Some Things Shouldn't Be Done In Public

Another weird incident in my office today. As I was minding my own business, walking towards the ladies' room (Yes, I have bio needs too), I saw a male co-worker turn the corner and coming down the aisle towards me. I looked at his face but something else drew my attention further. I noticed his left arm was in a constant up - down motion so my glaze followed. You know me, I am always curious. Then I saw his left hand was positioned past the waist but above the thigh.

Yes, for those who are trying to imagine, it would place his hands near the so called "family jewels". No, I am not a perv...I notice details of a person and my surroundings. He was busily scratching himself as he walked. When I comprehended what he was doing, I quickly looked up at his face with my "omg, are you serious?!" look but he was oblivious to my expression as he passed me by. He merrily walked and scratched his way along. I just feel very very sorry for the next person who's going to shake his hands....maybe that's why he used his left hand?!

Gentlemen, please do all of us the favor, and do not do such a thing in public. We don't need to know you scratch below your waist and above your thigh. In fact, here are a list of things that should not be done in public by anybody , unless its medically necessary:

• Scratching Private Parts (e.g. "family jewels" and your behind)
• Farting (e.g. passing wind or whatever you call it from your behind)
• Burping (if you must, turn your face away from others and say "excuse me" afterwards)
• Sniffing Body Parts (you're not an animal, you do not sniff yourself for freshness nor do you sniff yourself for identification, a simple "What is your name?" will do.
• Picking (e.g. "digging for gold" is not appropriate unless you're really a gold-miner.)

If you ever overcome with a need to do any of the above, visit the restroom and make sure your stall is locked and do those things in private (or semi-private).Where has this world come to nowadays? I'm just thankful he didn't do a "scrach n' sniff" in front of me...I would've bursted out in laughter!

A Blissful Memory

Today is my wedding anniversary with my loving husband, Chhimi. The path of marriage has been like any path in life. It has its ups and downs but I choose to learn from the downs and remember the ups. So today, I'll take you with me as I travel down on my blissful memory lane, as this is the 1st memory that came to me as I celebrate my wedding anniversary. Beware, this may sound like hollywood/bollywood movie...but I chose to romanticize my past.

Knowing he's the one
I have not seen what Chhimi looked like before this, as you may know, we met online (thanks to America Online 1.0). I walked into the small Sacramento airport, where commuter planes land, on a Thursday afternoon, it was also Thanksgiving 1995. People were waiting in line to be checked-in, sitting in chairs waiting to board the planes, but I was just waiting for him. My heart was pounding with excitement, my palms were moist from anxiousness, my feet were pacing quickly from impatience.

A voice from the PA system announced that the San Francisco commuter jet has landed and passengers are now deplaning. The doors opened for the passengers to walk through. A breathe of chilled air flowed over my face and my heart pounded faster and faster as I scanned the faces of passengers coming in. I scanned for a long time, just standing there....then I saw Chhimi. I knew it was him, dressed in a black and white checkered suit-jacket, black slacks, and a face with anxiety written all over it. In his nervous hands, he held a single red rose that was meant for me.

Through The Years
Over the years, I have had many more loving memories that I will share one day in my blog but for now, I choose to treasure it in my heart. Being married for the past 7 years have been quite a blast with no regrets whatsoever. Our lives have changed for better and for worst. At times, we may have lost our vision of who we are and have taken each other for granted. When those times do occur, we quickly find ourselves turning toward each other and remembering how much we cherish and love each through it all.

Just like any path in life. Marriage takes courage and persistence and willingness to learn from each other. So yeah, with my stubborn character, no wonder poor ole' Chhimi is bounded to me for life ;-) and I to him.

"Anti-Social" Weekend

This past weekend was our self-inflicted "anti-social" weekend for Chhimi and me. For the past weekends in July, we've had to entertain families and friends from the East Coast so every single weekend was served to please them without really pleasing ourselves. Don't get me wrong, it was great to spend time with them and to catch up but we also need some down time for us to just vegetate.

So, we pushed away all the invites to BBQ at the park, dinners, movies, etc. just to spend time at home. Just the 2 of us. Nothing to do.

Was it blissful?! Hmmm, somewhat until I got the grand idea to do a whole house cleaning on Saturday and Sunday! Crazy ole' me. I dry and wet vacuumed the whole house, including stairs. Dusted our fans and cleaned the ceiling cobwebbs. Then, I cleaned our bathroom (which was a big mess), did a load of laundry, and straightened out our kitchen. This was all on Saturday. I was pooped! Then on Sunday, I decided that I wanted my yard to look nice...so decided to weed-wack and mowed the lawn. Watered the front yard plants. Started mowing the backyard and out of sheer exhuast, I quit!

That's when Chhimi picked up the remainding tasks and finished mowing the backyard, trimmed the flowerbed edges, and picked the weeds out for me. Sigh!! Thank goodness he finished it for me...or else my backyard would've looked awful!

So my anti-social weekend became a house-cleaning weekend instead where we only saw each other. Despite it, it was actually a very relaxing weekend that we needed. Just to somewhat "veg" around.

Some Things Should Be Hidden From The Public

As I was making my way to the ladies room this morning in the office, I saw a lady with a maxi pad in her hand walking around in the hallway towards the same ladies' room. What's worse was that I saw a male co-worker staring at the maxi pad, wondering what it was...when he realized, he then quickly thwarted his eyes to something else, like the wall, the carpet, anything but the green see-thru plastic covered pad that the lady was holding.

What's worse is that this lady truly did not see the uncomfortableness that the pad emulates . It's as if the pad has a radius of 3 feet and whatever/whoever is within that ring of "fire", will feel the heat of awkwardness and will do as much as one can to avoid that ring.

Maybe it's just me? But I thought you were taught at a very young age to be discreet about such things in public? For example, you do not see a guy whipping out a pack of condoms in public?! You do not see an elderly man/woman carrying around their "Depends" openly wherever they go?!

I guess I should be grateful that the lady wasn't carrying around a "used" one?! Ewww....just disgusting!

Making Aloo Gobi on a Sunday afternoon (aka Potato Cauliflower)

It's my 1st time cooking with my hubby side-by-side after a very long time, thanks to the "Bend It Like Beckham" movie. It featured a step-by-step Aloo Gobi making feature with full recipe that Chhimi just had to try out. It was also my 1st time attempting to make Indian flavored food. Now why can't all DVDs feature a little recipe for all the viewers to try afterwards? That'd be kinda neat!

Anyways, I had no idea what half of the spices were in that recipe including Garam Masala, Tumeric, Cumin, etc. Chinese stir-fries do not use this type of stuff so my mum-in-law's Indian spice shelves are definitely foreign to me. But thanks to Chhimi, the recipe for Aloo Gobi was actually quite easy and similar to stir-fry :-) hahaha.

The dish took about 20 - 30 minutes to make but it was very flavorful for me. It was definitely a little different from how Chhimi's mum made it when she was here but I think in general, it is still very delicious :-). So you guys should all try it out by visiting Chhimi's site.