Seriously, Reliance 3G is now supposed to be the best and now they have thier own tablet???? ....... Earggggghhhhh ..... Move over Apple, Motorola, Samsung, Nokia, Sony and the likes because guess what ... Reliance is here! Oh and it has service in 333 towns. Yea!!
Oh oh oh and on that .... Idea 3G as birth control!! What is wrong with the ad world these days!!!! What happened to intelligent, fun yet meaningfull storytelling!!
Idea as birth control .... Yeah In the villages maybe!! Bleaahh!!
Edited to add: Is it just me, or do the men in the Idea ad act really bloody horny?
Monday 15 August 2011
Saturday 13 August 2011
MIA and general criticisms.
So here I am ... its taken a while to get back here ... what with the loss of brain cells, nerves and all other kinds of cells. And all this time, being considerably horizontal (not by choice of course) I've had time to watch TV. Lots and lots of tv..... like-wake-up-in-the-morning-and watch-till-you-puke-celluloid-at-midnight lots of tv.
So as a TV aficionado I can now say Ewwwww!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH CHANNELS these days. WHO produces the shows? Who decides on the programming? I mean it's one thing to air a certain show or movie every other week or day ..... but every freaking day!!! Yes, I love X-Men; 1,2 and every other franchise they have but I also like variety. So when you play the same movies everyday, promoting it like its the movie of the decade premier ... I say, GIVE ME A BREAK .... I want to see what else is out there in Movieland.
On that note.... India's Most Desirable - really??? Who voted? And they get an award at the end. Oh wow for the desperate neurotic self-obsessed glory seekers. Ranbir Singh - a rap .... wannabe-whiteboy much?? Sonashi Sinha .... please don't wear gowns, you don't have the body or the face to carry out western-wear yet! But maybe someday you will, what with the entourage that follows every 'star' these days.
And to that I add - Ms. Garewal .... Your wardrobe is clueless and ridiculous. Fashion Police would be caught dead arresting you. You are way too classy to be wearing that nonsense!!! I am a big fan, seen your movies, watched Rendezvous and based on what the word knows of you, you deserve so much better. It's OK. It's your show, just fire them, and if there's a contract ... well there are loopholes in every contract. Tell your lawyer, he/she'll find a way out! But PUHHHLEASEEE don't be seen in those weird ankle length skirts and velvety blouses. They died with Mata Hari.
Ok .. so that was a lot of rant, I've got to go now, tv world will not change with the voice of one. But I HAD to get this out. Back to some TV now!
So as a TV aficionado I can now say Ewwwww!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH CHANNELS these days. WHO produces the shows? Who decides on the programming? I mean it's one thing to air a certain show or movie every other week or day ..... but every freaking day!!! Yes, I love X-Men; 1,2 and every other franchise they have but I also like variety. So when you play the same movies everyday, promoting it like its the movie of the decade premier ... I say, GIVE ME A BREAK .... I want to see what else is out there in Movieland.
On that note.... India's Most Desirable - really??? Who voted? And they get an award at the end. Oh wow for the desperate neurotic self-obsessed glory seekers. Ranbir Singh - a rap .... wannabe-whiteboy much?? Sonashi Sinha .... please don't wear gowns, you don't have the body or the face to carry out western-wear yet! But maybe someday you will, what with the entourage that follows every 'star' these days.
And to that I add - Ms. Garewal .... Your wardrobe is clueless and ridiculous. Fashion Police would be caught dead arresting you. You are way too classy to be wearing that nonsense!!! I am a big fan, seen your movies, watched Rendezvous and based on what the word knows of you, you deserve so much better. It's OK. It's your show, just fire them, and if there's a contract ... well there are loopholes in every contract. Tell your lawyer, he/she'll find a way out! But PUHHHLEASEEE don't be seen in those weird ankle length skirts and velvety blouses. They died with Mata Hari.
Ok .. so that was a lot of rant, I've got to go now, tv world will not change with the voice of one. But I HAD to get this out. Back to some TV now!
Monday 28 March 2011
Death of a fangirl
Someone once said if Passions rule your life, your Love is stronger and your Hate is deeper.
The intensity with which you hate now, is merely a reflection of the intensity with which you once loved. The deeper the love in the beginning the stronger the hate today.
