Murder They Wrote....

The recent attack on the Sri lankan team left me stunned and livid as to why would terrorism chose to advance in such direction?? It started off as a war against the west, against those who they said were foreigners, then it radically declared it was the war with those against Islam or more like, those who have belief in other religions. Yet, in the Mumbai attacks as well, more Indians were killed even though they apparently took the trouble to question most of the foreigners and take a peek at their passports. Reason being...India's rapid progress on most fronts. Which leaves me to wonder what their motive really is?..too me they look like a confused lot of sorts willing just to kill as a means to earn a living!..well not the preachers, but the doers ofcourse!

Pakistan till now has not completely owned up to the fact of the militants being as their own nationality, in order to disconnect themselves and their nation, from any link-ups. And yet again, after the attack on the srilankan team, few hours later, there were few ministers present who conveniently said they had sufficient proof (in such less time) n had to have their first words with the media….stating that India were behind the attacks …thus starting the blame game! Quite Frankly, I think if India had to hit anyone we know who wud b foremost on their list!!..no guesses there ..what so ever! ....Even though a few police officials lost their lives in the attack…most of the victims and witnesses present knew for a fact that the security forces, accompanying them, had deserted them in their time of need. Ironically, the President of the PCB was the first to declare such allegations as false. Some would have thought that the President (PCB) himself was present during the attack..or was he trying to label the match officials as liars!!??!! Either way, the amusing part of this whole episode was how cleverly or should I say effortlessly, the militants got away with such murder by just riding off on their bikes towards the nearest routes/hideouts!! …as easy as that huh?!..I think there’s no question that Pakistan should be blacklisted and declared a terror state, in my opinion, and in answer to such question posed by a certain member of the Indian Times. But the plot that leaves me to ponder is, if by any minute chance that Pak staged this attack to showcase it as being parallel to the one in Mumbai?! Or if the LTTE was sending it out a message of their own?!..and if either one, are we to find out about any time soon!!!...well mayb the govt. should appoint the GEO TV cameramen to do futher investigations as they seem more competent behind the camera than those holding positions & in their uniforms!

Love My Gadbad!! :)

One of the specialties of Mangalore, Karnataka.....in India, is this ice-cream parlour known as Ideals. Ideals is well known through out south india for its special flavours n combination of ice-creams with waffles, fresh and dry fruits, nuts and sauces. The Gadbad ice-cream is the all time favourite which never dies out!! its the classic ice cream one can hope for at Ideals!! We happened to spot it on the menu of this restraunt called Athena (being manglorean)..and to my delight i found it even better than the original!!...mayb because it had loads of Jelly, nuts and dry fruit with sago and vermicilli in it!!...and yea how can i ignore the fact that it wasy way bigger than the one they serve back home!! :))

Now doesnt that look sinful!!....hehe...take a better look below!

As we were already done with dinner my girl friend, Lo and I shared it!

Nextime maybe i should ask them to let the ice-cream scoop fill the rim of the glass...meanin a bigger one!...lol...jus kiddin...can sense my sweeth tooth eh!!??

Another friend of mine had Gulab Jamun which he said was reaqlly good!..i dint wann spoil the taste of my gadbad by having hot jamuns so i decided against it!! it looks good tho!

What WE do Best

A fortnight back, with the leave-taking of a friend who was here on holiday, my friends and I decided to meet up for dinner. We went to one of the most well known Chinese restaurants in Kuwait of Indian origin, as most of them our out here. Caesars, however, is better known for its Chinese cuisine and sizzlers, rather than Indian. We decided to straight away order the main course as we were starving. Some of the guys did go for the very obvious and absolute favourite…Chicken Manchow Soup!!.....however, I perfered it at Avanti Palace, which the boys begged to differ as it was me disagreein! : )



i ordered for the mixed grill sizzler..we had 2 of these. I love this sizzler of theirs in particular …as they r always consistent with the taste …n with lil a do its absolutely delectable…



Noodles…which surprsingly was really good!….



Schezuan fried…ordered by my friend..remained untouched as you can see!..everyone associates the word schezwan in Chinese cuisine with the word spicy….i don’t know how on earth did the chef at ceasars make his schezwan fried rice sweet…I dint even like the hint/tinge of its taste on my tongue!! Since we were all full no one bothered to eat cept for me who tasted abit…dunno how the chef got it wrong!...as I have eaten it b4 at the very same restaurant….mayb he accidently slipped in the sugar instead of salt….more like a one off incident..but if theres a next time…then ill make sure to take it up with the manager on duty.






One of my friends who happens to be a pure vegetarian had the veg.sizzler below….looks appetizing huh?!?! ;)

Well i guess on a weekend, when the restraunt is crowded and bustling with diners, presentation skills are pretty much thrown out of the window!

Others ordered for Biryani, Chicken Manchurian and Mixed fried rice…which i didn't get to take pics of…as the guys, hunger-struck, dug right in!

Bringing in 2009

In a country where hard drinks are illegal, open parties are raided and dancing is banned, it’s a real dilemma to chalk out a plan for New Years Eve! With everyone either travellin out of Kuwait or makin their reservations in advance…my friends n I decided to make do with the lil that we have, go with the flow n decide on the spot as, to what to do and where to go…. In a place like this, after a hectic days work..the first thing that comes to mind is a sumptuous dinner! Hence, we decided to go to 1 restaurant n this time round waited for a table, for bout 30 mins…which was comparably preferable to last year when we dint wanna wait n kept tryin out each n every other restaurant in the vicinity only to find em full n dozens others waitin in long queues, and ended up at Burger King (24hrs open) at 3 in the morning!!..we surely dint wanna repeat tht again!..well…settin it as a tradition wud be sumthin else all together!

Getting back to 31st December 2008, We chose to dine at Oriental (location: Salimya, Kuwait), Chinese being the common preference of our palate. We were showed to a cabin…even tho it deserted us from the rest, we appreciated the privacy we got except, when at the stroke of midnight, suddenly a count down began, balloons were flyin, n a huge cake was being cut to our oblivion! N sitting in tht closed cabin we kinda felt isolated from it all but were pleasantly surprised to hear some gala noise n celebration. So being an inquisitive lot, we took a peek-a-boo n drank in the atmosphere. We then ordered our starters followed by the main course. Hogged on red bell pepper chicken & 95, mixed sizzlers, fried rice n more. We were too stuffed for dessert! Sorry, I do not have pictures of the above. In my excitement, I forgot to take my camera with me, as well as click some from my friend’s! Yea well we’re a pathetic bunch of sorts at times!
After a real lazy n cozy dinner, we decided to head back to my place for more chat n conversation n for those who just wanted to doze off after a glass of wine! : ). In the end, I thought the night n my din of how to bring in the new year turned out just fine! On leavin the restaurant tho, we walked into the night towards our cars into the cold. N like I had envisaged, the beginning of Januray 1st 2009, had brought with it this strong, cold, icy n chilly wind for the new year…to last awhile!

Happy & Peace be this New Year to One and All!




http://www.orientalkuwait.com

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