KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS

From the Bible.

Revelation 19:11-16

19:11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war.

19:12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.

19:13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.

19:14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.

19:15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”[a] He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.

19:16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:

KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

This fills me with so much inspiration and awe.

The sight of the armies of heaven... amazing. I wonder if anyone has drawn this?

New Recipe

Yesterday discovered a good recipe for chicken!

I call it the Nuclear Chicken in Spicy Water! :D

1) Lightly fry some dried red chillies, bay leaves, cardemom sticks and whole black pepper.
2) Add raw onions and fresh finely cut green chillies to the frying mixture above.
3) Keep stir frying the onions till they turn light brown, then add red chilli powder, some tandoori masala and continue the frying process.
4) Once the red chilli and tandoori masala are mixed properly add Hot madras curry powder, some all purpose seasoning.
5) Keep cooking the mixture till the masala in the mixture cooks (change of colour), if the mixture sticks to the bottom of the pan dont worry.
6) Add little garlic and chopped tomatoes and make a thick gravy.
7) As soon as the gravy is formed add chicken legs (with skin removed and cuts in the meat) to the gravy and allow the two to cook together.
8) Keep stirring the gravy and chicken mixture till chicken pieces start to tighten.
9) Add salt to taste and then add water to the mixture till the gravy reaches the desired consistency (not too thin and not too thick).
10) Allow the chicken to slow boil in this for 30-40 minutes (long enough time to get drunk). Keep stirring it regularly while it is slow boiling (thus u nuke the chicken).
11) Eat it with roti, rice, bread or whatever you like! Ofcourse you will need a bowl!
WARNING: If you get seriously drunk in the 40 minute time then just switch off the gas and go to bed.. you can finish cooking it in the morning. You will also like the taste better (coz youll be SOBER!). Just remember to give it a stiff boil coz the masala needs to cook.

Another Idea: If all the chicken pieces are finished and you are left with gravy then next morning just boil up the gravy and when it is properly boiling, add few raw eggs and mix it in, and add lightyl stir fried onions on top.

:D

Lunch and dinner with one dish!

Permafrost speaks..

Yesterday was a big day for me. Atleast it should have been a very big day. I cleared my progression exam quite easily and was a bit dejected at this.
I expected it to be bit of a challenge especially since I came back from India almost 2 weeks earlier because of this.
But alls well that ends well.. the paper went in on time and ofcourse I cleared the exam.
Even though I am drunk today, a bit on alcohol and a bit on success I thought I would diverge from my usual crap talk about love and talk about a few serious things.

First one is about relationships (not love!).
Isnt it strange how suddenly we find that some relations are just so easy to break.
Some days we just might want to be alone... the last people on Planet Earth... then on other days we need to be surrounded by the press of humanity to know that indeed we are not alone. But when you are in a strange land where do you get that human touch from? To feel wanted... in the cold West is like trying to stay dry in a rain storm by walking through it naked.

Secondly it is about winter.
Sometimes it gets so cold here that you feel that sometimes you feel that your heart will freeze. Especially when you are waiting for a bus on a positively arctic morning and havent had anything since dinner some 12-13 hours ago.

permafrost says:
but actually u r not prepared for them
permafrost says:
ur potential speaks of stars but ur not ready to accept that you can ever leave earth

Paul Van Dyk: Time of our Lives...

There's a time for us to let go
There's a time for holding on
A time to speak, a time to listen
There's a time for us to go

There's a time for living low down
There's a time for getting high
A time for peace, a time for fire
A time to live, a time to die

A time to scream, a time for silence

A time to scream, a time for silence
A time for truth against the lies
A time for fate, a time for science
There's a time for us to shine

There is a time for mis-believing
There's a time to understand
A time for hurt, a time for healing
A time you run, to make a stand

Oh, this is the time of our lives (x 4)

Hold on

Permafrost VS Angel Eyes

Permafrost is me, permafrost means ground which is permanently frozen like in Siberia

permafrost says:
so u sexy sexy sexy thing
permafrost says:
whats up this evening girl
angel eyes says:
ok
angel eyes says:
nothings up
angel eyes says:
whats up with u
permafrost says:
nothing girl.. how come u aint hanging out with ur pack
angel eyes says:
u r creepy
angel eyes says:
right now
permafrost says:

angel eyes says:
lol
permafrost says:
yo girl... u got that right!
permafrost says:
i is the lord o the creeps
angel eyes says:
lol

Tomorrow is the BIG BIG day.. maybe I am going insane or something.
:D

The Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon. Bristol, UK 

Nice pic! :D 

Some hanky panky going on... 

