My attempt at Cooking

This was the result of my first attempt at Cooking: Chicken in white wine and mushroom sauce and stir fried veggies. Sadly, no pics of my awesome apple pie were taken. :( But enjoy these for now

Till my next cooking adventure
xoxo
The Rambler

Chanel Pearls

Need to buy ASAP... Only cash's a problem. :P

Off to gather some money to buy it

xoxo

The Rambler

Those annoying taxi drivers

Have you ever lived in Mumbai? Have you ever lived this side of Bandra where the taxi drivers reign? Have you noticed how unspeakably annoying they are? The whole lot of them. Not even one of them is good enough to travel for minimum fare.
Today was the limit. I was already late for office. Despite my most arduous effort to make it on time, yet again. Anyway, not a single one, not even one would stop for me and take me to the Dadar station. Just because it is minimum fare. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Thank god I love my hair too much or I swear I would be pulling it out. And so I trudged in the heat, laptop and charger in my backpack (And hey... the charger adds like 1 kilo to the backpack weight) all the way to the station. All my efforts of putting on gloss and nice kajal washed away with my sweat. Yes, I was sweating like a pig. A big bulbous fat pig! Thank god I was not wearing pink.
At least I got one piece of mercy today and the train arrived on time.
I was cursing those taxi drivers all along the way. Seriously, they are the most annoying people I have ever faced in my life.
Waiting not to take another taxi ride in my life EVER
xoxo
The Rambler

STATIONERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Call me a nerd or the goddess of nerdness if you wanna, but is there anything better than stationery? I mean, come on, the smell of the fresh pages of the book when you open it for the first time, the crisp ink that flows out of the nib of the just recently filled ink pen (or blots as the case may be ), the sharpness of the tip of a newly sharpened pencil... I mean its all wonderful...isn't it?
I have been collecting stationery since god knows when. I love collecting flags of different types, stick ons of different color, staplers, punchers... You name it and I have it or I'll buy it.
I love spending hours at the stationery shop. I have so much fun trying out each pen. Be it glitter pens, Ball pens, Ink pens, Roller ball pens, etc etc... Yeah, I know, I know too many pens for my own good. Sad it is. But then, it is SO MUCH FUNNNNNNNN
I love spiral notebooks. They are so much easier to fold and write into. And you can keep a pen where the spiral is. You know what I like more than Spiral notebooks? Spiral notebooks with dividers in them for different sections. Super cool they are.
Sometimes I think, the only reason I attend classes are so I can use my stationery.
And I use my books so that I can adorn them with flags.
And I take notes so that I can see the ink flowing out of the pen onto the paper.

The blue looks so brilliant
The black so sombre and deep
The red, displaying flamboyance
As the pens across the paper sweep

Yes... stationery does have the power to inspire poetic thoughts in me. Complete slave I become when I see a stationery shop. And ask the shopkeepers to get me to show everything they have. Until my mother literally drags me out of the shop. Ok... not literally. But then she is my funding source for stationery...
Stationery gives kind of a high. On my recent trip to London I spent some 10 pounds on stationery... :-| I know... Should trim down on such frivolous spendings... But it was a red LSE notebook and a red folder... I didn't have those with me. :P Well, my mom wasn't convinced with that reason anyway. And the worst part is,  I doubt I am ever going to use that notebook... Its so prettyyyyyyyyyy
I think I have waxed poetic enough (is that correct english???) on Stationery. I should stop. Maybe not. No I should... Arghhhhhhhhhh
Anyway,
Till my next quota of stationery shopping
xoxo
The Rambler

To do list if and when I have money to spare

I think I am going back to my old lazy days of not posting on the blog. What to do? I blame it on my genes. I am definitely sure that there's a laziness gene. When and if I make enough money, I am going to sponsor a research on this. Definitely! On the top of my to do list when you have money to spare.
And since we are on the topic of things to do when and if I have money to spare, here's the entire list:

1. Fund a research on the laziness gene
2. Buy a Buggati Veyron
3. Buy a Berkin
4. Buy one dress from Oscar de la Renta, Elie Saab and Marchesa each
5. Buy Cartier jewelery and Harry Winston diamonds
6. Open a Swiss Bank account
7. Buy a house on the Upper East Side, French Riviera and Monaco
8. Buy a dress made of French Chantilly lace
9. Go eat at all those restaurants which I had mentioned in an earlier post
10. Open an ice cream place where they make all kinds of icecream except butterscotch
11. Buy a Belgian chocolate making factory
12. Get my own sushi chef
13. Get my own Chuck Bass and Mr. Darcy
14. Get J.K. Rowling to change the ending of the last Harry Potter book
15. Watch a Wimbledon final

I guess Money can buy happiness. If not, it can compensate in some awesome ways. :P
Well, I wanna add some more points to this list. But right now, this is where the list stands.
Lessee how the plan goes.
Till we meet again
xoxo
The Rambler

UNCLE CHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you know why railways are the best form of train travel? Coz, you get things that you would never get otherwise. Like the packets of Uncle Chips I found today at one stall at Kanjurmarg station. Uncle Chips isn't available in Bombay...one major fault with this city. It wasn't available until now anyway.

