A very good friend of mine – AA – became a proud father of a cute baby girl today :-) The joy in his voice when he called up to give the news was palpable … so much different than any other good news that one can give… I am very happy for u dada … may a lot more happiness come your way with this new sunshine in your life.
Aah … now for the kholi on fire wala kissa …
Last week … early in the morning around 8 … I got up to heat water – aint got no geyser so use an immersion rod … so I started it up and went back to enjoy some extra slumber - who can resist that eh (actually a few names do come to my mind … but discount those souls will ya …) I don’t know how long I had dozed off but my sweet dreams were broken by a crackling noise … I opened my eyes and my main switch board was on fire … where the heater is plugged in... real flames … I was livid even in that state … why is this happening was my first thought … I got up thinking what should I do to put it out when there a loud “Phaaaaaat” sound and then a calm so unnerving that I dinno what to do. The stench of burning wire was the only thing that got me back to present and I sat down on the floor grateful that I was safe and more so .. that the room and the building was still standing. And the worst part about this whole thing was that I had changed the electric plug 3 days back … dunno whose fault it was … (da plug or the heating rod – I don’t want to have any more suspects to avoid any more complications …) but I was left with no power and lukewarm water to move on with my day. I am in Mumbai so that wasn’t much of a problem. Rushed off to work with a to-do in my brain to get mr. gawde ..the electrician and give him some work.
It was all ok when we got down to checking it later in the evening. The main fuse had blown off along with the heater 3-pin plug thereby putting out the fire (which was the wire burning) and saving the plug point … and my shoes … and my clothes … and last but also the least yours truly ofcourse!!!
So today I live to tell my tale and give da plug another chance to wreck havoc in my life! (Trying to do some mandavli on that end… wl keep u updated)
And yea ..for the one soul who asked me - & for any more who might be playing with the idea (which I doubt going by my hits) - Amelia Bones is the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement... heard of first in Order Of Phoenix and then dying in the Deathly Hallows.
:-)
~ KK
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Long Weekend !!!
Back after a long weekend at home in Pune. Funny how this term "long weekend" has become a norm after being in the US … it gives the word “Weekend” a whole new meaning, what with the one extra day added ;-). So this was a special weekend at that … My parents 31st wedding anniversary :-) (Though this fact also brings to the fore some ominous truths, i am more than happy to go into ignore mode with no retry in picture .. :D)And also my sis was coming home since diwali so it was a reunion of sorts … with all of us together … first one in 2009. Moms health issues apart, it was a good 3 days spent eating, shopping (for gifts ofcourse) watching T.V. and sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeping A LOT. One would think I don’t get to sleep in Bombay but the eating and sleeping combine make for a lethally inviting proposition – one which ain’t possible here :-)
One more thing I realized while I was TV surfing was that there are a lot of good movies – read movies worth watching even if I’ve already watched em a zillion times before – coming on HBO & Star. It hit me even more coz I have no access at all here. Took my ol’ LT along to download some movies only to find that it’s monitor had conked off, going into its relapse blanking illness. And to think that was the only reason I did not discover my way to pune and chose to Volvo instead.
This thing with Harry Potter seems to run in the family I guess. My sister and I are both HP aficionados - actually she has overtaken me – quizzing me on HP facts coz I surely did not remember who Amelia Bones was even though I had done a marathon book 1 to book 7 over the New Year. Well point is we got mom n dad to watch chamber of secrets on cartoon network (yea they also show real people on CN these days…. What ever happened to Johnny Quest and Swat Cats and GI Joe I wonder!
Well all in all a good long weekend. But now back to the grind … suddenly have a lot of work … stuff which would even give cheap manual labour a run for money but then what da heck… I aint one to complain am I.
Oh I forgot… I also shocked my folks with the story of how my kholi caught fire .. well actually how it almost caught fire. ;-) Will update on this later-gator (3 guesses on what my next post would be!)
Au Revoir…
~KK
One more thing I realized while I was TV surfing was that there are a lot of good movies – read movies worth watching even if I’ve already watched em a zillion times before – coming on HBO & Star. It hit me even more coz I have no access at all here. Took my ol’ LT along to download some movies only to find that it’s monitor had conked off, going into its relapse blanking illness. And to think that was the only reason I did not discover my way to pune and chose to Volvo instead.
