He Isn't dying,is he?

Well, have you heard that one before? In some hollywood movie or may be in a bollywood movie(in hindi ofcourse). I had the rudest shock of my life yesterday when I heard this from a receptionist at a hospital here in london.
What was I doing there? Well,me and my house mate started towards the movie hall to watch D:2 and at the Zebra cross right infront of our apartment- my roomie was hit by a speeding car and he had a bleeding lip and some bruises.When we reached the hospital - it was filled with a bunch of kids(yes the oldest mustave been 17) who had got in a black gurl who had passed out after one too many drink. After we gave the details(name, address, tel) to the receptionist she asked us to wait until the doctor called us(Mind you this is the Emergecy cell of the hosp). After about 15 minutes of waiting,by whihc time my roomie had lost another 50 ml of blood from his lips - i went upto this receptionist to ask her how much longer would it take and she was like- ' the doc would call you'. When I reminded her that my roomie was 'bleeding' - phat- came her reply 'He isn't Dying-Is He?'. Belive me folkz - I just had no reply.
And this comes just after 3 days of hearing another horror story of a father taking his infant to the hosp with acute cough n cold and the doctors tired on some 'symptom aleivating' techniques on that kid(which looked like strangling according to the dad), and when the dad suggested prescrbing some cough syrup,the rely fromt he doc was -'Those are only used in 3rd world countries like India and Africa'.
Folkz am yet to come to terms with what I heard from that receptionist. Just a food for your thot. And its funny that no english movie talks about these stuff ;-)).

Updated Resume

Yeah - I dont blame you if were expecting a techie write up after seeing the title.But this is about some other skill set update.
When I put my bag onto the X-Ray machine in Bangalore Airport - it was checked twice and the guy there asked me to xplain the 6 bottles tied up in duct tape. Then I had to tell him that those were my 'Rasam and Sambar powder' supplies . He would have thought - i am an xpert cook,well i was far from it then. I also had a peice of paper in my luggage with some of momz reciepies - which i never tried to cook when in india.
Once I moved into the house in England- It was pretty clear that...the rules of the house requires me to update my 'Cooking Skills'. And there I find my cooking GURU ,aka -Prashant Mali : My house mate.
On day two - its my turn to cook for the whole gang(phew- what a risk these guys were taking). Mali is the best guru u kan have as a starter(tho once u r in the grove of it,its a different story). He took pains to explain where the things were in the kitchen,how to operate the microwave, and most importantly how to cook Dal. And after 45 mins of do it yourself kinda session - ta raaa - we had Dal-Chawal dinner ready. And since my house mates are still alive and healthy - i can safely say that - I had passed my first test of survival in a alien country.
Down the line I realized that I do like cooking(preferably on weekends tho) and I was constantly thinking about trying out new stuff. With all my housemates bwing comfy with the taste of what I cook,I was doing very fine until a couple of days back - when the honey moon ended. I did try to mix tomato puree with capsicum sabji and ended up burning the vessel charcoal black( The guy who cooks- washes the vessels too :(().
But as they say - failure is the steppng stone for success, yesterday was a day where I got certified as a decent cook. On a lazy saturday afternoon i go into the kitchen and try my hand out at chana masala(reading a recepie from a site) and belive me folks - the end result was GOOD(am being modest here).
I know my mom is waiting back in india for her weekely offs now tht she has a option in kitchen.But hey - I am proud of it.

Dilemma of a new country

When you are in a new country,using a new currency and in a new culture you come across so many dilemmas. To start with I was in awe of the fact that I had a MERC waiting for me as a Taxi at the airport. So when I get down at the hotel - I am not sure whether I should tip the driver or not and If I should - how much should I tip :). But he made my life easier by asking for a total sum. The next thing I noticed was the fact that when you cross a road on the zebra crossing, all the vehicles HAVE to stop :-)). Then In the temple I was not sure how much to put into the hundi(Mind u - we get coins of 1 pence too). So if you were to put in 1pound coin - god wud b richer by 85 bucks. You hop onto train and se some amazingly dressed chicks. But you look around and hardly see ppl staring(think of indian bus\tains).

Many more experiecnes is on ur way.Keep watching this space.....