Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
The Climb
I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"
Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking
But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
If I Die Young
A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'
Funny when you're dead how people start listenin'
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
Uh oh
The ballad of a dove
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket
Save them for a time when your really gonna need them, oh
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time
So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
What I never did is done
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'
Funny when you're dead how people start listenin'
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
Uh oh
The ballad of a dove
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket
Save them for a time when your really gonna need them, oh
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time
So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
What I never did is done
Get to know your mind
Why we love nacissists (at first)
Why we lie to ourselves
Why we get over bad moods sooner than we predict.
Caffeine makes us easier to persuade
Why we all stink as intuitive psychologists
How far will you go to be obedient to authority?
The influence of fleeting attraction
7 highly effective Facebook habits
Why we lie to ourselves
Why we get over bad moods sooner than we predict.
Caffeine makes us easier to persuade
Why we all stink as intuitive psychologists
How far will you go to be obedient to authority?
The influence of fleeting attraction
7 highly effective Facebook habits
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Random memories
I was just remembering today, while writing with a Pilot pen, how it used to be a luxury, say, 15 years ago. How we had to use pencil for I think first 2-3 grades, and then we moved on to using ink-pens. That was the time when you could see students with ink spots all over their hands, and shirts and pants and skirts. Ahh the fun times. Apparently ink-pens are supposed to make your handwriting good. I guess I just didn't use them long enough :P
BBC 10 things we didn't know last week
3. David Cameron slept on the Mall the night before Prince Charles married Lady Diana.
5. German shoes are wider than Italian.
7. One in three people aged over 65 will die with dementia.
8. Dartmoor prison rents land from Prince Charles.
9. Badgers still occupy setts known since the Domesday Book.
10. The number of people raising funds for charity has doubled in the last three years.
Read the full article.
5. German shoes are wider than Italian.
7. One in three people aged over 65 will die with dementia.
8. Dartmoor prison rents land from Prince Charles.
9. Badgers still occupy setts known since the Domesday Book.
10. The number of people raising funds for charity has doubled in the last three years.
Read the full article.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Circumcision
How is removing foreskin from a guy's penis a 'rite of passage' and religious requirement? :O
"Circumcision in the U.S. sprang from an erroneous belief among physicians that it cured masturbation."
"The WHO has estimated that 664,500,000 males aged 15 and over are circumcised (30% global prevalence), with almost 70% of these being Muslim. Circumcision is most prevalent in the Muslim world, parts of South East Asia, Africa, the United States, The Philippines, Israel, and South Korea. It is relatively rare in Europe, Latin America, parts of Southern Africa, and most of Asia and Oceania. Prevalence is near-universal in the Middle East and Central Asia."
"It is considered of such importance that in some Orthodox communities the body of an uncircumcised Jewish male will sometimes be circumcised before burial."
"Milos and Macris (1992) argue that circumcision encodes the perinatal brain with violence and negatively affects infant-maternal bonding and trust."
Creepy.
p.s. Clarification - this is part of a reading for 1 of my modules. I'm not so randomly pervy.
"Circumcision in the U.S. sprang from an erroneous belief among physicians that it cured masturbation."
"The WHO has estimated that 664,500,000 males aged 15 and over are circumcised (30% global prevalence), with almost 70% of these being Muslim. Circumcision is most prevalent in the Muslim world, parts of South East Asia, Africa, the United States, The Philippines, Israel, and South Korea. It is relatively rare in Europe, Latin America, parts of Southern Africa, and most of Asia and Oceania. Prevalence is near-universal in the Middle East and Central Asia."
"It is considered of such importance that in some Orthodox communities the body of an uncircumcised Jewish male will sometimes be circumcised before burial."
"Milos and Macris (1992) argue that circumcision encodes the perinatal brain with violence and negatively affects infant-maternal bonding and trust."
Creepy.
p.s. Clarification - this is part of a reading for 1 of my modules. I'm not so randomly pervy.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Latex!
ISM Report done! Don't think I have ever written 800 plus lines of code even for my Comp. Sci. modules. Oh well.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
New developments
It is interesting how my spam folder is more full of emails selling Vicodin and Hydrocodone than Viagra or porn. I think this has been a recent development. Last 2-3 years maybe? More people are in pain than in need of sex?
And in case you're wondering why I check my spam folder, it's because 2-3 times in my life, important mail has gone there and I have felt so happy that I do check it. Also, I cannot stand having unread mail in my inbox, so I must delete my spam box whenever I open my mail.
