Weekends!

A quick hop-n-stop visit to cheenai, Eating Out(Emu meat anybody), site seeing(even thou the scorching sun makes u curse urself for coming up with the damn idea!) n the best of all to discover the story teller in your FIL ~~ To see him literally do a ROFL as he entertained us with stories from his youth ~~ Priceless Memory!

BTW Does cooking up delicacies for u qualify under 'Pampering' (Me the Foodie ofcourse!)... Well well it does for me esp when the 85 year old grandma of hubbs wakes up at an unearthly hour jus to ensure that ypou don miss packing it up((even thou the practical-me says the reason behind the delicacy was to ensure no food is wasted)

N before I forget the magic of long drives ~~ the drive between banglooru n chennai is about 4 -5 hrs... Jus long enuf without sapping u out ~~ By end of the drive u r relaxed n somehow all problems in world seem surmountable!

So heres to a happy week ahead!  Leaving u with a pic of the place we hopped by around cheenai ~~ Mahabalipuram.... To imagine all this been etched on a rock years ago!!

Linking this up to Colordeckors weekend wrapup!

Is there really a place called "Timbuktu"?

This Q hit me first a few years back back when I was the v v v excited just-engaged n soon-to-bride! N as with any other girl, the thot creating havoc in ma life was ma Honey-Moon destination :-P! Jaipur is hot, Kerala is home town n so no fun ..... u get the flow rt???

So the exasperated hubbs comes up with what I then thot was a very Exotic Place "Timbaktu"... Yea Yea U can do a ROFL at ma knowledge of English! Well the bubble burst the very next day  two wen a well-meaning cousin decided to enlighten me.... N grrrrrrrrr I went with ma Then-Fiance Now Hubs Only to have him laugh it off in full glory!

But But as they say "Every Dog Has its Day" n so over the weekend as we were driving down from blore to hyd.... Guess the name of a tiny village tht we hit upon almost on andhra -Karnataka Border! Ye Yes U guessed it - "Timbaktu"! Dont believe me? Hop on here or still better look at these Pics

The signboard to Timbaktu!

The collective spoken of in the link above

Ha! One occasion where I had the last laugh :-D

The fortnight of September....

A quick checklist of the month September is been until now..... A month to remember for ages :)

Good times started here..... N this has been the highlight of possibly not just this fortnight but also of the month, of the year n possibly a 'Turning Point' of life ~~ a 'landmark' I will never ever forget :) The prospect of a given-up-hope getting a new leash of life can be indeed life-changing... Thank U :) Hmm the same cryptic tones... well plz bear till I get the 'green' signal n then I swear am gonna paint the town or err the blog red :-D

Lots of reading or rarther An overdose of 'romantic' novels ~~ of Nora Roberts, Danielle Steel! They do make u fell giddy-with-Love!

A new-found relationship with ma hubbs... Well actually nothing new neither was anything wrong till now... But for whatever reasons the relationship had reached a stage of 'monotony'... a slow but sure 'staleness' was creeping in.. n then as if by magic(is it magic of what happened in point 1 that unleashed it? or is it the love infused in point 2??) the good-old times are back :-D N me loving it!! N u dirty brains me not talking of anything 'physical' here! Lemm not jinx it by going blah-blah-blah here...... wish me luck!

Hmm well everything cant be bright n beautiful can it be... there gotta be a element of 'confusion', 'frustration', 'sorrow' too involved.......

Have kinda reached a point of 'comfort Zone' in ma current role @ work or rather more truthfully the person who could make ma lazy ass work has moved on, n also the project is moving over... so it means I gotta move over too! Now this calls for a change n while am a person who embraces it with fairly good amount of sanity.... There is this stage of confusion b4 the decision is made...... Am I moving over in the correct direction? Will there be a personal vs work space challenge here? WIll I compromise on ma personal time? N the biggest of all...... I donno for good or bad I hv learnt the the "My motivation to work is never the 'Work'....Its the person for whom I do the work! " ..... frightening ! Wish me luck n hope that I end up making the right decision.....

N the 'frustrating' element... Ooph! A big one... suffice to say I neeed loads of ur prayers to get over this one!

Where in the Hubbs is sent back home from office.....

.......for improper dressing......... ROFL!!! Haa there is at last justice in the world!!!!!

So this is the background... my hubs translates to what I call a "Brat" at office... somebody who boo boos at all the rules @ work but gets away with it cause well thou I hate to agree he is good at what he does..... Na na me not one of those wifes who thinks pati is the parameshwar......LOL at the very thot of it!So on a monday morn u will see him walking into office in  jeans n tee n walking with no qualms whatsoever...  N so was the case yest tooo!

