the kitchen things…!

How I cherish my good old self who was obsessed with gadgets of almost every type. As bachelor I always thought of having well equipped kitchen whenever I will have my own. I am no pro at cooking nor do I plan to be the one, in short I am not keen in trying and experimenting recipes…! Irrespective of the just mentioned fact, I wanted every available appliance at my disposal.

Not that whatever I dreamt of is reality, but I am in process of reaching where I wanted ;). So far yours truly has got three different types of mixers/grinder (yeah 3 thanks to Mr G for his contribution to bring the numbers up 😉 ) , a griller, microwave oven and a blender to be precise 😉 .

Past two years of lockdown has opened up new feathers of my better half’s personality to me, I find him equally excited while roaming in the utensils shop as me, yeah you are reading it right :D. My affection for him is increased by an inch for this :p . So with this common found interest, we managed to shift from semi to fully automatic washing machine. We planned and have a microwave we are in the process of doing some research for the dishwasher and air fryer.

A few of whatever I have so far are not very regularly used, but let me tell ya, they are my priced possession. The thought of having it all is so damn satisfying, crazy you see 😀 . I haven’t had a recollection of having this draft laying around, now that I noticed it, hitting the button to move it up from drafts…

Disclaimer: please try your best not to find a logical start/middle/end to this post..

and when Mr G asks are we planning for e-zone inside home ;)

Okay the scene is we plan to visit the e-zone of some shopping mall looking for a new cell phone model(Though yours truly knew it before hand that it wont be available for sure 😉 , that was just a trick to make Mr G stay so that we can meet). Without a seconds delay yours truly drags Mr G to e-zone area. Made him move across all the possible corners where phones were placed. As expected we didn’t find what we were looking for. This troll just took 30 minutes. 30 minute + me@ e-zone?? Do you people think that is possible?? You guessed it right, 😉 definitely that wasn’t possible. So now we planned to move to laptops section just like that. By the time we were to reach there, Mr G didn’t know about the long list his truly has already planned to buy from there.

First thing that brought my attention was 10” net book. This was the cuties piece i have ever seen. So yeah as you people got it right already that made the top entry on the demand list now. I wish to own Mac some day soon, and Mr G is aware about it. So for a moment if we are to believe all these my fantasies come true, number of laptops that I would be owing will be 3. You see what expressions he must have had at that moment? 😉 Well I could just see a grin on his face to see his truly going crazy. 😉

It was a camera section now, we have a good point and shoot and a decent dslr from here on demand list. No questions on it, we want it no matter what. 😉

Next to come was a tablet’s section. Beloved i-pad mini shining right there in the corner. So now we were there to play around it. Obviously it is the second thing on demand list. When I asked for the purpose, answer was I want something so mobile with decent battery life so that I can play around it when I travel to hometown. So? now no two ways on its purchase, yours truly is gonna get it.. yay 😛 😉  When it came to watching movie on it, Mr G argued that, its too small for him to for movie purpose. Pat came the answer from his truly, “No worries, we will buy i-pad Air for you.”

And there he gave with a question for his/yours truly – “Honey are we planning for e-zone inside home?? ” 😀 😀

I love this kid innocent questions of him like anything. 🙂 I love him all the ways. ❤

i am back…..!

Okay so I am back here don’t know after how long. The real reason for staying away quiet long from this place was the Pathetic Internet connection. Finally got rid of it and its the new one, and its actually working as expected at least for now.

My mind is full of lot many things to put down, the best part is I am almost ready to pen down the first ever technical review for #Windows 8, not sure how it will go, but yes I am going to give it a try. Now you people must be thinking why Windows 8? and that too this late. Its already been long that it is in the market. The reason is I am having my hands on it for the first time.Yes its a new baby in my laps now- HP Envy -4 with Windows8… 🙂 .

It is not all that good this time with this gadget as this Win8 has got a steep learning curve. I am yet to explore it completely,but beginning was not simple.

And I am crazy behind this new baby for few days now. btw read a beautiful article about this craze, and I must say I have to give rather we all gadget freak people give it a really serious thought.Not that I agree with what all is said in it.Anyways posting it here what all I read. And see you all on the other side if this post….!

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Not necessary, everyone will agree. But good write up !!!!!

Excellent Article written by someone.

Yesterday, I was driving, and the FM radio went off for few seconds. I thought, I should have an iPod. Then suddenly I realized that I have not used my iPod in last 6 months. And then, more things, Handy cam in last 2 years, Digital Camera in last 2 months, DVD player in last 1 month and many more.

Now I can say that I bought that Handy cam just out of impulse, I have used it twice only in last 4 years.So, what’s wrong and where?

When I look at myself or my friends I can see it everywhere. We are not happy with what we have but all are stressed and not happy for the things we don’t have. You have a Santro, but you want City; You have a City, but you want Skoda. Just after buying a new phone, we need another one. Better laptop, bigger TV, faster car, bigger house, more money, and I means, these examples are endless.

The point is, does it actually worth?

Do we ever think if we actually need those things before we want them?

After this, I was forced to think what I need and what I don’t. May be I didn’t need this Handy cam or the iPod or that DVD player.

When I see my father back at home. He has a simple BPL colour TV, he doesn’t need 32″ Sony LCD wall mount. He has a cell phone worth Rs 2,500. Whenever I ask him to change the phone, he always says, “It’s a phone; I need this just for calls.”And believe me; he is much happier in life than me with those limited resources and simple gadgets.

The very basic reason why he is happy with so little is that he doesn’t want things in life to make it luxurious, but he wants only those things which are making his life easier.
It’s a very fine line between these two, but after looking my father’s life style closely, I got the point. He needs a cell phone but not the iPhone. He needs a TV but not the 32” plasma. He needs a car but not an expensive one.

Initially I had lot of questions.I am earning good; still I am not happy…why? I have all luxuries; still I am stressed…. ……why? I had a great weekend, still I am feeling tired…… why?

I met lot of people, I thought over it again and again, I still don’t know if I got the answers, but certainly figured out few things. I realize that one thing which is keeping me stressed is the “stay connected” syndrome. I realized that, at home also I am logged in on messengers, checking mails, using social networks, and on the top of that, the windows mobile is not letting me disconnected. On the weekend itself, trying to avoid unwanted calls and that is keeping my mind always full of stress.

I realized that I am spending far lesser money than what I earn; even then I am always worried about money and more money.

I realized that I am saving enough money I would ever need, whenever needed. Still I am stressed about job and salary and spend.

May be, many people will call this approach “not progressive attitude”, but I want my life back.

Ultimately it’s a single life, a day gone is a day gone. I believe if I am not happy tonight, I’ll never be happy tomorrowmorning.

I finally realized that meeting friends, spending quality time with your loved one’s; spending time with yourself is the most important thing.

If on Sunday you are alone and you don’t have anybody to talk with, then all that luxuries life, all that money is wasted.

May be cutting down your requirements, re-calculating your future goal in the light of today’s happiness is a worthwhile thing to do.

May be selling off your Santro and buying Honda City on EMIs is not a good idea. I believe putting your happiness ahead of money is the choice we need to make.

I think, a lot can be said and done but what we need the most is re-evaluation of the value of happiness and time we are giving to our life and people associated with it.

Think about it……