An awesome day-out with friends...part 2: eating out!!!

hello guys..how r you all doing???

In continuation with yesterdays bowling post, after bowling and playing for three hours we as usual felt hungry and went to this awesome place called EFES, a Turkish dining place. We ordered like crazyyyy and I was soo busy eating them that I forgot to take pics of all the dishes..heres some pics…

*seasons pizza with chicken,cheese , mushrooms, onion ,corn

*turkish dish: shrimps with cheese, vegetables 

*lamb wings with salad veggies and rice

*turkish dessert :saumi 

*my favourite ice creams and strawberry milk shake...

had two other chicken pizzas that i forgot to take pics of....

overall nice evening spent with good food and great friends...

i think this will be the end to our celebrations..oh wait we planning on the coming friday biryani night...i will surly cry once the new semester starts!!

take care,

love and peace!!!

xoxo

pav

An awesome day-out with friends...part 1: bowling!!!

hello friends….how are you all doing?? As we got one week holidays for the new year cum Christmas combo….me with my friends decided to make the fullest use of them and in this process we decided today to get out of the hostel rooms and try to chill in the cold weather….

After few minutes of discussion we planned on going for  cosmic bowling and then do some dining out at a nice turkish place ..it was the first time for me. I m so happy for going as I had a lot of fun with bowling…i played the most with the 6 kg ball…oh god they are sooo heavy…I almost cant move my fingers right now!!!

To get more out of the game we challenged each other and guess what I came third in the game with five of us..not bad for a first time right???!!! Ihad lots of fun…

Then we went to this game place called Gemini and played s some stupid small games like kids…as long as we enjoy,theres no problem na! wat say guys…

what are your experiences with bowling...what category do you fall in strikersss or beginners like me???

take care

xoxo

pav

New year 2012 celebrations: Food

Hello guys…how was your new year???mine was superb…actually one of my friends birthday also falls on new year day so it’s a double dhamaka for us…we celebrate it with double josh!!!and you all know how it is to be away from home(sad!! Me)..more than anything we all miss food and compensate that we always keep trying new recipes and altogether new dishes for all occasions..thats a great way to enjoy our  time here rather than going out in this freaking  snow fall…

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this is the whole chicken we cooked on stove which was nicely marinated before...and it tasted yummmm!!!very much better than the ones we buy from the grilled section....

This new year plus birthday party also we gave most of the importance to foooood and heres what we all came up with..enjoy the pics:

below is the chicken manchurian

the chicken thighs

cooked frozen fish

Other than food we also had a blast in the midnight partying, wishing everyone in the hostel, I tried dancing for the first time in my life(all the credit goes to the music system we had..its freaking loud), ofcourse ate, played for sometime and had a wonderful time!!it was just perfecttt…I really loved the way it turned out….hope this full year will be like that…..i m sooo tired todayyy….just lying around from morning on the bed…

 the great indian jamoonss.....

How did you all enjoy??if you like any dishes in this post, I can give you the recipes…feel free to comment and show some love…I wish you success in all your plans and resolutions…

Take care

Xoxo

pav

Happy new year 2012

Hello friends …I wish you all a very very happy new year 2012…This year is going to be a very crucial one for me..it has all the big decisions of my life!!!I just hope everything turns out well this time…

New life..new beginning!!

I just feel like starting everything new..new goals,new thoughts.why count the past failures??just try harder this time and don’t leave til you DO IT.

“The greatest glory is not in never falling but in raising everytime you fall “

I quite like the concept of resolutions though was never successful..never mind we are all fighters right??i m a firm believer of making resolution/goals that are measurable, penning them down on paper I prefer a nice diary/book,sharing them with your closed ones or virtual friends/blog who always support you , and try hard reaching them…it is only when you clearly see,write and dream your goal, you become emotionally attached to it and your subconscious mind starts working for it!!!

My resolutions 2012:

1.complete all my academic goals on time with perfection(medicine needs a lot more patience dear!!).

2.Thats it!!i HAVE to lose weight this time…its like now or never for me…my goal is 15 kilos…and a toned body(u have to work-out for this fool!!!just get up from the couch and move that butt)

3.enough is enough is what I want to say to my face…I want to have clean and clear skin this year….all these marks are killing me!!and I quite worked out a plan for this.( planning does no good stupid unless you work on it)

4.become silent, calm, cool, focused ,talk less ,argue very less basically little mature and decent for my job.(its going to be hard )

5.blog daily..i want to share all the little things of my life that I do everyday..anything from a snickers I eat,coffee I drink to anything I like to put it here…

6. I have collected a lot of makeup last year and now it’s the time to use it.I plan on trying some looks,basically learn how to do my makeup flawless...

