Visited Ma in Behala with Diya, Diksha on Bijoya Dasami, 2024-10-13

Visited Ma in Behala by car with Diya, Diksha on Bijoya Dasami, 2024-10-13. 

Good habits die hard - vegetables washed thoroughly before cooking 2025-08-19

The habit of vigorously washing vegetables started in March 2020 ever since the Gandhi Virus (Covid 19) kept us indoors for almost 2 years. Even on 2025-08-19 the habit has not changed a bit in my household. 

Every vegetable and fruit item bought from the market is painstakingly dipped in light detergent solution for 30 minutes and then scrubbed clean in flowing tap water and left to dry naturally for 2 to 3 hours 😡😡😡 

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* Good Habits Die Hard

I have been using my Xiaomi Mi 6A for long hours every single day for voice calls, WhatsApp, Social Media and photography ever since I bought it in early July 2019 without any hassles whatsoever. That's exactly 6 years of uninterrupted service. 

Since May 2025, the handset was losing charge very fast, from 100% to 0% within 4 hours of moderate internet use 😰. 

On Thursday 2025-07-19, I replaced the battery of my Mi 6A from a small shop near Joramandir market in Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010. Its owner, a soft spoken and well behaved man, Tarak Das who knows his job well, is known to me since end June 2019. 

Hopefully, the phone starts serving me well for the next couple of years. 

P.S: If any of my contacts want to get their phones repaired feel free to get the work done only by Tarak. However, stay clear from getting any work done by Tarak's assistant who sits across the counter. He lacks the much needed X-factor. This person is just the opposite of Tarak's skill and behaviour! The assistant might actually jeopardize Tarak's business and hard earned reputation.

Thank you wifey dear for making me my favourite french toast on 2025-08-17 afternoon. 

P.S: The 4 slices soak in a lot of oil. I try to lead a regimented lifestyle. Therefore, instruction to my wife is not to serve me these not more than once every 6 - 8 weeks!

Potassium Permaganate poured in water tank 2025-08-09

In Queen's Republic of For the Crooks, Of the Crooks, By the Crooks, I wouldn't prefer to take chances. I am always apprehensive about the quality of water supplied by the Queen Bee 👑🐝 and her pissful Hakim. 

To stay safe, I pour reasonably concentrated  (a teaspoon of Potassium Permanganate KMnO4 granules mixed in about 750 ml of water) in the underground water tank. This exercise is carried out by me at intervals of every 4 - 6 months. 

2025-08-09 morning was one of those days to carry out the routine exercise. The previous exercise was on 2025-02-23. 

For me, good habits die hard. 

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* Good Habits Die Hard