Do you enjoy?

We were at a pub today.
We are now three of us in Monterrey, three Indians living in the same building.
And afterall, where else do you expect us to be on a Saturday evening!

So, as usually would happen, after a couple of rounds of beer, we, true Indians were again philosophical. It was a little early though this time. May be the black Indio was working faster.

"Mexicans are happy go lucky", someone said. "They won't even have food to eat the next day, but they would enjoy today, buy something exorbitantly expensive, party again, go on a vacation, do anything they need to enjoy."
"I was at the 'El Grito' ceremony, the independence day celebration at the Macro Plaza yesterday, and I saw about 20,000 people there.. happy and gay, partying, as there was no tomorrow", I added.
"There were people, and lots and lots of them, with there faces painted with the Red, Green and White stirpes of the national tri-colour, with flags of all sizes in their hands. Baloons, toys. They were wearing the typical dresses, big round Somreros (round hats), eating the typical Mexican food, Tamales, Corn, candies and some more of that.
At the Grito (literally, means a Scream) by the Governor of the state, "VIVA MEXICO", everyone shouted back. Just after that, there were fire-crackers all around in the sky. Green, Red and yellow stars, sound and light filled the of clear sky over the acres of Macro Plaza.
This was actually the evening on 15th September. A day before the Independence Day.
One of their presidents had his birthday on 15th and he changed the date of celebrations to a day prior to the actual Independence day. The logic is that they can party and sleep the next day. Strange, it may sound. But then, that's the way Mexicans are.
They love to party.
They love to enjoy their lives. And they do it pretty well."

We Indians never celebrate anything that way. We are somehow always worried about tomorrow.
Celebrations is the expression of happiness, when you are together and you share that happiness with all. But somehow, we are always worried about the next day. The next week, they next month or the year.
Somehow, our career, our family bondings always restrain us. We feel we can't really be irresponbile to be extravagant or to enjoy ourselves to that extent.
"You should enjoy but within the limit", one of my teachers told us at a college party.
May be this is just our mentality, may be just a cultural issue.


We kept enjoying the beer. We kept enjoying the big screens showing the sports and Americas Funniest Videos.
After an hour or two, someone said, "What about the food yaar?"
So we decided to come back home and prepare something.

A guy from the office stopped to greet us on the way. "Hey! How are you?", he greeted.
"Are you finished?" He was with his girl-friend. He was moving in.
The pub was starting to get warmer, louder.
People were enjoying.
It was just 9:30 pm.

We could have stayed there and have one more round of beer.
However, we decided to continue at our suites.
It would save money. 'Saving mentality' is a part of us.
It may not gel with the mood to celebrate.
But it brings some great satisfaction.

We then cooked some great Vegetable Pulav and beans curry. It was delicious!!
Home made food, cooked with hands brings another great satisfaction.
It is safe, tasty, nutritious, faster...we have plenty of reasons.
May be the secret lies in the Indian Spices.
May be it's the way we enjoy.