That time of the year again

So it is that time of the year again when we all start making resolutions for the new year and lists of the old year. We see the same lists rehashed year after year and even the items on the kist are mostly the same. I did not want to do that. So here I am making the to ten list of lists which you will see across the print and electronic media in the next one week -

1. Best and worst actors / actresses (can safely assume vidya balan to top this one)
2. Best and worst movies ( both Ra.One and Dirty picture will figure….don’t ask me on which lists)
3. Best songs ( kolaveri and sadaa haq)
4. Best start-ups (people r yet to come out of the myth that there are only tech start-ups in the country)
5. World changing events ( Osama, Syria, Jobs)
6. Technology / inventions
7. Best or worst restaurants
8. Most downloaded apps
9. Promising / budding personalities for the next year
10.Sports champions
11. Best Sachin Tendulkar performances

What other lists do you read???

Happy New Year Cheers!!!

Smart Kitchen

Can some kind hearted techie / engineer design a smart kitchen for me and all those other domestically challenged women out there….
My requirements are simple really. I need a touchpad at the entrance of my kitchen. This touchpad needs to be wired to the various containers in my shelves so that I know
1. what is available and how much quantity.
2. The touchpad also needs to tell me what are the various dishes I can make with the available items in the kitchen.
3. If I want to make a particular dish, it should tell me whether that is possible or not.
4. If I feed in the weekly menu, it should give me a two day notice of items to be bought.
5.It should have red blinking lights for items when they reduce below the required levels.
6.It should have a readymade shopping list for whenever I decide to go shopping.
7. It should check expiry dates on products and warn me in advance about it.
8. It should tell me that with the available ingredients how many people will the dish serve?
Any other smart feature is also most welcome. Actually an app which does the actual cooking would be perfect but I guess that is still few years away.
Someone get to work ASAP

Morning conversations …..

 

Conversation 1

 

Me (beaming):  See what I got you

Hubby : I am impressed

Me (in a regular foot in the mouth situation) : It was a ‘Buy 1 get 1 free’ offer!!!

(In my defense I said it to impress my ‘thrifty’ mindset on him)

Hubby: Oh! So this is the free one?

Me: No…the other one is free

Hubby: So what is the other one?

Me:  ’Best Friend’

Hubby: So am I not your best friend?

Me: Well….hmm…..you see….

Hubby(now angry): I am waiting for an answer

Me: Let me get you coffee….

ESCAAAAAAAAAAPE

 

Conversation 2

 

Me(so excited):  This is what I bought in US

Hubby: Why are you so excited?

Me: Yaar! This is the probably the only proper useful thing I did in life

Hubby: California??

Me (Grrrr): CA may be California for USA but for me it is Chartered Accountant. I am a CA

Hubby: Ok, so you marrying me was not proper or useful?

Me: (OMG, now what do I do?????): You see, our marriage is not something I did. It is a boon that was granted to me by the Almighty and for which I am forever grateful (Phew!)

Hubby: You should be a politician

Door slams

And that, folks, is Wednesday………..

 

Six word stories

Ever since I read Ernest Hemingway’s famous challenge, I have been racking my brains for similar stuff. Finally I have come up with something. What do you think about it?

1. I resisted. He persisted. Bloody hands
2. Opposites don’t always attract. Just Married.
3. Good man. Rash driver. Don’t cry
4. Man fasts. Government falls. Chaos reigns.
5. Good weather. Sour companion. Ruined day.
6. His watch.time stops. Memories flood
7. Few fights. Many joys. Graveside recollections
8. Small device. Changed world. Smart visionary
9. No work. Lazy Sunday. Wishful thinking
10. Large house. Eerie silence. Unshed tears
11. More memories less dreams? Good night
12. Ex-lover. Bitchy colleague. Together forever
13. First husband. Fourth wife. Traditions intact.
14. Physical distances. Heartfelt exchanges. Technology miracles.

Dream

My entry for the August Klash -

 

“I so need a break –A break from it all.

When will I have a vacation? I want a day when I don’t have to do any work, when someone pampers me and takes all the decisions for me. Everyone I know tells me their troubles. They all look up to me to solve their problems and make their life easier. Few invite me during good times to partake their success and triumphs but most blame me for their trials and disappointments. Why do people depend on me? Why don’t I have a destiny, a pre-determined course of action chartered out by someone else? Why don’t I have someone to pass the baton to?”

After his forty winks, the Almighty resumed taking care of the world again!