Bored to give a title to this post...

Hmmm..

First of all..

HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALL!!!

Hope this year turns out to be the best..

For me, 2006 was going to be a pretty much just another year..

But for the end. Now it is one of the most important years of my life.

So what do I expect from 2007?

Hmmmm... Well, one thing is for sure. In one way or the other, this year will be also be an important year.

Just that I don't know which way it'd go.

Anyways..Let me cut off from my thinking self...

Let me write about some things which probably lot of people have been asking me of late to write about.

My after thoughts post my engagement.

Well.. its indeed true that things change and change they do a lot.

I did not think it would be this much. I was a lot carefree earlier.

Did not think much about the future.

No savings.

No worries about getting a house.

Just BINDHAAST!

Now, suddenly things change. It suddenly dawns upon u that u ought to be more responsible now.

I guess guys have a lot more thinking to do at this stage than the girls.

Big decisions are to be made now. Suddenly I find myself assessing my financial situation and a bit worried if I'd be able to cope up with the responsibilities and the needs.

I know I'd manage. My family is also there to support me. But then still I do get a tad worried. But then that's good as well. Its a sign that you are serious.

But then this is what happens to every Tom, Dick and Harry as well as Chinku, Pinku and Tinku. Not that I have a new story to tell.

Like others, My daily schedule has changed. Phone calls are a very important part of the day.

Like others, even I have to pay hefty phone bills.

Like others, even I get ragged for every small thing by almost anyone and everyone. Literally. Everyone would raise an eyebrow and give me a mischievous look and tell me "Mujhe pata hai tum aise kyun kar rahe ho. Humein pata hai kiska haath hai iske peechhe." And I would try to convince them, in vain, that I was born this way. Just that people have started noticing me top down since I got engaged.

Hmph.. Didn't know that.. either I would not have got engaged or would have got engaged a lot earlier...

But then, am I cribbing??? Well No. This is too small a price to pay for the kind of feeling that u get.

As I said. It simply feels NICE! :-)

So now that I am an UNCLE (Well, on the verge of being one..), Do I have any words of wisdom for the "YOUNGSTERS"?

Well yes..

Nothing much.. Just waiting for u fellas to come aboard... :-)

Its worth it... ;-)

Isn't it nice...

When things just..

Work...?

Well that is what this ad says...

I hear that this ad was shot live.. I mean no special effects....

It required around 500 takes to get it correct...

While simply looking at the ad, we look at it with absolute awe and with a smile..

It brings out the joy within us when we see how it starts with a small gear rolling on a plank and ends with the car rolling down..

Its simply amazing to watch how small things just click...

And it simply feels..... NICE!

Hmmmm... So why am I talking about this probably one of the most common forwarded video suddenly?

Well small things have been just falling into place regarding what is probably the greatest decision of my life...

And I do feel similarly..... NICE!

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen...

I am engaged, now !!! :-)

Long time No C....

Long time since have written something...

Was busy first preparing for my trip back home..

Then went back to India on a nice loooooooooong trip...

Was it really long????

25 Days... Well time just flew.

I wish I had some more time..

But anyways, the 25 days can give me gud enuff food for thought to write one or two posts...

So, I shud be back soon...

Making my Mama and Kaku proud!!!

I have always been a foodie...

Talk about delicious food and I am at the foremost.

I remember I could guess what is cooking in the kitchen of our house exactly from a good distance...

I should say I have been pampered a bit as far as food is concerned.

Well I realised that till I actually started cooking...

Initially, it was a bit difficult.

Getting the right combi of salt, spices, etc.

I did screw up as well.. But then learnt my lessons as well.

I have always believed in putting some extra effort in the food that we eat.

Just so to get the complete satisfaction.

The food that I cook has always been inspired from what Mom and Kaku cook at home...

Whenever I'd decide on making a dish that would be made at home, I would think hard to remember how it looked, how it tasted.

Things like Did it have garlic?, Did it have green chillies?, How 'bout onions, How much Turmeric, etc....

And I could remember a lot of things.

I remember they put a bit of garlic in the bhindi ki sabzi, that they put curry leaves in some of the preparations, that they'd make the pulao in ghee, put in bay leaves in them and so on...

Even to the extent that they'd generally cook bhindi in kadhai. And there is a very good reason for that as well.. I have come to appreciate that as well.

I can remember the smell.

I can remember the taste.

I can remember the look.

I do hard to replicate that in the food that I cook.

And when I do get a good deal of success in doing so, I feel excited...

I mean it feels very nice.

I feel I am making them proud.

Believe me. When it comes to food, I am a very tough customer to please.

So today when I made baingan bharta at home and it was very close to what I would have it at home, I could sense the smile that Mom and Kaku would have when they hear this.

Seriously, ain't I making them proud???




Oh, Yeah!!!! :-D

The Great iPod

Yippppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....

I got my iPod!!!!

I so wanted to get one.. But did not want to spend much on it.

So finally got one. The new iPod shuffle.

Smaller than a match box size. 1GB memory.

Now that is you can call a gadget.

Had opted for the free delivery.

Booked it on 30th Oct night at 11.59pm.

Apple gave me a date for delivery as 13th Nov. I was a bit disappointed.

But the world is really fast.

Got my iPod on the 2nd Nov morn. Now that is customer delight.

First look at it and I was head on heels in love with the thing.

Obviously, being Apple, you'd expect the best sound quality which it does have.

And guess what??? I could get a message engraved on it.

So the words that I got on it were....

Tejas the Great

:-)

Anyways, while I listen to songs on my new funky iPod, I give people a chance to envy me. :-D.

Here's a peek at it.

Obviously, Tejas the Great should have an equally royal name for his iPod.

So the name is....

The Great iPod. :-)