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The Quest for life....
... Begins when you realize, 'YOU' are insignificant.......
Clicked by Pheno @ Sravanbelagola
Linking this to AtoZ challenge - Q is for Quest ..
Clicked by Pheno @ Sravanbelagola
Linking this to AtoZ challenge - Q is for Quest ..
A Plate Of...
See what's been on our menu over past few weeks! I assure they tasted as yummy as they look here... Now if you need details on the recipe, pls do feel free to reach out to my resident-chef Pheno :-D (errr blame him for this food-porn too)
Now for this finger-licking good Pork Rib came from Cory :-D
Linking this to AtoZ challenge - P is for Panipuri\Pie\PorkRibs :-D
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| Golgappas with a difference anybody - That dash of Vodka makes a difference Indeed :-D |
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| Savory Tarts :-D |
Now for this finger-licking good Pork Rib came from Cory :-D
Linking this to AtoZ challenge - P is for Panipuri\Pie\PorkRibs :-D
Day 1 - Festival Of Words....
"Write Tribe" the amazing write club am a part of is hosting its first festival of words from 1-7 Sep on the theme "Seven". You could get more details about it here....
Am choosing to write of the seven loves of my life......
Speaking of love, As on yesterday I finished 6 years of marriage with pheno who ensures that the journey of life is indeed an 'Phenomenon' come rain or sunshine......
As we embark on the "seven year itch" journey, here is hoping this year will bring us more luck, hope and happiness :). N of course more goodies, more hols, more laughter.....
Am choosing to write of the seven loves of my life......
Speaking of love, As on yesterday I finished 6 years of marriage with pheno who ensures that the journey of life is indeed an 'Phenomenon' come rain or sunshine......
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| Journey of Life..... |
As we embark on the "seven year itch" journey, here is hoping this year will bring us more luck, hope and happiness :). N of course more goodies, more hols, more laughter.....
Lost Treasure!
Meethi was babysitting her next door toddler. She picked up few curios from
around the house to entertain him. After play time, Meethi indulgently lets the
boy carry one of them home.
But all hell broke lose when Meethi’s husband returned back home and saw it missing. He declared that it wasn’t just a curio - he had jealously safeguarded it all his life! He demanded that she goes pronto to neighbours house and bring back his “lost treasure”!
Meethi rolled her eyes as she presented her husband’s “lost treasure” back to him – a toy car from his school days!!!.
This is NON FICTIOUS piece written in repsonse to 100 Words on Saturday prompt of "Lost Treasure" At Writetribe. No prizes for guessing who the character Meethi is sketched after! Here is one of hubbs many "treasures" that he refuses to part with!
But all hell broke lose when Meethi’s husband returned back home and saw it missing. He declared that it wasn’t just a curio - he had jealously safeguarded it all his life! He demanded that she goes pronto to neighbours house and bring back his “lost treasure”!
Meethi rolled her eyes as she presented her husband’s “lost treasure” back to him – a toy car from his school days!!!.
This is NON FICTIOUS piece written in repsonse to 100 Words on Saturday prompt of "Lost Treasure" At Writetribe. No prizes for guessing who the character Meethi is sketched after! Here is one of hubbs many "treasures" that he refuses to part with!
Good News syndrome!
So as I said in previous post, we celebrated 5 years of our marriage recently(Aug 31). "Learning Together" is the best that describes these 5 years for us - starting from being clueless(Ho who am I kidding - I think we still are!) to being wee-bit-less-clueless(:-D). Donno abt hubbs(I think he is slowly grudgingly getting there :-D) but its definitely true of yours truly(:-P). U C now growing old, Bank balance(or rather lack of it), health-n-lifestyle are all giving me palpitations - truly sign of growing up na :-D
The v obvious q tht we are asked as soon as we mention 5 years of marriage is but of course the much dreaded "So how many children" - n ho this can come from your relatives to next-door-aunty to the lady at beauty parlor (baaa!). As long as its at this non-intrusive level, I laugh it off ~~ but ho! if u try nget too intrusive abt it - with no qualms whatsoever are u placed in the "ignore" list (n ho me good at it!). Giving somebody a dose of "ignore maadi" gives me a definite high - so beware! While I would love to throw some attitude around n say tht we will hv a baby when we want one - this subject is a sensitive one for the simple reason tht the missing child is not cause of lack of trying :-/
On this note, lemme tell u tht I hv a laprascopy scheduled for tomo ... sob sob sob!
PS: I think its only fair tht I thank my stars that not a single person(not even hubbs 85 year old grandmom) even whimpered of a child(or make it lack of it) when they wished us on anniv!
