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saadibaba said:
Have you seen the monstrosity they call Frappuccino at Starbucks. The big tall white drink full of sugar, cream and god knows what. The blue collar crowd seem addicted to it like cocaine.
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I had it once. Disgustingly sweet. Its almost like drinking a Cinnabon roll.
 
Nostalgic said:
I had it once. Disgustingly sweet. Its almost like drinking a Cinnabon roll.
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They know who they are catering to that's why its sweet. Starbucks like other big corporations in America have American psyche figured out more than any politician, historian or sociologist. Blue collar crowd swarm to Starbucks as it gives them the allusion of feeling like an educated rich elitist. Once they go there it traps them with big tall sugary creamy drinks which they can get from any other chain store like Dairy Queen. E.g. the snooty Starbucks being all about good healthy living gives us Pumpkin Spice which is supposed to be the unhealthiest drink of all times.

http://os.care2.com/all/the-disturbing-truth-about-starbucks-pumpkin-spice-latte#1

Starbucks is a facade.
 
saadibaba said:
They know who they are catering to that's why its sweet. Starbucks like other big corporations in America have American psyche figured out more than any politician, historian or sociologist. Blue collar crowd swarm to Starbucks as it gives them the allusion of feeling like an educated rich elitist. Once they go there it traps them with big tall sugary creamy drinks which they can get from any other chain store like Dairy Queen. E.g. the snooty Starbucks being all about good healthy living gives us Pumpkin Spice which is supposed to be the unhealthiest drink of all times.

http://os.care2.com/all/the-disturbing-truth-about-starbucks-pumpkin-spice-latte#1

Starbucks is a facade.
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What do you have against suburban soccer moms? Let the order venti, non-fat, no-foam, no water, xtra-hot, double-cupped (w/ a sleeve) chai (or non-fat latte).
 
What do you have against suburban soccer moms? Let them* order their venti, non-fat, no-foam, no water, xtra-hot, double-cupped (w/ a sleeve) chai (or non-fat latte).
 
I hate my 3500-word philosophy essay. The one which I should be writing by now X_X

Nostalgic said:
Exactly, it's a betrayal of sorts, on the chai's part, yet I'm the one who feels guilty for veering to the dark side.

What I need is a Keurig for chai. There are pods of tea available, but I can't imagine them creating anything other than the wishy-washy excuse for tea that is popular in these parts.
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I've resigned to the fact that nothing can even mimic the magic of ghar ki doodh-patti. Absolutely nothing, no, never..

saadibaba said:
Better than tea or coffee is Mountain Dew if you can handle it. I'm relying more on Diet Coke these days. Chai is a luxury which I can only have on my days off. Coffee is everywhere at work so it's easy to fill the cup and drink it black like medicine.

Btw, have anyone here tried the Donut coffee brand in keurig cups. Closest thing to Dunking Donuts coffee which has its own peculiar and quite homely taste.
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I drink coke/diet coke after exhausting 1-2 large-ish cups of coffee and still require the caffeine kick.

But these past few days, I've begun to realise that caffeine is just losing it's effect on me. I can plop down and nap for four hours after drinking a large cup of coffee with 2 creams. It's that bad.
 
blinding light said:
I drink coke/diet coke after exhausting 1-2 large-ish cups of coffee and still require the caffeine kick.

But these past few days, I've begun to realise that caffeine is just losing it's effect on me. I can plop down and nap for four hours after drinking a large cup of coffee with 2 creams. It's that bad.
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You've developed tolerance for it, simple as that. I actually find ice cold water to be quite refreshing at times. You drink enough caffeine which is a diuretic, you will become dehydrated and that slows the mind and makes you drowsy. I drink water like a fish. It also helps me work longer without taking food breaks. Heard CNN's Gupta starts his day of by drinking like 3-4 cups of water. Something about brain being made up of mainly water and overnight one gets dehydrated and hence feels lethargic and sleepy when getting up. I don't do that myself but I encourage people to drink water. I had a long standing headache problems. Used to take Advil and Tylenol like candy but they stopped working. Friend of mine suggested I drink more water and it has worked to some degree that I've really become a believer. You should try it. You too [MENTION=22846]Nostalgic[/MENTION].
 
