On fire!!!

Hello every one!!
Well, I am on fire...am cooking up a storm n loving it! I love being in the kitchen....best place to keep my mind occupied.
I'll be flying out to Lausanne in a couple of weeks, I can't wait!!!!

An ode to Kalidasa

I had written the following under the title "Ode to Kalidasa" while Aswini was still working in the US last year. Thought today was a good occasion to share! :)

As usual, scroll further down for the original Tamil version...

Rain pours here,
while the sun scorches there
Have the clouds
found a new home?

To bring me your pain
your yearnings, your tears,
Like messengers
have they come?


--

கொடும் வெயில் அங்கே
கொட்டும் மழை இங்கே
மேகங்கள் இல்லத்தை
மாற்றினவோ?

உன் ஏக்கங்கள் எனக்கு
உணர்த்த அவைதான்
மங்கையின் தூதாய்
மாறினவோ?

-Arvind

Certainty balancing Uncertainty

In next 10 months the MBA program would be finished. All our partners would be out of their dungeons like free birds migrating to find their new homes. They would be equipped with new skills and be energized to reach new horizons. They would be probably changed personalities from beginning to end of the course (thanks to self discovery courses and simulation activities that they undergo). But then it’s me too going through a phase of change, learning and realisation. I can think of 10 things that I want to do and had I been in India with family I could have worked towards them. But being alone in an alien country with no specific time period of how long it would take for me to get my citizenship has left me with few choices. A short video call with my family today also made me realise that had I been at home I would’t have felt so lonely and difficult to live. But then I know the fact that I can’t do much. It was a joint decision and I can’t afford to be weak and fall back. I am glad that I have started learning Salsa and being regular to gym. Very soon I shall start studying some part-time course or modules which shall be more fulfilling and keep me busy. I don’t know how long this uncertainty (of living in UK) shall last but the certainty that in next 23 days I would be seeing my partner glows me up... not to forget may be some new friends too :)

Self discovery

Well, it's been a month since we last saw Aman in the flesh, thank god for the various forms of web chatting!! Lol.
I have used this time to figure out for myself what I want to do with my life and where I want to be in a years time. I've always had a passion for cooking, always experimenting with new recipes or coming up with something of my own, and now I've finally decided to use this passion and become something with it. I've started a course which will hopefully better my skills and give me the knowledge I need to become a chef. I want to be a chef. After a very long time I have the drive and desire to do something for myself. The little one will hopefully enjoy the culinary developments, even though all she thinks about now is chocolate!! Lol!
I want our daughter to be able to look at both of us with pride. Her daddy will always be her hero....what will mummy be??