So, this guy who owns the stall... He has all these different brands of chips... ONLY CHIPS. So today, I found my precious Uncle Chips. :D :D
I was going to buy 10 packets. But then carrying them would've been a problem. (Plus, I think I would've looked a little crazy) So I bought only two. However, I finished one on the way. :( Too much of a glutton I am... Sigh. What to do now?
Anyway, I've decided to buy 2 packets everyday and stock up.
Also, the world is ending on May 20th... so I should satiate my greed for Uncle Chips before I die. :) And watch Pirates of the Caribbean...in 3D. My parents refuse to come with me to watch the Pirates of the Caribbean in 3D... I think they wouldn't watch it even if it were in 1D... the sadness. Anyway, I've been asking people to go see the movie with me. I like company while watching movies... So right now hopefully Raghu will come watch the movie with me. :)
Anyway, gotta go now.
Dinner beckons
Till my next dose of uncle chips
xoxo
The Rambler

A royal affair

Will and Kate got married... I loved the dress... I thought it was brilliant in its simplicity. I liked Pippa Middleton's dress too.
I used to like Prince William... But now he looks old. And I've never been crazy over Harry... not like I have him swooning over me... But whatever. :P
Anyway, I have been busy pinning on pinterest.com.
Go join!
Waiting for some new royal to swoon over
xoxo
The Rambler

From one lazy sunday to the next

Ya Ya... Long time no see.
I dunno why I didn't write for so long. I mean. I wasn't doing anything particularly interesting, apart from the puzzle (I've almost completed one edge of the puzzle :D ) And the gossip girl episode was also not too interesting that I would be watching that all over again. Plus, I had a 3 day weekend. But then again, I didn't have anything interesting to write about.
I've just discovered that I have unlimited download on my broadband plan. So, I'm on a song downloading spree. :D

Apart from that, the modern family episode this week was hilarious. from start to finish. Haven't really ever talked about this show. But I really like this show. Reminds me of Arrested development.
I had a particularly heavy gujju (Gujarati) lunch at Soam today. And to top the awesome lunch, I had an awesome bowl of aam ras. Too divine it was. :D And I had that much required afternoon siesta to make the lunch a super duper success. :D

Oh... And we've got Hapus (Alphonsoes) Aren't they the best ever? I just love their smell and taste. Too good they are. Best Mangoes EVERRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!
And I've had two yesterday. And the Aam Ras today was made of Hapus. And I'm going to have one today.
I feel blessed. :)





Anyway, off to download some more music
Waiting for my next Hapus installment
xoxo
The Rambler

Chefs whose food I would love to taste

This post was in the making for quite some time...with all the time that I spend watching all the shows such as Top chef and the TLC channel... So here goes:

1. Hubert Keller: I have to have the $5000 burger that he makes... And I have to go to Fluer de Lys. I recently read on Wikipedia that he's an accomplished dj...wow. A dj who can cook. What more can there be to life apart from good food and good music.

2. Joël Robuchon: The chef of the century. Of course he has to feature in this list. It would be incomplete with him. The chef with 26 Michelin stars, the highest for any chef. He has to definitely feature in my list. Though he says there is no such thing as a perfect meal, I'm sure his' comes pretty close to it. 

3. Daniel Boulud: I saw him on Top Chef on a particular snail challenge. I dunno. Made me very curious about his food. 

4. Thomas Keller: French Laundry. Period. 

5. Gordon Ramsay: I fell in love with this guy when I started watching Hell's Kitchen. And I know he is really not the most good looking guy on earth, but I have a crush on him. Also, the fact that he ain't too bad a cook gives him brownie points. :P But, yeah. His food is something I would love to taste. I came pretty close to tasting it at Heathrow, but then I went ahead and spent all the remainder of my money on chocolates. So meh. 

6. Guy Savoy: He was one of the first names I heard when my curiosity about food and chefs was increasing. Well, anyway, I gotta eat food cooked by him at the Guy Savoy restaurant in Paris. 

7. Mario Batali: Another name that was mentioned during Julie and Julia, albeit for just a fleeting second. But nevertheless, many internet searches and surfs later, he makes an appearance on this list. 

8. Jacques Pepin: Did you know he has an MA from Columbia? WOW. And he is a brilliant chef, from what I've read. Have to eat food cooked by him!

9. Wolfgang Puck: Saw him on Top Chef. Looked him up on the internet. Knew I had to taste food cooked by him.

10. Julia Child: I know its not possible. But hey...everyone can dream. I learnt about Julia Child after the movie Julie and Julia. And it was prolly the movie which made me want to taste her food. :)

11. René Redzepi: Well, the list wouldn't be complete without the chef at Noma. I have to eat at the restaurant to be ranked No.1 in 2010.

