Frozen products project underway...!

      Cooking and experimenting specific cuisine and yummy dishes is on one side but obviously if it is yummy it's gona be a burden elsewhere either on your heart or on your butt or everywhere :-D but cooking up yummy dishes then posting those pics on social media and not being able to cook for everyday and depending on mommy's kitchen for the same is not happening.
      So I am working on this aspect of my culinary skills right now to be able to cook everyday food which is obviously a whole other cuisine on its own, especially in today's world i think it has become one where the everyday food has to be a healthy one which will work to balance out the damages done by the the yummy dishes which has to be practiced to ingest once in a while and not make it a regular food. I know to cook and do everyday dishes but being regular at it is difficult to me, to make time to process the veggies especially and stand in front of the stove until it is done, goes no one even myself likes a charred or compromised food.
      Also while i was researching on the freezing of veggies/food, i learnt that when the veggies reach your home they are already aged - thing about it - they were grown in a farm miles away, they were harvested and no one knows how many days it was put aside before it got onto a road trip, and no one knows how many days it spent on the road, then it spends few more days in the vegetable supermarket near our house after which you and I happen to pick it up, we bring it home call it fresh veggies/fruits (Are they really fresh?), well we without using our brains say what our elders said... On top of this we don't use up these veggies on the same day, nor do we buy veggies for everyday in small quantities, with the way our lives have changed in this new era atleast we mostly buy in bulk, eventually some veggies do go waste coz of the number of days we take to use them up - the aging gets the best of us and speeds through resulting in rotting of a few veggies/fruits before we could use them up. I hope you got a new perspective on the so called fresh veggies we have been using this far. (I know a few have been fortunate to have a farm close by to get fresh produce for real in which case you are really lucky but so is not the case with most of us who reach out to supermarkets for veggies/fruits).
      If then you ask me how is freezing a solution, here is how it is - so while aging is efficiently happening in our fresh produce especially where the temperature is hot and humid, even the fridge will only extend the shelf life of veggies by a couple of days not more. Your money goes to a waste anyways. It is a bit of work in processing the veggies to freeze 'em up but definitely worth it. Right, so when veggies are kept out or when cut (Not only when you chop but I mean here any kind of damage to its natural covering), the aging enzymes are produced with time which lead them to destruction faster. So buy fresh veggies, process them and freeze them appropriately and guess what these enzymes which lead to the rotting of fresh produce do not get created and the aging activity of the same is brought to a standstill as enzymes are created at a particular temperature which never falls in the minus category as inside the freezer. You can use fresh frozen produce for upto 6 months - all it takes is a day of work for the processing.
      It is definitely a solution to the age we live in where all in the household are working and cooking at home is felt to be an extra work, resulting in people sorting to eating out mostly. God knows how much hygiene is maintained at places where we eat? what kind of fats are used there? how the veggies etc were cleaned? how clean the staff themselves are? who knows how they have processed/cut veggies etc in their kitchen with all the juices/dirt of their bare hands induced into what we get to put into our mouths or have they cleaned their hands or used a glove to do the same (I so doubt this though... using gloves thinggy coz people are plain lazy and dont care about others... sad but true...)?
      Anyways i fully recommend home food at all times... with diligent planning and execution im sure this is a definite possibility! And freezing is one method you can add to this list for sure!!!

I have for now frozen only carrots and beans many more will join the list in the days to come...

Build space for passion No.1 - "Cooking" - DONE!

      It's been raining cats and dogs here since this evening! A big problem to Bangaloreans on the road though people like me (Now sitting @home) welcome it gladly after a period of exposure to the scorching heat... I hope people on roads now are safe...
      Alright, now that i've discovered one of my passions had to do something about it... right? So have I... :)
I have been collecting these kitchen accessories/gadgets/appliances for a really longggggg time now... and voila my cute lil kitchen space is finally built on this day and all my collection is falling into its rightful place!!! Yippieeeeee tnx to God for all the blessings in all sizes and packets He has showered upon me all along to make this day a reality :) :) :)
      It for sure is a dream come true for me. I'm so happy that I felt like blogging and remembering this day  like forever, hmm until technology is alive (eh everything comes with a shelf life... gota accept that and make hay while the sun shines!). My mom's a good cook, no complaints there but she ain't passionate about it unlike me. I'm more into the presentation, methods, flavours and the variety of cooking across borders that is... and doing a fusion with 'em... just my kinda thing. And now that my lil space is almost all set the chef-moi will soon put her hat on and INDULGE!!! Yuhooooooo... just thinking about it makes me wana get started but first things first gota completely set it up in a practical/functional way to maintain hygiene you see. The plan for now is to slowly start with the basics, understand the basics and strengthen my foundation first and then move on to other spices/flavours hunting... so let's see how things go from here... i shall keep updating...
And if anybody has any suggestions or advice and have been through this and wana give me some feedback/ prerequisites etc... please feel free and let me know...

