Different cultures

Doffen said:
Oh India! Tell me more about India!! :D

(One thing to add: The Norwegians are the only people who have ever really conquered and ruled England/London ;) )
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Where do i begin?? First of all, as I said, India a CRazy country, with a ginormous population-supposedly one out of every 6 people in the world is Indian!

Even though the standard of living here isn't the best, I still love it here- wouldn't wanna live anywhere else.
I mean, where else in the world can u step out of your house, and find a general store, chemist, cobbler, key maker, flower-sellers, vegetable sellers, street food vendors?.. Let me not forget the omnipresent "paan-wala"! -You'll find one on EVery street corner. They sell "paan", cigarettes, and sweets. And this isn't only in the market place..its like this everywhere!

In India, chewing tobacco is big- that's where the "paanwala" comes in. Paan is actually tobacco, wrapped in a leaf, with some kind of derivative of limestone, betelnut, n various flavours. Wala-kind of means seller.
But you also get what is called "meetha paan"- which is without tobacco, lotsv people like that- its meetha..ie- sweet. It's got betelnut, bits of dates, n some other dried fruit-type things.
The gross part is, that when these men chew paan, they've got to spit every now and then, and our laws aren't that strict, so every wall in the city has orange streaks across its lower half!!

Indian food is spicy, but it's got to be one of the tastiest cuisines in the world! My mom makes a mean "vindaloo" which is a traditional Goan dish- of pork in a spicy red gravy. My mum is a killer cook!!

The state I live in (Maharashtra; Maha=great, Rashtra=country), is famous for "vada pav". The vada is a ball of spicy potato mixture fried in a batter of gramflour. The pav- pronounced pao- is a small loaf of bread- smaller than your palm. It is cut open, the vendor puts in a dry, orange chutney, and then a spicy green chutney, then the vada. And you get this piping hot and for just FOUR rupees!! If that's not dirt cheap, I don't know what is!

Why'd you get me started?! I think I've rambled on 4 long enough. I'm sure ur sick of this! hehe.:o

If this was 2 much, let me warn you, NEVER ask about my dog! I absolutely LOVE her! She's the sweetest thing in the whole world!
(There. I've started again. think I'll just shut up now) (smacks self on the forehead!):D
 
Moonshadow said:
Where do i begin?? First of all, as I said, India a CRazy country, with a ginormous population-supposedly one out of every 6 people in the world is Indian!

Even though the standard of living here isn't the best, I still love it here- wouldn't wanna live anywhere else.
I mean, where else in the world can u step out of your house, and find a general store, chemist, cobbler, key maker, flower-sellers, vegetable sellers, street food vendors?.. Let me not forget the omnipresent "paan-wala"! -You'll find one on EVery street corner. They sell "paan", cigarettes, and sweets. And this isn't only in the market place..its like this everywhere!

In India, chewing tobacco is big- that's where the "paanwala" comes in. Paan is actually tobacco, wrapped in a leaf, with some kind of derivative of limestone, betelnut, n various flavours. Wala-kind of means seller.
But you also get what is called "meetha paan"- which is without tobacco, lotsv people like that- its meetha..ie- sweet. It's got betelnut, bits of dates, n some other dried fruit-type things.
The gross part is, that when these men chew paan, they've got to spit every now and then, and our laws aren't that strict, so every wall in the city has orange streaks across its lower half!!

Indian food is spicy, but it's got to be one of the tastiest cuisines in the world! My mom makes a mean "vindaloo" which is a traditional Goan dish- of pork in a spicy red gravy. My mum is a killer cook!!

The state I live in (Maharashtra; Maha=great, Rashtra=country), is famous for "vada pav". The vada is a ball of spicy potato mixture fried in a batter of gramflour. The pav- pronounced pao- is a small loaf of bread- smaller than your palm. It is cut open, the vendor puts in a dry, orange chutney, and then a spicy green chutney, then the vada. And you get this piping hot and for just FOUR rupees!! If that's not dirt cheap, I don't know what is!

Why'd you get me started?! I think I've rambled on 4 long enough. I'm sure ur sick of this! hehe.

If this was 2 much, let me warn you, NEVER ask about my dog! I absolutely LOVE her! She's the sweetest thing in the whole world!
(There. I've started again. think I'll just shut up now) (smacks self on the forehead!):D
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hehe, that's cool. Alot of this I did not know. I knew that India was highly populated, but I have to say the chewing tobacco surprised me. I thought it was illegalized in all countries besides Norway and Sweden (And some American states) ;) ... Other then the chewing tobacco, I see that India is very different from Norway. That's what I love to see ;)

What's up with your dog btw? ( ;) )
 
First of all,.....:p,
secondly,...:p
That being said, ...MY DAWWWWG!!!!
Well u asked for it!-She's a dachshund (german sausage!)- she's the prettiest dog on this side of the timeline!!!
and the smartest-- she understands more than 80 words and phrases!! im serious.:D:p
 
Moonshadow said:
First of all,.....,
secondly,...
That being said, ...MY DAWWWWG!!!!
Well u asked for it!-She's a dachshund (german sausage!)- she's the prettiest dog on this side of the timeline!!!
and the smartest-- she understands more than 80 words and phrases!! im serious.
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:eek: 80?? ... :eek: Sausage?? ... I know a police dog, and that dog is dumb like a bread (Yes, literally). I'm more of a cat person.



