I love Kadalai mittai aka chikki aka peanut brittle. This time I brought some from India. It is so funny!
It has “Supper taste” and it is made of “Crounut, Seasum, liquid clucose“, etc. I should use it “Best before 3 months from packaging“.
Can someone tell me how I can use it 3 months before packaging? All said and done, it did taste good and is still making us laugh hard! Take a look at this for yourself, if you don’t believe me!
Supper taste!
Saw Star Trek yesterday. It was a blast. Brought back lovely memories from the black and white days when we used to watch Star Trek in a Valve Texla TV on Sunday morning. The movie has a good mix of action and fun. It was great seeing Leonard Nimoy my favourite character. Zachary Quinto (Heroes Sylar) was wonderful as young Spock. Overall enjoyed the movie.
Now nursing the swollen feet thanks to the movie outing. But it is worth it.
You all know that I broke my ankle exactly 5 weeks back on a Sunday evening. Guess what my mom did out of jealousy this sunday evening (Mother’s Day), broke both her legs! She has two very small hairline fracture. She is now bed-ridden. Our family is cursed I tell you. Boo watch your step!
Man! How come I didn’t hear about Resul Pookutty until I saw the academy awards!! For a country who takes pride in Kalpana Chawla, Bobby Jindal and other People of Indian Origin, how come not much PR for Resul and AR Rahman for their Oscar Nominations!
Congrats Resul and Rahman for winning the Oscars!! Rahman takes 2 of the Oscars! Such a wonderful moment!! The proudest was when he said “எல்லா புகழும் இறைவனுக்கே” (All the praise goes to the God!)
Went to work this morning just like any other day. Attended the 10 ‘clock meeting. A co-worker brought bagels and I stuffed about 1 and half. During the meeting, there was an announcement about blood donation camp. I always wanted to donate, but never got to doing it. When I was in school/college, I was afraid of unsterilized needles and diseases. So stayed away from it. After coming to the US, saw the husband donating regularly. But I never took the initiative. Whenever I did try to go, I was disqualified due to my recent India, Mexico, UK, etc trips. Anyway, to nullify the guilt about eating bagel on top of oatmeal breakfast, decided that today was the day to some good. Also was reminded of SK’s blog about blood donation and that was another inspiration. So went to the camp and got the blood drawn. It was easy-peasy!! They took about a 1 pint of blood(little less than half a litre).
According to California law, I was supposed to rest there for 15 mins. I was perfectly fine for 5 minutes reading the pamplets. Then , I heard the technicians call my name and realized I was beginning to faint. They put some cold clothes on my forehead and neck, then gave me some water. I felt better. After 5 minutes, I walked to the snack area. Opened a packet of shortbread cookies and started munching when I had my second dizzy spell. Then after some fake cough to bring back the circulation, water, cold clothes, felt a little better. Blood pressure had dropped to 70/50. So they made me eat this stupid salty pretzels. That brought the BP up a little. Then a colleague walked me to my office. Had my lunch and then the rest of the day went by without any dizzy spells.
Now I am all high from the good deed for the day!! Will be traveling to India this year so don’t know when I will be able to donate again! 
These are from our garden. What should I do with these 100+ tomatoes. Suggestions welcome!!
Boo and I had a conversation in Tamil like this about the freebies and election. And it went like this.
Me: எங்க ஊர்ல ஓட்டு போட்டா, ice cream, coffee, donuts எல்லாம் freeயா தராங்க!
Boo:சே! அவ்வளவுதானா? எங்க ஊர்ல் கலர் TV-யே தராங்க!
Me: #$#$$#%$#%@#$$#%
Translation:
Me: Hey.. They give ice cream, coffee, donuts for free if we vote here in the US!
Boo:Oh.. Is that it? They give colour TV for free here!
Me: #$#$$#%$#%@#$$#%
Traveling is not Vacation! Came to this realization after all these years!! We are planning to vist Boo and from there Italy for a week. Planning for a trip is a pain in the you know where!! Boo’s Hd had been great help in booking the train, finding the hotels etc. Boo had been excellent in planning the trip. We have guide books from Rick Steves to Frommers to Fodors to lonely planet to Eyewitness travel from friends/library strewn around the house. Inspite of all these help, still it seems like a daunting task. Probably will need a vacation after coming back from Italy. I am glad that we will be staying in Boo’s place for 4-5 days before we come back home! This is traveling.
Vacation is our cruise family reunion and our cancun trip.
