all this investment of time, money, emotions ---

and one of the first outcomes is i have learnt how to cook. and no its, not just the usual omlette, or eggroll type of dishes. its getting serious now. i have realised how much i get involved in it, the planning, the details, the time taken and the outcome which i hog up in hardly a few minutes. so its like i enjoy cooking as a hobby not as a habit.

so after the initial days of lethargy which led to breakfast of cereals and meals of pasta or omlette, i made a trip to the Indian grocery store. and freaked out at how these simple-readily-available stuff in india could become so sought-after here. so i came back loaded and feeling very resourceful. the courage and enthusiasm led to more experiments. mushroom gave way to soya, and omlette to vegetable curry. namkeens which follwed next and lasted a week, were the first indicators of my crossing the first level in cooking. (and yeah they also gave me a neat little poco burn on my wrist). then came the rotis. (mind you it was some british atta with the disclaimer "May have nuts" and which looked like it was just maida with a LOT of roughage mixed in it). and i didnt have the chimta. so used my hand instead. guess the past observation of how MD's mom made rotis without using chimta helped me. and then came the grandest of all experiements. paneer!! yes, home made paneer, strained and frozen into a brick shape, and waiting to constitute a grand dinner. (updates to follow after this experiement is over)

but i miss md here. of all things this is what i cant share over the net. pictures are way too minimalistic. particularly when the experiments go on everyday, whereas we talk once in a while. oh yeah. that reminds me of another first. the first fight. i almost demonstrated my anger to my unsuspecting class fellows here, who think i am the calmest person around. so it was the next generation fight, over BB, and ended with a short, simple, honest conversation. ah, the magic of voice, and the soothing effect that it can bring. just that its doesnt have that soothing an effect on the mobile bills. but guess thats the trade-off there. all this investment of time, money and emotions is also teaching us to communicate better, optimally and over other media than the mobile. hail change!!

next i guess would be the changes spanish will bring in my life. i already had a first-grocery-shopping in spanish, and thanks to my fundu teacher Bertha, i think i have inspiration to unleash my wild-wierd side. yeah baby, bring it on!!