It has been 3 eventful months and a lot has been going on - both in the professional as well as the personal front but i have not felt like putting my heart out in the open for people to read what's in it and jump to their own conclusions....
today i just felt like penning down something. I have been writing for a few years now...I always loved writing big, long letters to my friend. S is a childhood friend of mine. They stayed a few houses down our block- in fact her parents are still here. we have been friends for a long time now- for over 20 years.
Anyways, in between this time, her father got transferred to Coimbatore and the family shifted there. her grand-parents and uncle were here. Her father would come every once in a while to BLR. R & me would keep all kinds of innovative ways of communication channels open with her. We would record what we wanted to tell her in a cassette (anyone remember that any more??) and send it through her father to her. Where as I would also write her long letters - sometimes 6-long book sheets long. I loved writing even then :-)!
For someone who came from a Kannada medium (me) - it was not hard to write at all. All those letters are well preserved but she told me only recently - that she would get bored to read so much and just skim through the pages to know the important info :-) :-)
So, one fine day, I decided I will start blogging and HAPPY-GO-LUCKY came into being.
Along the way, i became a little dejected thinking no one was reading them, even if they were reading -there were no comments and I thought of stopping it but my daughter has been an inspiration.
I wrote about something concerning her - something that happened last year, she makes me tell the story to everyone & anyone who will listen - So, finally for her sake i have continued to write...
If nothing else, I am leaving her with a legacy on an electronic-medium, which will be here forever imprinted for her to read, remember and contemplate what her mothers thoughts were on her, or other subjects.
May be when she grows up she will learn something from it- if nothing, just to have fun!!
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Hahahaha!!!!!
After a long and tiring day at work, I had to take it home and bed as well. I was working till about 12am and in a really stressed, frustrated & mean mood.
Then my hubby put a movie- Bol Bachan
And then the laughathon started. I think after judging 2 seasons of Laughter Challenge, Rohit Shetty has really gone above being bonkety-bonkers!! This is a complete no-brainer comedy.
It is 12.30am in the morning and I am sitting here and laughing like no man's business and not even bothered about what anybody will think...
The dialogues are -
pest-control yourself - just control yourself
this is not my cup of lassi- this is not my cup of tea
necessity is the mother of discovery chanel - necessity is the mother of invention
mein uski nazron se gir gaya - my eyes have fallen from my face
honesty is the best policy - honesty is the best mutual policy
huh?? dialogues?? what dialogues??
But whatever they are - I am laughing like my side seams are splitting and ending up with a stomach ache!!
Hahaha- loving it!!!
Then my hubby put a movie- Bol Bachan
And then the laughathon started. I think after judging 2 seasons of Laughter Challenge, Rohit Shetty has really gone above being bonkety-bonkers!! This is a complete no-brainer comedy.
It is 12.30am in the morning and I am sitting here and laughing like no man's business and not even bothered about what anybody will think...
The dialogues are -
pest-control yourself - just control yourself
this is not my cup of lassi- this is not my cup of tea
necessity is the mother of discovery chanel - necessity is the mother of invention
mein uski nazron se gir gaya - my eyes have fallen from my face
honesty is the best policy - honesty is the best mutual policy
huh?? dialogues?? what dialogues??
But whatever they are - I am laughing like my side seams are splitting and ending up with a stomach ache!!
Hahaha- loving it!!!
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
63rd Independence Day!
For some time now, I have been thinking about posting something-anything on my blog! It’s been really long. I have been here. There is a lot of stuff going on – on the professional as well as the personal front. There have been these sudden itches where I feel like putting my thoughts & feelings down but there is nothing near me – to record it. That’s been the case for a while now.
So, get ready to go on a roller-coaster ride with me soon…
For a starter, I can start with the 15th of August – our 63rd Independence Day. I did a lot that day.
But there was also a blast from the past which took me on a whirlwind ride down memory lane to the 50th Independence Day I celebrated.
That was the year I was in the 2nd year of college, some of us school friends were still in touch then. We used to go to School once in a while – for Independence day, school day etc,.
We came to know that our seniors had planned a get-together of sorts on the 50th Independence day in our school. What better way to celebrate it??
The theme was we would all meet there in all our glorious Indian wear – by flaunting the colors of the flag. We went there in our pristine white salwar kameezes with orange, green and blue dupattas.
We were all so happy to be back in school. I can’t really explain that feeling of belonging somewhere- Our School, where we spent the best part of our growing up years and adolescence. We had just left this sheltered place to pursue the next level of Academics and were really trying our best to get accepted wherever we went.
So, It was really a wonderful feeling to be back in school and we were the SENIORS!! That feeling it self was out of this world.
So, get ready to go on a roller-coaster ride with me soon…
For a starter, I can start with the 15th of August – our 63rd Independence Day. I did a lot that day.
But there was also a blast from the past which took me on a whirlwind ride down memory lane to the 50th Independence Day I celebrated.
That was the year I was in the 2nd year of college, some of us school friends were still in touch then. We used to go to School once in a while – for Independence day, school day etc,.
We came to know that our seniors had planned a get-together of sorts on the 50th Independence day in our school. What better way to celebrate it??
The theme was we would all meet there in all our glorious Indian wear – by flaunting the colors of the flag. We went there in our pristine white salwar kameezes with orange, green and blue dupattas.
We were all so happy to be back in school. I can’t really explain that feeling of belonging somewhere- Our School, where we spent the best part of our growing up years and adolescence. We had just left this sheltered place to pursue the next level of Academics and were really trying our best to get accepted wherever we went.
So, It was really a wonderful feeling to be back in school and we were the SENIORS!! That feeling it self was out of this world.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Hot Hot Jalebis
The weather in “namma Bengalooru” is turning chilly and cold. This is the best time have all those mouth-watering chats and hot Jalebis.
Talking of Jalebis brings up fond memories for me from one of my innumerous trips across India when I was younger. My father was working for the KPTCL (earlier KEB) and we would do 2 trips every year in our school holidays.
During one of these trips – it was a piligrimage through North India, we went to Allahabad in Uttarpradesh, which is one of the holy places and figures in most of the Piligrimages. In the ancient times, it was called as Prayaga. This is also one of the places where the Kumbh Mela happens – the other 3 being Haridwar, Ujjain & Nashik. This city is situated at the Triveni Sangam – a confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati.
So, to come back to the Jalebis We had gone to this place because of its holiness. We had to bathe in the river at the point of the Sangam (where the 3 rivers met). We were taken by boat to this point, where we could get into the water and take bath (or rather just immerse ourselves once and get out on to the boat) the water was very shallow here.
After the bath, we had a long way to walk to the lodge where we were staying and we were simply very tired and hungry and the task of walking such a distance was very daunting indeed!
My mother, brother and sister had already walked off and my father and I were left behind when we saw a guy making hot Jalebis by the river. Both of us were so happy at the prospect of eating that would give us the stamina to go the remaining distance. We went to the vendor and bought 1/2kg of fresh-hot jalebis. We ate them (literally gobbled them up like there was no tomorrow) and relished every single bite we took.
This Jalebi eating experience has stayed so fresh in my memory even after almost 20 years. This is also one of the memories that we father-daughter share till date.
Every time we see Jalebis we go back in time on the memory lane to relive it!!
Talking of Jalebis brings up fond memories for me from one of my innumerous trips across India when I was younger. My father was working for the KPTCL (earlier KEB) and we would do 2 trips every year in our school holidays.
During one of these trips – it was a piligrimage through North India, we went to Allahabad in Uttarpradesh, which is one of the holy places and figures in most of the Piligrimages. In the ancient times, it was called as Prayaga. This is also one of the places where the Kumbh Mela happens – the other 3 being Haridwar, Ujjain & Nashik. This city is situated at the Triveni Sangam – a confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati.
