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Mixture of random musing, Articles, Photos, Gurbani etc.vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-15719102009175821522009-01-21T23:30:00.000+01:002009-01-21T23:31:08.052+01:00Mugabe vists Jerusalem<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Robert Mugabe goes on a state visit to Israel. While he is on a tour of Jerusalem he suffers a heart attack and passes away.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">The undertaker tells the accompanying people, ''You can have him shipped home for US$500,000, or you can bury him here, in the Holy Land , for just US$100.''</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">The Zimbabweans go into a corner and discuss for a minute. They come back to the undertaker and tell him they want Mugabe shipped home.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">The undertaker is puzzled and asks, ''Why would you spend $500,000 to ship him home, when it would be wonderful to be buried here and you would spend only $100? With the money you save you could buy enough diesel for a year, buy enough medicines to wipe out cholera, buy enough generators to never have blackouts again.''</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">The Zimbabweans replied, ''Long ago a man died here, was buried here, and three days later he rose from the dead. We just can''t take that chance........</span>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-30976217840268871412008-11-29T03:57:00.002+01:002008-11-29T04:01:59.055+01:00Song in Malkauns Raag<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Carrying on with the Bollywood olden-goldies series, I'm now posting a song, sung by Mohammad Rafi in the film 'Baiju Bawra.' The song is in the raag Malkauns - an ancient, and very popular Indian raag.</span><br /><br /><br /><object style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XJCqDLLdKHY&hl=sv&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XJCqDLLdKHY&hl=sv&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Found clip on youtube where a young kid sings the song on an Indian singing competition. It's unbelievable how kids this young can sing so well, and have a great control over their voice and pitch. Unfortunatly I think the judge, Sonu Nigam was a bit harsh..<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rhZ4nFkNq5k&hl=sv&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rhZ4nFkNq5k&hl=sv&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Anyway, an embarrassing attempt to sing shabad in the same raag by, yours truely. hahaha really embarrassing how I went off pitch (and offbeat too once! haha)... Oh well I've had my deal of bad 'performances' (most recently in Norway)</span><br /><br /><object style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QJLHsEvRAhk&hl=sv&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QJLHsEvRAhk&hl=sv&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-30144964260026525492008-11-09T20:20:00.004+01:002008-11-09T20:39:39.251+01:00YES WE CAN!<a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://weblogs.amny.com/entertainment/urbanite/blog/obama-blog.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 307px; 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I'm reallly really happy he won!<br />I was actually really surprised that McCain even had a chance of winning, considering 90-ish % of Europeans prefer him over his Republican rival. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style=""></span><span style=""> </span>I think he seems to the most sensible man considering the fact that he declares that he's open for a dialogue with countries like Iran and Korea. I think dialogue is extremely important, and when McCain made a big fuss about Obama being ready to SPEAK DIPLOMATICALLY with Iran, I realized that Mccain was a man who shot first and asked later. I think America deserves a president who has some senses and is able to keep his cool instead of erupting as soon as someone around the globe does something that seems 'threatening'.<br /><br />Also I full heartedly support the fact that he wants to close down places like Guantanamo which have basically locked up a bunch of people without giving them any chance of having a trail or any justice. I don't know who they are, what they've done, but they deserve to get a fair trail. I think democrats generally care a lot more about human rights, climate issues, social insurance policies where everyone gets subsidized <span style=""> </span>(if not free) health care, whereas, I feel, Republicans only care about their money, and that they can keep them, and don't really want to contribute anything to the society...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" >Another reason I believed he'd do a better job than McCain is the fact that he doesn't advocate decreasing taxes and stuff for people with incomes higher than $250 000 a year. A lot of money; and those who earn more than that and cry over having to pay a bit more tax...well I don't really much to say about them (that won’t be offensive.) I think people who work hard should be rewarded, but at the same time I do think they have a responisibility of making sure that their neighbors have a roof over their head; and that if their kid is run over by a car (God forbid), they don’t need to think about where to get money for the operation, before they take the kid to the hospital. Tax reductions should go to those with lower incomes, because those are the ones who NEED them.<br /><br /><br />There goes my second blog post with a political twist.