I found new love ..

....and that is Italian food. 

Bruschetta made with experimental topping

Panna Cotta

Italian bread Indianised.. Bread upma

Pizza

Myanmar : Discover Yourselves

When I was explaining my travel plans to a friend, the title of the post is what she told me. It looks like it. so in the coming posts as I discover Myanmar, I may decide to write about it. So far let me share what I know about the place I am visiting in Myanmar, according to Google Maps, the place has four parallel roads and two diagonal road. Need less to say no hotels, no internet, no mobile phone and no whatever you can imagine. I am just kidding, there should be people, as they have a post office. So if you are keen on getting a post card from me.. post your address in the comment box.


Happy Journey to mE ! 

What to do when you are Sick / ill

Before I start, let me apologies.  Why, you may ask.

I am so sorry because I didn't do it when i was down with food poisoning two weeks back. I deeply regret that i didn't keep a journal about my bowel movements.

I should have wrote down everything that was going through my brain. The number of times I visited the certain room or what I ate and how it tasted to me. How i was scared to step outside house to see the doctor. I should have wrote down everything!!! This, I didn't expect to happen after two weeks, i can only write two sentence about what i went though.Such a shame.  I should have written about it then. If i had written it then i could have at least wrote two pages or few posts.

So next time you wish it or not.. You will get the details ;) and don't forget to write down your experiences when ever you get lucky, i can't promise i will read though.

Highway of Stockholm syndrome

I cannot explain but feel the attraction towards this syndrome. I can totally empathize with the main characters of the film (what is there to understand? They both had bad experiences in life which lead to finding sense of freedom and happiness in each other’s arms). For those who didn’t understand yet, I am talking about the Hindi movie Highway.  I really like Alia’s work in the film as she brings in her young bubbliness, short sightedness of a young individual who just want to live in the present and what not. The music is brilliant and addictive. 

I have chosen to look at only the good side of the movie. 

PS: For Crazy Weird people out there, I am not asking you to kidnap me, no hidden intention for writing this article other than I have a deadline due today and haven’t started the paper yet. 

Wasting time trying to learn Highway song lyrics. :( 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6mTqlQHVhI

 

Would attitude have made a difference?

Despite my fathers’ explicit dislike towards auto drivers, I depend on them quite a lot.  I have always had interesting rendezvous with auto drivers.  It must have been 7 PM local time (For those who doesn't know, I am in India now). I got into an auto to go home. There was heavy traffic, as always. The ride was normal with the expected bumps and hurdles. I was almost three minutes away from home; the auto got hit by another vehicle from behind. The auto driver stopped the auto and went to check what had happened. He came back and updated me that a newly registered car which doesn't even have number plate had hit the auto and the auto got some scratch. He went back and demanded money to repair the damage. As the auto driver had stopped his vehicle abruptly in the middle of the road it is needless to say that he was blocking the traffic. People in the vehicles behind were getting restless and irritated resulting in sound pollution through the noisy horns.  Meanwhile I was in ‘should I get down or not‘dilemma. The auto driver was forced to move his vehicle from the middle of the road to the side. so I asked him to stop the vehicle so that I can get down from it. The new car driver/owner might have thought that he got a chance to get away without dealing with the crap and drove away.  This action pricked the auto driver more. He didn't stop the auto but started chasing the car. Thanks to the traffic he didn't have to chase the car for long time. He went again and demanded money for repair. The car driver/owner was not ready to pay him. The auto driver said,”In that case let us call the police”. I don’t know whether it was that dialogue or lack of time to deal with the issue, the car driver/owner gave some money to the auto driver and left. I really wanted to know how much money the auto driver got. So I told the auto driver to drop me near my home. I started the conversation about how much damage the auto received and how much will it cost him to do the repair etc. He told me it will cost some money every time they take it to the workshop. But usually he doesn't demand money for these small things. He said, “It was the attitude of the person that pricked me.  If he had said a sorry I would have left it there. This happens regularly but people apologize and move on. This person was so stubborn, didn't apologize and he was giving silly excuses. That’s why I took the money”. I suggested him to let go of the issue and not to lose his temper over the matter. I also paid him a little bit extra than usual.  

I really wonder whether he would have gone without making it a big deal if the car owner/driver had just apologized. 

They brought smile to my face

Its been long time since i have answered the following questions.
Qn No 1: Are you a hindu?
Qn No 2: How many children do you want?
Qn No 3: I just went to temple, prayed to God and came to hotel. Do you go to temple?
(Do you want to know what i was thinking? OMG ! This guy wants to impress me, make me believe that he is a God fearing, well behaved guy. Hence i got suspicious why does he want to make me believe the above?.)
The interesting thing is, i used to know the answers to the above questions.
Ans 1: Yes
Ans 2: Two, preferably first a boy then  a girl.
Ans 3: Yes, when ever i can.
The above would have been my answers if these questions were asked to me three years back. But, By now i have also learned that it is better to say things people want to hear than to say the truth. So I went ahead and said what i thought they want to hear.
Which is the same as above except for answer 2. For which i said, 'i don't know. I Haven't given it a thought'.
PS: I also got some compliments too. Some body said i look beautiful and somebody else wanted to fix me up with some local guys.

From the Land of Ravana

I was always amazed by the character of Kind Ravana. I have so much respect for him. It may also be because, 'I don't know the whole story of mean and bad ass he was'.  I always wanted to visit his place, Swarna nagari Lanka.
And Guess what ?? I am here :)