And in case you're wondering why I check my spam folder, it's because 2-3 times in my life, important mail has gone there and I have felt so happy that I do check it. Also, I cannot stand having unread mail in my inbox, so I must delete my spam box whenever I open my mail.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The man who sold the world
They say not all who wander are lost.
I say not all who are lost want to be found.
I know I don't.
In places no one will find,
All your feelings so deep inside.
PMS(?).
I say not all who are lost want to be found.
I know I don't.
In places no one will find,
All your feelings so deep inside.
PMS(?).
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
The West cannot defeat al-Qaeda
The West can only contain not defeat militant groups such as al-Qaeda, the head of the UK's armed forces General Sir David Richards has said.
I like him already. I fully concur.
I like him already. I fully concur.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Find your own match :D
Another case is : A mountain lion found it was no match for a Jack Russell terrier which trapped it up a tree on a farm in the US state of South Dakota.
Amazing, isn't it? :P
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Recession humour
They used to say there are only two sure things in life – death and taxes. Now there are three – death, taxes, and borrowing money from the Chinese.
Things are bad. The poor are being ignored, the country is at war, rising unemployed. In fact, Margaret Thatcher picked up the newspaper and thought, "Hey, I must still be Prime Minister."
The term credit crunch was actually the first name given to Dorset Cereal Muesli. And if you can afford to buy the stuff, then I think the the real credit crunch does not affect you.
The Dow Jones is looking so ugly and battered they are considering changing it to the Vinnie Jones.
How much do you think bankers make? Some now make as much as £150,000 a year. But they say it stimulates the economy because eventually that money will trickle down to pubs, clubs and brothels ... and so it will eventually get back in the community.
The Government has always warned us that al-Qa'ida has planned an attack to damage our economy. Well, I've a feeling someone is sitting in a cave right now going "Wasn't me".
So let me get this right, it started with Bush creating sub-prime lending, a way for the poor of America to afford their own housing. It crashes, causing worldwide financialdisaster, plummeting our banks and mortgages, but now giving a chance for first-time buyers to get on the property ladder here. Define irony...
Mervyn King today said, "There is light at the end of the tunnel." Unfortunately it is a candle.
The biggest worry in the US is gas prices getting higher, and if that happens we might see something totally unprecedented in America. People actually walking.
People are too willing to put their non-existent money on credit cards. The only people who only accept cash are drug dealers. And they've all kept their jobs and still drive around in BMWs.
What's the difference between a banker and a pigeon? A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Ferrari.
No wonder Northern Rock and Bradford and Bingley failed with the FSA in charge. What do the Food Standards Agency know about mortgages? They can't even get the fat content of a latte right.
We can't really complain about capitalism backfiring on us like this. As my grandmother used to say, "There's no point whingeing about being eaten by a horse if you've decided to play polo dressed as a sugar lump."
I knew the banks were in trouble when I turned on to watch Deal Or No Deal and the banker had disappeared. There was just Noel Edmonds, 22 boxes and a recorded message.
I remember the good old days, when "credit crunch" was just the sound your kneecaps made when the loan shark caught up with you. They were simpler times.
A man walks in to a sweet shop and says, "Have you heard about the credit crunch?" The man behind the counter replies, "Is that made by Cadbury's or Nestlé?"
Things are bad. The poor are being ignored, the country is at war, rising unemployed. In fact, Margaret Thatcher picked up the newspaper and thought, "Hey, I must still be Prime Minister."
The term credit crunch was actually the first name given to Dorset Cereal Muesli. And if you can afford to buy the stuff, then I think the the real credit crunch does not affect you.
The Dow Jones is looking so ugly and battered they are considering changing it to the Vinnie Jones.
How much do you think bankers make? Some now make as much as £150,000 a year. But they say it stimulates the economy because eventually that money will trickle down to pubs, clubs and brothels ... and so it will eventually get back in the community.
The Government has always warned us that al-Qa'ida has planned an attack to damage our economy. Well, I've a feeling someone is sitting in a cave right now going "Wasn't me".
So let me get this right, it started with Bush creating sub-prime lending, a way for the poor of America to afford their own housing. It crashes, causing worldwide financialdisaster, plummeting our banks and mortgages, but now giving a chance for first-time buyers to get on the property ladder here. Define irony...
Mervyn King today said, "There is light at the end of the tunnel." Unfortunately it is a candle.
The biggest worry in the US is gas prices getting higher, and if that happens we might see something totally unprecedented in America. People actually walking.