Laal said:
What do you have against suburban soccer moms? Let the order venti, non-fat, no-foam, no water, xtra-hot, double-cupped (w/ a sleeve) chai (or non-fat latte).
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Lol, yeah love those orders...it's not just the soccer moms, it's like every one. I think the Starbucks counter people must be thinking of me as some simpleton for giving such plain orders.
 
saadibaba said:
You've developed tolerance for it, simple as that. I actually find ice cold water to be quite refreshing at times. You drink enough caffeine which is a diuretic, you will become dehydrated and that slows the mind and makes you drowsy. I drink water like a fish. It also helps me work longer without taking food breaks. Heard CNN's Gupta starts his day of by drinking like 3-4 cups of water. Something about brain being made up of mainly water and overnight one gets dehydrated and hence feels lethargic and sleepy when getting up. I don't do that myself but I encourage people to drink water. I had a long standing headache problems. Used to take Advil and Tylenol like candy but they stopped working. Friend of mine suggested I drink more water and it has worked to some degree that I've really become a believer. You should try it. You too [MENTION=22846]Nostalgic[/MENTION].
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I drink water throughout my examination and during classes - it revitalises the mind, I agree. But the effect is very limited. It's not as lasting as caffeine, and frankly I don't like the imminent bathroom-visits after that (I've an aversion to using public/university toilets).

Nevertheless, all the more reason to try and drink more water. Definitely, makes a lot of sense. Drinking water early in the morning is supposed to do wonders for your health and skin as well. Thanks for writing that out, will give it a shot now :)
 
blinding light said:
I've resigned to the fact that nothing can even mimic the magic of ghar ki doodh-patti. Absolutely nothing, no, never..
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Truer words were never written. Nevertheless, I bought both chai and Donut House Kuerig pods. Let's see.
 
saadibaba said:
You've developed tolerance for it, simple as that. I actually find ice cold water to be quite refreshing at times. You drink enough caffeine which is a diuretic, you will become dehydrated and that slows the mind and makes you drowsy. I drink water like a fish. It also helps me work longer without taking food breaks. Heard CNN's Gupta starts his day of by drinking like 3-4 cups of water. Something about brain being made up of mainly water and overnight one gets dehydrated and hence feels lethargic and sleepy when getting up. I don't do that myself but I encourage people to drink water. I had a long standing headache problems. Used to take Advil and Tylenol like candy but they stopped working. Friend of mine suggested I drink more water and it has worked to some degree that I've really become a believer. You should try it. You too [MENTION=22846]Nostalgic[/MENTION].
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I do actually drink a lot of water. It's great in staving off hunger too. So often we are actually thirsty when we think we are hungry. I'm up to a gallon a day.

P.S. On another topic, it looks like it's coming down hard on Tennessee today and tomorrow. I was supposed to fly in tomorrow, but the Knoxville guys postponed it.
 
Okay, so I made chai with a pod and then made the mistake of using a hazelnut flavored creamer with it. It was disgusting. It's officially a pet hate now.
 
Pet hate: Having to carry a ton of books home. No wonder I have back issues :facepalm:

Nostalgic said:
Truer words were never written. Nevertheless, I bought both chai and Donut House Kuerig pods. Let's see.
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Why, thank you! :)

Nostalgic said:
Okay, so I made chai with a pod and then made the mistake of using a hazelnut flavored creamer with it. It was disgusting. It's officially a pet hate now.
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:)))

Have been taking inspiration from you (and SB) regarding Diet coke now. The Pak-India match completely wrecked my already shambolic routine. Have a week off from uni, so there's still time to fix it. Slept at 8.45am, woke up at 12.15pm. Haven't had coffee yet, but one 400ml of Diet Coke is doing well atm for me.

Can't let this become a habit though.
 
blinding light said:
Pet hate: Having to carry a ton of books home. No wonder I have back issues :facepalm:

Why, thank you! :)

:)))

Have been taking inspiration from you (and SB) regarding Diet coke now. The Pak-India match completely wrecked my already shambolic routine. Have a week off from uni, so there's still time to fix it. Slept at 8.45am, woke up at 12.15pm. Haven't had coffee yet, but one 400ml of Diet Coke is doing well atm for me.

Can't let this become a habit though.
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The brute-force way of fixing sleep patterns: don't give in to the temptation of sleeping at 8:45 AM. Force yourself to stay up, until the time you want to start sleeping, say 11 PM. That day will be miserable, but it's just one day.
 
