By CRUZ | EDITOR in CHIEF
Published: September 23rd, 2011
I accidentally stumbled into SLAW area during lunch hour one day and saw Cash, Spa and Mr X watching Art Lectures while eating lunch. Then I find out that they have been doing this for a while and were already on lecture 5.
WHAT!!!
I know I have been busy at work and not much time to take lunches but I missed out on four excellent office lunches and some interesting lectures. Not to forget all the comments they probably made during those lectures. The fun stuff!!!
On Friday September 16th, I had a 50 minute break between meetings so I went out with Spa and Cash to EAT on upper east side. We all got soups (perfect for a rainy cloudy NYC day) and headed back to office.
Cash called Mr X to join and we started our first lecture. Today's lecture was Lecture # 5: Ancient Near East and Islamic Art. The lectures are 1/2 hour each which is perfect for work lunch and are available on DVD under series title Museum Masterpieces. Professor Richard Brettel picks a few art object from a specific period and shares some key facts and observations. I found this interesting and educational.
Since this is a blog about office lunch I will mention that soups from EAT although expensive ($9 for a pint) were very good. That didn't stop me from eyeing Mr X's leftover lunch which looked pretty good. http://www.elizabar.com/-C25.aspx
The lecture was interesting but some of us started to do other things towards the end.
By CRUZ | EDITOR in CHIEF
Published: September 23rd, 2011
Sorry for not posting any new blogs. It has been 2 months and I am happy to report that Project SLAW is still on.
Team SLAW met on Tuesday September 6th and it was my turn. It had been a while so I brought in some Paki comfort food, yup Beef Biryani (Layered Spicy Basmati Rice with Potatoes and beef) with the usual side of cucumber yogurt. Since its been couple of weeks, I hardly remember what we talked about. Mr X had a day off which I didn't realize so I had brought his portion. Oh well, more for me. Besides Biryani I brought Gulab Jaman, a deep-fried ball of flour and sugar/honey and Halwa for dessert.
Spa was excited about her upcoming trip to Paris and Morocco, Cash was cash and I explained to them about a punishment that most people who grew up in South East Asia receives some time during their lives. Its called "Murga" position which literally translate to the rooster position. If you get caught doing anything you are not supposed to like talking in class, or breaking a traffic rule, well you are bound to be converted into a Murga for atleast 10-15 minutes if not half hour. Both Spa and Cash were fascinated. Wikipedia has an entry on it as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murga_punishment
Spa even attempted to try it but couldn't really make her arms go under her legs and bring them up to her ears. Enjoy the pictures. :)
