirty.

33. Its embarrassing if you're wedding has less than 600 people.

34. All your Tupperware is stained with food color.

35. You have drinking glasses made of steel..

36. You have mastered the art of bargaining in shopping.

37. You have really enjoyed reading this mail - forward it
to as many Indians as possible.

昨天抽起筋,去超市买了4个梨子回公司吃，临走的时候想想，不如试一下做红酒梨吧。我不是一个特别喜爱甜食的人，所以每次去吃特别多甜品的自助餐我并不会特别兴奋。倒是记得去年6月在印度的法国殖民地PONDICHERRY一个人吃的那顿饭，在饱尝南印度和法国美食之后那个冰冻的红酒梨让我彻底打了一个很满足很响亮的饱嗝，差点把隔壁浪漫中的一对鬼佬吓走。为了怀念那个让我如此满足的红色梨子，我决定自己做一次。

 

回家打开酒柜，满柜的红酒我都不忍下手，毕竟他们都是陪伴我多年的好兄弟，不到重要场合我是从来不会喝他们的，更别提拿来做菜做甜品了，于是打电话给老爸，请他在回家路上经过超市买一瓶不太贵的红酒。等爸爸回来时，我得到的是长城96年赤霞珠，价格很贵吧？25块！好，25块的酒果然是要付出代价的，木塞用的是杂木，所以开酒器没转多久就把它拦腰截断了。把2杯酒倒出来，发现颜色有点偏暗，相信是储存时间有点长，没有醒所以酒味不是很浓郁。做红酒梨需要的材料不多，只是需要一点时间慢慢熬。等做出来的时候才发现颜色很黑，没有酒店里面做的好看，味道倒是很相近了。听说有人会放一些蓝莓进入增加味道，下次试一试

After 18 hours on minibus + 12 hours in Manali + another 11 hours on local bus, I am back to CHD again, covered with dust and dirt. With departing day coming, feeling a bit weird again.

Wish to meet all the friends but I knw it has become something impossible. Still have a lot to do in Delhi and don't want to think about work, think I should have more updates when I am awake tomorrow. cheers

any word is not enough to describe such a land- God must like it so much here that he creates Srinagar.

 

Dal lake is def the sapphire of Kashmir, so wide, with absolutely no noise, you here your shikara man paddling softly and take a nap in the morning sun. Tired from the morning veg maket of hustle and bustles and sleeping after stuff your stomach with a fresh Kashmiri bread. Luxury sometimes just cost just 2 rupees.I can't describe the feeling when you are soaked in total silence but do feel the wind on your face. You are feeling hot under the 10am sun, so just take off the clothes and jump in the water and swim with the fish, picked a lotus on the way and smell it. Kawa tea is fantastic, giving ppl an illusion of the Maharajans in the old times, drinking such sweet and refreshing green tea, indulged with Almond and Cardemon taste. Oh yes, and the Swiss-like Gulmarg.It wouldn't be exaggerated to say Swiss is the copy of Gulmarg, magnificent views of grass land and pine forrest, along with snow peaks showing up from time to time. Take the cable cart, the altitude rises sharply from 2000ish meters to 4250 meters. In the sandals, you can play with snow now, pity around you are the noisy Indian families.

 

There are just so much to feel but always not enough to say for Kashmir, there is no way to say No to it.