BEYOND THE CUBICLES

Ever thought about what life is beyond the cubicle where you spend more than half of your day, or rather I should say half your life only to become someone. We fight for getting a promotion, fight to put a junior colleague down and ensure that the person never tries to come up or move ahead of us. We fight for making an impression to our Boss, we fight to put in our best image forward to the clients and visitors. Is there more to this or were we just taught to fight and put the other person down? Or were we taught to play dirty politics in office to an extent that the other person cannot breathe and decides to leave.

What are we made of; is what I wonder sometimes? What I was taught back in school and in days that were cool, is that we are all children of the same god and that we must all live in peace and harmony and there was nothing like money. So I wonder today; were those lessons taught to me to be in a different place? Or is it that the world moved ahead and I lost pace.

Ever stopped back and thought about what are you born for or what is the purpose of your life? Is it only a vending machine which gives money or is it something still unknown to me? I am sure this happens to each one of us at some stage in our life, where the very purpose of your existence is what you question. The answer to this is still unknown for I feel nothing in this world is what I own.

Gone are the days of innocent games where we played hide and seek and running race, for now I even see the children playing video games. The question still remains unanswered, is it the new human race or yet again is it only me who has lost pace.

I remember listening to the stories told by my grandmother and going off to sleep, and feel unfortunate for the young children today; for they have parents who are only vending machines, machines that are working to keep pace in this techno savvy becoming world. A world which is giving into the hands of the growing technology and making man just a toy or a dull boy.

Is this what we are born to do, get education from the best high school and grab a package that has broken all rules? Facebook, Google, Infosys are the names that I hear everywhere and humanity is lost in the big glass buildings of these names.

And hence I question this once again, what is life beyond the office cubicles

RULING OVER FOOD

Namaste Dear Friend!

Well, you might be wondering what’s making me a regular blogger off late, let me be honest to you all, Well I have been quite Jobless these days, not that I have been kicked off my job, just that I have started utilizing time effectively and in a manner which gives me more time to myself and my interests.

So, as I had promised to all you food lovers there and also the non-food lovers I am back with a bang with my must visit list of food joints. This blog is actually a continuation of my previous post which read my first Love…yes by first love I mean my love for food.

Food I believe is a true friend to me, and guess for all of us in some manner or the other. Give a flash back to your thoughts and think of a time when food has not been your true friend in times when you were low and in times when there was happiness overflow. And hence to conclude I say…food my dear food you have been the bestie which has always been tasty (ok, I tried my best to rhyme this one…:-p)

Well I am not going to get you guys to say Oh crab, or even think of switching to another tab… ….

Here it is my list of food must haves!

1. Potato Hash Brown Burger@ Dunkin Donuts. Alright so I know many of you there hate me for posting this one, considering the controversies tagged with any food outlet which comes from overseas. But guys food, please don’t involve food with your political mind for once…I know we are called the dumping ground by the west for all that is a waste there , is a taste here. But in my defense I will only say; go grab one first and add some fruit punch to overcome the thirst.

2. Elco Chaat is something that I avoid giving a miss, so I will not say further because the food speaks for itself.

3. The third one on my must have list is Frankie @ Quality at linking road. So I recommend whenever you are out on the streets of Bandra picking up stuff and all the junk, don’t forget to stuff this one. I personally like the simple one and the best one rather “ Veg Cheese Frankie”.

      4. This one is for all you people who enjoy having a royal meal and this one truly is royal in every sense; the Thali at Rajdhani @ Crawford Market. One needs to skip breakfast and enjoy an early lunch in a lavish and king style way. I do feel guilty sometimes in indulging myself to such high in calorie meal yet I take it as no big deal.    

       

       5. Yet another one that brings the feeling yumm to my taste buds is the Cheese Penne Pasta at Bombay Blues. The cheese gets your mouth in all Grease.

      6. My recent addiction includes the fully malai marke loaded Lassi at Punjab sind. Now this one, you should find in all areas of town, their outlets are there all across the city. I suggest drop by and enjoy a Lassi and give a miss to your after food sweets.

       7. How can I forget to mention this one, me and my bestie have never missed out on this each time we are at Pizza Hut. Although I have a complaint, Pizza hut outlets around the city are very few, but if you are lucky to witness one. I recommend you to try the Cheese Tortilla with Jalapeno Dip. It’s great for starters.

      

      8. This one is for times when your system needs rest and is put to test. Well it is for times when you don’t want to load your stomach with heavy meals and paneer grills. You can enjoy a nice glass of mint leaf juice with honey @ Fellas in Khar and cool down your machine.

