And slowly I’m building the confidence to cook vegetables the Chinese way. It’s quite a simple preparation – we just have to boil the vegetables in a pan with sesame, garlic, oil and water. As people tell me, ‘you get to know the real taste of things when it is cooked this way’.
Some things are just perfect to eat with Chopsticks like dumplings, like green vegetables, like cut carrots and cucumber and many more. This video highlights the sentiments that I’m trying to understand.
Nothing happens to this city. Nothing can ever happen. It’s a lousy city. On top of everything, we have a foolish Government running the state. All the intellectual capital has flown out and no one wishes to come back.
The above are the points I repeatedly hear from people who are either born/brought-up in Calcutta or who have a deep [Emotional and Spiritual] connection like I do. But maybe I like the way it is. The narrow dark roads which make me nostalgic. The Ghats which make me poetic. The bridges which make me romantic. The vintage shops and coffee houses that keep me cheerful. I have a Chromosome from Calcutta running somewhere inside me which keeps the charm of the city always alive within me no matter what Critics say.
I was walking back from office today. There are actually many trees around my office. I must have walked some 200m when I felt leaves falling from trees and a few of them on my head and shoulders. This is definitely that time of the year [Autumn that is] when trees shed their leaves.
I saw people around, there were leaves falling here and there and mostly people didn’t bother and some of them who did were shrugging their shoulders. I personally think these are some of the many ways the universe makes you happy and I wonder how amazing it is.
Because everything that you can imagine is on the internet. The other day I couldn’t recall the name of a movie. All I knew was one of the HIMYM [This popular sitcom called How I Met Your Mother] stars was an actor in the movie. I went to Wikipedia and searched for ‘HIMYM’ and the first actor on the list was ‘Josh Radson’. I clicked on his name and another Wikipedia page opened. I looked at the films he has acted and Bingo – I found the movie I was hunting for – Liberal Arts. In this age, all one needs to know is how to use the technology.
As if Internet was not sufficient, I have Cortana, a personal assistant on Windows10 to search things on my system. I can ask her anything – file, folder, music, app and she is ready with an answer. Are we making a fool out of ourselves? I’m not sure.
You defined to me what infinite love is. You taught me that love meant giving without expecting anything in return. That nothing is enough and can be enough. I’m proud to have your genes. Just the way people share happiness and sorrows, wish there was a scientific method to share age in this world, we could have made a solid exchange like donating blood or stem cells.
Life isn’t very smooth, just as I had expected. It is colourful for sure. You are not there to spoon feed or plan for me. But I do think how would you have thought in different situations. I do look at the moon and stars and think about you. When I come home in rains, I think of you. When people speak proudly about their children, I think of you. When I look at cottage cheese, I think of you. Sometimes I have an ache in my throat when I think of you. But then I breathe hard and things become okay.
On this important day, I cherish the sweet memories you and daddy shared. How he always came home before the scheduled time and when you said, ‘why are you always so early?’, he replied, ‘let the both of us have tea’ ..:)
Some people wish to just have the last word. An example is below:
X: So, where did you buy this from?
Me: I saw it on display outside a local store. It looked really cute, so I bought it.
X: I too have something similar. It is blue in colour.
Me: Nice
X: It has to be, my XX bought it from a popular city. I show it to all my relatives who come home. Everyone just loves it.
Me: Great. Do you use it?
X: No, I don’t. What’s the point? It would get dirty and it’s a gift.
Me: Ok.
X: I think you should do the same.
Me: Ok.
X: You need to learn how to organize your gifts, what is to be given to whom, who gave you gifts in the past, …
I stay silent after this.
These people are quite similar on e-mails too.
My e-mail:
Dear A, As discussed, kindly find attached the word document for your perusal. Thanks.
A’s reply:
Dear Me, Could you please forward it to Z.
Me: Dear A, I have done the needful. Thanks.
A’s reply: Thank you!
Me: You’re welcome.
A’s reply: No problem!
Sometimes it gets difficult handling such people. The toughest part is you can’t change them but still have to deal with them. The only thing that can make you happy is a smile.
5 days of hard work at office and you hit an interesting milestone – weekends are like milestones to me. I like where I work, I like what I do at my workplace – I think that’s the best job I can do. So, the reason that I look forward to the weekends is not because I’m bored at work or exhausted. I like weekends because they help me sit back and think, they give me a chance to follow my hobbies, they allow me to talk to my loving partner at length, etc. I like the fact that the two days every week are not planned by anyone. I make them or break them.
I don’t like getting up late on weekends, instead I wake up earlier than my usual time. I enjoy nature, so I go around walking. The peaceful morning walks make me really happy. I think of the old times when I used to go running with my Grandfather and he used to buy me bubble-gum while returning back home. I make simple&supple breakfast and read newspapers by the side. I miss the fact that I’ve no one around to fight with me over newspaper or which channel to be played on the television but guess that’s the way of life. We have to go our own ways.
I can do creative things from painting a wall to making a greeting card or just watching my favourite movies back to back. Once in a while, I also finish up some admin jobs at house like arranging my bills or calling up an electrician to writing a small post like this one 
