Scrambled eggs !

I aim to make fried eggs and always end up eating scrambled ones !

The Self making breakfast : one thing that has become a tradition on the weekends since a long time. I think, I have the stint in bangalore with 7 others mates to thank/or not thank for that. Right from fighting who was going to get the materials to the person who was going to wash the maggi pan in the end, it was a a nice way to kill of the time and feed the stomachs. What that also meant was variations that was on display with sometimes scrambled eggs, butter in maggi and sometimes raw eggs in maggi as well. I, who never had to make an effort at the food that I eat , also had to succumb to the constant pressures and nagging and deploy efforts to satisfy the hunger while rest were doing the same.

So Since then, it has clearly become a way to start the weekend day and no matter the efforts, aims and wants, the result is always the same. The scrambled eggs. I guess , I also need to thank my prowess with cooking as well as I just do not seem to learn in this regard. I won't put the blame on my handless pan, or my tilted stove, its just that sometimes it helps not care, not aim for anything. Its just good to let go sometimes and see where life takes you. Away from needless pressures, expectations and pretenses . Sometimes, you might get a surprise. I finally made the perfect fried eggs.

Sweet Round up to a Not-So-Good Sporting Weekend

It was a big sporting Weekend and hence a lot of expectations from the teams I duly support. Formula One Championship showdown, Premier League Action , India-NZ test series to look forward to. It turned out to be a cracking weekend, though not swinging by completely in my favour.

I really thought Sachin would get that magic number 50 after missing out in the first test, but New Zealand attack did him in, yet again. They seem to have have figured something people have not been able to do in the past one year or so and are faring quiet well against him. But I know number 50 will come eventually. Like me there are a lot of fans who worship him and may give up watching cricket that day he walks out of the cricket pitch for the final time.

Still there is one batsman whom NZ have no clue about. Bhajji has really come into own in this series, clobbering the ball like he normally does, but what really has made the difference this time around is the consistency with which he is doing so. Real fun to watch him. India have crawled back into a good position in the test and can make a result out of it if they bowl really well. Meanwhile Bhajji might get his second in a row. Really hope he gets it again.

Manchester United have drawn again, and again in the same week. They just haven't been winning away games. Have to agree they made a great comeback against Villa, but was really disappointed to see them again being pushed in a position where they have to take the leap to make things level again. Good for us, they have been doing that consistently atleast. This season ManU are really lacking the creativity in the midfield and they better improve !!!! Go Red Devils !!! Rooney, We need you to fire.

What a finale to the such a close Formula one season. It was such a great season and Schumacher, despite being there, was not in reckoning for the championship in a 4 way battle at the end. Ferrari screwed it in the final race. What should have been a comfortable top 4 finish for Alonso to claim the Hat-trick of World Championships turned into to fiasco. Early Pit-stop meant he was stuck behind Petrov's Renault for the entire race, left at the mercy of whatever good came his way with the retirements/pit-stops ahead of him. But Vettel, You beauty !!! Never having lead the points race the entire year, you scripted a perfect race to clinch the WC. Hats Off to Red Bull and Vettel. There is a lot left from Vettel I am sure !!!

Something Sweet happened as I started this post in disappointment. Chelsea lost. Yay !!! That ought to level some things at the top of the table.

The unrecognized hero : Eminem

I first heard Eminem way back during the college. Somebody had put on "Lose Yourself" and was trying keep up with the rapper. Somehow I let him pass as a wannabe singer mumbling random words making no sense whatsoever, never quite giving him the attention, jerking off whenever mention of the guy came in the dorm. Just like many things in life that dont matter to you and you don't matter to them.

Last week going through the latest hits on the itunes, I listened to the 30 second track for the Eminem ft. Rihanna "Love the way you lie". Loved the initial chorus and somehow felt that the music was overall quite inspiring. Generally I have that notion of downloading numbers after listening to the complete track with lyrics on youtube. After reading the lyrics along with the track was the so evident realization. Its about the lyrics and how his voice powers them.

The way he has put his personal emotions in lyrics is absolutely amazing, at times even witty. I moved onto "When I m gone" , "Stan", "Not afraid" and many more. Since then, I have been taken aback by the sublime intensity of the hip hop and rap genre he follows. The guy is a damn genius.

Thanks Eminem, You came out with the recovery album, else I might not have discovered something that I am so moved by today.

Relapse

I might be keeping the title name as Eminem's return album, also want it to mark this a re-return. I dont know why I stopped this in the first place. The only thing that comes to resemble the day I started blogging and today is the level of sensex, then also it was around the same level. :)..

Really hope, I can continue it this time around.

The pen is rusty, cant think of something to write
The path is dull , life is not all that bright

There are things that need to be said
Else the feeling will go unfelt

Telling how you feel requires the right timing they say
Opening the heart to someone is important they say

But what, if the words dont come out then
But what, if the words dont matter then ,

So the expression is the tool I only got
With scribbling something and something to jot

Hope this brings relief one looks for in the end
Hope for something on the path to look for in the end

Life's been a theatre whole week !!!!

