sugar high - yes if you eat a lot of sugar, you can experience a high.. your hands might start shaking, you will feel the energy, the excitement, and you might just be jumping around
vitamin c - orange juice is a good source of vitamin c which helps prevent getting a cold. this i knew. but orange juice is also good for getting rid of a cold. and even more, it is completely ok to have "cold food" like apple and yogurt and even rice.. still need to figure out why doctors in india forbid eating cold food when one has a cold.
different tastes - meat can smell like flesh to me and food to someone else. lemon and honey syrup can taste yuck to someone but can be addictive to me. same with salted yogurt. someone actually spit it out in front of me calling it disgusting. cold raw meat slices between two slices of bread can be a filling satisfying meal for some, just like a salad made of lettuce and herbs and baby tomatoes. but i need carbohydrates with salt added to it and served hot. please. being a vegetarian doesn't mean i eat leaves as my meals.
humidity puffs up hair. i haven't experienced it yet, or at least not realised it. i thought in mumbai ones hair just flattened down. i just knew about static charging hair and making it stand in all directions, but this humidity thing was interesting. wonder why they sell add-volume-to-your-hair products, when all that is needed is a bit of humidity.
sun tan - it gives colour to skin and makes it look beautiful and lively, even giving it a natural shine. it makes cheeks flush pink and look rosy. like a permanent natural blush, which sometimes arises out of emotion and brings colour on your face. that's the whole point behind make-up and calling blush blush and thats what makes rosy cheeks attractive. what we call sun tan in india is actually sun burn, - remember how it makes you feel scorched?
dark colours make white people look pale - like a vampire.. that's why they need make up or are so picky about the colours they wear. and that's why they love it the way we wear such bright colours and patterns - all designs and shades and bright shimmering stuff. for them wearing a red scarf goes a long way in adding colour to their attire - which can be a black suit, dark shirt, black stockings and black overcoat. my first time outside my office building - i felt like i was walking in a sea of black clothes under a gray sky.
stockings - protect you from the cold. yes that is their most useful function. and of course all the bits about smooth, attractive legs. black stockings actually do give an effect of proper and slim shape and at the same time an overall elegant and pristine air. and its almost magical how closed shoes n sleeping with socks can keep you warm and protected against the worst of cold weathers.
heels make me look as tall as men that i work with. skirts make me look feminine in this cold male corporate environment. to me these two seem ironical and contradictory to each other - they came from the same person. i love flats and i love trousers. that probably means i am short female, yet a cold male. but when i want to make an impression i admit to using the skirt trick.
and finally at a deeper level, something that has shown me a side of me that i didn't realise could be a reason for worry. but the way i have seen it, i am beginning to get worried. the mba gave me dreams about changing the world and changing myself to do that.. it has been a journey which started with ambition. that was ok. but now work has empowered me to achieve those dreams. and i am now being fuelled by power - which is coming from a sense of feeling recognised, credible and capable. i am worried because of the way it impacts me and makes me want more. like its an addiction that i have no control over, it controls me and can determine the way i behave. this is not ok. i have to protect myself from being corrupted by power, by the need for more power.
if this is a perception, it has to remain so, and not become reality. if it is reality, it has to change.
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