Absolutely despise linguistic blends. The latest one being "grexit" - Greek withdrawal from the eurozone.
 
Nostalgic said:
The brute-force way of fixing sleep patterns: don't give in to the temptation of sleeping at 8:45 AM. Force yourself to stay up, until the time you want to start sleeping, say 11 PM. That day will be miserable, but it's just one day.
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I'll try that if I survive today.. Only slept 3.5-4 hours in the last 24 hours, so hopefully staying awake a couple of more hours should do the trick!
 
Nostalgic said:
I do actually drink a lot of water. It's great in staving off hunger too. So often we are actually thirsty when we think we are hungry. I'm up to a gallon a day.

P.S. On another topic, it looks like it's coming down hard on Tennessee today and tomorrow. I was supposed to fly in tomorrow, but the Knoxville guys postponed it.
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It's pretty bad here. We had an ice storm and the temperatures stayed below freezing so the roads are one icy slushy mess. I always used to laugh at how squeamish people in the South are about snow. Everything closes down after barely an inch. Needless to say that I was humbled today. Some people called the day off at work knowing it would snow but having a false sense of superiority about myself and my driving skills after living in Buffalo for a couple of years, I scoffed at the weather report and despite having a 4 wheel drive SUV decided to take my trusted 100,000 miles plus Prius on the road. I swerved and slided my way to work and back feeling as if my car is drunk. The cities here are poorly prepared to handle this kind of weather. Really cannot fault the people.

The flights are all cancelled here and it's supposed to be really cold the next two days with chance of more ice/snow. I think by Thursday things will become better. I'm in Nashville but Knoxville shouldn't be that much different. Btw, if I was a superiorstitios person, I would have put the blame of this frozen weather in our overall moderate weather region to your visit from the Midwestern tundra. Good thins is, when you finally get here, you can assure them that if the weather gets like it was a few days back, they can expect at least one person showing up at work.

Good luck!
 
Nostalgic said:
The brute-force way of fixing sleep patterns: don't give in to the temptation of sleeping at 8:45 AM. Force yourself to stay up, until the time you want to start sleeping, say 11 PM. That day will be miserable, but it's just one day.
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True. Best way to stay up, get into some meaningless argument with a poster on PP, preferably someone with a big ego who will post non stop with no breaks and keep you checking for his zinger replies every few mins. I've been guilty of doing that intentionally more than once.
 
Laal said:
Absolutely despise linguistic blends. The latest one being "grexit" - Greek withdrawal from the eurozone.
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But then there are some that hit the nail on the head. Like "bromance." I've had bromances. There, I said it.

And "brunch." I've had brunch too, at least twice.
 
saadibaba said:
It's pretty bad here. We had an ice storm and the temperatures stayed below freezing so the roads are one icy slushy mess. I always used to laugh at how squeamish people in the South are about snow. Everything closes down after barely an inch. Needless to say that I was humbled today. Some people called the day off at work knowing it would snow but having a false sense of superiority about myself and my driving skills after living in Buffalo for a couple of years, I scoffed at the weather report and despite having a 4 wheel drive SUV decided to take my trusted 100,000 miles plus Prius on the road. I swerved and slided my way to work and back feeling as if my car is drunk. The cities here are poorly prepared to handle this kind of weather. Really cannot fault the people.

The flights are all cancelled here and it's supposed to be really cold the next two days with chance of more ice/snow. I think by Thursday things will become better. I'm in Nashville but Knoxville shouldn't be that much different. Btw, if I was a superiorstitios person, I would have put the blame of this frozen weather in our overall moderate weather region to your visit from the Midwestern tundra. Good thins is, when you finally get here, you can assure them that if the weather gets like it was a few days back, they can expect at least one person showing up at work.

Good luck!
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You know, I was thinking about the symbolism behind the storm arriving just as I was supposed to. Is it a sign? That I'm stuck in Siberia-on-the-Mississippi for a while, try as I might to escape it? Or perhaps that I bring doom and gloom wherever I go, and in this case, even to places I haven't even landed in yet?