Until next time... Take good care! :)

Zeroed in on one Passion for sure - Cooking!

Though it's been just few weeks of not cooking I always end up feeling like it's been ages and that I've lost in touch with a part of myself, a part of my soul. Life does take a toll on us living in this horrific and terrifying 21st century with financial commitments to keep up, emotional balance to maintain, performance pressures to address to at work, mental sanity to recognize and let exist. . .etc makes it difficult to just stay intact and keep oneself together at all times. May be all don't go through this but I definitely go through phases, phases that make me reflect, rectify and respond, ultimately making me the person I am in the now. I sure am going through one of those phases now especially after losing my best friend and brother a few days ago (May he RIP). But I guess no matter what one should always have least one passion to seek refuge in, to help one come out of the rabbit hole. . .can't say life puts us in but in reality we ourselves do.
This has always been my trend in a way. . .when I happen to go through these phases only food gives me pleasure whether it passes through my oesophagus or a visual treat to my eyes via some cookery based shows or films. Only difference this far is that this time I gave it a thought and so I declare this to be one of my passions and I want to master this art, I want to be introduced to the world of foods properly, I want to know them inside out this time not just merely following a recipe anymore. . . I'm right now preping up my little kitchen and soon the desired rendezvous shall happen. . .

So long folks ttys tc :)

How does your room look?

Do you at times ask yourself these question/s?

• Why my life has become such a mess?

• Why am I such a mess?
• Why can't I think clear?... And so on, you get the point…

Or the so who call themselves "Perfectionists" let me first tell you I don’t believe in this concept coz no one can ever be perfect… anyways… do you know why you are the way you are or why you do what you do the way you do? I may not have the whole answer myself for this but I am trying to point to those who have such friends… I think they could learn one or two from their friends… I am a believer of "You become who your friends are, so choose them wisely!" saying :-)

You must be wondering the above para has nothing to do with the title of this article… :-D Patience my friend… :-)

So how does your room look on a daily basis? I'm not referring to how your room looks on occasions when you have it all made up and ready to click pics to post on FB :-D Have a hard look around your den… I mean NOW… Done? Ok here is the truth - the state of your room is the exact reflection of the STATE OF YOUR MIND!!!

You could say naaahhhhhh my room is cluttered/ untidy with things thrown around coz I've lots of work these days, I'm too busy, I don’t have the time to keep my room tidy but I'm good at my work and am actually doing well at it or that you are just lazy which is another topic… but the first few are the common excuses than the latter. May be it is true but if you don’t take action now you are slowly clogging your brain and transforming it's original agile state to that of an opposite nature.

I kind of find them to be directly proportional in nature, that is to say as your room gets tidier… so does your mind and inturn your life ultimately; and as your mind gets more and more clearer in its thinking so does your surrounding and the place you dwell. If you don’t agree to me right now, observe it in the days to come. And if you just had an Ahaaaa moment focus on it and take action to benefit you in the days to come.

In other words this is my strategy rather, you could follow it too… I don’t wait until my brain gets clogged to take action on it, it might be too late too at times, so on a regular basis I make sure I clear the clutter that gets created with the busy lifestyle we all have these days. I try to make life simpler and as systematic as possible coz life is simple unless we choose to complicate it which almost seems to be the nature of our highly evolved brain. This is true only when you don’t fully realize the potential of the most precious organ you possess - your BRAIN and don’t yet know on how to utilize it. Good news is the brain is more of a tool we have, can be trained and used to its best potential, controlled by us but often we let it control us - this is where things turn upside down/change tracks in an adverse way.

Well it is all a journey, don’t rush anything in life, let it take its course but then give heed to everything that comes your way, as it comes to you for a reason and comes to only you to take notes in life's classroom. Nothing is random or a coincidence. Enjoy the experience!!!

That's it for now… hope to catch up soon ;-)

Happy 2013!!!

A fresh start... a new beginning!

Hello everyone!!!

Hope all are doing great!

I've always been fascinated by life and rather quite curious about it's working from childhood. Well when i say childhood, lets say my grey cells got functional and started to think on their own from an age of seven or eight, approximately somewhere there. Till then i did what i was told to do and how i was told to do 'em... well i know quite a few of us still do it this way :-) I just hope you all wake up sooner than when too late... Good luck for that!

So, I was telling you about my fascination in understanding life's working, in trying to decode it's pattern. I've worked on it for long and hard but I've only come close to saying "Life follows the patterns of mother Nature!" which is quite vague and i know when i say that it is ambiguous and yet there is a reference point. But so far this is one truth I have unlocked and i know there are many many more to unlock (Unlock! the generation and our activities do define our lingo for us :-D). Anyways, just when i thought i had unveiled "Life" it surprises me with an event and gives me a shocker conveying "I still know nothing about it!"... it's been doing this for quite a while now. And now i feel like i've been just born into this world, in a way this feeling seems like a good one for me at this point as i've decide to embark on this discovering, self-revealing journey called "Life". I have taken life seriously but never was productive with it to my potential, so i've decided to alter my startegy a li'l and do it systematically this time around. Luckily this hugeeeeeeeee (tentatively ;-P ) baby knows to read/write and document, so i can document my growth, the journey called "Life" and disclose it's teachings as best as I can!

