What is in your cup?

[Stitchawl]

I've just seen a face,
I can't forget the time or place
That we'd just met, she's just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see we've met
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm mmm mmm

Had it been another day
I might have looked the other way
But I had never been aware
And as it is I dream of her tonight
La, di, di, da di di

Falling, yes I am falling
And she keeps calling me back again

Sunday mornings, sunshine, green herbs in the garden, cat sleeping at my feet, all the windows and doors open to the Spring morning, mug of Ahmad English Breakfast tea in honor of Desertblue's trip, Beatles music playing softly in the background... Nice.

Originally Posted by maianhvk

What about necklace with a ring as a pendant? like this:

.YIKES! That is even worse than wearing a heart! In most cultures, that signifies that your lover has given you their ring to wear! A confirmation of a solid one-to-one relationship!

You also need to keep away from either of these as jewelry symbols if you are looking for a boyfriend.


or



Both will be better for finding you a girlfriend...



Reading another wonderful travel report, as usual. I almost feel as if I'm there.

Originally Posted by desertblues

I saw different aspects of their daily life, as the coffeehouses and customs, as oil-wrestling.

Oh!! I LOVE oil wrestling! There was this bar I used to go to in Bangkok that featured oil wrestling on Friday and Saturday nights. I think the wrestlers must have had a hard time getting all that oil out of their long hair!

Originally Posted by desertblues

You're experimenting a bit? Do you lknow the Ahmad tea I drink?

Don't you remember? Before your trip you asked us what tea you would find in Iran. I told you that Ahmad was the most popular tea there!

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

It is sort of an auburn colour, I'm quite happy with it! My hair does naturally have a bit of red in it, but my dyed hair now has a touch more red in it, I really like it.

I wish I had enough hair to dye... I would go for purple just like the little old ladies. Hey, I'm a little old man, right? Why not?

Second mug of Ahmad English Breakfast tea, then onward the day!
CHARGE!!!!!!


Stitchawl

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by astra

I Do you drink it in tea bags or loose? (I think you said tea bags.......
In order to compensate, at least a little bit, for the morning palmiers I am drinking a cup #7 of Pu-Erh tea.

yes, I drink it in teabags, without sugar and it is my favorite breakfast tea. It is mellow, just right for me in the morning, with my oriental breakfast. Life is so different for me now, and that tea is just ..right..

[QUOTE=Stitchawl;
Sunday mornings, sunshine, green herbs in the garden, cat sleeping at my feet, all the
windows and doors open to the Spring morning, mug of Ahmad English Breakfast tea in honor of Desertsblues trip....
Reading another wonderful travel report, as usual. I almost feel as if I'm there.
Oh!! I LOVE oil wrestling! There was this bar I used to go to in Bangkok that
featured oil wrestling on Friday and Saturday nights. I think the wrestlers must have had a hard time getting all that oil out of their long hair!
Don't you remember? Before your trip you asked us what tea you would find in Iran. I told you that Ahmad was the most popular tea there!
Second mug of Ahmad English Breakfast tea, then onward the day!
Stitchawl[/QUOTE]


Thank you, Stichawl, I'm glad you like the report. I didn't remember, that you
said it , but life has another rythm for me now, so I'm not able to look
at all posts....and sometimes my brain resembles a sieve.

Edit: Tiba- tea this morning, an Earl Grey. It has a sweet taste to it, although I
don't use sugar.

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

.YIKES! That is even worse than wearing a heart! In most cultures, that signifies that your lover has given you their ring to wear! A confirmation of a solid one-to-one relationship!

You also need to keep away from either of these as jewelry symbols if you are looking for a boyfriend.


or



Both will be better for finding you a girlfriend...

unfortunately, I'm wearing one. I never think there's anything wrong with a ring pendant, but now you point that out.... makes sense though, but I lost the pendant years ago and have difficulties finding a new one (I'm picky). So I put a ring there instead.

@ Marie (LatinAndGreek): I'm sorry if I don't remember your name - is it Mari or Marie? I think it's Marie... Oh auburn is nice by the way

@ Iri: I don't know a thing about shoes, but your jewelries are nice! Especially the red ones... and that huge pendant in the center.

[dreams]

Originally Posted by Iridal

Yep! It's my motto too <snip>

Originally Posted by astra

<snip>

It is going to be my moto for every weekend. That's how I start Saturdays and Sundays. Two palmiers... <snip>

Only on weekends!? It's my motto for all days. I start with a little desert then, if I'm still hungry, I add fruit or vegetables and rice. I'm sure that dessert is one of the major food groups.

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

It is sort of an auburn colour, I'm quite happy with it! My hair does naturally have a bit of red in it, but my dyed hair now has a touch more red in it, I really like it.

Nice. I would like to do mine. I just have to decide what color. Or maybe just some highlights. My problem is that I hate to hold still for so long while someone is doing it.

Coffee in my cup

[maianhvk]

Red bull... icy Red Bull.

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

It is sort of an auburn colour, I'm quite happy with it! My hair does naturally have a bit of red in it, but my dyed hair now has a touch more red in it, I really like it.

That sounds really nice!

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I wish I had enough hair to dye... I would go for purple just like the little old ladies. Hey, I'm a little old man, right? Why not?

Hehe Now that I would like to see

Originally Posted by maianhvk

unfortunately, I'm wearing one. I never think there's anything wrong with a ring pendant, but now you point that out.... makes sense though, but I lost the pendant years ago and have difficulties finding a new one (I'm picky). So I put a ring there instead.

