January 2004
5 posts
Fried Rice
I was trying to make Fried Noodles/Rice/Semiya (vermicelli) for the past couple of weeks but had little success. The process was straight forward, - Boil rice/noodles/Semiya (Semiya had some extra steps) - Cut vegetables (I used Mushrooms, Capsicum, Cabbage, Spring Onions and Carrots) - Fry the vegetables slightly in about two table spoons of oil - Add rice, salt and black pepper (as required) -...
A new toy!
I’ve bought a new toy, a PocketPC, HP iPAQ 1945. And I’ve been spending time tweaking and installing stuff on it for the past few days. For the record, I’ve owned two Palm PDAs, a Palm m105 and a HandSpring Visor Edge. I’ve had fairly good experiences with both of them but decided to give the Pocket PC a try and find out if all the hype surrounding it had any substance. I...
A few recent movies
I saw some movies in the past few weeks. Among them were, Paycheck, LOC Kargil, Kal Ho Na Ho, Jaanasheen and Pithamagan (Tamil). Paycheck was not bad but could have had a better heroine (Uma Thurman was yuck) or the heroine could have been done away with. Otherwise, the film was pretty okay. It was a usual kind of movie with lots of special effects. I’ve learned from people that John Woo is...
Well...
Its been a while since I’ve scribbled stuff here. What is my excuse? Nothing :-) Its been snowing here and work has been relentless. I’ve been thinking of a few things to write about but never was able to drag myself to do it. I heard these lines somewhere - “Subah hoti hai shaam hoti hai Yun hi zindagi tamaam hoti hai” Tamaam - complete. The rest of the words I think are...