My tryst with Fig 'n' honey ice-cream

Whenever i enter an ice-cream shop, i start telling myself from atleast half an hour before that that i will not end up eating CHOCOLATE ice-cream. I somehow am such a choco-crazy person that i always end up eating chocolate something for dessert. However, that does not mean that i am not an experimental kind of person. I have experimented a lot in sweets- choco chips ice cream, choco crunch, pure chocolate, choco nuts, choco caramel...name it and i have tasted it. But today was DIFFERENT. I actually entered a restaurant called "Old Fox" and did not let myself be distracted by the chocolate flavours. I tasted a couple of ones...rajbhog, crunchy caramel and fig 'n' honey (though the ice cream counter person pronounced it as figure honey :) To people who are choco-crazy like me or maybe any other flavour crazy (i have known people who eat only vanilla ice-cream...they dont know what they are missing in life!), let me tell you about this unique experience of mine. This is a yellow colour ice cream which has pieces of figs (brown coloured) in between of of the yellow ice-cream. I would recommend it in a cone. and it really tastes amazing! Now i categorize people in two kinds- one the very careful ice-cream eaters, who take care that the ice-cream does nt stick to their hands, mouth, head etc and who eat it before it starts melting down, and the second ones (no points for guessing- i fall in this category) the ones who enjoy ice-cream in a sloppy manner. hands, cheeks , mouth all covered with ice-cream and a constant competition with the ice-cream cone which threatens to melt down before you can eat it all. Let me tell the category 1 people to actually try and eat this item the category 2 way. Let your hair down, once in awhile! Try and compete with the fast melting icecream and be surprised by the figs you find yourself chewing in midst of the competition. Yumm! i can still taste it.

And for all the people out there who want to know whether figs 'n' honey actually tops all the chocolate flavours. Then you all will just have to wait till i taste choco crunch, choco caramel, choco nuts, pure chocolate, real chocolate, dark chocolate etc. again and i will be in a better position to compare! Till then Figs 'n' Honey is the love of the week.

Enjoy ice-creams. They melt away the troubles in life.

And Life goes on.......

Something changed one day
It happens to all, they say.
Life suddenly became so much appealing
You feel all the time, your heart just dances and sings

Have you ever felt just chirpy from inside?
As if you are God's only creation- everyone else is aside?
As the one who is blessed
Just so much luckier than the rest!

Your heart sings a tune that only you can hear
Your face gives out a smile-so endearing and dear
You can see the envy in everyone's eyes
"No one can be so happy- its all lies"

But you know what you feel is right
It could nt get better- you never felt this light
All your worries are not so material
Only the peace in you is so real

Do you ever ask yourself what are you to me?
Just close your eyes and imagine my face-you will see.
Do you see on my face- that peace, that smile?
You helped me get them back- made me travel miles...

…..Miles from the miseries I lived in
Where smiling a little seemed like a sin
Where I had given up myself to fate
Waiting for life to end…was nt it already too late?

But you came in, held me and made me see
Life has nt ended-you showed me the door with a key
I did nt want to go - I could nt fight
You told me I can make it- a new insight.

I trusted you and took one step
It was not all that bad.
I was scared of losing it all- I was so sad.
I did nt even know if there was anything that I still had.

There are times when I still stop and look behind
From where I came- and where I am with time
I think I know why God sent you to me
To help me know myself- To know YOUR MI.

I may be running ahead and you may feel that you cant see me anymore
You may feel that I don't need you now, now that I have found my door
Just know the fact that I can only run knowing you are with me
Your presence in my life is that door's key

I look around me and feel secure you are there
I can see it in your face- see that you care
What more could you do for anyone- how more could you help?
Its only because of you-that I found myself.