Also the morbid side of me (which is actually all of me), kept wondering if I would meet an accident driving to the hotel there, and this storm was an excuse just to make the roads icy enough for the accident to happen. I've felt this way once before, two years ago, when I interviewed in New Hampshire, in a lovely little town called Meredith, which is more than an hour away from the nearest airport. I landed well after midnight, and then drove on completely deserted icy roads for a full hour to the hotel. But I lived to tell the tale.
 
Stupid chapstick companies exploiting us by not adding keychain rings to the lids. Can't remember the last time I finished a chapstick without losing it.
 
Nostalgic said:
You know, I was thinking about the symbolism behind the storm arriving just as I was supposed to. Is it a sign? That I'm stuck in Siberia-on-the-Mississippi for a while, try as I might to escape it? Or perhaps that I bring doom and gloom wherever I go, and in this case, even to places I haven't even landed in yet?

Also the morbid side of me (which is actually all of me), kept wondering if I would meet an accident driving to the hotel there, and this storm was an excuse just to make the roads icy enough for the accident to happen. I've felt this way once before, two years ago, when I interviewed in New Hampshire, in a lovely little town called Meredith, which is more than an hour away from the nearest airport. I landed well after midnight, and then drove on completely deserted icy roads for a full hour to the hotel. But I lived to tell the tale.
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I once got stranded in a snow storm at night driving to a town to give a very important exam. It was by far the scariest drive of my life. By some miracle I made it to that town unscathed and the exam did not get cancelled because of the weather and I end up acing it. During the interview of the job I'm currently at and lucky to have, I developed a severe migraine headache. By the end of the interview I was literally just nodding and trying hard to keep a straight face. As soon as I got done I took some pain killers and lied down in my car, retching because of the nausea and moaning with pain. The thought of God telling me that this is not the right job for me kept coming to my mind. I was so sick I couldn't even drive. Post interview after a couple of hours I had to go have dinner with some executives from that company at some posh restaurant. It was part of my interview itinerary. I just lied there in my car for those hours in between and contemplated between going to the nearest hospital to calling sick for the dinner appointment. Thankfully, the headache began to subside. I made it to the dinner and managed to put on a good show making the CEO laugh hysterically at one time over some personal anecdote which I think sealed the deal. In any case, you get my point. You have to come see for yourself what this job has to offer you and leave the rest to fate.
 
[MENTION=14431]blinding light[/MENTION]

Jokes aside, you really need to do something about your caffeine intake.
 
Pet hate - reading those few bigoted, narrow-minded comments about minorities on my uni's confession page.

I mean, seriously. You're enrolled in one of those places where some might give an arm and half a leg to go to, and this is the kind of crap you think about?! :facepalm:


Mamoon said:
[MENTION=14431]blinding light[/MENTION]

Jokes aside, you really need to do something about your caffeine intake.
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What can I do about it now, Mamoon?
 
My favorite geometric pun was actually a Freudian slip. Back in primary school, the girl I've talked about earlier, Rubab, you know, the tallish one with grey eyes and brown hair whose dad was in the Air Force and for whom I would not play with the other boys lest my clothes get dirty and she think less of me etc, well, she misspelt "acute angle" as "a cute angel." I was confident she was referring to me.
 
You need to learn to survive without it. These energy drinks and sodas with their very high sugar content gives you a sudden rush, but then later on it makes you even more drowsy. It seems as if you are developing caffeine tolerance as well.

Seriously, this is very detrimental for your health. Change your sleeping pattern or something.

For me, power naps work really well.
 
Mamoon said:
You need to learn to survive without it. These energy drinks and sodas with their very high sugar content gives you a sudden rush, but then later on it makes you even more drowsy. It seems as if you are developing caffeine tolerance as well.

Seriously, this is very detrimental for your health. Change your sleeping pattern or something.

For me, power naps work really well.
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I dont do energy drinks, bro. I think I may have had red bull just a few times in my life - and that before giving final O/A level exams. Diet coke is my poison of choice though..

But yeah, my caffeine intake is a concern. As are my sleeping habits. Tbh, it isn't all that bad. I still have my moments when I'd drink maximum two cups of tea in a week. It's just stress and the usual hectic uni life that throws me off..

