Sitcom Sitters Chat Club #3 - Page 114

Originally posted by: Wisian

I will write a reply to all the posts tomorrow evening... Am exhausted... I've had it up till here with work (*you can't see me, but I am holding my palm at the level of my eyes*) 😆

Originally posted by: Kwerky

Wisu - Last working week before you head home for the holidays...the days will fly off in a jiffy, I tell you!😛 Shopping ho gayi saari? And in case you don't find the time to write here before you leave, have a safe flight home. 🤗

Originally posted by: Kwerky

Wisu - I forgot to write this earlier. I saw the pilot episode of "Suits" yesterday. Once again, a good recommendation coming from you after "Veep". 😊👍🏼 Thanks! While the character of Mike Ross/Patrick Adams is quite nice, I find Harvey Specter's character to be pretty interesting too. Hopefully, it evolves into a well-etched character as the series progresses...I will definitely start with the rest of the season today as I have nothing else to watch right now. I just finished the series re-run of "Modern Family" yesterday.😆..was watching it again over the past few weeks...and every time you re-watch an episode, you find something terribly funny which you missed last time...😆

As I was watching "Suits", I was reminded of another series "White Collar"...maybe because that too has two men working together. Turns out both shows belong to the same network. Have you seen it? The plot is very different ..but it is also a character driven show (crime-buster/comedy/drama). And if you find Patrick Adams handsome, you will be definitely enchanted by Matt Bomer who plays the lead in "White Collar".😳😳 It is also a well-written show ...set in the white collar crime unit within FBI...and has some interesting regular characters. The series ended last year...Which was very sad...

Originally posted by: Kwerky

@fasting: Haan..eating once a day is allowed...so good for you, if you can fast for all these days!👍🏼

I real-l-l-y enjoyed reading everything about your Kumaon visit and all the temples and how your mother reaches out to people she thinks might be Kumaonis...how lovely. Yes, the Chitaii temple is the one with bells. They are all beautiful. And of course, all the daadis/aammas went only to the temples. 😆 Aah...the word - "Eeja" - I love that reference to mother in pahaadi. 😳

Same pinch...I never thought much about the singhals too. 😆 Sometimes they would be a coarse blob of fried dough...not very appetising. But singauri (the smell of the maalu leaf!) was right at the top...followed by the plain baal mithai (without the sugar balls)...and then there were some khoyaa pedas coated with very fine sugar...and then the regular baal mithai. 😳

And the bhat ki chuttkaani..yumm! 😳 I remember the huge pahaadi cucumbers which were grated and made into a heavenly raita with mustard and green chillies and fresh coriander...and the green pumpkins which my father lugged back on his trips...the vegetables from the mountains have such a beautiful taste.

Nostalgia!😳😛

@Kashmiri food: The blog which I shared with you has some very authentic Kashmiri recipes. I have a couple of more blogs bookmarked which have the exact recipes which we follow at our place...authentic Kashmiri food. Kashmiri food is made without onion and garlic and uses only jeera/heeng for tempering, followed by all those spice powders. I will look those links up and will send them to you with any tips/additions I might have... of course, please feel free to ask me any questions anytime...

There is another nice (north Indian) version of dum aloo...maybe that is what your mother prepares.

Originally posted by: Wisian

@Veep: You give me so much credit for Veep, it'd almost appear as though you credit me for writing-producing-directing it... 😆😆

@Harvey Spector: I binge-watched the first three seasons of the show, and I have to be frank that I could not quite come to appreciate any of the characters in "Suits". I literally only just like Patrick Adams so much that I could watch the show for him (not even for his character).

There is an intrinsic error in the reasoning of the show... If Mike were such a genius, why wouldn't a lawyer as shrewd as Harvey encourage him to get his law degree rather than inducing him to commit fraud. This is never clarified adequately - and it is such a big loop-hole in the plot, that I can't start to take "the best closer in town" hype seriously.

The show is also formulaic in that it follows the journey of an apprentice who aspires to be be like the master (Scrubs), or how people cope in dysfunctional workplaces (Ugly Betty, Veep, etc)...

@White Collar: Nahin, I had never watched it. Thank you for the recommendation.

I have however gathered all the episodes, and all the seasons. I'll watch it during my vacation. 😃

@Modern family re-runs: Yeah, that is always the case when shows have richly developed characters. During the first viewing, we can't focus on each one of them separately, but during the re-runs, you can focus your attention on one or the other character, and then you find something that you had missed in the first viewing. 😆😆

Originally posted by: Wisian

Aaah, Kwerky... I am turning out to be so disorganized... Kucch bhi nahin kiyaa hai mainey...

During my lunch break today, I will head out to do some shopping. If nothing else, I will buy a bunch of chocolates today... We have some really chocolatiers here - and most of their "fresh chocolates" don't have a very long shelf life, so in that sense, it is also kinda okay to buy them just before my departure.

I didn't want to leave anything for the end, but in all probability, as I foresee, I will probably be rushing from store to store to complete my gift-shopping until the very last minute. 😳 😳

But jaaney se pehley, I will certainly drop by to say my goodbyes... I won't leave without that... 🤗

Originally posted by: Kwerky

It is the same here...shopping till the last minute whenever we go back home. And that is why I said that the days will go off in a jiffy...first-hand experience. 😆

Aaah...the fresh chocolates in Europe...delicious! I have had similar chocolates from Neuhaus...they have very interesting fillings and are superb.

Originally posted by: Kwerky

@bold: 😆😆 Achcha...zyada ho gaya kya?😆 I had seen the promos here on HBO..but never actually sat down to see the show until you recommended it. 😊

@Suits: Of course, it is filled with plot holes. In addition to the ones you mentioned, I can't wrap my head around the fact that Mike Ross was hired as an Associate at a prestigious law firm and the HR didn't even bother to finish the hiring procedure which includes submitting copies of your degrees etc? 😆 Nowhere in the corporate world you are hired like that even if you are backed by someone like Harvey Specter.

Edit:

@White Collar: I am pretty sure you won't dislike it...the chemistry between the two (male) leads keeps getting better with every passing season. Matt Bomer is a dream...and I was a little surprised to know that he is gay. 😳😆