3 movies/books that always confuse me; they all have such similiar-sounding names :

If tomorrow comes
(It will ) Die another day
(But ) Tomorrow never dies

Put them in sequence, add some extras, and they actually make some sense... lol...

Cheers,
Anya

Testing something here

Someone I know has the sexiest laugh o'er the phone... :-) lol

Cheers,
Anya

The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith


People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.


Unbelievable !!!

Cheers,
Anya

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It takes a moment for all your hopes to come crashing down, all that you worked for to stare back at you FUTILE, a complete, colossal waste, all your hopes to die a death from which there is no resurrection...
But, know what... : My hopes are like cats, they have nine lives...........atleast ...

Some weird facts - I
Oral-B®

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Oral-B is a combination of oral hygiene and the letter B, which stands for the word better.

The nylon-bristle toothbrush is a descendant of the "chew stick," a twig with a frayed end of soft fibers that was rubbed against the teeth to clean them. Chew sticks have been found in Egyptian tombs dating to 3000 B.C

The first bristled toothbrush, made from bristles plucked from the backs of hog¹s necks and fastened to bamboo or bone handles, originated in China in 1498.

Traders from the Orient introduced Europeans to the practice of brushing their teeth, and the few Europeans who adopted the practice opted for horsehair toothbrushes, though most preferred the Roman toothpick.

After Du Pont chemists discovered nylon in the 1930s, the company marketed the first nylon-bristle toothbrush in 1938.

In the 1940s, periodontist Robert Hutson invented Oral-B Toothbrushes, the first multitufted, soft-nylon bristle toothbrushes. In 1984, Gillette acquired Oral-B, enabling Oral-B to make its toothbrushes available in virtually every country in the world.

According to the American Dental Association, 80 percent of all Americans fail to replace their toothbrush until after the bent bristles are no longer fit for cleaning teeth.

Oral-B Toothbrushes incorporate the features recommended by dental professionals: a long narrow neck designed for more effective brushing of back teeth; a thumb grip for better maneuverability; a rounded head for greater comfort; and polished, end-rounded bristles to help protect gums and tooth enamel.

Oral-B Indicator bristles fade as the brush wears out.

Oral-B is the world¹s leading producer of dental care products.

Oral-B Toothbrushes are used by more dentists and hygienists worldwide than any other toothbrushes.


Happy Brushing :-)
Anya

A Book is yur best friend

Am reading 'Little Women' currently, the master classic by Louisa May Alcott, sucha wonderful book, 'twas a present by mommie and daddie to me and my sis when I was in the VII std.; it was a fat, blue book [ it still has the gift-tag on it , with the cellophane all brown ], A collection of Little Women, Sindbad's adventures, Robinson Crusoe and Alice in Wonderland ... many a delightful afternoon spent turning the pages of that fat book, with a mango, season permititng or some Coconut-barfi or some pakodas to munhc on. Me loved reading reclining on my fave sofa; the book was bigger than me :-), and I had to do a good deal of book-handling :-) to ensure it doesen't fall, till the time I found the perfect place for it; in the crook of my arms :-)

My sister finished reading them all realllll soon :-); When I finished too, another forever-bond was created between us :-)...
Since then, we have had endless discussions about the characters, their characteristics, who we most closely resemble, who we identify with, who we would like to identify with ; we both wanted to be like Jo, and we both have some of her traits; passion for reading being one of them , she would call me Amy coz I am the youngest and so is Amy, at times I felt like Beth; calm, meek, quiet, I used to call her Meg, coz she was the eldest and so was Meg... One thing we agreed on; our Mommie was like Marmee in the book :-)...the best evah !!!

A must-read this one...

Cheers,
Anya

JLT

Bend it like Becks, saw it 2wice o'er the weekend :-)...the 5th time I saw it in toto; also caught 'Chalte Chalte'; wish had gone somewhere else 'Chalte Chalte'...
It is 1 Saaaaaaaaad Movie...SRK looks mal-nourished, with sunken cheekbones and his waist was lesser than Rani's ; illogical story line, a lot of ham-acting, weird side-kicks, a lot of Hinglish, pathetic songs except for the main one, length stretched like chewing gum eons old, about the only +point was gorgeous Rani, who looked great, wore great stuff but looked totally out of place in the movie, like all the others...
We drove the others in the hall crazy with our non-stop commentary, Shastri would be proud of us :-)

Cheers,
Anya

Summer XS

Yesterday was Summer XS at the National Bowl, turned out to be a super-success, going by the reviews from people; it had all the stars; Daniel Bedingfield, Blazin' Squad, Atomic Kitten, Simply Red, Busted, Sugababes, Appleton, Abs, The Cheeky Girls DJ Sammy, Mis-teeq, Kym Marsh, Big Brovaz, David Sneddon, Lisa Scott-Lee, Triple 8 and Billy Crawford... all churning out their hits... The show started at 2.00, ended at 6.30-ish, people back home by 8.00-ish, keeping in mind post-event traffic.

