..life's not so bad.....its not so bad..!

The festive season is here...and the festivities are going full swing..!
As mentioned in my earlier posts, I love everything about this time. So much so, that I try to immerse myself in everything going around me, in a bid to forget all the stresses that I go through on a daily basis..
One important thing about me I would like to confess here is that I like to see the world around me with my 'rose-tinted glasses'..!I like to see the positivity and hope in most of the things that I do. Sometimes, I lose track, sometimes I get bogged down, Sometimes I doubt myself and stop believing in my own ideologies.

But , time and again life 'sees' me...! It sends down someone or something along my way to help me have a better perspective at the things in life that are really important.

I just recently met up with a very dear friend of mine. And after a nice cup of coffe and a good amount of time chatting with him over the 'wats-happening-in-ur-life' conversation, I came back home with a much more relaxed and clear frame of mind. After hearing his story,I realised that all the things that i feel sad about in my personal life and all the things that I fret about seemed really petty..! There is so much that can happen in life and getting stuck at relatively smaller problem doesnt really help the plan..!
I realised that being strong from within...strong from the core is what is required of all of us in order to survive...survive with our heads held high..!
I have been lucky enough to have some perfect examples of this...and I hope to get inspired and get my strength from people like them..!!
So, here I am extending a big thank you to all the people who have ever been in my life.....because believe it or not- I have secretly learned something or the other from all of you...and I mean ALL OF U...!!


Here are a few pics of some soul-cooking I did for lunch..!

delicious, aromatic pulao with a twist..!

:)

P.S: The twist in this simple looking pulao is that I added 'aloo masala ' to this..!!


Have loads of fun...everyday..!
Till next time....
Cheers..!!

my favorite time of the year..!

Hello friends..!!

The season of festivities is already here..!

DIWALI...!! I cant find the right words to express how jubilant i feel around this time of the year....I guess, the least i can say is that this season makes me feel alive..!

I live in Delhi and this time of the year is THE TIME TO BE IN DELHI...!Whichever way you look, there will be lights and hustle bustle....not to mention the heavy traffic jams on almost all the roads around here at all times of the day...(but today I wont like to talk about that.....You see, m happy today..!!) All the markets are decorated and lights are put everywhere...!

So, m also trying to fully exploit this festive season....and so much is happening around me...

Most of the day passes by in a jiffy....This is going to be our first diwali in our new home...and we are going all out in a bid to decorate our house with all our hearts ..! We usually start the day by choosing one part of the house and trying to make it look as shiny as new..! Every other day, me and mom go out for some diwali shopping which have so far included bed linen,  kitchen ware, crockery, and the diwali decoratives..!

We also try to squeeze in frequent visits to our maasis and mamas.. and some uncles and aunties..!

Me, being a food 'live-r'..try to find some time to have a hand at cooking something or the other....So, recently i made some egg bhurji...with some simple flavours and two of my favorite ingredients- black pepper powder and coriander leaves..!

I also made a chocolate cake...after much permutation and combination of the ingredients as well as the method of cooking...! What i mean is , my oven broke down...so, i tried to make a cake this time in a pressure cooker..!!Well, in all honesty, it wasnt as good as one made in oven...but nevertheless, it tasted just fine...!!

So, here are a few pics of the food that I enjoyed....

egg bhurji..!

my yoghurt chocolate cake..!

I hope you liked my pics...!!

Do leave comments on your views...

Till next time...

Cheers..!

funnnnnn day....!!!

Hi readers...!!!
I hope all of you had a fun weekend....!!
Well..I had a blast...!
Sunday...the 4th of November saw a very happy birthday of my friend...(whose pics you must have seen in my earlier post with me)...So thanks to her, I had a whole day of amazing fun...!!!
Let me spell it out...To begin the day , I got some beautiful lovely yellow bunch of flowers for her...(psst..i recently realised that I love yellow...!!I even own a lehenga in Yellow..!!). I went to her home...hugged her...wished her...had a rasgulla (the big white juicy one..!), and headed out to Promenade-Vasant Kunj...!
Since it was already 3 PM, we straightaway went to ITALIA in Ambience mall, Vasant kunj. Believe me guys...it calls for a must visit from everyone...!!The food there was awesome.. Since my friend is a vegetarian, we ordered a pizza with basil pesto,artichokes, green olives and sun-dried tomatoes..!!!Yummmmmm...I so did not miss my chicken..! Alongside we also had bruschetta with mozzarella and tomatoes...( Divine...!) and Devil's Kiss ( which was a concoction of guava juice,rock salt,mint leaves and tobasco sauce..) .
After a hearty meal, we went to Blu O where we were joined by another friend... And as embarassed as I am admitting the fact that i had never 'bowled' ever in my life and that i fell on my bum on my first attempt at bowling.....I would also like to announce that i hit a 'strike' on my first 'flat on my bum' attempt...!!!! Yipppeeee...!! It was hilarious and soooper fun..!! It turned out I was reasonably good at it...and won in the first round....We played a couple of more times and had never before fun...!!!!
Then, we were joined by another friend and we went to 'UNDERDOGS- sports bar and lounge'....That was a first for me too.....I had never played pool before...and tried my hand at that too...!! Sooper fun again...!! Although I have to confess that i sucked at it...and was the focus of all the jokes of the evening...!!
Since , it was my first visit to Underdogs, I had no idea that they had so many more sports to offer....I saw a carrom board table and many more such sports...!! And if you are not someone to play...you can just grab a couch and watch any one of the many screens for your favourite sport..!!
It was a super fun day for me...and i cant begin to thank my friend enough for this exciting day...!


Go visit these two places in Ambience mall , Vasant Kunj if you already havn't...!!!
I hope you have as much fun as I had...!!
Cheers...to happy days like these...!!


P.S: Sorry....I've got no pics to show you guys.....!!I guess you can now figure how busy I was having fun that I forgot about clicking..!!