SATONI

There are many manufactured products all over the world. However only wine product is allowed unstable quality. Even from same chattoue, products in some particular years make incredible price at auction. It sounds like a bad joke.

Although I stated negative thing of wine, I like it. I am not foolish to spend big money for exclusive wine. Strongly recommend Chilean or Australian. Apparently, there are only bad French wines on same price range. Therefore you don’t need to think over about French wines.

By the way, I should mention about Indian wine, and found a good bland.
Red SATONI. Although it has great body, still has young, sour fruity taste. Especially its body is nice which has bit bitter, however its fruity taste covers its bitter.

If you have a chance to go to India, I strongly recommend you to taste SATONI.

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INDIAN TRAFFIC

India has 5 types of public vehicle. Firstly, it is Rikishaw, Secondly bus. Thirdly Taxi, Fourthly Convoy in Transformers. As everybody who is reading this blog is not so foolish, you may realize that the Convoy is totally lie.

Lie story does not make any thing. Therefore I would like to tell real story.
There is codename RX-78 Next generation vehicle RIKISHAW in India. The first prototype of Rikisha was rubbed by Prof. Mohed who was Chief Development Officer of Rikisha. Then he covered up Rikishaw in South-America. However, Test driver Gandhi-Othello got it back from the professor. And then, he took it to India.
As it is Next generation vehicle, Rikishaw is totally different to our well-know vehicle, Firstly it has only 3 wheels. Secondly windshield wiper is manual type. Thirdly its engine seems to come from 30 years ago, which is easy to stop. Fourthly its speed mater does now work well. What’s more, it can’t go back. It means to cut away some fat, so you may understand Rikishaw is well customized as next generation vehicle.

As a result of this story, Production model of Rikisha has spread out all over the India. You would catch many Rikishaws in your site on Indian street. You would also see Taxi on street. Also Indian taxi isn’t our well-know vehicle. You may think that Japan has Taxi too. Yes, you may be right, it is named taxi, so it has common point to Japanese taxi which is to have 4 wheels, that’s it.
The design concept of Indian taxi is also to cut away some fat. Firstly it does not have any side mirrors. Secondly windshield wiper is manual type. Thirdly its engine is easy to stop. Fourthly its speed mater does now work well. Fifthly it does not have AC. Be Next generation style customized.

One day, I went to Victoria station where takes almost an hour from my place. At that time, I realized a guy in taxi which I caught. “Well? Is he navigator?” I asked so, but I could not get any clear answer. But after half an hour later, I could understand him. We got engine stop on highway. I pushed our taxi with the guy. He is the man to push the taxi when it gets engine stop. We pushed the taxi almost 10 M, finally engine made sound. “OK! Let’s ride in!” I could get happiness of life on highway.

There are so great Taxi and Rikishaw in India. Such super vehicles have super drivers without wondering. The super Indian drivers do not follow to law, but they don’t make any traffic accident. I guess India does not have anytraffic laws which sound far from modern. What’s more they can drive very well. My surprise is they can accurate speed even in big rain. I mean that they don’ use window wiper, because it is manual type. Therefore I have only one word. They are super drivers.
They may be able to drive without sight.

I bet Indian has secret function with them. It would be that a dot on Indian brow. It might have miracle power to give them 6th sense, which contacts with something.

According to my guessing, that dot on Indian brow receives signals by all satellites (the almanac) high above the Earth. Indian drivers calculate the arrival time of each message to measure the distance to each satellite. It might seem that three satellites would be enough to solve for a position, since space has three dimensions.

Please don’t say it is impossible, because Indian people are mastery of multiplication tables, as you know. Such culculation of 3 dimensions is easy for Indian.

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Cookingbar

I mentioned about my maid before, there are maid again at this time.

Maid “What would you like lunch box today?”
Me “Everything is OK, except for curry”
Maid “How about sandwich?”
Me “Sounds good, you can use ham in a fridge”
Maid “It is already over”
Me “How about sausage?”
Maid “It is already finish”
Me “Then, what do we have?”
Maid “Cookingbar, I will cook sandwich with Cookingbar”
Me “Sounds good! Anyway, what is cookingbar you said?”
Maid “Cookingbar means Cookingbar”
Me “I can’t understand Hindu as you know, please say it in English”
Maid “Cookingbar is English”

After her saying, she took a cucumber from a fridge.

Maid “This is Cookingbar!”
Me “Hey! It is cucumber!”

My English is also Japanese English, which is not so fantastic. But I think cucumber is not Cookingbar.

By the way, this story is not related to main theme of this essay. The point of this essay is smoking. From 2nd of this month, Indian government has started to forbid smoking inside every building strictly. Australia also forbid smoking, but smoking in Pub can be allowed. So it is much stricter than Australia.
Ridiculous.

And even outside, it does not seem to allow smoking in commence area. Sidewalk means commence area, so we have to smoke on street where cars run.
Dangerous.

What’s more, even at home, if maid feels bad, it does not seem to allow smoking.
Unbelievable.

As I am a heavy smoker, it is bothering to me. My boss says “You would be better stop smoking at this good opportunity” What is he saying? If I can do, I would have already stopped it. Actually, I decide to stop smoking at least 5 times a year, it means I fail it 5 times a year.
Stupid me.

As I got heat up, I felt dizzy. So I started to smoke…
The time when I was being with Marlboro’s smoke, maid comes to me.