       9. The Boston Cupcakery, has this yumm boston cream pie…I don’t need to give you more details on this one, I believe the name says it all.... Well I still have so many places to share with all of you…but I don’t want to make this blog a promotional one, for all eatery joints. (I am not being paid to promote them nor am I given complementary meal L)

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       10. To complete my list let me add a few more joints, Persian Darbar is a good one to enjoy the late night dinner; the birdsong café is great for Sunday morning brunch; Barbeque Nation now called Bombay Barbeque is awesome to catch with old buddies over the prawn and veggie grills.

So that’s all guys, on my places to visit for food! Go and spend your weekend to any one of these places and spare some time to comment on what you liked the most. Thank you to all for reading this post, do give your suggestions and views.

HELLO DECEMBER :-D

And finally I am able to feel the winter breeze, the breeze that gets you all romantic and in a mushy mood. That’s what it is for most of us I believe. Well it’s a little different for me, I love winters and I enjoy the weekends during winters the most, as I get all the time to sleep and eat, which is my favorite past time. Trust me food makes me happy, it truly does. As you all have already read my previous posts and by now figured out that I am a big foodie, and how I can have a never ending list of outlets to visit. This reminds me  I haven’t  been able to share with you guys some new joints that are a must visit in my list, well I promise you will hear that soon from me in my next blog post.

So guys, coming back to the favorite season of the year for most of us and rather the much awaited one, yes it’s the winter. A season that brings in joy and happiness, a season that brings in a slight bit of sadness yet the other time around brings in hope.  The winter season brings in a feeling that gets you sinking because like all humans we too are so stuck up with what they say “ The Usual way” and accept no change in our routine. Sometimes I wonder why are we so anti changing elements, why is no change welcomed easily by us humans. Well the only answer to this I get each time is that we humans are really emotional fools, who believe that all that we possess now, will remain with us lifelong for little do we know “Our Going is certain”.

So the season brings in sadness only till the extent that we want to hold on to time, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad. We wonder most of the times, while at work or while on casual tea break that how did the month end so soon, my birthday is just few months away and while few discuss, I am still on the same pay. That’s what I mean when I say that we humans are stuck up sometimes, and want to hold on to what we certainly can never control “TIME”.

Well, this was rather one side of the coin as they say, the other side of this coin brings in lots of happiness and feeling of joy, the feeling of celebration and bringing in the new year with all resolution. The time to treat yourself with Christmas candies and all the secret santa goodies :-P this is what I look forward for the most.

   

So all you boring workaholics there; gear up to the season of joy and get away with that technical toy, which has made you a dull boy. Let’s all welcome this last month of the year with excitement and feeling of togetherness. Go be a secret santa and bring smile on a child’s face. Do it different this time, and make sure you live this last month for others. 

RANDOM WRITINGS #2 IT'S A PHASE OF LIFE

It’s a phase of life, where all you need is some companion to make you feel at ease. It’s a phase of life, where you don’t need any relation which is made at the basis of lies. It’s a phase of life, when all you need is some extra money to let your family rejoice. It’s a phase of life, where you see all your school, and college mates, running far away and beating you in the dog’s race.

Well, it’s a phase of life, where none of you are unknown to, and by now, very well understand what I am referring to. Guys it’s that phase of your life, where boredom seldom occupies your mind, and makes you have random thoughts, sometimes thinking that none at your work place can be your friends, and that all are plotting a strategy to pull you down.

It’s a phase of life, where even your parents are now looking up to you hoping you make them proud, for what they bought you up to. It’s a phase of life, where your siblings want to have all the luxuries of life, and looks into those blank eyes. The eyes, who want to scream and scream loud to the world, I am not a looser, I am not giving up. I just need time, and all you realize is that time is the only thing that you don’t have.

It is that phase of life, where you are now able to relate to famous lines, by some great people, Time is money, and don’t waste it. And you feel the real meaning of the silly poster that you once saw in Archies mentioning I want to be a millionaire.

It’s a phase of life, where relationships that you gave your life for are now time bound and that nothing in this world is more real than your parents love. It’s a phase of life, where you see your friend moving on ; only to make you feel more low and makes you feel more unfortunate for having loosing on time.

It’s a phase of life, when your dear ones are home to celebrate those precious moments, and make all efforts to get you out of the silly mood swing, Mood swing is what they feel you are going through but how do I explain it, I am sorry for being mean or rude, it’s just a phase of my life, where all relations seem to me like a waste, not because of any heartbreak, or any teenage love story, which ended on a sad note, only because it’s that time of my life,  where I am standing alone in the battle field, with no one to lean back on, not even my own parents, as I realize their shoulders are now weak, and they are looking for a shoulder to lean.

