Monday, September 22, 2008

The Nails story

I happened to watch a movie couple of weeks back which has a very weird and funny concept regarding nails. This proved to be correct when i tested it with most of my friends.

When a person is asked to see their nails, i say not to show but to see their nails, the general convention is,

A Boy will always fold his hand/palm inwards to see the nails.

A girl will always stretche her hand forwards away from the body and see the hand. This is something like reading a letter or a paper with hands keeping it away from the body.

The convention works with most of the persons. This is a general thing that you can see when asked a boy or a girl.

There can be chances of a guy acting like a girl and a girl acting like a guy when asked to see their nails. Its an exception.

But what should a person who sees one hand in style of a guy and one hand in style of a girl be called....lolllllllll...Ooops!!!

Monday, September 15, 2008

Hyderabadi Vegetarian Haleem

I had haleem on 12Sep'08. Hey!! whats special about it? Yes it is for me.

It has been 4 years since i'm in Hyderabad. Its my 4th Ramadan time in Hyderabad. Hyderabad is know for its two delectables, Biriyani and Haleem. Haleem is a special delicacy which will be available only during Ramadan times. Since the time i am living in hyderabad, i keep hearing about the taste of the haleem which i havent tasted. The reason being, i am vegetarian. Haleem is generally made of meat and ghee. So i havent tasted it. But i always had in mind, why is the dish so famous? How does it taste sweet, sour, hot???

I remember my colleagues shankar, sharon and kiran used to have haleem during ramdan times at Paradise(Sec'bad) which is very close to my previous office, Effigent. They used to have it in the evening during snacks time. I dont accompany them always as i couldn't eat it and just seeing them eat haleem doesnt make me happy :).

I always thought if there had been Veg Haleem which sounds funny for me then but not now. It may sound funny now even to some one who doesn't know that there is Veg Haleem available in Hyderbad. My search for veg haleem started in 2006 ramadan times. I havent enquired with the restaurants. But if anyone talks about haleem i used to certainly ask if they know something of Veg Haleem which i even was not sure of. The response was a simple n sarcastic smile.

Finally, on the way from cyber towers to Lakadikapul via Mehdipatnam, this year i found an outlet of PISTA HOUSE which serves Haleem. The traffic used to be very slow by the time we reach the road passing afront of pistahouse. The reason was Haleem. Its always crowded, everyday and everytime i see. This time i didn't want to take a chance. As its being friday, i thought of stopping there and ask the restaurant wala about Veg. Haleem.

When i asked for Veg Haleem at the counter, i remember all the people around there stopped with what they were doing and looked at me for a moment. I donno why, it was quite embarassing. The counter wala was also not sure about if they had veg haleem. So he asked me to enquire at the kitchen window and showed me the way. I came back to him saying that they do have Veg haleem. It costed me Rs.60/-. I collected the parcel amidst of the heavy crowd(i debt the crowd would be as huge as the crowd waiting for tickets for chiranjeevi's cinema for the first day, first show :)) and came back on my way to my place.

I reached the room and was very eager to taste(which i was thinking even while driving home :)) it. I opened it with lot of interest. But as soon as i opened the pack and see it, i was not sure if it was veg or non-veg as the look and feel i.e. UI:) passes the wrong message. So i asked my roommate(rupesh, who is a non vegetarian by habit) to taste it and see if its certainly not non-veg. The complete upper part of the pack was covered with Ghee and i can get by its smell. After proper approval and reconfirmation only i tasted it. It was not upto my expectations as i had been waiting for this right moment since 4 years and my expectations were very high about the famous dish.

So, Dear Vegetarians!! Gud times now for you too...-:) you too can taste Haleem now. Go ahead and enjoy -:).

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Priorites Change With TIME


Priorites change with TIME and circumstances. We need to accept it. I too accepted it just 5 mins ago. What am i blogging about at this 12:20AM odd time? Why am i doing it? I donno the answer. I'm just putting it down so that i will not skip this truth or lemme put it this way, i may not be ready to accept it for myself once i wake up this morning.

For the last couple of weeks my brain has been a factory of some new facts that will certainly keep me happy in 99.99% of situations in life. It has been a generator for new thoughts and truths. It all happened due to some changes i'm undergoing mentally, emotionally.

Generally i like to see happiness around me. Who ever is with me, i want to see them smiling and want them to be happy. But may be if some one noticed it or not, i'm talking philosophy these days.(May be you could checkout my status message in orkut too....)

Priorities are to be set so that you stand for them and plan your life accordingly. Till now i thought priorities will not change. Priorities should not change. They are not to be mended. But its false. They are ought to be mended with time and situations. Harshly speaking, priorities should change so that life doesn't monotone. Anybody who accepts it will not be haunted emotionally. If you accept it you will be happy else fretful.