The COOKING week :)

Yeah this week I had just seen the Kitchen I guess  :) .. Monday morning is always a hurry burry.... so after a busy monday morning @office when I came back home , I just cooked phulka & some subji ... I m trying right now so hard to remember which subji did I make... But cant recall.... Ahhh yes it was Paneer ...As tuesday went by, the work in office started getting more hectic.... but again same I was in kitchen till 10 pm making dinner, cleaning the puja valak etc....

Managing work & home is a difficult job I must admit... But yes it is very satisfactory as well after a well served day :) ..Wednesday I cant recall at all....So now comes thrusday I took the day off since Amma had a cataract operation thankfully this got over in just an  hour... Actually I would like to describe how I my thrusday had been... Got up at 5 .30 am to prepare our breakfast & preparing for Amma's things which we would need to take to the hospital... At 7.15 we were expected to be at the hospital. Me, with Amma & Appa reached around 7.20 and Amma had to get some BP check up and then around 8.10 she went inside the OT... The doctor (Dr. Amar Agarwal) got into the OT about 8.37 am and then the attendent called me and led me to a side room where I could see everything in how the operation was done and the new multifocal lens was inserted into her eye in a screen.. and within 4 mins we got a nod from the Doctor that the operation was successful... Amma was out by 8.50 and we were home by 9.15 Am...

So once I was back home there was house work to do... So thrusday went on just taking care of Amma and me resting on a weekday... :) .. Come friday and I was wondering what to make for breafast and I ended up making Potato stuff bread patties for all of us and Oats for Amma.... So friday evening its time for Chapati and My sister in law making yum Dum Aaloo....and crispy cookies for desert...

Saturday morning I got certified for making Authentic Southindian Sambhar from my Mother in law ( you know how  much it means right? :)) .... I was happy.. then comes the sad news.. it was 9.30 and the maid didnt turn up... So  this means that I end up doing all the dishes of the previous night as well the morning... So a very tiring day and then to make things easy I thought I would just make something simple for Lunch... So there I was making vegetable pulav... thankgod it turned up well :) ....

And then just a little bit of a rest in the afternoon and video chatting with my darling... and evening I  went out for a walk and while walking and talking to my hubby I decided to make veg chowmein for dinner...

And what best compliment could I get when my Brother in law says it tastes like Mainland China :) ... I was glad and today morning...

Happy Holi... I got up missing Gomes and my whole family and so to say Delhi... I missed the colours.. it is our first holi after marriage but we were not together to celebrate it.. But I got myself distracted and got into my normal routine of making breakfast... So for breafast I made Tomato -Onion Chutney & cocunut chutney along with Dosa... And another compliment from my BIL... The chutney tasted like Saravana Bhawan,.... Now I could not hold onto my thoughts of actually opening a restaurant....

Anyhow I decided to make a proper southindian meal  for lunch...

So here goes what I made ... there was Semiya Payasam, Murungaikai  ((Drumstick) Sambhar, Carrot & beans Poriyal and rice.. and when I pronounce these in this manner it means it is cooked in the  proper Southern way  with no North flavour....

Once I was done with all this comes the pack of the day.. my SIL & BIL comes from behind and colour me in all colours of love... and beyond this I need not say.. the picture says...Even our dogs played with colours :)

With Ginger

Me with Divya & Adithya

In all this I just missed my home & gomes the most... but these guys made my day.... They are a darling... Thank U Divs & Aadi :) ...

And once we got ourself cleaned and had the southindian flavoured food.... wherein the compliment I received from Appa was wow the look has the southindian touch and the Vanilla flavoured Payasam won the championship of the best item :) ...

OK Now I think its enough of food for me for now.. Evening I went and met Rajesh, Ramya, Shankar & Guru & for a change for this week ordered Pizza from Dominos there... :)...

Happy Holi.... May ur life be filled with colours....

Quarter Anniversary :)

Its been 3 months that I m married..

 So first thing first this post is a dedication or celebration of our (Me & my loving Husband) quartanniversary ... And its been almost close to a month that he has left for US but today I m missing him a lot.. Since morning my day has been very hectic @work.. Client's visit and loads of mails to answer since I went back to work after my Delhi break just today.. But in all this throughout the day I hv been missing him..

Dont know first thing I felt when I got up today was I m blessed.. truly blessed.. To have him in my life... We had started off as friends and then became very close friends and then there was a day when he went down on One knee ( yes its true) ... and asked me if I would marry him.... And I didnt know what to reply .. I was taken aback but deep within my heart I knew the kind of person I m, only my best friend can handle me ;) or so to say bear with me...

