To say goodbye to you

Since my childhood, we had this peculiar tradition of saying good-byes. Basically, I lived in the ground floor and both my parents were office-goers, who worked in shifts to take care of me and sis. So whenever me and tai went to school, mom/ dad would stand at the deck of our balcony and wave their hands. The balcony was visible even from a gate where we waited for our school bus. Making sure that we got into the school bus safely. And this would continue until we were no longer visible. The same would hold true for me. I used to sit in the kitchen window and scream 'Mummyyy!!!! byeeeeee...gharee lavkar yeeeeeeee" (meaning: Mom Bye. Come home soon.) [In a shrill voice. When every one in the colony came to know what shift ROS' mom worked;)] Yesterday, I went to one of friend's house for lunch. She lives on the first floor. As I started walking back to lab from her house, I just turned around to take a look at the window. But there was none who watched where I went! And I smiled at myself..Habits die hard. Dont know why, I believe this was the first time I ever looked at an empty window:(

What I have been upto

Haha! I have been disconnected from blogging fr a while now. For some reason, I did not reply to my previous posts. But did not want to do that just for the heck of it:) Sorry all of you, for not replying:( Even now, as I type this..I do not know where my thoughts waver. Caution: This must be utterly boring for some:D Guess this is what happens when:- You have lots of stuff going on that you are not able to sum them all up You have a life of a frog that is confined to the well You are spending most of your free evenings watching Bolly wood stuff for free on Youtube You get so addicted to experimentation that even while you are in the kitchen, you are experimenting Well, in all my life has been not too perfect..but close to being perfect. Got to spend time with loved ones, with friends, with family and realizing that no matter how many hard days at work, these are the people who will brush your blues away! I have been confused, lost at the same time! That makes me sometimes question "Why is that things work for everyone else BUT for me'. But there are no answers to rhetoric questions. When the two questions that irritates me include: 'When do you graduate'? 'When are you getting married' Ok! just get the fact straight. I am not being a 'load' on anyone. My family doesnt mind my independence and my advisor would still wish for me to be around:) Agreed my friends have started to plan their second babies, BUT thats not what I want out of my life at this moment! Probably they are normal people, and I am not! I had never planned the course of my life, and even now..I dont know what lies in the future! Neways thats my ranting. And there was nothing new about it, so did not choose to blog that! Otherwise, I have been cooking all types of cuisine including: South Indian:- Thanks to Thanu, I mastered the art of making masala dosas from scratch. fermenting included. It gave me a lot of pleasure, to prepare the perfect 'udipi' meal, comprising of Sambar, chutney as well. It took me back to the time when I was in 4th grade and my dad used to teach me holding my hands, how to put the batter on the griddle to make round dosas. To the times, when Sunday brunch was all this and more and my constant cribbing that I want to eat something different. How we evolve! Chinese Hakka Noodles n fried rice. North Indian: Both my favourite paneer dishes, Paneer Butter Masala, Alu Parathas and Tandoori Paneer. Typical Marathi Cuisine: Sol kadhi, Poli (another name for rotis), sprouts, kheer All of these were instant hits and am glad my experiments atleast work in the kitchen:D Some of the mis-hits included:- Simple Vanilla Cake:- This was a recipe that I REALLY wanted to try! Found this wonderful recipe here. Well, there was quite a story behind making that cake. First, I knew I did not have baking soda at home, so shopped for that. Came home and the recipe asked for baking powder as well, and since I was hell bent on making the cake that evening itself, I was googling whether I can do without the baking powder. In turn, I ended up reading a lot about cakes on wike and other related websites and importance of the ingredients:)) Next, I ended up making the cake which tasted little bit bitter and I emailed Shammi mentioning that to her. And just today, I realized that the 'imitation vanilla essence' that I had used is in fact a petroleum by product:O Considering all the efforts that I had put in..this was certainly unwelcome! Neways, just like always 'Your end results are sometimes not a function of the efforts' which has proven to be true for me in many instances! Bollywood Masala! Ended up watching way too many movies lately: Of the things I remember: Golmaal:- Golmaal 2006 is no where close to Amol Palekar's classic comedy released in 1979. It does not even do justice to the name! The comedy cloyed and at times I really wanted to slap Tushar Kapoor! Sharman Joshi was someone who was pretty decent. The story was the usual crap, 3-4 men chasing one girl who probably has nothing else to do but to look pretty! Paresh Rawal is completely wasted. Chup Chupke: Aha! just came across this movie while browsing. And really liked it better than Golmaal. Paresh Rawal rocks in this one along with Rajpal Yadav! Excellent comedy. What more Kareena Kapoor is shown 'mute' in this film. This actually helps, since she looks pretty and is not irritating:) Yun Hota To Kya Hota: This one movie was off beat with Naseeruddin Shah's directorial debut. A movie to which one can relate to. 4 stories running parallely and all of them have one goal , 'To get to the US, by hook or crook' and this is the most realstic situation in todays world;) Althoughm the story has an abrupt ending, I am not sure..if many of the real life stories do have a concusion at all:) With actors such as Konkona Sen and Irrfan Khan, the movie does carry some substance! Omkara: Not many girls would like this movie (coz all the other 4 girls who came to watch this movie with us did not). But I liked this one too. Not much to say about this Othello remake but the fact that Saif Ali rocks:) Apart from that, watched Adam Sandler flick 'Click' Hilarious, with a message! Loved the punch line that says 'Good Guys Take a Break' =)) Well, anyways life is not bollywood.Haha.