independence day celebrations at the canal..some soft jazz some fast songs it was fun to watch adults and kids dance to the songs at the canal. then watched lovely fireworks with friends..
And then Independence day sales and shopping.. I generally dont like shopping unlike most girls..But today I did find some cool trendy clothes and bought clothes which are not my usual style..
green top with puffy hands
A puffy red top( which reminded me of seinfelds puffy T shirt)..but me and my best friend A both bought the same red color same design top so that we can wear them together..thats what happens when two girls and best friends shop together..
And surprise of all is I bought a cute body hugging salsa dress short slightly low neck silky smooth dress..not my style but my best friend who is an all american girl insisted every girl should have one such a short cute salsa dress , so I bought and wore it..and it was on sale I got it for less than 15 dollars..good sale right..
My Independence day weekend did not go as expected..
No boston, No maimi beach nothing..
Just staying in Indy and hung out with girlfriends..
went for a concert and watched fireworks on friday with girlfriends.
went for a nice indian lunch with a girlfriend and went shopping with another girlfriend after that..
tomorrow bowling and games with a whole bunch of girlfriends and a nice dinner..
Books Iam reading:
"Punjabi century" by Tandon which is an amazing account of punjabi culture life in 1850s , a unique learning experience for me. Iam thoroughly enjoying reading this historical book. It is so much fun to learn abut how our ancestors lived..unique family values..such a vibrant culture.
Iam also reading " My revolutions" by Hari Kunzru..this novel is not as good as The Impressionist but it is better than his second novel...Its about a man who hides his past and how his past comes back to him..Its about struggles of idealistic youth..Iam enjoying reading it.
Iam also reading slowly obamas "audacity of hope". It is another good obamas book. The man knows how to write, no wonder he is powerful speaker..How he sees america, his thoughts on various issues, his experiences volunteering at poor neighbourhood, his family life..It is amazing how honest this man is,how much he respects his wife, his struggles as a father..on the whole a honest book worth reading for those of you who can vote, but I liked his first book better "Dreams from my father"
Movies I watched
Some tamil movie of surya and trisha
and lot of TV, so you think u can dance..I love that show..If u are a fan of dancing, specially creative dancing mixing styles you need to watch this show so u think u can dance on fox.
Good food I ate
Bombay thali...my fav. paneer masala..
And home made dosa which I made at home with spicy groundnut chutney I made and idli chutney
Recipe :
dosa: soak two cups of rice and one cup of urad daal and half cup of flattened rice..grind them. add a lil bit of milk before making dosa..take oil and mix it with a lil bit of ghee..add it to the heated pan and then just make dosa..tastes like dosa at udipi or dosa in a indian restaurant in india.
Chutneys:
groundnut chutney: fry onions and lil bit of green chillies to light brown, fry groundnuts a lil bit and remove the peel. I would put equal amount of onions and groundnut 1:1 ratio...Then grind them together with green chillies, a pinch of tamarind, a lil bit of salt..this makes the chutney one spicy chutney..key is to add lil salt, a lil bit of tamarind..
Idli chutney: take chana daal, take deep frozen fresh grated coconut, a lil bit of dahi and green chillies and salt , grin them..then add kari patta, mustardseed choka..sour and spicy chutney..
what else..
news that interested me
obamas political campaigning..looks like he is touring republican states..may be he will turn them democratic..interesting campaigning strategy..he is also trying to support religious faith based people by giving more religious talks..he wants to win and he wants to pull everyone together it shows..
music I listened to on you tube
ke sara sara madhuri dixit song which carries my essential romantic outlook, sensual beta madhuri dixit song, atifs race song pahle nazar which is a haunting song..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEI2QAFE7rE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-yk-xXo6pY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-yk-xXo6pY&feature=related
nite looks young..
all I want to do is watch a nice hindi movie and read a book, sleep late, wake up late and laze around...Iam so looking forward to bowling with a whole bunch of my girlfriends tomorrow evening..my kinda perfect vacation...