So, to come back to the Jalebis We had gone to this place because of its holiness. We had to bathe in the river at the point of the Sangam (where the 3 rivers met). We were taken by boat to this point, where we could get into the water and take bath (or rather just immerse ourselves once and get out on to the boat) the water was very shallow here.
After the bath, we had a long way to walk to the lodge where we were staying and we were simply very tired and hungry and the task of walking such a distance was very daunting indeed!
My mother, brother and sister had already walked off and my father and I were left behind when we saw a guy making hot Jalebis by the river. Both of us were so happy at the prospect of eating that would give us the stamina to go the remaining distance. We went to the vendor and bought 1/2kg of fresh-hot jalebis. We ate them (literally gobbled them up like there was no tomorrow) and relished every single bite we took.
This Jalebi eating experience has stayed so fresh in my memory even after almost 20 years. This is also one of the memories that we father-daughter share till date.
Every time we see Jalebis we go back in time on the memory lane to relive it!!
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Maavu Mania!!
Before I start writing let me tell all my blogger friends out there that "Maavu" in Kannada means Mango - The king of summer!! The summer holidays and the mangoes have always gone hand in hand for me. Some of the best memories of my childhood have mangoes as the main character...
In the summer holidays, we used to go to our native - which is about 50 kms from where i stay now :-) I know everyone is not so fortunate enough! :-))
So, we would be about 8-10 of us at any given time and my uncle used to get basket full of mangoes home.
Each of us would get a mango after lunch! yes! you heard me right! we would get 1 each and not more...we would eat them in limit and relish each and every bite we would take. The way the juice would trckle down our hand and the way we would lick it! ummmm... (this explanation reminds me of the Aamsutra ad ;-)!!!) but that is how it was I promise!
We also had a mango tree in our front yard - we used to get someone to climb the tree and pluck the raw mangoes! the amazing combinatons we would get of raw mango, a little salt and a little chilli powder..yummy-licious!!!
The mango tree that bore so many fruits year after year for us is no more - it had to be felled as it had aged but the memories will never be erased from all our minds! It still is like movie running infront of my eyes...waiting for the mangoes to be thrown down, pleading with aunt to mix it for us and finally waiting for our turn to taste it!!!
In the summer holidays, we used to go to our native - which is about 50 kms from where i stay now :-) I know everyone is not so fortunate enough! :-))
So, we would be about 8-10 of us at any given time and my uncle used to get basket full of mangoes home.
Each of us would get a mango after lunch! yes! you heard me right! we would get 1 each and not more...we would eat them in limit and relish each and every bite we would take. The way the juice would trckle down our hand and the way we would lick it! ummmm... (this explanation reminds me of the Aamsutra ad ;-)!!!) but that is how it was I promise!
We also had a mango tree in our front yard - we used to get someone to climb the tree and pluck the raw mangoes! the amazing combinatons we would get of raw mango, a little salt and a little chilli powder..yummy-licious!!!
The mango tree that bore so many fruits year after year for us is no more - it had to be felled as it had aged but the memories will never be erased from all our minds! It still is like movie running infront of my eyes...waiting for the mangoes to be thrown down, pleading with aunt to mix it for us and finally waiting for our turn to taste it!!!
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Triology - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
I just finished reading the Triology from Steig Larsson - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire & The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest.
I went to RN's place on the 30th of April, wanting to pick up a book to read. It was sometime since I had read anything serious and big. I had some errand on the 1st which required me to wait for more than an hour in some place. So, RN gave me these books. I asked her to give me 1 at a time but she told me take all three - you will read it one after the other.
I took them home and my Tryst with Lisbeth Salander and Michael Kalle Blomkvist began...
I was so bowled over by the character that Stieg has put across. She is the ultimate in what she does - she does it so perfectly. doesnt get affected by what anyone thinks of her. She gives a damn. Imagine, someone who has a photographic memory, who just by looking at a complex formula once can know how it is and how to solve it.
But, howmuchever i liked the character, the book set forth in me a raging war against all values and beliefs. It goes on to tell you about the complexity of relationships. It Shreds into pieces the trust you have on marriage as an institution. It makes you wonder if you were thought the right thing and somewhere along the way all of it were lost and a new system came into place. It Makes you think hard - if it really happens and you are just too narrow-minded and it your own little safe & secure world.
I know- "this is not a book review, just my view!"
A collegue and I were discussing all the stuff that happens in this book and we thought - as Steig died just after submitting the manuscript, the publishing house did not bother to do any editing as a tribute to him! :-)
The first book was amazingly awesome but the 2nd & 3rd just take a toll on you, makes you skip pages like (a lot of them)
Finally, I finished the book 1 & 2 in a week each but the 3rd book took me for ever to complete but I am done now. I still feel it will take me a while to digest everything I learnt from it!!!
I went to RN's place on the 30th of April, wanting to pick up a book to read. It was sometime since I had read anything serious and big. I had some errand on the 1st which required me to wait for more than an hour in some place. So, RN gave me these books. I asked her to give me 1 at a time but she told me take all three - you will read it one after the other.
I took them home and my Tryst with Lisbeth Salander and Michael Kalle Blomkvist began...
I was so bowled over by the character that Stieg has put across. She is the ultimate in what she does - she does it so perfectly. doesnt get affected by what anyone thinks of her. She gives a damn. Imagine, someone who has a photographic memory, who just by looking at a complex formula once can know how it is and how to solve it.
But, howmuchever i liked the character, the book set forth in me a raging war against all values and beliefs. It goes on to tell you about the complexity of relationships. It Shreds into pieces the trust you have on marriage as an institution. It makes you wonder if you were thought the right thing and somewhere along the way all of it were lost and a new system came into place. It Makes you think hard - if it really happens and you are just too narrow-minded and it your own little safe & secure world.
I know- "this is not a book review, just my view!"
A collegue and I were discussing all the stuff that happens in this book and we thought - as Steig died just after submitting the manuscript, the publishing house did not bother to do any editing as a tribute to him! :-)
The first book was amazingly awesome but the 2nd & 3rd just take a toll on you, makes you skip pages like (a lot of them)
Finally, I finished the book 1 & 2 in a week each but the 3rd book took me for ever to complete but I am done now. I still feel it will take me a while to digest everything I learnt from it!!!
Monday, May 14, 2012
The Day I Became A MOM!!
I had almost completed 8 months and that day was the wedding of I my husband's cousin. I had to go to the doctor and then the plan was to go to the parlour for a bit of threading coz god knows when i would get a chance to go again..a few months may be. As usual, I went at 1.30pm to the hospital as my doc would only come at that time there. I went to her, she did my routine check up and gave me the news that my BP had shot up and they had to keep me under observation. I was not at all prepared to go & get admitted in the hospital but to go to the cousin's wedding. I went back home and on the way called hubby dearest to come home ASAP. Came back home and told my mum - " the doctor asked me to get admitted right away and I am scared" she said - "why?" nothing will happen do not worry. So hubby came and took me to the hospital. The doc checked my BP again and put me under observation. hubby did not want to go to the wedding reception but I sent him off as all his cousins were there and in any case I was not delivering that day..in the morning my mum had made Bisi bele bhath and I relished it :-)! When the doctor came a lttle while later, and asked me what I had for breakfast - i told her. She is like oh oh! we will have to wait for the food to digest before we start on you. Then she asked me how I wanted to deliver as a debate was going on b/n mom & MIL -natural VS C section. Finally I went in for the C Section - not coz I wanted to obey my MIL but was scared to go through the natural child birth. Finally I went in to the operation theatre at 4.30pm. My daughter was born at 5.21pm. When the baby cried, I was crying too..the doc did not tell me what baby it was, when I asked her - she told me it was a baby girl! I was overjoyed and cried. The doc thot I was crying coz I wanted a baby boy?? no ways!!! nada I always wanted a girl! I had got her. my little angel. She was born at 5.21pm on the 31st day of August in the year 2006! She is soon going to be be 6 yr old. I have been a mom for almost 6 years now! But still remember the day she was born and her first cry so vividly!!