Wish I had been there, done that !!! Me had to make do with my own Summer-XS by listening to all the hits on the radio, post the event... :-)

Cheers,
Anya

A question of sport...

Came across this headline
Woodward fires World Cup warning

ITV - 1 hour ago
England boss Clive Woodward has warned his Grand Slam-winning team that their hopes of winning the World Cup this autumn are on the line against New Zealand in Wellington.


Just 1 quick ?
Is the sport in question 'Tennis' or 'Cricket'...turns out it is neither :-)...it is in fact 'Rugby'... Lol...which I realized only after I googled on Mr. Woodward's name; the entire article had no mention of the sport invloved... :-)...happens ever so often this :-)

Cheers,
Anya

Sunte the hum, yeh zindagi gum aur khushi ka mel hai
Humko magar aaya nazar, yeh zindagi woh khel hai
Koi sab jeete, sab koi haar de
Apni toh haar hai, yaar mere...

Truly touches you man, this song ... Hail Yesudas !!!

Cheers,
Anya

Magic Potion any1?

Read one of my faves, an Asterix comic yesterday...was transported to a happy place like in a jiffy :-)...
Asterix, Obelix, Dogmatix, Vitalstatix, such neat names, the best is the one assigned to the bard... CACOPHONIX ...fits me like a glove :-)))...

Neways, gotta go to the library now and pick up some more Asterixes...

Cheers,
Anyatix :-)

P.S. When we're hungry, love will keep us alive, pretty cool,eh !

IT IS IRONIC...

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
IT IS IRONIC... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
Well, isn't this nice
And IT IS IRONIC... ... don't you think?

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's oka and everythings going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think evertyhing's gone wrong and everthing blows up
In your face

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And IT IS IRONIC... ... don't you think
A little too ironic.. and yeah I really do think...


It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
And life has a funny way of helping you out

Helping you out ??? Strange but true...

Contemplative Me...

Bryan is like old wine :-)
He gets better and better with age, time, songs...the only Angrezi singer to hit Bombay's [ sorry, can't call it Mumbai :-) ] shores twice...There aren't too many like him around, ...

Cheers,
Anya

:-)
And the moon is up, and the stars are bright
And whatever comes gonna be alright
Coz tonight, yu will be mine
Up on Cloud number 9

P.S. Love the phrase breathtaking-beauty, whoever coined it must have seen the view from my window :-)...when it is dark, pouring and windy... :-)

Parent-Trap

Strictly in jest - :-)))

Here are excerpts from a recent conversation between me and my roomies. Topic in question being that, our parents have made so many 'n' number of sacrifices for us, they have taken such pains to bring us up, and look what we turned out as :-) loL ... we were wondering if we would turn out to be even a shadow of what they are, and after all that we do, if they; meaning the kids turn out to be strange creatures, or even worse like us, :-), that wouldn't be a very nice thing...

Here's a random list of things that parents do; rather did till some years back, dunno about the new ones :-)

1. Teach them; them meaning their children... :-) now that would mean drilling all them tables, grammar, poems, proses, maths, sciences in their little head...
2. Bring them up to be good citizens of the world; or is it nation; well, either which way, yu got the point...
3. Keep a good balance between tolerance and pressure; how??? No clue, yu tell me....
4. Be a friend at times, a parent at others, please tell me what time is it...to behave like which ...
5. Keep a track of what's happening in their lives, any good company, any bad company, any company at all???
6. Try and steer them in the direction that will be best-suited to them, keeping in mind what they want, now what if he/she wants to be a gambler? What do yu do? Book them a non-return to Vegas???
7. Cook for them, Now this is difficult, more so for them than for me, to eat what I make is fine with me, well, will just have to make them EAT :-)
8. Censor TV, Video, Books, Internet, CDs, VCDs, Cassettes, jeez...the list is endless...and go chop chop...
9. Teach them manners, how to behave, what to say when, more importantly what not to say :-)
10. Just Let them be, Let them be themselves...Tough One...

Now, this is a 24/7 thing, for at least 21 years, or more...which translates to 183960 hours, it is TRUE, used the Calci ... that is not counting any leap-years and any worldly changes that would mean more hours in a day...
Just 1 question, why would you even want to be a parent? :-)

Cheers,
Anya

P.>S They all say Not to worry, yu learn how... :-)....for the sake of some kids, I sure hope so :-)))

In My head
Thanxzzz to whoever was humming it...

When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is ...

Odd, very Odd !!!
1. People who are rude without a reason
2. People who are cruel with words
3. People who put me down
4. People who are envious and take out their complexes on me
5. People who throw their weight around

Just 1 message -
All the shit you throw at me comes back at you, coz it doesen't make an iota of a difference to me...GET A LIFE !!!

Have a nice day...
Cheers,
Anya

Have To HAve to, Simpleee Have to HAVE ...
Click for PaniPuri Recipe

This will do too ...
Click for Sev Puri recipe

Or maybe this ...

