Mid-Air Friendship!!

This happened on my flight from New York to Dubai....It was a "fully packed" flight...and i was happy to have got the window seat!!(window seats have always been an obsession for me...be it in a train,bus or plane!!.....and i remember the innumerable fights with my bro for the elusive window seat!!)
So...having settled comfortably on my seat...i was hoping that i could make the person who is gonna sit near me exchange his or her seat with my brothers fiancee....
Then she came...a serious looking woman...wearing a traditional muslim attire..( a bhurkha..did i get it right??)...walking towards the seat next to me.
She had an irritated look..and gave me a kind of unfriendly stare!!I was like...what a snob!!Iam gonna be doomed sitting next to her for the next 13 hours..!!
Then..to my surprise, she started a conversation with me.She was like.."where are you from?? whats your name??...the usual ice-breaker questions...and i was amused to hear her name.."NADAH". she was from syria.She was like..."RAMYAH"(the ones which end with an "AH"..signify feminity in the arabic language)..sounded like an arabic name!!Then we started chatting like "long lost" friends...i asked her about the significance of her attire..She was like....the bhurkha is worn to conceal a womans beauty and protect herself(well..i did know this before..but was surprised to find a woman living in the US for 13 years still wearing it!!and she looked like a 30 year old woman...).She was proud of her culture..and yet she seemed to have adapted so well to the fast-paced American life.

Then she revealed that she was actually going back home....as there had been a death in her family.Her eyes revealed the pain and sorrow...she felt...i didnt want to question her further...about the death....
To my surprise, she herself offered to exchange her seat with my brother fiancee...as she had observed my initial hungama to change seats.....
She quietly moved on...as i realised that "first impressions need not always be the best impressions"!!and...that i had made one more friend...
Even though, our conversation was shortlived...i sincerely wish..everything is fine with her....

Subway...in My Besant Nagar....!!

So...chennai is going the "SUB" way.......
Now, will the Subway...beat the "popular" hang outs like "shakes and creams",planetyumm,cozzee(me talking abt bessie area hang outs..)??
Got to wait and watch....
The prices of the SUB are sky rocketing.....might hit hard on the chennai pockets..
and people will definitely think twice before spending 94 rupees for a mere 6 inch veggie sub!!
The menu here is tailored for the desi taste...with the "paneer tikka" sub..."kali mirch"..."veggie kabab" sub...now thats impressive...with three bread varieties...
I went for the paneer tikka sub...and it was yummy and filling...though toasted a bit too hard...had a tough time digging into the sub...
Maybe its the desi culinary mentality..to roast anything (be it roti,pappad,chicken)till it turns "almost black"...!(note:my roomie would say that iam biased...coz she has seen me only "burning" food...in our kitchen...!!)...
Anywayz...coming to the point...i see youngsters flocking to the "SUBWAY"...and making it the next fav "HANG OUT"...
The good point is ....the "SUB" is a healthy food...but how long its gonna survive??..Well,maybe until the "Bennigans" arrives.....
On a finishing note,be it in the US or in chennai, i would anytime prefer a plate of hot dosa...served with my fav onion chutney..!! mmmmm...and i neednt go anwhere outside to have them....my mom's the best in making them!!

Blog??err...a virus??

This was my first reaction...when i heard the term "blog"...!!Not until i read some issue of young world...when i realised what blogging actually meant!!My friends,cousins had already become expert "bloggers".....and i used to wonder...how did they ever get the time inspite of their busy schedules.....
Now,i had refrained from bloggin...because of my inherent laziness....(i was never so BUSY!!)
But now, back at home.....visting mom,dad after a span of one and half year......walking through the familiar streets of my good old chennai.....i feel like holding on to so many events,thoughts...that i feel dear to.....
ok...ditch it!!have never been good at senti talk.....so here goes.. IAM BORED NOW...AND AM GONNA BLOG....ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN......!!