first i felt sorry for her..

because she was not chosen by anybody.. then i hated her.. because she was the reason Hendrik had to leave.. and last week she made Jon go too.. which made me think may be she wasn't as stupid as she seemed.. Alana..

and of course I'm talking about the new TBS nerdy reality show - King of the Nerds.. i thought Hendrik was really capable of being the king.. but he showed that he was a real nerd by not knowing that chivalry doesn't work in reality..

i also hate that its called King of the Nerds - there are geeks and dorks there too.. now that BBT is a real let-down these days, i'm glad i have another show to watch.. :)

Be nice to yourself...

After all you have to live with yourself the rest of your life.. :)

very true for people like me who are sometimes masochistic :)

females

was reading this article by a female software engineer, who had very similar views to mine about the industry..

http://www.jeanhsu.com/2011/01/17/my-experiences-as-a-female-software-engineer/

i just realized that no matter what field i go to, its gonna have jerks (men) who think that you have to be born with talents for the field - just like they were or think they were (they might have had a meandering past that they completely 'forget')

Kitchen Reality Shows

Was watching Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on Netflix and its pretty addictive! I don't know much about the guy (Gordon Ramsay), but he looks like an awesome entrepreneur! He spots flaws that people working in the restaurant haven't spotted for years! It's amazing what he does. If you're really good at something, it really shows! Knowledge of different kinds of cuisine, top notch taste buds (:D), very efficient.. of course some people might not like him because he swears a lot and is extremely rude to people - but hey, everybody needs some tough love at times..

'Wierd' Al

Been recently hooked to 'Weird' Al Yankovic's parodies. Got up today humming the 'Party in the CIA' song! It's awesome and worth listening to atleast once.. its a parody of the 'Party in the USA' song by Miley Cyrus.. saw some of his other parodies.. liked his popular one 'white and nerdy'! was ROFLing..

not fair!

apps like GymPact and RunKeeper make me wish I had a phone with a data plan :(

ahh.. coffee...

Love coffee.. Cannot live without it.. Have to absolutely have it in the morning every day.. Tried to wean myself off it once.. Was successful.. Then came back on it again.. Cuz i still love coffee n what's wrong with having a cuppa joe once a day?

Recently got gifted a coffee percolator (from coffee day - though i'm not able to find a picture of the one i have online).. Very useful.. Tried it first with dunkin donuts (original blend) ground coffee beans.. Was used to nescafe classic instant powder, so took a while to adjust to the dunkin donuts flavor..

Once accustomed, it wasn't too bad.. 

Cons

• The percolator only seems to give coffee (decoction) strong enough for one person.. They suggest using another table spoon of coffee powder on top of the lift-able lid, but doesn't work and results in the coffee having a burnt taste..
• Gives watery coffee.. So not good for people who need a strong decoction so they can mix it with lots of milk/cream.. 
• Takes a while.. U have to let it sit on the stove for like 5 minutes before it starts coming on to the chamber at top.. 

Pros

• Tasty coffee-shop coffee
• Watery consistency liked by black-coffee lovers..  :)

Haven't tried it with less water.. It might give the strong decoction like by madras coffee lovers, so they can add lots of cream.. 

Another thing i've stumbled upon is that coffee beans need to be ground coarsely for use in percolator, as opposed to the ones used in coffee machines - apparently.. So i'm thinking of may be buying a coffee bean grinder to get that right.. :) results if possible later..

Though i have to admit, i like the nescafe classic freeze-dried instant coffee powder a lot :d

baking!

have had a lot more time than usual on my hands.. and took to a lot of cooking.. and baking.. :)

until now, i've ended up using eggs or egg whites (in cartons) for baking a cake.. i did try once or twice with oil instead of egg - but didn't quite get the consistency that i usually get.. being a vegetarian (the no-omlette kind) i had trouble getting used to the 'ickiness' of eggs..

so here's all the stuff i tried till now..

Trial 1:Oil instead of egg
made a german chocolate cake (from mix of-course) with oil.. the equation is:

1 egg = 1/4 cup oil

oil preferred is vegetable oil.. but i've tried canola too
conclusion:
works. but the cake doesn't rise as it does for eggs

Trial 2: Applesauce instead of egg
made a double chocolate brownie with applesauce

1 egg = 1/4 cup applesauce

made the applesauce myself (from leftover apples). was very easy to make and tasted great. i think applesauce is more suited to brownies than cake.
conclusion:
works very well actually. didn't miss the egg

Trial 3: Applesauce instead of egg & oil!
now i tried to get real healthy (sugar apparently doesn't count as bad to me).. i tried to avoid oil too..
and applesauce was one of the alternatives!
tried carrot cake this time.. the equation remains the same as before.. so..

1 egg = 1/4 cup applesauce
1 cup oil = 1 cup applesauce

conclusion:
bombed.. tasted ok n everything.. but didn't rise at all.. came out half the size of usual.. but i coated it with frosting n was edible..

so trying to find the best way to make fat-free eggless cakes that rise.. found an alternative.. am gonna try it out before i make the suggestion..

whoosh!

my super power is to 'cut through crap' :)