2011-A year of disruption

I can rant about how bad this year had been for a whole day and still something will be left out for the next day. That's how horrible this year had been. Most depressing, disappointing, dreadful and disgusting year I have ever faced in my whole life.(I can still add few more d's in the list .. But I am giving it a miss ) I would officially call it my worst year of my life.Not that I say that my life had been a bed of roses.Yeah I can mouth 2 years when I thought that I had seen the worst.  

2006 was an year of realization that I wish  not even my worst enemy to face..But it was only on the personal front.1st time in my life I saw betrayal. And I was heart broken, scattered emotionally.  But professional front it was an awesome year so I didn't call it worse. But that year taught me so much. Today if I can say I am matured all thanks to 2006 . So 2006 off the worst year list..

Lost and Found - My Christmas Spirit :D

Its Christmas all around but somehow this year I am missing the Christmas excitement I don't know why. I didn't jump when mom announced about our Christmas shopping. I picked up very simple dress, neither was I excited about Christmas cleaning part.Because of me, my sister decided to have a low profile Christmas too. I am kind of a person who gets excited for anything and everything .Even though I am grown up now I still get excited on my birthday like a 5 year old. I pretend to sleep early that night but wide awake to see who will wish me first.  Unlike my other siblings I try to be with my parents on my "The day" what ever be the circumstances .   ( cause I love the attention and pampering I get that day) 

Cant buy me style... (Guest Post by Chicklogger)

This is the first time I am hosting a guest post on my Blog. What a great way to start it with someone who introduced me to Blog world... Its an immense pleasure to introduce (btw who needs no introduction as she is very popular in her little way on Blog sphere) My dear friend Chicklogger .  She cute and petite and has an awesome sense of style. Very loving and caring and has a heart of gold. She is a supporter, a good friend, an ardent listener.  She is known for her cute and witty writing.  I love her take on life with little gloss and humor. Here are her few words of Gyan (wisdom) on fashion and style.

Babe thank you for obliging ( I know I am being formal ) :P

Thank you and my heart felt gratitude!

Recently my dear younger sister's gesture bowled me over. As you know that I am staying at my native, so my dad replaced me to take care of younger sis in chennai.On 27th Nov it was my dad's birthday, usually his big day is celebrated in a big way. We arrange thanks giving and invite relatives, However this was not the case this year. My dad preferred solitude . Daughters being daughters cant leave parents alone.So my sister decided to celebrate his birthday. Since I wasn't there she has to play the chef, playing safe she choose a simple menu. Unfortunately she fell sick on thursday but somehow managed to put up some finger licking dishes ( my dad's word's). I am so proud of  you my chotipari.:D After which I found this on her face book page..

Protective Me

 Gayatri 's post  "The Monkey" reminded me of a forgotten story. Thought I will share it. Hope you find it a interesting read.

We are a big family .A family of 6. I have an elder sis, younger sis and youngest of all, my brother. Even though I am very attached to my siblings and always protective. But I'm super duper protective about my younger sis in particular.

Our family was attending our aunt's wedding. Marriage Hall is behind our relative's house, Its a 10 minutes walk from their house, but there is a short cut to the venue, all we got to do was jump the compound wall and in 2 minutes we will be there. Usually in weddings elders are busy to mind their kids, cause they have to take care of various customs and stuff. so all the kids form a group and play .

An emotional scene in my house (Jumped out from Ektha's hindi serial)

I am going through my most  tough phase of life, which a girl faces when is she above marriage age. This Sunday was such an emotional Roller-coaster ride . I had a huge fight with my family on Saturday night. I almost took an oath that I ll never get married. As you know that Iam suffering with Glebntried syndrome and now I am almost friend less and I am forced to live with my mom for groom hunt. The pressure is equal on my parents as well as me. You will not believe few of these so called " Aunties " in church ask me taunt me like those aunties in bad Hindi serials with a wicked background music, spitting venom but smiling, almost shooting poisonous arrows non stop . I have to confess I seriously have a problem I cant handle taunts. I have to give it back with compound interest. But I control myself and give them a fake smile and move on "only because its church" pls note the "".

Vermicelli Payasam

Thinking of you ...

I am dedicating this post to all my childhood friends with whom I departed .


Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting a new world is born.

Accused of being modern

 Why do people get judgmental? If I talk about religion I am religious fanatic. If I say I like that gay couple in modern family Cameron and Mitchell, it means I' am against God? If I talk to a married male friend of mine, who by the way is my best friend, it means I'm having an affair??? If I have no problem with a Christian married to another religion person Am I a sinner. And then I'm accused to be modern. I'm seriously confused now... Previously when someone says I am modern. I used to take it as a compliment. But recently when one of my friends called me modern I felt as if I was accused.

ASL!!!