It’s a phase of my life, where I want to take my family to do a world tour unfortunately, I see them in a state, where they say even the sour is sweet, because that is how much they love me.

It’s a phase of my life, where I want to go bunjee jumping with my friends, only to realize my contact list in empty. It’s a phase of my life, when I want to learn salsa, and jive and only settle down by watching them on TV thinking of my budget for the month.

It’s a phase of my life where I want my loved one to hold my hand and tell me, “Relax, I am there and we will manage things together” But I now realize the essence of money and status in life.  It’s a phase of life, where I no more want to go to small time salons, to get a haircut, I want the most stylist cut.

It’s a phase of life, where I have started realizing that jobs are not found by registering on Naukri, because all you lost was on a game of Chamchagiri. CAL, what they call Corporate Ass Liking, now seems to be right. You now feel that right and wrong or good or bad are only what you framed in your mind, the world moved on, and I am the only one left behind in the line.

I see, my loved one, moving ahead in life, this kills me from within, as I realize, I may not be able to live up to the deadline, I am helpless, I am drowning, all I need is a helping hand, to get me off this site.

All I need is some time, some time to build myself, some time to get up and stand on my feet, some time to make things right, some time to buy you all happiness and the best site, sometime only to make myself known to the crowd; that I exist is what I want to scream out, that I am not giving up is what I want to yell out!

It’s a phase of life, where the essence of two words, money and time, is what I truly realize.

RANDOM WRITINGS #1 MY GOING IS CERTAIN

My going is certain, yet each night I go to bed with a thousand thoughts in mind and wake up with a list which reads “Things to Do”. They said it back in early days of school and nothing changed even in the management school, prepare a To Do List , it makes you a better Individual and helps you manage what I say is we are unknown to and as humans are unfamiliar to “TIME”.

When my going is certain, why do I have a list that reads each morning and reminders that hit my ears every hour, to pay off bills, to make those trips up the hills?  My going is certain yet I hold the bear so tight that hugs me every night. My going is certain and yet each day I am running around to reach first in the dog’s race. My going is certain and yet I dream of being a millionaire one day.

My going is certain and yet I do not realize that I am product of the almighty and that I too have an expiry date. My going is certain and yet I gamble each day to see what’s in my fate, for I have lost the trust in the supreme power who got me one day.

For the words of the almighty say, that none in this world are your own, and that nothing in this world is what you own, except that temporary name and fame.

My going is certain and yet each day I meet people and leave them what they say are ethics “KEEP IN TOUCH”. Little do I realize that this life given to me is also not my own. My going is certain and yet I make the promise to be by my loved ones for the rest of the life, for I am unknown to what is the fate of my own life.

My going is certain yet I fight with my sibling to get the side of the bed, which I feel gives me comfort, for little I realize that one day when I am gone, nothing that I have today will be part of me. And I am so ignorant to see the open arms that are calling out to me.

Little do I realize that relationships that I made are all temporary and that the only permanent one If I ever made was with God alone.

MY FIRST LOVE

Ola!!

Guys, I am here with my next blog!

Hope you all read my first blog and have liked it. Here I am well motivated with your views on my blog with another one. This blog is about my old and the most loyal love, which I am sure you have guessed by now.

Yes, I am talking about the yummy cheese burst pizzas, the paneer wraps…and the ones that can never resist my taste bud, the donuts.and milkshakes. Well I am a food lover is what I have already written in my introductory blog; however my obsession for food is to such an extent, I’m sure none of you must have guessed it.

I have this weird hobby, or rather “to know it all” attitude, towards food and hence you see me collecting menu cards of all restaurants, where I go, or probably intend to go in the future. And to the surprise of my mother, I keep them in a folder, yes I mean it, I have organized all the restaurant menu cards collected by me a in folder (I got a new one, with more pockets recently, just so that I don’t run short of keeping my dear cards, and also to admit, with the fear, of having the cards lying at my study table, and my mother putting them in the bin. Although I am quite organized with the things that are valuable to me, my menu cards, hold no second place, I have them well kept as well.

