Musings of an Idiot

FIVE

My blog postings seem to have become kinda irregular but it is nothing that I am doing consciously. It just happens that times become so hectic that it is virtually impossible to muster up enough energy put my thoughts into words.

We are re-submitting 'Nowhere to Love' for Screen Innovation Production Fund, since we have postponed the movie and that makes us eligible to apply for fund without breaking any rules. A big chunk of the Sunday went into writing the director's notes for the application, which is critical to the application. So here is keeping fingers crossed for this round- will get to know about the grants by the end of October.

On the other hand - I have started picking up the pace for 'Five' since that is now closer to production. The first draft of the script in a couple of days away but we now have four of the five main characters cast and most of the crew is on board, so this is definitely gonna be an ultra low budget outing. And the idea with this one is to work with a really small team - 5 cast and 5 crew to make the movie happen in a short period of time - it would be a tough shot but also an awesome experience and heaps of fun. So now - I am working on the workflow in order to make this movie happen. Hopefully I should have something nailed down in a couple of weeks. I also need to put my head down and come with a concept and design for the website for 'Five' and create it soon...and that's not counting the updates and modifications I have to do for 'Nowhere' website. Hmmmm.....might have to wait till the shifting to the new place is complete.

Yeah - in the process of shifting to the new place and most of the major stuff is now there, just got the smaller things left at the current place. I have also been frequenting 'trademe' - a nz based online auction site quite a bit, bidding on items which i would be needing at the new place like a refrigerator (managed to get a second hand one for real cheap) etc...Moving houses is always a bit of a pain because of the costs involved but for this new place- it is worth it.

I cooked an experimental chicken dish and it turned out really good - it has a sweeteness to it when you put it in your mouth but then has a slight bite to it as you eat it further. Benji was a little apprehensive when he saw me cooking because he was unsure of the ingredients I was using. He reluctantly took a small tasting sample and after tasting it he said "This is definitely one of the better dishes you have made. You can definitely sell it for money and people would be willing to buy it." - which I guess is a compliment. How did I cook it? I took a teaspoon of olive oil in a wok and heated it up and added 400 gm of diced chicken to it. Then I added about 3-4 table spoons of honey to the pot and cooked the chicken in it. Once the chicken turned light brown {after about 12-15 minutes on high heat} I ground some fresh pepper onto it and cooked it some more and then added a sprinkling of south african salt called 'Marina Braai Salt'. After it is turned brown I added a can of wattie's tomato chunks with garlic and olive oil. I also added a couple of dashes of Nando's Hot Peri-Peri Sauce to the mixture and added half a glass of water and let the chicken cook till it was done. The total dish took about 30 minutes to prepare and I had it on white rice and it was a real treat.

Anyway my eyes are shutting themselves down. Time to go to bed.
Till later,
Amit

[P.S - NZ is the 4th most dangerous country to drive your motor vehicle in, coming behind Thailand, South Africa and India.....this is hilarious.....considering that everyone here considers driving practices and conditions in India outrageous. Here is the News Link if you wanna read further.]

Labels: Five, Food, Nowhere to Love

posted by Amit @ 9:07 PM