Further info about the Norwegians(other then that our food is dull and we chew tobacco)! I saw a test result some danish scientists had done at school, which said that Norwegians was the people who most easily fits into new enviroments. This test was actually done in warzones around the world, and it showed that the Norwegians actually produced less sweat and was not influenced that much around the heat that other nations did (this test was made in Afghanistan). The dull thing about this is the credibility. To make this test perfect, you'd have to have a massive amount of people from every nation who are a houndred percent Norwegian, American, etc to get this right. But this was the results ;)
 
Doffen said:
:eek: 80?? ... :eek: Sausage?? ... I know a police dog, and that dog is dumb like a bread (Yes, literally). I'm more of a cat person.



Further info about the Norwegians(other then that our food is dull and we chew tobacco)! I saw a test result some danish scientists had done at school, which said that Norwegians was the people who most easily fits into new enviroments. This test was actually done in warzones around the world, and it showed that the Norwegians actually produced less sweat and was not influenced that much around the heat that other nations did (this test was made in Afghanistan). The dull thing about this is the credibility. To make this test perfect, you'd have to have a massive amount of people from every nation who are a houndred percent Norwegian, American, etc to get this right. But this was the results ;)
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crazy innit?
Who'd have thought they do surveys on a topic like that!
But I take my hat off to westerners who survived our kind of heat.
Our summers are HOrrible! The humidity makes it worse. Our winter low was 12 degrees centigrade!! But in the north of India, people on the streets die because of cold waves. So ya we really are a country of extremes.
My sister drives me crazy cz she always wants to have the fan on, I'm thinking of putting a stamp on her and shipping her of to Iceland (Though, she'd probably manage to feel hot even there!):eek:
What do you'll do for fun? besides being glued to your computer screens lol (look who's talking!)
 
Moonshadow said:
crazy innit?
Who'd have thought they do surveys on a topic like that!
But I take my hat off to westerners who survived our kind of heat.
Our summers are HOrrible! The humidity makes it worse. Our winter low was 12 degrees centigrade!! But in the north of India, people on the streets die because of cold waves. So ya we really are a country of extremes.
My sister drives me crazy cz she always wants to have the fan on, I'm thinking of putting a stamp on her and shipping her of to Iceland (Though, she'd probably manage to feel hot even there!):eek:
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hehe, yah, ever tried sleeping outside in -32,33 Celsius before? ;) I'm going out in the military soon, where I've applied for the boarder patrol, guarding the boarder to Russia. That far north, you can have extreme cold. I have to admit though that Norway gets warmer and warmer. This summer it was easily a average of around 28-30 celsius in the summer vacation, and that's unusual. Though I live in the warmest part. If you travel far north you can experience coldness up to 40-50 NEGATIVE celsius (I've experienced 33 as the lowest). Norway is actually colder then iceland, so send your sister here instead ;)


Moonshadow said:
What do you'll do for fun? besides being glued to your computer screens lol (look who's talking!)
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Martial arts. Trainer for a minor kickboxing team, and practicing kickboxing with a private trainer of my own. I also "had" a black belt in Tae-Kwondo. Funniest stuff I'm doing ;) ... Also doing alot of PC stuff. When I've focused on doing something (like martial arts or electronics/PC, etc) I focus on that and try to make the best out of it that I can. Question right back at you. What do people from India do for fun?
 
Doffen said:
hehe, yah, ever tried sleeping outside in -32,33 Celsius before? ;) I'm going out in the military soon, where I've applied for the boarder patrol, guarding the boarder to Russia. That far north, you can have extreme cold. I have to admit though that Norway gets warmer and warmer. This summer it was easily a average of around 28-30 celsius in the summer vacation, and that's unusual. Though I live in the warmest part. If you travel far north you can experience coldness up to 40-50 NEGATIVE celsius (I've experienced 33 as the lowest). Norway is actually colder then iceland, so send your sister here instead ;)




Martial arts. Trainer for a minor kickboxing team, and practicing kickboxing with a private trainer of my own. I also "had" a black belt in Tae-Kwondo. Funniest stuff I'm doing ;) ... Also doing alot of PC stuff. When I've focused on doing something (like martial arts or electronics/PC, etc) I focus on that and try to make the best out of it that I can. Question right back at you. What do people from India do for fun?
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Wow that's amazing! I've been wanting to learn a martial art for ages! Though I was thinking of karate. Isn't having a black belt considered being armed? Anyway, really cool.
Hey, I think we can come to some sort of arrangement- you need someone to practice Tae-Kwondo on. I have an extra sister..:D
How nicely this is working out. -Now to convince my mom that this is a good deal...!
 
