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a disclosure

1. Pregnant women smoking
- Total lack of self-control

2. Husband walking ahead of his wife
- So Indian.. hmph! And do people really know that it is etiquette to walk on the side closest to the road when walking with women/children?

3. A regular church-goer giving that "I am so surprised" look on seeing an irregular one in church
-Treat them normal. Everyone's equal in the eyes of the Almighty

4. Some-one who keeps on telling that
a)he doesn't have anything to learn from that church leader
b)he knows a regular church-goer who can drink so much as well
c)he hates going to church because it is led by the leaders, and not by Christ
-This is all an excuse and misinterpretation. It is not for us to judge. Ask yourself do you want to burn forever just because that leader did not impress you? Nobody's perfect. Pray, go to church, read the Bible - this is the duty of every Christian. If you can't do these, you don't have to judge the ones doing it.

5. Some-one who dresses up with the costliest and latest of fashion, but the family is struggling to earn a daily living
- I call this complete selfishness

18 comments:

ka rawn lum lut ve hlawl mai! No.1 ah khian hmeichhia meizu hrim hrim chu a nalhlo ka lo ti ve mai mai. No2. No comment..a bak pawh hi tha hlawm khawp mai esp. no 4. Kohhran Upa te pawh hi term nei ni se te ka lo ti rilru mai mai.

@thinchhia: I lo lum luh ve hlawl avangin ka lawm e :-) Lo lum lut ziah dawn nia. No.2 khi ka ngai pawimawh lutuk keichu. No.4 khi chu, inkhawm ngai lo te hian inkhawm ho te hi sawisel kher lo se, ka tihna..

ka style i la !!!! :P
To #1 I would add, fathers (mothers also) who carry babies/kids and smoking their lungs out....poor kids, I often tell them not to them (if i am at work, in my uniform)

I'm surprised anything annoys you, you always sound so good natured. I agree with most of your points, but let me try to rationalise why men walk a head of the woman (wife)First of all I think in the Mizo context, the inter village roads and jhum roads ( feh kawng ) are so narrow, there is no way two can walk side by side. Then if they had to walk in tandem, it makes sense for the man to walk ahead, as you never know if they will encounter some wild animals or not.So, walking ahes of the womwn may be considered chivalry!!

@OpaHmar: I style ka la maw? Maybe you are stylish :-D. I know! Let them smoke if they want to, but why risk the lives of the innocent?

@dr_feelgood: LOL. You are right!:-) Inter village roads are too narrow. If a bear jumps up, the man has to fight back and guard the woman. And the bear can jump from any corner :P. But while walking on city and town roads, the only possible danger to face are fast moving motorcycles and cars and trucks running on the road :-)

" 5. Some-one who dresses up with the costliest and latest of fashion, but the family is struggling to earn a daily living
- I call this complete selfishness"

Amen hallelujah! 90% of the people I mean Mizo people who are "fashionable" do not afford the clothes they wear. This obsession with fashion is something I will never comprehend.

Vai ho hi an thing an inchei thing kan tia kan hmusit a mahse a nihna takah chuan kan tluk teeeeuhlo.

Ka chhiar a, tha ka ti lutuk a. Comment ve lawks.

No. 1 - Amen!

No. 2 - Nupa reng reng hi (ka la hrethiam chiah chuang lo a) an intih thinrim chuan an kal rual lo tlangpui a, a hmasa zawka kal hi a thinrim zawk an ni thin an ti.

No. 3 - Amen.
No. 4 - Amen : A inkhom peih ho pawh hian a inkhawm peih lo hi sawichhe zui kher lo bawk se.. hihi

No. 5 - Kan thianpa pakhat chuan ti hian a sawi thin. "An neih na na na chuan an nei phak a ni mai a, neih phak bak a inchei thu a awm ngai lo" a ti thin. Sawi tur ka hre ve vak lo.

Ka lawm e

@aduhi: I think sometimes its the parents who spoil their kids. Vawi khat bazar naah, nufa an lo bazar ve a, kawr man an zawt a, 1500 an tia, a nu zawkin "mate a tlawm em mai, hmun dangah en ang" ati.

