frmsaturn
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Post by frmsaturn on Oct 25, 2009 19:52:27 GMT -5
Hi Folks, I have been experiencing internet connection problems from "h-e-double-hockey-sticks" for the past few weeks.  I am writing/typing this to you from my local library (the only way I am able to access the 'net at the present time). Just wanted you all to know that I am in the process of lining up a new WiFi provider at home, and it will be with a most happy heart that I shall re-connect with all of my friends at Majicat in the near future. I miss you guys more than I can say, and I look so forward to rejoining my fellow Majicatters soon. In the meantime (and these really _have_ been 'mean times'!), take good care! -Bud Hey Bud, I think you need a visit from the OLE SLEDGE HAMMER!!! You DO remember, right!! A good old BAM BAM BAM ought to do the trick!! Peace,Vivian LOL  I have to agree - sometimes a few "gentle" wacks can do immense wonders for our techno-toys! It always amazes me when I ask someone technical to fix my computer and the first thing they do is "Jiggle the insides." (The second thing of course is to blow the dust inside around.)  But welcome back Bud, I have to admit I've been lost at work myself so I guess welcome back from me could have two meanings having missed you from my own fault as well.  |
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Incognita
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Post by Incognita on Oct 31, 2009 9:36:30 GMT -5
 Happy Halloween all Majicatters! |
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Post by flemmishfangent on Oct 31, 2009 10:17:09 GMT -5
LOVELY
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Post by richina on Oct 31, 2009 10:28:02 GMT -5
That's cool Maya!!! Thanks, and same to you!
Y'all do Halloween in India??
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Post by Incognita on Oct 31, 2009 10:33:26 GMT -5
We don't have it in India, but it's something I'd love to do. Maybe I can start a trend ;D
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Post by JaneB on Nov 1, 2009 17:55:38 GMT -5
You have your own version in India - Holi. In 2007, I traveled between Delhi and Agra, back and forth, over the weekend of Holi. The way people paint their faces with the gulal and celebrate is much like our Halloween. I remember seeing auto-rickshaws FILLED with many people, all with their faces painted yellow, pink, green, blue, purple - it was amazing!
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Incognita
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Post by Incognita on Nov 1, 2009 22:21:05 GMT -5
In a way yes, the craziness matches. Holi is many things to many people. I'd love to have a real Halloween though, pumpkins and all. The spirit of Halloween with the lights and the element of the supernatural, reminds me more of Bhoot Chaturdashi which is the dark night before the Diwali dawn. Read an Indian blogger's experience of this festival aditisen.blogspot.com/2007/10/spookian-nights.htmlJane I'd love to hear more about your travels in India. You were pretty brave to travel that route that weekend. ;D |
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frmsaturn
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Post by frmsaturn on Nov 1, 2009 23:06:54 GMT -5
Maya, what an adorable depiction of the spooky wonderfulness of halloween type holidays. There is so much wonder to halloween that I believe we all enjoy it because of its ability to bring out the child in all of us! Thanks for sharing the blog!
In the New Mexico the Pueblos do a celebration that comes on November 1st where families feast with visitors from outside the pueblo or from another pueblo. After eating the visitors are taken around the pueblo from house to house where they say a prayer and a blessing, the door opens and the family inside gives them food. The family giving food is blessed more and more for what is given away.
There is always the chance the person at the door may be an ancestor and that of course is more blessings for the food given. (It is very spooky walking streets that haven't changed much in over a century, you just never know!)