Dont take me wrong with the title of the post because it aint a quote from a shakespeare novel and nor I am trying to be philosophical (which in the most cases I am). This week has just been so full of movies . Right from oscar-nominated recommendations to general public choices, I have just managed to view most of them. Somehow, there isnt a better time pass than movies. I always have a new reason every evening a little early to come back happily from the not so interesting job these days I have got ( well the downloads done till then ). As I write the post, Michael Clayton's next in line and I am just done with Juno. Breach, 40 year old virgin, Heat, In the land of women( which was Arjun's recco) have all become part of the extravaganza. Weekend had a special attraction in the form of prison break. Well Michael Scofield's done it again ( Sorry for breaking the suspense on you prison break fans). I still remember how Rohan, Bangia and me covered the whole season one in one go the day ( rather it was late night ) we got our hands on prison break in our final year.

I had a chance though once again to visit the legendary Paranthe Wali gali in chandni chowk once again when I had gone to see a friend of mine in CP on sunday. Oh Man what paranthas. Being from amritsar ( A place serving some mother of delicacies ) and me not being so praiseful of desi foods elsewhere generally, really have to commend them with ten on ten for their taste. Being in delhi, Everybody must go atleast once to enjoy the sheer pleasure of typical tel mein tale paranthe. You will really keep licking your fingers.

Rest, Anil Ambani seems to have grab the attention once again with the bonus share allotment. Anil Ambani gave up some 5000 crores of his personal wealth for the bonus shares. With the horrific opening bell at the exchanges, Reliance power might just have pulled a rabbit out of a rather empty hat which I am sure many of you will understand. But still I cant understand the fact that how come bonus shares will prevent investors from turning the stock around once again. People are still looking for every exit out of reliance power highway. It is a very interesting scenario which is developing right now. It remains to be seen what will actually triumph in the end - The faith in reliance with bonus added or the true sentiment of an injured investor in the current market conditions. chao !

Dates with the stars..... One on the screen and one off it !!!!

The unexpected does it again. After an uninspiring 5 day trot at the office, I always expect my weekend to be full of fun and frolics. Well the start was just about perfect as it gets. First of all I would thank the cook for it who once again didnt make it to cooking a dinner for us at home. So as I was entering the GIP mall in noida with my friends, there was a swarm of police guys outside checking each and everything entering the mall premises. When we enquired about it, the one of the guys said " Koi hero aa raha hai ". We shrugged off the comment in a very unconvincing way thinking there might be a minister on the way. After dinner when we were about to make our way back there were like herds of people standing by the circular rails on each floor.Could this really be ? May be hrithik was on his way for the red carpet premiere of jodha akbar at the recently inaugurated Adlabs. But this was not to be. In fact, hrithik and Ash both were on their way. Oh boy.. this had to be witnessed. People had been waiting since two hours for the arrival. I was a bit reluctant to stay and wait for them. we all went to see if some tickets for the current show for the same could be arranged.

We didnt get those , so booked the tickets for saturday's show. After getting the tickets booked, my friend Piyush insisited that we all have one more shot . Maybe a glimpse was possible of the stars. So we went again to the mall and after a five minutes wait, it happened. First Hrithik made his way up the lift waving his hands to all. The man is awfully smart and dashing though not as tall I was expecting him to be. After a little while , Aishwarya came up the lift. She was looking damn gorgeous in a red saree. Believe me, I havent seen a more stunning woman face to face in my entire life ( The earlier one was a foriegner I saw in Nehru place, Delhi in last december). She is a flawless beauty. The fact that " Ash is the one of the most beautiful ever to have step in the world" was looking an embarassing understatement. Now I can well imagine why Adlabs was booked for the whole weekend.

My guess is that Anil Ambani who owns Adlabs and is extremely close to Bachan family must have come up with the idea for the red carpet opening in noida for promoting the new multiplex. Though Delhi would have been a much more comprehensive option in this regard. Well thanks Anil... Your reliance ipo may not be a hit. But you surely made up for it with this little stint. That surely made the day.

After waiting eagerly for the entire day at home, We finally made to waves for our 7 PM show on saturday. As for the movie, First of all its a visual spectacle. One has to appreciate the flamboyance with which the movie is given a 15th century look. Daunting and beautiful sets dressed up with appealing blend of alluring fabric materials. The curtains, the costumes and the tapestry all give you a rich feel . And as for the movie , its a classic. Some might call it boring but there isnt a better way to present a historical. They are of mammoth durations so that one can truly experience the demeanor of those days. And the movie belongs to Hrithik and Aishwarya. Hrithik once again reinstated why he is in the top league with a truly remarkable and commanding performance. The scenes have been shot in a truly clinical manner. Full marks to Ashutosh Gowarikar. Music is top notch ( I have been listening to the songs for the entire day now even as I as writing the post). Kwaja mere Kwaja takes you a step closer to eternity if you let it through into yourself. AR Rehman at his very best. I think it has all the ingredients for a great all time classic. I might be talking more like a movie critic. But you have to see it to believe it. In case you have some other views do lemme know about them as well........
Here s a video of the aishwarya the other night in red saree in the mall , shot with a mobile..... You have to wait till the end of it to have a glimpse of her.
chao !!