People are too willing to put their non-existent money on credit cards. The only people who only accept cash are drug dealers. And they've all kept their jobs and still drive around in BMWs.
What's the difference between a banker and a pigeon? A pigeon can still make a deposit on a Ferrari.
No wonder Northern Rock and Bradford and Bingley failed with the FSA in charge. What do the Food Standards Agency know about mortgages? They can't even get the fat content of a latte right.
We can't really complain about capitalism backfiring on us like this. As my grandmother used to say, "There's no point whingeing about being eaten by a horse if you've decided to play polo dressed as a sugar lump."
I knew the banks were in trouble when I turned on to watch Deal Or No Deal and the banker had disappeared. There was just Noel Edmonds, 22 boxes and a recorded message.
I remember the good old days, when "credit crunch" was just the sound your kneecaps made when the loan shark caught up with you. They were simpler times.
A man walks in to a sweet shop and says, "Have you heard about the credit crunch?" The man behind the counter replies, "Is that made by Cadbury's or Nestlé?"
Why Australia is definitely going to lose the Ashes.
Australia? Don't make me laugh. Brilliantly written article. Some excerpts below.
As the cricket match-fixing scandal pinballs around between annoying, disappointing depressing and alarmingly sinister, this blog will ignore for now the murky morass that threatens to swamp the international game, forget about the potential implications of Zulqarnain’s unscheduled London jaunt, and distract itself from the grim realities of reality with an altogether chirpier topic (from a pre-Ashes England supporter’s point of view) – Australia being not very good anymore.
Katich is also reported to be suffering from an existential crisis of confidence after accidentally seeing video footage of himself batting (Cricket Australia had successfully protected him from seeing himself for years, using a series of increasingly convoluted distractions, including puppet shows. Katich loves puppet shows. Can’t get enough of them. He owns DVD box sets of all TV puppet shows. And if that is not true, let him sue me.) “Oh my god, no,” he said, dumbfounded, after watching himself ungainlily nudge a leg-side boundary. “I thought I played like David Gower.”
He [Shane Watson] averages only 30 when Australia lose the toss (compared with 47 when they win it), suggesting that Ponting’s coinflipwork and Strauss’s head-or-tail preferences could be crucial to Watson’s success or failure.
Anyone telling you that Ricky Ponting has not declined over the last few years is either talking about a different Ricky Ponting, or has been poisoned with a mind-altering potion, or has seriously misheard the question, or is Ricky Ponting, or is trying to wilfully engage you in an unwinnable argument whilst their accomplice steals your electrical goods and/or priceless collection of David Boon memorabilia.
No Australian captain has ever lost three Ashes series. Ten years ago the prospect of Australia losing three Ashes series in the rest of eternity seemed remote. But then again, they said man would never walk on the moon. Ponting is all set to become Australia’s Neil Armstrong.
He [Michael Hussey] was once within touching distance of Bradman. Now he rubs statistical shoulders with Wavell Hinds, Manoj Prabhakar, and Chris Tavaré. Could still bump his average back up into the 80s this Ashes, but only if he scores 2500 undefeated runs in the series.
After smiting three centuries in his first six Tests, [Marcus] North has averaged 29 in his last 13 matches. Traditionally in Australia, this leads to impeachment by Parliament and disappearance to the Dirk Wellham Memorial Gulag, 150 miles outside Darwin. North has been out for 10 or less in more than half of his 32 Test innings, and his five ducks make him the most regular duck scorer in the Australian top six since the 19th century. To where some Australian supporters seem to want him to emigrate.
[Mitchell] Johnson is becoming the Australian Steve Harmison. If Harmison bowled one of the great series-losing balls in Ashes history in Brisbane four years ago, Johnson bravely attempted to steal his thunder with one of the immortal series-losing spells in Ashes history with his geometry-expanding effort at Lord’s. Having come to England with a reputation as a bowler who could bowl unplayable balls, he proved that reputation well deserved - albeit that the balls were only unplayable due to their being unreachable.
[Doug Bollinger] Has never dismissed an Englishman in a Test. Largely through lack of opportunity, admittedly. Has also been injured, and might not play in the first Test, extending his lifelong habit of not dismissing Englishmen in Tests. Startlingly inept batsman. Possibly hair-replacement-themed teasing victim.
If Australia pick him [Ben Hilfenhaus] and Bollinger, they will lose. The last time they picked two seam bowlers with tri-syllabic surnames – Gillespie and Kasprowicz in 2005 – they lost.