I used to be really picky as well, you just have to find a couple of shops were you know you'll find nice things. Also, real jewelery shops have lots of books from wich you can choose a pendant. That's how I found my clover-necklace.

Originally Posted by maianhvk

@ Iri: I don't know a thing about shoes, but your jewelries are nice! Especially the red ones... and that huge pendant in the center.

Thank you, I like them too. So you're not a shoe-person? Then you must be a bag-person instead

Water in my cup. Getting ready for my dad's birthday party. I'm also going to surprise my mother with flowers, since it's mother's day today!

[pdurrant]

Coke Zero #1.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by maianhvk View Post
unfortunately, I'm wearing one. I never think there's anything wrong with a ring pendant, but now you point that out.... makes sense though, but I lost the pendant years ago and have difficulties finding a new one (I'm picky). So I put a ring there instead.

Originally Posted by Iridal

I used to be really picky as well, you just have to find a couple of shops were you know you'll find nice things. Also, real jewelery shops have lots of books from wich you can choose a pendant. That's how I found my clover-necklace.

I had a design that I wanted to get tattooed on my shoulder blade. I had no tattoos and really wasn't all that thrilled about getting one, but I REALLY wanted this special design (my own design/logo/totem) attached to me. Small size, just about 1 inch in all directions, it was important to me.

I was walking down the street in Bangkok in 1991, looking for a tattoo shop when I passed a large jewelry store that had a sign in the window that said "Custom Made to Order." I walked in, talked with the shop owner, and two days later I had my totem crafted in silver as a pendant. The only times it has been off my neck in the past 20 years has been for Chest X-rays. I had it re-made in white gold three years ago. Here is the silver version, looking a little worse for wear...



... and no pain from a tattoo!



Stitchawl

[GeoffC]

black coffee - unfortunately, cold...

[astra]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I had a design that I wanted to get tattooed on my shoulder blade. I had no tattoos and really wasn't all that thrilled about getting one, but I REALLY wanted this special design (my own design/logo/totem) attached to me. Small size, just about 1 inch in all directions, it was important to me.

I was walking down the street in Bangkok in 1991, looking for a tattoo shop when I passed a large jewelry store that had a sign in the window that said "Custom Made to Order." I walked in, talked with the shop owner, and two days later I had my totem crafted in silver as a pendant. The only times it has been off my neck in the past 20 years has been for Chest X-rays. I had it re-made in white gold three years ago. Here is the silver version, looking a little worse for wear...

It feels like there is quite a history behind the design.
No. I am not prying. Only knowing some bits and pieces of your life is providing food for thought.


Cuppa #3

Ahmad English Breakfast.

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I had a design that I wanted to get tattooed on my shoulder blade. I had no tattoos and really wasn't all that thrilled about getting one, but I REALLY wanted this special design (my own design/logo/totem) attached to me. Small size, just about 1 inch in all directions, it was important to me.

I was walking down the street in Bangkok in 1991, looking for a tattoo shop when I passed a large jewelry store that had a sign in the window that said "Custom Made to Order." I walked in, talked with the shop owner, and two days later I had my totem crafted in silver as a pendant. The only times it has been off my neck in the past 20 years has been for Chest X-rays. I had it re-made in white gold three years ago. Here is the silver version, looking a little worse for wear...



... and no pain from a tattoo!



Stitchawl

That's really beautiful Stitchawl! And it would have looked good as a tattoo as well

Glass of water and then off to PARTEH !!

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by astra

It feels like there is quite a history behind the design.
No. I am not prying. Only knowing some bits and pieces of your life is providing food for thought.

This figure saved my metaphysical life... I had no idea why. A year later a medicine Man from the Abenaki tribe in Vermont, without knowing that it had, told me that the Thunderbird was my personal totem. A year after that a Lakota Sioux medicine man in South Dakota told me the same thing. It was my 'protector.' That same summer, I visited a Pima reservation in Oklahoma and a Pima medicine man repeated the same. None knew that I had dreamed about it. None know that it 'rescued me' in my dreams. They ALL said that it was most unusual, for the Thunderbird was usually the protector of a group, not an individual, but... So after hearing three different medicine men tell me the same thing, I figured "why fight it? If it's going to protect me, I'll be happy to have it!" Hey, with my lifestyle, I can use all the help I can get!

Originally Posted by Iridal

That's really beautiful Stitchawl! And it would have looked good as a tattoo as well

But tattoos are painful, and you KNOW I don't do pain...
I was reluctantly willing for something this important, but fortunately, the Gods saved me from having to endure it! Yaay God!

Having a nice cup of unbranded Uva tonight. I refilled tea bags this afternoon, stocking up my tins for the next few weeks. I had been out of Uva for a few days, and too lazy to deal with it. It's pretty tasty!


Stitchawl

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

But tattoos are painful

I think the pendant was a much better way to go. It's a bit difficult to upgrade a tattoo - they're remarkably permanent.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I think the pendant was a much better way to go. It's a bit difficult to upgrade a tattoo - they're remarkably permanent.

I'd be happy with the permanence. It's not as if it were just some bit of decoration. If it could be done under general anesthesia I would be happy to have it branded, not just tattooed. It's very important to me, and it's something that I want to have close to me at all times. As it is, I never take it off, and I even found a stainless steel chain for it so I don't have to worry about the chain breaking.


Stitchawl

[astra]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

"why fight it? "
Hey, with my lifestyle, I can use all the help I can get!

I understand it. Wise choice.



A bottle of water with a cup of oolong in the not so distant future.