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)
 

Good Morning to all the lovely people here!! :D

Thanks a lot for all your wishes! I just got done with my exam and beside feeling totally sleepy, all went well

So what else happening here? I am soo in need of coffee right now.. Ughh... I hardly got any sleep last night and I have no idea of how to go through the day. I am sure my eyes look like a vampire's!! Dark, sunken and red :( When I went into class and looked at my test... I did not understand the first question because my brain was not functioning!! I was like.. OMG I am totally doomed... but then after a minute or so, the words started making sense to me as my brain cleared up! LOL

Hi to all :D

Cerine, How are you?

Cappy, how are you?

Flippity, how are you?

npl, how are you?

(Edited because of some typos, due to brain malfunction!)

oopsie...

SNDY.. My Lovely!! How are you??
Me here, you where?

Rythm, u had an exam? I didn't know..I'm sure you've done a swell job.. Good luck for your results..

Thanks :D... I am pretty happy with the exam..
Anyway me outtie... gotta get some coffee and head to class.
TTYL peeps!

SNDYm me good too!

Rythm me good. Good luck with classes and exams!!

Hellu..Salut..Guten Tag ..Hola ..Ohayou gozaimasu ...Nee How..Sawa dee-krap...
and Namaste...
Knock knock...anyone at cafe?? I am Feeling sleepy Can i have a cup of hot Cappuccino ??

Hritik pajee, balle balle..
lemony kaur , tusi kitthe ho ?
Sndy Dijyu, Sanchai?
TL Dijyu, i am ok. Hajur chai kata bepatta ho aajkal? nak mukha matra haina khutta pani dekhna garo aajka ta
Nepte bro, ke chha hau?
Rhythm, Hellu I hope egg-jam was tasty.
Flippy, how r ya?
Cerine, still confused? ki feeling sleepy? or confusingly sleepy?
Loots Maharaja and Cleo, it's not winter yet. Where you guys are hibernating?
Thapap bro and Camo bro, kasto bepatta ho aajkal?
Juggy paata, bhumigat bhako ho, thesis defense garera?

And, Happy Tuesay to the Rest...

I hope you guys are enjoying ur time......

Dhyaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....
Did I burp there? Just finished the lunch..
Anyone around? Looks like it's lunch hour here in Cafe...
Hello MAV bro

Hey Flips -

Haven't been too shabby myself although my work has been consuming me of late. Hobbies have taken a backseat because of a busy work and travel schedule. Also, had some visitors from Nepal - it was fun showing them around (not to mention getting to eat all that delicious home cooked food - masyaura, titaura, khasi and what not ) Things some prolly don't need worry about too much ... ha ha. Lucky them! Also been planning some trips for the fall and winter.

What about yourself?

NPL2US broda -

LOL!! "Hune biruwa ko chillo pat" as they say. I was just looking at the way you were greeting and saying hello to everyone - you have the perfect combination if social skills, temperament, aptitude and attitude to do this and do it well - really! :) he he As for making it attractive, I am sure someone as personable as you will have no problems with something as mundane as attraction, ki kaso?

(Hey, I have never said anything like this to anyone in my entire Sajha life ... so I hope you will put on your Nike hat and just do it!) ... ha ha

Hope all else is well with you.

Rythm -

Why, what happened last night? Hope it wasn't anything too serious. On the brighter side, that prolly means you might sleep pretty well tonight ... he he

Good luck with your exams.

Brig Ma'am -

Busy? Your absence has been felt and I am sure others will agree :)

Nepal Ko Chora -

Hi! Long time, man! What's going on? Ha ha ha ... what a burp. Didn't know you were so capable in that department

Maverick -

Hi there! What's going on - dont see much of you these days? Hope all is well.

Loote -

Stop lurking in the shadows and step out! he he Dude, your absence has been felt, if you needed to hear that.

TL, LL -

Flat as a stamp? LOL!!! As for the tea ... wink, wink, wink!! (that's a fun secret to have ... we can keep SNDY Ma'am guessing - unless you already told her)

Hi Dai/Jack/Parbatya/Isolated Freak/Cleo/Lemon/Thapap/Juggy/Avani - Hi to you guys and a salute to Camo Bhaijan and anyone I may have missed.

Later.

:)

Hey NKC, long time..kata ghari ghari gaayab hunchau bhai?

Capt. saab, what is this secret thing between u and TL huh? Wink wink..la ja ta..ma pani..

