Guilt

I wish this one word or should I say feeling never existed coz each time I look into my vault of guilt all I am left with is hollowness. The reason for guilt are numerous. Ranging from a past relationship to an overeating binge to not being upto the mark at workplace. The ways to get over this is by having another relationship, eating to forget the last binge (trying a healthier version) or taking a shopping hike to feel better about the imminent firing coming in from the boss. Well it is a vicious cycle I am trying to beat but it beats me at my game fair and square :)
Where is my chocolate icecream?!

Apple delight

Ever tried eating an apple plucked right out of the tree with your own hands? Well believe me it is quite an experience. A few days back my parents, brother, a couple of his friends and I visited a place rightly called 'Apple farms'. The trip started with an introduction given by the owner of the farm to the different types of apples available on the farm, location of each variety and the what each variety could be used for. This was followed by a ride on a tractor to the farms.



Beautiful, fresh apples hung from the tree in bunches beckoning us to have a bite of each luscious looking fruit. We tasted a few apples, picked and chose a few more. Went to several different types of the apple farms and by the end of it had close to 5 lbs of different varieties like golden delicious, Granny Smith and McIntosh.



The short trek around the gardens got us hungry and what better option than freshly baked apple pie! The verdict : The day was literally 'fruitful'!

Print and voila!

It has been over a year and half since I got any pictures printed (the last prints are a part of my wedding album) until yesterday. The reason: I discovered the HP photo printer lying around my house which was gifted to me a year back.
Last afternoon, out of boredom I reached out to one of the overhead storages and got hold of the photo printer box still in its birthday attire. I had never seen a home version of these so was expecting something similar to a regular home printer used to print docs. But it looks more like a toaster, a really sophisticated version of it!
Once I got it hooked up there was no holding back. The best feature is that you can directly plug in the memory card of the camera into the slots provided on the back of the printer. So you do not require any extraneuos wires running back and forth from your computer (though there is a provision for that too). The scroll functions are out of the world allowing one to browse, view and select pictures on the memory card.
I printed out a few pictures and put them into the empty frames lying around the house. I must say there is no replacing the physical versions of certain things esp pictures!

Don't Worry be happy!

Just love the expressions of all the animals!! It is sure to brighten up your day and bring a smile to your face. Enjoy!!

She lay awake, staring at the ceiling. It was about 2 in the morning. She tried to go back to sleep. But myriad of thoughts kept running through her mind. She tried to quieten the demons but they just seemed to multiply. She wanted to talk to someone but who would be awake at this unearthly hour? Then between all this chaos she was transported to a happy place in time, a place where the sun seemed to shine bright. Suddenly her mind seemed to be at peace and the demons were gone.
She lay awake again. But this time she had to get up, get ready and go to work.

A Perfect Sunday

8:30 am: Wake up. Have a cup of tea infused with flavours of clove and cardamom.

9:00 am: Traditional south Indian breakfast of dosas with pickles.

From 9:30 to 11:00 am: Loads of lazing around, watching Free Willy, having a small argument with hubby :)

11:30 am: Get ready for a game of tennis.

12:45 pm: Head to a book store with a coffee shop. Enjoy a Large glass of Mocha over an interesting read.

3:00 pm: Back home and have a late lunch of onion parathas.

4:00 pm: Snooze time zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

5:00 pm: Jump into action towards the end of the US open golf.

5:45 pm: Long soaking bath leaving behind all the pain of the day.

7:15 pm: Catch up with friends and family back home.

8:00 pm: Cozy dinner with hubby accompanied by a long chat.

11:00 pm: Ready to jump into bed.

That was one of the very good weekends I have spent in the recent times. Hoping that there are more of those lined up!

My Culinary journey

There was a time when friends and family asked me to cook for them but I refused. The conclusion: She just knows to eat!! I am sure my husband concluded the same before we were married (he always denies any such allegations!) But last night when I saw golden puris float on bubbling oil I was thrilled. I don't have too many witnesses (or must I say guinea pigs!) to attest the fact that I can cook but yeah we have survived a year with my cooking (oh I managed to burn the counter top, the cooker and the utensil inside the cooker all in a day... hahahahaha that was fun!)
But the journey sure will continue and hopefully some day I will be commended for my cooking rather than joked about how much I eat!

Being filmi

I was watching a movie earlier today (Apna Sapna Money Money... an ok watch) and as usual there was a little girl who had a hole in the heart and so needed to go under the knife. Just then it struck me that an ailing hero / heroine / extra (whoever and wherever) has been one of the most favoured topics of film-makers since the beginning of Bollywood.
Top of my mind, here are few of the ailments that I remember.
There are a lots of variants of the C word, and by that I mean Cancer. The ever-green (or should I say red?) one I guess is blood cancer. While the most memorable ailing person on-screen got to be Rajesh Khanna with the lymphosarcoma of the intestine was it?? I remembering crying gallons when the tape started with "Babumoshai....".
The heart diseases are eternal. Each time I watch a movie with someone with a heart disease I see a different end to how the person has been cured. (A misconception of mine, implanted in my head by movies of earlier times, that the heart disease could be cured by stitching the hole was dented recently when I watched that the only way was by a heart transplant... time to search google... whew). Anyways, Karan Johar took advantage of a very un-questioning audience and created a box-office hit on the same lines.
While these movies don't come with any statutory warning they do present us with a list of match the followings like: smoking - lung cancer, sharaab - blood cancer, too much dancing - a heart attack ;)
(The list can go on and you are most welcome to add some more!)

My first post!

My first post! I have tried earlier but I guess I deleted what I wrote. This feels like writing you own personal diary just that it is open to public. Now that sounds scary :)
Hope to write here regularly..... like I said Hope :)