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:100%;"><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p></m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac></m:brkbinsub></m:brkbin></m:mathfont></m:mathpr></w:word11kerningpairs></w:dontvertalignintxbx></w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables></w:dontvertaligncellwithsp></w:splitpgbreakandparamark></w:dontgrowautofit></w:useasianbreakrules></w:wraptextwithpunct></w:snaptogridincell></w:breakwrappedtables></w:compatibility></w:donotpromoteqf></w:validateagainstschemas></w:punctuationkerning></w:trackformatting></w:trackmoves>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-13174108288548634562008-11-04T20:40:00.001+01:002008-11-04T20:40:41.206+01:00Renderation of Raag Darbari Kanara<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Found a really nice song sung originally sung by the great Manna Dey... Actually I've been listening quite a bit to olden goldies from Bollywood movies (despite that I think most of the modern movies are full of crap)...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > So I've decided to post them here! I think I'll make into an olden-goldies series of bollywood songs. As you'll realise, most of them are in some kind of raag (probably the reason I appreciate it..)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Anyway, here comes the first one:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Link to </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.truveo.com/Indian-Idol-2-Karunya-Jhanak-Jhanak-Tori-Baje/id/433742490">Jhanak Jhanak Tori Bajhe Payiliya</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >The link above is to the song, when sung in an indian idol show by a young indian lad... The Song is in Raag Darbari Kanara...<br /><br />Below, I've posted the original song.</span><br /><br /><object style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AR0wEp74X4c&hl=sv&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AR0wEp74X4c&hl=sv&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-46664373922452550712008-08-15T17:31:00.002+02:002008-08-15T17:33:34.792+02:00Concerned over the situation in Burma<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Haven't posted for a while....<br /><br />I'm still very concerned about the situation in Burma.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Very sad (and frightening) that all media coverage has stopped there (almost completly).</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >No-one is reporting what's going on in the country?</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /><br />Now the internationall news is about Georgia, and prior to that it was the torture of the tibetians. Everyone forgot the monks in Burma, and the earthquake victems, who have to take LOANS (yes they have to repay them!) to get back to normal life.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >That "normalcy" has been restored to the country seems very doubtful.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Anyone got any news about the state of the protesters in Burma? Or the state of the people in general, in Burma?</span>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-81209361568008341712008-05-21T21:45:00.003+02:002008-05-21T21:50:00.709+02:00Where are my, Sweet like Jalebi, readers?<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Oi! I'm feeling soo lonely here!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Ok there are periods where I don't post very frequently, but that doesn't mean you stop commenting!!</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.rajbhog.com/images/jalebi.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.rajbhog.com/images/jalebi.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Now stop acting like a </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">rotten</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> Jalebi and show me you're present! </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><br />Ok, I should really be off! Exams tomorrow! Pray for me!!!</span>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-48901781565094266102008-05-18T14:59:00.002+02:002008-05-18T15:03:47.881+02:00Signature: Brirtains got talent<object style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" height="355" width="425"><br /><br /><br />Although most people have probably already seen it, its one of those things you just cannot NOT blog about, so here goes :D<br /><br />Good job by the two performers! Goo Madhu!!! :D<br /><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IG7ErbtZr4s&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IG7ErbtZr4s&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-47362536782128962362008-05-15T09:09:00.001+02:002008-05-15T09:10:36.132+02:00Quote<div style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;">"<span style="font-weight: bold;">R</span></span>adiate on soldier! the brave warrior never leaves the battlefield!<span style="font-size:180%;">"<br /><br />- D<br /></span><br /></div>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-45004176210931215162008-05-08T20:05:00.001+02:002008-05-08T20:05:31.728+02:00Germany part I<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >So following the visit of the bhaji from Germany, they were hosting a European Sikh conference in Germany (Cologne), so I thought I'd go. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /><br />Of course the older geezers had decided they were going and were the ones representing Sweden, so there was apperantly no place for me (boohoo!)</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >After a lot of ifs and buts, my friends from Denmark who were also going sorted my accommodation and my trip from the airport to the conference. Their flight was to land at Dusseldorf Airport (an hour from Cologne) one hour after mine. </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Excited as I was I booked my ticket through ryanair to Dusseldorf, not realising there was a "Weeze" added to the destination name on their website. What do I care? As long as it's Dusseldorf airport! </span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >After landing, I ask one of the workers where the Air Berlin flights land (the flight my friends were coming with) and to my great distress he informs me that only ryanair flights landed at that airport, and the other one was 80km away! My Gosh!