On previous Ashes tours, England’s positive statements in advance of their inevitable first-Test mincing sounded not so much like men clutching at straws as men pointing their fingers nervously at what they thought might be a straw, and mumbling something about being confident that it was probably a straw, and that they were definitely planning to try to think about clutching it. This time their public confidence is well founded. England are quite a good team. As are Australia. It will be a draw. A glorious draw.
As the cricket match-fixing scandal pinballs around between annoying, disappointing depressing and alarmingly sinister, this blog will ignore for now the murky morass that threatens to swamp the international game, forget about the potential implications of Zulqarnain’s unscheduled London jaunt, and distract itself from the grim realities of reality with an altogether chirpier topic (from a pre-Ashes England supporter’s point of view) – Australia being not very good anymore.
Katich is also reported to be suffering from an existential crisis of confidence after accidentally seeing video footage of himself batting (Cricket Australia had successfully protected him from seeing himself for years, using a series of increasingly convoluted distractions, including puppet shows. Katich loves puppet shows. Can’t get enough of them. He owns DVD box sets of all TV puppet shows. And if that is not true, let him sue me.) “Oh my god, no,” he said, dumbfounded, after watching himself ungainlily nudge a leg-side boundary. “I thought I played like David Gower.”
He [Shane Watson] averages only 30 when Australia lose the toss (compared with 47 when they win it), suggesting that Ponting’s coinflipwork and Strauss’s head-or-tail preferences could be crucial to Watson’s success or failure.
Anyone telling you that Ricky Ponting has not declined over the last few years is either talking about a different Ricky Ponting, or has been poisoned with a mind-altering potion, or has seriously misheard the question, or is Ricky Ponting, or is trying to wilfully engage you in an unwinnable argument whilst their accomplice steals your electrical goods and/or priceless collection of David Boon memorabilia.
No Australian captain has ever lost three Ashes series. Ten years ago the prospect of Australia losing three Ashes series in the rest of eternity seemed remote. But then again, they said man would never walk on the moon. Ponting is all set to become Australia’s Neil Armstrong.
He [Michael Hussey] was once within touching distance of Bradman. Now he rubs statistical shoulders with Wavell Hinds, Manoj Prabhakar, and Chris Tavaré. Could still bump his average back up into the 80s this Ashes, but only if he scores 2500 undefeated runs in the series.
After smiting three centuries in his first six Tests, [Marcus] North has averaged 29 in his last 13 matches. Traditionally in Australia, this leads to impeachment by Parliament and disappearance to the Dirk Wellham Memorial Gulag, 150 miles outside Darwin. North has been out for 10 or less in more than half of his 32 Test innings, and his five ducks make him the most regular duck scorer in the Australian top six since the 19th century. To where some Australian supporters seem to want him to emigrate.
[Mitchell] Johnson is becoming the Australian Steve Harmison. If Harmison bowled one of the great series-losing balls in Ashes history in Brisbane four years ago, Johnson bravely attempted to steal his thunder with one of the immortal series-losing spells in Ashes history with his geometry-expanding effort at Lord’s. Having come to England with a reputation as a bowler who could bowl unplayable balls, he proved that reputation well deserved - albeit that the balls were only unplayable due to their being unreachable.
[Doug Bollinger] Has never dismissed an Englishman in a Test. Largely through lack of opportunity, admittedly. Has also been injured, and might not play in the first Test, extending his lifelong habit of not dismissing Englishmen in Tests. Startlingly inept batsman. Possibly hair-replacement-themed teasing victim.
If Australia pick him [Ben Hilfenhaus] and Bollinger, they will lose. The last time they picked two seam bowlers with tri-syllabic surnames – Gillespie and Kasprowicz in 2005 – they lost.
On previous Ashes tours, England’s positive statements in advance of their inevitable first-Test mincing sounded not so much like men clutching at straws as men pointing their fingers nervously at what they thought might be a straw, and mumbling something about being confident that it was probably a straw, and that they were definitely planning to try to think about clutching it. This time their public confidence is well founded. England are quite a good team. As are Australia. It will be a draw. A glorious draw.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Hallelujah
Well I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah...
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah...
Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah...
There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah...
Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah...
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah...
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah...
Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah...
There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah...
Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Can't
swim
drive
sing
dance
play any instrument
lie convincingly
stand hugs
drink too much
not waste time
drive
sing
dance
play any instrument
lie convincingly
stand hugs
drink too much
not waste time
Life sucks sometimes
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small doses -- but, as a lifestyle, I find it too confining.