Remember the movie you ve got mail of 1998 in which how Tom Hanks (Joe Fox)and Meg Ryan (Kathleen Kelly) fall in love over the internet. It is one of my top 10 list of  romantic movies. When I saw it for the first time ages ago all I wanted  to do at that time was to go log in and search for the love of my life. However that didn't happen so quickly . Cause having PC at home was a luxury those days ..   

When I ended up in chennai after my studies. I was struck in a land of unknown tongue. In between the podum (enough) and venda (don't want) . I didn't have any friends to talk. So I used to chat with my friends from university. I was too illiterate in the world of chatting. Yahoo was a wonderland. I tried exploring , however was scared . What if I press the wrong key and the computer may blow ( that was one of my weird doubts.. Now u know why I call myself illiterate :P )

An ode to my dear

My Dear,

Finally we met and we had an awesome time together.. Never missed anything this much .... Just cant stop kissing and hugging each other. I just want to hug you so tight and never want to let you go.. World is so cruel they don't understand our love.. They will not appreciate you or me like the way we treat each other. I know we have a history and we will have a future together. But I cant take this separation anymore.. Love is bliss they say.. Love is blind they accuse.... But love is beautiful how will they understand ??

The Cetirizine effect

 I was in my home town.We were having a very tight schedule. My parents organized a Thanks Giving prayer on a sunday evening and we were also traveling to chennai . Sunday for Christians is no holiday, it is as busy as a week day. So after morning service we reached home around 12:00 in the afternoon had lunch by 3. And took an hour's nap when I got up maid was cleaning my room. To gain some brownie points she tried to doing some dusting in my room. Dust is like an open invitation to cold. that's it I started sneezing. I thought it ll stop after sometime but after an hour my nose was red and I was tired sneezing. I tried using all household nuska's  (remedies) because at 6 we have people / guest coming in for Thanksgiving prayer.  In usual case I would have poped my jadooi tablet and sleep like sleeping beauty for few hours.

Intentionally Blind

Friend For a Reason

Quick Kheema Curry

OCD

Unknown Food

Sunday morning , Having a cup of coffee and reading paper. I was reading Sunday magazine food column. Their is an article about Italian food which brought back fond memories actually not fond it can be called funny memory. I love Italian food but I have to say other than pizza ,pasta, risotto and lasagna I'm not much familiar with the names of Italian food. One day my friend and I were driving around on my bike. There was sudden unexpected showers which forced us to stop and take shelter outside a hotel. It was dinner time and we were both hungry. We saw there was Italian restaurant. We looked at each other and decided to go in as we always wanted to try out Italian Food.

What matters Beauty, Work or Good nature ???

Funny yet so true :D

The Good book says.." So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?" mat 6:31. but unfortunately we as girls do not abide to God's words. We don't even think that we are actually breaching God's commandment. In this busy and superficial world all girls / women think about is, what to eat and what to wear. . A typical women or shall we call (married women) gets up in the morning thinking about what she will be cooking for breakfast, lunch and dinner etc, A middle aged women gets up thinking how less and healthy can she eat so that she will not add on calories and what colors should I wear to look thin , A teenager gets up thinking how should I dress up that I look different yet chic.

Celebrating Mother!!

Almost everyone love their mother. Cause she that special someone who brought us into this world. thought us everything , cleared all our doubts from the smallest to the biggest. She is the Best cook in the world. She is what you long to be.. She is this , she is that.

Words are inadequate to explain what she means to us..

Just a very small gesture to tell how much she means to me.

Happy Mothers Day Maa

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Creamy Cauliflower

Ingredients

Onions -2

Tomatoes -2

Cauliflower- 200 gms

Green Chillies -2

Garam masala - 1 tbsp

Coriander powder -1tbsp

Chilly powder – 1tbsp

Cashew nuts – 100 gms

Curd – 2 tbsp

Cream – 1 cup

Oil - 2 tbsp

Masala Capsicum

Ingredients

Onions -2

Ginger garlic paste

250g Capsicum (cut into two pieces each)

2 tsp Coriander Seeds

25g Sesame Seeds

25g Peanuts

25g Dry Coconut (grated)

1 tsp Chili Powder

1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds

1 bunch Curry Leaves

A pinch of Fenugreek Seeds

50g Tamarind

75g Oil

Garam masala – 1 tbsp

Coriander powder – 1 tbsp

Salt for taste

MMM curry

Easy to make Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani

Gongurra Royyalu Andhra special

Prawns Biryani

Ingredients

Basmati rice 3 cups
Prawns 2 cups
Onions 5
Tomatoes 2-3
Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp
Red chilly powder 2 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Dhania jeera powder 2 tsp
Garam masala powder 1 tsp
Tejpatta 2
Cinnamon 2
Cloves 2

Kashmiri Bhindi

Ingredients:

½ Kilo Bhindi ( Ladies Finger)
1/2 table spoon Turmeric powder
1 table spoon aam chur powder (optional)

Dark Neck Issues

Use plain lemon juice on the darker area around your neck.

Happy New Year All!!