Cafe N v 17

Welcome to the 17th thread of the series.

About Us

Who we are
We are a group of fun-loving people interested in having unbridled fun and talking about the lighter side of life on Sajha.

We are unapologetic about what we say because we don't put too much thought into our words. We have come to learn after all these episodes that when your goal is unrestrained and harmless fun, you can only be so careful or thoughtful about what you say. We mean no harm towards anyone and welcome everyone to join the fun.

The Cafe series, as it has evolved over the weeks and months, is an effort to create a community of like minded people who want to have fun - or as SNDY likes to says - "be good and have fun". That is the only clause in our one-line constitution.
What do we do in the Cafe?
Meeting, greeting and sharing is what we do a lot of. As well as singing, dancing, needling (one another of course), opining, joking and anything else to kill time. Not to forget serving and partaking virtual lattes, biscottis, tea, coffee, samosas, jalebis and other tasty baked goods that we take out of the Google Images oven. We've also posted videos, dedicated songs, confessed our crushes, talked about weather, food, work, sports - anything that is fun.

History
History is never uncontroversial and ours too might not be free from it.This is version is subject to revision as members deem fit.

This whole thing was started by Hi Nanu and instigated by SNDY. Back in those days, SNDY had so many people to say hi to that she would go on each thread where her friends had posted, and say hi, regardless of what the topic was. It had a positive impact on the site, IMO, because it made conversations lighter and soon others started following that trend and we had several threads where the topic might have been something like the "Collapse of the European Monetary Union" but other than the first few posts, the conversation turned out to be about anything but that.

So one day Hi Dai opened a thread called "Thread for greeting each other". Little did he realize what he had created. That thread filled a vacuum in Sajha, as we saw it, for friendly conversation between people that was free of name calling, personal attacks and caste/creed/school/language prejudices. This was back in the dark days of the caste wars and turf struggles. That thread quickly filled up and reach it's maximum posts in a matter of days and another one was started. And then another and another ...

At that time someone jokingly (perhaps contemptuously) referred to us as the "Nautanki" group. We took on that joke and called our self the Nuatanki Briagade and fulfilled SNDY's long running desire to become a Brigadier. So there were several threads (or episodes as we called them) under the Nautanki banner. We got to a point where we ran the joke to the ground and thought it might be time for a name change. We figured a word like Nautanki can wear out after a while and we suspect it might have deterred some people, who would otherwise have posted, from posting on the thread .

We held a poll on whether or not we should change our name. We decided, by an overwhelming majority, to change the name. It was Juggy who came up with the name "Cafe N". The rest, as they say, is history.

Geography
As of last count, in alphabetical order of countries and US states: Alabama, Australia, Belgium, California, Canada, Connecticut, Denmark, Florida, Illinois, India, Iraq, Italy, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nepal, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, UK, Washington,Washington DC. Some of us haven't disclosed our locations and I might have missed some so the list is probably longer.



Languages
Languages heard in the Cafe: English, Nepali, Punjabi, Hindi, Newari, Sanskrit, French, German, Gujrati, Spanish, Esperanto and mixtures and derivatives thereof. The list is bound to grow as we plan to expand to all the corners of the world - although we haven't quite figured how.

Politics
Constitutional Assembly elections are slated for a some time the future, around NPL2US's recently announced wedding date. The Fun party and the Sun party are running neck to neck so we've figured we are in for some fun and sun regardless of the outcome.

But seriously we tend to leave our politics, class, caste, creed, schooling, religion, Indian idol preferences and anything that could affect the fun on the other side of our keyboards or for other threads. Thapap and Loote may battle it out like there is no tomorrow on other threads, but they've been good buddies here.

How do I join ?
Post something, anything, in the "be good and have fun" spirit and you are guaranteed to receive a warm welcome


Previous editions


(Folks, the above is just my interpretation of things done in the spirit of the Cafe and purely for fun. If there is anything you want changed, added or removed, please let me know)
 

Brig Ma'am -

Yeah, wink, wink - big time! LOL!!! How was your day today?

Ha ha ha NKC! I am more than happy to be under your leadership in that department.

Camo - Ha ha ha ... Javed Akhtar is one character, isn't he? I know many Prashant fans detest him. I can only imagine all the hate mail he must be getting.


