"Hotpot" titi

Hotpot a Chinese delicacy

Hotpot hi China rama ei leh in an neihah chuan a tui ka tih pawl tak a ni a, a tui mai bakah thian kawmna hmanraw tha tak a nih avangin thiante nen "Hotpot" ei hian kan chhuak ho fo thin. Vanneih thlak takin ka bul hnaiah hian ka student hluite hnathawkin an awm ve neuh neuh a, inkawm hona hun remchang tak a nih avangin Hotpot ei tur chuan ka sawm hlawm a. Darkar hnih thum lai chaw ei a han thut chuan titi a kal kual nasa thei hle a, zanin kan eihkawm ti ti hian rilru a thlek kual tir nasa deuhva sawi chhuah lohvah chuan uihawm ka tih avangin han tarlan ka duh deuh a. Thenkhat tan chuan 'ei' pawh a har deuh mai thei a ni. 

Ka naute pahnih ka chhuahpuite hi ringtu an nih ve ve an nih avangin an chanchin hi hriatnuam ka ti a ka zawt thin a. Ka zirtir thin lai khan ka nau A-i hi ka hriatchian vak loh avangin ringtu a lo nih dan te ka zawt a, ka nau B-i hian biakinah a hruaive atanga ringtu lo ni ve tan a ni thu min hrilh a. Tichuan, 2006 atang khan a inkhawm ve ta char char a, amaherawh chu 2010 atang khan a an biakinah a inkawm duh tawh loh thu min hrilh a. A thil min hrilh chuan rilru a kal kual thui tir em avangin leh ngaihtuah chian atan a tha ka tih avangin sawi chhuah atana a that leh that loh pawh ka hre chiah lova, thil nihna tak tak hi a mak theih em avangin sawi loh harsa ka ti a. Mi thiltih a ngaihdan lo siam vak leh an khawsak phunga ro lo va rel sak hi ka tihtur a ni lo tih ka hria, Baibulah pawh chiang takin a inziak a, amaherawh chu ringtute hian Baibul hi kan khalh khawloh nasat theih zia leh midang chunga thuneihna lekkhawh (control) nan te, mahni thiltum tihlhawhtlin nan (Pathianin titur a min duh nilo), chhungkua mimal anga in lak hausaknan te hian kan hmang fo thin niin a lang (Pathianin ringtute rethei turin min duh ka tihna ni lovin dik famkim lova pawisa lakluh ka sawi tumna a ni). Mihring kan nihna rilru dik tak ti ila a dik thei awm e. Tin, sakhuanna piahlam khawvel inrelbawlna hi kohhranah hian kan lakluh nasat zia te pawh hian ngaihtuah a ti tam hle. 

Tichuan, ka nau A-i chu Pathian a rin tirh a a inkhawnnah chuan a inkhawm ta ngar ngar a, hun engemaw atang khan Baibul a chhiar leh an Biakina an zirtir inan lohna leh an zirtir inmil lo chu a hmu chhuak ta zeuh zeuh a. Entirnan, an kohhrana inkhawm thin nula dangte nen in an luah hova, zan dar 10 hnuah tui an lum theih loh te, dan an zawm loh chuan an sual kohhran hmaah an puang tur a ni tih te; baptisma chang tura an inbuatsaih laiin an hriattheih china thil an tihsual tawh zawng zawng an ziak chhuak tur a ni a chu chu kohhran hmaah an puang chhuak tur a ni; hmeichhiain mipa a ngaihmelh emaw hmeichhiain mipa a ngaihmelh chuan kohhranah a sual a puang tur a ni; hmeichhia in biakinah pawnfen chhing lutuk a lo fen chuan kohhran atanga hnawhchhuah theih a ni; hengte hi entirna an tarlan thenkhatte a ni. Ka naute Biakin hi Chainis ringtute kaihhruai ni lovin Kawrian ho kaihhruai a ni a. Kawria ram atang hian rawngbawltu tam tak hi rawngbawlin an awm a, Chaina sawrkar dan phal loh nimahse pastawr tam takin kohhran an rawn dinin Chainis ringtu te an kaihruai thin a ni a. Sorkar in hetiang anga lo lut ramdang mi hi a vai reng thin a, an man chhuah chuan ram atangin an hnawtchhuak a, amaherawh chu a tuartu tak tak chu an hawnsan tak a ram neitute an ni fo thin. 