Dabeli (Double Roti) Kutch recipe :
Ingredients

1. Aloo 1kg
2. Onions 4 Medium Sized
3. Double roti masala
4. Peanuts 1 cup
5. Salt 2 tspn
6. Red chilly powder 2 tspn
7. Emlee and gur chutney 4 tblspn
8. Lasoon chutney 2 tblspn
9. Pomegranate seeds

Method :
1. Boil the aloos and after peeling mash them well and keep aside.
2. In a dekchi heat 1/2 cup oil for frying the peanuts, deep fry and add salt about 1 tspn, 1tspn sugar - keep aside
3. To the remaining oil, add the Dabeli pdr. and after a couple of 3 minutes, add the mashed aloos.
4. Serve hot as filling in bun with fried peanuts & chopped onions; slice the bun in two without splitting it, add a layer of lasoon chutney, a layer of imli chutney, the filling, the pomegranate seeds, fried peanuts and chopped onions...

Voila, dabeli is ready, for toast-double-roti, turn the filled bun on a tava with after applying some butter on the sides...

Bon Appetit
Chef Anya

P.S> Hoping that i score on atleast 1 of the 3 above; right now mes off to Homeee... C yu on the morrow...

Now, for the other 2... for those of you to whom this made no sense, refer my first post dated today...

One is by a female artist, the other by a male artist...well, tat ain't very helpful clues, I suppose...neways...here is an off-the-head Top, absolutely TOP-10 Angrezi-Mein fave songs of mine...
in random order :-)

3. Top of the world - The Carpenters
1. Making love out of nothing at all - Air Supply
5. It must have been love - Roxette
6. Love will keep us alive - Eagles
9. Always - Jon Bon Jovi
10. Cloud number 9 - Bryan Adams
7. That thing you do - The Wonders
4. You make me wanna - Blue
2. Killing me softly - Roberta Flack
8. I'll be there - Mariah Carey

Apart from any song by Abba, Sir Cliff Richard and The Beatles...

If I were part of a band, it would be called, ' The Music of Sound ' OR maybe ' Local chords ' OR simply ' The Band'; which name reminds me of that totally bland, unimaginative name given to that band of 4 Indian guys, called ' The Band of Boys'... :-)

Cheers,
Anya

One of the songs
probably is 'I'm gonna getcha' by Shania Twain...for those of you to whom this made no sense, refer my first post dated today...
Now, gotta download the number ASAP...gotta listen to it and confirm tat it is THE ONE...

BTW, 'Chalte Chalte' opens this weekend here, looking forward to some good old, SRK after a verreee verreee long time, the last time I saw him on the big screen was when he chose to act in that over-dramatic, over-tragic, over-expensive, over-the-head-overheads, Devdas...it was a good movie, I suppose, in the tragic genre...just not among my faves...

Cheers,
Anya

P.>S Yess, tat is 1 of the songs...any1 who has got the MP3, please lemme know the Link,... Danke...

Sluuurrpp...

This Post inspired by foodie-posts by Ashwyn and Twist_of_Fate...

Since a few weeks, can LITERALLY get the taste of 'MEdu Wada, Chatni, sambar' of Vishwa-Bharati- Opposite Mulund station, 'Naan, channa masala, Kanda and Onion' from the same place, 'Dabeli' of Dabeli-wala near 302 bus-stop, 'Sev Puri' of bhel-wala near home, 'Small Kanda sambar' and 'alu sabji- Tam-bram style', the way my mom makes them, 'Frankie' of shop near Poddar college, 'Coconut Barfi' as mommie makes it...'Dal-rice' as mommie makes it, 'Toast-Sandwich' from stall at Devidayal road, 'Cabbage sabji with oodles of coconut and Sambar with no kanda' as mommie makes it...
Not to forget, soft-as-a-baby's-bottom chapatis, and any SAbji...a la Chef-Mommie...

These random salivations occur at all times of the day and night; HAVE TO, SIMPLEEE HAVE TO eat atleast a couple of 3 of the above-mentioned ASAP...any chefs out there? :-)

Cheers,
Anya

Blanked out
Heard a couple of 3 great songs on the radio late last night / early today morning, depends which way you wanna look at it...now can't remember anything about them, the lyrics, the tune, the artist...
Lordy Lord...I have to know, guess I will have to wait till the time they play on the radio again ...

Cheers,
Anya

P.S. SOmebody tell me please...

Full Volume
Hazaar rock bands playing in my head; head-banging, playing their elec-guitars, making more noise than music, driving me CRaZeeeeeEeeeeeeeeeE ...
somebody Stoppppp them !!!

Cheers, :-(
Anya

P.S. Oh humdum, suniyo re, loooveee that song :-)

Whaata life !!!

Read documents galore in preparation for a customer meeting today, slept at 1 in the morning, woke up at 6.00, the meeting went on till 4 in the evening, came back to work at 7.00, did a lot of creative stuff for an upcoming project party, now am so pooped, can barely see what I am typing...
But, know what ? I loooooooooooooove it :-)))

Now, tis Tuesday morning and am going home...

Cheers,
Anya

P.S. See ya :-)