<br /><br /> My heart beat frequency sped up quite a bit. Ok so I find out there's busses from this airport to Dusseldorf (I thought it must be like the London busses where the buss goes from Standstedh airport to Heathrow.) An hour or so later when the buss stops, I realize I wasn't at an airport - I was at the central railway station!!!!!!!!!!! Bloody Germans! At least they could have been more clear and informed that it doesn't go to the airport!!! </span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /><br />I find a travel mate (a black lady who also flew from Sweden) who was also going to meet someone at the airport. So we share a taxi to the REAL Dusseldorf airport where I was meeting the Danes (who's flight was delayed one hour.) After paying 50% of the fare, (yes yes I'm a cheap Indian bastard! </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>)<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > and saying greeting the black lady farewell, I go into the airport and ask about the airberlin flights, and am directed to the gate where it's landing. </span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /><br />After walking around for a few minutes (realising they weren't coming before half an hour or so), I take a seat, pick out a magazine from my bag and start chewing on a toast my mum had packed for me. Out of nowhere this young lad suddenly bends down and looks at my face (and scares the sh*t out of me...) and goes: "Denmark?" I jumped up in chock and quickly packed the messy toast into my bag. It was a turban wearing young lad, I realized. Our lift from the airport had arrived. </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >To be continued...</span>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-39156414748414570742008-04-19T15:07:00.002+02:002008-04-19T15:09:42.648+02:00How I (almost) lost my license<p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Ok, I almost lose my driving license the other day.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">I went to the Gurdwara (sikh temple) to meet this gyani jee (religious person) who has come from <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region> to teach us Kirtan. Although the classes were to start the following day, we were there early to plan the week.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> But I insisted that he teach me something NOW (eager as I was.) Sooooo what happened was he listened to me (he thought I was crap and need to practise more…boohoo!) But then I sang a shabad /hymn) I had practised on a few times. My mind kind of “got stuck” into the shabad, the tune, the words etc. </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">While driving home I was still stuck in the shabad and kept singing (yes out loud while driving!! </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="" lang="EN-GB">) I just looked forward and kept on driving. After a while I realized there’s a “copcar” behind me. I got a bit distressed and focused on the driving and tried to keep to the speedlimit.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">After a while he turns on his front sirens, so I drive the car into the bus stop hoping that he’d pass by. But no, he stopped behind me and came forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">“Is this your car?”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">-Yes, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">“Are you in a hurry?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">-Yes I’m pregnant </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> <span style="" lang="EN-GB">(No I’m joking – I was well frightened so I squealed a barely "hearable" ‘no’ - I was in no position to joke around then.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">“We’ve been following you for a while. Why were you driving 100km/h where there was a speedlimit of 50km/h?”</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">- (I’m SHOCKED – was I ?? I wasn't thinking about my speed while driving, I was still stuck in the shabad haha) “I was?"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">“We want you to blow into this machine”<o:p></o:p> (I blow into the "alcometer." No I wasn’t drunk, they could conclude. (I actually do acknowledge wasn’t driving normally. A bit like druk people drive..)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">(He looks at my license) <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">- “Getting a license isn’t easy, nor cheap”<br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">- No. I’m really sorry, my mind was somewhere else. I’m really sorry. It won’t happen again. Actually I’m going to be honest with you, I came from a music class, and I was just stuck with the song, and I’m REALLY REALLY sorry, it won’t happen again<br /><br />(He looks at the photo of the handsome man on the license he was holding)<br /><br />Again, I squeal - “It won’t happen again, I’m really sorry”<br /><br />- Don’t let it happen again!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">I was scared as HELL. If they would fine me, the find would be HEAVY – and they could’ve taken the license as well. But that’s not the worse bit. The worse bit would be the chitter (beating) I’d get from mum! She would LITERALLY KILL me. Literally. Did I tell mum? Yes I did – I told her there was a alcotest, and they checked my license. Nothing about the speed. I don’t want jutiya (beaten) for nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">But I’m alive, and happy and still have my license! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Woohoo!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">*drives of at <st1:metricconverter productid="150 km/h" st="on">150 km/h</st1:metricconverter> at a 30km/h road…* </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> Lesson to be learnt: If you wanna drive bloody quickly - do LOOK AROUND if there's any cops around! and look properly. </o:p></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p face="trebuchet ms" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal">Coming up: my germany trip!