Sharing a very nice management lesson....
Suddenly, a cockroach flew from somewhere and sat on her. I wondered if this was the cockroach's response to all the glory that was spoken about it! She started screaming out of fear. With panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started doing stationary jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group got cranky to what was happening. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach to another lady in the group. Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama. The waiter rushed forward to their rescue. In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was confident enough, he grabbed and threw it out with his fingers. Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, "was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior? If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed? He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos. It is not the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach that disturbed the ladies." I realized even in my case then , it is not the shouting of my father or my boss that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me. It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me. More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that hurts me
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Thursday 17 June 2010
Thursday 3 June 2010
Good Culinary Habits
Hello fellow bloggers! Its been quite sometime now that I have comp'd off a detail or two on my web page. Guess I've just lost myself in this bizy-jizy world :) Well being on a short time off from work, I did dig into my just so thriving creativity genes and got lost in this wonderful world of mine again. But this time it was Culinary Creativity. Let me be more specific, this creativity was aimed at the Woman's Power House - The Kitchen. I call it so, cause, none of us would survive, hadn't it been for Mum's yummy dishes, or a way to a man's heart is through his stomach, so says his Wife......so the Kitchen is THE most essential room of a house. There are loads of topics to indulge in, but here I chose to elaborate on Good Culinary Habits. Well, in today's fast moving world of technology & methodology, and with so little time in spite of that 24hr clock, we almost tend to neglect the petty things that are actually so important to follow in our day to day life. I wish to ponder on those tips that should be shared with one and all.
Let's begin with;
1) Hand Wash
Washing our hands, importantly with a good anti-bacterial liquid soap is so basic, yet so important. I despise using a soap bar. Nowadays with the health articles circulated in almost every nook and corner of media, all our favourite supermarkets and grocery stores do have these on their display shelves. Please do help yourself to a good one. Make sure you have one at your kitchen sink and wash your hands well with the same before and after cooking. Tendencies are of leaving the kitchen on other errands, should also bring us back to washing again and only then begin work at the kitchen.
2) Save Table Top Space
Well, for those who do not have a large kitchen, could save place by arranging their cutlery and vessels in an amazing fashion. I have pics to suggest you some ways.
3) Chopping Boards
Always keep a separate boards for chopping your veggies and non-veggies. Non-veggies are generally prone to pick up bacteria rapidly, hence its always advisable to have individual boards for the veg and non-veg.
4)Plastic Box Re-use
These days, the plastic microwave reheat boxes are so famous in the market, that just anyone and everyone owns a micro, so as to pop stuff in and heat them for some jiffy work. NO! Please do not harm your health by allowing such a daily routine. These plastics contain toxins that can be released into your food while heating and hence endanger your health. Also excess usage of Microwaves expose you to radioactive waves. Again, dangerous to your health. A one time use of the plastic is just perfect. All the better to discard them, if you have any sitting in your kitchen drawers.
Apart from these, I would also like to share with you some tips that Mum passed on to me, over the years, they go as;
* In order to keep your coriander and curry leaves fresh, refrigerate them in a neat and clean box respectively, with tissue paper. This will help to absorb the moisture and hence you will be able to retain fresh leaves to use for your food.
* You could speed up the onion frying session, which is most essential for all your dishes, by adding some table salt to the onions that are being sauteed.
Well I hope I did interest your kitchen etiquette's with this little post of mine. As for now I conclude, some more soon..until then Bye Bye :)
Let's begin with;
1) Hand Wash
Washing our hands, importantly with a good anti-bacterial liquid soap is so basic, yet so important. I despise using a soap bar. Nowadays with the health articles circulated in almost every nook and corner of media, all our favourite supermarkets and grocery stores do have these on their display shelves. Please do help yourself to a good one. Make sure you have one at your kitchen sink and wash your hands well with the same before and after cooking. Tendencies are of leaving the kitchen on other errands, should also bring us back to washing again and only then begin work at the kitchen.
2) Save Table Top Space
Well, for those who do not have a large kitchen, could save place by arranging their cutlery and vessels in an amazing fashion. I have pics to suggest you some ways.
3) Chopping Boards
Always keep a separate boards for chopping your veggies and non-veggies. Non-veggies are generally prone to pick up bacteria rapidly, hence its always advisable to have individual boards for the veg and non-veg.
4)Plastic Box Re-use
These days, the plastic microwave reheat boxes are so famous in the market, that just anyone and everyone owns a micro, so as to pop stuff in and heat them for some jiffy work. NO! Please do not harm your health by allowing such a daily routine. These plastics contain toxins that can be released into your food while heating and hence endanger your health. Also excess usage of Microwaves expose you to radioactive waves. Again, dangerous to your health. A one time use of the plastic is just perfect. All the better to discard them, if you have any sitting in your kitchen drawers.
Apart from these, I would also like to share with you some tips that Mum passed on to me, over the years, they go as;
* In order to keep your coriander and curry leaves fresh, refrigerate them in a neat and clean box respectively, with tissue paper. This will help to absorb the moisture and hence you will be able to retain fresh leaves to use for your food.
* You could speed up the onion frying session, which is most essential for all your dishes, by adding some table salt to the onions that are being sauteed.
Well I hope I did interest your kitchen etiquette's with this little post of mine. As for now I conclude, some more soon..until then Bye Bye :)
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