MAKING THE POSSIMPIBLE


As  quoted   by our lovable Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother ),  “ Its where the possible & the impossible meet ”.
The scariest thing in this entire world  is knowing what you are good at & yet staring at a blank page. It’s like those moments where  your future boss asks  you, “ Tell me something about yourself , something different than the usual ” , and you keep wracking your brain , wondering & thinking, thinking & wondering "What can I possibly say to make him believe that I am different” , and & then comes the inevitable point where you start doubting yourself . Finally of course comes that epic moment where you have achieved your goal  and your attitude towards that gain is like Priyanka Chopra, "Good, Bad or Ugly , it’ll be mine to remember ".

Today we live in a world where our attitude towards what the other wants or thinks is pretty much  perfunctory. We live in a time where we are our own scientists, never getting tired of experimenting, pushing our limits and testing our fears.

I know what my passion & interests are & yet there are three things in this entire universe  that will never fail to genuinely scare the living daylights out of me  . 

a) Lizard 
b) Kolkata 
c) Preparing a non-vegetarian  food.

Now lizard is a kind of fear that I have tried & failed to conquer almost all the time. Almost being an incident where I killed one. 

Tips ??? 

Well, that’s a story for another day.

Kolkata on the other hand is where I go, test my fears & push my limits (of tolerance ). That city is like a live horror movie to me. I buy tickets every year, go there  &  unravel  more repulsive ways & reasons to  be scared  of from the  so called City of Joy.

But cooking a non-veg item??? Hopefully I have debunked my fear regarding this like a freaking  Lebron James  and  Micheal Jordan. Initial plan was to follow the ever famous  Chinese recipe of Chilli chicken. Now you would not believe the lengths I went to in order to get the easiest recipes . So much so that I ended up downloading an app on my super cool smart  phone. Of course  I should  have realized from experiences that right & easy are less fun & never go hand in hand.

The next  Great Wall of China awaiting for me were the lack of resources, and as expected , by this time I had lost my patience by a great deal especially this being only my second time. Then out of nowhere,  I had an epiphany. "Cooking is like driving, you need tons of tolerance or you will burn yourself ."
                                                         So that’s what I did . 
Uninstalled  my  awesome recipe app, opened my eyes, cleared my brain, applied our  classic desi-nuska & cooked with what I had and applied whatever I found .
Next thing I know, my experiment pays off & I have a delicious hot platter full of what I call Dhaniya lemon red chicken  in front of me calling me out, begging to be consumed.

Guess now  I know how Edmund Hillary & Neil Armstrong must have felt like when they  tamed the IMPOSSIBLES  & achieved their respective POSSIMPIBLES. ;)



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WE HAD TODAY!

Image
“Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today!” How often do we take life for granted before we touch the ground and start all over again?  Quite often… a lot actually.  The warmth pumping through our veins is what drives us after all. We keep chasing for the dam warmth, leaving behind a long line of decisions while collecting experiences (sometimes even growth) on our way.   Some days we are our impulses and do what feels right in the moment, most days we shut it all out. We aren’t what we are by birth, we are what we are by choices - warm and patient, confused and yearning, cold and angry or worse, hurt and indifferent; it’s familiar, it's comforting. In fact, living in the moment isn’t a bad thing at all, chasing comfort isn’t a bad thing either, neither is giving into impulses. So, how can something that sounds and feels right in the moment, come with a price? Loss of time, regrets and what ifs - more often than not they are expensive and heavy; maybe even heavier than a 30 year mor
Read more

Passion is necessity

Image
What is passion if not a necessity, Hobby is just another word for those who can't do it. For those who can, it’s called living to simply Be You  What is fire if not one more element to fuel your dreams Do what you love,  For one day, people will love you for what you do and simply Be You. Challenges will come your way, In the form of others, and some days in the form of YOU.  Obstacles are here to stay So is the family, your friends, the society and the world So what if they tell you that you can’t BE YOU,  BELIEVE, FOR YOU CAN’T BE ANYBODY BUT YOU! Fight doubts like you breathe to live Don’t live to survive like generations told you to Live to thrive like it was always meant for you   Do whatever it is your heart desires, Do wherever the day takes you, Take life wherever you want to Do whatever feels right for YOU, Do what you must, always, Do, not doubt.
Read more

18 year old bottle of Tender Loving Care

Image
It’s like F Scott Fitzgerald said, “First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.” You’re like the 21 st century version of his quotes... I see you look down at your tumbler and swirl that peg of amber liquid like you know what you’re doing... like you know your way around it. I see you stare it down with such insurmountable amount of devotion, almost as if it’s spinning some magical story. Your pupils dilate and you hazily gaze at me mumbling something only you would understand; I pretend to listen and nod along as always because even in that tipsy state, you’re charming and I, for all the wrong reasons, find that irresistible. It makes me a little green because I wish you would look at me the way you look at that mighty fine bottle of Talisker. It’s as if you are undressing that dam 18 year old bottle of scotch with your eyes. You know in English language it’s called ‘Leering’. It amuses and breaks my heart at the same time because I
Read more