Last three months had been wonderful... with loads of fight and pampering.. and loads of wonderful memories... On this day I remember something his friend said when he told him that he has asked me " That his life is kind of same as what happens in FRIENDS (SITCOM)  and he has lived in what he truly believes..." BTW he loves FRIENDS (THE SITCOM)

Today it seems like a dream... Since after a lot of twist n turn .. some bitter n sweet experiences that I have been through I had though I cannot get married or so to say I didnt want to get married... But He had changed my thoughts and he is the best thing that has ever happened to me :)

Actually I can go on n on about him but I would stop here... Was missing him on this day and wanted to wish him and thank him for being in my life and sharing my life.... So thought of sharing my thoughts with my blog

... Happy 3rd Moniversary :)

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The week of adjustments

The week that past had a lot of changed in it...I have been working over 6 yrs now in the Indian IT industry and have been used to the 5 day week cycle...Come Friday and it TGIF :)  Happiness and smiles and loads of weekend wishes to each n everyone around.. But this week started with the News that since our project is behind schedules now we need to follow the 6 day week concept as our Client does...
So yep on a Monday morning when me and My team was in full swing to make it up for the Last weeks missed deadlines, we got this news... With a very heavy heart or I should mind we said NO we cannot come on a Saturday...

And all six of us from different modules of the ERP had our own reasons which varied from travel issues to newly married ... New born  baby to No personal time.... But by the end of Monday we were prepared that there is no choice and it is not optional for Us but it is a mandate that we need to come and work on a Saturday as well.. Most of Manufacturing concerns in India work on a six day week concept, so it was not difficult or undo-able but I guess we were just so much clinged to the 2 day weekend feeling...
Anyways so finally by Tuesday we got in in our head that we have to work on Saturdays as well... Most of us were very busy completing our work so that there was no backlogs this week atleast...
I have completed mine... I was more looking for ward to my weekend travel to Delhi ... After  marriage this is the first time I m going to see my parents though the timing didnt matter much cos before my marriage as well I used to go to Delhi once in 3 to 4 months...

Then wednesday was just another day with lot of travel ( I travel for almost 3 to 4 hrs a day To n Fro my clientsite) .... Thursday evening when I came back home from work I had guest.. My sister in laws friend... Nice .. it was really nice to see gurls having fun... They are in college and enjoying life.. giggling.... smiling.. laughing... Nail painting.. ;) ... I missed my friends... really missed them... Gurls if u r listening or reading... i missed u sooooooooooo much then... I can name some of them... Nidhi, Bhuvana, Shilpi, Roohi, Deepa, Sonia, Anita, Preeti... Dont know why but I liked them (Sister in law n her friend)  having fun  and wanted to them to have as much fun  as possible before they get into some seriousness of life n career...

Then evenings were devoted to my husband... and the best part was I could watch him now.. So everytime I saw him online I wanted him to turn on the Webcam so that I can see him.. Though he gets annoyed or feels conscious... But he is a darling.. he still comes on Webcam and I can see him... I missed him.. then came friday when I wanted to do with my packing since I had to take the Saturday early morning flight.. but when I came home from work.. Actually these days I come home early around 7 in the evening, since we have saturdays working we are leaving early...

Now this whole schedule of leaving early doesnt actually work for me, cos post lunch there is no time left to complete some work and suddenly its 5 in the evening when we need to start for home.. So this is a whole different story which I would share some other time...So back to friday evening.. we all were hooked to our TPs (Think Pad) to complete stuff and I had to stay back since I would not be attending office till tuesday the 8th March I had to complete some stuff... So others in my team left and I was there doing my work... Suddenly theres No TGIF.. no happy feeling.. people just said a normal Bye and left... After a lot of traffic and road block when I reach home.. I had another guest.. this was my cousin Sister in law who had come to visit us since it was a weekly off for her... Last time when she was here I promised her to cook a good NorthIndian meal but since she was there without any prior information all I could do was bake a vanilla cake...
Happily it came out well and she loved it too.... In between my daily chores of cleaning the kitchen and stuff cleaning the Diya for puja and well .. I did manage to bake it well in fact I made it in cooker eggless Vanilla Cake...and then we all had dinner.. ... Once all this was done, I tried to finish my packing for the travel... It was late in the night when I finally mange to speak to my husband.....This distance between us makes us closer and farther to each other both at the sometime..... We fight often cos we miss each other and me miss each other so we fight.. He is very busy with his schedules and I sometimes understand and sometimes dont.. so we dont have time.. when he is free to talk then I m travelling to office so theres a lot of honking and eventually we keep the phone down...So for now I m waiting to see him and be with him...

Then came saturday and at 5 in the morning I was off to the Airport to go to Delhi... and then on its been just lazying around and relaxing..... Delhi has changed a lot, especially since CWG 2010... its clean and greener... Sometimes the True Delhiite in me wakes up and craves for tikki and mehendi on the roadside...the colours of delhi , the winter of delhi... Hmmm but gone is gone.. For now I m just having fun at home.. Mom & Dad.. Sister n bro...and my lovely Niece Aadya....

So loving it......... the week that started with an adjustment of giving away a day from the WEEKEND... has ended off feeling relaxed and enjoying the lovely weather of Delhi for now :) .....