And to be precise with it, I will update my progress every month and I plan on achieving all this by end of april…so may 1^st will be the big day and the day I will be ripped…

Enough of mine..what did you guys plan this year??any resolutions??as always it would be a pleasure to hear it from you…blogging is all about sharing and getting better…I also want to thank my blogging friends tanvi, gayatri , anamika,  swati, anju, sovina who were kind and sweet to me n ur support means a lot to me girls…love you all and looking forward to more love this 2012…

Cheers,

Takecare and have a blast

Xoxo

Pav.

p.s:plz accept my virtual cake and icecream..i wish u loads and loads of happiness…

Goodbye 2011

2011-good one or a bad one??best or worst???i don’t feel like putting a tag for it as it was a mediocre for me..nothing big happened with me..it was just a passing year which just made me a year older and a little wiser and smarter(really??)…

Optimist in me will brag about the brighter part of 2011-

*got  better with life..smart is the word

*went on a refreshing and fabulous holiday trip with friends..its the best one till date..had lotsss of fun

*discovered this amazing world of blogs…this in a whole opened new avenues for me…and met all you great people

*makeup blogs just transformed my humble lip balm, kaajal world to a whole new makeupholic  world…I bought sooo much makeup this year which I would probably buy in my whole life…now my vanity is so so much bigger…

*shopped a lot..thanks to the online shopping sites

*got better with fashion as a whole thanks to all the fashion blogs…its not that I didn’t knew it earlier but I was always rather shy and fearful to try out something new but now I m NOT…

*became a fabulous cook..this I never thought of in my wildest dreams(tap on back)

Now it’s the pessimist turn..

*it just did not turn out the way I wanted it to.

*academically my goals remained incomplete rather unfulfilled.

*instead of shedding sum kilos, I just have put on lot more and was obviously unsuccessful in parting with them

*with the dosage of emotions I have, I obviously had bad days.

*never fully executed my plans, my schedules that I planned for self-improvement.

As its over and becoming  a little smarter(!!) lets just forget the past and move on into the future…and welcome the new year happily….

this 2012 is going to be a BIG year for me with many many great things to do…oh god!!!please bless me and guys wish me luck!!!and plz accept the virtual yummy chocos friends!!

 p.s- those are the pics from our vacation…its Black sea…the water there is soooo fresh and clear…

Xoxo

pav

Faith in self..

“Sure I am that this day we are masters   

 of our fate, that  the task which has

been set before us is not above our

strength ; that its pangs and toils are not

beyond my endurance. As long as we

have faith in our own cause and an

unconquerable will to win,

victory will not be denied us.”

                      - Winston Churchill

Solah Somvar Vrat Katha story

this is a continuation to yesterdays solah somvar vrat post.To know the introduction,procedure and everything related to this vrat plz see shiv vrat

1...ENGLISH VERSION for Sixteen Weeks Monday Fast :

