Hershey's

Weather was so pleasant outside.I was in my lab on 8th floor of CDM.It took 3 hrs to render my image.Finally the computer crashed .It really pissed me off.

Hot cocoa in Hersheys is my all time fav.What makes it different is the tiny cocoa chips with hersheys coca syrup and whipped cream on the top.It brings smile on my face when I sit on the bean bag in Hersheys and sip cocoa watching people who are so busy in their own schedules.To end a dull and tiresome day it is always good to have a hot cocoa.Giggle..Seems to me like an ad.I visit Hersheys daily and have a hot cup of cocoa.The closer you bring the cup to ur lips the more your eye lids close and that is a sign of relishing.I wonder how these cocoa beans which are so bitter turns in to yummmyyy drink. How much I wished to marry a guy who works in a Chocolate shop so that I can have chocolates every single day at free of cost Giggle…(JK)

Days passed on and slowly the weather turned out to be more cold.I became quite busy with my job ,assignments and other projects.It has been so many days since I visited hershey's.One day I thought how ever busy I was that day, I should visit hershey's .It was around 5:45 pm.I went walking to hersheys.The cashier was a cute little guy who serves me more cocoa chips in my hot cocoa.I like him.I turned around to get my seat.But there was some one else who sat there.I wondered who that person was.Whoever she is, I never bothered to look at her.Her back was facing me.I sat behind her.Our backs were facing each other.I felt like as if that place was just for me in Hersheys.I realized by then that once you lost the touch of whatever it is, it goes far away from you.That thought was too much for this reason. “Lost in touch “ phrase reminds me of something.

Trinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg……… Hate this bell sound.I came back from school and threw my shoes and socks which made my mom upset day by day.Did I care?I never did. Throw is the only word I knew for objects.I never put anything in a proper place.Went in to my room and took my cute little cordless phone and called my friend Pooja.she is the best friend of mine.We never used to have hours of chat over the phone but we speak every day over the phone for some important things.Giggle..The day I called her was Friday.There is a reason as to why we talk on that day.Becasue we discuss what to wear on Saturday .We get to wear lots of junk and try to look as pretty as we can with lots of funky stuff.And Friday night we try everything on us infront of mirror.Mom really hates this.Ofcourse they do.

It’s a colorful day and that’s Saturday.I was eagerly waiting for the school bus to come and see my friend how she got dressed and to show off my stuff.Giggle….Here the bus comes.We said hi to each other and we sat together all the time.We sat in the same bench.We don’t like playing games and spent our time chating and gosipping by hiding behind the trees.My games teacher was very strict when it comes to physical training.We never cared though.We went together to the class and ofcourse all the girls try to look at us in a way that they can never dress up like how we did.It turns out to be who looks good on Saturdays.Myself and my friend Pooja spoke about all the stuff like, how to look cool and pretty and many things like that.We were good at studies too.We studied together by having a time table.Lovely time. I call her Poo .Little jealous if some one else calls her poo for I am her best friend.She never used to care if some one calls poo and that is time where I fight with her that she is “my” best friend and not some one else’s.We exchange some stuff like hair bands,scrunchies,ear rings,shoes,rings except for our dresses.Giggle….And this is how our satrday just ends after a long time plan of how to get ready for Saturday.By the time bell rings we walk together to the bus and I see to that no one sits in our place and if some one dares to sit they are done for that eve.Poo is so soft in her voice and she always asked me to be so nice to ones who go against us.I never agreed for that.

That Saturday I was so eager to go home.Poo was so sad that she will miss me till Monday morning.I told her not to feel bad about that for I will call her in the evening.The reason I was so eager to get home was that my aunt(my mom’s sister) is going to come from USA after 5 years.It has been so long since I saw her and she has got a baby boy and that’s my little brother.By the time I reach home she will be in my grandma's home.I had a long smile on my face.Poo was happy to hear this.And my stop has arrived and said bye to poo.I got down from the bus.Usually I get down from the bus and go to the place where she sits and touch her fingers to say bye again.That's a sign for us which means see ya tommorow.That evening I got down from the bus and walked a lil distance and I heard some one calling me Bins.Poo called me..Ahhhhhhhh I forgot to touch her fingers to say bye…Huh….The bus was about the start.I ran and touched her fingers. By the time I turned back I saw a cycle heading towards me and that guy lost his balance and pushed me .I got hurt but never cared and went home running.I never bothered to think what class works are pending for Monday morning.Do I really care???Giggle..