Rajdhani To Darbhanga express...... Everything in one night !!!!!

Friday night was once in a lifetime experience which crossed every limit of wackiness I had experienced during travelling. It even surpassed the experience I had during my college days when I was thrown at sirhind from a train after boarding from Rajpura( which is about 30 kms from the former) for not having a sleeper ticket. The past week was kind of a confused week where my decision to go to amritsar was inverting everytime I thought about it. But finally when I was up for it on tuesday, I couldn't find a single availablity for any class in any train. But now, i always wanted to go. I decided to ride on my luck by having a go at a couple of trains leaving delhi to asr that night. Well the "Jugaad" with TT had worked before and I really hoped it wont let go this time around as well. I reached the station on time but couldnt find a single berth in any class of Golden temple mail which had an arrival time of 3:30 AM in ludhiana. It was 7:50 PM then.

Well "NO PROBLEMO" I said to myself, There are still a couple of options left on the desk. Lets try out the other one, Muri express. Well I was left stranded when i heard that Muri was running late by six hours. One more option I thought which I knew was a sureshot. So I enquired about the chattisgarh express. Another bsombshell dropped on my head. Chattisgarh had a route bypassing Delhi since last month. Oh boy, this was already heading about to be dramatic night. I tried every train I could get my hands onto heading north, But to no avail. As I was thinking about a Volvo deluxe bus option for which I would have to wait another 3 hours, I saw a Rajdhani express to Jammu standing on a platform from a distance. I enquired about its timing and stoppages. It could have been an option to reach jalandhar. From jalandhar I could go to asr even in a bus. To my surprise It only had a stoppage at Ludhiana at 1 AM. So I started planning for a way to get to home. A foolish yet could-be-effective strategy was sprouting in my mind. I decided to talk to TT and tried to have a connection till Ldh . I could always catch the golden temple again at 3:30 AM as their would plenty of vacant seats in Ldh. The TT was quite stubborn and demanded that I would have to be made a ticket which would have cost me a fortune. I with the old cheap college convincing that " sir, college ke hain, padte hain, train miss ho gayi , sir itna nahin". He finally decided to give me a seat for a fare compensation. It was a very comfortable journey and had a grand dinner in it as well. I slept for a couple of hours and reached Ldh at 1AM.

As I left the train, Darbhanga express was standing in front of me. It was supposedly running late by some sixteen hours or so. I asked if it was heading in my preferrable direction or not. Now a darbhnga isnt a kind of train you would generally get onto unless there is an emergency. The train is one of the rickiest you will ever see with the wood panels above windows coming off. At some parts even the roof is missing. It was a train we made fun of as " the time and over raided train coming from bihar" during our college days. At that hour of night the train was scantily filled up with human souls. I looked up my options once again. Either I could wait for a couple of hours at Ldh or move with the flurry of events and get on board. I decided the latter option. I had not seen a more dismal train compartment than this my entire life. Some luggage shelves overhead were also missing. I took a place in a vacant window seat and the train started moving. I was completely taken aback by sheer speed at which the train was running. It was lightening quick. I could feel the chills of the plains of punjab which was such a discussed topic in the last couple of days. Oh boy, It was cold.

As I thought that all comedy of errors had ended during the night, A shabby looking young man came up to me after hearing some people whispering about "finally we will be reaching amritsar and all" and asked me that " sir, yeh train darbhanga hi ja rahi hai na. Main to ambala se yehi poochkar chada tha ke yeh darbhanga express hi hain na". I had no idea if I should be amazed at the heights of ignorancy or the lack of communication proficiency. I told him that the train was right, just that the direction in wihch uou were travelling was wrong.

I finally reached Amritsar at 3:15 AM. When I think about it, I started at 8:45 PM at reached at 3:15 AM. This is almost the same time Shatabdi express takes to reach Amritsar from Delhi. Fine, I agree that the manner wasn't the most sophisticated one. But still turned out to be an out of a box experience once again.

After all this, It even feels much more better to be home. Slugging it out in metros and comforts of being at home are two different things all together. The experience again gave the messy feeling of the college travelling days. And being messy makes me feel that I am living, and that too in the best possible manner filling up an out of the world experience stack each time with some new foolishness.

And , Relaince power listing on monday. Really looking forward to it like you all. Lets hope that it gives nice opening gains to capitalize upon !!!!!!