The following images have been posted instead of any proper (?) post, because Dinky Mind is on vacations these days :P

Enjoy!!! =D

This last picture was seen on the main notice board of our university :D

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I was madly badly craving for prawns today. Dinky Mind doesn't care that having prawns in this hot season can end up in really nasty pimples. She's berry silly *sighs* :P So, we had around 3/4 kg of prawns, and around 1 pm I started searching the internet for prawny recipes. I asked 2 of my friends - who were online - to help me find good recipes of deep fried prawns. I found 2 good recipes, and made 3 different types of deep fried prawns =) [Miss Genius aka Dinky Mind came up with her own recipe and miraculously it was a HiT!!] :P One recipe found on the internet (of Prawn Tempura) was a flop because we don't eat Chinese style food. The recipe really had a few spices - rather 2 spices: salt and white pepper! :/ The second internet recipe (of Desi-style Deep Fried Prawns) was a HiT too, because I is a desi and I like spicy food =)

In the picture above, (7) prawns on the right side are the Desi-style Deep Fried Prawns, and the ones on left (9) are Dinky-Mind-style Deep Fried Prawns =D Oh wait, or was it the opposite? :$ *scratches head* Well, who cares, I liked both the types =P

For dinner I made burgers and that special salad that my Daddy dear always liked =) Missed you way too much =(


And this is the cutie-pie small tomato cultivated on our beloved lawn =) After taking pictures, I used it in our favorite salad =) Oh, and did I tell you it tasted yum-yum? Well, it did! =D

Cheerio folks =)

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Click to enlarge :P

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Almost 3 weeks ago I saw this Corolla parked outside our university, with all 4 of its tyres completely flat!!!! That day I kept thinking about the guy whose car it was, and the next day I was telling my friends about this accident very sympathetically. =(

At that time I didn't dare think that if the same happens with me someday, what would I do? Half of that nightmare came true today. I got 2 flat tyres today!!! Both the left-side ones. Thankfully Ossy and Nav were with us (Ritz, Maryam and I), and they worked on the tyres. They put the car on 2 jacks (borrowed one from Saad), took the tyres to the nearby tyre shop and got them fixed. And when they returned, they realized that they had left one of the two defected tyres under the car and took the spare one instead :D Anyway, Ossy and Nav fixed each tyre, while I stood under the cool shadow of a Neem tree, munching 'makaie' . Hey, don't think I'm bad. It's just that I've got very good friends who didn't want me to stand in the sun and witness the tyre-fixing ceremony :D

When they both fixed the tyres, I decided to head home (I was already an hour-and-a-half late), although we had to go to Mc Donald's for lunch. :P It was a fun day. Sometimes such incidents are good for a change. :D But I still hope the ******* who did this should soon get his tyres phuss! :D

Cheerio folks =)

PS: Thank you Ossy, Nav and Saad. You guys are really great!!!
PPS: And thanks to Ritz and Maryam too, who gave me company in munching 'makaie' :D

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[WARNING: Dinky Mind's in the mood of bragging today, so don't be jealous :P]

Alhamdolillah I know cooking (at least I can satisfy my tummy meter), I know baking (I've got a few specialities too :P), I'm good at studies, I know driving, I know shooting and I'm pretty good at all the other household chores too (Remember, I enjoy doing laundry and ironing clothes? :P). But there's one thing I don't know and that's Stitching clothes!!! Like not even 1% do I know about it. I just can't cut a cloth piece. Or stitch it. I just know how to pass a thread through a needle and stitch a button on a shirt. Okay, that makes it 1% now :D hehehe.

I'm 100% dependent on my Momma to stitch clothes for me. I rarely like ready-made clothes because they rarely fit me. And I don't even like clothes stitched by tailors. They either fit my shirts too much or stitch them on a fat woman's size :/ I can't tolerate such things. In the end I have to pay them for ruining my clothes. :/

So, that day, I asked Momma to teach me how to stitch.

Momma: *her immediate reaction* "Whaaaaat? You and Stitching???"
Me: *innocently* "Just for a change?" :p

I can't brag about anything related to stitching. But it reminds me that in grade 6th, I once stitched an apron (which is now neatly packed and placed with my other dowry stuff). Hahahaha. :D Oh, and I did not make it using a sewing machine. We had to hand-stitch it :/ That's probably THE only thing I've ever stitched (wait till Dinky Mind recalls anything else) :P

Prayers needed for this Dinkum.

Cheerio folks =)

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Good day and good morning!
Here is your early morning tea
and here are your crack-a-dawn cereals.
Sugar is also provided.
Breakfast in bed, room service calling!
Are you awake?