My mom stood outside and asked me to put things in a proper place and only if I put them I will be going with them to grandma’s home.I nodded my head and had difficult time in placing things in order for I have never done that.I was dressed up so well as my aunt is going to see me after 5 years.I wanted to show off to my aunt.I called Poo and told her that I will not be home to night .I reached grandma’s home and ran upstairs and hugged my aunt and cried out loud, out of happiness went running to see my baby brother .My mom hit me on my head to low my voice and to stop my talk for sometime.I never cared .I did what I want to.Ofcourse I do care when she puts me in to a dark room or hits me hard enough on my cheek.My aunt took me to her room and surprised me by giving chocolates. Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm …..Was I waiting for the chocolates or my aunt???? I thought for a sec. And chocolate appeared in my mind and aunt in my heart.Giggle……So that’s very fine.All were Hersheys.There are bars,nuggets,cocoa powder,caramel filled,dark,almond covered with choc,syrup,peanut butter filled,raspberry filled.Ahhh…..I got remembered of nothing when I saw all of that.Icalled Poo form my grabdma's home and told her what aunt gifted.She was so eager to taste them all.
And the night just went on and finally I slept after hiding chocolates in my secret place.

Back to school on Monday morning.I took different choclates of Hershey's to school especially for Poo.Maths class was going on.She was teaching us Geometry and I remember so well what she was teaching.It was about Trapezium.And I took out hersheys nugget and told poo that it has the same shape as what teacher is teaching about.A rude one from behind asked me to stop showing off.I and Poo were eagerly waiting for break time to eat them.During the lunch time we went to our old banyan tree where we sit on a crude granite stone bench and had all the chocolates and told her a lot about hersheys.I read a book my aunt got and she told me a lot about that choclate store too.Poo liked them so much.As soon as the bus reached my stop when I was about the say bye to her she asked me to bring in more hersheys the next day.I asked mom if I can take half of them to my friend poo.She never said no to anything when it comes to Poo .She knows how much she means to me.

So this went on till my choclates are done one day.My aunt flew to Chicago and promised me that she will get more Hersheys the next time she flew to India.I was so happy.And days went on and we were in our tenth grade.Things went pretty serious when it's about studies.The day has come finally to bid bye to all of our friends and especially to Poo.We both had tears in our eyes.Never thought that day would come to part us.We finally ate our cake and said bye to all of them.Myself and Poo had great silence for sometime.We got in to the bus and sat in our place and tears went rolling out of our eyes slowly.We hid each other faces inorder not to show any ofour expressions to each other.My stop has arrived and I got down and said bye to her and touched her fingers.I gave her a brown bag and asked her to open that as soon as she reaches home.She was so fair and lovely that her cheeks turned pink and said bye.I waited till the bus took a turn and kept waving my hand .I expected her call as soon as she reaches home.It takes 15 more minutes for her stop and 15 more minutes to walk home.There was no call from her.My mom arranged a party to night as I was done with my school.I was busy in the party and the phone rang .Dad told me that it was Poo .I ran and scolded her for not caling me so soon.She burst in to tears and said that she will be moving to North soon and thanked me for my gift.That brown bag had Hershey's choclates which I asked my aunt to send.Poo said she will mail me the number as soon as she reaches there.The party kept me little busy and days went on.Poo left and she never called me.By this time my number has changed.Even if Poo calls she can never reach me.That is how we lost in touch.