NPL2US said :

"Oh camo and Capty! badta hoina hai!!! k host host karai raako?"

Camo, did you hear that? Man, we need to start wearing a helmet and body armor to this place. ha ha ha.

NPL bro - I am sure there are million creative things you'll come up with (like one of your classical stories for example ) to put on the thread. Have a good one and don't get too mad, please.

Avani -

Hi, how's it going?

Cerine - Hi (again)

TL - Done the disappearing act again huh?

Hi and good nite to the rest.

Hi people... Thanks for the wishes to all!! :D

Cappy, I have this bad habit of studying till late night and then getting up early to study when I have exams. And I also dream about my books and classes all night! LOL, I dont know if that anxiety is good or bad! What have you been upto... seems like you dont care about the ex anymore!!

Camo!! Where are you lost??? Havent seen you for a long time!! No stories for me. I normally cant write during the semester because of sooo many things going on in my mind I am prolly going to write my next piece on December (or later)!! LOL

Nepal ko chora... The exam was not all that tasty.. but the result might be!! :D

Hi to Avani, npl, Mav, cerine, sndy, and rest who are in hiding.

UNCLE L... Donde esta? Venga por favor.

I am going to call it a night! Seems like my head is about to explode.. UGHH

Good night, Rythm.

I'm outta here too shortly.

See you all when I do.

:)

Song playing on my mind - from the Jurassic era though - if anyone has a remix version, please post :)

Ajeeb Dastan Hain

seee ---> reminds me of lemoney, couldn't resist not posting here (hope it will show the picture).

G'nite :Flippy and Avani

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Good Morning greetings from: Flippy and Avani

Camo - Yeah, it was a humble gesture of Mr. Roger to do so. Miss Maria was prolly concentrating too hard on matches that she ignored greatest fans around her.;-) Howdy Camo? Work keeping you too busy eh?

Captain - So you already have a planned Fall and Winter? How interesting! Oh yeah, some are very lucky. Btw, who are they 'some'? Hope to see you around. TC

Cerine Buini - I will definitely stop by often along with my saathi. What's happening lately?

NKC - Kata harako timi? I'm doing awesome, thanks.

sndy - Now don't you say you too don't want to be here more often. sndy nahi toh kuch nahi re kya!;-)

TL - How's life rolling? Time to take a beak yet? Hope all is well.:-)

Jack Bhangeyra - How tied up with school work huh? G'luck!

Rythm - How are you feeling today? Slept enough hours?:-)

npl2us - Howdy bud?

Jugs - Ahemm...completely forgotten the cafe 'N' eh? G'luck with everything!

Cleo Maicha - Where art thou? Hope to see you soon.

Lemoney - K cha chari? Exams bhayo?

Loote Puppy - *Coughs* No farewell letter/mesage this time eh? Hope you are not bogged down by your work. TC

Hello to the missed ones!

P.S: Captain, that's a good choice.

Gooddddddddddd Sleepy Morning to ya all !!

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Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Flippy di.. :-D

Isn't it a great great fall weather :D
Can't wait till the colors of the leaves start changing...
and of course "raining of the cats and dogs"
then the slippin and sliding on the decaying leaves on the walkways..
Plus the wonderful fallin leaves poking at ya during your long walks..

Hello CafeNicans. I haven’t posted a long message for a while. It’s not been a long time over here. I am writing what comes in my mind when I read ur names. Just my first draft, wont try to think too much. So..dont come with ur .9 mm gun if I am wrong. Btw..its not character, I am trying to portray. It is just what comes in my mind.

Camo : Whats up camo bro!! I am doing good.
Some kind intelligent guy comes in my mind, with whom you can talk frm world peace to world pleasure. ;)
Btw.. whats with Rhythm not writing stories has to do smthing with me:

Flippy: Hey Fliipy floppy!. For some reason, whenever, I read ur name, sunny day or summer, to be precise I remember that boardwalk of Ocean City.. lol And we all know who wear flip flop..esp over there;)

Captain – Whats up Captain. Hope you and ur voyage is going well. Write about sm of those interesting people whom you met and those scenic place where u been.
A kind of sleek, good looking person comes in my mind.