The intensity with which you hate now, is merely a reflection of the intensity with which you once loved. The deeper the love in the beginning the stronger the hate today.
Saturday 19 March 2011
Holi - its a culture meme!
Hello Planet Earth.
I know we dont have a culture Meme ........ but I'm sure there are things you do, days you celebrate that we across the world do not know of. So tell me more about your culture and history that makes you. I wont tag anyone. It is your choice. It could be a festival or something you do as a family. Or even a town celebration.
There is more to India than Slumdog Millionaire and today is a perfect occasion for me to share a festival with all of you should you choose to read it.
I been awol for a while but today is Holi in India (the much glorified festival of colours) where strangers dunk innocent people in a variety of unheathy chemical infested colors basically painting them red, blue, green, silver, hot pink and purple. See these cornucopia of colours..... YES these are the common colors used.
So naturally being a festival et all its a holiday here (get it - Holi Day Holiday .... ha ha ha *Iz Lame* ) and that is my day to catch up on me posts. No thank you I can do without the colors and a baboonesque face. I havent played in almost 10 yrs and I don't think I plan to start today!!
Colors: So there are two ways of playing Holi. One is by using Gulaal or Dry powder and the second way is to play with these colors that come in small medicinal bottles. They are completely synthetic and can take weeks to disappear. Needless to say these young ones play with the latter completely. The older generation - Me - I still prefer to play with the dry colors, if at all. It's safer and it's mostly silica. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi
So while people of all ages play, the legally aged ones get to sample bhang. It is an intoxicant, legal for most parts of the country on certain days of the year. It is absolutely natural. It is an intoxicant made with leaves and seeds of female cannabis. (Did you know there was a male and a female cannabis plant? .... More importantly, how do you tell one from the other.) Oh Knowledge! thy comes in strange ways.
I transgress!
Ok, so bhang is werid looking, looks like jaggery and needs to be mixed into milk. It's probably the purest form of intoxicant available today. Unprocessed and un-chemical (is that a word) infested, which is why it is legal TODAY :) ..... Mixed with milk and some thandai ... it tastes delish, like nuts in a saffron milk shake .... and it gives you the best sleep evah! It is very popular with the Hare Rama's and the sadhus and the sages and the priests ... it is the most natural way to get high.
So let me tell you about this one time I OD'd on bhang. We were at a friend's, drinking and dunking ourselves in this little mud pool we'd made. Bhang .... You dont get high, you get into crazy bouts of laughter and then you sleep without making a fool of yourself. So I went straight from literally falling off a barrel I was sitting on, to falling asleep right there in the garden amidst the mud and the grass and the bhang and the worms! Well, I did make a fool of myself, but then I'm thick skinned that way! And then ALL intoxicants should do that I say. You need some of it in your system especially if you need to return to work the next day with half your face pink the other half green and purple.
Apparently in the days of the Kama Sutra they would drink up and then mate. The slow lethargic almost tantric climax. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhang Did you also know that Lord Shiva is also known as Kamadev, even though the real Kam dev (dev meaning god) is not Shiva. Shiva's known as Kamdev for his virility and libido.
Kama Dev - God of love. Kamadev is married to Rati or Passion. Geeeeezus I transgress.
The sensible stuff goes like this Holi marks the beginning of Spring and is celebrated with the worship of Holika and it marks the beginning of spring but then I already said that.
Let's pretend I know a lot and gave you lots of valuable information now shall we!
This should give you an idea of what people this side of the world looks like today.
Glamouroooooos much! Now you know why I call it madness. You just close your eyes and plunge in. There is NO WAY OUT.
P.S. I fear the brother and the cuzns lurk near as I write this. I have water baloons hidden in my room. Ha ha ha .... and they thought they shall catch me unprepared. I shall not give in without a fight.
I know we dont have a culture Meme ........ but I'm sure there are things you do, days you celebrate that we across the world do not know of. So tell me more about your culture and history that makes you. I wont tag anyone. It is your choice. It could be a festival or something you do as a family. Or even a town celebration.
There is more to India than Slumdog Millionaire and today is a perfect occasion for me to share a festival with all of you should you choose to read it.
I been awol for a while but today is Holi in India (the much glorified festival of colours) where strangers dunk innocent people in a variety of unheathy chemical infested colors basically painting them red, blue, green, silver, hot pink and purple. See these cornucopia of colours..... YES these are the common colors used.