Friday, May 11, 2012
8 Years of Togetherness!!
Soon we are going to cross another milestone, another year of togetherness - of love, of fights, of irritation, of faith, of trust, of knowing each other like the back of the hand, like the wart on the finger,of wanting our own space...I can say I have been really lucky to have him as my better half. I am little flighty, over-entusiastic, emotional types and he is the strong logical anchor who has kept me rooted to the earth. He completes me. He is the yin for my yang. If I am a rainbow of 7 colors, he is the purest of whites who absorbs all these colors into one! It is going to be 8 years for our wedding soon very soon...When we told at home the first time, there was a world war at my place :-)!! I shudder to even think about the day I told at home about him- all hell was let loose and the next morning when I got up, I was hoping all that happened yesterday was a dream....but it had haapened. From the day he came to our house when summoned by my pa, I fell more in love with him...Every year has been a new learning...Last year when we crossed the threshold of the 7 year itch - I kept threatening him but he truly knows it is all just air and no solid substance. I cant look beyond him. I guess when we both are old, we will sit together on the porch or in the balcony and look at the sun setting in the horizon, throwing a orange-pink-golden glow on the whole world!!
Monday, April 30, 2012
Weekend That Was....
The weekend that flew by was a pleasant one. On Friday evening, just before leaving office it started pouring heavily and i had to extend my return home by an hour :-). Came back at 7pm, went to RN's house for a book to read over the weekend. She gave the Millenium Triology - The Girl in the dragon Tattoo...she told me to take all 3 as i will not put it down until I finish all 3 at a stretch...how I wish there was no work today so I could read and finish the first book :-). Saturday morning i went to Soum's house to meet D. She was coming there to give us the invitation for the House Warming on 4th May. Met up with both of them and went for the monthly ritual to Bhagya. Finished it and on the way met Roopa nayak after a loooonnggg time. Came back home. In the evening RN and me went to BDA complex by walk just like old times. We had some errands to run and then had gelato and came back home.
On Sunday, Went to aunt's place in the morning and my sis was here. She went home in the noon and all the commotion started. My daughter decided she wanted to go to Garuda mall and cried and screamed and acted up till 3.45 from 2.45. By the time she finished both my mum & I had a splitting headache. Finally after she calmed down we took her to the children's park in Yedyur. This park had huge slides and she enjoyed immensely i think!
Tomorrow being a holiday in the middle of the week, we have plans of going to the Orion mall. Hope to have a nice time with mum, sis & daughter!!
On Sunday, Went to aunt's place in the morning and my sis was here. She went home in the noon and all the commotion started. My daughter decided she wanted to go to Garuda mall and cried and screamed and acted up till 3.45 from 2.45. By the time she finished both my mum & I had a splitting headache. Finally after she calmed down we took her to the children's park in Yedyur. This park had huge slides and she enjoyed immensely i think!
Tomorrow being a holiday in the middle of the week, we have plans of going to the Orion mall. Hope to have a nice time with mum, sis & daughter!!
Friday, April 27, 2012
Admin Professional's Week
After joining this company I have realized how important a responsibility i hold. I work towards getting some of the other people's life organized and make work easier for them. If not for us they would have gone bonkers!
I joined here a year ago...yes! it has already been a year! time flies.
The 2nd week i joined we celebrated the week there. This year was much more fun as I was already firmly ensconed here.
We had week-long activities for us and our managers wishing us a very happy Admin Professional's Week :-)
Earlier I have only had managers who would crib and say " what do you do??" even after getting their work-life organized so well. This was a pleasant change from the earlier scenario :-D
We started the week off with a bang. The first day was chocolate day!
we started our day with a chocolate and continued with chocolate ice-cream after lunch and in the evening we had chocolate cakes..isnt that nice? I forgot about my diet for the day and gorged on it!!
The 2nd day, we had some quizzes and we played on...
The 3rd day was the best of them all..we had Potluck Lunch. I had taken Palak Pulav and we also had birthday celebrations. Mine was a month overdue..they gave me a chocolate facial.
The 4th day was a filmi activity on call and also nail art with Saree day. I painted 2 of the girl's nails
The 5th day was Twin-day and Team lunch at IBIS restaurant. The lunch took away 1/2 day from our schedule but thankfully there was not much to do today as some of my managers were traveling and some were off and some gems did not trouble me at all
So, all in all it was a "Wonderful Admin Professional's Week"!!!
From nothing to the backbone of a company and good people who appreciate even the little things you do for them...I have come a very long way!!!!!
P.S: We also have our Team outing which is on the 5th of May!! :-)))))
I joined here a year ago...yes! it has already been a year! time flies.
The 2nd week i joined we celebrated the week there. This year was much more fun as I was already firmly ensconed here.
We had week-long activities for us and our managers wishing us a very happy Admin Professional's Week :-)
Earlier I have only had managers who would crib and say " what do you do??" even after getting their work-life organized so well. This was a pleasant change from the earlier scenario :-D
We started the week off with a bang. The first day was chocolate day!
we started our day with a chocolate and continued with chocolate ice-cream after lunch and in the evening we had chocolate cakes..isnt that nice? I forgot about my diet for the day and gorged on it!!
The 2nd day, we had some quizzes and we played on...
The 3rd day was the best of them all..we had Potluck Lunch. I had taken Palak Pulav and we also had birthday celebrations. Mine was a month overdue..they gave me a chocolate facial.
The 4th day was a filmi activity on call and also nail art with Saree day. I painted 2 of the girl's nails
The 5th day was Twin-day and Team lunch at IBIS restaurant. The lunch took away 1/2 day from our schedule but thankfully there was not much to do today as some of my managers were traveling and some were off and some gems did not trouble me at all
So, all in all it was a "Wonderful Admin Professional's Week"!!!
From nothing to the backbone of a company and good people who appreciate even the little things you do for them...I have come a very long way!!!!!
P.S: We also have our Team outing which is on the 5th of May!! :-)))))
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Aaj Kal Paon Zameen Par Nahin Padte Mere!!
With a spring in my steps, a swing on my hips and a smile on my lips! Thats how I have been these days! For once I dont dread the beginning of the week. I wait for the weekend to pass so I shall embrace the week with open arms! Am i turning into a kinda poet here?? nopes! but such is the state of mind that I spin poetry with a mere string of words! It is all well! I smile silly at nothing or no one in particular. I keep talking to myself while riding back home. I sing even! I dont know what I am doing, Why I am doing it (dont I?? :-)). I dont know how & when my world will right itself and I will be sane and whole once again...but the euphoria is thrilling until it lasts. Thats how the song came to me...I seem to be floating these days not walking! Ready to take on anyone and any challenges. To face the new day everyday...I am ready for you Monday, you can convey the same message to Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday! wink ;-) wink ;-)
Friday, April 20, 2012
Wanderlust- Part 2!
After the awesome chilly cool weather of Nilgiris, we came down to the jungle. Halfway down the hill, the heat hit us we wanted to go right back up to Destiny.
We had booked for the night in Safariland in Masinagudi. It was pretty easy to find the place as it was on the main road itself. we went there about 3pm, pretty late for lunch but they had kept lunch for us. We had it. It was not great but ok. The property had a complete bamboo garden. Then immediately after lunch the guys at the place told us about Moyar Road, that is the parallel road to the road from Masinagudi to Ooty. You have to take a left at Masinagudi junction. He asked us to drive in that road a little slowly and not to get down from the vehicle whatsoever. We were also pretty cautious as we had kids in the car with us. We saw a lot of peacocks & peahens, deer, and Sambar. We also saw a red indian fox as soon as we entered the road. If one of the other guides from the vehicle in front of us had not slowed down, we would have completely missed it or ignored it thinking it was just a dog! :-). It was sitting on the compund of an abandoned building.
