is UNSETTLING.
Recession has officially reached my German client
as can be seen from their actions.Europe anyway sees
things 6 months late, so here I am - unsure of my job,
unsure of my stay here and hoping that things will
improve SOON.
Lets hope for the best.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Headstone Hunters
Apparently, this is what will be written on my headstone - if I get
buried and not cremated that is :)
"NO VACANCY"
You are one of those people that others will remember at places
away from the grave site.. One of those people that the rest of us
will think of everytime a joke is told or something brilliant happens..
You may not get flowers on your grave, but you will be thought of
everytime a glass is "clinked"... I'm surprised you even took the time
to take the quiz!
Who knows...
What do you think btw?
buried and not cremated that is :)
"NO VACANCY"
You are one of those people that others will remember at places
away from the grave site.. One of those people that the rest of us
will think of everytime a joke is told or something brilliant happens..
You may not get flowers on your grave, but you will be thought of
everytime a glass is "clinked"... I'm surprised you even took the time
to take the quiz!
Who knows...
What do you think btw?
Monday, March 23, 2009
Spring in my feet
Spring is officially here as of last Friday.
But the weather hardly shows any sign of it.
Its funny the way the weather reflects our moods,
its nice and bright and sunny on the weekends and
dull and gloomy on the weekdays.
Talk about a conspiring universe eh! :P
But the weather hardly shows any sign of it.
Its funny the way the weather reflects our moods,
its nice and bright and sunny on the weekends and
dull and gloomy on the weekdays.
Talk about a conspiring universe eh! :P
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Unravelling your other side
I have been experiencing newer aspects of myself since the time I moved to Europe.
It has more to do with the need to do so rather than wish.
The biggest change is me in the past 10 months has been my growing fascination
towards cooking. Believe me you, someone who had "a good cook" as a criteria for
zeroing on her could-be husband - this is a huge huge change!
But like I said, it has more to do with the need.
It is so absolutely difficult to eat German food EVERYDAY. Sorry Deutschland.
And the Indian food options are not that great. Well you may say something is better
than nothing, but you should try it yourself before you recommend it to me. Besides
being unreasonably priced it is as far apart from authentic Indian cuisine as the moon
from the earth. (Of course there is '1' good restaurant which I love, but it is not one
where one could go every week without pinching your pocket.)
So the last resort - cook your own meal. I did have a penchant for cooking and
whatever I tried out back home turned out finger-licking good :) Honestly. But I could
do that only once in a while. No, no, don't doubt my ability to recreate magic every
time, cos I can. It was just I was lazy. And who will not be! When you have so many
different options available!! I had a cook (who to be honest didn't churn out as good
food as I did, but like I said I was lazy to cook everyday), there were fine restaurants
nearby(not to mention they were affordable), you had home delivery service
available, you had tons of options of snacks to choose from, you could visit a friend's
place if you craved for some authentic dish from that part of India - so why would
anybody have to cook?!!!! Ah, the luxury that is India! :)
So now I have moved from that phase to this phase where I cook almost EVERY
day! Well, I DO cook everyday, sob, sob. (Yea my roomy does cook, but the mess
he leaves back is too much for me to handle. So I let him be most times) Anyway.
So like at other things, I am good at this too. Hehe. My inherent creativity has
cooked up dishes I could never imagine possible from me. And I am getting good
at it day by day.Necessity is the mother of invention they say. In the case of the
kitchen one could say boredom is the mother of innovative dishes.
Cooking your own food has its own pros you see. For one you can always believe
what you are eating, unlike at the restaurants. Secondly, you KNOW it is
hygienic and don't have to believe the hypocritical certificates the restaurant
flaunts. You always have the choice to "order" your own dish unlike where you
have to pick from "1,2,3". I think you get the point. So.. I am enjoying my time
in the kitchen. I ain't cooking any story here, honestly I am :)
So long... until next time, Guten Apetit.
It has more to do with the need to do so rather than wish.
The biggest change is me in the past 10 months has been my growing fascination
towards cooking. Believe me you, someone who had "a good cook" as a criteria for
zeroing on her could-be husband - this is a huge huge change!
But like I said, it has more to do with the need.
It is so absolutely difficult to eat German food EVERYDAY. Sorry Deutschland.
And the Indian food options are not that great. Well you may say something is better
than nothing, but you should try it yourself before you recommend it to me. Besides
being unreasonably priced it is as far apart from authentic Indian cuisine as the moon
from the earth. (Of course there is '1' good restaurant which I love, but it is not one
where one could go every week without pinching your pocket.)
So the last resort - cook your own meal. I did have a penchant for cooking and
whatever I tried out back home turned out finger-licking good :) Honestly. But I could
do that only once in a while. No, no, don't doubt my ability to recreate magic every
time, cos I can. It was just I was lazy. And who will not be! When you have so many
different options available!! I had a cook (who to be honest didn't churn out as good
food as I did, but like I said I was lazy to cook everyday), there were fine restaurants
nearby(not to mention they were affordable), you had home delivery service
available, you had tons of options of snacks to choose from, you could visit a friend's
place if you craved for some authentic dish from that part of India - so why would
anybody have to cook?!!!! Ah, the luxury that is India! :)
So now I have moved from that phase to this phase where I cook almost EVERY
day! Well, I DO cook everyday, sob, sob. (Yea my roomy does cook, but the mess
he leaves back is too much for me to handle. So I let him be most times) Anyway.
So like at other things, I am good at this too. Hehe. My inherent creativity has
cooked up dishes I could never imagine possible from me. And I am getting good
at it day by day.Necessity is the mother of invention they say. In the case of the
kitchen one could say boredom is the mother of innovative dishes.
Cooking your own food has its own pros you see. For one you can always believe
what you are eating, unlike at the restaurants. Secondly, you KNOW it is
hygienic and don't have to believe the hypocritical certificates the restaurant
flaunts. You always have the choice to "order" your own dish unlike where you
have to pick from "1,2,3". I think you get the point. So.. I am enjoying my time
in the kitchen. I ain't cooking any story here, honestly I am :)
So long... until next time, Guten Apetit.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Happy Holi
to you all.
I was missing out on splashing colors and water balloons
this day and ofcourse "Puran Poli".
Thanks to the wife of a colleague who thought of the brilliant
idea to surprise us all by getting Gulaal to our work place :)
Yeah it was fun dusting it off over and over and eventually
just letting the tikka stay so you dont get splashed all over again.
That was fun. :)
I was missing out on splashing colors and water balloons
this day and ofcourse "Puran Poli".
Thanks to the wife of a colleague who thought of the brilliant
idea to surprise us all by getting Gulaal to our work place :)
Yeah it was fun dusting it off over and over and eventually
just letting the tikka stay so you dont get splashed all over again.
That was fun. :)
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