A Fishy day

A day when nothing was so special at the start and everythin seemed to be special at the end.
Got off the bed at a time when demons would take their breakfast 12.00 PM. Finished off all the day's calls and then wrote a blog on my journey from Chennai-San Antonio.
Did some orkutting stuff and got stuck on a phone hunt. But my phone hunt went in vain. Thanks to my always unstable mind!!! Convinced that I shall go for a post paid connection. Hmmm...
As already planned, went to Walmart for purchase. I don't know what struck my roomie, that suddenly he started to move towards the opposite end.
I said, 'Hey Walmart is this way man"
He said, "I need fish" I was awestruck.
I replied, "Where will you get fish here? On the road. Come on Lets go to Walmart and pick the fish there"
He then said,"H-E-B has fresh fish".
Now I got to know why he went the other side. H-E-B was on there.
We went inside after almost getting hit by a car . Thank god there was no damage. A cute looking lady welcomed and guided us to the fish market. And to my wonder, I saw fresh fishes. The guy browsed us thru the variety and we just had one question.
"Which is the fresh piece"
He showed some Tilapia fillets and we got half a pound of it thinking that would be less for us.. But that was not to be!!
Walmart after that. We had a list and started filling our cart with the listed items. We were done in another one hour and came back home.
We had a hard time taking those bags to our home from the stop (it was less than half-a-mile). That was because the bags had contents that are to be used in the next two weeks. Thanks a lot to a lady who offered help in carrying those bags. Even Otherwise we would have managed to carry those bags to our apartment, but we would fallen flat on our bed, straight after that.
Settled the things in the refri. All this time the fish was waiting there to be cooked.
Took the fish out and cut it with the mutton cutting knife. Meanwhile my roomie prepared the seasoning. And this one is for the novice cooks. Seasoning should have 2 tsp of chilli powder, 2tsp of pepper powder, 2 tsp of salt, a little bit of turmeric powder.
We then dressed the cut pieces with the seasoning. Fried them. And wah, the first piece I tasted was really great!! No words to explain. And to add to that fish fry, Rasam was prepared. Hot Fish and Hot and Spicy rasam. Laajawab Combo!!
We sat for the dinner thinking we should finish the fish in no time. But the hot rasam just prevented us from having the entire of the fish. Moreover the joy of preparing a good fish fry had already filled our stomach. Finally we had to put some in the refri for the next day.
I feel that'swhy there is a proverb, A good cook is a bad eater!!!

Chennai-San Antonio

In my pursuit to replenish my blogging spirit, I am writing this blog. May look like a normal encounter, but still I have decided to write it.
Having started from Chennai on a misty night, reached Mumbai airport in the wee hours of the next morning. Quite wary of the departure time, I was wondering why the flight had not taken off even half an hour after scheduled departure time. I came to know from the crew that a few more passengers had to board. At that instant, I was reminded of our city mini-buses which always wait till the bus is full. Even air-planes were not much different either!!
From Mumbai, the flight took off after a delay of one hour. I fell into a slumber after browsing the morning papers. Probably those were the last Indian newspapers I would get a glance of, before reaching San Antonio.
The crew was disturbing people every now and then with what they called refreshments. Things that should have been served hot were served the other way round. Anyhow, that was not the house where I was going to stay for a long time. So I just adjusted to their mini tortures.
Crossed the half way mark, by reaching Frankfurt that afternoon. Frankfurt looked quite beautiful through the window panes. We were asked to wait in the so called lounge, though it was not bigger than a 500 sq.ft hall, till the flight departure was announced. I never thought that we would be in for another one hour delay there. Fine. we took off and this time the refreshments were more challenging to eat. Ii would have taken more than two knifes to tear a bun that was served. It had become so hard due to continuous refrigeration. Hmmm... I started getting desperate. I just dozed off and fell over the lady next to me, who was also in an inactive state. But as soon as I fell, she pushed me like a sumo wrestler and I couldn't anything but to wake in a moment of gaze and stay awake throughout the rest of my journey to Chicago.
Ah! we reached Chicago and before landing I was given some forms to fill. I made mistakes more than thrice and one of the cabin crew members, almost stopped himself from giving me a new form.
Ah!! I was in Chicago-O'Hare. Brisked through the corridors for Immigration and Customs without any hassles. Took the trains to the terminal-3 where my flight to San Antonio would arrive. The flight to San Antonio was only after two hours. So I eased myself at the airport. All this I had not ventured out. But to my surprise, my fingers became numb for the few minutes I had to walk outside to board my flight to San Antonio. It was 25 F.
Had a pleasant flight to San Antonio. My friendS had come to pick me up.
Finally, It did end. My travel from Chennai-San Antonio. And I have lived the longest day of my life. Nov 10 2007.