My Thanksgiving Meal

Hope you all had a great time yesterday with fun, food and family. I had a great time yesterday with a hefty meal. You can get a very good idea from the picture above. It was really an awesome food, all home-cooked and most of the ingredients fresh from the garden. That was really an all American food. What we eat at fast-food joints, subs etc is not the real American food. There is lot more than just sandwiches, hamburgers and fries. But one thing is evident, that it is based mostly on different forms and varieties of meat. For some (or rather most, I should say) Indians who do not eat meat at all or are very selective in eating meat, it becomes a bit difficult to enjoy real Thanksgiving meal. Indians are either strictly vegetarian or eat chicken, lamb and fish only in the name of meat. Beef and pork are not eaten because of either religious reasons or personal reasons. The first taste of turkey for me was on my first Thanksgiving meal in 2003 and it was with cajun-filling, as I was in LSU at that time. I really liked it very much and since then I have never looked back :). I think it must be similar for other Indians also who come to US. But I admire those people who stick to their vegetarian tendency and eat just green, no meat at all. It is really difficult to manage to live here without eating meat and strive on vegetarian meals only. Everywhere you go, be it fast-food joints or restaurants, menu will have hardly one or two green meals, which means limited choices everywhere. But still, a lot of my friends do survive and I admire their spirits. And the spirits of Thanksgiving too (which was the main idea of this post, but I digresse a bit).

Happy Thanxgiving

Wish you all a very Happy Thanxgiving. Enjoy your day with lotsssss of food and loadzzzzz of fun. Do lots of shopping also but dont fall for the "Big Sale" gimmicks. I wish, I too could have enjoyed the "Big Friday" sale and have spent time in queues outside stores in early morning in chilling winds. But I am too broke to do all that. But whatever, I already did my shopping of this Thanxgiving....a warm lower from Aeropostle....at least I dint broke my record :).

OMG! I m a Nerd!

Another online quiz, again sincere thanx to my dear friend Raluca (online Quiz expert) for proving me to be a High-Level Nerd. I am smart...but not this much nerd..I do hang-out (with girls), love music & shaking on dance-floor, have plenty of friends and a good social life...NNNNNOOOOOO0000000000...!!!! I object...!!!!

Your Score Summary
13% scored higher (more nerdy), and 87% scored lower (less nerdy).
Your nerdiness is: High-Level Nerd. You are definitely MIT material, apply now!!!.

If you have taken the quiz by now, then tell me, how can you prove someone to be a Nerd by asking the basic high-school freshman kind of questions ????????

Am I JFK or Clinton?

What Famous Leader Are You?

personality tests by similarminds.com

The moment I finished my earlier post, I found another link for a "What famous leader are you ?" quiz on SnglGuy's blog. Since I was already in a quiz-taking n results-analzing mood, I took this one also and to my utter surprise I am JFK. Wow...standing ovation to me please :). First I took the quiz with 9 questions, then 27 questions and then with 45 questions. Same result each time. Pretty consistent..hmm..!!!

Then, still feeling a bit unsatisfied, I closed the window, cleared the browser cookies and took the test again with 9 and then 45 questions. This time, I came out to be Bill Clinton. Now I am kind of confused. As far as I think, they are very different personalities. Any comments on this deadlock...Who Am I ?????

Am I "The One" or "One of the Many Ones"?

Another online Quiz results. This time the quiz is to find out What Matrix persona are you ? I found this quiz in blogosphere on Jaya Jha's homepage. The author of quiz is TrinityKills. An interesting thing to do, at least for me as I like Matrix a lot and have seen it soooo many times. The quiz results says that I am Neo, I am "The One". I was so excited to see this result. The mere feeling of being "The One" was so great and challenging. Afterall the responsibility to save the world, to save the human race lies on my shoulders now. Suddenly I became active on a Sunday afternoon and started thinking about how I will proceed from now onwards. But then, I am not "The Only One". The results also display the statistics, which goes like this:

3577 other people got this result!

This quiz has been taken 12478 times.

29% of people had this result.

So, I gotta find all these supposed "The One"s and make a team of humans pledged to save the world from those damn machines. The overall results of the quiz are also pretty deceiving. It says that most of people who took this quiz are Neo (29% Neo, 16% Morpheus, 11% Trinity, 11% Agent Smith, 9% Cypher, 7% Tank and some others too ). If we have so many Neos or "The One"s, then whats his importance anymore ? BTW, I am using a machine to type this too :).

You are Neo, from "The Matrix." You
display a perfect fusion of heroism and
compassion.
What Matrix Persona Are You?
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My Girlfriend

A thought crossed my mind while reading the article in my earlier post and then thinking about this relationship stuff. The question is : Who has the potential to be one's partner/girlfriend ?

Let me first go through the traits of a potential partner:
1. The one with whom you like to spend most of your time of the day and is close to you.
2. The one to whom you can express your feelings.
3. The one who lets you do what you want to.
4. The one who does not interferes with your deeds and gives you your "personal space".
5. The one with whom you sleep.
6. The one whom you'd like to see every morning as soon as you wake up.

After a careful thought-process, brainstorming and checking all these requirements on the potential candidates for "My Girlfriend", I have given this privilege to my laptop, whom I call "My Lapi". Today I wont hesitate to express my deep love for My Lapi. And interesting thing is that there are qualities apart from above ones which are there in My Lapi and go in her favor e.g. she entertains me by songs and videos, keeps me in touch with the whole world, let me express myself through blogging, bears my frustrations and anger (when I am hard on keyboard) and never says a word. A small problem is to decide the gender of a laptop. Some may say M, some may say F. So, given this flexibility in the gender determination of a laptop and my own preferences, I have aptly granted her the status of my girlfriend. See her picture..how cute she looks. I love you sweetheart.....

About Space in Relationships

A friend of mine from blogosphere, Komal Mehta, has done a very good article for a popular Indian portal rediff.com. You can post your comments on her blog. This article is focussed on the importance of "personal space in relationships", which is really very-very important. Being in a relationship doesn't mean that one has to loose his/her personal identity and get blended into the others. Whether in a relationship or not, I want my personal space and freedom to do what my original-self want to do. And that is the bottom-line..no compromises on this !

So now read this article and I am sure you gonna enjoy it.

I am a Squirrel

An interesting thing to do..check out what kind of cute animal you match best. It says that I resemble Squirrel...wow..no doubt that I love nuts and hate to stay in one place or do routine stuff. All thanx to my friend Raluca for this link.

You Are A: Squirrel!

Squirrels are quick and cheerful animals who spend their time scurrying, scavenging, and playing. As a squirrel, you are often seen jumping happily from branch to branch up in the treetops. Squirrels are foragers searching for nuts and seeds, and they are social animals often seen chasing and playing with other squirrels.

You were almost a: Duck or a Puppy
You are least like a: Groundhog or a LambDiscover What Cute Animal You Are!