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...:)