Ha n there comes the twist in the tale.... as soon as steps in he's informed of a impromptu conference where all top-shots would be in attendance so my dearest hubbs had no option but to go home n change from his fav V-Neck tee  into a complete 3 piece suit..... ROFL!  The transition was a treat to ma eyes(complete with a evilish grin on ma lips) Ha! Yesterday I atlast had the last laugh.........

23rd of August!

Ha marks a year since the 'Gruhapravesam' of our home.... N now b4 u groan n say 'yet another anniversary'.... lemme assure u this post is no anniversary spl! Putting this up here more for sake of preserving the wonderful memories....

Of course the memories are wonderful... Our first 'own home' (n i hope not the 'only'..... yeah yeah am materialistic enuf) .... isnt tht spl! But ha if u had asked me tht q a year back... I would hv probably eaten u up alive... LOL! Cause tht is how crazy it was to balance a job(a few months old one at tht... three cheers to my mgr) n supervise ur home(ha! thnk god for mothers)!! I still am amazed tht two good-for-nothing (yeah yeah am being modest) partners like us ended up buying a flat(tht in itslef calls for a party)! Exactly wht my FIL thot! He was so sure tht we were good-for-nothing tht he almost took next flight to B'lore when we announced thius grand plan of buying the flat to him... he was half sceptical tht we gonna end up in a scam .... Wink wink!

So after much deliberation(for our parents) we decided to hv the house warming ceremony in august(whats with August n ma hubbs... he is born., married, bought his first car n now the flat.... all in month of august... ooph!) ...... N couldnt we hv chosen a better day(possibly not) .... the day co-incides with one of the holiest days for Indians....Ganesh Chaturthi...... Ha! Now while the holy part is gr8 on the flip side getting a pundit to do the ganapathi-homam at a reasonable hour was we;ll next to impossible... so we ended up having our house warming pooja at good 3 in the morn... yea yea i know we n drama are inseparable! Now now u rolling ur eyes n saying "Gosh! U woke up so early" well well I gotta sheepishly agree tht when pooja started I was still sleeping.... sshhhhh!!! No boooing!

Ha so ths hurdle 1 crossed - now the imp part(the most imp part u c) ... yea yea u on dot ... ofcourse we talking of food here :)... for all the foodie I am we decided to go n hire people who can be best described 'amateurs'(kinda suits us dont u think)......  so while he managed to pull off the breakfast the lunch was... well lets say not just the tastiest kerala food u hv had in ur life.... But luckily for us there wernt many who were true kerala food concousiuers!

N the people who really made the day for us.... Family N Friends!Family who were there with us from the word 'go'.... with help in all forms.... Money, time, encouragement! N Friends... right from my boss, colleague to satyam friends.....Your just being there meant quite a bit!

N now to the D-Day attire! Both of us were dressed in our wedding day dress.. Typical kerala white white! Other than the obvious paisa vasool arent both occasions symbolic of a new chapter in our lives..... N just  so tht u do somme ooohs-haas the sari I wore for the post-pooja sessions was picked up on one of our sojourns to Kanchi....a beautiful double-shaded green-maroon sari... it was love at first sight... if not for me atleast for ma hubbs! Lemme put this on record...... WIth hubbs anything he picks up are all love at first sights.... But the prob with it is nothing else is even given a glance once his heart is taken!! Hmm good as well as bad!

This post wouldnt be complete before saying a thank u to the usual suspects....sabs - bins.... well we bought our little home thnx to them :)

A Cyclone Hit Ma Kitchen!

N the cyclone is none but ma hubbs dearest! B4 the credits are rolled out, lemme give u a background....

Sat morn dawns in fresh n ma hubs dearest has this uncontainable itch to make barbeque chicken (in microwave)...... This when ma brain cells arent even yet fully awake n there is this person trying to get me to bareque the chicken... 3 years hasnt taught him much...hmpf!!! Ok ok now to give him all his due, the only contribution I was supposed to do is handover the ingredients n the required microwave accessories!! N here came the hitch.... One of the accessory is gone missing!! Now my dearest hubbs literally ransacks the kitchen in search of it! Me?? Well I gota better things to do on sat morn :-P!

At then end of all this(fruitless search), ma kitchen did indeed look like it was hit by a cyclone!! But does the man take this face down!! Ofcourse no... He instead throws it all back n tells me "Hmpf!! Any order in this kitchen is due to me.... N the cyclone here is u! N anyways the cyclones are always named after ladies... so it should indeed be you".... Grrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

Well well.... I will still live with all this allegations cause I know I need not worry abt cooking 3 meals a day for your highness!!! I know u do more than ur share of cooking.... I know in quite a few ways u just let me be...... Love u...Muah!!!!!

PS: N wht do u call ur friend who when u complain abt all these injustice in ur life.... Forget abt giving u a shoulder to cry decide instead to give u a earful n become supporter of ur hubbss... Life I say!

N yeah yeap he did manage to make his barbeque chicken minus the accessory!! N I did enjoy licking it clean :)