All Grown Up!!!

King Solomon says,"There is a time for everything and every activity under the heaven". The "Tiny Tods" as my little brother affectionately calls them, have grown up.. and its more than the second prize in a cooking competition that made me realise that. The responsibility and maturity by no means implies that the madness has gone (i hope it never does) and yesterday was enough proof of that; with the two of them doing a photo shoot dressed as babes, and displaying the famous pout :P.. and the madness doesnot end.. they actually used blowpens on my face, one cheek pink and the other blue (i dunno how i let them do that).

Now they seem to understand things better, look at things from more than one view point. They've blossomed, into beautiful swans, who seem to have the perfect blend of maturity and madness.

And as my lil bro says, the third graders are no longer in third grade:)

The Perfect chocolate :P

Most of us know chocolate as a deliciously decadent sweet that we eat in cookies, cakes, candy bars, and other desserts. And, chocolate isn’t simply a snack or key ingredient in cooking. Over the centuries, many cultures have used the seeds from which chocolate is made—cacao. Plus, medicinal remedies featuring chocolate have been used as household curatives across the globe.

For centuries, legends from many cultures have claimed that consuming chocolate instilled strength, health, faith, and passion in those who drank it. These legends attributed magical properties to chocolate and endowed it with powerful symbolic value. Chocolate is still revered as an icon of love and devotion today, and eating chocolate remains a part of many enduring holiday traditions.

Chocolate has long been regarded as a pleasant diversion, if not quite a magic bullet, for feeling low. And, for most people, this is still the case. It is considered the best antidote to depression. Chocolate still maintains its known "feel-good" effect on people who are simply having a bad day, for those who are severely stressed or clinically depressed, the effect may be to make the depression and stress worse.

Ok all of that was just to show off that i know quite a bit chocolates. The whole point of this what many call futile exercise is to put on record my experience of tasting a flavour of the latest Cadbury range. Bournville. Well it is named after a famous village associated with the Cadbury family in England; but what is more fascinating is the intense chocolate. For a chocoholic like me the promotional ad was enough to wait for its launch.

I took to the ad too literally " you don buy a bournville, you earn it". well i earned it, fair and square, but the one who owed it to me refused to give to me. Well he ultimately did:P (though he dint even take the pains of buying it himself :P )

A total choco-addict that i am, I'm glad he kept his word. it was one of the nicest I've ever had. From the texture to the taste.. it was perfect. It melts in your mouth and makes you go ’mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm’..


and to the stupid who gave that chocolate to me i just want quote Henry Longfellow

"Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend."

ok i even want to say this..It was not a act of heroism, but for me it was a reflection of how you feel.Thank you for caring, thank you for being there unconditionally, for being there and supporting me in all circumstances. Thanks for being a great and delightful friend. :)

P.S. i'm not able to upload the pic :( and btw you still owe me a few chocolates :P

Luck by chance :P

Luck by chance is a contemporary tale , where the plot revolves around how an outsider tries to find his feet in the world of Hindi cinema. Ironical then that a star kid has sought to make such a movie.

Few scenes being the cliche slapstick comedy, few others are cynical enough to make you smile; but there are few in the movie which try to escape the realities of the real world. And you definitely cant resisting laughing hard at them especially when you've experienced a few them yourself.


And going for the movie itself was by chance and lucky. Watching the movie was not really only watching the movie experience for me this time. It was the brother and three dwarfs at the theater, where the three dwarfs totally freaked at everything they could relate in the movie to themselves (considering their self-obsession it was on most occasions.) there more than a few comments flying, whether it was on Isha Sharwani and Juhi Chawla being complete "Fashion Disasters" or tacky lines we'd heard in real life ourselves.

There is no way i can miss making a mention of this; Vikram Jaisingh the promising and good looking want-to-be an actor aspirant knows what he wants and how to manipulate the situation to get it. He works his charm with surmounting success on the yesteryear star Neena. But what was not surprising that she falls for that charm. "Girls will after all be Girls" (thats what i heard) :P

The movie showcases a slice of life in bollywood, it being a mix of opportunities and destiny. the brother had an opportunity to sit in the luxury of his house and watch the "onslaught" of the Indian batsmen, it was his destiny that he was stuck at the theater with the three dwarfs only to witness them laugh their heads off and listen to them comment on the events happening on and off the screen.

My disorder...

I have a psychological dysphoric disorder. Most may call it an imagined disease and say it is all in my head. or probably attribute it to the most obvious female disorder(i was hoping it was the case all along). But i have ultimately accepted the existence, impact and importance of this disease.

Apart from dysphoria which is obvious from the nomenclature of my disease, the other symptoms include irritability, bloating, anxiety, mood swings and insomnia (trouble falling asleep).

There aint any laboratory test that i undertook; but i have successfully diagnosed the disease, with the symptoms and also identified its causes which include, high cocoa and caffeine intake, stress perceptions, undue fantasying of improbable events and ofcourse unsuccessful attempts to violate social norms.

There is no use crying over spilt milk. But i atleast can clean the spilt milk, cant i?? So now that i have diagnosed my disease, i will devote a little time from my otherwise so-called hectic schedule to research on the non-medicinal and non-addictive treatments of the disease.

Uhh.. I missed it!!!

And he said it again.. Very subtle this time "another nail biting finish" thats what he said at the start of the fifth set... and that too exactly when i had was forced to leave the luxury of my home and the pleasure of the watching the final set of the Australian Open final, to meet another appointment.

The score line tells me i dint miss much of the game. What i am more interested in was to Federer's reaction to the loss. I guess all the hype about him equalling Sampras did jinx the finals for him.

The four sets which i did watch were intense and spell binding; both players displaying their skill and talent to its zenith. Nadal showed no signs of tiredness inspite of that epic semi final(there is someone, actually two of them out there who claim they are sure that banana has drugs.. Phew). There were some really cheeky points, between long rallies, quite a few extending to 20 shots.

By the way did i miss saying that Star Sports put a commercial just when Nadal was changing his shirt?, talk about wrong timing.

Never measure your victory by somebody Elise's loss: thats how a famous proverb goes. it doesnot matter that Federer lost, its that Nadal won, his first Slam on hard court.

And what i claim i missed, was not seeing Federer in tears(and the someone does not like men crying too, its all about the male ego you know). In this case though i think there would have been more hurt than ego. My sympathies to Federer. I read what i missed and I agree. "you are one of the best in history” thats what Nadal said that the presentation. So i'll wait and see what comes up on youtube and on Nadal's blog. For now it is "Yipee rafa won" :)