<br /></p>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-14037966427153190762008-03-09T22:25:00.002+01:002008-03-09T22:29:45.867+01:00Hilarious!<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h-uLMjZISEA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h-uLMjZISEA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br /> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">This guys is hilarious! I must admit he does dance quite well- but what up with the high waist pants!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Good dancing though.<br />I'm in the process of writing something that happened just a few weeks ago- but I've got an exam tomorrow, so I should be spending too much time here... haha<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Enjoy his dancing skills!<o:p></o:p></span></p>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-1150664103715664532008-02-20T21:22:00.000+01:002008-02-20T21:23:17.613+01:00Tribute to a hero<object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3O4jPJU6pnk&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3O4jPJU6pnk&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-69437349476474849902008-02-06T22:19:00.000+01:002008-02-06T22:20:07.413+01:00Oh Lord, If I worship you...<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >While skimming through a muslim site I found something interesting attributed to a prominent muslim leader-<br /><br /><br />O Lord,<br />If I worship You<br />From fear of Hell, burn me in Hell.<br /><br />O Lord,<br />If I worship You<br />From hope of Paradise, bar me from its gates.<br /><br />But if I worship You for Yourself alone<br />Then grace me forever the splendour of Your Face.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><!--colorc--><!--/colorc--></span>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-6586973981128142352008-01-21T17:28:00.000+01:002008-01-21T17:29:38.603+01:00Unconditional Love<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Just had to post it again; and remind all of my readers how important their "mums are."</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >For God's sake - just go and give her a hug! </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KFyV1KAErI8&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KFyV1KAErI8&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-46651786952377320042008-01-13T22:31:00.000+01:002008-01-14T21:19:35.565+01:00Fruits that smell (and taste) like garbage<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Oh my!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >I do not mind eating fruits. But some fruits (*cough* *cough* - The official Malaysian fruit, the Durian.) </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >literally smell and taste like garbage....Not any garbage ....garbage that's been lying around for weeks. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Worth trying though, because it's said that, it's a thing that some people actually like. Some LOVE it, some HATE it, it's said.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Durianpack01.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Durianpack01.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >It is UNBELIEVABLE how smelly they are! The odour actually spreads like some kind of bacteria! Leave a piece (or the seed with a small piece of the fruit) open, the odour will be detected in the entire house!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >I have, absolutely, no intention of being offensive to any Malaysian reading this blog; as a matter of fact I've enjoyed your hairy leaches (rambotans?? - sounds like some ig mighty animal!), and mango-thingies (those were the best; the ones that you break with your hands!).<br /><br /></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/images/img_2507.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/images/img_2507.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://consequently.org/phonecam/No%20Durians,%20a%20sign%20in%20the%20MRT%20in%20Singapore,%20December%2030,%202005.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://consequently.org/phonecam/No%20Durians,%20a%20sign%20in%20the%20MRT%20in%20Singapore,%20December%2030,%202005.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:78%;" ><br /> No Durians signs...</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >But Durians are horrible. I cannot believe how people can eat that kind of stuff.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >I was, however, intending on giving it another chance, since it's said that it's a thing that you eventually "learn liking", however my sister loved it - so she ate it all up.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >It is said that the smell of the durian can also be detected out of the eater's burps and farts.<br /><br />I can confirm that the latter is true. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-46401020738301076312008-01-06T21:14:00.000+01:002008-01-06T21:16:07.083+01:00Happy new year!<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Just thought I'd wish all my readers a (belated)...<br />Happy New Year!</span><br /></span>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-56675594298064803462007-12-23T23:18:00.001+01:002007-12-23T23:22:54.009+01:00Sikh Warriors<div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p>It was a documented fact that Sikh warriors were the most feared and fearless warriors on the battle field, the Mughals, the Persians & even the British documented this in their dairies, reports to their superiors and etc.