Huh......(sighing).......Now I am at hersheys looking in to the empty cup and thinking if at all I can meet her again.How much we like hersheys...And slowly got up to go home.and some one from behind bymistake pushed me and turned back to say sorry.I was like shocked for a moment.We looked at hersheys cup and smiled and tears in our eyes and what are we waiting for!Hugs and hugs...It was Poooooooooooooooooooooo. We didn't speak for a moment.Eager to know how the voices are changed ,eager to know how we changed in different ways.We walked together and spoke for a along time.She settled here in USA and came to Chicago for her husband's conference.As she was walking by she saw hersheys and got remembered of what I told you all for so long.She sat in the same place where I used to sit.She got remembered of the past when she saw Hersheys and I got remembered of the past when I thought of the phrase lost in touch ,but we met because of Hersheys.Thanks to Hersheys.Long live Hersheys which made us to meet after a long long time.This time we made sure of our contacts,emails,phone numbers and whatever we can to stay in touch forever from then.

Hershey's

"Girl=Chocolate "

I was just waiting for the class to get finished.Last hour of a tiresome day.I hate to keep my friends waiting for me to go to cafe.Last five minutes are like 5 long hours.I am fed up with my last hour of the day.Ding dong...Clock struck 5:00.Who likes to carry the books to cafe ?Just the nerds.I left my books in my class and went to cafe.Few pairs(a guy and a girl)standing outside the cafe as if they don't have seating capacity inside,were talking so seriously ..actually forgot the world,don't even bother to take care of the stuff they got to eat.Oh my!! Ice cream dripping on his shirt,chutney falling from his plate,juice falling from his glass,bits falling from his puff and cakes and what not everything falls down when they are in their world with their girlfriends standing outside the cafe.God knows what they talk.We friends tried many times to overhear their conversation but it sounded like Greek and Latin to us.With elbows on our table,chins resting on our soft palm,sipping juice once in a while we were watching lovely pairs,handsome singles,sad breakups and new comers.This is what you think we girls go to cafe for.No way.Ofcourse yes sometimes.We discuss about love which has never happened to any of us in our gang of friends.We wonder how that would be if it happens to any one of us.Meanwhile I wanted to have an other glass of grape juice.Two guys were waiting for their juices at the counter.So I got to wait for 15 minutes and I really hate waiting at the counters.Senior guys come in between the line.And you know how???They look at us as if they are the dons of the college.If they are quite skinny I would kick them for sure.But they are all huge.Their looks make us go a step back .How bad ..It's all fun though.A guy behind me was talking to another guy.As I had nothing to do my ears paid attention to their conversation which I thought would be sick but guess what?? Later....Let's say A and B guys.Don't want to name them for if they read my blog they are going to shoot me for sure.B guy was telling to a guy that he wants to break up with his girlfriend.I thought that he must have had enough with her irritating stuff.But it's not that.B found a new girl who is more beautiful than the present one.A guy told B then that it's not good to have a break up just because B saw an other girl who is so beautiful.But B was very stubborn and thought that A must be a nerd.He started teaching something to A.We had a chocolate counter next to juice counter.I couldn't understand why B started showing a the chocolate counter.Let me wait and listen.B started like this. Girls are just like chocolates.We taste every chocolate and so is the same with girls.But we eat one at a time and eat that the next time.He asked A if there is anything wrong in doing that.A said no.B said to A that this is the same way.Girls are similar to chocolates.I liked her as she was good.But I found a better girl ,so leaving this girl is not all that bad and when you find the best go for that.No hard feelings.This is what B said to A.Like a bull A started nodding his head.Huh...I was startled.I walked away from the juice counter.My friends asked me if it was crowded.I said yeah...
Note: Not to hurt any one.Guys who read it please don't take it to heart.I did no generalization here.If it doesn't make sense to you "readers" ..I can't help it as this is what they conversed and what I say about this is "Non-sense".Just to let you all know that these kinda things are stupid and funny.