The v obvious q tht we are asked as soon as we mention 5 years of marriage is but of course the much dreaded "So how many children" - n ho this can come from your relatives to next-door-aunty to the lady at beauty parlor (baaa!). As long as its at this non-intrusive level, I laugh it off ~~ but ho! if u try nget too intrusive abt it - with no qualms whatsoever are u placed in the "ignore" list (n ho me good at it!). Giving somebody a dose of "ignore maadi" gives me a definite high - so beware! While I would love to throw some attitude around n say tht we will hv a baby when we want one - this subject is a sensitive one for the simple reason tht the missing child is not cause of lack of trying :-/
On this note, lemme tell u tht I hv a laprascopy scheduled for tomo ... sob sob sob!
PS: I think its only fair tht I thank my stars that not a single person(not even hubbs 85 year old grandmom) even whimpered of a child(or make it lack of it) when they wished us on anniv!
Poori Tales!
One of the biggest attractions of a Sunday is a king-sized breakfast\Lunch! In my childhood, Poori - crispy-paapad pooris(minus any sabji) was the definite favourite!
So time passes, I get married and then one of the v first experiments was of course the pooris. But by then, me realized that the sign of a good poori is for it be fluffy and soft(A far cry from my crispy-paapad ones :-D). So with all gusto, I dish them out -Now only if I were re-living my childhood fantasy then these pooris would hav truly been 'Picture Perfect'(So hard n Crusty were they)! Post a couple of other such disasters, poori was shelved off into the back-burner!
Fast-forward to present - A newly-joined colleague would bring this as-soft-as-can-be poori in his lunch dabba n I would literally drool over them! A oft chance conversation gave me a tip that they use a 50-50 ratio of wheat Flour-Maida. That coupled with another tip from hubbs to not to roll out the pooris too thin(I told yea he has cooking in his genes) gave me the push to try my hands at them again.
So time passes, I get married and then one of the v first experiments was of course the pooris. But by then, me realized that the sign of a good poori is for it be fluffy and soft(A far cry from my crispy-paapad ones :-D). So with all gusto, I dish them out -Now only if I were re-living my childhood fantasy then these pooris would hav truly been 'Picture Perfect'(So hard n Crusty were they)! Post a couple of other such disasters, poori was shelved off into the back-burner!
Fast-forward to present - A newly-joined colleague would bring this as-soft-as-can-be poori in his lunch dabba n I would literally drool over them! A oft chance conversation gave me a tip that they use a 50-50 ratio of wheat Flour-Maida. That coupled with another tip from hubbs to not to roll out the pooris too thin(I told yea he has cooking in his genes) gave me the push to try my hands at them again.
N lo-n-behold, I plate my first eva soft-n-fluffy(at least in my definition.. nee they not yet as fluffy as it should be!) pooris :-D
Me now off to do a Poori(licious) dance ... yummmm!!!
Of Trust n other issues.....
I hv been the types who from the time I remember, wasn’t a big fan of being in places where I seem to hv no control! Possibly why, I was never fond of slides n all those contraptions u see in amusement parks ~~ of course the absolute lack of motor skills was the cherry on the cake!
Fast fwd to post marriage era! As luck would hv it, Hubbs thou well into his 30s now, can still give any child-teen a run for money once he sets foot in a amusement park!
Now my dear mister decides that not only will he climb up each of this like a monkey but will drag his mrs along (atleast on the easy ones!). But of course I firmly refuse to be a part of this hideous plan of his! Now comes the most interesting twist to this post....
The reason he accredits to this non-cooperation on ma side is my "Lack of Trust" in him! Now tell me plz how does not wanting to subject one to all those topsy-turvy stomach churning (who in their sane mind will!) be attributed to "Lack of trust" in him...... **Bangs my Heads**
Men I tell Yea!!!
Fast fwd to post marriage era! As luck would hv it, Hubbs thou well into his 30s now, can still give any child-teen a run for money once he sets foot in a amusement park!
Now my dear mister decides that not only will he climb up each of this like a monkey but will drag his mrs along (atleast on the easy ones!). But of course I firmly refuse to be a part of this hideous plan of his! Now comes the most interesting twist to this post....
The reason he accredits to this non-cooperation on ma side is my "Lack of Trust" in him! Now tell me plz how does not wanting to subject one to all those topsy-turvy stomach churning (who in their sane mind will!) be attributed to "Lack of trust" in him...... **Bangs my Heads**
Men I tell Yea!!!
The Summer story!
The two weeks we were in hyd last month seemed almost a nightmare what with the increasing mercury levels and no AC to beat the bloody heat!
Rewind to a few year, na makes it a good 2 decades(man! am getting old) ~~ AC was a unimaginable luxury ~~Even the monstrous water cooler we had was a prized possession then! But but summers is where the best memories of my childhood are ~~ The long summer vacation spent at Kerala was jus the topping on the cake!
