Lil' bro's b'de cake... :)

This is the cake I baked for little bro's b'day... :) Wish I'd tried baking one for him when we were staying together!!!
Miss you Poon!!! You are the best bro ever!!!... Muuuuahhh!!! :)

My Snowtym Wishlist! ;)

Itz SNOWIN”!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D
I’ve waited for this forever & during this wait time, automatically made up a list of things I wanted to do when it snowed!
A few of tem I did & a few I couldn’t 'coz of the limited snow. But before winter ends, I’m gonna try to make sure that this list will no longer be labeled ‘to-do’… :)

Penning down most of them if not all!... :) So here goes-
- FEEL snow.. I mean hold and feel it & see how long it takes to melt on almost equally cold hands
- Eat it… err.. d snow I mean & not the hands! ;)
- Walk on a frozen lake
- Make snow balls n throw them with all my strength at any available breathing target (Slytherin ended up as the bait here)
- Stuff a breathing target with snow & watch the target shudder n scream (Snig was the target here but I must admit that I got back equally with a nail scratch as bonus!)
- Make a snowman, snowwoman & snow kid .. Hmmn.. guess I should have just used the word family!
- Gather snow, make it into a ball, poke a stick through to make it look like a lolly & add some fruity syrup on top n slurp slrup.. ;)
- Scoop some snow into a bowl, add some fruity syrup on top n then slurp again! Something like a snow cone?.. Dunno if thatz how it would be! Never had one! But wanna try this! :)
- Make a teeny weenie snowman and keep him in the freezer (Snow'man' intentional. I wouldn’t be able to torture anybody of the same gender ;) & anyways, since the female of the species is relatively ‘hot’, it wouldn’t stay frozen for long!)
- Write on snow fallen over my car and take pictures (the pictures part is still pending)
- Go for a walk when it is snowing
- Wade through knee deep snow
- Snow tube & ski which show up in the basic 'to-do-lists' of almost everybody!
- Skate with shoes.. as in just glide along like we would do in school corridors with our sports shoes
- Turn on the heater, curled up cozy and with a mug of coffee, read a novel with the blinds pulled open so that every time I look out of the window, I see the snow fall.
- Or just replace the novel above with good music! :) the novel gets brownie points, though!
- Would have loved to have a fireplace to set the Christmas mood- something that I’ve grown up believing in, but since this is not feasible, I can do without it! :D

The warmth still remains...

It was a real foggy Monday morning... a perfect setting to match the gloomiest day of the week!
I was driving into oblivion.
Just got to the only mounting road on my way to office and the sun shone through- bright n warm, clearing the fog....
Made me smile :) A great start for the week. Itz snowing now... but the warmth still remains.... :)
Pik: Clicked by Vishu when we were out camping near the Grand Canyon.

Q time!

Q: In the movie... ‘The Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor' in almost the last scenes...the daughter sees her dad (who is awakened from the dead) for the first time..

But she still doesn’t talk to him.. Any idea why?.. ;)

hmmmn... herez Y!! :)

When the daughter first saw her dad- she din’t know how to address him- papa/MUMMY.. :D :D

The RIMS Travelogue

A fun filled weekend with my first project team... Hmmmn.. the best team ever!!! :)...
Wake up calls by Chetan and Sharath at 5:15 a.m. – not something that we wanted on a Saturday morning!!! After debates on amusement parks, nearby picnic spots et al, we had zeroed on Jog falls and Kemmangundi (a hill station).
We started off in a Tempo Traveler with a driver who could give Formula1 serious competition! Sonal and Renjith’s first ever project outing!
We reached the majestic Jog and were welcomed with glimpses of the falls with a major part covered with mist. Returning back from lunch, the mist had cleared and the view was awesome. The earlier decision of not tumbling down the slippery path to reach the bottom of the 829ft falls was forgotten. We reached the bottom fighting the rain, a stop here, a ‘wow’ there. The mist, the sound of rushing water and amazing feel of just being there! Dripping from head to toe, we headed back, after spending considerable time clicking away! Heading back- a climb that made Gayatri & me go on just with the comfort of losing those extra kilos! :)
Going downhill, gobbling snacks all the way and finishing it off with the much awaited steaming cup of coffee, we got ready for hop shopping. The soggy shoes had left us with no option but to buy some footwear. We ended up hopping from shop to shop wanting to get a similar pair for everyone – and we did succeed! :) The RIMS souvenir of a memorable trip.

We spent the night at Sharath’s place (with Anuj choosing to catch on some sleep and the others chit chatting for a loooong time). We were treated to a hearty breakfast by his mom the next day.

From there we headed towards Kemmangundi, a hill station. Trekking along K.R. hills was made more adventurous by the leeches. Armed by our newly acquired slippers and a combination of coconut oil and salt as leech repellents, we headed towards Shanthi falls.

The picturesque view urged us to make it to the top. The breathtaking view and the ghastly force of the wind- a deadly combination which made us explore more!

This was where we shot Devi’s debut album (sans heroine ;)) and Murali’s (RIMS very own Rajni) action video J With cautions to the leaner ones to fill their jackets with stones so that they wouldn’t be gone with the wind ;), we started our 'slipper'-y climb down.

It had begun to rain again. By now, everyone had decided that there was no point stopping for shelter- we would just end up being hangouts for leeches.

Post lunch, we reached Kallathgiri falls. An unexplored waterfall at the top of a hill which flows a long distance and forms a smaller fall. A beautiful temple has been carved from the rocks here.

We started on our way back after a snack. The greenery on either sides of the road was whizzing past.

Our racer was nursing his ego, trying to catch up with a vehicle that overtook us. By now, Sutejas had decided that shifting from the front seat would save him from nightmares. We reached Mysore with a treasure of fun filled memories set against a postcard backdrop.

When does Ant become Ravan?...

Ant finds a place for rent, so he becomes a tenant(ten-ant).
Ten ants mean ten heads. Ravan has ten heads. Voila!!!Ant~Ravan ;o)

Eureka! I can cook!!! :)

(Not going home on weeknds) + (the stove's vessel support becoming defective) -->> can be injurious to health… :o///
Proof attached.. poor me... :o(

The pik might look like some crazy husband has injured his wife for dowry.. ;o) but everytime I see the mark on my hand, it reminds me of the day I discovered that I could cook some edible stuff. I got so carried away with the discovery of my hidden talent that I prepared breakfast, lunch & dinner. My roommates, real sweethearts that they were, not only managed to gulp it down but showered me with compliments too!!! Miss u gals!!! :)

Took the pik ASAP so that I could show it to mom & get some extra attention.. ;o) Just love the way she fusses over these things.. Missing all that now...