Movies/My fav videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNB6n0FfqAU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCEUTLnCWWU

I watch these videos whenever I want to bring myself up and keep going on with life.

I watched "Man on fire" the last weekend and there was a dialogue that Denzel Washington (my favvvv) tells a little girl when she was worried about her swimming competition. The girl feels that she is going to be tough and Denzel replies "There's no such thing as tough. You're either trained or untrained. Now which one are you?"
woooo I loved it.

There are a lot more great dialogues from English movies which I watched and inspired after coming to US and I am trying to make a collection of those scenes.

Movies are always my inspiration. Books also do at times but movies are always easy for me to grab things and start acting immediately.

J

Climate and Mind

I have this behaviour in myself. Whenever I see a climatic condition, my mind travels so fast to my past life and get back the feeling that I had during the same climate. For e.g whenever I see a very sunny morning, I quickly remember the school days, especially the exam time (April, May in India) and I get a fear/tension in myself as if I have an exam today. Whenever I see a cloudy day, I remember my paati veedu stay where we just used to have fun during the holidays and mazhai varuthaanu paati paaka sonnathu, mottai maadila poyitu, kaanja thuni elaam edhuthutu vaanu sonathu, oru maathri relaxed feeling irukum. Konjam trees iruka idam and nizhal iruka idam paatha college/hostel gavanam varum.

Mind ku evlo power la..It captures the moments with the environment, people, feelings that we had during the moment and climate too in my case and store it forever.

J

Rava Laddoo

A is a big fan of sweets. Have been thinking to prepare this sweet since some time.

sema easy and can be prepared in 20 - 25min. Yummy laddoos are ready :-)

click here for recipe

J

Dasavatharam mania!

Booked tickets for Sunday..woo hoo :)

Have you started working?

I hate that question. Inum sila per, chumma nakkal panratha nenachu, "inum vettiya dhaan irukiya"nu kaekapaangha. Thats not funny to hear. They really dont know how it hurts. I used to feel answerable to everyone and I feel a bit insulted/inferior when someone asks me this question as if I am not working now. It made me think a lot about defining 'work'. do you consider something as work only if it produces monetary output? apdina, 'have you started making money"nu la kaekaenum. Just bcos I dont earn money, I cannot answer that I am not working.

Every family member has a share of their work/contribution to lead their life. Why doesnt it consider as work? ippadi dhaan irukanumnu rule irukapa oruthar disciplined'a irukarthula periya vishayam ilai. eppadi venumnaalum irukalaamnu situation irukappa kooda disciplined'a irukarthu romba kashtam. I do have my own challenges, dreams and the work/research/training that I do myself to achieve it, fears to overcome etc--I have lot of work to keep myself physically/mentally active all the day. ennoda job la break eduthu 1.5 yrs aaga pothu, I have never felt idle so far. bcos I have improved a lot in many dimensions of personality/life and I keep 'working' on it and I am really happy for what I am. I cannot explain all these to everyone. Nowadays, I dont want to explain it too. ippa kooda intha post first publish panitu apram delete paniten..dont want to make a big deal out of it..but still this is my blog.

ippadi elaam irukarthanalayae I tend to keep away from people and I dont want to do it :( yaarkitayathu pesarathukae thayakama iruku. adhutha question avangha pidikathatha kaetu, marubadi kovam varumnu thonuthu. But I am trying to control myself and understand the other person's view too. I realize that its people mentality/curiousity to know the happenings at the other person's life. I just dont like someone asking the same question with sarcasm/humorous. apadi kindala ponunghala kaetu kaetu pazhakam aayiduchu neriya peruku. Anyways ennoda approach dhaan maathanum. am working on it :-)

btw, intha maathri kaekarappa enna reply panrathu? Somewhere I read that if you dont want to or dont feel like answering a question, ask the other person "why do you want to know it?". how far does that work? any idea?

p.s Me comment paathutu, intha post'oda serious mood'ae already enaku poyiduchu...cha:-
)

J

Cabbage Pakoda

Pakoda is my fav. esp namma oorla kedaikarathu. chinna kadaila kooda supera irukum. Hyderabad'la irunthappa, angha iruka pakoda namma oor taste'ae varaathu.
Last week I tried preparing cabbage pakoda. It came out super awesome. sema crispy and kadaila vaanghi saapdra maathriyae irunthathu. en kai'la irunthu ivalo sirantha output vanthathu paathu full satisfied :p

thought of sharing here...

Recipe Source: SpiceIndiaOnline.com

Preparation: easyo easy :)

J