Thursday, March 18, 2021

A Couple of Awful Movies

I have recently watched a number of movies which they were so bad that I barely could finish them. I'm gonna list them here to let you know that to avoid these trash if you ever come across them. In other words: Don't waste your time and money:

1- Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood. A stupid, meaningless and boring movie from the violence-promoter director, Q. Tarantino! What he's trying to imply with this silly movie, I really don't know. Nothing than unnecessary blind violence that it's seen in his all movies and many mindless people like that!

2- Birdman. I was surprised, a little, as how a movie like that is even considered worth watching! It was very difficult for me to finish it and when I did I regretted that I had started in the first place. The story is about a struggling actor with nothing special. Waste of time!

The funny thing is Americans wonder why there's so much violence in their country! When you show shooting, murder, killing, blood and similar stupid violent things 24 h. a day on TV, video games, theaters and everywhere else then what to do expect? This is like advertising for clean cloths and neatness, constantly on the media. People are then encountered to be clean, nice and neat. Same with the stupid, excessive, unnecessary violence, coarse language that this ugly stupid ugly fella Tarantino always propagates in his stupid movies which by the way is loved stupid average drunkard, drug-addict loser Westerners! It was just yesterday that a crazy guy went on a killing rampage in Atlanta and killed 8 women! What do you expect. We have a saying Persian which goes:

زمین  شوره زار   حاصل نیارد

در آن تخم عمل ضایع مگردان 

It literary means: Don't waste your seeds in a barren field! You'd get nothing! It talks about the American society or perhaps I should correct myself to parts of the American society. You'd get nothing out of them but stupid and senseless violence, encouraged by stupid, ugly, both inside and outside, people such as Q. Tarantino!

(Photo: This certainly represents Q. Tarantino's mindset)

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Positive Signs

I feel a little silly writing this but I guess everyone in my position would do that, probably! The employer just hired a new lady a few weeks back and I happen to have a good start with her! I'm putting serious efforts to have a good relationship. Now that I see good signs from this lady, it's not I'm excited or carrying myself ahead of me but it proves that my encounter and behaviour had done well. After a short discussion we had last week and then she came back to me for a follow-up, she approached me today and said Hi and said my name. So it means she remembers my name just after a couple of weeks working and we don't interact. 
We talked a little bit and then I told The Raven, I'd like to call her here,  that I had brought some Banana Bread and asked he if she would like to try some next time I'm bringing, since it was gone and she said yes and touched me on the arm, like the other times she had done. I'm not shallow but I take that as positive sign. 
Later in the breakroom the Blue-eyed Lady came and we exchanged pleasantries. I asked he if she would like some Banana Bread despite the fact I knew she was careful about the calories she was taking. She said she would try some. I started to tell her about the ingredients but she didn't like it and she said she knew how Banana Bread was made! But when I told her about my ingredients her reaction was changed. I eventually cut her a little piece and she left after I told her that I would have like her feedback. Isn't this a good sign as well? Which lady should I go for, considering I'm not a Polygamist?!
(Photo: Polygamy is considered a crime in Canada. There was, or perhaps still is, a community of polygamists in British Columbia whom where the subject of RCMP)

Saturday, March 13, 2021

The Problem with Bread!

I've been living in this country for nearly 20 years now but there's one thing that I've been struggling with constantly. No it is not job
because having a job is many people's issue and many other's dream! The problem simply is: Bread! In the country that Wheat production in year 2020-21 has been 88,437 KT and nearly half of it has been exported, not having good bread is a big problem. Most of commercial breads not only have Sugar added to them but also you find other kind of shit in them, mostly preservatives. The other problem is most of the bread makers use White Flour. So for me who likes to have Whole Wheat Flour, because it's better for your digestion system and is more filling,  finding a bread, which has all of the qualities, is very difficult.
Many ethnic groups make their own breads. People from Indian Sub-Continent, mostly make their own bread but that's awful. They all use White Flour and some use Animal Fat, which is disgusting. Bread in the old country has the same issue but one good bread that I have enjoyed a lot here is Pita made by to bakeries in Calgary: Byblos and Shamsane. But at times you need Toast or Bagel and I haven't been able to find good ones, constantly. 
I personally decided to resolve this issue for myself and I started baking! I started with Banana Bread and now after the 3rd batch it's nothing but perfect!
Two cups of Whole Wheat Flour
Here's the ingredients in case you want to try and since it's been tried, there could be no or little change to it:

1- Whole Wheat Flour: 2 Cups
2- Baking Powder: 1 Teaspoon
3- Baking Soda: 1 Teaspoon
4- Ground Cinnamon: 1 Teaspoon
5- Banana: 3 to 6, depending on how rich you want your bread to become. 
6- Vegetable Oil: 1 Cup (You see that no animal fat, butter, is being used and the result is even better!)
7- Milk: 1 Tablespoon (Regardless of the fat percentage)
8- Brown Sugar: 1 Cup (This is the maximum)

Instruction:

1- Mix items 1 to 4
2- Mash Bananas and set aside
3- Mix items 6 and 8 and try to dissolve the sugar as much as possible. That gives a constant taste to the bread at the end. remember that Banana bread, unlike the breads which are used with lunch or dinner, has to have some sweetness but I keep it to the least amount required. with Sugar, precaution should always be taken into consideration from young ages.
4- Add the Milk and combine and stir very well the two mixtures
5- Set the oven to 180℃ and for 45 minutes
6- Pour the well-mixed batter into a shallow container and slide it in the oven.
7- A simple test to make sure the the bread is done is to stick a toothpick into it and if nothing is stuck to it after being taken it it means the bread is fully baked. 
You can see pieces of banana on the surface of this bread as well as the walnuts I've added
I at times add Walnut pieces to the mix but some people might not like it. This bread is so good that you can have it with Coffee, Tea, by itself, adding Peanut Butter or Jam but be careful! It has lots of energy! So if you're not active, it immediately adds layers to your belly! My next goal is to make Pita Bread at home! 
(Photo, top: This is how much banana I used for my last batch and the result was amazing and It's not only my word. A colleague said the same thing after trying a little piece)

Saturday, March 06, 2021

There always is a Problem when Moving

Lazy Ass contacted me a few days ago in regards to help he needed help with moving. I agreed to help him because later on I need him to sign my passport form! So I'm there and happily most of the heavy items are gone already! There's this Hindu guy, a buddy of his, who is there to help. We collect all of the shit and stuff the two cars, mine and his, and go to his new place which by the way is another basement, newer, bigger and more expensive! I don't know how this guy intends to cover all of his expenses but that's his problem!
Speaking of the basement, the house is located in a new community in the city which actually, as far as I've seen, occupied by East Indians of mostly Punjabi decent! You know what that means?! It means bad and rude drivers, lots and lots of kids in every home and automatically out when it's warm(!), strong food smell in the area despite the season, including, mostly, Fried Onion(!), trash on the street as these people think they still are living in India and other common issues with this people. When we reach the neighbourhood and started to unload, in the first trip, kids as young as 2-years-old were screaming on the street! And then not surprisingly the entrance to the basement is from slopes at the sides of the house, with no stairs! So it's a perfect place for skiing in winter! The backyard, where the basement entry is located at, is covered in animal poop! There was a little rabbit running around when we went there. They believe the shit was his! I doubted that such a small animal could dump so much shit!
This is a sort of appetizer(!) that they serve in the restaurant. I forgot what they call it but it feels like potato or corn chips but the flour must be something else. It of course is not good for you as it's like most of Indian food is dip fried in old and constantly used oil!
So we're back to the old house for the second and last trip. We're finished by 20:35 and he goes to the landlord to deliver the key and get his security deposit back. It takes longer than usual and we're waiting outside and I'm tired. I go to the house twice and I realize that the door is locked and the woman landlady is yelling on the top of her long! I send Lazy Ass a couple of messages and it appears that they don't want to give him the full damage deposit back! He eventually comes out at around 21:05 with $630 out of $700 he had paid. and we all head to a nearby restaurant to have something.
This place that he took us to is called Punjaabi Indian Cuisine (one extra a would make a difference!) and it's a sort of modern, clean and nice place, at least for now! There was nobody there when we stepped in but the staff and I think it was because it was late and a weekday. He ordered 3 meals for 3 of us which I personally could finish them all in less than 20 minutes(!) but it was okay as he paid! The two identical orders was a dish of Chickpeas and two Samosas, with green and brown sauce. The other one which was consumed by the two was a sort of Rice dish, I think Goat Biryani. The surprising thing was that the Indian guy said that he needed to wash his hands before he eats! I thought to myself for a minute: Indians wash their hands!? So later, when they were eating their Rice dish, it appeared that the guy, from Chennai, eats with his hands, the filthy animal! That's why he wanted to wash up!
Anyways the food was not bad but I don't know if it worth the price or not because I didn't pay. We leave then and Lazy Ass gets something from DQ for us as dessert. Now I'm very tired and when we reach the house, I leave everything I have in the car in the driveway and head home. At home all I have to do is to take a shower and then hit the sack. I come out of the shower and I see a missed call. That's Lazy Ass again! He called me as soon as I send him a message and says that he has forgotten one of his dumbbells in the house!

This dish looks nice and tastes good. The chickpeas are really tasty and spicy enough. Samosa is generally not a good food because white flour is used and it's dipped in used oil but I had no choice at the time and this is not something I eat even once a months. Sauces were not good. I like neither of them. The green one is a yogurt based with some vegetable in it. The brown one is sweet and I don't think there's anything rather than sugar and some other disgusting ingredient in it!
He's going there to get it. It's a nice dumbbell that you can have different plates loaded to it and when we were there he was the one who were supposed to get it up and put it in the trunk or somewhere as it's 90 Lbs. and he forgets! The landlady family refuse him in and deny that they have it! Lazy Ass is very upset. However he doesn't want, from my understanding, to pursue any legal action as he believes he doesn't have enough evidence to get it back! So despite my explanation to him, he sits back and complains about the $1000 he has lost! That's why I always say moving is a hassle. You lose or break something, you get tired, you lose money, you have argument with landlord or moving company, you name it. For me the next moving, if it happens will be in 5 years from now and that would be to a better and nicer place and another financing. I try my best not to go through the trouble of renting and moving again despite all the cost. 
(Photo, top: The view from the property that Lazy Ass has just moved in to its basement. It obviously is in the back. If it turns to a park or wetland, that would be amazing but from what I know about these greedy bastards, they would turn this land to apartments and houses soon)