Dad’s birthday weekend…

Well this past weekend was absolutely great! I don’t think I know anyone who would ever want their weekend to end, but some weekends in particular when you’re really having fun or enjoying them immensely you just try and hold onto every second as hard as you can!! That’s how my weekend was. On Friday evening is when my weekend started. My dad’s come down to P to visit me from California, . When my dad comes down or any family that we meet after a long time, we usually have a family dinner at someone’s house where all my relatives from my dad’s side get together for some drinks and yummy dinner. Its usually my aunt, my uncle (dad’s brother), my cousins, my cousins kids, my brother in law and so forth. We just all have a blast drinking and eating the night away, recalling good memories and having some laughs. Between my dad’s list of errands to do,  his dentist appointments, his meetings with his old IIT college buddies it becomes difficult to figure out when everyone’s free to plan dinners and family get together. But last minute on thursday night we somehow figured out that Friday night would be good. I wanted to try and do it on the weekend so I would have time to cook some stuff since Ive been practicing a lot lately but then Friday was free for everyone so had to grab whatever opportunity I could. I was pretty tired after coming home from work on Friday but by then we had gotten some mutton curry made by Mangal one of our maids who’s really good at making it and rice and other accompaniments had already been arranged. I decided since I couldnt cook the main meal I’ll make something to go along with the drinks so I decided to make onion pakodas (or fritters). When I was growing up onion pakodas were always so yummy to eat and they seemed so complex to make. But after learning how to make them I really was shocked at how simple they are to make! thinly Slice up some onions and add besan (gram flour) till you have a goey type paste and add salt to taste. How easy is that! Then you just deep fry them till their golden brown. So I made that and some cucumber/tomato raita to go along with the mutton curry. I was super nervous cuz since I had moved into my apartment (It’s been one year) I havent invited my family over to see how I set up the place.  Everyone was laughing and having a good time talking about movies and golf and all sorts of discussions. It was really a good night . It was really a lot of fun. We all missed my mom a lot though because she would have loved this dinner. The next morning on Saturday my dad went to Bombay to meet some college friends and he came back on Sunday morning the day of his birthday. I got him a white cotton kurta really smart with white embroidery. He complained that he doesnt get the chance to wear kurtas in California but I know he doesnt have a white kurta and this will look very good on him whenever he does get the chance to wear it. We spent the whole day lazing around in the house on Sunday. I took a nice cat nap in the afternoon. Then in the evening my uncle, aunt, my dad and I went to Magnolia a thai restaurant to celebrate his birthday. It was really delicious food. I am not much of a soup person but they have this amazing soup which is chicken in coconut milk with lemon grass thai soup which I cannot get enough of. I have it every time I go there. Then on the way home we picked up some natural’s ice cream (Roasted Almond) and had it with freshly cut strawberries. All in all it was a very wonderful exciting and relaxed weekend. oh and I officially want to say just for the sake of saying it. I am addicted to Facebook.

Currently listening to Thum Ho Tho
Rock On!! OST

As of right now, what song relates to your life and why?

I chose this song I think because of the terrorism that has been marring our world a lot more frequently.  The Mumbai terrorist attacks are still fresh in my brain and I just can’t help but think that people are just being so stupid about fighting with each other. This song is about how mankind, since the beginning of time, have always been impulsive about having more power when it comes to anything. Fighting for land, eager to fight with one another….That need to have power leads to fighting and hurting one another instead of co existing. I think we all need to take a step back and embrace one another instead of fighting with each other. Sure you’re probably thinking. “well I’m not a terrorist. i can’t make a difference to all the fighting between religious sects and countries” But even in small ways we each can make a difference. Like, not judging each other unecessarily, holding the door for that stranger behind you while walking into a building, refraining from shouting abuses if someone gets in your way. Even if you feel it’s necessary to say something to a person who’s wronged you, the same point can be made in a polite calm manner. Mind YOUR OWN BUSINESS. People I think its a weakness of everyone’s to get nosy and look at what others are doing. We need to stop doing that. Once people see what others are doing, they get jealous, they start competing and that’s when the hatred starts. (I have a bigger house than you, I have more cars than you, I get a better salary than you) These are petty things not worth competing/fighting/ for.. You should be more interested in attaining your own happiness in whatever way you feel is correct or right or good without wondering what everyone else has. Taking the time to know your neighbours whoever they may be, and most importantly, respecting other people’s beliefs no matter how different they may be from your own beliefs. This will in it’s own small way help with the global fight against terrorism and help us all co exist.

