Xavier Bage

@franxav (14374)

India

Joined myLot 11 years ago

Social worker, physician, part-time teacher

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Xavier Bage's Discussions

How do you sweeten your tea or coffee?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 27 Jan

I am not a diabetic but I believe I must be careful. In my last test for blood sugar it was about 5 point below the threshold. Who knows any day I might cross the line. I am a regular tea drinker and occasionally I take coffee....

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It's season of lawn lunches

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 24 Jan

It's getting warmer. My senses are telling it. The days are pleasant . Evenings and mornings are cool . I still need my sweaters ang jackets to keep myself warm. This is the season of picnics and outside lunches in parks and...

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A Day of Futile Trips

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 19 Jan

It was a day of that kind when your going out turns out to be fruitless. Sometimes, hororsopes predict such futile days. I wish to recount the futile trips because there's something positive about it. First, I went down to the...

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Birds and Superstitions

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 3 Jan

Birds and animals are quite commonly associated with superstition in the Indian society. A cat crossing your path is thought to be a bad omen. So are crows sitting on your house. A few days ago a cuckoo perched on our house. It...

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Did You make any resolution for the new year?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 2 Jan

This time before January 1 I was so busy I could not think of any resolution. In the first two weeks I used my energy and time at the building site of my new house. Electrification was on and I had to be ready to supply...

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Compelled to take a different route by circumstances

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 29 Dec

We feel comfortable and safe to follow a beaten path but taking a different route can be educative and it can give a different experience. Our daughter who is an intern in a government hospital in a central Bengal district over...

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All is well if the end is well

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 26 Dec

So the saying goes. The singing during the Christmas night mass went off well despite some mistakes. I was slightly nervous as the expectation of the people from the choir group is immense high. Naturally, the singing must be...

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Heaved a Huge Sigh of Relief

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 20 Dec

The dear lady in my life ( she's no less than a boss sometimes) was visibly unhappy with me and showed it by her facial expressions and angry words. In her opinion, I was not doing enough to find out whether our names are there in...

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I have tensions of my own

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 15 Dec

You may hear this word uttered often. Tension is often used as synonym of worry. Everyone has tensions of his own. I have tensions of my own. For the upcoming Christmas I have to prepare a choir ( singing group and musicians)....

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Poinsettias tug my heart strings

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 12 Dec

Poinsettias are like John the Baptist. They announce the advent of the Saviour. For me , December is not December without poinsettias . On the other hand, Christmas doesn't feel like Christmas without poinsettias. In the olden...

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I wish flower lovers were friends

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 11 Dec

This is flower growing season in India and particularly in our state, West Bengal. Actually , that's the state I live in and see the happenings around. I see theore and more people love to grow flowers around their houses. Flower...

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Bought a Wrong Fish

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 1 Dec

Last Sunday I bought a wrong fish and I'm still silently cursing myself for the foolish act. I was born in the hill country of Bengal. In the tea estates of the hills fish was a rare luxury, though we had meat...

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Life gives us trials but there are joys hidden behind.

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 26 Nov

Last few days were full of trials for our family. Some of them I shared in my last few discussions. My medical student daughter's bank account was facing issues for the last two weeks. She pays her food bills and replacement...

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Our Bank Woes Continue

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 21 Nov

This time with the account of our medical college student daughter. I had helped her open an account in the erstwhile Allahabad Bank ( Now, renamed Indian Bank) to get a government scholarship. As she went to college I...

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I'm a Prehistoric Being to Internet Age

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 19 Nov

Literally, I'm an alien from the past. I grew up in the years when televisions were rare and computers were not around. Internet, e-mail and google were not even conceived. In the banks , paper and pen were the most useful...

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Winter is definitely upon us

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 18 Nov

For our friends in Ireland Scotland, Northern Germany and Canada our winter is surely no winter. Would you call 26 degree Celcius ,(daytime) and 16 degrees Celsius ( night time) any cold weather? I am from the hill country of...

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It's time for winter flower gardening

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 18 Nov

Actually, I'm late in doing it. I should have started preparing pots and beds in the last week of October. Yet, as the saying goes, better late than never , I'm doing whatever I can. I trimmed the rose shrubs and dug the soil...

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Building a career takes years

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 17 Nov

As a foster parent of children I sometimes watch the matrimonial columns in the newspapers. It gives me an Idea what the situation is in the marriage market. Quite many of the matrimonial ads are posted by parents seeking...

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This sir is causing stress

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 12 Nov

This word, Sir, is quite sweet for me to hear . I was a teacher in a high school and I used to hear this word of address a hundred times every day. But this respectful word of address has brought down enough stress upon a lot of...

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Have you heard this strange news story?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14374) • India 6 Nov

Our leaders, particularly from the ruling party love to boast of India being the largest democracy. Considering the population, it surely is. But what kind of democracy? It's a hijacked democracy , where voters list is...

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