You might be wondering, what do I do with these menu cards, (well I don’t collect them to sell it to the Bhangar guy, only to make little money) I collect the menu cards, only so that I have options, whenever we wish to eat out, or order food at home, and also, so that I am aware of the different menu’s and restaurants around. I have already mentioned my love for different types of food, and hence the search never dies, it’s a continuing process. I keep discovering new joints in and around my area and at times, would even shell out Rs. 200 only to go all the way to Malad, to satisfy my hunger from the only Falafel outlets at Infinity Mall, (which I heard is shut)

I am a junk food eater, although I do indulge myself into a Marawadi thali as well, which I guess is something that is very royal, trust me the Ghee that is poured in your parathas, will keep you running at the treadmill for hours. I have this dream to travel the world and try all the cuisines. And I’m sure I will fulfill this dream of mine, with the kind and ever pouring support of my family and friends.

My craze for hogging has always been there, but has more recently grown to cooking as well. Yes I plan to learn cooking, all different types of cuisines, so that I am never deprived of my very necessity or motto of living, which is food.

Well, I have a lot to write, but I don’t want to bore you guys, with my love story for food, so I will give you a few quick must haves, that I believe one must never miss out on, and if has done so…trust me you don’t know what you are missing in life.

A few must haves:

1. Domino’s Cheese Burst Pizza (well all the toppings are god, however my favorite is the Mexican green wave)

2. No. 2 on my list is my recent discovery, the Veg and Cottage Cheese Cupwich at Dunkin Donuts. Well, I happen to try this at the inauguration day where I was waiting for over 5 hours. Only to collect the goodies :P

Falafel actually is to be on the top of the list, for you have no idea how much I like them but since the outlets are all shut I really wonder where you can get them In Mumbai (Do let me know down in the comments section if you know of any Authentic Lebanese Joints, would be keen on trying it out)

3. Lemon Tarts at Le 15, although they would pinch your pocket a little but they are totally worth trying. Okay so here is how it goes- I see those little tarts (rare to find though, they are very often over at Le 15), I run to get them looking around ensuring there is no one before me buying them and when I have finally got them it’s just me and the tart. (Yumm.. Yumm)

4. Triple Schezwan from Saiban is also a must have. This I have been eating very often as its right below my work place. The Non-Veg and Veg are equally tasty and filling.

5. Strawberry Milkshake at Bachelors, Charni Road is heaven! Something that I never miss out on when in Town.  I also recommend you have the Strawberry Cream at Haji Ali.

6. To cut my list short, I want to lastly mention the Vada Pav outside Mithibai College, with the Garlic Chutney and extra butter.

So, that’s about it in my must have list! I will be back soon, with more Blog Posts.

Till then, keep reading and commenting.

HELLO ALL :)

Well guys, I am aware that, this post would probably be the decider of how good my blogs are going to be and whether you would all want to read them or not..

So having that in mind, I am here on the 8^th of July, yes the date is important because it is exactly after 4 months of my sister convincing me to write a blog that I finally made up my mind to do this. Not that I was convinced easily as you see  I took 4 months only to decide if I really wanted to write. Blame it on my laziness or more so I was not very convinced with the idea that people are  really here to read each others blogs. I mean we are all  so busy today with our routine life and I myself hardly find time between work and studies, to do anything apart than food..and movies.. This is something I don't miss out on! (Did I forget to mention Shopping? Opps! The retail therapy never goes wrong) Well coming back to my opinion about blogs I was not quite sure if people would really want to read my opinion and my writings. I was only amazed after reading a few blogs myself and understood what a great platform it is for self expression and how we have individuals who really appreciate this! Trust me you, its not easy to write and have that what they call an (x) factor in your writing, which attracts people to read what you write.

Food lover, is what I would say in my first introduction. My first love is and always will be food! Sorry boys I know you feel cheated now ;) Okay so I am munching a packet of Lays even while writing this. And I get nightmares that Le15 lemon tarts are over yet again. (Totally recommended!)

Moving further we all love watching movies, and I am no different (I mean I am a typical Romantic movie Buff), No way that I would miss out on watching our KJO movies...not that I miss any opportunity to watch a Thriller or Horror movie, only with a condition of having to indulge myself into the love of Nachos with cheesy dip. So yes, Movies is second therapy (First always being Shopping) that works best, when in doubt where to hang around or the Post Exam Celebration (What a Stress Buster).

Born to Shop, but forced to work (Hope my Boss is not reading this). Yes like any other girl, I love shopping and can never get enough of what I have. (I am a girl with a closet full...with a closet full of nothing....) I mean I am the one you see waiting in long queues, of Mid Night Shopping...I am sure I don't need to explain my love for shopping any further. From the high end Brands to my Nukar shopping, I love them all.

Well guys this is a small attempt that I have made today to write, hope you all enjoyed reading it and will come back with your comments on my FIRST ENTRY TO THE BLOGGING WORLD. 

Do come back to read my upcoming posts, till then Happy Reading!