Comments on: Hiatus http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/08/hiatus/ It's got a point, if only you can find it... Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:08:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Karthik http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/08/hiatus/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Karthik Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:45:41 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/08/hiatus/#comment-926 Here for a few months. What are Rojak and Prata? (Parotta?). We're vegetarians and that takes away about 90% of eating places here. There seem to be a lot of temples here - Little India is indistinguishable from certain areas of Chennai or Coimbatore. It is amazing how people that have never visited India in their lives can be so "Indian". They listen only to Tamil songs, eat Tamil cuisine, speak a slighly different version of Tamil and are in some ways more Indian than many of us born and brought up there. Not sure if it is good or bad though - some assimilation is always good. Here for a few months. What are Rojak and Prata? (Parotta?). We’re vegetarians and that takes away about 90% of eating places here.

There seem to be a lot of temples here – Little India is indistinguishable from certain areas of Chennai or Coimbatore. It is amazing how people that have never visited India in their lives can be so “Indian”. They listen only to Tamil songs, eat Tamil cuisine, speak a slighly different version of Tamil and are in some ways more Indian than many of us born and brought up there.

Not sure if it is good or bad though – some assimilation is always good.

]]> By: Kaps http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/08/hiatus/comment-page-1/#comment-925 Kaps Thu, 09 Jun 2005 05:49:04 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/08/hiatus/#comment-925 Did u taste Indian Rojak and Prata? I guess they have some Tamil movie halls as well....I remember seeing some movie there. Did u taste Indian Rojak and Prata? I guess they have some Tamil movie halls as well….I remember seeing some movie there.

]]> By: prash http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/08/hiatus/comment-page-1/#comment-924 prash Thu, 09 Jun 2005 04:12:29 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/08/hiatus/#comment-924 welcome back to the blogosphere! ah malaysia; all i remember is the one rainy afternoon vidhya and myself spent roaming around kuala lumpur when we returned after our wedding. the flight back to the u.s. was 8 hours away and we had time to kill. the petronas towers and some indian cab drivers are all i can remember ... oh and i think we went to a zoo and i was bitten by a parrot which i was trying to feed ... how long are you there? must be HUMMMMMID!!! welcome back to the blogosphere!
ah malaysia; all i remember is the one rainy afternoon vidhya and myself spent roaming around kuala lumpur when we returned after our wedding. the flight back to the u.s. was 8 hours away and we had time to kill. the petronas towers and some indian cab drivers are all i can remember … oh and i think we went to a zoo and i was bitten by a parrot which i was trying to feed …
how long are you there? must be HUMMMMMID!!!

]]> By: Sibyl http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/08/hiatus/comment-page-1/#comment-923 Sibyl Wed, 08 Jun 2005 22:53:53 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/08/hiatus/#comment-923 Ah, yes, "can". I have a Malaysian Chinese friend here in Melbourne, and am very amused when my requests and questions are met with a vigorous "Can, can, can." He is no stranger to Indian food (he likes what he calls "banana leaf rice") and knows more Tamil swear words than I do. On a different note, I also have acquaintances here who moved here from Penang, and they mourn the loss of the temples close by that so enamoured their visiting parents. All they get here are the brick-veneer houses and milk bars of suburbia. Ah, yes, “can”. I have a Malaysian Chinese friend here in Melbourne, and am very amused when my requests and questions are met with a vigorous “Can, can, can.”

He is no stranger to Indian food (he likes what he calls “banana leaf rice”) and knows more Tamil swear words than I do.

On a different note, I also have acquaintances here who moved here from Penang, and they mourn the loss of the temples close by that so enamoured their visiting parents. All they get here are the brick-veneer houses and milk bars of suburbia.

]]> By: mullai http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/08/hiatus/comment-page-1/#comment-922 mullai Wed, 08 Jun 2005 18:24:24 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/08/hiatus/#comment-922 Karthik: That was a long break (by your blogging standards). Glad to know you have settled down. I missed your posts. Looking forward to see your book-meme-tag post. -mullai Karthik:
That was a long break (by your blogging standards). Glad to know you have settled down. I missed your posts. Looking forward to see your book-meme-tag post.
-mullai

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