Cerine – How are u… A gal next door comes in my mind.

NKC – I am doing good bro. BY the way NKC sounds like a Ivy League N kun chai Nepal ko chora ho? Madhav Nepal ta hoina hai!!

sndy - How r u maa’m( for some reason now I want to call you maa’m, esp now when I know you have a son) How old is your son?? I’d love to see his pics. Fuchhe cha bhane chai chubby banaunu hai… duble hoina

Btw..a lil stupid ..a lot smiling .. comes in my mind. In fact you make me remember some of my sister in laws.. lol . Stupid in the sense that there may be lots of topics in which you would go totally blank and clueless.

TL – How u doing lady? When I read your name, some corporate gal comes in my mind with black coat and white shirt and interestingly also long curly hair.

Rythm – Well well! What do I say about u. When I read your name you bring all sorts of thing in my mind. Some times I feel like u r kaali n motti but also cute. that sweet kind of gal who remembers all her family bthday and whatever dates. But some times I think you are very bubbly and very careless. I guess you have both the sets of character.

npl2us – when I read your name ..some kind of animation comes in my mind. The animation would be like the plane flying around the globe from the map of Nepal to US. And ya! In that animation you can also see the path …some kind of bluish thick line tapered on the end with the star blinking on it.

Cleopatra- I don’t think ,you would like what kind of person comes in my mind when I read ur name. But, hey I know u can surely change that.

Lemoney - When I think about you, a gori kt (Nepal standard) gal with short skirt who.hmm.. .how do I say!. A person who is happy to be what she is… with a touch of arrogance (hmm..thats a good line to express) ..kinda like the hindi movie type actress.. to be precise that semi- kareena kapoor of that movie KKKG.lol

Loote Hunk: When I first read you name. Frankly saying I thought you are sm kind of person who doesn’t know any thing. Very howday…. No values of word.
But now I think you are kinda howday but not that howday either. And interesting name… to be frank I dunno if I woud put this name in a blog. It kinda also gives ur “heck about the world” nature. But smtimes you want to pick a nik name which is totally different than you.. which is my case. So, its really hard to grasp you in picture. So hunky, time for you send me a pic.

Avani: I haven’t talked with you. But seems like u and flippy are frens. So when I read ur name, I feel like flips is also standing next to you ….lol

Alright guys, enjoy ur well earned Wednesday!!

He he Mav, here's a picture of my son who's all set to beat you up for calling his mom stupid..LOL

Btw, very interesting observation..and very true..:)

Hello wonderful people..

Flips, very nice picture there..we don't get to see all those colors here..how have you been?

Cerine, how r u? What's for lunch?

Hey Capt. saab, big time wink wink? La ta double wink wink..he he..

Hey Rythm, december or later re? Hyaaa, u'll make us wait that long? Let's start with our bahurani and sasuma drama..it'll be fun..who was my son again? He he..

Rest of the gang..hellooooooooooooooooooooooo

TL, we need to meet about this big time wink wink hai..LOL

Looots, badhi hoina la..bhanya ni mandaina..

Hi everybuddddy! Happy September the 19th to ya'll!

Hey mavs, Dang boy! you picture me like a "Junkiri"? with a star flashing at my tail re!!??? marchhu kyaare haaseyra!!!

Cerine, is it that bad this morning?

FulAvani_Flipty, how's it going?

Capty broda, don't worry! i aint mad at ya. even i get mad i always find something to laugh within the madness itself. life is too beautiful to be thassssa paring ni hoina?

SNDYm, aham kushalam mangalam. you mangalam kushalam too?

TL, how are you?

Lemony, i am mad at coke. he is the one stopping you to come here, hoina? how you both getting along?

Rythm, dhatt fattai!!! testo ni garnu hunchha ta? how are you?

Camo dada, salute to you.

Loots bro, where at? Thapap where at? Juggy where at? Nails where at?

Rest of the gang, enjoy the September 19th!!!! will catch ya'll letar!!!

Hey Neptem,
me mangalam too..glad to hear that u mangalam and remain mangalam come what may..or september..he he..waiting for your new thread..

Lemony, hope everything's well at your end..khoi kata ho?

Camo bhaijaan, sorry, couldn't talk to u yesterday..was ali bg k..