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Post by Incognita on Nov 1, 2009 23:47:32 GMT -5
There is always the chance the person at the door may be an ancestor and that of course is more blessings for the food given. (It is very spooky walking streets that haven't changed much in over a century, you just never know!) If we look below the surface I think all our celebrations have a lot more in common than we think. In India there is a custom in some families to invite a "guest of honor" to partake of a special meal and receive gifts (usually a needy person) on death anniversaries of ancestors. The guest (often someone you don't know) is present at the prayer service and is considered to represent the ancestor. There are some who literally believe that he/she carries the spirit of the departed and it is a little spooky. To me it feels like a way to be mindful of someone in need and include them in your family like their filling an empty place. You connect with and try to fill the need of another human being on a day when you are missing your own loved one. And the community that gathers for the commemoration (yes there are lots of guests) feel blessed as one. |
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Post by richina on Nov 2, 2009 9:54:03 GMT -5
Thank you all for sharing your experiences.  It is so interesting to learn about the cultures of others around the world! Listening to you makes me realize...I need to get out more, or maybe even "pick up a good book now"!  Richina |
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Post by flemmishfangent on Nov 2, 2009 14:04:04 GMT -5
Yes if people should look more what we have in common in our culture they would see how many things are infact the same or for the same reasons the same purpose only in another robe.that's fine hear we learn from eachother (buildig our bridges)thanks Regii
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Post by JaneB on Nov 2, 2009 19:10:44 GMT -5
Yes if people should look more what we have in common in our culture they would see how many things are infact the same or for the same reasons the same purpose only in another robe.that's fine hear we learn from eachother (buildig our bridges)thanks Regii Regii, you are so right. Look at what has happened with all of us - we have made friends with each other just because we love the music of one man. When I met some of you in London, it seemed we already knew each other. Just imagine if the whole world had their own "Yusuf" - what a different world it would be. |
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Post by JaneB on Nov 2, 2009 19:12:37 GMT -5
In a way yes, the craziness matches. Holi is many things to many people. I'd love to have a real Halloween though, pumpkins and all. The spirit of Halloween with the lights and the element of the supernatural, reminds me more of Bhoot Chaturdashi which is the dark night before the Diwali dawn. Read an Indian blogger's experience of this festival aditisen.blogspot.com/2007/10/spookian-nights.htmlJane I'd love to hear more about your travels in India. You were pretty brave to travel that route that weekend. ;D I didn't know anything about Holi until that weekend,so I didn't know what I was doing. I will have to find my blog that I kept and add some things to it for you. It was such a special trip... |
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Post by Sir Lorry Load on Nov 12, 2009 12:41:09 GMT -5
Hi Folks, I have been experiencing internet connection problems from "h-e-double-hockey-sticks" for the past few weeks. I am writing/typing this to you from my local library (the only way I am able to access the 'net at the present time). Just wanted you all to know that I am in the process of lining up a new WiFi provider at home, and it will be with a most happy heart that I shall re-connect with all of my friends at Majicat in the near future. I miss you guys more than I can say, and I look so forward to rejoining my fellow Majicatters soon. In the meantime (and these really _have_ been 'mean times'!), take good care! -Bud Hey Bud, I think you need a visit from the OLE SLEDGE HAMMER!!! You DO remember, right!! A good old BAM BAM BAM ought to do the trick!! Peace,Vivian Hi Viv, How can one _ever_ forget your "ole sledge hammer" and the exquisite "bam bam bam's" it was capable of administering at a moment's notice. Thanks so much for that enduring memory of (catstevens.com) days gone by!  -Bud |
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Post by Sir Lorry Load on Nov 12, 2009 12:47:56 GMT -5
Hey Bud, I think you need a visit from the OLE SLEDGE HAMMER!!! You DO remember, right!! A good old BAM BAM BAM ought to do the trick!! Peace,Vivian LOL I have to agree - sometimes a few "gentle" wacks can do immense wonders for our techno-toys! It always amazes me when I ask someone technical to fix my computer and the first thing they do is "Jiggle the insides." (The second thing of course is to blow the dust inside around.) But welcome back Bud, I have to admit I've been lost at work myself so I guess welcome back from me could have two meanings having missed you from my own fault as well. This "thank you" arrives, oh, maybe about 2 and 1/2 weeks late... But please know, Sheryl, that it is offered with sincere appreciation: many thanks are sent your way for the "welcome back". -Bud |
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It is so interesting to learn about the cultures of others around the world! Listening to you makes me realize...I need to get out more, or maybe even "pick up a good book now"! 
