It only used to be in my dreams, it seems

Romantic beaches and lush flowery greens

Me and my Mr. Right wandering about

In my head, run millions of doubts

Is he the one I’ve been waiting for?

The one I’ll love? The one I’ll adore?

The one I’ll spend my entire life with?

Sounds less like a fact, more like a myth!

Will he love me? Will he care?

His whole life, with me he’ll share?

Tall, dark and handsome, he isn’t!

But there is nothing about him I resent

He has surely got a heart of gold

My hands, he’ll forever hold!

He is charming like a gentleman

He in my life, was God’s superb plan

He gently bends and whispers in my ear

“I’ll never let you shed, even a single tear

I promise to always keep you smiling

In every phase of life, I’ll be loving and caring!”

His words have definitely knocked me out

I want to get on a mountain peak and shout

“He’s definitely the one I’ve been waiting for

The one I’ll love? The one I’ll adore!

The one I’ll spend my entire life with,

It’s a fact now, no more a myth!”

by: Majida Shaheen 

P.S.: Majida is a frequent guest poster and a good friend. Thank You Majida for this post!

Ingredients:

1. Gelatin 38 grams

2. Tender Coconut 50 ml

3. Water 250ml

4. Heavy Cream 420ml

5. Raspberry Pulp 680gm

6. Egg White 142gm

7. Sugar 230gm

8. Del Monte® Fruits Naturals® Snacks (Mixed Berries, Cherry Mixed Fruit and Peach Chunks)

9. Del Monte® Very Cherry® Mixed Fruit in Light Syrup (if needed)

Procedure:

Before Preparation:

Assemble Del Monte® Fruits Naturals® Snacks that are to be used in the application of the Mallu Mousse.

Del Monte® Fruits Naturals® Mixed Berries

Del Monte® Fruits Naturals® Peach Chunks

Del Monte® Fruits Naturals® Cherry Mixed Fruit

Preparation:

1. Bloom the gelatin into the water.

2. Whip the heavy cream to the medium peaks. Cover and reserve under refrigeration.

3. Warm 340gms of raspberry pulp in a sauce pan. Remove from heat. Melt gelatin. Add the melted gelatin and stir to incorporate. Blend in the remaining 340gm pulp.

4. Combine the egg white and sugar in a mixed bowl. Add tender coconut. Set over a pot of simmering water and heat stirring constantly with a wire whip until mixture reached 63 degree centigrade. Transfer to the mixture and whip at high speed with the whip attachment until stiff peaks form. Continue beating until the meringue has completely cooled.

5. Cool the raspberry pulp gelatin mixture to 21 degree centigrade.

6. Gently blend approximately 1/3rd of the meringue into the raspberry pulp mixture to lighten it. Fold in the remaining meringue thoroughly incorporating it. Fold in the reserved whipped cream.

7. Immediately pipe or ladle into Del Monte® Fruits Naturals® Snacks mixture. Refrigerate until completely settled.

After Preparation:

This recipe can be served as a dessert after any meal, preferably after lunch. If required, use the Del Monte® Very Cherry® Mixed Fruit in Light Syrup as toppings. Bon Appetite!

Del Monte® Very Cherry®
Mixed Fruit in Light Syrup 

P.S.: This is an experimental recipe. Hope you enjoy trying to make it. This post is dedicated to the Del Monte Blogger Recipe Carnival on IndiBlogger.in. Please check out WorldFoody.com

The poor are not one of the worst humans to be alive on Earth. Even poor people survive. But my poverty can be a more caste-creed-religious based nuisance that never seems to end even though my parents lived a better life than their parents. Yes, time is not a great benefactor for our state of unresolved issues.

Time had its worst influence at times. The world around us just keeps getting richer and richer. Seeing how harsh the environment had been to us over the past few decades of migration, I decided to try and improve myself and become a better caste of person. But my ambitious thoughts won’t be enough. I’m merely myself! I can hardly vouch for my species of survivors all alone.

In some places they call us Gypsies, in other places; we are Scheduled Castes and Tribes. We don’t own anything on this Earth. So we keep moving from place to place trying to settle into whatever means of lifestyle we can afford.

Although we are denied basic education, I did my best to learn how to read, write and understand the world around me. I’m aware of a few basic languages for communication, but due to my ardent interest in foreign affairs of other humans, my tribe considers me a lunatic who overacts to reality. But let me ask you, what is reality? Is it the pride of the rich and the pain of the poor like us? I wish life was equal for everyone. No one would feel bad that way.

But today, I’m trying to change the person within me, who is soaked with the misconceptions of a scheduled gypsy. I’m trying to understand how much more human I am rather than how smitten I may look to the world. I’ve researched during my free time, and am more interested in learning about people and how they react.  

I make people happy for a living. Yes, I’m a joker to the world; a clown who forgets where he’s come from and is inclined towards the happiness of others. I am often lovetricuted by people who like me as a joker. Yes, I’m good at my profession. But it’s all behind a mask of white paint and red emotions! The person that I am is still an outsider to this world.

Her lips moved in

The void was filled

Passionvoked

I neared her…!

The smell of sweat,

Pulled me back,

Guiltified

Sweet betrayal!

She had on,

A woven cloak,

Greyetchened

On the darned floor.

The night was cold,

Turd like wind roared

Emisticated

What once felt gold!

Lost in that rain,

With no place to hide,

Selfsmittened

Flew our night…

Hiding his mind's flame, he makes you Smile!
Image Courtesy: Rodsbot.com

I write when I’m lonely. At night my mind plays tricks on me. Although I stay away from my tribe, I still believe I was born to make my people one with the societies of the world. Our world needs to coexist with the people of Earth for us to survive in the years to come. But, when will it soak no more for us?

-A Scheduled Clown

P.S.: A heartfelt approach is required to consider all our fellow humans as 'Humans'. I hope the reader has understood the consequences of a biased world we live in!

P.S.S: This post was written for the IndiBlogger SurfExcelMatic Contest. Please don't like this post unless your heart goes out to those who suffer.