Best Place

When some one asks me ,which is the best place in this world?????? You know what I say....The best place in this world is the mother's hug.I really haven't seen anything like that before and I am sure that I will not see anything like that even in my future.Do you know why god made mothers?Because he couldn't be on earth.Express love to your mom.Expressions mean so much and they should be really meant.Or else you don't know if you can be in the same family or with the same people in the next life "if you are born".

Birthday Special

For many years I kept thinking that a person's birthday is the best day in his/her life.It's true for me.I don't celebrate my birthday by throwing a party but got a different way to celebrate.Say tomorrow is my birthday and the last night just before 12:00 seems to be so exciting for that is going to be my birthday.Tickling in my stomach,heart overfilled with happiness,a sparkle in my eyes showing joy,and tick tick tick here it goes....Happy birthday Bindu...Tring tring...hello...tring tring again..Lots of phone calls and loads of heartfull wishes.Oh my god!! what a pleasant day.Each and every birthday there would be at least two calls where I would get from people who were my school friends and with whom I lost touch for few years.Don't you think it's so nice to get phone calls from them???I like it that way.Mom calls me and wishes with loads and carts of love..don't have words to explain.

But this all seems to be not true and fine in every one's life as I thought it was.Let me tell you what exactly it is.I happened to meet a person who got introduced to me a few months before.This happened a long time back though.Say the person is Nina.Don't want to reveal the names here.Nina is a nice person.Sometimes you get close to people very soon for there is no reason as to why and how.Her birthday was on Feb 10th.I came to know that just few days back.So decided to give her awesome gift with full of love.So went to a shop where I found a beautiful piece.I don't know why but I very much wanted to take that for her.That piece was like.. a lady and a man who are blessing a little girl from a level above her.They seem to me like angels.And the small girl with an innocent look with her head up looking at them.Very touching gift piece.When I went on Feb9 12:00 and opened her door and woke her up kindly.She asked me if there is any problem.I said i think so.She got up.I took her to a dark room where candles were lit and slowly wished her "Happy Birthday Nina" with that gift piece .Guess what?? the gift piece made of glass was amazing in the candles lit room.She was so so happy .Her joy knew no bounds.Tears which are very warm rolled out her eyes.She trembled with fear.Seemed to me like that.I made her sit and asked as to what exactly happened.She told me this.....

She lost her parents in a car accident.No siblings.No good relatives.Living with her grand parents.Knows when her birthday is, but never did anything special.Just like any other day she said.Kinda dull from the time she lost her parents and imagine how that would be.Even a special day of ours seems to be so dull with no loved ones around.No one to appreciate.Her grand parents think her as a burden.But just takes care of her for they have to.She hardly remembers her 1st birthday and before her 2nd birthday it seems she lost her asset.This is her 20th birthday which made her think like there's light in her darkness of life and that is lit by candles in a dark room.Darkness in room is what she has in her life and candle light is the brightness what she is expecting to have from that day.She will.She liked the gift so much.Seems to her like her mom and dad are blessing her from heaven.She took that gift kept close to the heart and the painful tears what she had from a long time were let out and she told me that if I am the one who is sent by god to her to heal her pain.This birthday is unforgettable one in her last 19 years.She thanked me so much.

I was so much touched by the way she reacted and came to know that not in every one's life bday is so special.Few have their own pains which were not revealed out.Then I came to know that I do not know anything about the pain.But at that minute I had so much of pain in my heart when I thought that we are all people and no one person lives the same as the other does.Not every ones happy as others are.Understanding hearts and making them feel so good is the best way to feel happy.That was the happiest day in my 20 years of life.

What else a friend needs???Love is all around...

Everything happens For a Reason

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there…to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be but you lock eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.And sometimes things happen to you at the time that may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would never realize your potential, strength, will power or heart.
Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of luck. Illness, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test limits of your soul.Without these small tests, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.
The people you meet affect your life. The successes and downfalls that you experience can create whom you are, and the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact they are probably the most poignant and important ones. If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them because they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart.
If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but also because they are teaching you to love and open your heart and eyes to little things. Make every day count. Appreciate everything that you possibly can, for you may never experience it again.
Talk to people whom you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. Hold you head up because you have every right to.Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you. Create you own life and then go out and live it.