It's self-perpetuating. March is the toughest month of the academic year - everything and their daada-abus are due. I don't see me getting out of this anytime soon :/

Also, power naps don't work. They're more like power crashes, where I knock myself out for 4 hours instead of a 30 minute nap :sanga
 
Actually April is the cruelest month. So said that weird guy who wrote the Waste Land. He was probably talking about the Midwest.
 
saadibaba said:
I once got stranded in a snow storm at night driving to a town to give a very important exam. It was by far the scariest drive of my life. By some miracle I made it to that town unscathed and the exam did not get cancelled because of the weather and I end up acing it. During the interview of the job I'm currently at and lucky to have, I developed a severe migraine headache. By the end of the interview I was literally just nodding and trying hard to keep a straight face. As soon as I got done I took some pain killers and lied down in my car, retching because of the nausea and moaning with pain. The thought of God telling me that this is not the right job for me kept coming to my mind. I was so sick I couldn't even drive. Post interview after a couple of hours I had to go have dinner with some executives from that company at some posh restaurant. It was part of my interview itinerary. I just lied there in my car for those hours in between and contemplated between going to the nearest hospital to calling sick for the dinner appointment. Thankfully, the headache began to subside. I made it to the dinner and managed to put on a good show making the CEO laugh hysterically at one time over some personal anecdote which I think sealed the deal. In any case, you get my point. You have to come see for yourself what this job has to offer you and leave the rest to fate.
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Wonderful story, which highlights the "This too shall pass" nature of some calamities.
 
chaiwala said:
Stupid chapstick companies exploiting us by not adding keychain rings to the lids. Can't remember the last time I finished a chapstick without losing it.
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I can't finish a chapstik without losing my temper either. There are probably some toxins/carcinogens in it, and one needs to eat it in moderation, like an ounce a day or something.

Just for the sake of pedantry, I think chapstik is a brand name, not a generic lip soothing product. So all chapstiks are lip balms, but not all lip balms are chapstiks. It's like Hoover and Bandaid etc: brand names that've come to stand for the entire category of similar products.

I usually go for Burt's Bees beeswax. It makes my eyes water, but it tastes vaguely like menthol e-cigarette fluid.
 
Nostalgic said:
Actually April is the cruelest month. So said that weird guy who wrote the Waste Land. He was probably talking about the Midwest.
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April is still slightly better. Just have to write 5 final exams and I'm off.

March is just... madness. Every conceivable test, exam, essay, assignment is due in March. I'm currently looking at 4 essay papers, 10-15 pages each, an economics test, another economics assignment, with a 4-day international MUN thrown in.

It all begins from the day after tomorrow :facepalm:
 
Nostalgic said:
I can't finish a chapstik without losing my temper either. There are probably some toxins/carcinogens in it, and one needs to eat it in moderation, like an ounce a day or something.

Just for the sake of pedantry, I think chapstik is a brand name, not a generic lip soothing product. So all chapstiks are lip balms, but not all lip balms are chapstiks. It's like Hoover and Bandaid etc: brand names that've come to stand for the entire category of similar products.

I usually go for Burt's Bees beeswax. It makes my eyes water, but it tastes vaguely like menthol e-cigarette fluid.
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Well many believe that all lip balms were created equally so it could be elitist to call some chapstick and others generic brand. For the sake of equality I like to think we are all chapsticks on the inside. Also where do Burt's Bees get their beeswax from?
 
chaiwala said:
Also where do Burt's Bees get their beeswax from?
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Ears mostly, sometimes candles. Them bees are an enterprising lot.

Also they're unionized, so every so often they rebel, storm the Bastille and kill the Queen.
 
blinding light said:
April is still slightly better. Just have to write 5 final exams and I'm off.

March is just... madness. Every conceivable test, exam, essay, assignment is due in March. I'm currently looking at 4 essay papers, 10-15 pages each, an economics test, another economics assignment, with a 4-day international MUN thrown in.

It all begins from the day after tomorrow :facepalm:
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Which MUN? There are several: Minnesota Union of Nuns. Manchester United Neanderthals. Muslims Under Nawaz. Massachusetts University of Nursing.
 
Nostalgic said:
Ears mostly, sometimes candles. Them bees are an enterprising lot.

Also they're unionized, so every so often they rebel, storm the Bastille and kill the Queen.
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Bee labor laws rarely get covered by the media despite dangerous working conditions and unfair hours.
 
chaiwala said:
Bee labor laws rarely get covered by the media despite dangerous working conditions and unfair hours.
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Its ironic that the hives in China are the real sweatshops, churning out cheap honey and wax for ravenous consumers elsewhere.