</p><p><br /></p> <p>They did not get this reputation by just eating <span style="font-weight: bold;">Alu Pratha</span>, (<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>) they trained their butts off! Not just physically but spiritually as well each soldier was trained to kill anything that moved in a 30 yard radius, they were so good that it is said that each man was equivalent to fifty of any other army’s of that time. Each Sikh warrior was called Fauj which literally means a battalion.</p><p><br /></p><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.info-sikh.com/pic22.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.info-sikh.com/pic22.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;">Didn't get his reputation, merely by eating Alu Paratha</span><br /></p><p><br /></p> <p>They achieved this reputation by training in armed, unarmed combat & meditating countless numbers of hours. The martial art they trained in was Shastar Vidya, literally meaning Science of weapons but i interpret it as the science of making your body a weapon.</p><p><br /></p> <p>I leave you with this quotation written in the Jang Namah (battle chronicles) by Quzi Nur Mohammed in 1765, He was a staunch enemy of the Sikhs but he goes into a rosary of praise when he goes into defining qualities of Sikh Warriors.</p><p><br /></p> <p>” … If you cherish the desire of learning the art of war, face them on the battle field. When they hold their mighty sword, they gallop from Hind to Sind. Nobody however strong and wealthy dare oppose them. If their sword struck a coat of mail, the coat itself becomes the enemy’s shroud. Each and every one of them look like massive boulders of rock. In a grandeur, each one of them excels fifty men…”</p><p><br /></p> </div></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >An absolutly amazing article I found on <a href="http://gobindkhalsa.wordpress.com/">Hargobind Singh Khalsa's</a> Blog. </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-62322890304911142672007-12-04T23:59:00.000+01:002007-12-29T20:13:18.719+01:00Everyone (christian or not) should celibrate Christmas because....<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:200;">"Otherwise they'll remove the christmas holidays!"</span></span><br /><br /><br />- A friend of mine<br /></span><a href="javascript:void(0)" tabindex="11" onclick="return false;"><span></span></a>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-85218103519415928272007-11-28T21:42:00.000+01:002007-11-28T21:54:03.286+01:00Jacksson Singh!!!<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >You HAVE to check this out to believe it!!!<br />I believe this is Madhu, who also makes the announcements at Sikh Student Camp.<br />Absolutly lovely person. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nqXRvff5F4E&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nqXRvff5F4E&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-47861242141022234922007-11-17T19:05:00.001+01:002007-11-17T19:05:29.346+01:00Burma has a few things it can learn from India<object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NySuaJ2B20E&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NySuaJ2B20E&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.text.nu/storage/burma.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1188405301358"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.text.nu/storage/burma.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1188405301358" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Lately a lot of news has been focusing on the state of the people living in Burma. I am very sad to hear all of the stories that are coming out; how the regime is treating its own people; treating the monks and other peaceful protesters where curfew was announced; and the leaders of these peaceful protests are suddenly 'disappearing'.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >One thing that Burma can learn form the numerous atrocities that have occurred in India are; how to distract international attention.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.palmecenter.se/upload/bilder/landbilder/burma.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.palmecenter.se/upload/bilder/landbilder/burma.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Not that it's helped a lot (especially since China and other Asean countries have the capability to end it all with one phone call) - what India did during the genocide of SIkhs in 84 was, they banned the state from foreign journalists - they were totally banned into the state, and those who were inside were forced out in busses.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Recently there's been covering about a Japanese journalist being murdered, and a photo is showed of him lying on the street with a Camera.<br /><br />I think Burma turned into the "news item" the newspapers needed for a few weeks; now it's over. Peace is yet to be restored in the country of turmoil, and hundreds are still suffering. Unfortunatly after the huge amount of covering, the media attention has gone to other places, such as Pakistan (emergency rule), and Bangladesh (floods); and no-one really cares about Burma anymore.<br /><br />The Burmesen government is free to continue treating its people like sh*t; since no-one cares anymore.<br /><br />Sad. But true.<br />My prayers go to the people of Burma.<br /></span>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-17117136871935936142007-10-09T23:22:00.000+02:002007-10-10T00:17:18.811+02:00BANG - and I realised - I was screwed<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Today I had (another!) car accident.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">This (time it) happened late in the afternoon (it was late – cold and dark, in an alley somewhere in the middle of nowhere…..[the first few details are true] ). I had left my pile of books (and enormous amount of studies) <span style=""> </span>to go to my cousin’s place and help him with the last bits and bobs in his shifting/moving.