Taking a break....

Finally a break... going home for the week-end... No more bike worries... no more work worries for the next 3 days... just wanna sit at home... play with Noel... eat and sleep... and of course shopping....

After a nerve breaking week full of work and off-work issues, i think i am drained of all energy... need a refill.. glad that i decided to go home instead of staying here and watching movies...

well, will come back with lots of home-goodies and photoes.... and may be a blog too..... :-)

Inserting a video i was watching over and over again today....

Big Bang Theory S01,02,03 all done in one week-end...

Ask me how many movies i watched in total when i was home in kerala from march-april....i think i spent twice that time watching big bang theory whole week-end... Think i have addicted to this series, finished season, cant wait for season 4 now... seems like its release is in September....

Its all about bunch of physicist hanging around talking abt the world thru physics terms.. thought it wont be of my type series, but fell in love with it.... hilarious... especially Dr. Cooper.... the producers say they cant imagine putting a girlfriend or boy friend or even a 'friend with benefits' is impossible for the character.... but love to see a story like that in the next season...

A physicist's life is not like always.... I cant imagine myself living in a life like that.... but its not that bad afterall... we will survive....

Broken bike breaking my heart...

It was one of the heart breaking sights; once on road as a beast now at the mechanic's with its parts scattered all over... that was my bike.... sigh sigh sigh...

I had given my Nova for a complete treatment.... it turned out to be a long process to fix all the broken parts inside... according to the mechanic the bike is indeed in a bad shape, he was wondering how i was riding... i can ride; i know my bike... afterall its mine... we are bonded ;-)....

Well, every1 had to fall one day to realize how it feels to be in ground... but we will rise again... and ride again... soon (i hope so)... 'cos life without my bike here in chennai is horrible... dirty dusty roads.... greedy autowalls.... it all evil around.... hmm......

Keeping some 'good ol days' pics....

I got it like that... look at that 'L'....

Sharpening my culinary talents....

What gives someone the motivation to cook?

For some people its a task of the day.... for someone its the job... for some its an art... everyone has got their own motivations in fact....

Ask me whether I loved cooking 10 years back... nope!!! i hated it.... The reason was I was at home... and under the shadow of the really 'expert' cook; my mom... i was just a helper... I love helping, but love to do the 'big big things' more than helping.... 'Cos a helper in a kitchen always gets the criticism if something comes good too... The first cake i bakes 11 years back was received with more criticism than appreciation...

Ask me now... yeah... its a great feeling.... That's the feeling i started getting from my Masid Banda home in hyderabad.... I found i really enjoy cooking there and i found i have got fans in my cooking... well, atleast jacob and sampy keep visiting me frequently... I dont remember exactly when i really started enjoying being in kitchen... but well, its all an art now.... I have downloaded a number of recipes... modified some... made that as mine....

I dont know how many people enjoy watching series like Top Chef.... but for me its one of the best.... well, i will never be competing in shows like that for sure, but would love if get a chance... love experimenting on anything....

Well, the story goes on... I am on a cooking spree again here in chennai.... May be I will consider a special blog on my recipes... Well, that will take a while... Till then whoever reading it I have one thing to say... 'Welcome Home, enjoy the food...'

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pic above : one of my spl chicken recipes...

I do miss being 'myself'....

The summer is long gone... no trace of rain... isn't the time to dash out and enjoy the world, 'cos its in the best of all forms... Technically yeah... but its just the lazy me... lazy lazy me...

No jogging, no games.... no outing, I surprise myself... It's not the real me.... I miss being myself.... May it's the change of place... It's just too bad to say again and again 'i miss Hyderabad'... its an insult to the Chennaites... I should have explored more of this city... instead i stay inside and say 'i miss.....'

I was really motivated a couple of days back to start jogging again (one month of football season really made wake up late everyday).... even kept the shoes outside... the alarm when it rang; all i remember is banging with a pillow....

Oh, its really bad, worse.... I need to get back to my real self.... need some adventure....that will bring me back all the energy.... hope i can find that soon....

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pic above: wildlife here in IIT.... beauty aren't they??!!!