Boondein - Silk Route

This song feels so fresh !!!!

khoi ho,

Yadoo mai,

palko pe bondein liye

aaina bani

keah aakhe tere,

dheme see, khushboo hai,

havoo ke jhoke ne joo

chu kae tujhe churai

Sanso ki, raho mei,

kya mil saken ge kabhi

dhoonde tujhe nighen hai mere

sathi the, janmo see,

raho mai kyou kho gaye,

manzil hume bulane lagi,

hey.....

nagma hoo.. bheega sa,

ya tum ho koi ghazal

har pal jise gungana tha rahu,

hothe see, hole see,

sargam jo bhene lagi,

gaane lagi, chahen mere

hey….

Culinary Skills or Lack of it

Although Guestau says "Everyone Can Cook" in the movie Ratatouille, i tend to strongly disagree with him.

Some of the actual stories / experiments i heard have ended in utter disaster.

A friend asked me the recipe of how to cook rice. That prompted me to invite him over for dinner rather than disclose the "secret" recipe.

There was this another instance when one of my acquaintance was trying to prepare tea. He literally filled 3 cups with milk and was about to add the tea powder when someone stopped and explained him the difference between preparing tea and coffee.

There was this occasion when we were new to this country and used dhania powder and thought it was garam masala for close to 6 months.

The other common errors included not having gasket on the cooker lid, starting the burner and putting the vessel on a differnt burner and using salt instead of sugar (damn.. both look similar)

Cooking is an art which needs to be mastered while eating comes very natural !!

Good one !!!

There was a good old barber in Bombay . One day a florist goes to him for a haircut. After the cut, he goes to pay the barber and the barber replies:

I am sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I am doing a Community Service.
Florist is happy and leaves the shop.

The next morning when the Barber goes to open his shop, there is a 'Thank You' Card and a dozen roses waiting at his door.

A Confectioner goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber he again refuses to take the money. The Confectioner is happy and leaves the shop.

The next morning when the Barber goes to open his shop, there is another 'Thank you' Card and a dozen Cakes waiting at his door.

A Software Engineer goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber again refuses the money saying that it was a community service.

The next morning when the Barber goes to open his shop, guess what he finds there......

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A Dozen Software engineers waiting for a free
haircut... with Printouts of
forwarded mail mentioning about free haircut

Finding the right gal

Dedicated to all the single friends waiting or in process to step onto the other side.

All the best.........:)

Lazy Me

Too many embedded posts in the recent past.
Need to get back to some actual "real" posts.
Posts are on the way.

Too much into Technology - Enjoy!!!!!

Funny...

Do i need to say more !!!!

Blues, Blues - Men in blues

India beat Bangaladesh in the second test

The men in blue seem to have regained their lost pride :):)or atleast they think so.
Thrashing the minnows by an innings have made our cricket crazy nation forget the World Cup debacle.

Endorsements, Advertisements, Modeling, Contracts and so on.... will follow.

And so they lived happily every after.

Purani Jeans aur Guitar

Thanks to my good old friend from MGM - Ashu who introduced me to this wonderful song.

Every word of this song seems so true....

Random Thought

"Practice makes a man perfect" - but what about women ??

12 Angry Men

This was the movie which i watched over the weekend. I am trying to follow the top 250 movies at IMDB .I couldn't help writing this post to appreciate the extraordinary way a simple plot is presented. The movie starts on a dull note but captivates the viewers attention as it goes on.

There is not even a single women leave alone actress in the movie !!!

Ok i won't act as a spoilsport and disclose the contents of the movie.
Watch it for yourselves.

Go Rockets!!!

Venue : Toyota Center, Houston
Game : Rockets Vs Pistons

Last Thursday, Toyota Center was blessed with our presence for the regular season NBA game # 35 of the Houston Rockets. This was our first instance of watching a game live - unlike our previous experiences which were limited to the idiot box.

Zooming past the notorious Houston traffic, to our surprise we managed to reach the venue early and finding the perfect parking spot was our next priority. To accomplish this, while manuevering the one way streets in downtown, a BMW whizzed pass our Altima and this nice, sweet lady popped her head out and offered an official parking tag saying that she had one too many. Our parking woes were solved and we were parked in the official parking lot, just an escalator's ride away from our destination.

