Must watch...

I just finished watching a suprisingly good movie...its called...Ten Items or Less....it was coming on the telly and I started watching it only because of Morgan Freeman..one of my fav actors...but this movie turned out to be really good...I mean...its not GREAttt or anything...but it grips you throughout..making you smile many times and then leaves you with a really nice feeling.....well...thats a good movie in my book....I recommend this movie to anyone who likes watching good movies!



Actually come to think of it...another movie which picturizes the relationship (or absence of it) between an older guy and a young woman is....The Girl in the Cafe..



its much more famous than Ten Items or Less (TIL)....but in my opinion its not as good as the latter...TIL is more earthy..less aimed at winning oscars..more likeable...so there u go...my filmi gyan for the day!

From Bee's kitchen...

I love to watch cooking shows.....actually i like to cook too but more than that i love to watch people cooking...or better still shopping for food n ingredients....yes, I'm a lil cooookieee!!(get it?!...arghh..ppl have no appreciation fr my sense of humour!!)....

Here's something I made yestdy...which wonder of wonder's da Fussy D also liked...

Actually this must be a pretty common dish in South India but here's my take on it:

Green Beans in Coconut chutney

Stuff u need:

coconut (about 1/4rth of a small coconut),
one green chilli, canola oil (1 tbspn),
salt,
garam masala,
ginger n garlic paste,
cumin,
mustard seeds,
curry leaves,
french beans (enough for two ppl,
finely diced -the beans i.e.),
onion,
sugar, and
asafoetida (teeny weeny bit, way less than a pinch) ....

i havn't mentioned the portions of the spices, well its upon u...a teaspoon of vrything shud be ok!

Now for makin it:

you first have to grind the coconut, chili in a mixer. keep it aside.
Then put some oil in a hot pan, add the mustard seeds, after spluttering add cumin, then curry leaves, then ginger/garlic paste, then chopped onions, add sugar, salt, fry till brown, add the spices, then the beans.....

Then finally the paste of coconut, let it cook till beans are tender, and you have a tasty n healthy bean dish .. all ready to be hogged upon!!

I have a pic of this...tho it doesnt look very appetising (mobile phone camera sucks!!) , trust me it tastes delicious!!

8*8*8 tag....

So was tagged by the gracious 'homecooked' about 8 things....and since i have SOoooo much time....let's see how I fare...

8 things I am passionate about:

EIGHT things.....wow!!

1)D
2)My Family i.e. my mom , dad, my sis n her family
2)Music - anything soulful, definitely old over new
3)Dancing any way I like
4)Readin a good book with a good cup of coffee
5)Movies - again have said enough about this in my previous post!
6)Painting - another post
7)White beaches n blue oceans
8) Oh my gawd i forgot ..FOOOD!!!!!!...big time....food ...spicy delicious food!

8 places I want to see before I die:

I actually am not big on travelling to touristy places...but wld like to do these:
1) stay in one of those transparent floored luxurious 'huts' in Bora Bora- i think i saw this picture once in a forward!
2) stay in Tuscany in one of those old villas with a vineyard in front
3) in darjeeling in a small cottage with loads of good music..books ...food and tea.
4) in a resort i've heard of in patagonia...the pictures are awesome!
5) Venice
6) Barcelona
7) Machu Picchu
8) Zanskar Valley

8 things i say often
1) really?
2) WTF
3) Ohmagawd
4) Shid
5) Uff!
6) damn
7) Whadahell
8) Wow

come to think of it...such profound gems i spew out on a daily basis!

8 books I have recently read or reading:
1) The Age of Kali
2) Swimming Lessons
3) Down Under
4) Inheritance of Loss
5) Broken Verses
6) A Walk in the woods
7) Marley & Me
8) Women in the background

8 Songs I listen to over and over:

1) rhim jhim girey sawan (its been rainin here :)
2) mere ghar aana zindagi
3) Feelin the same way
4) When i see you- yeaaah!!! baby!! when i seeya! :D
5) Teenage dirtbag
6) Khamaj
7) ranjish hi sahi
8) aapki aankhon me

8 things that attract us to our friends:

1) Honesty
2) Witty
3) Not too cynical
4) Intelligent
5) NICE
6) Kind
7) aahh....everything!!!!

God this was exhausting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My blood..sweat..n tears

Yes ...these are quite literally my blood....(cut myself once when I was using my knife to open a stuck gooed -up paint tube..)..sweat...(needs no explanation i suppose...i like any normal person do sweat when i work..yes painting is WORK?anybody differs?!)..but not BO people...deo suffused sweat....





tears...well not much appreciation has been recivd on this work frm D..he always looks at it..and lifts an eyebrows and drops his gems .."u knw u can do sooo much better...i think if u had used red/blue/brown here it wld have turned out better".not that this is bad...no no...just i knw ur potential and it cld have been so much better""...now i dont come frm the school of thought where only form of appreciation and motivation u gve to students is a lame ''u can do better'' speech...no sir...i believe in tellin people they're marvelous even if they're crap...not to say that my paintings are crap...nope....no sir...i beg to differ...i just say they're the nascent marks of greatness..yes i will stick with that line..

Arghhhh!!!!!!!!!!

Its official I have NO LIFE!!!!!!!..i just watched a 5 hour marathon of Brothers & Sisters....and sobbing at the part where "Justin" leaves fr the war....ahhhhhh....exhausting!.....yes .....NO LIFE!!!!!worthless....!

Mon Amour

Pikchurz!!!!

I love watching movies...no...let me say it right ....i LOwwwwwwww watching movies...watching in a hall ...or on TV...on my comp...nywhere...pirated (yes..bad bad..but still cant help it!)...original...bad quality good quality..nything....the feeling that i get in the pit of my tummy...(like when i used to feel when D and I kissed fr the first time..still do...sometimes..hmm tats what growing old does to u i guess)...that funny feeling of excitement of the unknown...is what i get when i'm sitting in the dark hall...with that dolby digital clip playing in the beginnin..then the clip of the movie house...the sound of the paramount trumpets (whtvr)..or the horse from the tristar movies..or the lady from columbia pictures....but the best ...20th century fox...man...gives me such a lift......even hindi cinema..i rmbr the trumpet (this time fr sure!) blowing gemini twins...the prithviraj clip from RK pictures...man..ol times...

i was watching Amelie ...again !!!!!...for the nth time!!...another french movie that is great is Jet Lag....love it!
Movies which i wanna see again...

jet lag
under the tuscan sun

Movies which i wanna see....
beautiful people
before night falls
in the bedroom
talk to her
storytelling
yi yi (a one and a two)
Y Tu Mamá También

heres hoping i can watch them sooon.....