bread pudding

I love desserts! Sometimes I wish full-course dinner meals would start from desserts then work its way backwards. Delicious, sweet, sinful.

Here, just one recipe (for now) to indulge you, all you sweet-tooths out there...

Bread slice- 4 nos
Milk- 1 cup
Eggs- 1 no
Sugar- 1 tablespoon
Essence(vanilla)- 1 or 2 drops (optional)
Cherries, raisins, cashews, for decoration (optional)

Steps:
Cut out the crust of the bread slices. Then butter them up. You can cut them into triangles if you want.

Put them in an oven dish (grease it beforehand). Add the decorations if you're using them.

Mix the eggs, milk, essence and sugar. Then pour the mixture over the bread slices. Soak for about 5-10 minutes.

Put it into the oven and let it bake till slightly brown.

Serve warm. Enjoy :)

Yes, I made this!!

cooking an octopus

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With all the recent hype about Paul the "psychic octopus", I kinda thought it would be fun to try out cooking an octopus. I mean I've cooked chicken, beef, pork (though I don't eat pork), fish, prawns, etc., I've never tried my hand on octopuses. So...I printed out a recipe from net (Italian Stewed Octopus with White Wine) and got on about the business of turning a frozen octopus into an edible one.

On the whole, I had fun ewking and eeeking while cutting the tentacles. Especially when I defrosted it...brr gives me shivers. Came out yummy in the end :) and that's how it's done...whew!

hating goodbyes

Let it be known that I once knew a ninja. Not of the common sort of course. This one’s more of an unique kind. Maybe the label suits him cause unlike most people I’ve met, he’s sincerely devoted. Came out of the blue, and then disappeared again. Quite talented and I do admire people who actually fend for themselves. Period.

There aren't many whom I get along with, and I hate losing the few rare ones I stumble upon.

[World’s a cold place. Stone-hearted. Harsh. Pushing you to the limit. But strangely, we hold on to our feeble lives till our last breath.]

Today’s sunday and there’s the football World Cup final game tonight; Spain Vs Netherlands. Gonna be legendary! But I’m still brooding.

Makes me realise I really gotta learn how to say goodbyes. To be okay with it. To be casual about it. To strengthen my protection. My wall :)

PS- I'm gonna be positively embarrassed if and when he reads this.

hollow cave

so i sat down

thought i had everything

figured out

to the point of hilt

then it rolled

famed torturous wave

of utter

confusion chaos

from a day

till now i've been happy

never bored

why must i now fall out

the emotions

were they all so false

those i believed

were real, nurturing me

so i lay back

wishing i hadn't become a

loveless Hera

oh! do perceive my stoic torment

[I wrote this back when I was still in New Delhi (studying for grad). Posted it on my facebook page, so I'm just repeating it here...]

transition from writing to blogging

First off, I admit it’s been long since I told myself I’ll have a blog…all to my own! 2 years have passed, and I’m sorrier to admit what I’m about to declare right after this sentence. I never gave myself the time to write (something which I find immensely enjoyable). Wheww…n now it’s (my blog) here; in the making bit by bit, step by step, moving towards a milestone I hope.

‘Writing’ …hmmm I’m sure everyone enjoys a try once or twice, but gosh...quite hard to continue doing so sometimes, don’t you think? What with the amount of effort, ideas and TIME it demands!

I’ve been keepin a diary-cum-journal of sort since I was a kid (long before blogs came to being hehe). It gave me some ‘me-time’, a few minutes out of a totally unimaginable hectic day. That’s probably why I started enjoying putting my feelings and..ahem..opinions into words; not to speak but rather to be read. By me again of course; noone touches my black book. Beware!

I’ve been neglecting my diary a lot lately…poor poor old friend. Hopefully, typing will suffice me. Writing with pen/pencil gets tiring after a few pages.

You see, I’m not so good with elocutions. I’m sure a lot of people who knows me can vouch for that. But hey, what do I care…there’s always writing. So! Crossing my fingers and oh-so-hoping I’ll get better at this blogging thing :)