12. Heston Blumenthal: I saw him on Master Chef Australia recently and I was quite in awe. For someone so famous, he was quite humble. And his food...oh god. And even though the idea of eating snails completely grosses me out, his snail porridge looked quite delectable. 

13. Ferran Adrià i Acosta: Last heard El Bulli was closing. This is heartbreaking news for me. I won't get to taste the food of the restaurant that has been ranked No.1 for a record 5 times. Woe betide me!!! :'(

14. Hemant Oberoi: Wasabiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii :P Well, its the only one which won't cost me airfare. Only problem is to convince my parents to have raw seafood. 

15 Iron Chef Sakai: I should not die without tasting his food atleast. I mean he's the last IRON CHEF 

This is not a very comprehensive list. I mean...  there are so many chefs whose food I want to taste and so many restaurants I want to go to. So wish me luck.
Waiting for some good food
xoxo
The Rambler

Sunday afternoon

Well, I don't have any substantial matter to dwell upon right now. So I am just going to be...I dunno... rambling?
Lets put whats going on inside my head down in points. Since this is after all a systematic record of the chaos inside my head. :)
1. Gossip Girl starts day after... finally!
2. I don't wanna work right now
3. I am sleepy
4. I should finish my 3000 piece puzzle.
5. I should finish reading all the unread mails in all my mail boxes
6. I should write some poems
7. I should comb my hair
8. I need some new songs to listen to
9. I shouldn't waste time on a Sunday on nonconstructive activities like Blogging
10.  I should read more books
11.  Gossip Girl starts day after

11 points... coz 10 are just not enough :P
P.S. Please make Blair get engaged to Chuck
Ah well,
Off to find something useful to do on this rather lazy and bright Sunday afternoon
xoxo
The Rambler

Before I sleep

Well...I've postponed reading 7 Habits... for now.
I've started with Black Swan by Taleb.

Seems like an interesting books. Will let you know once I finish.
Anyway, I'm off to sleep now.
yawwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn
xoxo
The Rambler

Neck exercise

So...this is supposed to be a neck exercise while sitting on the comp, but I got a sprain in my neck. So, before I go apply some Volini on my neck, which I am currently trying not to move too much, here it is:

Off to find some Volini

xoxo

The Rambler

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

So... I just saw this new promo and I love it!!!!!!!! It made my wait for gossip girl a little more painful :-|
Anyway, enjoy:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20480920,00.html

xoxo
The Rambler

BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just read some gossip girl spoilers and they were kinda sad. I mean, no Blair and Chuck. :(
Here is the link:
http://www.spoilersguide.com/gossip-girl/gossip-girl-season-4-spoilers-episodes-18-19/

Anyway, I finished reading 'One hundred years of Solitude' and am onto '7 Habits of highly effective people' by Stephen Covey. I loved 'One Hundred years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The book is brilliant. Sexist, but brilliant. The poverty which he has written about is so...ummm...poetic.
And I absolutely loved the ending. It was such a brilliant ending. See... you can guess that I thought that the book was brilliant by the number of times I use brilliant. :P
And my favorite line was the last line of the last chapter:
Because races condemned to one hundred years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth


Now onto '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' by Stephen Covey. Another birthday present.

Don't books make the best birthday presents ever? I love getting books for my birthday. :D
Right now I have work to do, people to catch up with, essays to write, Chuck and Blair to follow.
And yet, here I sit rambling away about books. And there ain't a bone in my body apologetic about it. :D
As much as I'd like to stay and ramble and rant and what not, I gotta go.
Waiting for my next set of birthday books
xoxo
The Rambler

New Template

Yes...I know... I changed my blog template.
Yet again. Check out the link btw.
http://enterthecrazyworldofme.blogspot.com/view/mosaic
My blog looks so cool!!!!
Anyway, I just changed my blog look coz I got so bored of it. :D I guess I like change.
Tomorrow I meet Prajju! Fun times! :D
I am desperate for some gossip girl right now. I miss Chuck and Blair together and otherwise too much and I REALLY wanna see him chase her. Its been so long since he has chased her. Those were the fun happy times of season 1 and 2.
Anyway, high time I got to see some Blair Chuck action. I'm DYING here.

This pic is of one of my most favorite scenes of any TV show or movie. The other one being the Paris station scene from s04e02. The scene above... Its just so romantic. Sighhhhhhhhhhhh. And the station scene... I don't know if its Paris or Chuck or Blair or the gorgeous Oscar de la Renta that Blair is wearing or simply the chemistry between the two, but I JUST LOVE THAT SCENE!!!!! A pic:

To tell the truth, I like any scene which has Blair and Chuck in it. :P But that's a different story altogether.
In the meanwhile, I got a 3000 piece puzzle to keep me company. I have decided I am never going to finish it. I will either go crazy or grow old doing it and I don't think I can become crazier so, am giving it to my grandkids. :)

Waiting for the new Gossip Girl episode
xoxo
The Rambler