"Seee ---> reminds me of lemoney, couldn't resist not posting here (hope it will show the picture). "

You've been thinking of Lemony? Goodness, how many more friends do you need? There's already Avani who is so close to you. At this rate, pretty soon we might be reading : "Good morning Cafe. From: Flippy, Avani and Lemony"

Glad you liked the number. I listened to that and another oldie last night. I have been discovering Hindi Oldies of late - somehow I missed that trend earlier in life and I am enjoying it now. I'll post the other oldie tonight, ok? When the mood sets in re kya aja .. ha ha

Good afternoon Cerine -

Hope you are well. Is today any more or less boring than any other day?

Nice pics there, BTW, Cerine and Flips.

Maverick -

Good to see you back! Ha ha, yeah so good looking that mothers bring their kids closer to them when they see me in the malls, the neighborhood dogs bark at me when I pass, and unruly kids are told "Sleep or else that guy you saw today will come". But I am flattered you had such a favorable impression of me .. he he

Let me share the image I have of you. For some reason, don't ask me why, I have this Hells Angels image: leather jacket, Levis, Harley .. a 'hunk' in the classical sense ... and this is the funniest bit, not sure why, but I think you have a shaved head, occasionally wear a bandanna, and perhaps have a tattoo or two. There is a pretty girl always riding pillion on the back of your Harley.

Ha ha ha ... in jest and good faith :)

Brig Ma'am -

Wow, what a dada he's become!! He looks really good in that pic, btw! Good genes no doubt! Wink, wink ...ha ha


Rythm -

Did you sleep any better last night? How's your day been?

NPL2US -

Phew! (takes of helmet and body armor). Hope all is well.

A big hi to the rest of the folks and a salute to Camo!

LOL Capt. saab, we're really working hard on making him a true dada..:) He's learning..believe me..

JADAU
NAMASTE
HELLO
SASRIYAKAL
SALAM ALE KUM
FROM ME TO U ALL CAFEIITS

Hi people... whats happening? :D

Npl, LOL everytime I read your comments next to my name it says... dhutt fattai tyasto pani garna hunchha ta? LOL.... thats seriously hilarious!

Mav. LOL!! You are sooooo funny! I mean how can you know my complexion and my weight by looking at my nick? Thats weird. Unless of course you are a psychic! ARE YOU??

sndy saasumaaa!! Sat Sri Akal ji!! Hoping tussi thik thak ho. Ussi kaa to haal behal hain ji! Aapke betey ki yaad mein poora mahina bit gaya pagar "unko" hamara koi matlab nahi!! sob sob. Ki kare ji, aaj kal ke zamaane main pata nahi ki gal hain, lekin sab log selfish welfish ho gaye!! (Kajol style KKKG :D)

Hi to all :)

:O Cappy, I didnt see you!!
Anyways, I slept like a baby last night, Thanks for asking :D. So what image do you have of the rest of us? (I hope its not like the image you have for Mav. ughh!!) My day has been going just fine. I need to get some more sleep. yawnnnn... What have you been upto? Are you in on the family drama that sndy saasuma suggested, or do you pass?

Brig Ma'am -

Bikash KC - Namaste Dact Saab! "Jadau"? Didn't the Muluki Ain outlaw that?

LOL Rythm - I don't really do a lot of imagining of people here to tell you the truth. I know I am prolly never gonna meet most of the people here so why bother and make the neurons work on something futile, no? LOL!! But now that you asked, the images that my mind conjures up are those of Susan Sontag, Kiran Desai, Jhumpa Lahiri ... ha ha. A little bit of all perhaps.

Re: the drama - ha ha ha ... I am in - but can I be the villain ?

As for Mav's characterization, he he, too bad you didn't like it. (Mav bro, it was meant to be a compliment - please dont think otherwise for even a sec. I guess I kinda like that image myself which is why I saw you in it.)

Aight, you all have a good one.

:)

Cappy, I didn't say I disliked his characterization!! I just didn't want you to have an image of me with a shaved head, bandana, tattoo and harley LOL.

For the drama, you will need to ask sndy for the plot. I have no idea if there is a villian involved! ( Why would you want to be villian ) Jumpa Lahiri is good looking though !!