Some days you're the windshield,
Some days you're the bug.
“Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you get cancer, then your dog dies, your wife leaves you, the cancer goes into remission, you get a new dog, you get remarried, you owe ten million dollars in medical bills but you work hard for thirty five years and you pay it back and then one day you have a massive stroke, your whole right side is paralyzed, you have to limp along the streets and speak out of the left side of your mouth and drool but you go into rehabilitation and regain the power to walk and the power to talk and then one day you step off a curb at Sixty-seventh Street, and BANG you get hit by a city bus and then you die. Maybe.”
Life is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that on one ever asks for.
"I'll starve without a job but don't feel you have to give me one."
Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.
I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.
Dear Icebergs, Sorry to hear about the global warming. Karma's a bitch. Sincerely, The Titanic.
Some days you're the windshield,
Some days you're the bug.
“Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you get cancer, then your dog dies, your wife leaves you, the cancer goes into remission, you get a new dog, you get remarried, you owe ten million dollars in medical bills but you work hard for thirty five years and you pay it back and then one day you have a massive stroke, your whole right side is paralyzed, you have to limp along the streets and speak out of the left side of your mouth and drool but you go into rehabilitation and regain the power to walk and the power to talk and then one day you step off a curb at Sixty-seventh Street, and BANG you get hit by a city bus and then you die. Maybe.”
Life is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that on one ever asks for.
"I'll starve without a job but don't feel you have to give me one."
Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.
I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.
Dear Icebergs, Sorry to hear about the global warming. Karma's a bitch. Sincerely, The Titanic.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Sometimes I feel I was born to be a cook
So today I decided to try making gajar ka halwa. Series of events, starting with my falling sick a few weeks back, led to this. Well, when I fell sick, I bought milk (as milk and bread is the only thing I willingly eat then). So then a few weeks later, I realized I still had almost the entire carton of milk left. So I decided to make khoya out of it. So then the khoya tasted not so nice as it was the carton milk one and very fake (despite the claim that it was made from real Australian cows). So then today I went to Nanyang and saw carrots there, aur mera maatha thanka aur maine kaha, bas ab toh ho jaaye :P
So I called mum up to get instructions, and the rest of the story shall be told in pictures.
This is grated carrots. I obviously grated part of my thumb in the process too.
Then I boiled the grated carrots in the microwave. Then to get the water out of them, I put it in cloth and nichodo-fied.
This is what the gajar looks like after it has been nichodo-fied.
Then bhoono-fy it in desi ghee in the saucepan.
Then put milk in, and cook it for about an hour, so that most of the water evaporates.
And this is what it becomes.
Garnish it with some clover and cardamom. And lo and behold, we have something awesome to eat! :D
So I called mum up to get instructions, and the rest of the story shall be told in pictures.
This is grated carrots. I obviously grated part of my thumb in the process too.
Then I boiled the grated carrots in the microwave. Then to get the water out of them, I put it in cloth and nichodo-fied.
This is what the gajar looks like after it has been nichodo-fied.
Then bhoono-fy it in desi ghee in the saucepan.
Then put milk in, and cook it for about an hour, so that most of the water evaporates.
And this is what it becomes.
Garnish it with some clover and cardamom. And lo and behold, we have something awesome to eat! :D
Friday, November 5, 2010
HAPPY DIWALI
So it's going to be the 6th year that I am away from home on Diwali. But I shall cheer myself up with the thought that next year, I can go home for Diwali.
See, there are 2 scenarios.
Either I won't have a job. In which case I should be rotting in India coz Singapore is too ex to survive in with no income. => I am home for Diwali.
By some luck of nature, I do have a job. So I shall apply for Diwali leave on day 1 of office and get it approved => I am home for Diwali.
:D
Remember doing all of this? I miss it!
A cautionary warning to all those who will be playing with firecrackers today, please be safe! It would be really sad getting hurt, or worse, hurting someone else on these awesome day!
And do remember mother Nature and how horrible the smoke coming out of these firecrackers is! So avoid it if you can. Or at least cut down on the number you blow up in smoke today.
p.s. Wow I sound both corny and mature. Lol. Interesting development.
See, there are 2 scenarios.
Either I won't have a job. In which case I should be rotting in India coz Singapore is too ex to survive in with no income. => I am home for Diwali.
By some luck of nature, I do have a job. So I shall apply for Diwali leave on day 1 of office and get it approved => I am home for Diwali.