The house we were living in hyd then ~~ A "Match-Box" size apartment it was but the one luxury we had was bigger-than-the-bedroom open-air balcony n a huge terrace almost to ourselves. By late afternoons thou the balcony would be as good as live-burning-coals! Remember this was summers which meant water shortage which would mean lugging buckets of water to our first floor house(elevators at homes werent really heard of then!) ~~ Despite that come evening, the entire balcony is doused with buckets of water . The pleasure of sitting down in the balcony post this "water treatment" and catching up over evening tea as the cold evening air caress our faces ~~ Luxury! I hv quite a few memories of last minute cramming up for my exam siting right on that balcony.....
As night creeps in, there would be more-often-than-not a tussle for the prized-position under the water cooler. So one fine evening it was decided to ditch the cooler and mats were laid down back-back on the balcony with a few pillows popped in! Now imagine, A groups of cousin lying down next to each other, looking up to a sky full of stars n telling stories of far far away places...............
Indeed Old is gold!
Linking this to ABC Wednesday (O is for "Old is Gold")
While I do not have any pics of hyd to share what I could instead show you is a old pic of hubbs from his childhood days(the child on extreme left).. doesnt he look like a sweetheart here or is it a biased wife speaking :)
Rewind to a few year, na makes it a good 2 decades(man! am getting old) ~~ AC was a unimaginable luxury ~~Even the monstrous water cooler we had was a prized possession then! But but summers is where the best memories of my childhood are ~~ The long summer vacation spent at Kerala was jus the topping on the cake!
The house we were living in hyd then ~~ A "Match-Box" size apartment it was but the one luxury we had was bigger-than-the-bedroom open-air balcony n a huge terrace almost to ourselves. By late afternoons thou the balcony would be as good as live-burning-coals! Remember this was summers which meant water shortage which would mean lugging buckets of water to our first floor house(elevators at homes werent really heard of then!) ~~ Despite that come evening, the entire balcony is doused with buckets of water . The pleasure of sitting down in the balcony post this "water treatment" and catching up over evening tea as the cold evening air caress our faces ~~ Luxury! I hv quite a few memories of last minute cramming up for my exam siting right on that balcony.....
As night creeps in, there would be more-often-than-not a tussle for the prized-position under the water cooler. So one fine evening it was decided to ditch the cooler and mats were laid down back-back on the balcony with a few pillows popped in! Now imagine, A groups of cousin lying down next to each other, looking up to a sky full of stars n telling stories of far far away places...............
Indeed Old is gold!
Linking this to ABC Wednesday (O is for "Old is Gold")
While I do not have any pics of hyd to share what I could instead show you is a old pic of hubbs from his childhood days(the child on extreme left).. doesnt he look like a sweetheart here or is it a biased wife speaking :)
MileStone Alert!
Now back to our milestone, whats with hubbs that he will make me rue abt everything I prod him into! Take this photography hobby for instance ~~ he got into this post some 'not-so-gentle' pushes from yours truly but soon took to it like a 'fish-to-water'. But haaa ~~ jus as ma smirk was getting obvious, he goes a step ahead n devotes all his free-time into 'shoot-process-upload' routine day-in n day-out! N if he is left with any xtra time its devoted to 'Upskilling' these 'Shooting' skills so much so that one day I caught him sneaking in his camera manual into the loo~~ sob sob sob!
Linking this to ABC Wednesday (M is for Milestones)
Marital Torture!
Does threatening me with "Will u come over by yourself or do you want me to push you up there" count as Marital torture? N well well it doesn't stop at threatening me - V ably aided by my mom(yea thts right) am literally pushed n prodded (n almost dragged) until I complied :-/.
I know I know even the most educated of the men can stoop down to those levels! N how am I? Ha thanks for asking ~~ Well apart from the physcological breakdown am holding up jus fine!
Hmm if u wondering what made my usually v patient hubbs to lose his kool ~~ All I hv as a ans is "Weighty Issues". U C I hv been refusing to step onto the weighing machine(I tell ya ~~ there is no bigger bane than having a weighing machine in ur bedroom) fot the past few months for v obvious reasons(the culprit for it thou has to be my moms cooking). N this ensued the above-mentioned drama! And ofcourse one glance at the weight is the reason for the "mental trauma" today (All attempts to blame it on a faulty machine fell flat on ma face)!
Now u cant blame me for downing a couple of sweets n chocs jus to get over this mental trauma ... can u?
I know I know even the most educated of the men can stoop down to those levels! N how am I? Ha thanks for asking ~~ Well apart from the physcological breakdown am holding up jus fine!
Hmm if u wondering what made my usually v patient hubbs to lose his kool ~~ All I hv as a ans is "Weighty Issues". U C I hv been refusing to step onto the weighing machine(I tell ya ~~ there is no bigger bane than having a weighing machine in ur bedroom) fot the past few months for v obvious reasons(the culprit for it thou has to be my moms cooking). N this ensued the above-mentioned drama! And ofcourse one glance at the weight is the reason for the "mental trauma" today (All attempts to blame it on a faulty machine fell flat on ma face)!
Now u cant blame me for downing a couple of sweets n chocs jus to get over this mental trauma ... can u?
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