Diva of Fashion !

I recently came across this chinese proverb "Three-tenths of a woman's good looks are due to nature, seven-tenths to dress;" It has long, however, been a familiar adage in most countries that "fine feathers make fine birds".

I got a chance to visit 'WestSide' at Spencer Plaza this weekend.Buying a thermal wear and t-shirts for the forthcoming Coorg trip was the objective of my visit.It hardly took 15 - 20 mins to choose two cotton t-shirts,one in black another in pink color for the tracks that I had chosen to wear for the trekking.Also found a pale blue jerkin that would match my shoes (Believe me... matching colors give a composed outlook).

As it is the case always , I was just giving a look at the 'Mix and Match' section of the outlet.
('Mix and Match' section is a place where you can find lots of kurtas and salwars that can be picked and matched with pants.Its your matching skills that matters a lot !!)

Alvo !! I found the patiala type of salwars in group of colors.Purchased a black-red combo.This supersoft lightweight cotton is a breeze to wear.Shimmering gold paisleys enliven the black cotton adding an extra exotic appeal to this simple salwar type pants.

Its is very similar to salwar except that a patiala salwar has 3-4 pleats sewn into the sides of each salwar leg.These pleats run vertically from the top and are sewn into the hem at the ankle.The patiala is a very attractive version of the traditional salwar.

Patiala salwar kameez has got some special historical background.Patiala is a place in punjab in North India.The king of patiala used to wear baggy type salwar with long loose kameez with full sleeves.This has been reformed to this modern ethnic wear.

My selection won appreciation among girls at office.One of my team mate has planned to visit Spencer's today to buy one such attire.

The woman of today would like to choose an outfit which is Elegant, Feminine, Rooted in tradition,Seductive,Exotic,an Icon of class, Charming,Diva of fashion...

Yummy yummy yum !!

I-C-E C-R-E-A-M ...........

This is supposed to be a delightful dessert for all age groups…

Some of the flavours that I know Vanilla, Chocolate, Butter Pecan, Strawberry, Neapolitan, Chocolate Chip,French Vanilla, Cookies & Cream, Vanilla Fudge Ripple, Praline Pecan,Cherry, Chocolate Almond, Coffee,Rocky Road, Chocolate Marshmallow
In terms of specific ingredients, the recipe for ice cream is simple. But in scientific terms, it's complicated stuff. Ice cream is a colloid, a type of emulsion. An emulsion is a combination of two substances that don't normally mix together. Instead, one of the substances is dispersed throughout the other. In ice cream, molecules of fat are suspended in a water-sugar-ice structure along with air bubbles. The presence of air means that ice cream is also technically a foam.

In addition to milk fat, non-fat milk solids, sugar, and air, ice cream also contains stabilizers and emulsifiers. Stabilizers help hold the air bubble structure together and give the ice cream a better texture. Although gelatin was originally used as a stabilizer, xanthan gum, guar gum, and other compounds are used today. Emulsifiers keep the ice cream smooth and aid the distribution of the fat molecules throughout the colloid. Egg yolks were once used, but ice cream manufacturers now tend to use other chemical compounds. These stabilizers and emulsifiers make up a very small proportion (less than one percent) of the ice cream. - Taken from HowStuffWorks.com

The history of ice cream…

Once upon a time, hundreds of years ago, Charles I of England hosted a sumptuous state banquet for many of his friends and family. The meal, consisting of many delicacies of the day, had been simply superb but the "coup de grace" was yet to come. After much preparation, the King's french chef had concocted an apparently new dish. It was cold and resembled fresh- fallen snow but was much creamier and sweeter than any other after- dinner dessert. The guests were delighted, as was Charles, who summoned the cook and asked him not to divulge the recipe for his frozen cream. The King wanted the delicacy to be served only at the Royal table and offered the cook 500 pounds a year to keep it that way. Sometime later, however, poor Charles fell into disfavour with his people and was beheaded in 1649. But by that time, the secret of the frozen cream remained a secret no more. The cook, named DeMirco, had not kept his promise.

