Monday 23 February, 2009

Mahashivratri goodies

We at Nestle had a chhutti on Mahashivratri which fell on Monday, 23 Feb this year. This made it a fantastic 3 day long weekend (only for me), Etch was (ofcourse!) working on Monday. I have been fasting on Mahashivratri since I was a kid (believe it or not!) and got my husband into it the same way that every maharashtrian is – ‘Sabudana khichdi’ and ‘ Variche tandul with danya chi amti’ – Pictures have been picked from the internet and not shot at home This time it was by far the best khichdi I have ever made – I think it was really close to the one Aai makes…and that makes me very happy! Etch was maha impressed by the goodies and smilingly fasted all day. And this is when he hasn’t even tasted ‘Ratalyacha kees’ – we will keep that for a Sankashti The other great thing about Mahashivratri this time was that it gave me the opportunity to watch history unfold live. I watched the Oscars with my morning cuppa tea and enjoyed every bit of it – the tea, the Oscars show and ofcourse Rahman winning 2 statuettes. That kept me on a high all day long. I had just watched Slumdog Millionaire on Saturday night (on Tata Sky Rs 25 only!) and was really happy to see the slum kids enjoy themselves at the Oscars. The beauty of this Slumdog team was that they actually looked like one big happy family and the camaraderie did not seem fake at all Incidently, apart from Slumdog I also watched Delhi 6, Jaane tu ya jaane na and Dor. Delhi 6 makes you think – each one of us is faced by this option are some point in our life, atleast we think about it every now and then. The question remains, what is it that you choose? Hmm... I realise I have drifted farrr away from the topic up here and hence... All in all a good weekend!

Saturday 21 February, 2009

Which desperate housewife are you?

After I read Avanti's blog on this topic, I got thinking and I was totally sure I would be Bree. Well, I was wrong - I was Gabby too! So I took another quiz on a different site (which had different questions obviously) and did not rig them!! And guess what, I DID turn out to be Bree... But I think when I was supposed to be Gabby - it was the more recent Gabby from Season 4 - where she is the mum of 2. I think I could be that one you know... Here is a link to another quiz - if you are not satisfied with the previous results ;)

Friday 20 February, 2009

I am going to blog more...

As a person who used to keep a diary and use the pen to express myself, I think I should be blogging more frequently. Its just that the moment I feel like saying something, its easier to get the pen and paper than access the internet. I am sure many of you would completely disagree with that but that is what I think...