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">As soon as we arrived (mum was with me), I leave of my mum, and drive off to the train station to bring my cousins wife who had just called and said she had arrived at the station, and wanted to be picked up. It was when I was about to pick her up from the train station when it happened. I called her to find out where she was (while reversing the car), and BANG – the entire car shook. The turban almost BLEW off (Yes I was looking totally like a roadaccident after that). The owner of the car was just a few hundred meters away and came running.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhkffL1ZToUmSfsbu48Hlqu9hjefh81sp2ybFeG7ee8pVrhCgzsbmSjDg1QlWJGWmRf7HM4xRWCWMoB7C8Ix6QiL9Z-M4tqyX8KQltXRnDIivR_qVKVigdkHG8Ho7WUzUGifJWQ/s1600-h/caracc.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhkffL1ZToUmSfsbu48Hlqu9hjefh81sp2ybFeG7ee8pVrhCgzsbmSjDg1QlWJGWmRf7HM4xRWCWMoB7C8Ix6QiL9Z-M4tqyX8KQltXRnDIivR_qVKVigdkHG8Ho7WUzUGifJWQ/s320/caracc.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119462699520859218" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Indeed I do have some Indian genes, but No, I did NOT escape </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="" lang="EN-GB">. I still had to pick her up remember?</span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Soooo, turns out this Fat (with a capital F) geezer is Finish and doesn’t speak a word of Swedish. He writes down my car’s number plate number and takes my phone number. He calls his female friend, who (luckily) speaks a bit Swedish. She wants me to give her my DOB and other personal details. I hesitate since it’s not my car (mum’s, and its insured on her name). They suspect I don’t even have a license (those SONS OF B*****!!! – of course I’ve got a driving license!).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>Soo they ask me if I want to take it on the insurance or if I want to end the thing there and then. I go how much you want? He goes 5000kr!!!! That’s almost 1000 USD, for a small scratch!!! I’m like – no way!!! I’m not gonna give you penny more than 30 USD (proving that Indians are essentially cheap bastards haha). So they don’t accept my cheap offer. OK what’s next? I get reinforcement – my mum and cousin appear out of nowhere (my cousins wife who as sitting in the car (it was dark and cold, and I was wearing SHORTS and a jacket)) had called them and told them about what happened.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">I had followed the fat Finish man to the nearby bar where he wanted to borrow a pen and paper to write my details (it was also now that this random druggie - or was he just drunk? anyway; this random geezer comes out and shakes (grabs) my hand; because I'm a Sikh! I was very flattered (not really! He was smoking with his other hand!!). Anyway the reason why she called to get them to come was because I had followed the Finish geezer to the bar, and</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> she thought I might get beaten up by him there (WHAT?!? Do I LOOK that weak?).</span></p><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://home.vicnet.net.au/%7Ewctu/wctuicon/cigarete.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 88px;" src="http://home.vicnet.net.au/%7Ewctu/wctuicon/cigarete.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">So we decide – that those b***** can take it on the insurance; but since we would still have to pay an excess fee to the insurance, and my mum’s insurance fee would get more expensive (see I’m not actually allowed to drive the car due to certain age restrictions put by the insurance company; so officially I wasn't involved anymore) – so we decide to find a solution. We offer the owner to fix the car the next day (we’d go to the cheapest mechanic in the area – we are Indians after all). But he was too smart for us. He was Finish.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">No, he wants it on the insurance or some money NOW. In the end we agree to give him 1500kr (approx 300 USD) – and get him to sign that we’ve solved the problem; and that we’ve paid him that sum of money – just to make sure the geezer doesn’t report it anyway.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">There was today’s study-time lost in the cold alley arguing with a Fat Finish guy. And now another hour on blogging about the event that just occured.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /><p class="MsoNormal" face="trebuchet ms" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="trebuchet ms" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Oh yes! by the way - I'm fine - I'm not injured in any way - I'm totally Ok (For those people who were getting concerned about my physical wellbeing. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="" lang="EN-GB">)</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikh.se/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"><br /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></p>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-56808658971904057542007-09-30T21:40:00.000+02:002007-09-30T21:53:16.594+02:00White men CAN dance!!!<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Ok, I was at this <a href="http://www.sukshindershinda.com/">Sukshinder Shinda</a> concert a few months ago; and was amazed to see that there were more non-indians than Indians there enjoying and dancing to the music!<br /><br />Although I must say, their (attempts to make som) Bhangra-moves; did require some improvements - they did quite a good job heating the dance hall (with their random movements!) haha.<br /><br />It was that day (night) that I was convinced. White people will never manage to dance Bhangra properly. <span style="font-size:78%;">[No I am not being serious- for those who have a hard time comprehending irony, I am NOT a racist peace of shit!]<br /></span><br />I just had to post this video that I saw on <a href="http://wonderbebeh.blogspot.com">Dilpreets blog</a>; which proved me wrong!<br />This Bhangra group - Izzhat Punjab di (The Pride of Punjab) - make some amazing moves!.