TEA TIME!!!
Tea for the post: Thai jasmine tea. What tea would you like me to serve you today?
The end of the month has come so fast!! I mean, I feel as though it was just Summer yesterday and now the Fall semester is suddenly ending and winter break is approaching (by the way, I will be going back home to Dubai during this 3 week holiday!! I'm quite excited especially since I'll finally be learning to drive so that I can get my licence...even if I don't, I'll at least have finally started!!)
Speaking of speed, I had recently bumped into this interesting blog post about the connection between our speedy modern lifestyle, food, and democracy. Please do check it out as it is quite a fun and interesting read about a very important topic. It actually reminded me of my trip to Ecuador where I had stayed in a reserve/organic farm and where almost everyday I would eat organic food that came fresh from that farm...you have no idea how healthy I felt after the end of that trip...and I had lost a lot of weight (in a healthy way...not an anorexic way)! I hope that maybe in a future post, I could start a discussion related to this blog post. Anyways, here's the link to the post: http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/back-to-the-land/
As you **Tea Mates** may have noticed, I have made some changes to the blog and have added a playlist and a book shelf. I plan to add more books but there seems to be a problem with my Shelfari account and I'm trying to solve it. I also don't remember the names of some past books I've read which I'd love to share in this shelf. I have so far only added one song to the playlist but I will change the song once in a month or two so that it doesn't get too monotonous. I have also removed the shout box and chat widget as I noticed that no one was making use of them and they were only taking up space in a blog that was otherwise meant to have a simple design like a simple **Tea House**.
Enough of my blabbering lol, now that it is the end of the month I think we need to continue our second ritual! For those of you who are newbies of this **Tea House** and would like to learn more about one of its ritualistic traditions of sharing an inspirational quotation in the end of each month please click here and here.
Now, I present to you....the INSPIRATION! This is a translation of one of Rumi's poetry (however, I typically hate how translations tend to ruin the essence of the written art...I also wish that I knew more Farsi to be able to read the original piece myself! This piece seems to be related to the blog post I just shared, especially the part where the author talks of abundance and heedlessness).
Oh yes, and one final note: since the time in my laptop is in Dubai timing, and since Boston is 9 hours behind Dubai, the date of the post is a day ahead! Oh....and I just realized after posting this that today is December 1st...not November 31st!!! XD
"Thanksgiving is sweeter than bounty itself.
One who cherishes gratitude does not cling to the gift!
Thanksgiving is the true meat of God's bounty;
The bounty is its shell,
For thanksgiving carries you to the hearth of the Beloved.
Abundance alone brings heedlessness
Thanksgiving gives birth to alertness.
The bounty of thanksgiving will satisfy and elevate you,
And you will bestow a hundred bounties in return.
Eat your fill of God's delicacies,
And you will be freed from hunger and begging."
...I'm so glad you dropped by my blog. I had lost track of yours, sorry. Now I signed up as a Follower. I love tea...drinking it all the time. I need to tune in to learn about different teas. I love the song you have playing in the background. I'm going to have to get it!
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ReplyDeleteWelcome to the **Tea House** and thank you so much for becoming into a **Tea Mate**! What tea would you like to have as a token of my gratitude? The song being played is Tea House Moon by Enya (I LOVE their songs and the singer has such a mystifying voice!).
To be honest with you, I myself am also a learner when it comes to tea, but I created this blog to not only function as a place to learn about tea, but also so that we can all have our own **tea time** together in our busy days and relax and share. You can also take a look at my very first post, the link is posted under the blog title.
Thanks for coming by my blog! This really makes me want some Thai jasmine tea NOW. yum
ReplyDeleteChristina: you're very welcome!! Thank you for stopping by the Tea House, here's your Thai jasmine tea (**Reema brings the teapot-ful of tea with cups on a tray to serve Christina**) :-)
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