Hello, Moonshadow! I did not see you post before. I liked your description of India. :)

Post a pic of your sausage dog.

Doffen how can a police dog be dumb? They have to know how to catch criminals and stuff.
 
hey, Moonshadow!

i can soooo relate with the spicy food you said.. i guess it really is in Asian cultures to spice up our foods.. :D

here in the Philippines every dish is cooked starting with spices.. and i love them!! :p

glad to read about india! :)
 
Hi inkspot, and marshwiggle!!

I'd love to post a pic my doggy (Her name is Sheba).
The thing is, (:o), I haven't yet gotten all of this figured out!
I still have to get an avatar. You see, I'm newly stale bread!! lol.
Can anyone help me with the avatar/ posting pics thing?:D
 
Oh. hey sorry doff, I keep forgetting to reply to your second question.
What we do to kill time in India..
Well, some people I've spoken to, (including a cousin of mine from canada), seem to think that India's sort of a huge village, with lots of culture..!
Well the culture part is right- we have a really beautiful, rich heritage..
But (whether fortunately or unfortunately, I don't know), I live in a metropolis so you don't see much of that culture on a day to day basis. (remember the paan spit? lol).
I mean, the same cousin I was telling you about actually asked me if we have elephants walking down the street?! To which I replied, "No, because there are too many snake charmers on the road."
Back to the topic, I swim a lot- I'm very lucky cz there's a public swimming pool 5mins away from my house.
I've started drawing and painting again.
I used to be a total and complete bookworm.. but unfortunately, these days I don't get much reading done. (mainly because I've discovered the "Idiot-box"- which is how my father refers to the TV.)
But one of my favourite authors is P.G.Wodehouse--the man is brilliant!
When we go out though, we usually go to a cofeeshop (NOT the kind Lieke referred to in her earlier post!!- the coffee- coffeeshop).
So yup- nothing very fascinating about my life. Sighhhhhh!
 
It´s so wonderful to read about India Moonshadow :D It´s so interesting! My aint went to India recently and her descirptions of the country were quite witty :p
And as for spicy food I cant stand it sadly. My sister loves spiciy food more than anything and puts spice on anything she can get her hand on (in the food department) :rolleyes:
 
Moonshadow said:
Wow that's amazing! I've been wanting to learn a martial art for ages! Though I was thinking of karate. Isn't having a black belt considered being armed? Anyway, really cool.
Hey, I think we can come to some sort of arrangement- you need someone to practice Tae-Kwondo on. I have an extra sister..
How nicely this is working out. -Now to convince my mom that this is a good deal...!
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Considered being armed? No no, it just means you've payed enough to get a black belt ;) A black belt in Tae-Kwondo is nothing special. It shows you know how to do a flawless kick, but it doesn't learn you how to really fight. My kickboxing helps abit though, so I've had to sign several contracts disallowing me to use anything of what I've learned on other people

lol, I'll give your sister to my students, no worries (They're worse then me. You have no idea how many times I've been kicked between the legs)

:eek: Moonshadow you have snake tamers outside your houses to scare away the elephants?! And keep on swimming! Good for your health and back!


inkspot said:
Doffen how can a police dog be dumb? They have to know how to catch criminals and stuff.
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Not at all dear Inky; Police dogs are trained in ONE special way each. You have different dogs for different tasks, like the one who's used to tracking (personell and drugs). All they ever do is sniffing. *sniff sniff sniff*, and you cannot to anything else with them, because if you do, it gets a tad bit to complicated for them.

The second one is the "agressive" one, which is trained to keep down people until the police can grab them. In Norway, they are often poodles (ever been attacked by a poodle before? They're one of the most agressive dogs I've ever seen). Still, ask them to do a simple command. Won't work.

The reason some special dog breeds are used is because dogs are stupid enough to learn! People look at this as a sign of intelligence (like something cats can't do, because they're stupid), which is exactly incorrect. The reason cats doesn't learn is because the cat doesn't want to learn. It knows its other ways (more comfortable) of getting food and happieness then the dog does. It still gets food and it can still go around as it pleases without the "Go go kitty kitty get the sticky sticky!" thing, right?
 
LOL, right. Cats are smart enough to have a cush life.
But a poodle is a smart dog -- they always do well in the agility contests. I thought Alsatians were the ones that brought down criminals ...

And I think Moonshadow was kidding you about the snake charmers. In big cities in India, it looks about like any other big city except people drive crazy and there is a lot religious art, architecture and shrines.
 
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