We went further into the jungle on that road and we saw a sambar waiting to cross the road. It literally did a stuckoo dance to cross the road and gave us a good sighting.
We went till the end of the road and found the most amazing reservoir - Moyar reservoir. It was a beautiful, breathtaking place. sad we did not take any pictures. they would have been nice clicks! coz we thought we are going back tomorrow morning to that place. The wind was teeth-clattering cold there.
Then we went back to the resort. they had organized a camp fire. We sat around it for sometime and then had dinner and were putting the kiddos to sleep when one of the employees of the resort came to us with a plan. He said he will take us on the safari to the interiors of the jungle to some of the watering holes. If we are lucky, we will atleast find some elephants. We got up at 5am in the morning, woke the kids up and went in the jeep he had got. They took us for a 2 hour drive into deep jungle but alas! we were not lucky even to find a single deer let alone elephants :-)!!
But the drive was beautiful and all through the journey the kids slept :-)!!
we came back to the resort at 7.30, had breakfast and lazed around for a bit. We left from there at 11.30 back to the concrete jungle :-(! But we were a little dejected coz we did not even see a single wild elephants. after coming till the road to Gudlur, all of a sudden my hubby came up with a bright idea and took us up to Gudlur as this route also is a part of the dense jungle. We then saw a set of elephants but not wild. We went all the way to Gudlur and then took the route to Sultan Bathery, Kerala to come to Gundlupet through the Mathunga wild reserve - dense forest. It took us 2 hours and 60+ kms more than the original route But the winding roads, mountains and the view was out of this world. We had not done this stretch earlier.
We stopped in Sultan Bathery for lunch. Left for Mysore 3pm. On the way in the Mathunga wild reserve, we finally spotted a herd of elephants ;-) it was actually a family of elephants. They were crossing the road and took quite a while to do it. We had a great oppurtunity. we kept going a little distance and then take a U-turn, go back in the other direction. We did that for a quite someting and Neethi was a little anxious trying to hide near my foot in the car :-D!! saying what if they chase us, stomp our car etc., etc., :-)!! But after this sighting we were all content and thanking ourselves for taking the longer route!!.....
We came back to BLR @8.30pm without any other major incident!!
It was a great trip for the kids and a nice little break for us too...
Already waiting for the next one thats going to be in May :-DD!!
We had booked for the night in Safariland in Masinagudi. It was pretty easy to find the place as it was on the main road itself. we went there about 3pm, pretty late for lunch but they had kept lunch for us. We had it. It was not great but ok. The property had a complete bamboo garden. Then immediately after lunch the guys at the place told us about Moyar Road, that is the parallel road to the road from Masinagudi to Ooty. You have to take a left at Masinagudi junction. He asked us to drive in that road a little slowly and not to get down from the vehicle whatsoever. We were also pretty cautious as we had kids in the car with us. We saw a lot of peacocks & peahens, deer, and Sambar. We also saw a red indian fox as soon as we entered the road. If one of the other guides from the vehicle in front of us had not slowed down, we would have completely missed it or ignored it thinking it was just a dog! :-). It was sitting on the compund of an abandoned building.
We went further into the jungle on that road and we saw a sambar waiting to cross the road. It literally did a stuckoo dance to cross the road and gave us a good sighting.
We went till the end of the road and found the most amazing reservoir - Moyar reservoir. It was a beautiful, breathtaking place. sad we did not take any pictures. they would have been nice clicks! coz we thought we are going back tomorrow morning to that place. The wind was teeth-clattering cold there.
Then we went back to the resort. they had organized a camp fire. We sat around it for sometime and then had dinner and were putting the kiddos to sleep when one of the employees of the resort came to us with a plan. He said he will take us on the safari to the interiors of the jungle to some of the watering holes. If we are lucky, we will atleast find some elephants. We got up at 5am in the morning, woke the kids up and went in the jeep he had got. They took us for a 2 hour drive into deep jungle but alas! we were not lucky even to find a single deer let alone elephants :-)!!
But the drive was beautiful and all through the journey the kids slept :-)!!
we came back to the resort at 7.30, had breakfast and lazed around for a bit. We left from there at 11.30 back to the concrete jungle :-(! But we were a little dejected coz we did not even see a single wild elephants. after coming till the road to Gudlur, all of a sudden my hubby came up with a bright idea and took us up to Gudlur as this route also is a part of the dense jungle. We then saw a set of elephants but not wild. We went all the way to Gudlur and then took the route to Sultan Bathery, Kerala to come to Gundlupet through the Mathunga wild reserve - dense forest. It took us 2 hours and 60+ kms more than the original route But the winding roads, mountains and the view was out of this world. We had not done this stretch earlier.
We stopped in Sultan Bathery for lunch. Left for Mysore 3pm. On the way in the Mathunga wild reserve, we finally spotted a herd of elephants ;-) it was actually a family of elephants. They were crossing the road and took quite a while to do it. We had a great oppurtunity. we kept going a little distance and then take a U-turn, go back in the other direction. We did that for a quite someting and Neethi was a little anxious trying to hide near my foot in the car :-D!! saying what if they chase us, stomp our car etc., etc., :-)!! But after this sighting we were all content and thanking ourselves for taking the longer route!!.....
We came back to BLR @8.30pm without any other major incident!!
It was a great trip for the kids and a nice little break for us too...
Already waiting for the next one thats going to be in May :-DD!!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Wanderlust!! - Part !
I have these urges to get out of this concrete jungle atleast once every 3 months if not less!! I was getting restless by end of March as my last trip was in december 2011- a little over 3 months already.
My daughter started with her summer holidays on 29th of March and off we went on a small trip on 30th March.
I had planned all this before hand :-)! Had included S&M, asked them if they and their little one V would also join us on a trip. They agreed and we had S's nephew, P also coming with us.
I had heard a lot about this place 25-30 kms after Ooty. A friend of mine had also visited earlier and only had praises for the place - Destiny Farm Stay, Ooty. I called them and booked 2 rooms for us. The idea was, we would do 1 day in the Nilgiri mountains and the next in Safariland,Masinagudi jungle.
We left on the 30th early morning. They came to our place at 5.45 in the morning. We stopped in Mysore for breakfast @8in Aramane restaurant. had a hearty breakfast. Then we were on our way again. We stopped again at 9.30am in PugMark restaurant in Bandipur ( Jungle Lodges) this is usually our pit stop every single time we have gone to Ooty in the last 4 years that now it has turned almost into a ritual. ;-)!Then we were on our way again to Ooty at 10am. We reached Ooty at about 11.15.am. We stopped again in CCD in ooty for another hour. Then we took the long route to the Destiny farm, went around Ooty. By the time we reached their office, we were tired and almost sick. but the drive was an awesome on nevertheless.
We reached Destiny only at 2pm. As soon as we saw the place, we forgot all or tiredness - the property was a piece of heaven that slipped to earth by mistake. The view was breath taking. We had left our vehicle in their main office as the road leading to the property is not pliable in our own vehicle unless it is a 4-wheel drive.They had animals - horse, cow, sheep, hen, geese, duck, rabbit. They have their own vegetable patch and grew all kinds of veggies. The food was delicious as it was prepared with fresh ingredients from their own farm. After lunch, we went down for a walk till the lake down far below- It was almost like a trek with the 2 little ones. They enjoyed it immensely. We just sat down in the lawn, played kiddie games :-). They had a camp fire and also a disco. The kids wanted to dance, we took them inside and they both danced and enjoyed a lot. We also became children and lost ourselves in the moment. We had oodles of fun! In the morning we got up, had a leisurely breakfast and left this place at 11am to go to Masinagudi. We stopped in Ooty town for some chocolates. Ooty was nice and chilly but as we started descending down the mountain, the heat hit us in waves and we wanted to go back up again. The view on the way down also was amazingly beautiful. We stopped on the way down for a cuppa of Chai and it was yumm! The right reddish brown color - which is my gauge for a perfect tea. I had 2 cups of the same and then we descended to Earth!
