Living life...

I remember my mom asking me once (looking at the way i drink tea),
Kumar, you want to enjoy even a single sip of tea to the fullest, isn't it?

Ya, its true. I have always loved to live every moment like I wanted to live it. This logic is very powerful as it never makes you want to go back and wish "I could have had more fun in that party or whatever". I have always tried not to bind myself to what the crowd expects. I most of the times stopped bothering about what peers say. Some even commented I acted too kiddish at times. But I never thought maturity as something which is completely about "keeping a serious face" and "making intelligent statements" all the time. Its not that I am not serious. If I were not serious or lacked decision-taking skills about my life, then I would never have been in the position I am in currently. I would have never gotten PESIT or CISCO or NCSU. Some people who know me closely, know how controlling and focused I am when it comes to certain issues.(Ask my current roomies who have labeled me PK-The Manager)

I cherish all my memories whether at home, school, PESIT, BTM, Cisco, or the days I have spent till now at NCSU. Today as I see it, I don't want to go back to any of these. I have had the maximum fun I could possibly have and made sure people around me also have had a great time. But however I am still trying to mold myself into a better person everyday. Life is full of surprises with more fun ,happiness, challenges yet to come. "Life just gets more beautiful with new people we meet everyday and with the new imperfections they bring with themselves". Yesterday itself I had an awesome night with "Deepawali and Dandiya night" together. We played MAFIA till 4 in the morning and it was so much fun that I cannot explain it in words. Day after we are throwing a surprise Pool birthday party to my friend (No need to bother, nobody here knows I blog) and just imagining it thrills me. Midnight, cold water and lots of people getting wet. All I can say is I am eagerly awaiting it. I want to live it.

Mummy..I want Dosa!!!!

Dosa, one of the many awesome delicacies from South India. I crave for dosa so much that I can never get enough of them even if i have them daily. Every time I used to go to Hubli from Bangalore, I used to remind my mom two days before, so that she can keep the dosa batter ready the day I land in Hubli. Too nostalgic about dosa today. Was reminded of the varieties of dosa I have had.

Mum's special dosa: I can easily eat around 7-8 such thin dosas at a time. Its lip smacking good. Mashed potatoes with lots of onions and turmeric; and white coconut chutney; and butter along with it just make it heavenly. I always ask my mom to make enough dosa batter so that i can have dosas for lunch, uttapam at the evening and dosas for the next day morning!! Yup I am a foodie and whats great is my mom enjoys cooking for me. Slight mix of egg with dosa batter makes it even better.

Ganesh Darshan,Bangalore dosa: This ones different but too good. Soft in the inside, crispy on the outside with lots of ghee. Any amount of queue to grab a dosa here is worth it.

Mayya's, Bangalore dosa: It looks like almost fried in ghee. Bit costly than the others. But a bite of it makes you forget the cost.

Davangere Benne dosa, Netkallapa circle,Bangalore: I can still feel the taste of the dosas here. He makes amazing kaali dosa, masala dosa etc.The mashed potato with these kind of dosas is completely different. Its just plain mashed potatoes, onions and salt and chilli.

Adiyar Anand bhavan dosa: Have a dosa here, and you will always remember the smell of pure ghee oozing out of your fingers. The cocounut chutney he makes is just awesome here.

Kerala mess, BTM: Pody dosai, and ghee pody dosai are just superb. He smears dosas with some kind of red chutney which just gives it an ethereal taste.

Dosas at food street: The making of dosas here itself makes you want to have them. Especially the way he pours oil above the dosa, its just brilliant.