There used to be a time when i wondered why do people drink alcohol.. never really understood until i tried for myself. First time i tried, i loathed it. I guess it was because i wasn't of the right age to have tried alcohol.. or perhaps because it wasn't the best first drink to try.. white rum n limca.. yuckkkk!!
Then.. i grew up.. and perhaps ready to try again.. somethin different n better ofcourse! And i did.. but badly mixed up stuff. Mostly because i was goin thru a rough phase.. was angry.. and mostly because i din know mixing stuff actually can knock u out sooner. So all this got so complicated, that i completely forgot why i wanted to try alcohol.. I did figure out one thing though.. I used to watch people drinkin Red wine in movies.. n sumhow i had this notion build up in my head, that since wine's a product of grapes.. it oughta taste sweet n nice n stuff. So first day itself, i ordered myself a red wine.. n trust me..i havent tasted anything as bad as that till date. I hated it so bad.. i did bottom's up on wine.. when technically i din even know wat bottom's up meant. Somehow.. i still.. even after so long.. could not develop a taste for red wine!
But over time.. as i explored new n interesting stuff.. i figured its not about what new stuff u drink.. its about how that stuff makes u feel eventually. Its about the high a drink can get u! Its about the level of feel good feeling u get after having it. Its got nothin to do with the taste or the smell or the packing or the pricing.. its all gotta do with that amazing HIGH you get after having a couple of drinks.
And why i write this tonight? Cos am high.. :D.. a good non-dizzy feel good flirtatious n naughty high!! So Cheers everybody.. until next time!!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
the passion that drives us all..
The passion.. the mere urge to take a step and do something.. with the sole purpose of attaining satisfaction and pure joy out of it.. how often and how many of us actually take that step? I bet, not many.
I'm fond of cooking, especially when its for others, often for the praise, but more often for the mere joy of watching someone get a sweet satisfaction out of eating something they liked, something that i could provide. But mostly, when i'm alone, and its about a routine cooking, to be done for myself, i prefer livng on bread and maggi.. why? Simply because, in a very true sense, firstly, cooking for one person alone never makes too much sense, and second and most importantly, there's no joy or satisfaction in it. You go through all the effort, of preparing a nice decent meal, just to feed yourself? I'm so not ever up for that. Its too much trouble to go for myself.
The thing is.. cooking for me isn't BAU. It isn't something everyone ought to do as a routine, like most Indian moms or housewives do. Its something.. or rather it should be THAT SOMETHING that makes you happy doing it. It should make you feel content, make it all worth the effort, worth a shot! I mean, where is the fun in BAU activities anyways.
Cooking is a passion. I love to do it when i know someone else is gonna love it too. I love to prepare a meal when i know someone else is gonna love eating it. I love to serve and give away food when i know some one is gonna be happy receiving and having it. It's precisely all about knowing what, how and by whom, a dish you prepare, is gonna be eaten, or more like , enjoyed by. Thats the whole purpose behind taking all the time and making all the effort that goes into actually preparing that one dish. I, for one, can't cook just for the heck of it.. just cos i gotta eat everyday.
Wondering, suddenly why am i so passionate about cooking? :)
Well, just finished watching Julie and Julia, and i just fell in utter sheer love with, not just the movie, but the passion that hid beneath it all. It was so intriguing, how julie takes up the challenge of mastering some 500 so recipes in some 300 so days, and actually succeeds in it. Why, simply cos of the passion she had.. for cooking, for blogging, for knowing the fact that people were reading her blogs, that people were connecting to her, that she was able to make something of her BAU life for a change.. and mostly for being like Julia, the real thing! It was a wonderful experience watching it, especially when i could connect to the way she felt about cooking.. not being able to do it just for the heck of it.
And as my blog title says.. It is passion after all, that drives us to do things, crazy stuff sometimes, just because it make us, and someone else out there too, a little or maybe a lil too much happy and content! It is afterall, what drives Julie, me and some others out there to cook, i guess!
I'm fond of cooking, especially when its for others, often for the praise, but more often for the mere joy of watching someone get a sweet satisfaction out of eating something they liked, something that i could provide. But mostly, when i'm alone, and its about a routine cooking, to be done for myself, i prefer livng on bread and maggi.. why? Simply because, in a very true sense, firstly, cooking for one person alone never makes too much sense, and second and most importantly, there's no joy or satisfaction in it. You go through all the effort, of preparing a nice decent meal, just to feed yourself? I'm so not ever up for that. Its too much trouble to go for myself.
The thing is.. cooking for me isn't BAU. It isn't something everyone ought to do as a routine, like most Indian moms or housewives do. Its something.. or rather it should be THAT SOMETHING that makes you happy doing it. It should make you feel content, make it all worth the effort, worth a shot! I mean, where is the fun in BAU activities anyways.
Cooking is a passion. I love to do it when i know someone else is gonna love it too. I love to prepare a meal when i know someone else is gonna love eating it. I love to serve and give away food when i know some one is gonna be happy receiving and having it. It's precisely all about knowing what, how and by whom, a dish you prepare, is gonna be eaten, or more like , enjoyed by. Thats the whole purpose behind taking all the time and making all the effort that goes into actually preparing that one dish. I, for one, can't cook just for the heck of it.. just cos i gotta eat everyday.
Wondering, suddenly why am i so passionate about cooking? :)
Well, just finished watching Julie and Julia, and i just fell in utter sheer love with, not just the movie, but the passion that hid beneath it all. It was so intriguing, how julie takes up the challenge of mastering some 500 so recipes in some 300 so days, and actually succeeds in it. Why, simply cos of the passion she had.. for cooking, for blogging, for knowing the fact that people were reading her blogs, that people were connecting to her, that she was able to make something of her BAU life for a change.. and mostly for being like Julia, the real thing! It was a wonderful experience watching it, especially when i could connect to the way she felt about cooking.. not being able to do it just for the heck of it.
And as my blog title says.. It is passion after all, that drives us to do things, crazy stuff sometimes, just because it make us, and someone else out there too, a little or maybe a lil too much happy and content! It is afterall, what drives Julie, me and some others out there to cook, i guess!
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