There is a second episode on our adventures in Safariland which is yet to be updated so do come back for Day-2 update.....
My daughter started with her summer holidays on 29th of March and off we went on a small trip on 30th March.
I had planned all this before hand :-)! Had included S&M, asked them if they and their little one V would also join us on a trip. They agreed and we had S's nephew, P also coming with us.
I had heard a lot about this place 25-30 kms after Ooty. A friend of mine had also visited earlier and only had praises for the place - Destiny Farm Stay, Ooty. I called them and booked 2 rooms for us. The idea was, we would do 1 day in the Nilgiri mountains and the next in Safariland,Masinagudi jungle.
We left on the 30th early morning. They came to our place at 5.45 in the morning. We stopped in Mysore for breakfast @8in Aramane restaurant. had a hearty breakfast. Then we were on our way again. We stopped again at 9.30am in PugMark restaurant in Bandipur ( Jungle Lodges) this is usually our pit stop every single time we have gone to Ooty in the last 4 years that now it has turned almost into a ritual. ;-)!Then we were on our way again to Ooty at 10am. We reached Ooty at about 11.15.am. We stopped again in CCD in ooty for another hour. Then we took the long route to the Destiny farm, went around Ooty. By the time we reached their office, we were tired and almost sick. but the drive was an awesome on nevertheless.
We reached Destiny only at 2pm. As soon as we saw the place, we forgot all or tiredness - the property was a piece of heaven that slipped to earth by mistake. The view was breath taking. We had left our vehicle in their main office as the road leading to the property is not pliable in our own vehicle unless it is a 4-wheel drive.They had animals - horse, cow, sheep, hen, geese, duck, rabbit. They have their own vegetable patch and grew all kinds of veggies. The food was delicious as it was prepared with fresh ingredients from their own farm. After lunch, we went down for a walk till the lake down far below- It was almost like a trek with the 2 little ones. They enjoyed it immensely. We just sat down in the lawn, played kiddie games :-). They had a camp fire and also a disco. The kids wanted to dance, we took them inside and they both danced and enjoyed a lot. We also became children and lost ourselves in the moment. We had oodles of fun! In the morning we got up, had a leisurely breakfast and left this place at 11am to go to Masinagudi. We stopped in Ooty town for some chocolates. Ooty was nice and chilly but as we started descending down the mountain, the heat hit us in waves and we wanted to go back up again. The view on the way down also was amazingly beautiful. We stopped on the way down for a cuppa of Chai and it was yumm! The right reddish brown color - which is my gauge for a perfect tea. I had 2 cups of the same and then we descended to Earth!
There is a second episode on our adventures in Safariland which is yet to be updated so do come back for Day-2 update.....
Superficial (Artificia)l World!!!!
I am really worried that we are getting our children into a very superficial world where they are learning that looks are of the the upmost importance!! we are not teaching them these things but they are learning all the wrong values...and thinking in their young minds that it is 100% true
Our parents thought us all the right things that looks are not what matters but the heart & the soul within!
I am not sure If I can do half as good a job as them in bringing up my daughter then I will thank my lucky stars!
I was watching Splitsvilla 5 - Strictly by no interest of mine and that is what they are trying to teach the mindless youngsters participating im the show.they were voting out each other on the basis of how fat, thin or flat someone was...someone was getting voted out because she was the most healthiest of them all (meaning fat) and some one else because she was so flat?? Hello?? is that how our GEN- Y thinks? how my daughter will think a few years down the line? I dont know what it is about these reality shows that youngsters follow and participate in it like a herd of sheep?? I may be biased or reaaly old but the idea of participating in these mindless shows doesnt really jel with me. I WILL NOT Send my daughter into one of these...NO WAY!
Now, I am getting paranoid about what my 5 year old is watching on the world wide media & web when I am not around to monitor her... what is she learning?? all the wrong values?? The other i bought her a very cute gypsyish frock - the style was a purple floral designed loose fitting frock. She wears it comes to stand in front of me to say - (I am quoting her here) - "ma! you should have brought me a smaller dress!" I raise my eyebrow questioningly and she says - " I am looking fat in this dress!!" for god's sake she is just a little over 5 years!!
Our parents thought us all the right things that looks are not what matters but the heart & the soul within!
I am not sure If I can do half as good a job as them in bringing up my daughter then I will thank my lucky stars!
I was watching Splitsvilla 5 - Strictly by no interest of mine and that is what they are trying to teach the mindless youngsters participating im the show.they were voting out each other on the basis of how fat, thin or flat someone was...someone was getting voted out because she was the most healthiest of them all (meaning fat) and some one else because she was so flat?? Hello?? is that how our GEN- Y thinks? how my daughter will think a few years down the line? I dont know what it is about these reality shows that youngsters follow and participate in it like a herd of sheep?? I may be biased or reaaly old but the idea of participating in these mindless shows doesnt really jel with me. I WILL NOT Send my daughter into one of these...NO WAY!
Now, I am getting paranoid about what my 5 year old is watching on the world wide media & web when I am not around to monitor her... what is she learning?? all the wrong values?? The other i bought her a very cute gypsyish frock - the style was a purple floral designed loose fitting frock. She wears it comes to stand in front of me to say - (I am quoting her here) - "ma! you should have brought me a smaller dress!" I raise my eyebrow questioningly and she says - " I am looking fat in this dress!!" for god's sake she is just a little over 5 years!!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
One More Year! The Same Old Me!!
OMG! time sure ticks like a time bomb, ready to explode and say your time is up! It feels like i just celebrated my last birthday and next one is already here :-). I am sure turning a year older but wiser?? i am not sure! I have crossed one more year may be just may be turned a little bit wiser also. from last one to I have learnt a lot and still am learning. The only thing in life that is constant is change. So, may be i have changed for the better or may be worse?? that is for others to say....
From the last birthday to this one! I have made quite a few good friends and good meaningful relationships that are not petty and dont sore if you are not in touch for long...you have that comforting feeling that they are there in the background.
should I be happy that I have grown a year older or sad??
but whatever said & done....I am always going to be 16 in my heart!!!
From the last birthday to this one! I have made quite a few good friends and good meaningful relationships that are not petty and dont sore if you are not in touch for long...you have that comforting feeling that they are there in the background.
should I be happy that I have grown a year older or sad??
but whatever said & done....I am always going to be 16 in my heart!!!
Happening weekends!!
My dearest better half has been traveling quite a bit over the weekends for the last few months. We hardly get to go out anywhere. after almost 2 months of traveling over the weekends he was at home 2 weeks ago. That weekend was awesome!
Weekend 1
On Friday, I finished sometime during the afternoon (S, D & I decided we wanted to go to a movie and it was also a long time since we had all met). I sent my office boy go pick up the movie tickets from the PVR. After work, I walked to S's house & waited for her husband M & my C to come home. Then also D & her husband P came. We had got the tickets for "Extremely Loud, Incredibly close" - a Tom Hanks & Sandra Bullock's movie for the 9.45pm show. P had got his gypsy and we all went to the movie in it with the top open. Had dinner @ transit, watched the movie which both C & M did not like much. The movie got over at 12.30am & we had to have a cuppa of hot tea. So, we went searching for it from Shopper's Stop till Accenture but no luck. We finally came back to S's house around 1.15am sat in the gypsy till 2pm and then S said she will make tea for us. :-) We went in, had Tea sat till 3am in her house then came back home.
Next morning on saturday, my daughter started early morning saying she wanted to go to V's house, V is S's son. So when I called S for a plan she said she was going to her sister's place as it was her nephew's B'day. In the evening we went to their house - again had an awesome time. came back home at 12.30am ;-). On Sunday, it was J's birthday and we had to go to their house in the evening and wound up @ 10.30pm with Monday blues :-)!!!
