New Look

The black drab setting has gone. In comes Green more in tune with the mood. No Dont get me wrong its not Green as in the green eyed monster but more to do with the summer season underway. So much to say, I dont like the pre-designed templates at all. They are so kiddo in form and structure. Want to make something that should portray my skills (that I use to eke out a living) - but the lazy a** I am I cannot get myself to design a set of (html/html) for my blog site. Well that has to wait. Till that happens it will be green till FALL appears with its dazzling array of colours.......

Lesson of the Day

Well what to say, life teaches you something every moment. Whats the big deal - a wiser guy might say; but to yours truly it is. My lesson of the day - Japanese food can be tasty. Forgive me for that lame one. But I learnt this in a very novel way. My idea of Jap food was limited to SHUSHI and HIBACHI style of cooking. What I could not explain is why even after being a born fan of Chinese and Thai cusiine was I not able to bring myself to like Jap food. Well maybe it was my taste buds tricking me into this. But today I happened to taste something that left a great aftertaste - Chicken Teriyaki. Mind blowing! Something that will stay with me as has Green Curry, Padthai and Gen. Tso's Chicken.
For the uninitiated, Teriyaki is a cooking style/technique used in Japanese cuisine, wherein the ingredients are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade (tare in Japanese).
Its not tough to prepare and the simple dish can really work wonders on the dining table.A little scouting in the grocery stores led me to another wonder - Salmon Teriyaki. Smoked salmon in teriyaki. A couple of minutes in the oven and Viola - you have it. In fact Teriyaki in its orginal form is supposed to be prepared with Fish while the various meat Teriyakis are more populare in the West.
Well I guess I can never have too much of Teriyaki. for now.
So long

Fear In your Eyes

Today happens to be one of the defining days of my life. I saw fear, fear in the eyes of a naturalised american. What was it? Fear of failure - a hard to accept reality of a timely checkup missed or something of a more serious nature, loss of livlihood. Whatever it is seems that certain aspects of life have the power to strike fear even in the developed world.What separates him from me, why is it that he is afraid whereas am not. The only answer that I can conjure at this moment is he lacks "fire in the belly". He has never faced failure, never been in the striking distance of it, never known what it is going to sleep with an empty stomatch with dreams of a better tommorow, has never endured any hardship that has been a way of life for me.Driving a BMW, living in a farm-house, post grad from an esteemed US varsity, loving wife and an adorable daughter, high flying job - seems every man's dream, yet the man in front of me Mr Marcelotti has it all and more. He has lived more dreams than I can fathom. Yet the voice quivered, the gaze potrayed a blank stare the words betrayed a sense of despair and the emotional outburst portrayed a man who has lost it all.Always i had heard that he has so much to lose whereas i had none, is it that or the cliched "The higher you go, the higher does your a** stick up".No it is not - Fear of failure shows up much earlier than the whiff of success. "Is it your first failure?". I bet it is but mind you he has not failed yet. you cannot give up a fight without actually giving it a final bite. the last surge of adrenaline - fight till you drop phenom.Am not afraid; am not going to quit but will fight till my last breath, however distant the goal maybe; am not afraid to slog 50 hours, 60 maybe 70 but amsure to pull it off - dream of a better tommorow....So what is the key differentiator. The high flying high-handedness or the rustic fighting spirit.The difference lies in the ATTITUDE; thats what clinches the deal for you- degrees, fellowships are feathers in the cap, hard/smart work takes you to the required threshold of activity, but finally ATTITUde wins it for you.