Well marriage improves many skills and brings out skills that you never knew existed. Making an omelette is no big deal – it has never been a big deal. But making it in style? After a little practice, I’ve decided that the best method to break and start making an omelette is doing in single-handed. Thats just me alone and breaking the egg with a single hand! Yup – I love it; holding the egg in one hand cracking it on the side of the pan and pouring it onto the pan in one fluid motion. Ooh what joy. Truely proves that in married life, I am the eggs-pert cook!! Now only if that expanded to more areas…… Enjoy the…

Continuing the series on weird Trichy findings, let me introduce you to my Chicken Shop. Its called A-one chicken stall and is always bustling with people waiting to buy good chicken. So far so good! Now what I dont understand is what actually inspired these people to put this signboard outside the stall which says “FAT CHICKS chicken shop”. I find it a little out of place. Do they actually want to sound that way or do they genuinely want to refer only to the chicken!! Anyway – the customers dont seem to give two hoots about it and just grab their chicken and leave. And noone’s complaining as yet. So let sleeping dogs lie…..zzzzzzzzzz…..

Have you ever looked at your name and regretted that you were called by that name? Probably no!Let me introduce you to a person who feels that way and also a phenomenon you hoped never existed. She is Pothumponnu and her frail, preterm baby is right now in our nursery getting stronger everyday. So what does her name mean? Pothumponnu, in tamil, means “Enough girl”. She was called that because she was the third girl born to her mother and the family regretted it as they wanted a boy and they felt naming her that would put an end to their chances of getting another girl child. She has lived 20 years with that name – 20 years of waking…

Most baby clothes have sweet, cute things written on them like “Angel”, “cute baby”, etc etc. Today was a little different experience in OPD for me. There was this cute baby wearing a cute T-shirt and I couldnt help noticing the message it blared out: “The Nature is beautiful. We protect it!” Now that is a tender age to pass on such a relevant message! But its never too early to start. You can see the full picture by clicking on the thumbnail…. wonder when you or I wore a T-shirt with a social/eco-friendly message! Is it that we feel its not relevant or the fear that people may laugh at us? Do leave your comments!

Yup…. Trichy has quite a bit of those signs that leave you scratching your head and making you wonder if you ever knew english! Try this image that I’ve put on this blog. After scores of times of looking at it I still cant figure it out. It says “Say in to Healths!”. The tamil slogan below that says, “Do not get addicted to drugs”Absolutely no connection or sense – unless the dude who painted it was doped or delirious. What do you think. Did you achieve any enlightenment after reading this eye-stopping, brain-numbing scene in Trichy.As usual….. life goes on!

How romantic and refreshing! The very thought of waking up in the morning or coming back home after a tired days work – and throwing open the bedroom curtains and gaze out of the windows; sipping on a cup of hot coffee with soft music floating down from the speakers. To dream and plan your day, your future and your life. It should‘ve been that way – but one look at the album here which shows the view out of our bedroom window and you’ll understand why the above thoughts are just a figment of my imagination!!Its gut wrenching – the window looks onto a garbage pile across the road and there are usually a set of eager animals feasting…

Yup…. I actually found someone who blogs about Trichy – the city I thought was dull and drab and lifeless!! And the blog is sensible, informative, balanced, honest and refreshing! Its called “Tiruchian – About Trichy from someone who loves it” and I’m gonna rave about it to everyone I meet now.Its quite popular too judging from the amount of comments on the blog. So theres a lot more happening in the city I stay in than I thought. You gotta read it too….. but first read EVERY entry in MY blog… or else…… (oh yeah…. I can be selfish at times!)

Today was the Bank Day. I finally got the time to go to the bank to deposit our salaries. No problems. Took the cash, kick-started my bike, took the short trip to the bank and deposited the amount and got my passbook updated. I also spoke to the manager about an option called SBplus which would earn better interest rates for my money and will probably shift to that option soon. Feeling like I’d done a good job I rode back home, climbed up the stairs and was about to ring the doorbell when I saw it….. I had locked Becky inside the house! It was by force of habit – most times when I leave the house I lock…

I love helping out with the cooking…. usually. My specialties include beverages, grating and … the chutney – a minced paste of coconut, onions, chilly, ginger and some greens. It was my task to do the honors tonight and I started off great – no looking at the recipe; just straight off the head cooking. After carefully grating the coconut (someday I’ll let ya all know how I break the coconut) I put the mixture in a bowl and switched on the mixie to blend them together. The mixie roared into life as I turned on the power and it seemed strangely smooth… yup…. very smooth – because there wasnt anything in the jar!! Yes – I’d forgotten to put…

My entry on August 22nd shows a heart-stopping story about a baby who choked on a small box in his throat. So what happened to him? We’d discharged him a few days ago and today he came into OPD all bouncy and giggly!! I couldnt resist taking a short video clip of him. Amazingly he is back to normal with a cute, wide-toothed smile and you can see him give some naughty winks towards the end of the video clip! Another miracle child!I thank God that this child survived well. In my profession many times the ending isnt so happy – but stories like this really encourage us to go all the way and never give up.Click here to see…