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW7sAMTLDas">Link</a><br /><br /><br /></span></span>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-61803645096638235972007-09-23T20:14:00.001+02:002007-09-23T23:05:45.868+02:00....bunch of red indians yelling<div style="text-align: right; font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><br /></div> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Today I was at the Gurdwara (Sikh place of worship, Sikh temple) and a few interesting things happened.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Well the most interesting thing was that; <a href="http://www.snatamkaur.com/">Snatam Kaur</a> came and sung a bit!</span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/images/thumb/4/4a/Snatamk.jpg/300px-Snatamk.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 246px;" src="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/images/thumb/4/4a/Snatamk.jpg/300px-Snatamk.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Snatam Kaur is a very talented young artist/vocalist (nominated to the grammy awards) who sings devotional songs in a very light, inspiring and soothing way. She sung really nice today, and me being me, I recorded it!</span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">I must say that the sound quality was awful; too loud – I was too optimistic when setting the volume on my mp3 player, so the recording comes with a few distortions if you listen very closely and carefully with a high volume; so try to keep it low. Also, the first 3 minutes is basically full of disturbances since they were still sorting out the microphones and stuff (no I haven't bothered editing and cutting the track since that takes ages)<br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.sikh.se/other_files/Snatam-Kaur-Sweden-2007.MP3">Today’s recording.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.sweetsikhi.com/html/media/Recordings%20of%20Live%20Events/Other%20Events/Bibi%20Snatam%20Kaur/Bibi%20Snatam%20Kaur%20in%20Stockholm%20%28Sweden%29.mp3">Recording from last year.</a> (this recording is much better)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Another thing that happened was that, since I brought my mp3 player I started messing around with it, and recorded something that a friend of mine thinks sounds like "a bunch of angry red Indians yelling."<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.sikh.se/other_files/red-indians.MP3">Link</a> (Caution; only listen if you are healthy, don’t have any heart disorders or are pregnant)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">This is post as light humour only; and I have no intention on offending anyone.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Hope you enjoy the tracks.</span></p><br /><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"></p><br /><p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p face="trebuchet ms" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-71368435336975534732007-09-14T00:18:00.001+02:002007-09-14T00:23:49.760+02:00Wish with care<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">Although there's a lot of stuff I need to blog about, among other things the two camps I've been to lately and a lot of other stuff, I decided to post about something that's very recent. A bike ride with my cousin where we discussed the issue of 'wishing stuff', and how we easily get carried away wishing stuff and, once we get what we wish we really regret it.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"> Sometimes what we wish comes as a really big challenge and struggle.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">A bit background info; I’ve studying Medical Technological engineering (basically maintaining and developing machines in hospitals). My education started last semester (Jan 2007). The first semester we studied medical courses (in order to make a pulse meter; you need to know what a pulse is! In order to make a pacemaker you need to know how/why/when the heart depolarises etc). I found that a lot of fun. I found it really interesting; thought – I might as well study biomed. So I apply for biomed and a few other extra courses I had applied for ….which are realllllly hard to get in…. The fact that I applied late doesn’t help<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">I was anxious all summer waiting for the response; did I get into everything I wanted to get in to? (this was one of the small things that didn’t allow me to enjoy Sikh student camp to its fullest).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">Ok so a lot of prayers and anxiety later I find out that I got into the program I wanted to!!! Wooohooo!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">But what about my other seat, in the engineering? Should I just dump that? How can I dump something I haven’t even done!!?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 65.2pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">So although I had gotten what I wished, and prayed for; I was now in a big dilemma – what do study and do for the rest of my life!!!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">I since not all of them started at the same time, I decided I’ll start all of them (don’t worry; education in Sweden is totally free [which might be the reason why I’m so spoiled] – so I wasn’t spending all my summer savings paying 4 different university fees.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">Studying 3 different fulltime courses, and one part time course just doesn’t work. Believe me; I’ve tried it. (I’m struggling with 2 fulltime ones – it’s working!!!). On a more serious note; I managed to make up my mind; I decided to carry on studying Medical Technology; and worse comes to worse I'll have to change later on if I find it really boring - but I can't just leave something I haven't even tried! I don't regret it - and am really happy that I've got my priorities straight now. And who says it needs to be so dramatic - something I want to do for THE REST OF MY LIFE. Come on! Nothing says I can't change field later on; after I get my basic degree - I think it's a very tabu thing within Indian culture - to change your mind later on. But one thing is for sure; life was living hell when I still hadn't made up my mind !