Chocolate

An article entitled Remedies: Dark Chocolate Similar to Blood Pressure Drugs by NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Published April 24, 2007 in the New York Times reports that eating dark chocolate may be almost as effective at lowering blood pressure as taking the most common anti hypertensive drugs, a review of studies has found.The study appears in the April 9 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine. It reports that four of the five studies on chocolate found reduced blood pressure after eating.The magnitude of the effect of eating three and a half ounces of dark chocolate a day was clinically significant.Just another great reason to love chocolate.

Have you ever heard of Chocolography.It is a newly patented technology that makes it possible to reproduce any picture, image, or message right on the surface of delicious chocolate.Yummmmm..........Feels like heaven..

The percentages listed on a chocolate bar represent the amount of cocoa butter and cacao solids by weight. The rest is largely sugar. Depending on the quality of the bar, there might be other additives present, like vanillin or lecithin, but they generally total less than one percent. Milk chocolate must have a certain percentage (12% minimum) of either powdered or condensed milk added as well.

Chocolate comes in the following levels of sweetness, from least to most added sugar:

* Unsweetened chocolate (which is exactly what it sounds like; it's also sometimes called baking chocolate).
* Dark
* Bittersweet
* Semisweet
* Milk Chocolate

White chocolate is made from cocoa butter, without any cocoa solids, so it's technically not chocolate at all.

Cocoa, which is key to the distinctive chocolate taste in baked goods and candies, comes in two styles: Natural (non-alkalized), and Dutch-processed (alkalized). These should not be confused with the instant sweetened versions intended for hot chocolate.

Cocoa powders are primarily used for baking, but make top-notch hot drinks when mixed with sugar to balance their bitter taste. Natural cocoas, like Hershey's or Ghirardelli, tend to be lighter in color than Dutch-processed varieties like Droste. Which is "better" on the taste front? Some bakers prefer the direct chocolate flavor of natural cocoa, while others vote for the mellowness of Dutch.

However, when using chemical leaveners (baking powder or soda), make sure to use the type of cocoa called for in the recipe. Natural cocoas are acidic enough to activate the baking soda in cakes and cookies; alkaline Dutch cocoas should be used in recipes that rely solely on baking powder for their lift.

Storing:
Keep chocolate wrapped well, in a cool, dry place (not the fridge). Milk chocolate keeps for up to a year; dark for even longer. If the chocolate develops white dots or streaks on the outside, that's called "bloom." It means the cocoa butter has become un-emulsified (separated), but it's still perfectly safe to eat.

Chocolate Varieties: Bittersweet & Semisweet: In general, we find that bittersweet and semisweet can be used interchangeably in recipes without altering the outcome. The flavors of each individual chocolate, however, can be quite different, so taste each one before baking with it. If the chocolate is flat and bland, a chocolate mousse made with it is likely to be bland as well.

Although bittersweet lends an intense chocolate flavor, it often lacks the roundness that works well in chocolate mousse or truffles. It's a good choice for recipes such as bundt cake or soufflé, where the chocolate flavor needs to stand up to many other ingredients.

We find semisweet to often have rounder, fruitier qualities that work well in mousses, truffles and any recipe where the outcome depends heavily on the inherent flavor of the chocolate.

Chips & Chunks:Chocolate chips or chunks are best used only as add-ins to recipes; they shouldn't be used for melting or in the place of chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate. These chocolates have a different level of cocoa butter content, as they're designed to hold their shape when baked. As a result, they have a different texture in baked goods from melted baking chocolate.

Unsweetened:Unsweetened chocolate (chocolate in its rawest tasting form) is unpalatable and therefore hard to taste on its own. This is a case where the appearance (dull or shiny) and the aroma may be your best clues as to its quality, intensity and flavor. Unsweetened chocolate is almost always used in recipes like brownies, where the addition of granulated sugar contributes to the texture of the finished baked good.

Love you chocolate...