Wisdom from the ages....

This was an article published in THE PLAIN DEALER,Cleveland,OH written by a 90 yr old woman named Regina Brett.

"To celebrate growing older,I once wrote the 45 lessons that life taught me.It is the most requested column I have ever written.My odometer rolled over to 90 in August,so here is the column once again".

1. Life isn't fair,but its still good.
2. When in doubt,just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone
4. Your job wont take care of you when you are sick.Your friends and parents will.So stay in touch
5. Pay off your credit cards every month
6. You don't have to win every argument,Agree to disagree
7. Cry with someone.Its more healing than crying alone
8. Its OK to get angry with God.He can take it
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck
10. When it comes to chocolate,resistance is futile
11. Make peace with your past so it wont screw your present
12. Its OK to let your children see you cry
13. Don't compare your life to others.You have no idea what their journey was like
14. If a relationship has to be a secret,you shouldn't be in it
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.But don't worry;God never blinks
16. Take a deep breath,it calms the mind
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful,beautiful or joyful
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger
19. Its never too late to have a happy childhood.But the second one is up to you and no one else
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life,don't take no for an answer
21. Burn the candles,use the nice sheets,and wear the sexy lingerie.Don't save it for a special occasion.Today is special
22. Over-prepare,then go with the flow
23. Be eccentric now.Don't wait for old age to wear purple
24. The most important sex organ is the brain
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you
26. Frame every so - called disaster with these words "In five years,will this matter?"
27. Always choose life
28. Forgive everyone and everything
29. What other people think of you is none of your business
30. Time heals almost everything.Give time time
31. However good or bad a situation is,it will change
32. Don't take yourself so seriously.No one else does
33. Believe in miracles
34. God loves you because of who God is,not because of anything you did or didn't do
35. Don't audit life.Show up and make the most of it now
36. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young
37. Your children get only one childhood
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved
39. Get outside every day.Miracles are waiting to happen
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd grab ours back
41. Envy is a waste of time.You already have all you need
42. The best is yet to come...
43. No matter how you feel,get up,dress up and show up
44. Yield once in a while...makes life easy
45. Life isn't tied with a bow,but it's still a gift

Certain things she had to say,I agree with but some Im not sure(Maybe I will,when I am 90 as well :) ).

Jokes apart,how can one determine the course of life.Some leave it to fate and destiny while some others define theirs.

Experiments of a jobless mind

Being jobless is really frustrating and in such trying times,food is what comforts you(at least 90% of the time).

I wanted to get innovative and creative with my culinary skills and decided to cook with whatever I had.My refrigerator is usually well stocked but today,all I could find was mushrooms and a crate of eggs.Since it was just the two of us,I thought "what the heck!"  and decided on making mushroom & egg curry.

The result : a yummy dish...almost like having mutton & egg curry,so something to jot down and remember for the days when I decide to be a vegetarian.

Ingredients :-

4 Eggs boiled

1 pack of sliced mushrooms

1 bunch of cilantro

1 tsp garam masala powder or curry powder

1 big size onion chopped

3 tbsp oil

1 tsp cumin seeds

1tbsp channa dal

3 red chillies

1 sprig curry leaves(optional)

2 cloves

1-2 tsp ginger garlic paste

2 tsp red chilli powder(depending on ur taste)

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

Salt as per taste

Method:-

1. Heat the oil in a kadai or wok and add cumin seeds,red chillies and channa dal.Let the channa dal splutter and then add the onions
2. Saute the onions for a while until they turn translucent  or slight brownish.Add ginger garlic paste and saute for some more time
3. Once the oil separates,add turmeric,red chilli powder,garam masala or curry powder and fry the onions for 5-6 mins
4. The aroma of the masalas starts to fill the air,wash the mushrooms thoroughly and dice them to small cubes.Add these diced mushrooms to the kadai and mix well,such that the masala and onions are well coated on the muhrooms.Cover for 10 mins and keep stirring in between.
5. Leave the flame on medium and once the mushrooms are cooked well and turn to a brownish grey color,add salt and the boiled eggs as well.
6. Leave for a min or two.
7. Garnish with cilantro and Voila!Yummy mushroom & egg curry...:)

I liked it with hot rotis but im sure it tastes even better with rice.

Bleeding Blue...

3 sleepless days/nights,10 fingers lost their nails..in the end it was pure ecstasy having witnessed history.It was a magical moment.I wanted to shout and clap and make all the noise I could but alas!I was in the midst of nowhere,a place where Cricket didn't mean anything except that it was a wireless service provider :(
So here I was in Great Falls,sleeping early in order to be awake in time for the FINALE.I woke up at 4am and realized that me watching the match wasn't helping us in anyway since the Sri Lankans were killing us with their batting and the score just seemed to shooting.So I decided to take a quick nap and woke up just in time to watch our Team Blue walk onto the pitch to start batting.And then I was glued.That's when the nail biting started.My right hand lost its nails when Tendulkar was caught and my left hand when Gambhir was bowled...leaving me bleeding....bleeding blue..:)
It had been a good 5 yrs since Iv seen a match thru and thru and it was simply amazing to watch the World Cup and see Team India win.A new found respect for Afridi for addressing the media and making them aware that this was sports and had nothing to do with hating Indians, and  Sangakkara for so graciously admitting that with a team like India it either had to be 350 runs or 7 wickets and in the end the better team won.
It would take time for this settle as the victory is still sinking in but then its also time to get geared up for the IPL and shout Deccan Chargers now....:)