Random Bits of Life

Before leaving from Bangalore I didn't have any particular expectation on this city. I always thought it would be like yet another international city, never expected much of character like European cities. Nor I expected it to be that cosmopolitan. Though Australia was always my dream country to visit, Melbourne never placed itself in my list of dream cities, which has names like London(now off the list after visiting :)), Paris, Vienna, Zurich etc. This city turned out to be a pleasant surprise to me and places itself as one of the best cities I have ever visited, may be next to Jerusalem. It is scenic, cosmopolitan, laid back, friendly place to be in. It has a unique identity which cannot be found in any other place in the world, I am not sure about the other cities in Australia itself. I am yet to explore at least another one. Scenic Beauty First impression is not necessarily be the best impression. Didn't get a very good feeling about the city on the night we reached, may

I never enjoyed cooking much during initial days after marriage. Every evening I tried hard on being creative, not in cooking but finding a reason not to cook. Having said that I am a big fan of good food. It is only couple of years since I finally started to enjoy cooking, that too only during weekends. I even used to collect recipes from my mother, sister, aunts, and Internet. May be it was only that I was in search of good homely food more than the joy of cooking in itself. Lately I seldom got my hands dirty in kitchen other than preparing Shreya's food, courtesy, my cook. I never bothered to take additional pain in keeping culinary skills up to date. I regret it only after my cookery knowledge is put to test with this trip of mine to Australia. First day in the kitchen was quite a messy business. I could hardly come to terms with little things, may not be fully because of the new kitchen. Some could be because I lost touch of finer details of cooking. To mention a few, pouring

Thanks to Singapore airlines and Shreya's travel friendliness...I never expected it to be so smooth. From the time we boarded taxi we expected her to start getting impatient to get out of the car. But it never happened. She was really co-operative through the painful journey to airport with lots of traffic jams. Even after reaching, she was totally excited about everything in the airport, be it and baggage trolley or the line separators she was happily running around, talking to strangers without her usual anxiety. I was happy to see the new Bangaluru airport as well. It is a good place like any other international airport. I was puzzled on why people keep complaining for not being up to the mark. Then there was a huge disappoint about not getting a bassinet and seat together between Singapore to Melbourne. Both me and Prasanna were anxious asking ourselves how are we going to manage Shreya for such long flight. Bangalore to Singapore flight was reasonable with Shreya sleep