Withdrawals

AAaaahh... I am having withdrawal symptoms because I stopped taking the c0deine cough syrup which the doctor prescribed. Its horrible..... I keep breaking out in sweats on and off. The stomach cramps are the worst. Its like sitting on a rollercoaster that is perpetually moving upside down. Migraine attacks, lack of appetite, feeling cold all of a sudden and nausea.... Sighs...all this just because I took the medicine for a mere 6 days. And now, I am like a junkie on cold turkey. I pity myself. I hope the symptoms go away soon. I am tired of being sick.

Dreams of the Ssslippery kind

I always dream of snakes....At first it used to creep me out. And I used to awaken from my dream and look down on the floor to see if a snake was really there.

Sometimes a huge snake would be chasing me through the roads and when its almost about to get me, I would fly off and soar through the air. Other times, the snake would strike me and I will wake up gasping for air. A couple of times, I have dreamt that there was a snake in the house and I would be sitting on top of a cupboard in fright because of it.

My most recent dream was that I found a HUGE yellowish white snake (not a cobra, looked more like a Boa Constrictor/Python) in my parents room. It was huge and coiled up. I cant remember what I did after seeing it, but I remember the snake itself very vividly. The next part is what scared me, I went to the room to tell everyone to go away as there was a snake in the house and I discovered that the puppy had been bitten. And I managed to save the puppy somehow! How weird is that?

People say that dreams are manifestations of our innermost thoughts and intentions. I do not know how true it is. But I have had a lot of instances of de'ja vu whereby I find myself in situations that I have seen in my dreams before. weird.....

Indian-Style Carrot Pudding ;)

What a better way to continue on my theme of food for the day than to cook up some yummilicious Carrot Pudding (better known as Carrot Halwa).

I decided to make a low-fat and low-sugar version of Carrot Halwa....eaten warm, its so decadent and yet healthy! Yums!

Without further ado, I present Rathi's Carrot Halwa...... *drool people*

Puppy Chow

I think I can start a business is gourmet doggy meals because I seem to be cooking a wide variety of meals for the puppy ( who is not technically a puppy now @ 14 months :P). And now that puppy has had a taste of the wide variety of foods available, puppy is impartial to home cooked food. Store bought pet foods get the snub! hehehehe..... its so funny.

So far, I have cooked

1) Spiral Organic Pasta with ground chicken/lamb in a tomato and carrot based sauce.
2) Lamb and Barley with green peas
3) Oats and chicken pieces with brocolli
4) Rice cooked in chicken broth with a tomato based sauce with chicken pieces
5) Chicken/Lamb and carrots with rosemary and wholemeal bread
6) Fish with potato and garlic mash with bread/rice
Tonight I am going to try a pseudo burger with ground lamb and bread....hehehe

The list is a bit too long here....but if anyone needs any recipes, just give me a holler via email.

I think homecooking for pets is rewarding when you see your little four-legged friend slurping up his food with his tail wagging. Pet foods are not exactly made with the freshest ingredients or the best quality meats and they contain a high sodium content. Even top brand pet foods have a lot of additives and are made from animal by products i.e. animal bones, beaks, feathers etc; when its all ground up, you wont know the difference!

It might be a bit difficult to fulfill a doggy's nutritional needs so its best to always supplement with a vitamin everyday(Ask your vet for advice on vitamin supplements). Also, if your dog has sensitive skin, stay away from chicken.

I do give the puppy can foods on occasions, but I stick with high-end organic brands.

*cough*

Remember that cough I had 2 weeks ago, well its still here. I have been to the doctor 3 times and been given an exhorbitantly priced antibiotic ($2.30 a tablet. I had to take 5 tablets a day for 6 days. You do the math!)
And yet I only have a brief respite from the non-stop cough which makes me end up breathless. I cant even walk from my home to the bus stop without feeling out of breath. Lungs are infected it seems....
I went to the doctor again tonight. He has recommended an x-ray to see whats going on.

Here comes the good part.....I get a day off!!! But I will probably spend most of the day at the clinics so ..... no point la!

Sighz....

size

I am fat so I cannot eat fried stuffs it seems. Sudden revelation from the judicial members in the family a.k.a. all of them except me.

Oh, you shouldnt eat fried foods, you are fat! thats what they said to me this morning. And the best part is, the loudspeaker(my mother's idiotic sister) said we are all finding a groom for you, you must lose weight. So what? Did I tell them to look for a groom for me? I am definitely not interested in being tied down to a chauvinistic typical indian guy who will monitor my every movement. Someone who will say I cannot wear shorts at home, who will say I cannot go out and come home late, an idiot who will say that I have to cook and slog for him like a maid and yet be accomodating to his fancies when he feels like it.

Do I go around telling the loudspeaker that she looks like a bloody wayang character with so much powder on her face? No I dont. Do I tell her that she speaks so loud on the phone that the whole block would be able to hear her conversation? There is a lot more than this, but I dont say a thing to her. And yet, she just shoots her mouth off at me.

Even my parents were nagging me this morning that I am fat. I have tried so many methods of dieting and nothing works. So what if I am fat? I am good in so many other ways.

I am fat. So BITE ME!

Shut up

I am going to shut up from now on. Everything I do or say, simply backfires and gives me a slap right back on my face.

I am just a sorry excuse for a human being.

I may or may not update my blog. I dont know. But all I know now is that I get into trouble for everything I do. Bye.