Where the rain is born.....

... Gods own country, Kerala should ofcourse be the ans rt? :-D

Pic Courtesy - Google!

No, am not being a Kerala-Fanatic. This is actually the title of a book by Anitha Nair. Its in fact a collection of stories from diff novels, diff authors where the subject was centered on 'kerala'!

Two things I luved abt this book. One, gives different perspective of life in Kerala ~~ All v distinct but all v. correct - If u ask me, no other books has so concisely captured the spirit of life in kerala in all its myriad colors!

Two, gives you glimpses of writings of different authors ~~ many of them unknown(at least for me) ~~ N for all you know you will end up finding your next fav author from here. I definitely did - more on them in the next few posts!

So if you a lover of Gods-Own-Country then go ahead n gift urself this! N no, dont jus take my word for it ~~ I was gifted this by Sabina Zacharias who definitely knows her books!

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!!!

Xolo!

I seem to belong to a generation (Man! I officially feel old now) who believes that a phone is well jus a phone which means u use it to make\receive phone calls ~~ msgs, pics are all aded freebies but yea nothing more! I hv seen my frnds who hv the fanciest of phones but well really don use it for anything other than calls-msg-photos ~~ so yea I was quite happy with my stone-age generation phone.


But when I see ma hubbs n few others flaunting their smart-phones(!), I realized I was clueless around it ~~ no prizes for guessing that am no gizmo-geek nor am I known to embarace new technology(or any change for tht manner). Hmmmm :-/

Pic courtesy ~~ Xolo Website

So yea when an "opportunity" presented to set things right, I well hv decided to jump right into the wagon! So presenting to you my soon-to-be-possession! Xylo ~the Blink phone!

Now now lemme be v frank ~~ the "opportunity" was well the only reason I jumped into the wagon. You see one reason for my absistence from these fancy phones was the "Price Tag" ~~ My wallet wasn’t(isn’t) jus big enuf to accommodate it and neither did I hv any fascination for them! The "opportunity" being that my sis who happens to work for Intel could pick up the phone at almost 1\4th the market rate :-D and she being her generous self kindly gifts it to me n hubbs(who v conveniently lost his phone around the same time!)

While I of course cant yet review this phone ~~ ma hubbs is pretty happy with his thou he aint a bg fan of its camera n believes that its priced on the higher side.

So Xolo it is for ABC Wednesday (X for Xolo)

Graham Bell never Invented Telephone!!!

Yosh! U heard it right..

Go look up these links to see what they say ~~ Here n here! Some news that huh.. Had ma jaw literally dropping when I heard this......

What led me into this google search in middle of weekday is a conversation that brewed over lunch @ work. Here's to some great conversations over umpteen lunch n tea breaks... One of the things that makes office bearable :-D

Lifes Surprises!

I had always thot that I inherited the love of reading from my dad, seeing him devour books as we grew up! Possibly am right, but things over last few weeks makes me wonder ~~ is it jus from my dad that I inherited this love for books???

Today my mom~~ who is ridden off quite a few of her responsibilities(read marrying off her daughters) in life has at-last some 'Me Time'. N surprise, surprise!! She seems to be devouring books(Thou they all are these spiritual books!) at a pace that surprises me. Her excitement when she lays her hands on the latest edition of her fav book is as palpable as a 7 year old when he gets hold of his fav comics book....

N not jus books, she is suddenly this kool-mom who seems to be enjoy looking up cook-books and now has her definite list of 'To-see' programs in TV. Now if you are somebody who knows my mom, you will know that she was somebody who believed in cooking-for-survival(at least once we grew up!) and who thot that TVs are meant for jobless people in the world!!!!!!!


Life can still surprise you huh!

Wood Fired Pizzas!



Wood Fired Pizza @ Bier Club, B'lore



One item that I see flying off the shelf at quite a few lounges is the "Wood fired Pizza". Yea, we hv had it too .... N if u ask me it definitely tastes betta than ur regular pizza.  Of course goes without saying that you pay a premium for it cause well they are "wood roasted"!

But come to think of it, isnt it how the food was always cooked at least until a few years back in villages across India! Heres a click, clicked at a roadside eatery somewhere on the Kerala-B'lore Highway... "Wood Fired Dosa" anybody :-D

Funny huh, that we end up paying "premium" for what was(is) still jus a regular way of life! Signs of changing times??

Linking this to ABC Wednesday(W if For Wood-Fired)

Wish You well...

Of course we do, always do!

Pic Courtesy - Google!

But that’s beyond the point. This post is abt the book "Wish You well" courtesy David Baldacii ~~ Yea the same old suspense thriller junkie. This book is unlike any of his other usual suspects ~~you see, I definitely enjoy these suspense thrillers but they just dont figure in my collectibles list.

It’s the story of two children ~~ a litt girl who hero-workships her writer-father and her warm but cowardly little brother ~~ who one fine day are packed off to live with their great grandmother in a remote mountainous area far far away from the civilization after they lose their father to a accident and mother is now in coma. There is no big plot in the book so to speak ~~ its beauty lies in its tantalizing description of the rigorous life in mountains (which u will strangely fall in love with!), of simple people who live their life to fullest, of the inherent beauty in the relationships that the litt girl in the book traverses thru(from making peace with her mother, to finding her best friends) ! Most importantly the book leaves you with a warmth that makes you want to embrace life all over again!

A definite collectible if you ask me!

Fox and the Grapes :-D

Clicked @ Bangalore! Jus a filler post for the ABC Wednesday Post(V is for Vineyard)

Did you know that "Amazon"...

Literally means "(Women) Without Breast"! Yeap u read tht right.. N supposedly the reason behind is that cutting off the right breast (or left depending on if u r a right\left hander)  helps the woman position the "bow"(As in Bow and arrow) better which makes her a betta "Archer". Remember we talking of Amazon tribe here who are well known warriors!

Now before the feminist in yous starts crying "fowl", lemme add that there has been no indication that this practise was eva followed ~~ neither in any text nor in any paintings of that era! Must be a legend. There is also another theory that the word "Amazon" is in itself a play of words which must have been used to indicate a woman "(Not) without breast" ~~ in effect a large busted women(which is more in keeping with their large physical stature)

I came across the above snippet in the "Millennium" series by late Stieg Larsson . This was one book, I had heard rave reviews abt it. Refused to pick it up even when ma hubbs when gaga abt it.. for no particular reason I thot the plot revolved around vampires(you can roll your eyes). But when ma hubbs loaded all his fav books into Kindle(n none of my fav figured in there) this book seemed the safest best! Yes it does get a "Thumbs Up" from me ~~~ Each character has been beautifully sketched n the plot is gripping(at least for a fiction-only reader ala me)! Jus wish the author hadn't bid good bye to his worldly sojourn so soon!

Via. Google

Nothing Makes ur Day....

... Like being able to fit perfectly into a dress that has been lying discarded for months now as you were unable to squeeze yourself in :-D

Yippeeeee!!!!!!

PS: But the needle in the weighing machine still seems to be moving in clock-wise direction...  Something definitely wrong with it I say :)