Interview with GOD Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Well no it wasnt me who interviewd HIM. Who could show light to the Almighty himself. It is just of the links which was forwarded to me by one of my friends. However it is still is intresting thing to watch. This may not be the real interview with GOD but is ceratinly wise words. Situations which almost all of us would face in our life. Atleast , i faced same situation.

Living life in fast lane we never stop by to think WHY? WHAT for? Just if we would give a thought to these things world would be better place to live.Having siad that it is what it is. These things are never going to change.

Hmmm.. thinking about that what if I get Chance to interview GOD what would be my questions.
umm.. i wonder what they would be I guess seeing him would be enough to get me out of all my anxieties.

If you are wondering what I am on about here is the Interview With GOD

Over to Baking Monday, April 13, 2009

Have been cooking for a while now, when i say a while it’s almost a year now. It’s been an year i have been in the UK now. So to commemorate this occasion i tried something new. I decided to bake a cake.. Yes , i have no previous experience in baking. Now when i say no experience have baked only once , had an unsuccessful try at making muffins. Right then, Cake it was.
Well to start with i had to go shopping for right ingredients. With my newest jacket which i purchased only last Friday i set out. And tell you what , someone was watching me at the super market well she was a kiddo so i did not pay much heed to her.Some day that someone will come fingers crossed ya..
Any ways baking cake was fun the preparation time was just 15 min. And baking time was 40 min.
So here is the recipe
SAND CAKE
Ingredient's



185 g unsalted butter
2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract
250 g caster sugar
185 g self raising flour
60 g rice flour
80 ml milk
1) Preheat the oven to 180 C
2)


Melt the butter in the sauce pan
3)

Mix all the ingredients and beat the mixture well so that it becomes thick and creamy.
4)
Pour the mixture into the greased cake tin and get baking....
5) We need to keep checking on the cake with a skewer till it comes out clean.
6)
After it does remove the cake and turn out on wire rack to cool.


I tasted it after a while it was ok. But i would say too sweet. Only thing i did extra was sprinkled almonds on the sides. I was expecting the almonds to stay at the sides but, but they were all clustered in the center. Lovely looking cake? Do think so..well it’s here at least for your view..
Next time i want to make something new but what that is still a secret. Why because i somehow jinx myself as i was going to make muffins this weekend but ended up making cake..Yes yes that’s better but i really want to make that thing which i have in mind so will put it up here and then you can see.

Pic's of me with SnowWoman Friday, February 20, 2009

Yes pretty unusual. Last to last week we had a heavy snowfall here and i had planned to make a snowman myself but.... Yes performing role of man and woman does not leave you with enough time; does it?
Any ways my tech lead's wife had come over to the office one day as she was not able to go to hers. The roads were full of ice and were quite treacherous. I had however managed to reach office all the days unlike others i don’t have to drive which is good and bad. But like Andrew says “It is what it is”.Andrew was working from home those days and had popped into the office for some discussion. While he was having his meeting,I had gone to cafeteria to get myself a cup of tea. I was thinking such a wonderful weather (unlike the English who think it was a horrible weather) and just tea that too not our Indian style just some boiled water with tea powder. It would have been so much fun if i could have just sat outside with hot bowl of Maggi and snow falling. Anyways...
When i reached the end of the cafeteria which has glass wall’s I saw a woman making snowman. Both I and Mike wondered who it was..Aah! Mike lovely old chap. Now , i was starting to think must be someone from other company who must be doing it but at second look...Lo, it was Lena. Andrew’s wife. She could not manage to reach to her office so she was accompanying Andrew to ours. Both of them make a lovely couple. Lena is a sunshine girl. The concentration with which she was making the snowman was incredible. She completed the snowman in what may be just 15-20 min. And not like the usual ones as you can see. I went back to desk and started work again.
After a while i remembered Lena, Andrew was in meeting and poor girl was waiting outside all alone (of course in the car) . I thought it will be nice idea to get her in so i popped out to get her in. And that is when she took these pics of mine.
Well you can see exactly why i am calling it snowwoman and not snowman. Lena was teasing me that i was posing with snowwoman as if she was my GF. But i think it appreciable how quick and beautiful she made the snow damsel!! Any ways when she was done taking the pic’s se gave me bowl of chocolates and some food to eat. Lovely sweets from Lovely Lena
And yes Lena is expecting well everyone in the team is excited and happy for her and Andrew.



