New phase

Rains - Fun ? Not Fun ?

Yeah Yeah.. I was bitten by the lazy bug .. and it took a hell lot of time from recovering!! New place and an exciting weather.. This time it's Oregon!! Yup.. I din't even know that this state existed until I got here ... I so wish that we would stick to this place for an year or even more.. And exciting weather.. yeah atleast that's what i thought.. Who wouldn't love the rainy season?? For the first couple of months it would remind me my days in India and my days in Miami... where i used to enjoy the rains with a garam chai and pakodas.. Well it was exactly the same here in Oregon too but just for a month or two... I mean i grew so sick of the pakoras, the chai.. and escpecially the rainy season.. i mean com'on rains everyday for 7-8 mnths 24/7??Seriously !!! The romantic rainy season turned into a dark depressing sad one making me feel just like this...



I know the rhyme "Rain Rain go away come again another day" But i wouldn't understand why we as kids were taught this rhyme because playing in the rain is most fun thing we could ever do .. But now ?? Atleast for me??Ah..I am so waiting for the Summers to come :)

Smile :)

Of Goodbyes and Adieus...!!

This is a guest post by a dear friend Sasi... I had asked him to write a post on parallel universe which was kind of fascinating to me... but guess he changed his mind.. Nevertheless i think this is a perfect post for the time cos i am  moving to a place far far away from where my friends live... an i will miss them so much :( 


So here you go....


Good Bye, Adieu, Au Revoir, Adios, Alvida, Khuda Hafiz.....different tongues, different origins - but they all mean the same in soul and sphere of feelings. We long to use those words in many an occasion; but on contrary, its the same set we wish we could avoid in a handful of situations that warrant our parting with someone dear & close. Am pretty sure we all had to go through such phase(s) willingly or unwillingly. Letting go of something or someone is one of the toughest things to do, or maybe its just our human nature. Inarguably, we sure are a bundle of emotions and feelings; however strong we project ourselves individually, we all give into the feelings of parting and separation. Do we fear what is in store post-goodbye? Or is it that we attach ourselves so deep that it feels like we are leaving peace or piece of us behind when we say our adieus? Sometimes its good to be so attached, but our dilemma/skepticism of a new phase outweighs those feelings which make farewells all the more tough?

All good things must come to an end they say; instead, if you think end of something (good) is start of something better, you may feel a little better - while time fills the vaccum with things going north or maybe with the same things/people we had to part from crossing our path again. Probably, a perfect example for 'a bend in the road is not the end of the road'.



Everything seems good if we can believe and soak in the fact that nothing in this world/life is permanent except 'change'. Cliched, but true - The faster we adapt the easier it is to get on and get going. Maybe tough to begin with, but sometimes a change is inevitable - be it a person, place, thing or just a passing feeling that we tend to cling onto. Such changes are also good sometimes so we realize the blessings we get used to and take for granted; it gives us a glimpse of what we would have been missing otherwise.

I guess I need to stop before it gets too philosophical.:) So long folks!!

Chocolate Temptations!!!

Hiya, long long time since i checked into my blog... been kind of real busy until we moved to Ohio... Our stay at Memphis TN was the best... had a splendid time with friends.. We forgot the world around us.. Parties, get togethers, games.. what not??Sadly I really miss all that fun now :(. Anyways this new place as of now sucks!!! Yeah.. with all the snow and the chill weather.. It's March and it is still cold... But there is one thing about this place.. even in this chill weather i am like dieing to eat ice creams... not just any ice cream but the one and only and my all time favorite the "dark chocolate".. I have been having these ice creams from the past week or so and i just can't get enough of them.. Dark chocolate is so so tempting!!!!

Yummmmm!!!!!

A Little Prayer

Well the name says it all. I ve been too busy to update my blog because of some health issues and also we were again moving to a new state. I wasn't very  happy about the move this time :(.It was so bad and tough for me. But one thing that touched my heart the most was a small prayer from a very old man. The story goes like this... On our way to Memphis, TN we stopped over in Atlanta at a cousin's place. But due to my very bad health i had to rush to the emergency room (which scared me to death :( ) . Then a old man saw me crying, came to me consoled me and did a little prayer for me. I was like so so touched by this.He gave me some hope and i felt so relieved. He also gave me a hand written card which said everything would be fine and i would get well. It was a very wonderful feeling i had ever experienced. I just cannot express the way i felt in words. A total stranger in a totally different country praying for another total stranger :) There is humanity still left in this world :)

Octopus Fuss

Yesterday we went to a Greek restaurant for dinner. In the menu we came across grilled octopus. A dear friend of mine once told me that it would actually taste good. So i wanted to try it too and we ordered it. I was always scared of octopus... so various thoughts were running around in my head.What if they bring a whole octopus?? How would i be able to eat it?? What if they din't cook it well and it's still alive?? Would it actually get up and crush me up with its arms and EAT ME?????

But luckily none of it happened :).They just brought it's arms grilled (it was not alive ;) ) and it did taste good.. It was a bit like chicken but a little chewy. It was a good experience :) So I think you guys should taste it too.. 

Cheers!!!

Long Time!!!

It's been a long long time since i updated this blog. I was not feeling quite well because of my unexpected backache which din't even allow me to sit, so i had to lie down all the time and and boy it is not a very easy thing to do ;).Well what does this had to do with updating my blog???It s just that i was being a bit lazy and was just looking for reasons for not updating the blog :) :). So after like almost a week, i started hearing echos in my mind saying :Where's your blog...blog...blog...blog.. I started dreaming about my blog... I din't feel it was right to abandon her(my blog;)) just like that.. After all she's my best company and i would be dieing lonely without her ;)

So here I go with an update :)

Cheers!!!

My Food Blog

Yeh Finally!! I have launched Neelu's Cuisine successfully :). I put in all the recipes i tried on my dear husband. He is particularly safe and healthy. So you can try them out ;). It's still surprising to me that i am able to do these blogs because I never stick to the same thing for this long :) and I just love doing this stuff. I hope ki you will enjoy it too :) 

So here's the great "Chef Neelu" ;)

After all food is an important part of life!!Ain't I right???