Although working at a place where people compose almost a whole sentence in abbreviations, I am confused what PBPD and JD stand for. Oys, help! Btw, thanks for the email. I will make sure I send a reply. But, hey, good things take time, right? :) Najar didi, I have been meaning to email you. It's like one of those work-in-progress things that never gets completed. Besides, after the Bush Inc. increased the threat alert, I am kind of scared by all these policemen loaded with guns around me. I certainly can't make fun of Bush from where I work...so you will have to wait until I reach a safe place -- with no threat alert! (then I can include some Bush jokes in the emails) :) [Talking about Bush, a friend of mine was telling me, there are 3 things Bush needs: i) a haircut, ii) some skin lotion for the face, and iii) a new set of brain cells.] Btw, there is another thing that never changes: srimatilaai-kitchen-maa-basaayera-aafu-livingroom-maa-taas-khelne baani of the Nepali men! Sitara, Welcome kcab (both offline and online)! I have been setting up several organizations recently, CAS (Cockroach-killing Association of Silver Spring) being one of them. Just to make it sound a little technical -- and to suit the language of the Jargon Bank I work for -- "a twin-track approach has been formulated by CAS to eliminate cockroaches from the vicinity of silver spring." In this place, if you write "I am emailing my friend," these people will cross out that sentence and replace it with "I am enhancing my self-assessment procedure vis-a-vis peer evaluations using the environmentally sustainable technology." :) Nattu, Dude(ette), how many people do you plan to date? :) I think the best way to avoid the didi-bahini trap is to ask the person what she prefers to be called, so that even if you call her didi or bahini, she understands it's a seniority (juniority) reference than an unsolicited naataabaad at work. But to keep the relationship in confusion forever -- just because you are not sure what to call, or because you do not want to call "didi", "bahini", "dai", "bhai" -- is not good, I think. Preeti, >>>Where is this thread heading? It started with Ratnapark (quite a messy place) --> then went towards Durbar Marg and Narayanhity (quite clean, but too sophisticated; read the posts again :)) --> then went towards Lazimpat (near Nepal Scout Office, where antiquated techniques are used for survival; note: the arguments used were something like, "some men are good; some women are pretty"). We are now heading towards Ascol campus -- where there is a student gathering going on. Long lost friends are meeting each other. I can see some students trying to produce the laughing gas in the lab. Unfortunately, one of them (named M.P.) is failing miserably. He has been cursing the roaches in his apartment all day long. :) Get in the bus. Taxis (other threads) are almost on a strike. Quick! :)