Darren, sit up! I'm giving you
ten seconds, starting now! TEN.
The weather outside is fine - at least
by North Sea standards. NINE.
Just a fresh Force Six blowing and a spot
of rain lashing the rooftops. EIGHT.
The sun is shining - lucky Australians!
The bus, however, is on time
according to local radio - SEVEN -
and if you want to walk again and be

reported to the Head that is your business
but - SIX - I have a bus to catch too
and you can pay for a taxi out of your pocket money
if I miss it the third morning running.
FIVE. Your gerbil has been eaten by the dog
and the dog has been eaten by a crocodile
that got in down the chimney and is, at the moment,
opening it jaws over your toes-
feel it? No? Oh well.
FOUR. A letter has just arrived,
postmarked Wembley, inviting you to play
for England next Saturday against Czechoslovakia -
bet you won't be late for that - THREE.
Czechoslovakia is one of the eighteen spellings
wrong in your Geography homework.
Why wasn't it handed in last week? I found
the letter you forged from your dad
stating you had a dental appointment
on Friday afternoon - TWO - you could
at least have spelt his Christian name right
and the address. Make an appointment with him
an hour after you intend to go out tonight.

ONE. This is your mother speaking
and I am about to pour tea
over your head, even if it causes me
extra washing. I won't begrudge the powder.
Darren, I'm giving you HALF A SECOND, A QUARTER,
AN EIGHTH. No this is not a nightmare,
no the trickle of water you feel at this moment,
is NOT an illusion...

[By Brian Morse
from Bushi's English Book]

Cheerio folks =)

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So Mars and I went for some fruit shopping yesterday and I had told him that if the shopkeeper gives a piece of water melon to taste, then you'd be the one eating it and not me. Anyway, we went up to him, asked the rates, and I then chose a huge water melon and warned him that I'd buy it only if it is good in color and taste. So he cut a piece out of it and offered it to me. I asked Mars to taste it. And Mars was asking me to taste it. This thing repeated thrice until I glared at him and he finally took the piece and gulped it.

Me: So how was it, sweet?
Mars: Yeah
Me: So we should buy it?
Mars: Yeaaahhhh!

Finally I paid the shopkeeper and got it packed. When I came home, I told Momma how Mars was irritating me when I had told him earlier to taste the water melon. And it was then that he entered the room and said, "And you know why I was asking YOU to taste it? It's because I don't eat melons; water or no water. And I did not even taste it properly. I did put it in my mouth, then turned around and threw it out."

And Momma and I got an intensive laughing fit! =D Haye, my poor brother! :D

Oh, and the picture above is taken by meeh =D And that's the scoop that my Daddy Dear bought for me. It's one of those dozen things he had bought for me that day.

Cheerio folks =)

PS: That's water melon scooped out. Don't confuse it with gulab jaman :p

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Oh yeah, I drove recklessly yesterday. And I did end up having an accident!

The story goes like this: I had to pick Bushi up from school at 1:45 pm. I was getting late. It is hardly a 10-minute drive from our place to his school, but I have this habit of "being punctual"! So I drove really fast. Plus, I was tensed about the preparation of my today's exam (which went quite well, Alhamdolillah). I was driving at the speed of ... around 80 or so. And for me, this is FAST! [Long ago I have once driven with this speed when I sensed a bike-wala was chasing me] Anyway, I reached his school around 1:55 pm. Picked him up and headed back home. I avoided 2-3 accidents, nearly squashed an elderly uncle and a blind lady (she was seriously doing a cat-walk on such a busy road). When I drove down the bridge near our colony (and I did slow down to a speed of 30), a bike-wala came from I-don't-know-where and tried to make way between my car and the truck on my left. And poor soul lost his control, bumped his bike in my car, skidded on the road, fell, and... I was safely inside my colony then!

It was then that I discovered that the rear bumper of my car broke from the left side and was pushed upwards. Dayum!!! Such accidents scare the hell outta me! Although I kept on wondering about that bike-wala for long, I was pretty sad at the condition of my car too. I love my Corolla. I seriously do. My parents have never let me drive above the speed of 60. After an hour of that accident, I went to the mechanic and got the bumper fixed. And this time I have promised myself never to drive that fast.

There's one thing I have noticed. Whenever I go out, I always have my Momma recite Ayat-al-Kursi on me. Yesterday she forgot. And whenever she doesn't recite it on me, I always, like ALWAYS, end up having an accident. This has happened with me 4 times! *sigh*

Keep praying for this Dinky driver (who can't even see the bonnet of her car) :P

Cheerio folks =)

PS: My Treasury exam went so well - better than what I expected. And honestly, I was hell scared and worried about this course. I wonder why did I take such a *beepy* course :/ But I'm happy. Exams finito. Finally! :D I is a happy kid :)

PPS: It's 7:30 pm and still not dark outside :/ When will the day end? When will I sleep? :(

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