We are the champions..

At last feels good to say it. And yeah what better way to start the week, India beat Pakistan.

6 6 6 6 6 6

One of those days, that makes you think.. maybe its time to go buy a TV. Yuvraj Singh!

Happy Birthday

To the one, i guess atleast a billion people love.


Pic from, http://www.flickr.com/photos/balu/1384282787/in/photostream/

Yesterday !

Yesterday was someone`s birthday. A Person that i know for a fact i would never get a chance to talk to. I never got a chance to say good bye to this person, nor did a few people inform me for a long long time abt it. I think i do have a vague idea of where this person is, but that is where this person is gonna be.

So like they say, Good Night and Good Bye
;-)



Well what does this picture signify?... its got something to do with this person. Atleast thats what google thinks.

Off for a few days

Not that i write anything regularly here, but its that time where i get on a plane and go to a distant land again.

brb

p.s i guess i am already off, this is more like in the middle of the trip anyway.

Zen and the Art of Cooking Potatoes

One of the most frustrating things that you can do when you are stuck in a wifi-less airport during a long, i mean a really long layover is the fact that you can write some brilliant stuff. I wont call my thing here brilliant but i guess, but this one i know is going to be a long one, why? i mean 10 hours of doing nothing and your phone doesnt work(are their places like that... yeah hint: one such place is the land of the rising sun, but there r other places too)

Believe it or not, cooking is one thing which i believe is a true practical experiment involving physics, chemistry, biology and what not related to science. Though i am not really aligned towards it, when u r alone and not have much to do, and more so considering the fact that the only cooking i did in the last 3 months involved nothing about the oven and the microwave, i felt its time to go back to the kadai and a stove.

And cooking potatoes, esp frying them is a big art and u get to experience zen when u make it right. And i guess the time needed to get to this point is about 3 years.

Ofcourse part of any reciepe, ingredients: potato, onion(maybe), olive oil, salt(the ones with cubes r better than the powdered one), the secret ingredient (More on the later) and lots of love.

So the deal breaker here, cut them up dont slice them too thin, but medium size squarish and then boil them with the skin for abt 15 min. Monitor it so that it doesnt get gooey, it still has to be hard, but must get soft soon type. remember its shouldnt be baked at this point(if its baked game`s over)

Next ofcourse a pan with some olive oil, roast the onions this better be in tiny pieces... add these potatoes, and now dont dip them in oil, the idea is to add a spoon or so as you need it. and keep em heating and turning and roasting for abt 45 min of course the time depends on how many potatoes. i had 2 big ones with 1 fat onion.

This sounds silly, but believe it or not, it took me a lot of time to get to this magic potion. And you might ask the magic ingredient, its vodka sauce. Yup, just a little bit thrown in the last 2 or 3 min of cooking, remember its not pasta but potato curry. and some salt after the sauce. You cant beat this if you do it right, no seasoning, no garam masala nothing, just potatoes and you.


And yeah i thought i would write more, but guess what i found something else...

And you know how the attention span is when you are writing (perfect picture, monkey banging around in Homer`s head)


so brb

16 Aug

Hmm, i guess all said and done meebo rocks.. if only i wish it wont disconnect everytime.. but thats stupid apple/safari i guess. pretty decent day... something to do with kit kats... and new best song... spider pig. the second video is the actual song. but the first one talks about something else.

why?
cauz





Some more interesting stuff..

1. this hotel doesnt need any more advertising.. costliest dessert.

2. tea, i think i learnt a thing or 2 abt it... one good thing the english man did i guess. no more shitty tea bags... its gonna be brewed right from now.

3. its been so long that i totally suck at thathuvum`s. got to brush up my skills.

4. oh ya, and that nat geo special on shaving... is kinda interesting... learnt some new stuff. must adapt a few things.. never thought shaving cream would be made like that.. and world war 1 was the reason for disposable razors, i should have seen that coming. and oh ya, burnt hair stinks.

too late, time to sleep.