January 11, 2011
These will have to do!
My wife brought me some chocolates. You will probably notice a lot of chocolate related post because I love chocolate!
I woke up today from a nap craving a chocolate bar.. but not just any chocolate bar! One that has been discontinued for years.
Great! Don't you hate cravings for something you can't have.
Today I remembered a chocolate bar which I would frequently buy throughout my childhood. The chocolate bar was called 'Choclairs'. It was a wafer based chocolate bar that was so delicious. Apparently according to a Wikipedia entry it was distributed in Canada alone by Neilson.
I guess not everybody felt the same way in Canada. I noticed it was not available in Canada during my teenage years and its fondness faded away like other forgotten things in my life. Kit Kat is not the same and in fact I have never found a substitute. There are some high end chocolate wafer bars I have eaten that in fact probably taste better but I cannot pinpoint any. Maybe Purdy's has something of the likes.
It is interesting how so many things some of us young adults would eat 10 or 15 years ago are being discontinued. I have noticed that there are many cereals which are not available in Canada anymore.
On another note, I have always wondered if the Toronto-Canada based rapper Choclair adopted his name from the candy. He is a sick rapper who has also apparently disappeared (well not completely) - I have seen him on Twitter so I guess he is around.
Today I remembered a chocolate bar which I would frequently buy throughout my childhood. The chocolate bar was called 'Choclairs'. It was a wafer based chocolate bar that was so delicious. Apparently according to a Wikipedia entry it was distributed in Canada alone by Neilson.
I guess not everybody felt the same way in Canada. I noticed it was not available in Canada during my teenage years and its fondness faded away like other forgotten things in my life. Kit Kat is not the same and in fact I have never found a substitute. There are some high end chocolate wafer bars I have eaten that in fact probably taste better but I cannot pinpoint any. Maybe Purdy's has something of the likes.
It is interesting how so many things some of us young adults would eat 10 or 15 years ago are being discontinued. I have noticed that there are many cereals which are not available in Canada anymore.
I found this image at candycritic.org
On another note, I have always wondered if the Toronto-Canada based rapper Choclair adopted his name from the candy. He is a sick rapper who has also apparently disappeared (well not completely) - I have seen him on Twitter so I guess he is around.
Great Proverb!
Over the Xmas holidays me and good friend were discussing regrets of our youth. He mentioned a great proverb to me which can apply to us all.
"Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret."
"Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret."
January 10, 2011
What is Sohabe?
Well for starters, 'Sohabe' is my name: Mr. Sohabe Hashmi.
Normally it is spelt as: Sohaib. My mother asked the nurse after I was born (during the registration process) how one would spell my name so people would not mispronounce it and the nurse suggested 'Sohabe'.
It is pronounced as "Suh-Hay-Abe" without any pauses but I accept anything as long as it isn't Suzanne. lol. It appears that I would have had less hassles with pronunciation if she went with 'Sohaib'.
It doesn't matter, for the most part people ask for the pronunciation or they learn it soon enough. If they get it wrong I am never offended... I just think about when I mispronounce other foreign names unintentionally.
I am getting this blog going to share the various things I encounter, hear about and experience throughout my life. I am not a scholar, there will be typos in my posts, but I believe we should all collectively share experiences (in one way or another) which ultimately leads to our progression as as an individual and as a society.
Maybe in my next post I will share the history/origin of my name.
Normally it is spelt as: Sohaib. My mother asked the nurse after I was born (during the registration process) how one would spell my name so people would not mispronounce it and the nurse suggested 'Sohabe'.
It is pronounced as "Suh-Hay-Abe" without any pauses but I accept anything as long as it isn't Suzanne. lol. It appears that I would have had less hassles with pronunciation if she went with 'Sohaib'.
It doesn't matter, for the most part people ask for the pronunciation or they learn it soon enough. If they get it wrong I am never offended... I just think about when I mispronounce other foreign names unintentionally.
I am getting this blog going to share the various things I encounter, hear about and experience throughout my life. I am not a scholar, there will be typos in my posts, but I believe we should all collectively share experiences (in one way or another) which ultimately leads to our progression as as an individual and as a society.
Maybe in my next post I will share the history/origin of my name.
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