Wow.. here i am standing in a line.. for my morning coffee at a pretty decent coffeshop. As the line was unusually big today (hush.. generally it means i woke up late and the cascading effect is standing in such a big line)..
anyways.. this gave me the chance to mentally chose the type of coffee i wanted to have.. let me go with half & half and 1 sugar i thought.. nah... milk and 1 sugar.. ok decided..
the line was darn long.. gave me the excuse to think about the days .. when i was home with my parents and my mom made her signature coffee..
our style of coffee is very removed from the American coffee.. back home.. we had coffee with lots of milk and 2 or 3 sugars.. the best part of our home-made coffee is.. the strength of the coffee.. for a few ml of it we get such a great aroma and such darkness that its imperative we add a good amount of milk.
here sometimes when standing in Starbucks and ordering the supposedly Dark Espresso.. you can find many immigrants .. smiling wryly.. with a "what?.. dark ?.. this..? huh.. ok!!" look..
infact when i got my first American Coffee, i sweared to God.. i wil never insult my taste bud and consume another coffee like this.. no matter the cost.. no matter the effort.. i will drink the normal coffee..
but.. aah.. that feels so long back.. coz.. i love the American coffee.. believe it or not.. i sometimes have it without milk.. that was unimaginable not long back..
but truth be told.. its not a total surprise i like the American coffee now.. because i am more used to it.. more used to its texture, flavor and the tinge it leaves on the tongue.. i like that.
infact.. funny but true.. last weekend i made my original normal coffee.. to reminisce the old times i guess.. and i swear i made a good one.. but somehow my tongue disagreed..
where is the tinge .. where is the subtle darkness in the coffee.. why is it milky.. my taste-buds killed me with these questions..
i think i was amused to say the least.. my taste has gotten programmed to the American Coffee..
contrary to what people say its not aping Americans.. its merely following and appreciating what feels good..
with time and the mentality to appreciate other tastes i slowly appreciate the beauty of the other coffee.. which is my normal coffee now..
there is a lesson in this.. when you goto a new place.. never ever curse how that place or culture looks abnormal because you dont follow it.. be with an open mind and before long.. you will realise and appreciate the novelty of the other world..
aah.. time to order my coffee.. dark with half & half and 1 sugar please!!
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Fear of feeling hypnotized may make u crawl into deep caves.. many have lost focus.. happiness and their life coz of it..
That u equate appreciating and enjoying a novel thing with "a weak hypnotized control-less mind" is troubling..
Again there r the hypocrites who r pale and cant find a thing right in this world..
"Wandering Conundrum"... the words u'v writen here.. speaks volumes of y ur title ain that bad..
to equate the whole world as a flock of sheep headed to NEverland is troubling.. i have known ppl who fall into this school of thought and i feel for them..
this happens when they are so full of themselves.. like when one considers himself immortal among mortals.. are great among the good..
seeing thru things is not ur patent.. everyone can lay claim to that..
i hope u see thru that point and realise.. while its ok to have a viewpoint.. its bad to think thats always right and its worse to diss the other viewpoints..
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