“Right In Two”

Angels on the sideline,

Puzzled and amused.

Why did Father give these humans free will?

Now they’re all confused.

Don’t these talking monkeys know that

Eden has enough to go around?

Plenty in this holy garden, silly monkeys,

Where there’s one you’re bound to divide it.

Right in two.

Angels on the sideline,

Baffled and confused.

Father blessed them all with reason.

And this is what they choose.

And this is what they choose…

Monkey killing monkey killing monkey

Over pieces of the ground.

Silly monkeys give them thumbs,

They forge a blade,

And where there’s one

they’re bound to divide it,

Right in two.

Right in two.

Monkey killing monkey killing monkey.

Over pieces of the ground.

Silly monkeys give them thumbs.

They make a club.

And beat their brother, down.

How they survive so misguided is a mystery.

Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven conscious of his fleeting time here.

Cut it all right in two [x4]

Fight over the clouds, over wind, over sky

Fight over life, over blood, over prayer,

overhead and light

Fight over love, over sun,

over another, Fight…

Angels on the sideline again.

Benched along with patience and reason.

Angels on the sideline again

Wondering when this tug of war will end.

Cut it all right in two [x3]

RIGHT IN TWO!

Right in two…

 

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How to Win Friends and Influence People for Teen Girls
By Donna Dale Carnegie

hmm… hmmmm….. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

Argh. I have a “sleep hangover” which means I wasnt drunk, but you know when you get a yucky headache from staying up too late watching tv even though you know you should be getting rest since you have work. that’s the kind of headache I have. I know… I should know better but it’s so tempting to watch So You Think You Can Dance till your eyes fall off. I honestly don’t even feel like posting but I thought I should because once I lose the habit then my blog goes stale and I can’t let this one go stale. It honestly gives me a piece of mind writing on my blog and I feel like even if nothing else exciting happens during the day I know by writing I did atleast something productive. This past saturday I celebrated my birthday. can u imagine being awake at 4am on your birthday???!! I always picture birthday mornings as lazy sunny and sweet. hehe…So then I got dressed in something reaaaaaaaaally warm cuz it was freezing outside and then my friends met up with me downstairs and we all took the bikes to Koregaon park for 5am breakfast at German Bakery. It was so exciting to get hot fresh breakfast at such a yummy bakery. It had so many desserts I decided against choosing anything because it was too confusing to pick, hehe. But I did have a yummy cheese omelette with buttery toast and some apple cider. Then from there we all went home.  Im planning on having a dinner this weekend. Ive cooked and its most of the time turned out pretty successful so Im going to cook since my family and dad dont come often to my place for dinner. I think it’s the first time this is happening so Im excited and nervous as well. Well if I get a dinner catastrophe I can always order in. hehe… But Im gonna do my best. hehehe… Arghhhh… gotta go hunting for recipes… anywho wish me luck. this light is turned off.

 

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Write to Sell: The Ultimate Guide to Great Copywriting
By Andy Maslen

On December 20th 1982….

I sailed the ocean blue….!! lol. Happy Birthday to me…

 

 

 

