What should I write about?

I am trying to think of a topic to blog about. I have like a million topics in mind, but none that interest me enough to write of. I am at work and nothing much is going on today, which is good because it means no issues. I feel bored but convince myself that every minute I sit here is money. Somedays are so crazy that I forget to have lunch until late in the afternoon my tummy hurts and then it strikes me that I haven't had anything from morning other than a cup of chocolate milk! Then I rush to the nearest restaurant, which is a very high end Italian restaurant, which translates to big cheques. But I don't have time to go anywhere else. So I get food from there and eat it with a lot of guilt(one, it is pricey and two, lots and lots of cheese). Even this meal gets interrupted by 10 phone calls and 15 IM's(yeah we have Internal messenger in office). After about a million more issues and a zillion more emails, When I finally reach home and sit in my sofa, that is when I realize how tired I am. I don't even have energy to lift a finger. Again masking the guilt I have with the "making money" matter, I end up asking my hubby to feed my kid(and me!) and go to bed only to be sound asleep in 10 secs. This is how most of my work days are. But some of them, like today, are very slow. I keep checking the time atleast every 10 mins and calculating how much more time till I go home. Thinking what to do for dinner? Should we watch a movie after dinner? etc...etc.... Slightly changing lanes here.....Sometimes, I think I am taking way too advantage of the fact that I am working. Although I portray that men and women are equal in everything, deep down, when it comes to earning for the family, for loss of better words, I think that I think men are supposed to be the bread winners and women working is the extra mile. So when I come back from work, for some reason, I expect my husband to be extra kind to me, forgetting that he has also worked that day and is as/more tired than me. On the contrary, during the days that my hubby works and I don't, I feel like it is my duty to make sure there is a very delicious 3 course dinner waiting for him when he comes home along with all the dishes washed and Kitchen cleaned. Why is this this way? I think the true meaning of "men and women are equal" is not only that when men can go to work, women can also go to work(any work) and men and women have to do equal work at home also. It could also mean that the work men do at office and the work women do at home should be considered equal, to be more specific, just because the office work pays money and house work does not, doesn't mean one is better than the other. If you think about it one cannot function without the other. This concept is mostly stressed to men so they don't take us, women, for granted. But I believe that this should be equally understood AND followed by women to prevent knowingly or unknowingly taking advantage of husbands just because they are working.

Hey, look...I started this blog with nothing in mind, but I did end up blabbing for 50 lines!

Movies

I have been watching a lot of hindi movies these days and I must say...I love them all! I have become a very big fan of Hindi movies. For some reason I don't remember, I stopped watching Hindi movies 5 years back. Probably because I am not subscribed to any hindi channels here and I don't know what movies are getting released and who is acting, songs...nothing. and I kinda used to be content with the occasional tamil movies. But off late the tamil movies are so horrible that I cannot stand even 5 mins. There is a trailer of the movie "Thenavattu" coming in SunTV these days. It is really pathetic. I change the channel as soon as the trailer starts. it is that bad. When are people going to realize that there can be movies made without any heroism or unnecessary songs that makes us close our ears more than anything else. It is just irritating. I mean c'mon, atleast learn from seeing movies from other languages. where did the originality in tamil movies go? intelligence? Do the producers and directors think that we are stupid enough to fall for the same story again and again with just a different hero. Do they think the movie will be liked as long as they keep stripping the heroine and have a couple of useless unrealistic fights with the villain? These days even the comedy has become so bad. Vadivelu and vivek...just screaming at someone doesnot mean it is hilarious. Tamil cinema is missing the freshness that hindi movies are full off. During Thanksgiving holidays I saw Kuch kuch hota hai, rangeela, Lage raho Munna bhai, Yuva, Life in a metro, Mumbai Salsa, Hum dil de chuke sanam, Jab we met and the greatest movie I have ever seen...Taare Zameen Par! Kuch kuch hota hai and Rangeela brought back old memories. so I enjoyed them. Lage Raho Munna Bhai...kya originality hai! Loved it. Hum dil de chuke sanam...I don't think Aishwarya has looked more beautiful in any other movie. The entire movie was a beautiful love story. How many so-called love stories made these days can be described this way? Jab we met.....One of the very few movies that I watch in which I don't want to fast forward even a single scene..not even the songs. Shahid is my new favorite hero and I never liked Kareena until I saw this movie. I read that they are remaking this movie in Tamil. I only hope they don't forcefully add Vadivelu or Vivek. And Taare Zameen Par...what can I say about this movie? Simply brilliant! I must admit that I was hesitating to watch this movie at first because I don't like very sentimental movies. But once I started watching it, I realized that the reviews I read were infact well deserved. Everyone(who hasn't yet) should watch this movie. It is a very powerful story told in simple terms. Whoever came up with the screen play....kudos to you! simply superb!