NKC

me confused :O
I thought I was bored :S :P
Guess what... I heard that hamma hamma song in indian idol :D

LOL Hritik Pajee, tusi uss department ke head ho kya? Don't come back later to say "Jani tum jis skula me padhte ho, ham uss skula ke headmaster rahachuke hain"

Sndy Dijyu, ma bela bela ma tyo"Mr. India" ko gayab banaune ring lauchhu ke.Tesaile bela bela ma gayab hunchhu.
Hajur, Hajur ko Sanju baba ani sano babu; sabai jana sanchai ho ?

Cerine
U not confused? I thot u were
LOL, which hamma hamma song u like better then? The original one you heard before or the later one in Indian idol?

Where are other regular Cafe-Nians ?

NKC, don't know where rest of the Cafe-nians are..titar bitar I guess...

Me, S. Baba and sano baba are fine..thanks for remembering..:) Can I borrow the ring too? I'd like to meet all you Cafe-nians..invisible bhayera..

.Good Afternoon Folks!

Captain: That table on the top is 'the coolest thing I have ever seen' (My co-worker keeps using this phrase :D). It's great! I was shocked when I saw "Camo marches triumphantly into town and proposes to TL." LOL... later realized it was one of our npl2us bro's stories. You are one genius person I have seen in Sajha. I think I should say it the way Javed Akhtar says about Amit Paul in Indian Idol, "Yeh! Sajhaities ki khush kismati hai ki Aap ham sab ko mil gaye, you are the search of Sajha" ;-). Seriously, it takes a lot of time and patience to put them in a table as you did. Oh man! I can't stop..! It's really outstanding!

TL: Hi there! It's nice that you remember me for atleast one reason, forwarded emails. LOL. I get bunch of those everyday. Don't want to bother our fellow Nautankis with all boring lectures every morning ni. :D

flip flop: How's everything going? Heard that Roger Federer stopped by your place to greet you happy birthday. I just envy few lucky people out here! Sharapova didn't even care to email me. :-)

np2us bro: The Man! How've you been? Our next host! Are you ready for the challenge re kya! :-)

sndy sisterjaan: How are you sisterjaan? Ke garne kaam ni garnu paryo ni haina? Natra sisterjaan le online money transfer garekai bhar ma baachnu parne hunchha. :D

NKC: sup? bro. ke chha yaar? Kilaas kasto chaldai chha hau? :D

Cerine: Howz Tuesday treating you so far? It's too early to get bored now. Wait till thursday hai, sweetie! :-)

Rythm: No new stories yet? Or the class became interesting these days ki ke ho? Stop attending interesting classes or else we won't get to read interesting stuff from you ni. :-)

Mav: Bro how've you been? Why is Rythu not writing stories these days? :-)

Hello Parbatya. :-)

Hi avani: Belated Birthday wishes to you. Belated " you are welcome" also. ( I know you will thank me) :D

Okay!

Hello to Rest of Nautankis! LooTe, Juggy, Thapap, Cleo, Hi Nanu, Lemon... and all missed ones!

Have a Good Tuesday!

Salute!

(Thanks to the button that allows us to shrink the page to answer, San bro way to go!)

Sndy Dijyu,
Did someone throw water-jet or tear gas at rest of the Cafe-nians ?? Natra Kina titar bitar bhako?
Sure, you can borrow the ring. Tara tyo ring hajur lai pathaune po kasari? Mail ma pathayo bhane mail nai invisible hola ki bhanne peer

LOL, NKC, tyo ta ho..point to ponder..he he..Khoi kun chai gas charecha..titar bitar hunu parne gari..he he..

Camobhaijaan, at least u said hi ni ta..natra ta message pathayeko ni baal nadine.. Btw, kya dialog mara..mein aap se 100% sehemat hoon (Udit Narayan style)..lekin..he he..

Adios amigos y amigas! hasta mayana!

Oh camo and Capty! badta hoina hai!!! k host host karai raako? to open up a thread like you guys do, i gotta go back to college and take some classes again, that aint gonna happen! can i say "Yo pipette chalauney haat ley host garna sakeyna salam salaam salaam" like we used to say while playing gulam chor!

see ya'll later!

Cami...
how ya been?
Wait till thursday re :O
But thursdays sud be more fun coz you get to plan on the friday nite :P

NKC...
guess re kya:P


org. rocks:D encore?? :P

Flipppyyyyyyyyyy....
Good to see ya !! :-) Come more often and bring along ur sathi too kya:D

Good evening folks!

Camo--thank you for your b'day wishes and your advance welcome :-) How's it going at wherever you are? I heard you are into IT; ho? Might ask for your help if and when needed hunna..hehe

Cerine--k cha?

Captain/lemoney/rhythm/sndy/tl/cleo/leo (hehe..thats loote btw)/npl2us/jack sparrow/and the rest of the cafe members--Sanchai?

Sabai lai Hi from both of us: flippu & avani