Weekend 2
This was the last weekend! Gosh! I cant believe the next one already is around the corner ;-)
did nothing on friday - When I called M to ask if they would come to "Jodi Breakers" - he said no way!! but we can go to "John Carter" on Saturday.
So, Saturday came and it was again a packed one! Saturday morning, i had some errands to run for my mum so, was with her till evening. Then Took my daughter & went to S's house again! ;-) with D& P.It was also M's Birthday that day. Already A & Poo were there @ S's house. P had other plans so he just dropped us and went on his way. A, D & me went and bought a cake for M. We made him cut it and wished him a very Happy Birthday, fed the kids and rushed to the movie. It was nice 3D movie and we did enjoy a lot. came back to M & S's house. There was a little incident after which M was very upset :-) & angry!. P had come back by then to pick D. He made awesome tea for all of us. We again came back home @ 3am & yes with the kiddo!!!
Again, Sunday was my parents anniversary & my dad had called some of his friends for breakfast. had to get up at 6 after sleeping literally at 4am and walk to Mom's to help her in the kitchen.
Came back home at 9am and again after hubby got ready took him to mum's house for breakfast.
Then he has some errands to run and we met again at S's house. The boys & the kids had lunch at their house.Then we put the kids to sleep, left the men to watch TV and went off to Pizza & pasta Stop @ Delmia Circle( Poo, S & me). Had yummy thincrust pizza & aglio olio pepperenchino - it was yummilicious!! We made it back home only @ 10pm Phew!!!!!
Weekend 1
On Friday, I finished sometime during the afternoon (S, D & I decided we wanted to go to a movie and it was also a long time since we had all met). I sent my office boy go pick up the movie tickets from the PVR. After work, I walked to S's house & waited for her husband M & my C to come home. Then also D & her husband P came. We had got the tickets for "Extremely Loud, Incredibly close" - a Tom Hanks & Sandra Bullock's movie for the 9.45pm show. P had got his gypsy and we all went to the movie in it with the top open. Had dinner @ transit, watched the movie which both C & M did not like much. The movie got over at 12.30am & we had to have a cuppa of hot tea. So, we went searching for it from Shopper's Stop till Accenture but no luck. We finally came back to S's house around 1.15am sat in the gypsy till 2pm and then S said she will make tea for us. :-) We went in, had Tea sat till 3am in her house then came back home.
Next morning on saturday, my daughter started early morning saying she wanted to go to V's house, V is S's son. So when I called S for a plan she said she was going to her sister's place as it was her nephew's B'day. In the evening we went to their house - again had an awesome time. came back home at 12.30am ;-). On Sunday, it was J's birthday and we had to go to their house in the evening and wound up @ 10.30pm with Monday blues :-)!!!
Weekend 2
This was the last weekend! Gosh! I cant believe the next one already is around the corner ;-)
did nothing on friday - When I called M to ask if they would come to "Jodi Breakers" - he said no way!! but we can go to "John Carter" on Saturday.
So, Saturday came and it was again a packed one! Saturday morning, i had some errands to run for my mum so, was with her till evening. Then Took my daughter & went to S's house again! ;-) with D& P.It was also M's Birthday that day. Already A & Poo were there @ S's house. P had other plans so he just dropped us and went on his way. A, D & me went and bought a cake for M. We made him cut it and wished him a very Happy Birthday, fed the kids and rushed to the movie. It was nice 3D movie and we did enjoy a lot. came back to M & S's house. There was a little incident after which M was very upset :-) & angry!. P had come back by then to pick D. He made awesome tea for all of us. We again came back home @ 3am & yes with the kiddo!!!
Again, Sunday was my parents anniversary & my dad had called some of his friends for breakfast. had to get up at 6 after sleeping literally at 4am and walk to Mom's to help her in the kitchen.
Came back home at 9am and again after hubby got ready took him to mum's house for breakfast.
Then he has some errands to run and we met again at S's house. The boys & the kids had lunch at their house.Then we put the kids to sleep, left the men to watch TV and went off to Pizza & pasta Stop @ Delmia Circle( Poo, S & me). Had yummy thincrust pizza & aglio olio pepperenchino - it was yummilicious!! We made it back home only @ 10pm Phew!!!!!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Weekend Plans;-)
2 days ago hubby dearest told me he is traveling to Pune this weekend on business...I am like wow!
I have one friday evening, whole of saturday (my mom's birthday) and sunday (just to chilax)...which I hardly do these days :-) My daughter & I are going to stay at mum's place which I have hardly done in the last year and a half ;-);-)
I called 2 of my close friends. The third one is not in this country now...asked them if we could meet up Friday evening and they were like YES WE CAN!! yet to decide where we will go...for a couple of drinks, good food and the of course interesting conversation which will keep flowing and I am sure we will the ones creating a lot of ruckus ;-)
Saturday there is going to be a lot of things on my to do list, which i need to tick off one by one.
also is a dinner party with the family - minus my hubby
Sunday is a school friend's wedding - not yet decided whether I will go, need to check with R as well :-)
Women's Day!
I want to start off this post by wishing all you wonderful women - mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, a very happy Women's Day...
This post is a tribute to all the women who have touched my life in any way possible and have left their mark in my heart. From whom i have learnt a little more and evolved to being a little better at what I am & what I want to be...
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My Mother: who brought me into this huge world bearing me within her for 9 months without her I would not be what I am today...I learnt a lot of stuff from her, like how to be a mother :-). Even though I took quite a few years to understand her value in my life and that she brought me up in the best way possible. The same things I hated in her, now I love. I understand why she did the things she did to me and the same learnings make me a better human being.
My Little Sister: Who came into this world to teach me sharing & caring is the best thing. I still remember the day she was born, like yesterday :-). I was sent off to watch the movie, Shankarabharanam so i did not have to wait. I came back to the hospital and they handed me this little pink bundle to hold and i was so scared & also awed by the tiny life in my hand. from her i learnt that there was true joy in sharing. It is always good to have a sibling of the same gender with whom you can share your little secrets and go on shopping trips & to have a fight. (In a corner of my heart i wish my daughter had someone too... but then you know....)
My Three Close Friends: who have already received mentions on & off on my blogs. All three of whom I have known for over 20 years- R, N & S ;-). All of us have kind of lived in each other's pockets for so long.. I choose the exact time to call them when they are having lunch (telepathy you say...I say so too). I have been on trips with them, I have sat on the porch with them, not had a single word but come out satisfied like we have had a meaningful conversations. We have had our share of fights too when I have asked them not to breath down my neck!! (yes I have! havent I ladies??) they have been through thick & thin. We have discussed about almost all topics under the sun but we still dont have enough of each other...it will remain the same until I become one with mother earth.
Good Friends (S&D): These are friends i have made in the last 7-8 years. We meet every other weekend, most of the time with husbands on toe but sometimes on our own. we go catch a movie, go shopping or try out a new restaurant. By now, we know each other very well indeed that we kind of know whats going on in the other person's mind and we finish sentences for each other.
Important Women(R, C & M): These are women I have met during my career. They have thought me how to survive in the corporate without getting hurt or irritated. I have learnt a lot from these women - determination, strength, perseverance, patience, how to handle difficult people :-). Come whatever & what may, I have seen them keep their calm & wits about them not going to pieces. And learnt a great deal.
All of you - thanks for just being there...dont ever change come what may as you are what you are because of those qualities :-)
Happy Women's Day Ladies!!!!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
My Gradual Love Story
During this valentine's week, Yahoo lifestyle was running these real life love stories which were about common people like us. While reading one of the story, I felt like writing mine too...so I wrote and e-mailed it to the ID provided. But, I guess I was late! Better luck for the next year:-)
My Gradual Love story goes something along these lines....