Bees of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose except... wax.
 
Nostalgic said:
Exactly, it's a betrayal of sorts, on the chai's part, yet I'm the one who feels guilty for veering to the dark side.

What I need is a Keurig for chai. There are pods of tea available, but I can't imagine them creating anything other than the wishy-washy excuse for tea that is popular in these parts.
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There is Keurig K-Cup Chai Lattes available!!

I have a chai every day at work now thanks to that! Best thing Ive randomly run across to. And its pretty good too all said and done. Ofcourse I might be overrating it considering I havent been to Pakistan and had chai for a good 18 months. But best chai Ive had in the US definitely because one thing I noticed it even if you make it yourself with the tea bags you dont get the same amazing taste!

PS: I registered on Pakpassion exclusively to reply to this post.


Well not quite but still........
 
Slog said:
There is Keurig K-Cup Chai Lattes available!!

I have a chai every day at work now thanks to that! Best thing Ive randomly run across to. And its pretty good too all said and done. Ofcourse I might be overrating it considering I havent been to Pakistan and had chai for a good 18 months. But best chai Ive had in the US definitely because one thing I noticed it even if you make it yourself with the tea bags you dont get the same amazing taste!

PS: I registered on Pakpassion exclusively to reply to this post.


Well not quite but still........
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I must try it. First I must somehow go through the Lipton K cups I bought. Those are atrocious, the result is like dunking a tea bag in a cup of hot water, which results in that anemic excuse for chai, the sort that hasn't been "cooked" properly. Adding milk to it makes it even worse: the way milk sort of forms that filmy layer on top of an underprepared cup of chai.
 
Nostalgic said:
I must try it. First I must somehow go through the Lipton K cups I bought. Those are atrocious, the result is like dunking a tea bag in a cup of hot water, which results in that anemic excuse for chai, the sort that hasn't been "cooked" properly. Adding milk to it makes it even worse: the way milk sort of forms that filmy layer on top of an underprepared cup of chai.
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oh that sounds disgusting. I dont even wanna know how they will taste

Anyways for reference these: http://www.staples.com/Keurig-K-Cup...&kpid=374590&gclid=CLn-9sXi6sMCFcHMtAodniMAJg

Not quite the karak chai off the roadside dhaaba but the best alternative ive stumbled upon in the US.
 
blinding light said:
Indeed :baelish

I swear wearing formal suits is a high in itself. I feel like burning my remaining wardrobe and becoming a female Barney Stinson, or something after such formal events :uakmal
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Being Jamshed Marker has the fringe benefit of retiring from diplomacy and becoming a cricket commentator. That guy had it made.

Anyhow, I loved wearing suits to Penn State career fairs, because I had the best suit in the career fair. None of those overpriced, badly stitched, ill-fitting ready-made suits my peers were dressed in. No, my suit was bespoke, as suits are in Pakistan. Mine was dark blue heavy serge, hand-stitched by Jabbar's in 'Pindi Saddar. I believe Musharraf was a regular customer of his, as were other high-profile peeps in the twin cities. Not only did I land several interviews, I got several compliments on the suit.
 
Slog said:
oh that sounds disgusting. I dont even wanna know how they will taste

Anyways for reference these: http://www.staples.com/Keurig-K-Cup...&kpid=374590&gclid=CLn-9sXi6sMCFcHMtAodniMAJg

Not quite the karak chai off the roadside dhaaba but the best alternative ive stumbled upon in the US.
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Yes, I found the same pod online. I think I'll buy it at Target instead of Staples. I have a Target card. It just seems wrong to go to Staples for anything other than stationery, and when I need stationery I can always steal it from the office.
 
Nostalgic said:
Being Jamshed Marker has the fringe benefit of retiring from diplomacy and becoming a cricket commentator. That guy had it made.