Now coming to movies like Life in a metro and Mumbai salsa......I watched them back to back. After finishing it, I longed for movie without any extra marital affairs. Is this how it really is or have they concentrated it too much? Is having an affair so normal these days in India? what about one night stands? I was seeing a scene where the girl and the boy are falling in love. what I was expecting...girl and boy on the roof garden with a clear sky and stars and moon and they both looking into each others eyes and talking. what I saw....girl and boy in the roof garden, with clear skies and stars and moon...only, 15 beer bottles around them and the girl is challenging the guy on how fast she can drink the beer! Somebody please tell me that there are still college students who think a girl and boy just touching is a bad thing. So yeah, those 2 movies were a little out of the range for me, but still watchable.

when am I going to be a tamil movie fan again? When is Vijay and Ajith and Rajini going to act in age appropriate roles that mean something? when is Nayantara going to stop stripping? when is there going to be a good full length comedy movie that is going to make us laugh till our stomach's hurt? Tamil movie fans are waiting.......till then I will keep enjoying the reruns of old classics.

Long time.....

ok. so my earlier post was in February. It's not like anybody is waiting to read my blog. Infact, I cannot think of even a single person who would read what I am writing now. ofcourse me not informing anybody that I have a blog might be one of the reasons....:) I like it this way. This way, I can publicly express myself, without worrying about what people I care think. works fine for me.

So let me tell u(nobody) about my day....

Today is one of those days when I cannot get my mind out of the past, meaning school and college days. I had very strong dream about my college days last night and it just stuck with me. Now all I am thinking about is just how much fun and easy life was at that time. Remembering the funny stuff my friends told me and everything I did, some during school and some in college. I am really trying hard to focus on my work in office, trying to listen to music, browse and anything I do eventually takes me back to that dream and essentially my college/school days. and the worse part of it is, now that I am thinking, I am not even clear on the dream. why is this happening? Have I become that old that I have think about all the fun I had more than 10 years back? am I not having fun any more? I mean I cannot compare those days with now. I have more responsibility now. I am more mature.

Ok work interrupts me...good..good...now I can concentrate on that instead of thinking about the dream.....

5 mins later and the work issue is resolved..now back to blogging my thoughts.

Now what do I do to clear the stupid dream out of my head. do dreams actually mean something or are they just a reflection of what we did the previous day? Some days I watch a horror movie in the morning, then go about the rest of the day with usual stuff(although still thinking about the movie) and then that night I get a horrified dream about ghosts. and the next day goes by thinking about the scary dream. So now I am thinking what did I do yesterday that made me dream about my college days? I didnot send or receive any emails from my friends, didnot talk to them either. didnot watch any movies that were released during that time, nope nothing. Now I am frustated. why the heck am I thinking about those days? Then tracing back to what is on the back of mind, i get it. Me trying to think about my college and school days, dreaming about it, obsessing over it, replaying the same conversations and incidents again and again in my head, is all the result of me trying to avoid something very important and real. I have to take a very important decision in my life and no one else can do it for me. And it has to be done quickly. I am doing my best to avoid thinking about that. All the other things I do(cooking , cleaning, reading, etc) doesn't seem to be efffective enough to change my thoughts. What is it I can do to make sure I do not think about the important decision I need to take? ofcourse, think about my younger days. it has so much strength that I can sway myself away from thinking about anything. I can think about how I cut class in school to go see Hum aapke hain kaun and drooling over salman and madhuri dixit and forget about everything happening around me right now. How powerful is that memory! may be I should ask why is that memory so powerful? It was just a movie with one of my girlfriends in school, with whom I don't have any contacts any more and after the movie, i went home in a bus. Nothing interesting about that! but still, it is good enough to make me forget about eveything else. I guess it is because of how simple it was. it was also easy. Just a breezy movie with a friend and going home for a nap. Simple. Nothing more to think about. Simplicity is that power!

well now that I have poured all the nonsense in my mind into words I hope to get the courage to bring the real dilema back into the front seat and take a decision. I will. I have to.