I met my now husband, then boy friend Chethan for the first time in the year 1998 in Bangalore. I had a few of my school friends studying in the same college as him. They would all hang out in the same gang. Mine was a girls college and we cudnt even bunk as the same lecturers would take sessions in the morning & afternoon. So, If I wanted to bunk I would go to their college & stay till evening so much so that they would tease me saying they will get me an ID card. :-) We were just friends for quite a long time. but I had a soft spot for him from the bginning. He finished college and moved on to a job. He was my friend's senior by a year. Ours was a gradual love story. I was studying my final year diploma in the year 2001. He would ask me to call him everyday in my lunch break and talk for 2 calls. We did not have mobiles in those days. He would come home to meet me once in a while or we would just talk over the phone (landline). After he left college is when we became more close (he would run away from me when he was in college as his friends would tease us saying a good pair. As he is a little vertically challenged & I am more so :-) Finally, I had guessed about his feelings for me & made him confess. Once that was done, I was confused whether i should accept it or just be friends. I was not sure what the future held for us. My parents were very conservative (especially my mother).We were seeing each other for about 2 years when I had to tell my parents about him. There was a huge row at my place. they did not agree to get us married and we were yet to settle down in our professional life. I was very adamant that if & when I marry it will be to him and no one else.
After innumerous emotional blackmails and rows at home my parents had no choice but to agree to get us married. And we finally tied the knot on the 27th of May 2004. He was my pillar of strength throughout this period (the strong & the silent types) He still is...We are nearing our 8th anniversay and have an angel of our own who is going to be 6 this year. I joke with him saying now that we have crossed our 7 year itch, it is like starting afresh with the first year!!
We are going to celebrate our 8th Anniversay in May!
My Gradual Love story goes something along these lines....
I met my now husband, then boy friend Chethan for the first time in the year 1998 in Bangalore. I had a few of my school friends studying in the same college as him. They would all hang out in the same gang. Mine was a girls college and we cudnt even bunk as the same lecturers would take sessions in the morning & afternoon. So, If I wanted to bunk I would go to their college & stay till evening so much so that they would tease me saying they will get me an ID card. :-) We were just friends for quite a long time. but I had a soft spot for him from the bginning. He finished college and moved on to a job. He was my friend's senior by a year. Ours was a gradual love story. I was studying my final year diploma in the year 2001. He would ask me to call him everyday in my lunch break and talk for 2 calls. We did not have mobiles in those days. He would come home to meet me once in a while or we would just talk over the phone (landline). After he left college is when we became more close (he would run away from me when he was in college as his friends would tease us saying a good pair. As he is a little vertically challenged & I am more so :-) Finally, I had guessed about his feelings for me & made him confess. Once that was done, I was confused whether i should accept it or just be friends. I was not sure what the future held for us. My parents were very conservative (especially my mother).We were seeing each other for about 2 years when I had to tell my parents about him. There was a huge row at my place. they did not agree to get us married and we were yet to settle down in our professional life. I was very adamant that if & when I marry it will be to him and no one else.
After innumerous emotional blackmails and rows at home my parents had no choice but to agree to get us married. And we finally tied the knot on the 27th of May 2004. He was my pillar of strength throughout this period (the strong & the silent types) He still is...We are nearing our 8th anniversay and have an angel of our own who is going to be 6 this year. I joke with him saying now that we have crossed our 7 year itch, it is like starting afresh with the first year!!
We are going to celebrate our 8th Anniversay in May!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Relationships! & Friendship!
The other day I had some errands to run so went to my friend's place and picked her up as well and off we went.
We had given some clothes for alteration and the tailor said he will take about 1/2 an hour to do them. We were tired after office so we did not want to roam around and finally we sat down in a quite corner and started talking to kill the time.
I was telling her about some problem at home I was trying to deal with but did not know how to put an end to it... I guess that is why god made a relationship called friendship because there are some things in the world and in your life that you cannot discuss with your parents, siblings, in-laws & even husband and kids but the same thing you can discuss with a friend without any hesitation and knowing for sure that even if they cannot advice you on it atleast you will have a listening ear.
There are so many relationships in our life that we complicate with our own hands but friendship is the most simple and uncomplicated of all...
I know! Iknow! we are still far away from celebrating friendship day but what the heck! I wanted to write about it...so I WROTE!
1. Parents: I know they will be there for you & they are the ones who brought you into this world and all that but at some point you cant convey whatever you want to them. They do not understand the way we think, act & conduct ourselves. That is probably the generation gap speaking.
2. Siblings: yes! if you do not have a gap of too many years but still you cant tell them everything!
3. In-laws: forget it! they say their daughters & daughter in law are the same but I can tell you the fine line b/n the 2.
4. Hubby dearest: even studies & research have come up with a few things that you cannot share with your man however attached you both are ;-)!! LOL
5. Kids: phew!! you cant make them listen in the first place what will they understand?? :-)
So, all the other relations like umpteen numbers of aunts, uncles & a cousins are there...cousins too help in the same way your sibling does!
But finally it is the friends you fall back on! they are the ones who cushion your fall & they are the ones that are always there when you want them. they are there even when you accuse them of breathing down your neck!
Thank you lord for the wonderful friends you made me choose!!!
We had given some clothes for alteration and the tailor said he will take about 1/2 an hour to do them. We were tired after office so we did not want to roam around and finally we sat down in a quite corner and started talking to kill the time.
I was telling her about some problem at home I was trying to deal with but did not know how to put an end to it... I guess that is why god made a relationship called friendship because there are some things in the world and in your life that you cannot discuss with your parents, siblings, in-laws & even husband and kids but the same thing you can discuss with a friend without any hesitation and knowing for sure that even if they cannot advice you on it atleast you will have a listening ear.
There are so many relationships in our life that we complicate with our own hands but friendship is the most simple and uncomplicated of all...
I know! Iknow! we are still far away from celebrating friendship day but what the heck! I wanted to write about it...so I WROTE!
1. Parents: I know they will be there for you & they are the ones who brought you into this world and all that but at some point you cant convey whatever you want to them. They do not understand the way we think, act & conduct ourselves. That is probably the generation gap speaking.
2. Siblings: yes! if you do not have a gap of too many years but still you cant tell them everything!
3. In-laws: forget it! they say their daughters & daughter in law are the same but I can tell you the fine line b/n the 2.
4. Hubby dearest: even studies & research have come up with a few things that you cannot share with your man however attached you both are ;-)!! LOL
5. Kids: phew!! you cant make them listen in the first place what will they understand?? :-)
So, all the other relations like umpteen numbers of aunts, uncles & a cousins are there...cousins too help in the same way your sibling does!
But finally it is the friends you fall back on! they are the ones who cushion your fall & they are the ones that are always there when you want them. they are there even when you accuse them of breathing down your neck!
Thank you lord for the wonderful friends you made me choose!!!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Wheels on My Feet!!
I am the happiest when I am roaming around whether in BLR or the country side, forest, sea side. I just came back from a holiday but I feel like I want to go on another one! I itch to travel often. I wish I had chosen a career where that was the only option. Something to do with traveling. My father is a retired engineer from the KPTCL and every year he used to take us on 2 trips atleast. one during the Dassera holidays and another during summer vacations. So, that where i get my itch. So, now I am making do with 4 small holidays every year. Last year ended on a bright note. May to Waynad, August to Goa & December again to Dandeli, Karwar & Goa. This last trip was a week long action packed trip. Now, I am miserable that I need to wait till the end of the month to go on the next one...today at work was horrible. I am very irritated with the way things are going right now at W.O.R.K. But the dawn will hopefully start well and bring a new beginning!!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Bucket List - Places!!
Today, I was reading an article on Yahoo about the End of World in December 2012 and a bucket list of the 10 most beautiful places in this world to be visited before the Apocalypse.
I started my sojourn into the World books (that too Mills & Boon) about 14 years ago, and from the time I started reading them I have been in & out of these magical faraway lands. These books put such good impressions on my young mind that I just wanted to pack up my bags and go see these wonderful places. Also, the bi-yearly trips that our parents took us on helped me to nourish this need of seeing the wonder of a new place and experience it firsthand.