Anyhow, I loved wearing suits to Penn State career fairs, because I had the best suit in the career fair. None of those overpriced, badly stitched, ill-fitting ready-made suits my peers were dressed in. No, my suit was bespoke, as suits are in Pakistan. Mine was dark blue heavy serge, hand-stitched by Jabbar's in 'Pindi Saddar. I believe Musharraf was a regular customer of his, as were other high-profile peeps in the twin cities. Not only did I land several interviews, I got several compliments on the suit.
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That could be a potential career-path for me, except I'm a shadow of the cricket fanatic I used to be :)

Are you sure you weren't wearing a sherwani? :uakmal
 
blinding light said:
That could be a potential career-path for me, except I'm a shadow of the cricket fanatic I used to be :)

Are you sure you weren't wearing a sherwani? :uakmal
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Quite sure, since I've only ever had one sherwani: my wedding sherwani, and I don't own it anymore, because my mother gave it away to a family friend who couldn't afford one. The turban too. I don't know what he did with it.
 
Nostalgic said:
I must try it. First I must somehow go through the Lipton K cups I bought. Those are atrocious, the result is like dunking a tea bag in a cup of hot water, which results in that anemic excuse for chai, the sort that hasn't been "cooked" properly. Adding milk to it makes it even worse: the way milk sort of forms that filmy layer on top of an underprepared cup of chai.
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Speaking of chais, what do you make of the sabz chai( in reality, it's pink)
 
Nostalgic said:
Quite sure, since I've only ever had one sherwani: my wedding sherwani, and I don't own it anymore, because my mother gave it away to a family friend who couldn't afford one. The turban too. I don't know what he did with it.
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I love sherwanis ^_^

Seriously, I don't get the concept of turbans/khullas on wedding days. What would you do with them later? :20:
 
^Errrr.
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They have become pretty popular in my area in Pakistan.Tried those quite a few times when I was there.
 
Nostalgic said:
Kashmiri chai! Sprinkled with slivers of almond and pistachio! Impossibly hard to make it at home though.
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My sister's in-laws once made me drink kashmiri chai like kashmiris actually do - with salt, nuts and heavy cream.

It was glorious - but almost as heavy as a meal!

Nostalgic said:
Tribesmen do it every day.

Then again, so do maulvis.
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I'm pretty sure saeed hk is neither one :))
 
Nostalgic said:
My favorite geometric pun was actually a Freudian slip. Back in primary school, the girl I've talked about earlier, Rubab, you know, the tallish one with grey eyes and brown hair whose dad was in the Air Force and for whom I would not play with the other boys lest my clothes get dirty and she think less of me etc, well, she misspelt "acute angle" as "a cute angel." I was confident she was referring to me.
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SNL's 40th anniversary show has this Celebrity Jeopardy skit where Sean Connery is just making a mockery out of every category's name. He reads "Let it snow" as I'll take "Le **** now" for $200.
 
saadibaba said:
SNL's 40th anniversary show has this Celebrity Jeopardy skit where Sean Connery is just making a mockery out of every category's name. He reads "Let it snow" as I'll take "Le **** now" for $200.
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This is like when the city of Montreal offered to honor the Pakistani community by naming a street. Unfortunately the Pakistanis, most of whom were from Lahore, chose to name it Rue Lahore or something, which just sounds wrong if you pronounce Lahore the French way yet are still aware of English. Rue L' Hore.

Here's a more genteel play on words. There's the Allama Iqbal couplet:

Jo mein sarbasajda hua kabhi, to zameen se aaney lagi sadaa
Tera dil to hai sanam ashanaa, tujhe kya miley ga namaaz mein?

The words of interest here are "to zameen." The way they were printed in the textbook, it looked like the zay in "zameen" was closer to "to" than it was to the rest of "zameen." So one of the newer professors at our college read it as "toz mein se aaney lagi sadaa."

Predictably, the class asked him what on earth a "toz" was. He was stumped. He admitted he didn't know, and said he would ask the senior professors about it.

He did. Unfortunately for them, they were aware of the misprint, and it was a running joke for them. They told him a "toz" was a type of jai namaaz popular in Balochistan, and made from camel leather.

Poor guy went back and told the class. The class however eventually figured it out. He couldn't live it down for the rest of the time he was there at the college.

Speaking of literary puns, my signature is one. No one has noticed it yet ;)
 
CricketCartoons said:
Has anyone tried namak-wali chai? It is a specialty of Bhopal (where the great AQ Khan is from).
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I may have accidentally made it once. I think I strutted around for the rest of the day pretending to be Soorma Bhopali from Sholay.
 
saadibaba said:
I wore it at a Halloween party a few years back. Made a few unsuspecting ***** at the party quite uncomfortable which was my intention anyways.
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I wore a pakol regularly for many winters. Mine is from Chitral's finest pakol maker. It was popularized by Ahmed Shah Massoud but lately people have been seeing the Taliban wear it on TV. I have since stopped wearing it, which is a shame, because it is a fine article, and works great in the winters.
 