Currently listening to Right Now
Freedom
By Akon

shock of being betrayed…

I don’t know what hurts worse, being betrayed itself or the aftermath… Its a viscious cycle of deleting phone numbers, deleting profiles off facebook, then orkut, then god knows what… Im tired of it all I wish I could just erase my best friend in one big swoop. Shes not come to work today so Im glad  I don’t have to see her face. Her smug look on her face as if she owns the world. She’s hurt me but she doesnt give a damn. Those are the toxic friends you hope to keep away from your life. Yes there’s always 2 sides to one story but she was not ready to see that she’s changed so much in the last couple of months that shes in turn moved away from me and I, in order not to offend her by pointing it out, I just watched quietly. Quietly watched her slowly unwrap herself from my life so she would be free again to do her own thing. Because she was my best friend I didnt see her weak points because that’s what friends do, they refuse to see the negative and only see the positive in a person. I did that and boy was I dumb. Real dumb. Her husband also ended up screwing me over. She had her moments where beither of us really knew what to make of her and instead of going to a third party or someone I didnt trust I used to talk a lot to her husband about the way she is. Not in a bad sense but just to get to understand the way she thinks, acts, works, and so forth… Now obviously something like this would offend her if she found out so he didnt let her know that he was talking to me. Now when I had this whole issue of her moving away and changing and acting different from her usual self I of course emailed her husband since I didnt get to talk much to him lately and he in turn rats me out and tells me that he doesnt keep anything from his wife and told her. So basically he acted like a two faced asshole that he is by confiding in me about her when he felt it was okay and when I needed his help he ratted me out and told her everything I told him. Which in turn made her pissed off and so thats where everything ended. She started yelling in my face at work to which I told her I dont think you’re gonna change and things will work between us so she walked away and we havent talked since. I really do not need such shit in my life. I would love to indulge in just talking about what kind of shitty two faced person they both are but I won’t Im too above that right now. Like I said, I chose not to see their dark sides and in turn its come to haunt me. I should have gone with my instinct and told myself that these dark qualities of theirs will end up hurting me one day. All this time I saw their actions hurting others now today theyre hurting me. She also conveniently got closer to me when her really good friend had disappeared and decided not to talk to her anymore. So she got close to me. Now shes again on talking terms with her good friend and so I am conveniently not needed. How interestingly bitter life becomes when you realize you’ve been used. I had promised myself not to go hunting for a best friend because even in the past I had been hurt and betrayed and had told myself that friends only end up betraying you and whenyou become a best friend to somebody and they let you down they really make you feel hurt and vulnerable. I guess I thought she was different and wouldnt do that to me…   I am determined to get over this whole drama quickly and as painless as possible inspite of the fact that I wasted 2 yrs on her… I guess thats another lesson learned. I will talk about the rest of my day and plans later on when Im feeling more upbeat. I think I will listen to some nice cheery christmas songs to make me feel better

Currently listening to
Closer
By Ne-Yo

If you won a multi-million dollar lottery, what would your first five purchases be?

A mansion in Koregaon Park, An SUV Audi, A wedding, A house in Buffalo NY, A savings investment plan that will help me double my money in the next couple of years.

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Currently listening to Still Dre
2001
By Dr. Dre

Betrayal

This weekend I was betrayed… I no longer have a best friend anymore. Its in many ways sad. But at the same time I should have known better to trust someone like that when I know they always betray and let me down when I let a person get that close. I should have known to not get so close to people cuz one day or another they will fall through. The only person that hasnt let me down knows who he is… and I’ll love him forever… For this moment of betrayal I dedicate a song to it. It’s a song by the best band there ever will be… TOOL. And the song is called Pushit.

[Pushit]
Saw that gap again today ,
while you were beggin’ me to stay,
take care not to make me enter,
if i do we both may disappear.

I will choke until I swallow…
Choke this infant here before me.
What is this but my reflection?
Who am I to judge and strike you down?
But you’re (pushing and shoving 4x) me.
(You’re pushing me and shoving me. 4x)
You (still love me, still love me,
pushit on me, pushit on me 2x).

Rest your trigger on my finger,
bang my head upon the fault line.
Better take care not to make me enter.
’cause if I do we both may disappear.
But (you’re pushing me, shoving me. 4x)
You still love me, still love me
pushit on me, pushit on me.
(You’re pushing me and shoving me. 2x)

Slipping back into the gap again.
I’m alive when you’re touching me,
alive when you’re shoving me down.

But i’d trade it all
for just a little
piece of miiiiiiiiiiiiiiind.

(Pushit on me, 4x)
You’re pushing,
and shoving,
and scrambling,
keep my feet back on the ground!

(Put me somewhere I don’t wanna beee. 2x)

Seeing someplace I don’t wanna seeee.

Never wanna see that place agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain.

Saw that gap again today
while you were begging me to stay.
Managed to push myself away,
and you, as well, my dear.

If, when I say I might fade like a sigh if I staaaay,
you minimize my movement anywaaaay,
I must persuade you another waaaaaaaaay.

pushing, shoving,
pushing, shoving,
pushing me
There’s no love in feaaaaaaaar!

Staring down the hole again.
Hands are on my back again.
Survival is my only friend.
Terrified of what may come.
Yeah. Remember I will always love you,
as I claw your fucking throat away.
(It will end no other way. 2x)

This light is turned off…

Currently listening to Pushit
Salival
By Tool

Which reality TV show, if any, would you love to be a part of?

I would love to be in MTV’s Real World, just to meet different people from all walks of life and live in an amazing penthouse and have fun with all my roommates…

I would love to also be in the show So You Think You Can Dance…. would be an amazing opportunity to work with some of the best choreographers in the world and wear those beautiful costumes. I love to dance and I would love to add to my talent and learn something new…

And just to be in one of Tyra’s funky cool houses and have beautiful pictures taken of me I would enjoy being in America’s Next Top Model… Especially because Tyra is not a vain person. She’s bothered just as much as what a girl is about inside as well as outside.