As and when I learn the teachings life has to offer me, I will document them and as my friends please do read them and give me your feedback which is most welcome and needed - even from the critics, the negative - i'll ignore (i've learned to do this :-D), the constructive - i shall appreciate and try to apply and the positive - i'd definitely love to hear about for they will keep me going for long!

And if any were useful to you, atleast if i can reach out to one person out there i would think i've achieved my goal rather one of my goals ;-) So here i go... One life and i wana live it this time!... ;-)
Wish me LUCK!

Salute!!!
Here's to a fresh start, to a new beginning and to a King-size LIFE!
Rock-On!

One last letter to my folks!

Revisiting the day I almost died on 3rd September 2009 a full moon Thursday, I was wondering now, if my body had ceased to exist in this world that night my parents would have never known how I truly felt about them and what would I have wanted to communicate to them - the core of the matter. So I thought it is never too late to do it now and so here it goes the thoughts that were running in my mind during those uncertain 72 Hrs in the ICU…

"Dear Mom and Dad,

I strongly believe that God created me before I was even conceived in your lovely warm womb and then He chose you as an instrument to bring me into this beautiful world, I could not thank Him enough for choosing you as a couple to foster, nourish, take care and bring me up. Thank you God for everything!

From the time you have conceived me Mommy dear till date you have been the best Mom one can have and I've always felt cared for, loved and a whole lot of other good emotions but most of all I've always felt special knowing God chose such a magnificent lady to be My-Mother when in real you could have ruled the world with your talent and charm and beauty… but when he has chosen you to take care of me full time I felt and knew the love God had for me. You are the best! You rock! There is not another like you and I am glad that you have been mine for the years I've been alive. I am sorry for all those times that I've broken your heart or hurt your feelings, know that none of those were intentional. I've always loved you from the bottom of my heart, shared my life with you literally and you were my only best friend in this world out there. I love you Mom and I hope I have lived upto your expectations if not all atleast in most of the cases. Mom you should know I'm not perfect and you never expected me to be, thank you for that but in everything I did I tried and did my best, I gave my 100% to life though life has been challenging for me in every possible way from the very first breathe I've taken in this world. Thank you for being there for me always! I've loved you the most in my life and I will always miss you. Please do not miss me for I will always live in your hearts for ever!

All my childhood best memories have you in them Dad for you were the one who took me out and taught me to play for the first time. Though later on in life we had our differences, still the bond remained, the biological connection always stayed stronger. You taught me many things in life from how to read, to study, to laying a foundation for my successfully schooling, being there for me for all the exams I've given even for my MBA exams till this far in life… thank you for it all. Thank you for being there as one on whom I could depend on at any time of my life. I apologize to you too for the times I might have hurt your feelings, again none were intentional but were emotional and true. I wish I could have stuck around for a while longer and supported you in every possible way but when the Creator calls no one has a say in it. I hope you understand and take good care of self and mommy for me. Please know that I did my best to be your daughter and bring you pride and I hope I have fulfilled it to a certain extent and not disappointed you both in any way. I will miss you.

I thank you both for allowing me to be a part of your lives together. We have had ups and downs in our lives but always it was a fun ride in a well knit family - a beautiful trio. I loved the fact that I got all the attention of you both and got completely spoilt and was the darling of the house at all times. You did the best job in bringing me up physically, emotionally & spiritually!

Love you the most…………

With tight warmest hugs, lasting kisses and cherished memories...

Your's forever daughter, child & baby……. Di"

Strangest Stranger...

Thorns & flowers, ying & yang - ME (Tattooed - 22nd Dec 2008)

Life is the strangest Stranger I've ever met,
Things fall apart when all seems to be set;
Happy for ya for ya found all that ya wan'ed,
Sad for me for I found not what I needed.

Tears flow now for no reason,
Thoughts wander in ma head in all season;
Why had ya to come into my life,
Only ta cause with myself strife.

YOU fished me outa this crowd,
Where I was in ma own world proud;
YOU caused me to fall into this maze,
Now ya turn ya back on me n betray me on my face.

Super-natural beings force me to trek,
To make ma life a ship-wreck;
For what happened, have no one to blame,
not even maself... to set aflame...

What will I do?
Whom to seek refuge to?
All has caused so much of frustation...
I don't anymore know ma destination...

Life is the strangest Stranger I've ever met...!

~ Di (14th April 2008)