Rab ne bana di jodi. Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Today one of my best mates Mr S is getting married
Very happy for him. Actually his wife Miss K or should i say Mrs K was also my friend. He was going out with her for many years now very happy to see the pair of them getting the final destiny. Congratulations to both of them. And in another two days time my sister is getting married and in another few days my brother..man its Shaadi season already. Never mind my heartiest congratulations to all the pairs and my prayers to GOD for their happy married life.

Thinking of that what would you require to get married?, really simple yet a complex equation. I would say trust,truthfulness and transparency would be the most important of all. Of course you see people would have different motivation and reasons to get married.
But it hurts the most when they marry for other but the reasons mentioned. Because when you don't trust your partner or you are not truthful about your present or past you end up in a mess. What I believe is when you keep hiding things from your partner i.e. to say you are not transparent about any or other thing you are bound to end in a mess.

Marriage according to me is very sacred thing but when one of the two things wrong it just goes for a toss.Getting old with some one would be a really nice thing.But in this world handful of people enjoy. Many people think it is a compromise they have to live on with. Well no if you think that then you are making a mistake. Well if you are making a compromise then you are spoiling your life and your partners life and your children s lives as well.

After marriage you get into the whole new dimension. All your actions needs to take into account your better half. Never can it be possible that you can drag one end other person would stay behind.

Although people say that marriages are made in heaven i would say well no they are made by us humans. GOD never decides this person marries that person. He has given you free will you are responsible for your actions completely.

All i would say is Look before you leap...

Hanuman Chalisa Friday, January 02, 2009

Hari Om all,

During regular Thursday discourse of 1-Jan-2009 P.P. Sadguru Bapu has
asked all of us to chant Hanuman Chalisa consecutively 3 times before
8.15 PM IST tomorrow (3-Jan-2009) . The detail discourse will follow
soon. Please forward this email to all your friends and relatives.

Hari Om

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Manasamarthyadata Newsletter Team

Happy New Year Thursday, January 01, 2009

Wishing you a very happy new year. This is the first time I really celebrated the New Year. Most of the times it was just keeping awake to see the old man burn just below the window at our house in India. This time though it was a proper party (Courtsey, WeiWei and Manuel). We left early from office on 31st. The New year understandably is a big event here like Diwali for us in India.

With all our contributions to the party we reached home and eagerly waiting for WeiWei and Manuel to feed us with the treat. WeiWei really cooks good chicken. Apparently that was one reason I was insisting on her coming to the party. Actually I had expected she would be cooking at my place but she chose to do so at her place.

Finally the yummy meal arrived of course with our guests (quite ironic). It was a very good meal of Chips,Sushi,Cream soup and Chicken.I had reservations about sushi but the Sushi was nice as well. The newest addition to our work force to our team Ritesh stays with me, he was good company to Manuel who is a Airplane enthusiast. Both seem to get along very well on the topic. While they carried on with their topic; WeiWei and I just looked on to them. All went well except the heating at my place which is terrible. As all of us disclosed their New year resolution, more travels , more flights was the common voice. I have none as yet.


As the clocked chimed twelve we had 12 grapes with each chime and then glass of champagne for all except me . I just had a glass of orange juice. The tradition of twelve grapes comes from Spain. Manuel believes in it strongly. He says one year he did not do it and was not a good one. He says this tradition started from a year in Spain when they had huge harvest of grapes and government decided to get rid of the same through coordinated efforts.

Wishing and hoping that New Year 2009 goes very well and brings us peace, light and happiness we parted.

My Dear Daddy. Monday, December 15, 2008