Mahse vai ho inren dan em em hi chu ka duh chuang lo, thawmhnaw an ngai pawimawh lo, mahse rangkachak chu an nei man to thei teh mai ania. Leh an festival atan sum an seng hnem bon tawp bawk, saree, salwar etc. Awmhmun kawr, hnathawh kawr ngai pawimawh em em lo mah se. Fanu an neih hian an inren zual in ka hria, dowry atan an in khawl ni berin ka hre thin (ka hriat ve dan ania, ka hre dik lo anih chuan min lo hrethiam ula)

@Joseph L: Keini pawh le :-)

No 2. Nupa inti thinrim chu ka lo chik ngai lo re2, lo en chian thin tawh tur anih chu (hehe). Mahse a mawi lo ve em alawm, hmeichhe duatna ti langtu pakhat ka ti, thil ho te mah ni se. Hetiang tih nachang hria mipa hi chu, they'l be in my good books :-)

No.4 -> No.3 -> no.4 :-)

No.5 Chhungte berh taka an awm laia, an ni nalh tak a an awm hian rilru a khawih ve mai mai te ka tia..

Tha thuai thuai hlawm hle thin mai :-)

On the contrary:
1. Not completely her fault if she's not married, probably due to the tension. :P
2. At night, on a dark and dimly-lit alley, understandable.
3. I agree. Your body is your temple, search for God within.
4. You hit the nail right on the head there, especially (C)!
5. I guess the latest and costliest fashions becomes frivolous and irrelevant with maturity and a job! :D

@Seki: I van ti lawmawm thuai thin tak :-)

@blackestred: 1. Ive seen married ones too :P
2. hahaha.. yea yea
3. right on
4. which nail? haha. JK!
5. hmmm.. possible

#3 hi i tan a i ziah a niang. Inkhawm i thatchhia a ng a.

1. nia.
2. agree completely...theres something beautiful about chivalry, n its a man thing :)VVIP
3.inkhom taimak hi chhandam tihna ani kherlo
4.there ARE some people who use the church as a front..but thats their problem,n if u let urself be affected by them, then that means u're faith is as weak as theirs..
5. girls selling their bodies to buy 'in' clothes...guys taking out loans to buy bikes, rul leh teilova hralh leh si ho...parents buying luxury goods, inluah man ba leh trun si...

1. Barring pregnants its kind of cool when girls/women smoke

2. Thats downright Indian :-)

3. Most of the cases I am the one whom they gave the suprised looks making me feels alien in churches

4. ------

5. You can write a long post on this one

1.Khaini,sahdah,meizial etc 'i fa pai lai kha i hmangaih chuan ti tawh suh' ka lo ti thin..Pregnant lo pawh hmeichhe meizial zu hi chu ka dahsang lo.
2.My sister keeps telling me about this...Kawngpui dungah...
3.Surprised look pe ho hi chu mahni ngaiha inhmu fel an ni fo
4. Kan generation leh tlem a u deuh ah he ngaihdan hi a tam..Inkhawm loh phah nana hman chuan anni nen kan inang reng tihna...
5. Nawlpuiin hnam mawl leh naupang kan la ni tih tilangtu ni mai e..

Good post,a dang lo ziak leh rawh.

@kuku: amen amen :-)
@keichala: hehe.. some guys even think its sexy when girls smoke :-D
@lalrinfela: Meizuk hrim2 hi chu a tha lo a,Mipa or hmeichhia, inthliar kher loin..te ka tia. Thank u..

hahahaha hmeichhe nuapang luhlul te chu annoyance an ngah reng ang chu wohooo

1. Always smoke when you are pregnant. Your smoking helps the unborn baby prepare for the air pollution in the real world.

2. No comments. I'm not husband yet, but I think wife should walk by my side. :-)

3. When we meet someone on the Church we used to say, "Iva ti tha ve." Don't you think it's time to change the phrase and say, "Praise God." or "God bless you"?

4. Don't judge yourself with others. Compare yourself with Christ.

5. Or complete madness.