Sandwiches, burgers, pizzas - I get tired of this very soon. But dal, chawal - never! Cooked this on the weekend and was praising the simple dish very much. I fried arwi to go with it. It was a royal lunch for me! Royalty reminds me - I had been to a student's house recently. I had to stay back for her and did not take the bus as she had offered to drop me to DQ. After our meeting, we left together in the car [which of course is a luxurious car - oh you know....] and as she lived nearby - she was to get off first and the driver would take me home. As we neared her house, she started inviting me home - after a couple of no nos, I agreed. Her family is in Jeddah and she came just to meet me and submit the coop monthly reports.
So we drive into this compound with remote sensored gates. We pass by a villa which is where her brothers hang out and then we go to the main house. And what a house! My first visit to a princess' house. M is very modest - she kept saying her house is smaller compared to other girls' I know. So 'small' is 4-5 large living rooms 'saloons' with TVs, 2 dining rooms, 1 study room, kitchen, a couple of bed rooms, swimming pool and a garden with children's trampoline etc. That's the lower level. On the first floor which is M's 'my area' has apart from her married sister's room [she stays there when she visits them] and a room for her sister's children, a kitchen, a living area with TV of course, and her bedroom. Her bedroom is itself like an apartment - area wise - with an adjoining all mirrored dressing room leading to a large bathroom!
If this is 'small' house, I wonder how 'big' the big houses would be!!
I am lucky that all the four girls from the royal family I have taught are brilliant, hardworking and career-minded. As they are very close knit families, they have 100 social gatherings to attend - in spite of that they never neglected their studies. They party till 5am when there is a wedding and then attend a class at 8am sometimes! A good insight into their lives....
So we drive into this compound with remote sensored gates. We pass by a villa which is where her brothers hang out and then we go to the main house. And what a house! My first visit to a princess' house. M is very modest - she kept saying her house is smaller compared to other girls' I know. So 'small' is 4-5 large living rooms 'saloons' with TVs, 2 dining rooms, 1 study room, kitchen, a couple of bed rooms, swimming pool and a garden with children's trampoline etc. That's the lower level. On the first floor which is M's 'my area' has apart from her married sister's room [she stays there when she visits them] and a room for her sister's children, a kitchen, a living area with TV of course, and her bedroom. Her bedroom is itself like an apartment - area wise - with an adjoining all mirrored dressing room leading to a large bathroom!
If this is 'small' house, I wonder how 'big' the big houses would be!!
I am lucky that all the four girls from the royal family I have taught are brilliant, hardworking and career-minded. As they are very close knit families, they have 100 social gatherings to attend - in spite of that they never neglected their studies. They party till 5am when there is a wedding and then attend a class at 8am sometimes! A good insight into their lives....
your daal, rice and arbi fry made my mouth water and changed my mind about having salad for lunch going for daal and brinjal fry :)
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