Me scared of heights... trying to crawl towards the overhang... :) 

Here we go...

I've known you even before you knew I exist
I've cared for you and you didn't notice
I've loved you with all my heart
Even though we are miles apart.
You're a gift from up above
Send to me to show me love
You add colours to my life
Brighten my days and light up my nights
Every time I close my eyes
I see your face drawn in my mind
I see your eyes as black as coal
You make me happy, but make me cry
Because you love someone else, which you can't deny
She's all for you, what can I do?
I'm just someone who's in love with you
I can't tell you this personally
But through this poem I can tell you
"Though your love was never mine,
My love for you will always shine
I'll always pray what's best for you
And still hope that you'll love me too".

This was sent to me by someone yesterday. And I know exactly what it means.

When Winter ends...

This is a time of change. Especially back home in India. When the cold fog lifts from the plains of India to be replaced by the hot dry winds coming in from the desert.
Suddenly the warm and cozy nights turn into nights of torture when Delhi is blasted by heat from all sides. As the streets turn into an open air furnace and 40+ degree heat hits you like a tidal wave the minute you step out.. life seems to wither and die.
Everything seems to move in slow motion.... as your sweat evaporates faster than it can form.
Everything seems pure in this death....
The heat makes you float. The world swims in front of your eyes like a mirage.
Into this death.. to awaken.
A world in which no amount of LOVE can inject any warmth... just the neverending heat of the busy world.
BTW I am drunk again.

Get my friend a girl!

My friends profile
He is a cool guy!
Find a nice girl for him :D
Please!

Amazing day!

Yesterday was one of the most amazing days of my life.
Firstly got a lift from a complete stranger (read last post).
Then the meeting with my supervisor went well. Then as I was sitting a friend came to office coz he had forgotten power cable of his laptop cable. So he offered me a lift back home. And I accepted.
When we reached his car I saw it was parked right next to the car of the person who had dropped me in the morning!
Amazing!
Then later on in the evening I got the news that my first research paper had been accepted at a conference!

Then today morning a strange thing happened. As I was standing at the bus stop with my head in the clouds I realised I didnt have any money in my wallet. The bus came but I had to go back home to get money! :( I was thinking it would be funny if I come back and the same person picked me up! As I reached home I realised that the money had been in the inside pocket of the jacket I was wearing and not in the wallet!
So I went back to stand at the bus stop to wait for the next bus.
As I was waiting the same person pulled up! And I got another lift today.
It was amazing.

Random Act of Kindness

Today as I was waiting for a bus to the University, I was touched by a random act of kindness.
A lady drove up and parked next to the bus stop and asked me if I was going to the Uni. I said yes. Then she asked me if I would like a lift. I thought maybe she was new to Bristol or something didnt know the route. She said she knew the route but she was giving me a lift coz thats where she was going to. So I got in. There was another young lad in the car. So I asked her again if she knew the route or needed any help. It turned out that she worked at the Uni and her giving me a lift was a random act of kindness!
Her name is Christi.
This just got me thinking if each one of us did a random act of kindness every day and make it spread out in ripple, life would become a little easier for so many people.
And who knows how and when these ripples of kindness come back and touch our lives?

Workshop of Wonders!

The workshop room. 

Workshop Talk
1) Knowledge Management! (AAAARGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!)
2) Customers (Very important yet annoying..)
3) Conceptual Design (YES!)
4) Interactive Design Systems supporting conceptual design (by 2020 maybe!)


Quotes from the Workshop:
1) "It has more calories than enriched uranium" - in reference to a Gujrati thingy made by frying 'ghee'.
2) "Cats dont like catfood"
Above two made by the same person.

Me at the Design Cluster Workshop 

ENB

"hi ********* i know i took u by suprise.i know i am sounding ridiculous here but i mean what i said .life seriously does look pleasant with you around.You rem the white house,the white gates and a big black dog .thats it.thats what i see."

"ok i maybe sounding stupid here or maybe i am stupid,but i know that i want to marry you with no second thoughts.I know we'll have tough times but i know u are the one for me.sounds stupid then stupid it is"

A friend got the above smss. :)
Thats what I call an Emotional Nuclear Bomb (ENB). After the above Id say YES!

ME! 

The beautiful and mighty B-52!  

ME and Webservices..

Me after a bath! Taken yesterday night. 
Sixth Avenue Webserver run by me:Scarab2

AMD 64 and 1 GB of RAM! BURN BABY BURN! ;)

LOVE is like Central Heating.. when it is gone you miss it!