Gobi Manchurian

This is the easiet recipe of all times and proof that you do not need 50 ingredients and 5 hrs of cooking to make something taste good. very simple and yet lots of flavor. this is what you need -

Cauliflower(cut into medium sized pieces)

To make batter -

1 cup maida/all pupose four
2-3 tsps corn flour
pepper powder
food color/kesari powder color(optional)
salt

For the curry -

3/4 cup of Ketchup
2-3 tsps of soy sauce
garlic
ginger
Spring Onions cut into small pieces

Make the batter with the ingredients said above. Make it a little bit thick batter so that you will have a thicker coating on the cauliflower. Dip the cauliflower in the batter and deep fry them(this is the part that takes a little longer since the cauliflower needs to cook fully). Once you have deep fried all the cauliflower, put them again in the oil and deep fry them for a second time. this time, you just need to leave them about 5 secs in the oil. Frying them again will make the cauliflower more crispy and saty that way for a longer time. Set these aside. In a frying pan, add a little oil and put the garlic and ginger and immediately put the ketchup and soysauce. No need to add salt. Keep these in high flame for about 15 secs and then add the deep fried cauliflower. Just mix them and add the Spring onions. Mix them together and Gobi Manchurian is ready! this is a very good appetizer, but will go good with Chapathi too if you put a little bit more ketchup and soy sauce. enjoy!

Billa Movie Review

Before I start my first movie review, I should mention that the movies that interest me are the light ones, you know, comedy, romantic comedy, no logic, just for pure entertainment...those kinda ones. i really hate the heavy hitting ones, like ones where the hero/heroine dies or too much sentiment, horror movies. My idea of a good movie is the one that allows me forget all my worries in life and makes me laugh. Nothing serious and definitely not the ones that make me cry. I would rather watch a movie like 'Kundakka Mandakka'(on sunvt last sunday... was that supposed to be a comedy movie? really?) a 100 times before I watch something like 'Vettayaadu Vilayaadu'. What is the point of going and watching a movie if you are going to feel bad about it for the next 2 weeks? This is my point. Frankly speaking, I don't see why such movies are even made. What goes though a director's mind when he/she thinks about making such movies? - "let me make a movie that will make people seeing it feel scared and sad and ultimately miserable?" I really just don't get it. That's why most of these movies that others review as "No logic, No story" seem really good to me. But I also have standards. Won't watch anything and everything. Most of the time, 1/2 hr into the movie you will be able to tell whether you are going to repent for renting it or you are going to enjoy it.

Some movies are neither here nor there. Meaning, you don't have a clear answer when somebody asks you how the movie was. Billa comes under this category. I won't describe it as bad one cause it was entertaining and won't call a good one cause there was hardly any comedy in it. I have seen the old Rajinikanth Billa lots and lots of times. In addition to that I have also seen the original Amitabh Billa and the latest Sharukh Billa (which was really disappointing, considering the expectations). Inspite of seeing this story so many times, I should say that I did enjoy Ajith's Billa. Ajith was looking normal after a long time, maybe a little smarter too. Nayantara was very beautiful and sexy(started liking her even more after seeing stills of Yaradi Nee Mohini). I don't know why only her bikini scene was so hyphed up. She comes like that in every scene she appears in. Very less clothes, but tastefully done and does suit her too. Namitha is same old same old. I think this is the first movie in which her character actually required her to be in skimpy clothes and she wore them(ofcourse!). But since we have seen numerous scenes and songs of her in 'uncalled for' bare minimum clothes, this movie is just another 10 +1 for her. It is very obvious that both Nayatara and Namitha are just add-ins to the movie and the thing I like about it is, the director doesn't do antyhing to try to prove otherwise. Also keep in mind that I saw the movie in my 32" Tv at home. Would have looked a lot different for people who saw this movie in theatre! Good transition from the diary writing days to pen drive days. Very good costumes. Not-so-bad music. I have heard it only once. Has the potential to be added to my fav's list if I hear it more. All in all, a good decent movie, which in comparing to the other movies that have come out recently, is a big deal!

My First Blog!!!

I am going to start with the usual 'I wanted to do this for a long time' expression. I did want to start a blog for a very long time now. Something always kept me from doing it. But now I have taken one tiny step towards expressing my thoughts assuming that atleast one person in this world is going to read it and care. But I must warn you that I do not use big complicated fancy words. Just simple ones that even a five year old can understand. This blog is just to put my view on things close to me into words and whatever comes to my mind is what you are going to read. I will be thankful if you think this blog is great and really really don't care if you think it is stupid. I have never done anything like this before, writing what I actually think that is. I have never kept diaries, never written letters to anyone, nothing. Since I am starting this now, I just want to keep it really simple(stressing it again) and random. Just things that I see/talk/do/care about everyday. Anything that comes to mind. I take this as an oppurtunity to explore my creative side again which has been in the dark for a very long time. I hope to keep updating this blog as frequently as possible. Let's see how it all works out! Thanks for reading and keep coming back...:)