Once Lord Shiva visited the famous city of Amravati. Parvati also accompanied him. On their way, they saw a beautiful Shiva temple and decided to spend some time there. One day, Parvati found Lord Shiva in a playful mood. She said to him, Oh my Lord, let us have a dice game. Lord Shiva obliged her and the game started. Meanwhile, the priest of the temple had come there. Parvati turned towards him and said Please foretell who will win this game? The Brahman gave no serious thought to her question and abruptly said, Lord Shiva will win the game. Incidentally Parvati won the game. She was angry because the Brahman had told a lie. Lord Shiva tried to pacify her, but she cursed the Brahman that he be a leper. In due course, the Brahman became a leper and spent a miserable life. After some time a few fairies descended on the earth and pitied the fate of the priest. On asking him, the priest narrated the whole episode. One of the fairies said, You observe Monday fasts for sixteen weeks without break. On the seventeenth Monday, prepare some holy food or Prasaad with flour mixed with ghee and gur. Distribute this prasaad among the members of your family and take some yourself. You will be free from this leprosy. The fairies disappeared and the priest followed the instructions. Soon, he regained his normal health. Once Lord Shiva and Parvati again visited that temple. Parvati was surprised to see the priest. He was his normal self. She enquired about this feat and the priest narrated the whole story. Parvati was happy, she also decided to observe Monday fasts for sixteen weeks. Incidentally, on the seventeenth Monday, when she broke her fast, her beloved son Kartikeya, who was displeased with her, appeared and said, 0 dear mother what is that power with which you have called me? What is the mystery? Parvati said, 0 my dear son, all this miracle is due to observing Monday fasts for sixteen weeks without interruption. Kartikeyas Brahman friend had been in a foreign land for quite some time. Kartikeya said, I shall observe Monday fasts for sixteen weeks for happy reunion with my friend. He observed the 16 weeks fasts as per rules and to his great surprise his friend returned hale and hearty. The friend enquired about the miracle and Kartikeya told him the modalities to be observed for Monday fast. The Brahman friend was very curious about his marriage. He decided to observe the Monday fasts for sixteen weeks. On the seventeenth Monday, the Brahman friend went to a city. The ruler of the city decided to marry his daughter to a person on whose neck his well-decorated elephant would put the garland. The Brahman joined the show. Incidentally, the elephant garlanded him. The ruler of the city gave him his daughter and also a lot of money. The couple departed the next day and were back in their home. On the honeymoon night, the bride said, 0 my dear, how is it that the elephant ignored all the princes and garlanded you? How did you succeed on the auspicious moments? The bridegroom said, I observed fasts on sixteen Mondays. Monday is Lord Shivas day. It is due to his blessings that I got a beautiful wife like you. My friend Kartikeya revealed this secret to me. The bride too decided to observe fasts on sixteen Mondays for a beautiful son full of knowledge. Her devotion bore fruit and she gave birth to a beautiful son. As the son grew up, he said to his mother, 0 my dear mother, what is the mystery behind my birth? Please reveal it to me. The mother told him how she observed Monday fasts. The son also decided to observe the fasts to gain a kingdom for his parents. Incidentally, an old kings messengers from a nearby State came there in search of a beautiful and learned bridegroom for the princess. They proposed the princess hand for him and he readily agreed. The king expired after sometime and the boy became the king. The newly-made king continued his fasts for the next sixteen Mondays. On the seventeenth Monday, he arranged a large prayer party at a temple. All the arrangements were made well in advance. The king requested the queen to accompany him to the temple for breaking the fast after taking prasaad from the priest. The queen refused to go with him. The king had to go alone. The king heard an oracle who echoed, 0 king, turn out the queen from the palace or destruction will fall upon you. The king returned to his palace. He summoned a conference of his ministers and told about the oracle. All of them were taken aback, as it was due to that princess that he became the king of the state. They agreed to his proposal only with a heavy heart. The queen was ultimately turned out. The queen left the palace bare footed and in worn-out clothes. She was thirsty and fatigued. She met an old lady who had a load of spinned spindles on her head. She was going to the city. She felt pity on her and asked to help her in selling the yarn because she did not know the art of selling. The queen took that load on her head. Incidentally, strong wind blew away the spindles which disappeared in the dusty wind. The queen felt sorry and the old lady asked her to go away. The queen went to an oilmans house and sought shelter. The oilman obliged her, but as she stepped in, all of his oil pots developed cracks and the oil began to flow on the ground. The oilman immediately turned her out. The queen was now disheartened. She went to the bank of a river to quench her thirst. As she touched the water, the water dried up. She then went to a deep jungle and saw a tank of water. As she went down the stairs and touched the crystal dear water, it became muddy. She cursed her fate and put a few drops of the muddy water in her mouth. She was now tired and wanted to take rest under a shady tree. As she went near the tree its leaves began to fall and soon it became leafless. The cowherds saw this incident and told the whole story to the priest of a nearby temple. The priest called for the woman. He was surprised to see that the woman had royal features. He consoled her and provided her with all the facilities. But after some days, he also got fed up with her because whatever the woman touched became impure — may it be milk, food or water. One day, the priest said, 0 lady, what curse has fallen upon you? You reveal the mystery. The woman told him how she rejected a proposal to attend Monday fast prayer. The priest understood the whole thing. He knew it was Shivas curse. He said, 0 dear lady, you observe fasts on sixteen Mondays and Lord Shiva will absolve you of your sins. The woman realised her mistake and observed the Monday fasts for sixteen Mondays. On the seventeenth Monday, the king said to himself, My queen left my palace long ago. Her condition must be very miserable. He called for his courtiers and ordered them to search out the queen. The courtiers reached the temple where the queen was residing. The priest refused to hand over the queen to them and said, Let the king himself come to receive her. The courtiers went to the king and related the whole story. The king was happy to hear the news. He went to the temple and requested the priest to return his queen to him. The king admitted that he deserted the queen to avoid Lord Shivas wrath. The priest trusted the kings words and the queen returned to the palace. She was given a royal welcome. The king distributed money among the needy and arranged food for the hungry. The king and queen now regularly observed fasts on sixteen Mondays each year and lived a very happy life. After their death they found abode in Lord Shivas city, Shivapuri. Since, then it is believed that a person who observes fasts on sixteen Mondays, gets all pleasures and enters Shivapuri after his death.