Kawria ram kan hriat thin dan chu ringtute inpekna leh tawngtai mi an nihna te rawngbawlna lama an inhman nasat zia a ni thin a, a dik ngei a ni tih pawh a hriat. Mahse Chaina rama rawngbawla rawn kal tam tak te hi an "legalistic" hle a, an kohhran dan leh hrai zawm leh zawm lohah hian an khauh em em a, a zawm lo te hremna pawh an ti na hle.  Tichuan, ka nau chu tunah hian inkhawmna tur hre lovin an awm ta a, kohhran dangah an rinna an ngah ngam loh phah a ani. Kohhran belh tur hre lovin hun rei tak chu a awm, mahse vanneih thlak takin ka nau B-i chuan an inkhawmnaa kal ve turin a sawm hlauh a, tun chawlhni atang chuan an inkhawm dun theih ve ngei ka beisei. 

Engpawh nise, ka thil ziah hian keipawh ka rilru a tibuai khawp. Ka ziah chhuah duhna chhan pawh hi ka hrethiam chiah lova..mahse ngaihtuah a tithui em a ka han sawi a ni. Ka sawi duh tak ber ni a ka hriat chu Chaina rama ringtu te hian tawngtaipui an mamawh. Chanchin tha dik tak dawng lo hi tam tak an awm a ni. Lal Isua thihna khan Setana kut ata min la chhuakin zalenna min pe a, chhanchhuah kan nih hnu hian mahni siam chawp jail ah hian ringtute hi kan tang fo ani. Kohrannte kan mutan ni a lang chu chanchin tha phenah "Legalism" dan leh hrai (dan leh dun) leh a kaihhnawihah hian buaiin kan tang a, Lal Isuan zalenna min pek theihnghilh thakin kan buai ral leh fo thin a ni. Mi tam takin ringtute min ngaihnat theih lohna chu kan nun a zalen lo hi nita ber hian ka hre thin. Lal Isua min pek zalenna hi kan nun chhuahpui thei lo, kan nun min tehtu tur Lal Isua ni si hi ringtu leh ringtu inkarah hian roreltu "referee" ah kan insiam a, tehfung kan siam chawp ve te hian midang kan hmu tling lova, Lal Isua tehfung hman nachang hre lo hian. Lal Isua lakkhawmpui lo hian a vaw darh tu kan ni fo thin a ni. 

Ka thiannu pakhat chuan a thuruk min hrilh dawn a mahse min hrilh hma in, "Don't judge me" a ti phawt a, ka rilru a na zawk a. Engvanga kha thu kha sawi hmasa nge a nih tih ka zawh chuan ti hian min chhang a, "It's because Christians are so judgemental." Ka lungawi lohna ka tih lan dawn chuan a thil sawi kha a ti chiangtu mai ka ni dawn si. Ka ngawi a, a thuruk chu ka ngaithla a. Mahse, he ka thil tawn hian nasa takin ngaihtuahna min neih zui tir bawk a ni. Mi tam tak ringtu an nih chak lohna chhan chu ringtute nunah hian danglamna an hmu lo fo a, misual, mitha, an nihna anga pawm thiam thlarau zalen hi an hmu lo fo thin chuvang chuan ringtu nun hi fimkhur a van ngai tak em!! Tumah hi mi famkim kan awm lo, amaherawh chu mahni ngun taka in enfiah thin hi a pawimawh hle in ka hria. Thil kan tihsual pawh a, "Pathian in min hmangaih a, ka tan a fapa a thi a ni" tihah hian innghah tlat a, mahni tlin lohna hai chhuah ngam te hi a pawimawh hle in ka hria. Chuta tang chuan Pathian hian mi hi a lo hmang fo thin. Mi fel famkim nih tum lova, tlin loh ang zel a Pathian nen a kal thiam apiangte hi Pathian hian a lo hmang duh mai thin a lo ni. Tu mitah mah hian kan tling famkim dawn lo, chhungte,  thiante, thenrual tha te, kohhran huang chhunga mite- kan tilawm zo tak tak dawn chuang lo. Mi dang kan hmu tling lo fo ang hian mi mitah pawh hian kan tling zo dawn chuang lo a ni. Pathian mitah pawh kan tling zo lo a ni. Chuvang chuan a ni kan tlinna tur Lal Isua min pek. Lal Isua Lal leh Chhandamtu a kan pawm zarah Pathianin tlingah min pawm ang hian midangte pawh hi tlir thei thin ta ila chuan nasa takin Pathian ram hi a lo zau phah theih ngei ka ring a ni. Mahni in enfiah reng erawh chu a ngai a, mahni in enfiah ngam tur erawh chuan huaisenna neih a ngai fo thin. Mahni nihna thalo hmuh chhuah hi thil nuam a nih loh avangin kan haider fo thin. Hei hian Pathianin a min din a tum dan leh min chher a tum dan min hmuh chhuah tir thei lo fo thin a, chu chu rawngbawlnaah pawh hian kan mutan a ni fo a, midanga harsatna siamtu pawh a ni thei fo thin...