<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">Point being; wish with care – cause its very likely that you might get what you want; but in the end you might regret asking it to begin with.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">Kind of reminds with the quote;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Raavi; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="PA">ਵਿਣੁ ਤੁਧੁ ਹੋਰੁ ਜਿ ਮੰਗਣਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਦੁਖਾ ਕੈ ਦੁਖ </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Mangal; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="HI">॥</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Raavi; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="PA">ਦੇਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੀਆ ਉਤਰੈ ਮਨ ਕੀ ਭੁਖ </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Mangal; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="HI">॥</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">To ask for any other than You, Lord, is the most miserable of miseries.<br />Please bless me with Your Name, and make me content; may the hunger of my mind be satisfied.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">Page: 958</span></i><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823580.post-59395897717477296152007-08-30T14:39:00.000+02:002007-08-30T14:59:49.870+02:00I’VE GOT WHAT ALL GIRLS WANT<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">Ok, just thought I’d have a catchy title. But the topic of the post is slightly related.<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">I’ve been working quite a lot this summer, and I’m going to narrate an event that happened during the lunch break a few weeks ago. There were three of us (me and two female blond colleagues [not that their hair color has anything to do with it]) around the table, and having our lunch. One of my female colleagues mentioned considering from home; but being very confused about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">The trend here is to move out from home as quickly as possible. This colleague currently lives with her parents, and is considering whether to move to a separate apartment or whether to move in with her boyfriend. (this post is NOT gossip haha) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">She was listing the positives and negatives she saw in moving to a separate apartment, and to her boyfriend. To cut a long story short, she wanted her boyfriend to live a lone for a few months before she moved in. She wanted to do this because; she wanted him to ‘learn’ most of the household duties that are typically done by females. Basically she didn’t want to move in with him, because she was fearing she’d become his ‘mother’ (i.e. the person who washes the dishes, does laundry, cooks the food); she wanted him to learn it all, and then when she moved in, they’d share responsibilities, and she wouldn’t have to do everything else.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.instantdisplay.co.uk/chores.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 355px;" src="http://www.instantdisplay.co.uk/chores.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">The other female colleague concurred, that before a female moves in with a man, the man should have lived by himself for a while, so that he’s learnt doing all the chores. She mentioned how her boyfriend would come home (when she was away), and order a pizza instead of cooking food for the daughter, and the house would look like a mess. She complained how she would have to clean up the place, and that she kind of ‘had’ to clean up before settling down (some kind of internal thing she has that doesn’t allow her to rest before the house is clean.) Her explanation was that her boyfriend had been spoiled by his mother who did everything for him.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">Then suddenly, all eyes were on me. Now it was my turn to comment on how lazy men who live with their mothers were. Although I could picture myself in some of the cases (such as not being able to cook proper food – by proper I mean Indian :P… I can cook pasta, and make some kind of sauce and do simple stuff… but nothing fancy); there were other things that I couldn’t relate to at all. For example, I do help with chores such as dishes and laundry, but I’ve definitely become more cautious about being lazy now, and I did note that, although I was tired I did wash the dishes that evening =D.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">The fact that my parents are divorced has helped me in this way, that I’ve always had to take more responsibility than; if they weren’t; so whereas I personally can’t relate to this completely (but I can in some way), I do think that<span style=""> </span>a lot of people can. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">I think this especially is the case with Indian men; who more often than not, live with their parents for quite a long time. Parents spoil their kids by not making them learn chores, and not making them learn cook food and stuff. This is mostly apparent in the cases of immigrant (i.e. my father); who had to learn everything from scratch when they were mommy-less outside <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB">Basically point being; I do understand where the female colleagues were coming from, and think that men should start thinking about these things. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style=";font-family:";" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>vsinghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07321939023584108999noreply@blogger.com12