 2......ENGLISH VERSION OF SOMVAR VRAT KATHA

Once there lived a wealthy merchant in a city. He always had immense wealth and prosperity. But despite all the worldly possessions, he remained sad because he had no son. He regularly observed Monday fast to have a son. He used to go to the Shiva temple and worshipped there Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati with full faith. Goddess Parvati was pleased at his devotion. She implored Lord Shiva and said, My Lord, this wealthy merchant is your faithful devotee. He regularly observes Monday fast but still he has no son. Please fulfil his desire. Hearing the implorings of Parvati, Lord Shiva said, Let your desire be fulfilled. I grant him a boon. He will be the father of a son, but Why but my Lord? asked Parvati. Lord Shiva said, but he will live for twelve years only". Fortunately, this wealthy merchant could hear their conversation. As time passed on, the merchants wife gave birth to a beautiful son. He celebrated his sons birth with great pomp and show and distributed food, clothes and money among the poor. All prayed for his sons long and happy life. But the merchant was still sad because he knew that his son would not live beyond twelve years. Yama, the god of Death, spares none. Knowing what the situation was, the merchant started observing the Monday fast with greater zest and there was no let up in the worship of Lord Shiva. He practised all the rites of worship. At the age of eleven, the merchants son looked quite smart and mature. All desired that he should be married to a beautiful girl. The merchants wife also wanted her sons marriage. She Insisted for it again and again. The merchant did not agree to this proposal. He sent for his brother-In-law and said, Accompany my son to Kashiji. Arrange for his best spiritual knowledge. Take enough money from my treasure. Arrange devotional gatherings on your way to Kashiji at every halt and distribute alms among the beggars. The merchants son started his journey for Kashi with his maternal uncle. They arranged devotional gatherings and distributed clothes at every halting camp. They also arranged best eats for the Brahmans and made enough offerings to them. One day they made a halt at a capital of a king. The kings daughters marriage was to take place that day. The marriage party had already reached the city. The bridegrooms party was terribly disturbed because the bridegroom was blind, of one eye. They were in search of a beautiful boy to replace him. The bridegrooms father sent his men in search of a beautiful boy. The men spotted the merchants son who was camping in an inn with his maternal uncle. The bridegrooms father was a rich person. He said to the merchants maternal uncle, My prestige is at stake. I need a handsome bridegroom in place of my one-eyed son. I shall give enough wealth if your ward agrees to have a temporary marriage with the kings daughter. He shall be free immediately after the marriage ceremony is over. The merchants brother-in-law convinced his sisters son for a temporary marriage. The brides party praised their luck when they saw a handsome bridegroom with the marching band at the head of the marriage procession. The merchants son and the kings daughter were married around the holy fire. At the time of departure, the merchants son picked his brides scarf and wrote, Now we are husband and wife. I am not the son of a king. I am the son of a rich merchant. I was on way to Kashiji for spiritual studies. Your real bridegroom is blind of one eye. The bride noticed her bridegroom writing something on the scarf. She could not read his message at that time. When the marriage party was about to depart, the bride read the message. She was shocked to know the reality. She refused to accompany with the one-eyed bridegroom. The marriage party returned without a bride. The merchants son reached Kashiji and devoted himself fully to the spiritual studies. His maternal uncle arranged devotional gatherings and gave donations everyday for the well-being of his sisters son. On the last day of the twelfth year, the merchants son felt pain in the chest. His maternal uncle was performing the religious rites as per his routine. As he went inside the room, he found the boy dead. He was full of grief, but kept silent as the Brahmans would not accept food from such a house. With courage, he completed his routine. When his routine was over, he started crying. Many people gathered around him and shared his grief. Fortunately, Lord Shiva and Parvati were also passing by that house. When Parvati heard the cries and beating of breast, her motherly compassion got aroused. She was a mother, after all. Having known the facts, she said to Lord Shiva, My dear Sire, please ask Yama to return his life. Yama is always at your command. Please do this favour to me. You are the protector of all creatures. Lord Shiva agreed and sprinkled Ganga water on the dead body. The boy got up as if he was making an excuse for sleep. The spiritual education of the merchants son was over. They started their journey to home. They arranged spiritual discourses and distributed alms among the needy throughout their way. Now, they were back in the city where this boy was married. The king recognised the boy immediately. He took him to his palace with full honour and on an auspicious day, he arranged to happy departure for his daughter. He also gave adequate dowry. The merchants son reached his city along with his bride. His father could not believe it. He was sitting on the roof of a big mansion with his wife, waiting for his son. They had decided that they would not come down until their son supported them himself; otherwise they would commit suicide by jumping down the roof. So the merchants son alongwith his bride went up to the roof. They touched their feet. The merchant and his wife were very happy to see the couple.

Hindi version

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Om namah sivai

Om namah sivai

Om namah sivai