not that the two aforementioned subjects have anything to do with each other, but i figured i'd combine them in one posting anyway... so yesterday was my first real venture into green tea - i mean, seriously, how could i not try it when the back of the tea bags (which are provided free for employees to drink during the day, along with a whole slew of different other kinds of teas, coffee, and soda) reads: "Indulge in the soothing ritual of Bigelow Green Tea and discover a tastier, cleaner, smoother cup of tea that is high in antioxidants, and has no calories, carbs or fat. It's a whole new dimension in green tea enjoyment!" -- actually, i only just read the back today. the real reason i tried green tea again (which, by the way, doesn't appear anything close to green to me) was because my throat was bothering me... and i realized its not too bad actually.
as for the microsoft keyboard... i bought one of those natural keyboards yesterday after seeing the deal on fatwallet and slickdeals... it was cake to install in linux (i didn't have to do anything at all actually, it just worked (i was worried and expected to have problems because it was a usb keyboard, but didn't)). but i found out that lilo doesn't support usb keyboards, so unless my bios supports it (which i didn't bother to check), lilo boots always into the default os, which is linux 
but yeah, i decided to return it, simply because it was too "unnatural" for me -- it felt weird, plus i had to stretch for keys that i usually wouldn't have to stretch for as much, so, as a result, i made more typing mistakes. i think i'll stick to my cheap labtec keyboard
that's all for now.
Ever had Kashmiri chai? It’s made with green tea, and after adding milk it is pink in colour. Salt is added to it (as opposed to sugar). However, Pakistanis usually add sugar (and screw it all up). Compared to ‘lipton’ (that’s what we call it back home … just regular powdered black tea) chai, one may drink Kashmiri chai in larger quantities. When I visited Kashmir, I easily took down several cups of Kashmiri chai (called ‘noon chai’. ‘noon’ means saltish. The oo is pronounced like the oo in nook), whereas I can only drink up to 2 cups of regular tea.
Green tea also helps you loose weight, and gives you the ability to fly, walk on water, and make human(indian) swiss-cheese.
The microsoft keyboard is teh suck. I’ll take an ‘ol model M any day!
haha, maybe when i come to atlanta this weekend, you can make some kashmiri chai for me, mufti sahab. haha, i’ll continue drinking green tea then until i am weightless, can fly, and make swiss cheese.
yeah, model m is the way to go — although i did also see this pretty neat keyboard that glows in the dark, which is pretty cool.
Regardless of how awesome the model M is .. we all know that the king of the hill is the optimus keyboard.
http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
*sigh*, a thing of beauty. Only if people were like the optimus keyboard … reprogramming behavior and appearance to suit the conditions. Bleh, but then everything would be so deterministic (in a way) .. and hence not fun (i.e. ’tis why stochastics rulezzz). Grrrr! It’s sad, but we must compromise on imposing our fantasies upon reality in order to realize true happiness.
Did I mention I’m really tired, and am about to collapse?
Btw, when were you going to drop my place? Saturday around zuhr time, right? Or was it sunday? Let me know, so I can be more carefull while cooking lunch that day. Insha’Allah, I’ll try and make something better than the usual stuff that my roommates tolerate :).