Monthly Archives: August 2008

Planning a career – our style :)

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People who have been dropping by on this blog know quite a few things about me … like I am divorced, mother to two sons, a daughter in law, two dogs and a whole lot of humans befriended by all the above – to the extent that my sons have started calling me MATESHWARI or JAGAT MATA. It is also known that I suffer from foot-in-mouthitis, but most people forgive me since I mean no harm – my foot just somehow manages to land in my mouth neatly shod in appropriate footwear as well as clad in a pair of trousers or salwar. Oh well – I never claimed to be perfect. They also forgive me because I am a great cook and love to feed friends. Those that don’t forgive me are those that did not get to feast on my Aloo Meat or Rajmah heh!!!

Another thing about me is that I just don’t know how to plan or even anticipate things at all. In my defense I plead that it saves me a whole lot of tension and disappointment. I don’t plan and have just wandered through life for the past 45+ years and it has turned out okay. I have somehow made ends meet and brought up two extremely adorable sons (I know, I am biased, but what the hell, my blog right?) My point is that I am absolutely in awe of people who have planned their life six to eight years ahead. Wow!!! When I am asked “Where do you see yourself five years hence” I go blank. I don’t even know where I will be in the next one hour. I may be dead, I may be pole dancing on the terrace, I may be sharing extremely intimate moments with Vin Diesel …yeah – kuch zyada ho gaya – but my blog ….. and a woman’s got the right to dream…………

I never planned my career … just meandered into the one I have right now. Kid#1 is a chip off the old block. He changed two lines to finally settle down to being a pilot. As is normal in our home, decisions are taken – not planned.

Kid#1 and DIL had gone out for a party a week after their roka. They rang up a friend of theirs for help as the car had met with an accident. Of course, the friend told me and naturally I hotfooted to the location. My darling son had driven the car on to the divider on the road. When I reached there – the car was being brought down and there was an audience of interested people wondering how that had been achieved. I could have told them – it was extremely obvious that the love-struck couple had been engrossed in each other were necking while driving. Thank God the damage wasn’t much and more importantly, they were safe, so I exited the panic mode and gave them a scold instead, that is all.

A few days later, he tells me – “I think I want to quit this dead-end steady, soul destroying secure job and become a pilot. What do you think?“

I thought for a minute and said

“There are no road dividers in the sky hai na? Chalega”

 

Pappu …… kyon nahin dance kar sakta ?

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1. Kyonki Pappu paas ho gaya  -  and Cadburys made him their brand ambassador and gave him loads of chocolate.  He is so fat now that he cant dance.

2. Pappu is a dog, and dogs cant dance or sing

3.Pappu is Ajay Devgan – who cant dance or sing …. hmmm refer to “2″

4. Saala is a dance form no one knows – so how could Pappu dance the saala ?

5.Pappu is like Ganpath of “Ae Ganpath Chal daaru la” …. no one knows who he is, and therefore no one has seen him dance.

6.Pappu like Sunny, Vicky, Gollu and Bunty is a North Indian Bhai, and Bhais do Bhaigiri, they dont dance.

Can any one give me more reasons why Pappu Cant Dance ?

An Ode to Food

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I am an inspired cook, never going by the book

I am original, and my recipes are never cerebral

I love my meat tender, I can not have it stale

If it were any fresher, It would walk off my plate

:)

My food loves to prance, to jump, to dance

My food bides its time, It waits for the chance

As soon as there is no one in the room

The floor, slab and chairs are its ballroom!

:)

My ladyfingers, so elegant and tender, play the piano

My beans and drumsticks add a beat, and play the banjo

Chicken and steak, covered with butter and flambeaud

Slathered in sauce, they dance a sexy tango

:)

With grace, with taste, they drip from the ceiling

Drip grease on my head, it’s a great feeling

Talented textures cover my feet

Sensations in rhythm, squished in my seat

They drip down my leg, slide down in rows

A flavoured performance of mashed potatoes

:)

I don’t care, Oh its fun, I dare you to stare

It’s a yummy performance, full of fragrance

:D

“Daag Ache Hote Hain” says the detergent advertisement

I only wish that they’d also send me cleaning ladies/ gents

 

Monika’s tag

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Monika tagged me to write about 10 literary figures that made an impact on me.  I had Eng Litt. as my major in Grad and Post Grad studies … so this had me confused.  So many memorable characters and only 10 – so I settled down to prune the list.  And I went down memory lane ……

1. Atticus Finch : From To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. Reminds me of my father – super cool and simply did not lose his temper.  His dry wit was so much like my father.  I loved him.

2. Mr. Wilson : The poor grouchy neighbour of Dennis the Menace.  Consider this, Dennis loses half his impact if there is no Mr. Wilson.

3. Heathcliff : A central figure in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.  That guy had really bad attitude, but made such an impact.  His hubris and arrogance bring him down big time.  Sigh!!! I do love rogues.

4. Fagin : The thief in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens – I read this book when I was in school.  He was so well described that he gave me nightmares.

5. Falstaff : Falstaff was the most down to earth, happy character Shakespeare ever wrote. He honestly just loved life and people.  I loved his sense of fun.  He was in three plays by Shakespeare, Henry IV Pt 1, Henry IV Pt. 2 and The Merry Wives of Windsor.  This “huge hill of flesh” as he is once called had pragmatism and also loved the good life.  The character was very well developed.

(Ooops this is getting too Classics oriented I guess).  Ahem!!!

6. Peter Pan : James Barrie’s world famous character who magically refuses to grow up.  He is cocky, boastful and stereotypically a boy …. and as a mother to two boys, he makes me want to mother him (and of course spank him)

7. Morraine : The strong willed Aes Sedai in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time.  I simply love the series.  He created the most wonderful women characters.  They were completely believable and amazing.  It pains me that the author died before he could complete the series.

8. The Rani of Jhansi : She was wonderful, dynamic and militant.  I hate the new book on her by Jayshri Misra who has diluted the strong personality of the great woman.

9. Garfield : I love him because he his just himself … the pizza loving gluttonious orange cat.

10. Midge : From Archie Comics …. she was sly and had the guts to rebel against her muscular boyfriend Moose and date Reggie Mantle …… she surprised me LOLLLL.  Comics are not the ideal material to get a real life-like character.  Midge was one of them/is one of them.  Moose is deeply protective about her and I guess she finds it suffocating … and it adds to her appeal among all the Riverdale boys as forbidden fruit.

 

Those are ten characters that come to my mind off-hand …. but ten is too small a number you know.