The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes

This is an Interesting video I came across in Youtube.com. The speech was given by this girl in the UN Meeting on Issue of Environment. This happened in 1992. :-)

Tandoori Chicken

Being in US, I used to really miss the hotel food in India. One of my favorites there is Tandoori chicken from Hotel Pallava's in Tuticorin. Still when my sister calls me after her dinner there, my stomach used to burn. But from now on I need not worry, coz I have learnt to make spicy Tandoori chicken at home..

We had a great dinner yesterday with Rice and Tandoori chicken. Mouth watering..... Right.

Strawberry Picking

I have always loved to eat Strawberries. Even my favorite flavour in Ice-cream is Strawberry. Some of the few advantages being in USA is getting to eat fresh strawberries. Picking our own strawberry from the farm is even more exciting.


We went to Parlee's Farm in Chelmsford. It was such a nice experience. The moment we entered the farm, I could smell the fresh smell of strawberry. I picked up one basket and started my hunt. My husband was surprised that I did not pick two baskets. :-)

It came upto 7 pounds of strawberries when I finished picking. Finally a dream came true.......

Internet Timepass

I did not know how much I was depending on Internet until one day when the Internet did not work due to bad weather. I missed it so much that I did not know what to do to pass my time. I think many of the Indian H4 visa holding housewives in US will be doing the same. In this post I just wanted to share some of my favorite and time passing sites.

Tamil Serials
Those who watch serials in India will certainly miss the serials. But there are some site which upload the serials and programs within hours after it is actually tele-casted in India.
www.isaitamil.com --- Here are the sun tv serials, programs and some vijay tv serials are uploaded daily.
www.usertube.com -- Here the major Vijay tv serials and programs are updated regularly.

Tamil Films
There are many sites where tamil movies are uploaded within weeks or days after release. But I watch them on two sites.
http://www.aarampam.com/ and http://www.techsatish.com/. The second one has a whole collection of old and new movies with good print.

Cooking sites
I love to cook recipes which are made in Indian restaurants and are not available in US easily. My most favorite site is http://www.vahrehvah.com/ . Here the chef cooks superb dishes and videos are also available.
http://www.spiceindiaonline.com/ is also a wonderful site with lots of images describing the recipe.

Gaming sites
Games online is the best way to pass time. I love to play in http://www.king.com/. The site contains many games including multi player games.
Recently in have come across a Microsoft site http://www.club.live.com/ which gives tickets for the games you play and which can be redeemed for prizes with free shipping.

So if you ever have an Internet and did not know what to do, go to any of these sites and enjoy. Happy Browsing.........

NewEngland Aquarium

We planned our trip to New England Aquarium last weekend. I was really excited to go to Boston. I landed in USA in Boston only. But Rakshitha was very small by then. I never looked out of the window in the car as I was really worried about her bulgy diaper. I heard from my hubby that buildings in Boston are really tall. So I was very excited.

Of course the buildings were very tall. But this time also I could not have a very nice look at them because of the GPS. OMG. It is really an Art to drive in Boston with GPS. I was forced to constantly look at the GPS as my hubby was driving. Next issue was to find a parking. It took almost half an hour to park.

By the time we reached inside in the Aquarium, guess what. You are right. Rakshitha started to cry for her nap. She saw cried cried cried then slept. She is more beautiful when she sleeps. :)

Me and my hubby enjoyed some fish after she slept. Animals in zoos and Aquariums in US are lucky than the animals in Indian zoos. Everything was neat and animals seem to be happy too.

Then we had lunch there. OMG. McDonald's burger was 1000 times better than the ones available there. I hated the food. Then Rakshitha woke up and had her lunch too. Now she was brisk and enjoyed fish. She wanted to catch all of them. At last we were happy that she was happy.

Initially when we entered into the aquarium we were taken a photo. I thought it was for Identity purpose. But later learned that there was a shop outside to bill us if we need the photo. It was really shocking to know the price of the photo (21$).

Outside the aquarium there were benches and the sea breeze was beautiful. Rakshitha had a great time running around and playing. That place made this Boston trip happy. Then we went to a park near by. Rakshitha had her snack and then we made our way home. Nice weekend. :)