Maid “Akey! Cookingbar!”
Me “Shut up…”

Cookingbar

Yesterday Today Tomorrow

As I told my maid can be a translator for Hindi before, I will mention about her mysterious English at this time.

We can manage to communicate each other some how, so it is good enough as a housekeeper. However her English does not have any time tense.
I can try to understand it without time tense on grammatically. But the most problem is that she does not remember time words such as Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

TODAY is
ToouDauiie, OK? ToouDauiie. I taught her it with heavy southern drawl as like George Bush or Steven Paul Jobs.

THE DAY BEFORE TODAY is
Yastardauiie, OK? Yastardauiie oah mai toablo simo so fae eei ♪ It is John, Paul, George and Ringoo ♪

THE DAY AFTER TODAY is
Toamaoulaoue, OK? Toamaoulaoue The Day After Tomorrow by Roland Emmerich film.

My maid became to think them over with serious face.
Please don't think over them too much.

Me “Anyway, did you clean my room as I asked you?”
Maid “ Yastardauiie oah mai toablo simo so fae eei♪”
Me “You don’t need to song it...”

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EVERYDAY CURRY

As I named INDIAN JOURNEY to my blog, I will mention about India at this time.

Tripitaka, Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy passed through areas along the Silk Road to reach it. However things are different now. THE BIG DIFFERENT IS A BOEING 747 which keeps 200-300 passengers, and has world record for 13000Km nonstop flight by a commercial airplane.

Visiting India is for business reason that it means a long stay.
Speaking long stay, I am apt to worry about daily meal.
“Perhaps, I would have to eat curry everyday?”
I got a nightmare during boarding of Boeing 747.

Even Indian people would be fed up with curry, if they eat it everyday. Indian must have Indian type of various foods… I disagreed with my nightmare by supporting this idea.

However, they are Indian who really loves curry.
When I was close to lose against my nightmare, its smell became fill into Boeing 747.

Curry was served in Boeing 747 as in-flight meal.

It would have been a first trial from Indian. I don’t want to be beaten by curry anymore.

While all of this was going on, two months have passed since I arrived at India.
How can I describe… How should I say…

India is everyday curry.

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AUTO THREE WHEELS

Everyday, I go to work by Rickshaw which is not bus or taxi, but its style is similar to cab, as hiring a car and a driver to go to direction.

However, it is cheap, is just Rs.20.
The point what is reason of cheap, because it is Auto- three wheels. Actually, I don’t know how English calls it. So I have no choice, but to call Auto- three wheels.
As you know, three wheels are easy to fall down into ground, because it has only 3 wheels.
I guess it is a big point of reasonable, we bet our life with 3 wheels.

Even though it is cheap, it also has negative points.
It can’t work under big raining, and Rickshaw driver cheats people, and refuses passengers who want to close distance.

I have to be convinced about no working in raining, because its engine seems to come from 30 years ago. But I can’t stand with their cheating.
As India has big population, there are many customers of Rickshaw. Therefore, they just prefer customers who go to far distance for their mater.
What’s more, almost all Rickshaws are not belonged to any corporate. It means they manage by themselves personally. So we don’t have any way to make claim against them.

Therefore, when they find foreigners, they are apt to try to cheat.
I might be seemed a Hollywood star, so they seem to misunderstand that I am rich, but it is totally wrong. I am poor indeed.
They say Rs.100, even though it is Rs.20 truly.
Thus, I always have a big discussion with a Rikishaw driver to discount.

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Magic TV

One evening,
When I got back to my flat, my maid was watching to TV without any sounds.

Me “I think you would be better turn volume up TV, wouldn’t you?”
Maid “TV has a problem.”
Me “I think you are more strange than TV.”
Maid “It is sound problem!”

Perhaps Indian does not know about remote controller that is great modern gadget, as I doubt. So I passed her a remote controller.

Me “Push that button for volume up.”
Maid “No, it does not work.”

I could not think so, therefore I tried to push it by myself.

Me “OH! It is giving to turn volume off!”
Maid “Yes, Remote controller does not accept our commands.”

Unbelievable! I tried to check some buttons on TV itself directly for a hour.
Incredible! Fantastic! I found Lightness setting button gives to volume up!

Therefore, I asked my maid to make claim against lease company, but she does not seem to willing to do so, saying "it is better than no sounds as it is Indian TV. "

...It was 11PM.
Maid "I will go to bed."
Me "Have a good dream."

As she went to dream, I could feel my own private time finally.I am sipping brandy glass with genteel action, humming “Cheers good night!”
“The Gold Rush - Charlie Chaplin” was being broadcasted on TV which is finally solved with its sound problem.

Sound does not matter…

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

A LONG LONG TIME AGO, FAR FAR EAST...

I remember the time when John, Paul, George and Ringo who were wearing Kimono by marketing reason climbed down trough a ramp of Boeing 747.

After that, our music scene was totally changed by them saying YAH! YAH! YAH!, with denying all traditional cultures. Our music scene has been occupied by their style for long long time.
Exactly, their style is a rebel against old culture as Rock'n Roll, but is it real freedom?

We lost our own soul, instead of following to them.
When can we be independence?

WHATEVER,

Today, it is Indian Independence Day.

They have already got succeeded in independence from BRITISH, thanks to MAHATMA GANDHI.

Indian has got back their soul.

YAH! YAH! YAH! HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

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