This story is just one of many of the fascinating tales which surround the evolution of our country's most popular dessert, ice cream. It is likely that ice cream was not invented, but rather came to be over years of similar efforts. Indeed, the Roman Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar is said to have sent slaves to the mountains to bring snow and ice to cool and freeze the fruit drinks he was so fond of. Centuries later, the Italian Marco Polo returned from his famous journey to the Far East with a recipe for making water ices resembling modern day sherbets.

Here goes the story...

Long long ago....so long ago....there lived a king who ruled an empire.He had a severe threat of attack from his foe who ruled another empire.

The king and his minister were called to the enemy territory for a talk of Peace.The enemy promised to withdraw his armed adversaries if the king helped him to marry his lady love.The king accepted this deal and asked him what the problem was.

The challenger told that his lady love was ready to marry him only if he answers her question and the question placed in front of him was "WHAT MAKES A WOMAN HAPPY...?".

The king and his minister got astonished.They were not able to give their challenger an apt reply , but still hoping to give him a suitable answer they started to travel back to their country.

On the way back they had to cross a forest and already it was a damn dark.
After walking a few miles,a specter appeared in front them.

The disturbing figure threatened to kill them if they dont take her along with them.
The minister who was very loyal to the king placed a deal in front of the specter.He accepted to marry the specter and take her along with him if the specter helps him to find a reply for the question "WHAT MAKES A WOMAN HAPPY...."?.

The specter started laughing and told to the minister that the answer was quite simple and she knows it.But again, even if the minister marries her he would have to choose one of the below options:

• The specter would remain a beautiful lady during the day time and a specter during the night time.
• The other option was she would remain a specter during the day time and beautiful lady during the night time.

The minister was stunned for a while.

He was ready to accept the specter as such in any form.Moreover safeguarding his kingdom was more important to him than anything else.

He told the specter "I give you the freedom to decide your options....I would love you in any form....Its up to you to decide....All I need is to save my boss....I need the answer for the question....What can make a woman feel happy?....".

The specter felt so happy "Iam impressed with your reply....Looking at your loyalty towards your boss I feel lucky to be yours....Above all I love you for having given me the freedom to decide....I have decided to remain beautiful always....I feel very happy now....I feel very happy....Guess you got the reply for your question too...."

The minister and the king were happy that they were able to get the answer for their challenger's question.They gave the answer and saved their kingdom.The minister married the specter,who was not a specter anymore.

The story ends here.

"Freedom to decide" - A woman's bliss.

She desires to decide...This exalts a woman...

According to choice theory for all practical purposes we choose everything we do including the misery we feel...

A woman would like to take more effective control and make better choices...It is a way how we actually function...How we combine what is written in our genes with what we learn as we live our lives...

The seed of almost all our unhappiness are planted early in our lives when we begin to encounter people who have discovered not only what is right for them -but also,unfortunately ,what is right for us.

Armed with the discovery and following a destructive tradition that has dominated our thinking for thousands of years,we are forced to do what they kow is right.

Besides survival which depends a lot on our physiology,we are genetically programmed to try to satisfy four psychological needs love & belonging , power , freedom and fun.

Here, the third need 'freedom' or to be more specific 'freedom to decide' -This makes a woman's life an elysian journey.

A woman's desire

"Woman psychology"....
Well,I dont have an expertise on that.Being a woman,I have realised to some extent that we do think, behave alike in certain aspects.

Frank Sinatra in his book The Way You Wear Your Hat says...
"I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men,I don't understand them"

As far as Iam concerned ,I strongly believe that there cannot be any time frame to understand someone completely . Be it a Man/Woman.It all depends on how soon/frequently we get an opportunity to know them better.

But what can make a woman feel to be at the top of the world...
Some thing that makes her feel chill and happy...

Wealth ?.. No
Good Husband ?.. Yes ,to some extent
Good Children?.. Yes ,to some extent

Fine..But to full extent...?

Keep thinking...

Will give you a story as an answer for this in my next post :-)