Ka ziak thui ta hle mai ka ziak buai tanin ka hria chuvangin heta ka tih tawp loh chuan ka thil sawi duh leh ka rilru a awm pawh ka sawi buai tan tlat.....

Driving in our city

Our city is known for it's chaotic traffic situation.  It's always a challenge to cross the roads on a busy day. The street lights doesn't always control pedestrians nor the people on cars. Sometimes I find myself following a crowd only to find that I went through the red light and had to stop right in the middle of the road with all the cars passing by. 

Today I saw two cars almost head-on-head with each other. From a distance I thought that they had head-on collision with  each another. On closer look I found that both the drivers just didn't want to pass each other in spite of the wide road. Instead of making way for the other both the drivers got off their cars and waited outside for the other to give way! Then I thought about our traffic back home. Even though its such a small and narrow road, people have consideration for one another and try to make each others driving life easier. How I sometimes miss my people!! Sometimes these kind of things really annoy me.............I really need the grace to understand the people. 

Easy Prey for Thievin Wanderer

One thing about our city is that everyone is vulnerable to thieves who seems to be wandering about searching for easy prey. Once again I fell prey to these thievin wanderer on the streets that I've come to be so familiar with.

It was raining in the afternoon, as I always do when I go out, I carried my back-pack (with just two books inside) on my back walking towards my humble abode hiding under the umbrella that I was carrying. Even though I was aware that its never safe to carry bags at the back of our body, I sometimes take my chances too, partly because I get frustrated always having to stand on guard. Sometimes its easy to identify a person who could be suspected as someone who might be possibly a pick-pocket, based on a layman's judgement from their appearance, which may not be necessarily true. From experience those judgements are never really true possibly because I didn't get to see them in action or I'm just not the one they would attack. I don't know. A few thieves tried their hands on my bags but so far never made it. Some are kids, some young men and some middle aged including some beautiful girls that one would least expect!

As I was walking along the street, deep in thought, I felt pressures on my bag behind me but I didn't attend to it as quickly as I used to because I was walking deep in thought. At first I thought it might be my umbrella brushing my bag. Then suddenly the brushing became harder than before and that's when I remebered to turn my head to find a man's hand on the zipper of my bag. The man was wearing a deep oranged coloured Polo shirt and possibly in his 40's. He continued to walk as if nothing had happened. When I turned to see him in action I saw on the side of the road, a few other people staring at him in action. But the hardest thing to accept is that people turned a blind eye to these kind of thieving for fear of being a victim for helping their prey.

Once again I'm happy to share with you that I managed to get away from being pickpoketed for the ummteenth time!! Someone may call it a coincidence but I would like to call it Divine intervention!! The simple reason is that I forgot my purse and didn't carry anything valuable, except for the two books and two pens deep down inside my backpack. Also, this time I was holding my mobile phone inside my skirt pocket unlike the last time!! I was a little upset with myself when I realised that I forgot to carry my purse thinking that I would give myself a little treat by going to the foot massage. After this incident, I was inspired to be thankful to God even in simple situations like this because HE knows and CARES!!!