Pani da rang vekh ke
Akhiyaan cho anju rul de
Maahiya na aaya mera, maahiya na aaya
Maahiya na aaya mera, maahiya na aaya
Ranjhana na aaya mera, maahiya na aaya
Maahiya na aaya mera, ranjhana na aaya
Akhaan da noor vekh ke
Akhaan da noor vekh ke
Akhiyaan cho anju rul de

Seeing the color of water,
tears roll down my eyes
my lover didn't come, my beloved didn't come..
seeing the glow of the eyes,
tears roll down my eyes..

Kamli ho gayi tere bina aaja ranjhan mere
Baarish barkha sab kuch beh gayi, aaya nahi jind mere
Akhaan da noor vekh ke
Akhiyaan cho anju rul de

I went mad without you, come o my love,
all the rain flowed away, nothing stayed in my heart,
seeing the glow of eyes,
tears roll down my eyes..

Kotthe utte beh ke akhiyaan milaunde
Na jaana main tu kabhi chhod
Tere utte marda, pyaar tenu karda
Milega tujhe na koi aur
Tu bhi aa sabko chhod ke
Tu bhi aa sabko chhod ke
Meri akhiyaan cho anju rul de
Akhiyaan cho anju rul de

on the roof our eyes meet,
I don't have to leave you ever..
I fell for you, I love you,
You'll not find anyone else (so much loving)
You too come, leaving everyone..
You too come, leaving everyone..
tears roll down my eyes..
tears roll down the eyes..

Pani da rang vekh ke
Akhiyaan cho anju rul de...

Learning to unwind with company (mine!)

Just wanted to treat myself. And tada- a thought pops into my head. Who says you can't enjoy dinner alone?
So I whipped up a pasta- remotely Italian, mostly Indian, but very very tasty!

• Boil water.
• Pour 1 1/2 cup Elbow macaroni in bits and stir softly, occasionally, without upsetting the pasta.
• Sort the veggie you need to cook- yellow and red bell pepper, babycorn, onion, tomato.
• Stare at the veggies and feel slightly lazy to chop them.
• Decide to use the 'mini chopper'. Yay!
• Put all the veggies together and blitzzz.
• Drain and cool macaroni.
• Think about what to put in the base pasta paste.
• Decide to wing it- courtesy my refrigerator.
• Blend- olive oil, water, coriander, mint leaves, basil, chilies, grated cheese and walnuts (handful in the blender, handful in your mouth).
• Heat olive oil. Add chilly garlic paste. Saute till you get the smell you get when your mum gets to cooking.
• Add the blitzzed veggies. Stir. (clockwise cause your grandmother told your mother who told you, so just do it!)
• Add the pasta paste (I like this alliteration).
• Stir some more. Talk to duniya bhar ka log who decide to call at this inappropriate time of self-healing cooking.
• Add macaroni
• Taste...Get hit by the taste of the chilies.
• Add salt.
• Add cream. Taste. Add more cream.
• Arrange on a plate with a mint leaf and a walnut. Not to forget some cheese!
• Decide that it needs something more to feel like a healing meal...
• Discover a rose wine hidden in a cupboard
• :)
• Drink, Eat, Catch some serials. Sleep like a log...Feel refreshed! 

Now when you get a special request for a packed southie lunch on a weekday you ask yourself is it possible?
hmmm...
hmmm...
Well, you can't not try!

• Get up at 7:25 (late if you need to pack two lunches, get yourself ready and reach office by 9: 30)
• Start peeling/chopping veggies
• Cut most veggies in long 2" modules
• 2 long Carrots, 100 gms Tindli, 1 chunk of Yam
• Cut larger cube sections of 2 large potatoes (dad likes it that way)
• Realise you need to make rice too. Scramble to boil water, wash rice, put rice in.
• Peel and cut 2 raw bananas. They turn black at the speed of light, so be quick. (don't try to do this by hand, the skin is pretty much stuck to the inside and turns your fingertips black *use coconut oil to clean that*) 
• Thaw frozen peas (You forgot that! Loose some time...)
• Boil water, dump veggies in them. Don't stir too much veggies will break)
• Put 2 green chillies, 1 frond of kadipatta for fragrance
• Scrape 1 coconut
• Drain water from rice. Pray that it has not cooked to smushy levels.
• Grind coconut, 1" imli, 8pcs of chillies for colour and spice(4 pcs of madras, 4 of guntur), 1 spoon cumin seeds + water
• Make a smooth paste
• Go yikes! when you realise that the veggies have boiled already.
• Add coconut paste
• Prepare tadka- rai, udad dal, lots of hing, kadipatta, 1 mirchi
• Put tadka in to curry that is starting to smell pretty good
• Stir without breaking veggies. Patience.
• Put serving on a wide dish to release some steam before packing
• Brush, bathe, dress
• Pack curry
• Pack rice
• Pack 1 zip lock pack of banana chips
• Pack 1 zip lock pack of barfi
• Smile
• Give dabba to request maker
• Feel happy and floaty for your mini accomplishment all day

P.S: I had some help! Thanks mom!

being depressed is like staring at your nose...you know that all you need to do is look some distance away and you'll feel a little less nauseous. 

whats wrong
job- why cant i seem to find the kind of work i want to do?
job-crazy work load
friends- haven't spoken in ages
scooter battery died

whats right
mum-dad
me n abhi
friends- they don't hate me. yet.
i can still make up songs about everything

i have so many things to do. that i really want to do. when will i do them?