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Cheers!    Go to any party, bar, pub, lounge, restaurant,  reception, and you'll see people clinking their glasses and saying cheers. Whether young or old, men or women, kids or adults all raise their glasses, filled with alcoholic or non alcoholic drinks to toast a host or for general good wishes to all present.    The word cheers originates from the French word chiere which meant face or head. By 18th century it meant gladness and was used as a way for encouragement. Today cheers is simply a way of wishing one or a group, good health and happiness.     It is believed that glasses were raised up as an offering of wine to the Gods. Clinking of glasses has many theories. However, no one is really sure which is the right one. When one has a glass of an alcoholic or non alcoholic drink in their hand, the sight of the drink evokes sight, taste, smell and feel. However to evoke the fifth sense, hearing, glasses are clinked resulting in the enhance...

MEGA BLOGGING MARATHON -SEPT 2017 #80TH BLOGGING MARATHON THEME: PROTEIN RICH DISHES DAY:12     Kenyans get affected by the elections whenever they come by every 5 years... more precisely in the past decade or so. People now have a voice and make their opinions known to the public. Kenya went through its elections in Aug and the ruling party Jubilee won. The opposition took the matter to the Supreme Court and it ruled in their favor and so re - election of the President will take place again on Oct 17th (a case of rigging votes). While I praise the judiciary system for being fair and just, I'm more concerned about how the economy comes to a sluggish pace during the election year.     During this morning's East FM program, the RJs didn't know whether to lament or feel joy as Kenyan are on the longest 'holiday' ever. Before the elections speculations of violence and disturbance made people travel to their homes and villages. This affected the business community a...

Back Home    Traveling back home is always heart breaking for me. Our trips abroad are usually to visit family. Its always a joyous time when we travel to them but heart breaking when we have to get back. This year we spent nearly 2 months in Montreal and I so didn't want to come back. I miss my son(shhh hope the other 2 kids are not actually reading the post!). I miss him more so because he's still single and not really ready to mingle so forget about having a soul mate, best mate etc etc. We don't have any relatives or family friends in Montreal. The couple we had have moved to other cities. He has his friends, but not really close ones. He keeps on insisting that he is an adult and absolutely fine but hubby and I worry like typical Indian parents. While he insists he is fine, we insist that we have every right to worry!    Leaving him and his cat Pumkin (yes, I'm finally friendly with her), the beautiful city of numerous parks, where pedestrians are respected and ...