Shubh Aarambh

Okay.
1 month completed since living independently in a house.
What have to learnt?
What do we know?
#GoGoaGoneHangover

1. There is no shame in calling up Mom 139 times a day with your 'intelligel' doubts
- Maa, what to do with the malai that forms on the milk?
- Maa, this vegetable is not listening to me. Its not getting cooked         
  on the gas since forever. What do I do? (Mom thinking in her   
  brain: Have a panic attack for dinner instead of bhaji, you Loser)
- Maa, recipe is mentioning 'sour curds'. I'm not finding that in   
  Nilgiri AND More megastores. Does Big Bazaar have it?
- Can I use my Bajaj almond hair oil for cooking?

2. Hiding under the table - not cool, Buddy. Not cool at all. Especially if its because rai and jeera seeds (mustard and cumin) are popping in the oil. If you act like a cool dude Ninja in the college, act like one in the kitchen too.

3. Always wear clothes while cooking.

4. Some clothes are going to get burnt. Accept it. So No. 3 gets rephrased as "Always wear clothes that you dislike while cooking".

5. If a grocery item is on sale, check its Expiry Date. Ah-haan!
Ek mahine mein 2 litre soya sauce kaise use karegi tu, meri maa?

6. Laxman-rekha, the insect repellant chalk does not work on all kinds of unwanted animals and humans.

7. The Fridge is your daddy in Mangalore. It 'takes care of everything'. Love and respect it.

8. Don't ever forget that you have applied acid on the bathroom floor. It feels like * * * *ing fire on your fingers.

9. If you like sweets and laddoos, so do the ants. Fight for your rights!!

10. Sometimes Maggi is an acceptable meal.

11. Dont buy 1 kg Vanilla icecream on Tuesday. Coz Wednesday no electricity in Deralakatte.

12. Stealing drinking water from college - Nice job 26 year old lady on a stipend :)

13. Don't fall asleep when you have kept popcorn in the cooker for cooking. Kuch zyaada hi POPPING ho jayega life mein.

14. Day-dreaming while standing at the window and absent-mindedly scratching your butt when you live in a building full of men - Not a good idea. Sure, you will see a lot of smiling faces the next day onwards. But trust me, they are not smiling at you. They are smiling at your gluteus maximus.

14. Last but not the least - If Mumma is unavailable, you can always call up Papa when he is driving the car and ask him for the recipe of how to make rice. The Dear Darling that he is, he will stop the car and explain it to you :)