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Currently listening to Glamorous ft. Ludacris
The Dutchess
By Fergie

My weekend agenda…

Well, it’s finally FRIDAY!!! You know how amazing that is especially when you’ve been slaving away at work/college/school whatever? Well for me it’s work. I love my job don’t get me wrong. Okay, I’ll be honest I LIKE my job. I used to love it but it’s been affected by the economic crisis in small ways which has made it change for the worse. Describing how it has changed, maybe i’ll save that topic for another post but I’m glad it’s Friday and another week is over.  I have lots of plans for the weekend that I’m looking forward to. Well not anything too special…. just birthday/Xmas shopping and a variety of other things I have to take care of. Here is my agenda:

TO DO:
1. Make an appointment with Tequila salon to get purple streaks in my hair (me very excited!!??!!) And I’m just getting 2 or 3 streaks not my whole head covered in them.
2. Go to the dentist to clean my teeth and get a possible cavity taken care of (Damn those sinful Twixs!)
3. Return a purse/bag that I bought last Friday which I found a defect in, which hopefully I can get an exchange… (fingers crossed)
4. Get those Lee Jeans the dark blue ones I’ve been dying to get.
5. Buy either a pair of sneakers or a pair of cute heels
6. Figure out what I want to do for my birthday weekend

7. Go to the flea market my friend A has been planning for months to be hosted somewhere close to Koregaon park. (It’s pretty exciting since P doesnt have flea markets really)
8. Find a bakery possibly Pasteur Bakery or Kalyan Bakery in Camp to see if they make christmas shaped sugar cookies. (I want to take them home and glaze them with colored frosting and sprinkles on Christmas eve…And please, don’t judge people, If i had an oven at home Id be baking them from scratch instead, so Im working with what I have!)
9. Wish my friend for his birthday and possibly meet up with him to celebrate.

So yeah, that’s my weekend! Im all pumped up for it too… hmmm… now I have to go Google for a recipe that involves a buttermilk marinade since I bought a whole litre of it and now Im tired of just drinking it. (It’s yummy but I cant drink it day after day continuously) So I’m thinking of finding a yummy chicken buttermilk marinade I can finish it off with so it doesnt go to waste! MMmmmm… can’t wait to find an interesting recipe to try out. so this is where I sign off till Monday probably… till then, this light is turned off..

Currently listening to
Scandalous
By Mis Teeq

What’s on your Christmas list?

Well, on my Christmas list, theres world peace as my first wish. I know, corny but true. Second, happiness for all my friends, family and loved ones. Third, a good year ahead…

I guess it’s not Christmas unless you wish for some things for yourself… guilty sinful pleasures… hehehe…so here is my personal christmas wish list… Not in any specific order…

Adidas sambas… I love sneakers. And I have always been in love with adidas’s signature: black with 3 white stripes. How much more classier and simpler can it get. Im not sure which ones I want yet but something along the lines of the ones in the pic below….

The next thing Ive been wishing for would be a pair of Lee black-blue jeans. By that color I mean dark blue, so dark they look almost black. I love jeans. I would wear jeans every single day if I could…

Well, I got an 80 gb apple ipod for my birthday last year and I’ve been wanting speakers to go with it, perfect for whenever I have a house party. So speakers are on my list as well…

I want a new perfume my favorite kind and color…. Pink by Victoria’s Secret… It smells so divine and sexy…I love it. You have to get this stuff if you don’t have it already.

Its an odd one to put on my christmas list but i truly wish to get married… a lot of complications are making me have to wait probably 2-3 years… my past mistakes, money, parents, the right time, etc. I wish i could just be married… surrounded by friends and family… and a guy who loves me as much as I’ll love him…

The next one I think most people that know will flip out… but I want to get purple streaks in my hair… My hair’s black so I think it will suit me and look funky but not too weird… My point of confusion is who to trust with my hair to get it done… I dont want it to damage my hair!! (I dont want that hair cut, just the color!)

I want something furry and cute to greet me when I come home from work… I would love some cutie to prrrr…. when I come home, happy to see me and greet me… A lazy little thing I can spoil mercilessly…

Now I know I won’t be getting this for Christmas but Im putting it on my list cuz I wish to have this car one day… in purple. Breathe deeply before you scroll down…. and exhale…. yes I know its a beaut.

Ok I’m done day dreaming now

 

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Currently listening to I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause
Best of Christmas
By Various Artists