What makes me good cook ...

When I told momma the ingredients I used to make 'chutney'. She said adding random ingredients and blending them together along with a generous amount of chilli powder isn't the recipe for chutney. :( I felt.

But today when I served my so called chutney to Ani, he came back to me asking for a second serving saying that the "chutney" was really good!

Lesson learnt: starving someone and then feeding them with my innovative recipes makes me a really good cook! 

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Volunteering #1

She: Are you from Portico?
Me: No. I am from India!

10 minutes later...
She: you are from Portico?
Me: I am from India!
She: Oh!

1 hour later
She: You are from Portico?
Me:hmmm I am from India..it's close to Portico though. (thinking to myself how ashamed I should be for not even knowing in which continent it is....)
She: Oh!

A couple of hours later
She: are you from Portico?
Me: :) yes
She: :) You look like somebody I used to work with. She was from Portico too!
Me: :) Was she?
She: Yes! :)

Ps: Kids and elderly people are so much alike...and equally cute!

To be there for people for whom a smile, a simple touch or a hug can help to assure them that they are important and cared for seems much more fulfilling then sitting around and worrying about issues of my own which by all means are nothing compared to what most face. #justsaying

Whats up?!

Heyllo World! What’s up!

Here's a brief update on what's happening in the life of your awesome blogger (yay that's me)!

Still Jobless yet not Hopeless: Yup. I’m still applying for jobs. I’m still generously sending my resume to jobs that are being posted here and there. Apart from humbly taking the suggestions or guidance from anybody and everybody who is kindly willing to offer. But nothing I do seems to be sufficient, as I am no way close to where I should have been by now. I am trying hard to keep my spirits up. I shall be positive and keep trying and trying and trying till I succeed. 

New home and new Beginnings: Sissy and I did shift to our new house that we (well she) rented. I super like this house and plan to make 'home-sweet-home' memories in this house. But since home is where momma is, I hope, wish and pray mom, kali and dad will be here soon. Nevertheless, Sru and I are quite happy and excited to be in a house which also has a room (read garage) for Radha (read car). The most exciting thing about this house is that Sru or I need to be shoveling the snow in winter or mowing the grass later. Since we never had to do such chores before, we are finding these tasks to be fun so far.

Volunteering at a hospital: And hey, you know which hospital that would be right?! Well, I figured it that since I am basically jobless, I must be doing some good karma too, to pay off the debt of past. Though some debts can never be completely paid off...I hope to give back a tiny teeny bit of good karma to a place that basically gave me a second chance at life. I volunteered a couple of hours so far and I absolutely love it. I get to work with super sweet people, meet a wide variety & number of people every day and the nicest part of all this is to learn something new from each one of them every single day. 

Just Homesick or ?? : Other than being homesick and missing mom, dad & kali too very much, I have 'saudade' of the life I once used to know. I mean, exactly 2 years ago, what all I planned for the rest of my life to be like is no way similar to what I am living right now. Which is kind of scary...I mean...having planned every little detail meticulously since as long as I have known and then realizing nothing worked out the way it should have had...Kind of makes me question my own reliability, right??? But the fact is my life is not just controlled by me. There are a million other external variables to be considered too. Maybe growing old and wise teaches one to manipulate these external variables for one's benefit and not loss. Since I am obviously not as stupid or young as I was 2 years ago... I hope things will turn out better soon!!

P.S. One more blog (a formal one this time) in the making! :~) Good Luck to me!