The conquerer: I; The conquered: Roti!

Okay, so having grown up in a hostel, away from home, I developed a hearty taste for food...
Really quality food, not quantity.

I have loved & eaten: Gujrati, Marwari, south Indian, Goan cuisine prepared in the
homes of people who are Gujratis, Marwaris...........
You get the flow!

But never once I felt compelled to cook, replicate any of those stuff.
At hostel we sat before what was offered us,
what we liked we ate,
what we did not like, we didn't eat!

At home for holidays......
I ate, ate, ate, ate, ate, ate...
What did cooking have to do with any of it anyways?
Wasn't some one in the kitchen slaving for the little child home for holidays?

But then I married,
& sob! sigh!
That person slaving in the kitchen was me.
Me who ate Gujrati, Marwari, blah, blah, blah cuisine..
Me who did not cook any cuisine, spell with C or K.

But my love for quality food drove me to cook delicasies,
(note: all food cooked with my delicate hands are: delicasies.),
& I conquered all but that hateful Roti.
Still no problem,
surely a maid when well paid, will simply fall at my gas stove & make rotis?
No?
No.
No.
& again No.

It took me 4.5 yrs of married life to understand,
I might as well fall over that gas stove,
for the maid who'll make my rotis,
will also attempt to take my cell phone,
all quitely ofcourse..
& the honest maid could not care less.

So I can eat maggi,
feed my 3 yr old daughter maggi,
feed my ailing visitors maggi,
or I can make rotis.

Today 30th sept 2010, I made rotis.
If you can make those stuff good for you.
If you can't & are single living off elders.. very good for you. (I have lived that life, I know).
But should you be dependant on that elusive maid service...
not good for you.
I say not good at all.

The new laptop that's not happening...........

Okay, I'm not a technical freak, that I cannot live without the internet!
Also, I'm not the inspired face book commentator, who's bursting with fresh quotes!
& like loads of folks I Know, I'd rather know Shahrukh's preferred toothpaste than discuss mine... yeah I'm pretty coomon even by my standards!!

But I still want a laptop, because I like to live with the laptop,
I do like reading inspired quotes & blogs..
& ofcourse who knows what Shahrukh Khan may twit about......

So question is why do I not have the laptop?
One, I intend to pay for it myself.
Two, I love to budget & I'm not working.
Three, I have budgeted, as in when I get back my tax money.. you get the picture.
But guess what?
Our govt does not feel any obligation to return money to us poor mortals.
Money which should not have gone to the govt in the first place, as I was not even in the taxable income bracket.

I'm definetely not feeling good about this,
so I'm thinking, now what?
Do I chip into my savings, & but that notebook anyways,
or do I wait till my country decides that it definetely cannot get rich with my meagre amount...
Tough man.