"Cooking" not that hard after all

Hello ppl

The first time i seriosuly i thought about moving to america to pursue my masters the idea of living without my mum came to my mind .Everything was going fine until it struck me that i need to eat ,OMG who is going to cook my food ,to hire a cook in america would be like buying a new flat in India hence a possibility ruled out .Then came the idea of eating ready to eat food but that too succumbed in front of the more important budget issues .So i was left with but one choice "to cook on my own " and i thought what a day that would be in my life when i cook a whole meal for my own self .Coffee and omlette is all i knew to cook till the day i boarded my Lufthansa flight to frankfurt and with no hope i was relying that my roomates never ask me to cook but it was not to be so .

The intial days of my stay were in the house of my noble seniors namely Sridhar,Nihir,Pritesh and Sudheer.So for the first 18 days i never was asked to cook ,thanx to their courtsies but soon things were about to change.I moved into my own appt and to quench the thirsts of our stomachs as well as save some dollars like every other desi we started cooking our own food.Again the intial days were extremely easy as all 4 of us used to cook together and my tasks were restricted to cutting onions ,cleaning tables etc .But then came the horrendous decision of making dinners individually,screached i was to the core of my stomach and heart.

The D-day came and it was my turn to cook the dinner for everybody in the appt of course under the supervision of an instructor ,one of my roomates .I decided to do it the safest way and cook Rajma rice,after all even very lamely cooked rajma seems gud to we north indians.Very nuch in accordance with my fears i did mess up with the cooking by totally forgetting to add tomato puree till the very end but then certain counter measures helped me turn that rajma into a palatable dish.All in all if not an A- i did fare with a B+ in my cooking exam .


And now after 3 months since i arrived into the land of dreams and the city of snow i can even cook semi-delicious chicken curry and mutton rogan josh .A pat on the back to me HUH

Cook Shantanu

"Cooking" not that hard after all

Hello ppl

The first time i seriosuly i thought about moving to america to pursue my masters the idea of living without my mum came to my mind .Everything was going fine until it struck me that i need to eat ,OMG who is going to cook my food ,to hire a cook in america would be like buying a new flat in India hence a possibility ruled out .Then came the idea of eating ready to eat food but that too succumbed in front of the more important budget issues .So i was left with but one choice "to cook on my own " and i thought what a day that would be in my life when i cook a whole meal for my own self .Coffee and omlette is all i knew to cook till the day i boarded my Lufthansa flight to frankfurt and with no hope i was relying that my roomates never ask me to cook but it was not to be so .

The intial days of my stay were in the house of my noble seniors namely Sridhar,Nihir,Pritesh and Sudheer.So for the first 18 days i never was asked to cook ,thanx to their courtsies but soon things were about to change.I moved into my own appt and to quench the thirsts of our stomachs as well as save some dollars like every other desi we started cooking our own food.Again the intial days were extremely easy as all 4 of us used to cook together and my tasks were restricted to cutting onions ,cleaning tables etc .But then came the horrendous decision of making dinners individually,screached i was to the core of my stomach and heart.

The D-day came and it was my turn to cook the dinner for everybody in the appt of course under the supervision of an instructor ,one of my roomates .I decided to do it the safest way and cook Rajma rice,after all even very lamely cooked rajma seems gud to we north indians.Very nuch in accordance with my fears i did mess up with the cooking by totally forgetting to add tomato puree till the very end but then certain counter measures helped me turn that rajma into a palatable dish.All in all if not an A- i did fare with a B+ in my cooking exam .


And now after 3 months since i arrived into the land of dreams and the city of snow i can even cook semi-delicious chicken curry and mutton rogan josh .A pat on the back to me HUH

Cook Shantanu

Mario - Live

Golden Goose - A yearly talent show held at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. This video is a "live" performance of the first level from Super Mario Brothers. A must watch for all those who ever played video games.

Update : My New Toys

Ok ppl here s the new addition to my inventory ..
> Logitech® Z-5300e Performance surround-sound.
Feel the power of 280-watt, THX-certified quality audio while gaming or watching movies.


