My pizza experience(s)

It happened a decade ago, I was invited for a job treat of one of colleague. It was decided that lunch at pizza hut in nungambakkam. I have heard that pizza's are costly. Of course treat are aimed at high budget of the sponsor-er.

I was kind of thrilled, as it will be my first attempt for pizza. People were discussing, if pizza will give a feeling of full stomach. We were informed that , pizza hut sells the pasta's and it is not that costly as pizza's.

A table was booked and we reached the venue on time. We had a look at the different pasta's and fresh vegetable salads. I did not want to give a try on those, as it was much like different form of noodles and macroni's which i had tasted already. We ordered for pizza and waited for it to come. They gave normal water and asked if we need mineral water. Since people preferred chill water, it was ordered. They then started to keep plates, spoon, fork and blunt knife (This is for cutting the pizza).

There came the most awaited pizza. To be frank, it was not that easy to eat the pizza. I had a tough time in cutting the pizza with knife. The big pizza already had the cut lines for making our work easy, yet the pie cannot be eaten as such with the help of fork. We were struggling with knife and fork.

After few minutes, one of my lady collegue said, I am going to eat with hands. she kept the knife and fork down and took out a pie with hand and started eating. After her, some took her way and others remained to use the fork and knife telling this is how we are supposed to eat pizza.

I forgot to mention about one more important thing here. They had the tomato sauce, chilli flakes and the pepper flakes for adding flavor on top of pizza.


After that, I have had quiet a few experiences with pizza at office for birthday treats. It was ordered and delivered at office. We all had it using hands. It was more like, eating the puff with tomato sauce on paper plate.

Years after that, i got chance to eat pizza out at anna nagar with my spouse. Dhanu missed the chance as he was at native with his grand parents.  Two things were missing there. First being drinking water and second was knife and fork. People either ordered for bottle water or cool drink to replace the normal water.
We wanted  normal water and it arrived after several requests.

Next, we had our next pizza experience in our native, at Domino's. I was surprised when our ordered items arrived. It was all packed in the boxes as I could see when it was delivered at office. They call it as Take away. We can either have it there or take home and eat. In addition to the pizza and pasta's they were selling ice-cream and chocolate cakes. It was a happy dinner time with family member's.

Recently, due to pestering from Dhanu, we had visited pizza hut in kilpauk for dinner. We ordered for "Meal for 2" (1 Medium pizza, 4 pieces garlic bread with a cup of pepsi). At the billing counter , A message was  stuck saying "Sorry, We have stopped giving tomato sauce". We asked them, if we have to pay and buy the tomato sauce. The billing person said, No sir, we are adding the sauce to the pizza so it is not necessary for buying sauce. It was also packed as it is for Take away. No water, fork and knife.

We can have a grand non-veg feast for three, for the amount we had spent for "Meal for 2" pizza. But Dhanu was happy to have the pizza than the Indian food we had bought home for dinner. Still I told him that , pizza should not be had frequently and not to demand as he did this time.

--Dhanesh Amma

Photo of Tom & Jerry

The real tom and jerry cannot replace my favourite Walt Disney's tom and jerry show.

-- Dhanesh Amma

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Here's english version for Non-Tamil readers.

Gandhi Struggled for Country,

Country is Struggling for Gandhi Currency.

--Dhanesh Amma

Movies watched in year 2012

I had watched many movies in year 2012, however below are the ones released in year 2012 and I have watched in the same year 2012.

Amazing spider man (3D)
  Watched this movie in theater with Dhanu. He enjoyed the movie with 3D experience. I was upset as the movie was not the continuity of the previous spider man series.

Naan - Ee
  Watched this movie in our home theater with Dhanu and two SIL's in native. Enjoyed much.

Merina
 Watched this movie in our home theater. Boring one..

Sundara pandiyan
  Watched this movie in our home theater. Ok type.

Naan
   Watched this movie in our home theater. Good
  
Thuppakki 
   Watched this movie in theater with Deepu (his first movie in theater).  Movie was good.

Naduvula konjam pakkatha kaanom
  Watched this in theater with Dhanu and Parents. Much like a budget documentary film. A serious story , but attempted to take in comedy style.



--Dhanesh Amma

குட்டி குறும்பு [11] - ஜெயலலிதாக்கு கல்யாணம்...

பைக்ல ரௌண்ட்ஸ் போகும் போது, தானேஷ் கேள்வி கேட்டுக்கிட்டே வருவாரு. எங்களுக்கு அவன் கேள்விக்கு பதில் சொல்லவே நேரம் பத்தாது. போன தடவை வெளிய போனபோது , முஹுர்த்த நாளா போச்சு.

ஒரு மண்டப வாசலில் ,  ஒரு பக்கம் கல்யாண பொண்ணு மாப்பிள்ளை போட்டோவும்  , இன்னொரு பக்கம் சி எம் போட்டோவும்  போட்டிருந்தாங்க. தானேஷ் ஒரு சைடு மட்டும் பார்த்துட்டு சொன்னான் அம்மா "ஜெயலலிதாக்கு கல்யாணம்..."


தானேஷ் அப்பா உடனே கேட்டாரு , " மாப்பிள்ளை யாரு தம்பி ? " அது தெரியல , போட்டோ போடலை ன்னு பதில் வந்தது. 
 
"கல்யாணம் என்றாலே ஜோடியா தான்  போட்டோ போடுவாங்க. அந்த பக்கம் பாரு. இந்த பக்கம்  சி எம் போட்டோ, அவங்க வாழ்த்துக்கள் தெரிவிக்குது." அப்படின்னு சொல்லலாம்னு பார்த்தா , அதுக்குள்ள பைக் ரொம்ப தூரம் வந்திடுச்சு. சொன்னா அந்த பக்க போஸ்டரை பாக்கணும் , வண்டிய திருப்புன்னு அடம் பிடிப்பான் என்பதால் பேசாமல் இருந்துவிட்டேன்.



-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

 

grow mosquitoes to kill mosquitoes (???)

What an innovative idea. In addition(?) of taking steps to killing mosquito and keep environment clean , corporation is going to take steps to produce sterile mosquitos.

More details here

--Dhanesh Amma

upside down screen display - ctrl Alt up arrow shortcut in XP

Deepak was sitting on my lap, when I was checking my emails. He was watching songs in parallel.

He started to press keys in keyboard and my screen display got turned up upside down. Mouse cursor would also turn down and movement was the opposite.

It took some time for me to get mouse control in reverse direction and find cause for it.

ctrl alt up arrow shortcut with XP has done the job. I had used the UP arrow when he had pressed ctrl and alt simultaneously.

Pressing the ctrl alt up arrow again got the screen back to its position.


--Dhanesh Amma