The atmosphere inside was electrifying. A lot of crowd was of Asian descent. This could be attributed to Yao Ming of Bejing, China. This 7'6" tall, taller,tallest player of NBA plays for our home team.

" Go Rockets "

The game started with Houston leading initially and the lead gradually going southward for the rest of the three quarters. With 'our strong cheering' and presence Houston managed to maintain its nerve finally.

The final score read 91-85 in favor of Rockets.
Hoping to see them again during the playoffs....

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech - 2005

STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISH.

Anniversary "Blues"

Friends, Romans, Countrymen...

Behold your breath.

Time flies and yours truly has successfully completed one full a.k.a golden year of marital bliss. I remember my friend commenting how the words 'marital' and 'bliss' can go together. Well said my friend,i would let your gray cells do the thinking after all your gonna fall into this trap soon.

I took the day off (without her knowlegde) and decided to cook for my beloved 'atleast' for that 1 day and fate had it the other way - she took the day off (without my knowlegde) and thought the same.

There were two cooks and 1 kitchen. So a mediterranean restaurant was given the opportunity to serve us as "Two many cooks spoil the broth"

Its an open secret that im being supersized (see my previous post)

The lessons learnt this year are as follows:

1)The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

2)The best way to a women's heart is through innumerable shopping sprees.

3)Laugh and she laughs with you, Snore and you sleep alone !!!.

Hope my better half is not reading this.....

SuperSized Me

The most conspicuous and visible change after marital bliss is growth in the waistline and appearance of what is called in plain english "TUMMY".

Accept or Deny this - a fact based on personal experience.

I still proudly flaunt denims of 30 waist but they now rest below the so called tummy .So technically i might be wearing the same ones but the actual size is different.

In addition to this the occasional visits to the gym are becoming rare phenomenons.

In McDonalds terminology im being "SuperSized".

Side Effects of Alcohol and Remedies

I won't take credit for this post just got from a friend.

Symptom: Cold and humid feet.
Cause: Glass is being held at incorrect angle (You are pouring the
drink on your feet).
Cure: Maneuver glass until open end is facing upward

Symptom : The wall facing you is full of lights.
Cause : You're lying on the floor.
Cure: Position your body at a 90-degree angle to the floor.

Symptom: The floor looks blurry.
Cause : You're looking through an empty glass.
Cure: Quickly refill with your favorite beverage.

Symptom : The floor is moving.
Cause: You're being dragged away.
Cure: At least ask where they're taking you.

Symptom: You hear echoes every time someone speaks.
Cause : You have your glass on your ear.
Cure: Stop making a fool of yourself!

Symptom: Your dad and all your brothers are looking funny.
Cause: You're in the wrong house.
Cure: Ask if they can point you to your house.

Symptom: The room is shaking a lot, everyone is dressed in white and
the music is very repetitive.
Cause : You're in an ambulance.
Cure: Don't move. Let the professionals do their job.

New Year - Hopes, Aspirations.....

Happy New Year to Y'all

I know i have been quite erratic in writing posts of late and denying my loyal blog followers of my rantings and thoughts :)
Blame it on procrastination. Simple....
One of my resolutions this year is to write quality stuff more frequently.
Ok Ok i know its quite unlikely to get "quality" stuff from yours sincerely, but no harm in trying.

I am back !!!!

Happy Holidays !!!

Imagine, Create, Animate....

Of late, thanks to Radhika, i have been watching a lot of animation movies. It started with "Ice Age" and is continuing with "Cars" being the latest. May be its the kid within me not wanting to grow up :)

Its amazing how Pixar and Disney bring imagination to life. FYI Pixar is owned by Steve Jobs (yeah the apple guy) and he bought it from George Lucas (Star Wars fame).

Among our all time favorites "Finding Nemo" would definitely rank pretty high.

Any suggestions for movies would be appreciated.

Gracias Amigas and Amigos.

Nostalgic Memories