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| katmandude |
Posted
on 28-Jul-02 06:55 PM
I am sure this has been quite a common experience with lots of Nepalese or (Deshis) but I think this forum gives a perfect platform to talk about otherwise sensitive topic such as body odor.
Due to our fondness of for spicy and "masaledar" khana, I have found many people from south asia to be unwitting and unaware carrier of that spicy, masaledar chicken smell that his/her wife just prepared for him/her at home...
Hence this othewise mouthwatering smell in kitchen is not as quite mouth watering when it is experieced in classrooms and office cubicles. The excessive use of masala in our cooking in a highly enclosed environament is so strong that it is a turn off even on the coolest looking dudes or hottest looking chics. Every nook and corner of the apartmenst gives off the whiff of that days' menu in that apt. Add indoor cigarette smoking to that and the picture is complete for disaster....
Then there is body odor due to minimal use of deodrant or the maximum use of the same undergarment...such as or especially socks...
Moral of the story to those might be unaware:
No matter whatchu look like, don't forget to shower everyday if possible...(in ktm it might be little different due to the shortage of water)
but at leaset change your socks and undergarments everyday especially in summer..
Use deodrant and nice cologne wouldn't hurt...
and go get ' em tigers or tigresses....
K'dude
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 28-Jul-02 08:26 PM
Hi K'dude,
I agree with you on this. I had a friend from India in Auburn who literally smelled
chicken masalaa. I hated that smell so much, and informed him a lot of time how I
felt about that. He used to exude his sheepish smile, but he never changed his
habit. I guess his apartment was kinda enclosed, and he was not accustomed to
running the exhaust fan.
I didn't mean to be mean about his eating habit. It is just an obnoxious smell,
and he was the dude who always wanted to sit next to me, even in exam.
Thankfully, I have never experienced that with Nepali friends. Nepali are often
cleaner than a lot of dudes from our neighboring countries. That has been my
experience consistently. Others may have contrary experience, I just wanted to
be objective, rather than "nationalist" here!
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| dangggg |
Posted
on 28-Jul-02 08:27 PM
Dude,
Thats one of the reasons why I don't cook authentic nepali food in my apartment.
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| Dilasha |
Posted
on 28-Jul-02 09:21 PM
I've never had any issue about friends and foul smell (thank god!) for a person who's quite sensitive when it comes to smell be it smoke from the ciggys (which doesn't stop me from going to the clubs "occassionally") or smoke from the vehicles, the smell of a fatigued body, or the smell of a trash bin that has been lying in the garage for weeks due the forgetful owner or the smell of fruits that have been sitting in the basket rotten for days which even the ants won't eat or any kind of pungent, filthy, disgusting smell can easily make a person go berserk or so it does to me. Anyways, I had this friend who happened to be from a neighbouring country. He was a literary genius, a very creative artist who could easily become another Satyajit Ray or a Guru Dutt for such highly talented he was that anyone who was exposed to his works would not cease to praise him. I didn't realize that I was sitting next to this very same literary tiger one day until this very disgusting foul smell started to evaporate from his body into the thin air and as I turned my head, I saw this dark, shabby, filthy guy who hadn't shaved for quite a while, seemed as if he hadn't taken shower for months not even days, with clothes that he didn't wash once and shoes that seemed like he took out from a dumpster, seriously, it was so disgusting to see the very same guy in such a condition. I couldn't utter a word for I was about to throw up right where i was sitting and without even saying a word, I just vamoosed from the place, good that he didn't see me. Anyways, smell can really play an important role especially when it comes to communication, like I'd have certainly said hi to that friend of mine instead of running away from him had it not been for the pungent smell that he was adorned with.
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