Mind you these are THX ..They simply rock my appt ..



Ciao

MY NEW TOYS

Olah

Almost a month after i came to america i got the latest weapons of my arsenal or shud i say my latest toys to begin my journey towards a successful graduate course .Yeah i had never been so elated in the last one month as i was to see my laptop box being handed over to me by the fedex guy.He was like my saviour and the box in his hands my life saving potion .

Honesty speaking life in america is extremely dull without electronics specially when you dont even have a television at your place .Laptop is like a Panacea here ,you can do anything with it and nothing without it .For the techies i bought an Alienware Area-51 m5550 , yeah there is no spelling mistake and alienware is a major company about which 99% of the world doesnt know and i still bought it .

For those who are still reading here are the snapshots



The best thing about the brat is that it has a 256 MB Nvidia Ge force 7600 graphic card on it,believe me any game made till today simply rocks on this GPU and i have tried Quake 4 ,FEAR ,NFSMW to name a few . If you wanna read more about it you can go to the following link
http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Area-51_m5550/area-51m_gallery.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AREA51M5550-R3&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT#pdp-nav

To be honest i love it so much for its beauty that i am extremely hesitant about nebody else touching it but then you always have to bow in front of your roomies and good friends .

The other addition to my gadget set is my new Cell Phone Motorola A780.It is a PDA with a touch screen display and the looks amazed me so much that i bought it even without reading about its rest of the features .To me its a real beauty although it may seem to be little bulky to some Motorola users .The features include touch screen display ,handwriting recognition software ,1.3 MP camera ,video recoridng ,mp3 player and the speakerphone throwsout very nice quality sound although not as loud as a music junkie would like to hear ,128 mb mini sd card and blah blah .
Overall i would like to rate it a very good buy for that money .

I gotta head back to my project about which i will write very soon but for now i gotta leave ..


Ciao

My First Glass of Beer in America

Ola

Well its been 11 days since i came to the land of dreams and i kept feeling everything is not like what it should be like :something is wrong ;i dont know what but something is surely not correct but what is it .I got that all figured out yesterday.

My landlords for now ,my seniors took me for a visit to the Carousel Center Mall in Syracuse ,and i i must say the mall is bigger than almost 3 indian malls combined or maybe even more .The sad part Indians are forbidden to shop there ;in the sense that everything is kinda expensive ,so we just kept strolling in the mall appreciating nice things and building our wishlists for the much awaited thanks giving shopping time .

I went to a lot of shops like CompUsa,BestBuy,J C Penny and many more .Food in America smells damn good but its taste isnt upto the hype built by its smell so u end up a little disappointed sometimes .But what didnt disappoint me at all was Beer.We went to a eatery called Hooters ,its like a concept bar ,yesterday the flavor was "NURSE" so all waitresses were dresses in skimpy nurse skirts and some also had stethscopes around them .The attire was damn hot for a desi like me who has just started to get into the american groove .You can decide for yourself ,here is the first page of the menu. I hope you get it now and if you wanna know more about the place here is the web address http://www.hooters.com

Well apart from the gals i must say the beer was awesome ,one glass and i could feel the swirls in my head ,for the alcoholics from india it was MOLSON .Molson is a canadian beer and if you ever get your hands on it then do gulp a bottle or two .

I am signing off for now ,will get back soon with a lot more of american flavors .

Ciao

five fckin rejects !!

yesterday evening i gt back home around 8 pm and as usual i opened my pc even before i take the bag of my shoulders ...aftr d normal booting process came d gamil beep which said it had a new mail in store fr me ....alas it was frm d univ i had been waiting to listen to fr months University of Florida Gainsville ,but perhaps even the last day of the months decided to take its toll on me and then i saw the words "unable to give you admission " ...the 5 words felt like a big atom bomb on my dreams on making it to a big university in United State of America ...although i hav one admit i wanted dis 1 very badly !! i wish i could change this 1 decision !!



lets c wat happens wid d rest !!

ciao