This thing with Harry Potter seems to run in the family I guess. My sister and I are both HP aficionados - actually she has overtaken me – quizzing me on HP facts coz I surely did not remember who Amelia Bones was even though I had done a marathon book 1 to book 7 over the New Year. Well point is we got mom n dad to watch chamber of secrets on cartoon network (yea they also show real people on CN these days…. What ever happened to Johnny Quest and Swat Cats and GI Joe I wonder!
Well all in all a good long weekend. But now back to the grind … suddenly have a lot of work … stuff which would even give cheap manual labour a run for money but then what da heck… I aint one to complain am I.
Oh I forgot… I also shocked my folks with the story of how my kholi caught fire .. well actually how it almost caught fire. ;-) Will update on this later-gator (3 guesses on what my next post would be!)
Au Revoir…
~KK
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Elementary My Dear Watson ... !!!
So goes the famed line oft repeated by Sherlock Holmes ... to his sidekick Dr. Watson .. and 11 times out of 10 it was something complex ... and so not elementary at all ...!
Well i was cooking sometime back and had oil all heated up in the pan .. and i did something elementary which one shouldnt do ... dropped some finely cut tomatoes in the oil .... and blast ... there was oil splattering all over .. and on my hands ... :D thats something that would have failed me in my cooking exams .. if i was trainin to be a chef ... aint it not!
Talk about all things elementary :-)
Bon Appetite folks ...
~KK
Well i was cooking sometime back and had oil all heated up in the pan .. and i did something elementary which one shouldnt do ... dropped some finely cut tomatoes in the oil .... and blast ... there was oil splattering all over .. and on my hands ... :D thats something that would have failed me in my cooking exams .. if i was trainin to be a chef ... aint it not!
Talk about all things elementary :-)
Bon Appetite folks ...
~KK
Monday, January 12, 2009
Welcome 2009 !!! :-)
Welcome 2009 !!! :-)
The New Year is well and truly away to an explosive start – what with the Satyam fiasco and job uncertainties prevalent all over. Personally, I welcomed the New Year in a pretty much quiet manner. But like it ended with me attending a couple of marriages, the New Year came with some good news of marriage almost fixed… No, I am not the one getting hooked… it’s a close friend … infact 2 of them who would be tying the knot in 2009. Other than that it was rocky with job worries et all.
I also had my first bike ride of 2009 with a trip home to Pune on the weekend of 3rd. it was fun zooming at 80-90 KMPH on my modest discover on the NH4 stretch. I had a scare though while returning back to Bombay, ironically in the city itself while driving on the western express highway near andheri (2 kms from home) when a truck carrying rocks and gravel went a wee bit too fast on the bump and showered the people behind with the gravel n rocks … I was the one directly behind it and managed to slow down and avoid the falling rocks else god knows what would have happened … but that’s all in a days drive :-)
Hope to keep writing more on this blog now and would surely be more regular once I have a net connection @ home.
Here’s wishing one and all a very happy 2009 with all your dreams and wishes coming true.
Oh yea… I will also get married sometime this year – Definitely! Maybe! …
~KK
The New Year is well and truly away to an explosive start – what with the Satyam fiasco and job uncertainties prevalent all over. Personally, I welcomed the New Year in a pretty much quiet manner. But like it ended with me attending a couple of marriages, the New Year came with some good news of marriage almost fixed… No, I am not the one getting hooked… it’s a close friend … infact 2 of them who would be tying the knot in 2009. Other than that it was rocky with job worries et all.
I also had my first bike ride of 2009 with a trip home to Pune on the weekend of 3rd. it was fun zooming at 80-90 KMPH on my modest discover on the NH4 stretch. I had a scare though while returning back to Bombay, ironically in the city itself while driving on the western express highway near andheri (2 kms from home) when a truck carrying rocks and gravel went a wee bit too fast on the bump and showered the people behind with the gravel n rocks … I was the one directly behind it and managed to slow down and avoid the falling rocks else god knows what would have happened … but that’s all in a days drive :-)
Hope to keep writing more on this blog now and would surely be more regular once I have a net connection @ home.
Here’s wishing one and all a very happy 2009 with all your dreams and wishes coming true.
Oh yea… I will also get married sometime this year – Definitely! Maybe! …
~KK
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