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The week started with the season's first rain. Bliss! Weather turned lovely and temps have come down. At last, the rain Gods are pleased with us!
Looking at the weather, I felt like having some onion fritters. This is the time to snuggle with a good book, some fritters and hot coffee. I am also reminded of Minty's tryst with green gram pancakes and vegetable sandwiches.
One on top extreme left are the green gram pancakes. She is now an expert and makes these pancakes often. I'll request her to post the recipe on her blog. The other ones are the sandwiches with the filling shown here in the frying pan. She used diced carrots, steamed peas and grated cottage cheese with some seasoning. The sandwiches too turned out to be delicious.
As a starter, she managed to cook well...... a potentially good cook in making :-)
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| Green gram pancakes |
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| Veggie sandwiches |
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| Filling used for the sandwiches |
One on top extreme left are the green gram pancakes. She is now an expert and makes these pancakes often. I'll request her to post the recipe on her blog. The other ones are the sandwiches with the filling shown here in the frying pan. She used diced carrots, steamed peas and grated cottage cheese with some seasoning. The sandwiches too turned out to be delicious.
As a starter, she managed to cook well...... a potentially good cook in making :-)
"Silence speaks louder than words"
Agreed. We were doing some creative work and came up with some good designs. I felt the designs were decent, not at all loud and the colours used were very elegant, serene enough for the occasion. Yet, the chair wanted mute colours and theme. When we were told "Silence speaks louder than words", I chose to remain silent instead of expressing my thoughts. I guess I am right in my own way. By choosing to be silent, I gave myself the advantage of remaining physically and mentally healthy.
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Last night while switching channels, we stumbled upon Chip n Dale on Disney. I know the very mention of the name itself sets instantaneous laughter riots :)
Love these chipmunks and their antagonism towards Pluto and Donald Duck, and their twitter sounds too. So very grateful to Walt Disney for creating such wonderful stress busters. We laughed and laughed so loudly and until our tummies ached hard. As a result, we had a very good night's sleep.
--- 6 ---Love these chipmunks and their antagonism towards Pluto and Donald Duck, and their twitter sounds too. So very grateful to Walt Disney for creating such wonderful stress busters. We laughed and laughed so loudly and until our tummies ached hard. As a result, we had a very good night's sleep.
Oodles of doodles
I have the habit of doodling while speaking over phone. Specially while in office. Almost all of my scribbling pads are filled with so many graphics, mostly spontaneous creative graffiti, curved lines, leaves, floral patterns, sometimes mountains, house on a river bank, trees and flowing water etc. Today I thought of googling for information on this habit of doodling while speaking over phone. Interestingly, the Wikipedia says, doodling effects a person's memory. It documents, "According to a study published in the scientific journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, doodling can aid a person's memory by expending just enough energy to keep one from daydreaming, which demands a lot of the brain's processing power, as well as from not paying attention. Thus, it acts as a mediator between the spectrum of thinking too much or thinking too little and helps focus on the current situation. The study was done by Professor Jackie Andrade, of the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, who reported that doodlers in her experiment recalled 7.5 pieces of information (out of 16 total) on average, 29% more than the average of 5.8 recalled by the control group made of non-doodlers."
Some say that the handwriting experts believe that doodles may reveal the subconscious thoughts, hidden emotions and secret desires of the doodler. Probably my doodles will tell me what I think?
I have the habit of doodling while speaking over phone. Specially while in office. Almost all of my scribbling pads are filled with so many graphics, mostly spontaneous creative graffiti, curved lines, leaves, floral patterns, sometimes mountains, house on a river bank, trees and flowing water etc. Today I thought of googling for information on this habit of doodling while speaking over phone. Interestingly, the Wikipedia says, doodling effects a person's memory. It documents, "According to a study published in the scientific journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, doodling can aid a person's memory by expending just enough energy to keep one from daydreaming, which demands a lot of the brain's processing power, as well as from not paying attention. Thus, it acts as a mediator between the spectrum of thinking too much or thinking too little and helps focus on the current situation. The study was done by Professor Jackie Andrade, of the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, who reported that doodlers in her experiment recalled 7.5 pieces of information (out of 16 total) on average, 29% more than the average of 5.8 recalled by the control group made of non-doodlers."
Some say that the handwriting experts believe that doodles may reveal the subconscious thoughts, hidden emotions and secret desires of the doodler. Probably my doodles will tell me what I think?
Father's Day
Father's day is here, to be celebrated on 16th June. Wishing everyone out there a very happy father's day..... fathers, grand fathers and their grand children, fathers-to-be, fathers-in-law, daughter and sons, daughters and sons-in-law. Remembering the greatest father of all, the Almighty Lord, who has infinite kinds of children, yet he never tires of fulfilling each one's wish, sometime or the other, walking along with them all times and carrying them in HIS hands in their trouble times. Yet, we innocent and ignorant children question HIM, why did you leave me, why do I see only one set of footprints? Where were you in my troubles? We know very well that the one set of foot prints are HIS and not ours, yet we forget and ask HIM. That is why HE is father and we are children!
Have a great weekend. See you next week!
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