So naturally being a festival et all its a holiday here (get it - Holi Day Holiday .... ha ha ha *Iz Lame* ) and that is my day to catch up on me posts. No thank you I can do without the colors and a baboonesque face. I havent played in almost 10 yrs and I don't think I plan to start today!!
Colors: So there are two ways of playing Holi. One is by using Gulaal or Dry powder and the second way is to play with these colors that come in small medicinal bottles. They are completely synthetic and can take weeks to disappear. Needless to say these young ones play with the latter completely. The older generation - Me - I still prefer to play with the dry colors, if at all. It's safer and it's mostly silica. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi
So while people of all ages play, the legally aged ones get to sample bhang. It is an intoxicant, legal for most parts of the country on certain days of the year. It is absolutely natural. It is an intoxicant made with leaves and seeds of female cannabis. (Did you know there was a male and a female cannabis plant? .... More importantly, how do you tell one from the other.) Oh Knowledge! thy comes in strange ways.
I transgress!
Ok, so bhang is werid looking, looks like jaggery and needs to be mixed into milk. It's probably the purest form of intoxicant available today. Unprocessed and un-chemical (is that a word) infested, which is why it is legal TODAY :) ..... Mixed with milk and some thandai ... it tastes delish, like nuts in a saffron milk shake .... and it gives you the best sleep evah! It is very popular with the Hare Rama's and the sadhus and the sages and the priests ... it is the most natural way to get high.
So let me tell you about this one time I OD'd on bhang. We were at a friend's, drinking and dunking ourselves in this little mud pool we'd made. Bhang .... You dont get high, you get into crazy bouts of laughter and then you sleep without making a fool of yourself. So I went straight from literally falling off a barrel I was sitting on, to falling asleep right there in the garden amidst the mud and the grass and the bhang and the worms! Well, I did make a fool of myself, but then I'm thick skinned that way! And then ALL intoxicants should do that I say. You need some of it in your system especially if you need to return to work the next day with half your face pink the other half green and purple.
Apparently in the days of the Kama Sutra they would drink up and then mate. The slow lethargic almost tantric climax. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhang Did you also know that Lord Shiva is also known as Kamadev, even though the real Kam dev (dev meaning god) is not Shiva. Shiva's known as Kamdev for his virility and libido.
Kama Dev - God of love. Kamadev is married to Rati or Passion. Geeeeezus I transgress.
The sensible stuff goes like this Holi marks the beginning of Spring and is celebrated with the worship of Holika and it marks the beginning of spring but then I already said that.
Let's pretend I know a lot and gave you lots of valuable information now shall we!
This should give you an idea of what people this side of the world looks like today.
Glamouroooooos much! Now you know why I call it madness. You just close your eyes and plunge in. There is NO WAY OUT.
P.S. I fear the brother and the cuzns lurk near as I write this. I have water baloons hidden in my room. Ha ha ha .... and they thought they shall catch me unprepared. I shall not give in without a fight.
Friday 25 February 2011
Hotchpotch heaven
This is my hotchpotch. By definition, a hotchpotch is a confused mixture. You can use bread, couscous and any damn leftover you have. Even veggies (but not the Indian curry variety). Works best with left over fried rice, pasta or noodles from the day before. The more confusing the food, the better the hotchpotch.
Oil, noodles, eggs, sausages, salami and caramelised onions. Easy to make for those who don't know or like to cook. Takes 10 minutes.
Fry the onions in low heat and a pinch of sugar for the caramelisation. Add chopped sausages and salami to it. Cover for the sausages to cook - all in low heat. 2-3 min later you are done.Set aside
Use the leftover oil to scramble some eggs. The oil retains the smell of the sausages and the eggs are yummy.
Use the leftover whatever-you-have and add the eggs and the onion-sausage combo set aside. Add some salt (if needed) just the lightest drizzle of any non synthetic vinegar. Tastes better with olive oil. If you don't have left overs, add diced bread or tear a croissant into it. Fresh rice will only make it a fried rice variety and that is NOT the same as a hotchpotch.
10 - 15 minutes and your friends will forever be ooh-aahing your culinary skills. He he heeee .... and no one need know your secret. Told you I was a cook :))
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