Another sleepless night. Another long, listless day ahead.

No more midnight coffee breaks. New pet hate.

Ah well. At least I get to wear my suit :baelish
 
Nostalgic said:
I wore a pakol regularly for many winters. Mine is from Chitral's finest pakol maker. It was popularized by Ahmed Shah Massoud but lately people have been seeing the Taliban wear it on TV. I have since stopped wearing it, which is a shame, because it is a fine article, and works great in the winters.
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I used to wear one myself at a time when my hairstyle was inspired by Rahul Roy from the movie Ashiqui. The hairstyle can basically be described as a small bob-cut. Since my hair are not naturally straight and silky like Rahul Roy but more wavy and on the dry side, they used to fluff up making me look like the unfortunate cartoon character on receiving an electric shock. To tame the hair down I used to liberally apply Brylcreem during the summers but during winters the pakol would come in very handy. You must know this balochi actor Ayub Khoso, used to be a real stud back then. I think I got the pakol idea from seeing him wear the cap on his thick bushy and curly mane.
 
Nostalgic said:
This is like when the city of Montreal offered to honor the Pakistani community by naming a street. Unfortunately the Pakistanis, most of whom were from Lahore, chose to name it Rue Lahore or something, which just sounds wrong if you pronounce Lahore the French way yet are still aware of English. Rue L' Hore.

Here's a more genteel play on words. There's the Allama Iqbal couplet:

Jo mein sarbasajda hua kabhi, to zameen se aaney lagi sadaa
Tera dil to hai sanam ashanaa, tujhe kya miley ga namaaz mein?

The words of interest here are "to zameen." The way they were printed in the textbook, it looked like the zay in "zameen" was closer to "to" than it was to the rest of "zameen." So one of the newer professors at our college read it as "toz mein se aaney lagi sadaa."

Predictably, the class asked him what on earth a "toz" was. He was stumped. He admitted he didn't know, and said he would ask the senior professors about it.

He did. Unfortunately for them, they were aware of the misprint, and it was a running joke for them. They told him a "toz" was a type of jai namaaz popular in Balochistan, and made from camel leather.

Poor guy went back and told the class. The class however eventually figured it out. He couldn't live it down for the rest of the time he was there at the college.

Speaking of literary puns, my signature is one. No one has noticed it yet ;)
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Funny story.


This reminds me of a passage in one our standard urdu language book, class 7th or 8th I think. It was a short story, don't remember what it was about but there were these two friends and some discussion over a book between them. Being the filthy minded teens that we were, someone got the brilliant idea of reading the passage by replacing the word book (kitab) with derrière. So the passage was about how the kids fought over someone's book and then one kid tore the book up and on and on. The details are not coming to me but it became quite an interesting read.
 
I like long novels where the characters are extremely well developed, and relish the enduring plots that twist and turn.
 
saadibaba said:
Funny story.


This reminds me of a passage in one our standard urdu language book, class 7th or 8th I think. It was a short story, don't remember what it was about but there were these two friends and some discussion over a book between them. Being the filthy minded teens that we were, someone got the brilliant idea of reading the passage by replacing the word book (kitab) with derrière. So the passage was about how the kids fought over someone's book and then one kid tore the book up and on and on. The details are not coming to me but it became quite an interesting read.
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Well, tearing stuff and literal translations lead to hilarity by definition. Back in May, 1998, when we "settled scores" with India (in the words of our esteemed PM) by detonating the nukes, one of his MNAs declared before the entire press corps at the National Assembly that Pakistan had "tore its bum." Of course he meant Pakistan had exploded its bomb. But since he was translating literally from Urdu/Punjabi, and since in Urdu/Punjabi a bomb is a bum and exploding is literally tearing, he said what he did. Of course India had also torn its bum earlier in the month, so it was okay.

Then there's the common mistake we've all made mispronouncing the word for booklet. In Urdu it's kitaabcha, but the way it is written, it is a perfectly innocent mistake to read it as kutta baccha.
 
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