:D
Remember doing all of this? I miss it!
A cautionary warning to all those who will be playing with firecrackers today, please be safe! It would be really sad getting hurt, or worse, hurting someone else on these awesome day!
And do remember mother Nature and how horrible the smoke coming out of these firecrackers is! So avoid it if you can. Or at least cut down on the number you blow up in smoke today.
p.s. Wow I sound both corny and mature. Lol. Interesting development.
Chasing Cars
If I had to pick one song to epitomise my whole exchange, it would be this one. It is such a beautiful song, with hope, despair, vulnerability and tenacity all mixed into one big melting pot of awesomeness. I remember trudging around in the snow in my boots listening to this very loudly and singing along when I thought no one was around.
Though the video I had seen so far was a different one, I like this one better. More suitable. Though the guy has a very Ogre-like face, don't you think? Ok I shall not be mean.
If I lay here, If I just lay here.
Would you lie with me, And just forget the world?
Though the video I had seen so far was a different one, I like this one better. More suitable. Though the guy has a very Ogre-like face, don't you think? Ok I shall not be mean.
If I lay here, If I just lay here.
Would you lie with me, And just forget the world?
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Advice to self
Regretting your stupidities and feeling sorry for yourself are the dumbest things you can do after making your mistake.
So what if you spent the whole day sleeping/eating/watching shows. Now get up off your lazy ass and do some work!
So what if you spent the whole day sleeping/eating/watching shows. Now get up off your lazy ass and do some work!
Ring-a-ling
My dreams seem to include social issues. One night I dreamt of euthanasia. Federal agents (I am one of them) stumble upon this euthanasia club of a select group of doctors who offer these services for the terminally ill, where people take their sick kids and family members because they know a better life could not exist for them.
Of course, in my dream, the route to go inside the building was through a drain and the people had just fled when I went into the drain to chase them. But we lay low and caught the next group who came. Which is how we found out what this was.
Dramatic eh?
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Do you ever get the feeling that the world is passing you by and you are just sitting here doing nothing?
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A picture may be worth a thousand words, but what imagination can conjure can often be beyond the bounds of expression altogether.
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I am a rock, and a rock feels no pain. And an island never cries.
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दिल को है गम क्यूँ, आँख है नम क्यूँ?
होना ही था जो हुआ hai |
उस बात को जाने ही दो, जिसका निशान कल हो ना हो|
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All those cool kids you saw in high school and were so in awe of, do you think they're better in life now than you are?
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Sarcasm can cure most anything.
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The kind of people you grow up with makes a lot of difference. No matter how much your life changes, your basic sense of right and wrong will not change too much.
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The present becomes the past way too quickly sometimes.
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The worse you are, the more room there is for improvement.
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That everything happens for a reason is so much easier to believe when things are going your way.
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I think the human mind tries to trick itself more than anyone else does. And the most common lie we convince ourselves of is that it is all going to be ok.
p.s. Except for the KHNH and rock quotes, these quotes are for once original :)
Of course, in my dream, the route to go inside the building was through a drain and the people had just fled when I went into the drain to chase them. But we lay low and caught the next group who came. Which is how we found out what this was.
Dramatic eh?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Do you ever get the feeling that the world is passing you by and you are just sitting here doing nothing?
_____________________________________________________________________________
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but what imagination can conjure can often be beyond the bounds of expression altogether.
_____________________________________________________________________________
I am a rock, and a rock feels no pain. And an island never cries.
_____________________________________________________________________________
दिल को है गम क्यूँ, आँख है नम क्यूँ?
होना ही था जो हुआ hai |
उस बात को जाने ही दो, जिसका निशान कल हो ना हो|
_____________________________________________________________________________
All those cool kids you saw in high school and were so in awe of, do you think they're better in life now than you are?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Sarcasm can cure most anything.
_____________________________________________________________________________
The kind of people you grow up with makes a lot of difference. No matter how much your life changes, your basic sense of right and wrong will not change too much.
_____________________________________________________________________________
The present becomes the past way too quickly sometimes.
_____________________________________________________________________________
The worse you are, the more room there is for improvement.
_____________________________________________________________________________
That everything happens for a reason is so much easier to believe when things are going your way.
_____________________________________________________________________________
I think the human mind tries to trick itself more than anyone else does. And the most common lie we convince ourselves of is that it is all going to be ok.
p.s. Except for the KHNH and rock quotes, these quotes are for once original :)
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