Here, I have a list of 10 places I would like to visit before the World ends…………..
1. Venice – this is the 1st place on my must-see list. Do you know? This city has an average of 50 thousand tourists a day. The Gondola ride on the Grand Canyon is going to be amazing. My parents visited in May this year and they are awe of this place. The whole city surrounded by water and small bridges to cross the multiple canals…The Venetian Masks & the Venetian Glass are world famous. The Carnival of Venice is like none other.
2. Amsterdam – is the capital of Netherlands. This place is full of canals. This is the World’s biggest exporter of Flowers.
3. Paris – The city of Love! It is world famous for its many museums. The Louvre, Tuileries garden, champs-Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower etc are a charming part of the city & its architecture.
4. Egypt – Was founded in the year 3150 BC by King Menes. This is the ancient desert land of the Mummies, pharohs & the Sphinx . This is one of the first civilizations of the world. The best thing to do here is to spend time at the ruins and go on a cruise on the river Nile which is the longest river in the world.
5. New Zealand – for its various flora & fauna and its natural beauty. It is a paradise for the adventurer in you. It was the place where Lord of the Rings was made.
6. Cyprus – is one island that influenced my imagination very much from the books I read. It is the 3rd largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
7. Scotland – for its great castles, of the Loch ness monster, Bag pipers, kilts and the best of all the “SCOTCH”. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.
8. Greece – After watching the movie Chalte Chalte, I have just fallen in love with the Greek Island of Mykanos
9. Switzerland – After watching the innumerous movies of Yash Chopra. The snow-capped mountains, Eurail, chiffon-clad heroines dancing in the freezing temperatures
10. Himalayas – At last but not the least, our own true mountain range Himalayas, again for their snowclad mountains, fast-flowing rivers, those curvy zig-zag roads, the awesome scenic view and also because they are ours! If you have ever visited the Himalayas in life, you would also have awesome unforgettable memories that cant fade away with time. Even now if I close my eyes and think about the place I can even remember the smallest of pebbles in the clear blue green waters of those innumerous rivers which go around a bend with so much enthusiasm.
There are many more places on my wishlist but as I said 10, I am giving you only 10.
I started my sojourn into the World books (that too Mills & Boon) about 14 years ago, and from the time I started reading them I have been in & out of these magical faraway lands. These books put such good impressions on my young mind that I just wanted to pack up my bags and go see these wonderful places. Also, the bi-yearly trips that our parents took us on helped me to nourish this need of seeing the wonder of a new place and experience it firsthand.
Here, I have a list of 10 places I would like to visit before the World ends…………..
1. Venice – this is the 1st place on my must-see list. Do you know? This city has an average of 50 thousand tourists a day. The Gondola ride on the Grand Canyon is going to be amazing. My parents visited in May this year and they are awe of this place. The whole city surrounded by water and small bridges to cross the multiple canals…The Venetian Masks & the Venetian Glass are world famous. The Carnival of Venice is like none other.
2. Amsterdam – is the capital of Netherlands. This place is full of canals. This is the World’s biggest exporter of Flowers.
3. Paris – The city of Love! It is world famous for its many museums. The Louvre, Tuileries garden, champs-Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower etc are a charming part of the city & its architecture.
4. Egypt – Was founded in the year 3150 BC by King Menes. This is the ancient desert land of the Mummies, pharohs & the Sphinx . This is one of the first civilizations of the world. The best thing to do here is to spend time at the ruins and go on a cruise on the river Nile which is the longest river in the world.
5. New Zealand – for its various flora & fauna and its natural beauty. It is a paradise for the adventurer in you. It was the place where Lord of the Rings was made.
6. Cyprus – is one island that influenced my imagination very much from the books I read. It is the 3rd largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
7. Scotland – for its great castles, of the Loch ness monster, Bag pipers, kilts and the best of all the “SCOTCH”. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.
8. Greece – After watching the movie Chalte Chalte, I have just fallen in love with the Greek Island of Mykanos
9. Switzerland – After watching the innumerous movies of Yash Chopra. The snow-capped mountains, Eurail, chiffon-clad heroines dancing in the freezing temperatures
10. Himalayas – At last but not the least, our own true mountain range Himalayas, again for their snowclad mountains, fast-flowing rivers, those curvy zig-zag roads, the awesome scenic view and also because they are ours! If you have ever visited the Himalayas in life, you would also have awesome unforgettable memories that cant fade away with time. Even now if I close my eyes and think about the place I can even remember the smallest of pebbles in the clear blue green waters of those innumerous rivers which go around a bend with so much enthusiasm.
There are many more places on my wishlist but as I said 10, I am giving you only 10.
Lost & Found!!
I couldnt resist putting up this post about my anklet....please find below the picture of the said accessory...............
I have had this anklet for more than a year & i wear it on my left foot. I bought it from this little basement shop in Gandhi Bazaar - for people who dont know where or what thi place is - it is an area in South Bengalooru and a paradise for good traditional food & very traditional shopping, with Vidhyarthee bhavan on one end & Upahara Darshini on the other of DV Gundappa road :-)!
I just paid about 20 bucks for this but I really fell in love with this because of the color combo. It has become quite loose as it is just a strand of elastic with small colorful beads.
Coming to the point on the topic - While on holiday in The Great Outdoors, Karwar. We had the small little beach to just ourselves and we were all being small kids. We were running on the beach and jumping into the water screaming. So, on one such jump my anklet slid off from my foot into the water and i did not realize until some time later. Only then i noticed it was missing.
I was a little sad because of my attachment to it. I was telling hubby on the trek back from the beach as he was carrying our daughter.
We went to the beach again the next afternoon and the daughter was playing at the edge of water. Suddenly, she screamed "amma" and I wondering what happened, looked at her and she had "my anklet" dangling from her tiny fingers...she is like - amma see - i found your anklet which you lost yesterday. I was so happy that she had found it for me! If it was anyone else they wouldnt have noticed it at all!! Shud I say it was just pure co-incidence or my anklet trying to find me through my daughter (too melodramatic even for me???)- I am sure my 3 best friends would totally agree on this!!. Now, I have it back where it belongs!! :-)
The daughter makes sure I tell this story to everyone who will listen - about her finding my lost anklet :-)
So I thought why not make it immortal and after some years for her to read my blog and think I told it to everyone who read it from all those years!!! ;-) nice idea! what say?????
Friday, January 6, 2012
Day 2 - Outfit 3
I wish I had taken a full-length picture of this outfit...My mum picked up this little white dress from her trip to Thiland 4 months ago..she gave it to me with a lot of conditions!
1. dont wear it near our house, in our area, around my relatives
2. Wear it wen u go out on your innumerous trips :-)
So, I took this cutesy little frock on my vacation.
It is just a knee-length frilly frock with laced peterpan collar which is all the rage now! but my only gripe is it has satin lining inside :-(
It is a thin chiffon based material in off-white with black polka dots. I wore it with a 2-toned bracelet (again from the sale ) and a very traditional looking jhumka in pearl & gold..but dont you think it complements the dress & me?? I think it was a good decision!!! what say you???
Day 2 - Outfit 2
This was my 2nd outfit on the trip.
I wore this blue & white striped loose shorts from Splash - which was a gift from RN (thanks RN)
with a white t-shirt bought from a shopping trip to Tirupur. I wore this linked ring chain that I picked up from yet another sale here in Bengalooru. I should have taken a clear picture of the chain though.... lot of learing for the next time!! :-)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Outfit post 1- Dandeli
Now finally for the most exciting part of my holiday planning, my wardrobe!
I had planned properly and co-ordinated my outfits for this trip, even the accessories except the footwear.
This was the first outfit in Dandeli. I wore this grey linen pant with rose-mauve loose top.
I had planned properly and co-ordinated my outfits for this trip, even the accessories except the footwear.
Day-1- Karwar
This was the first outfit in Dandeli. I wore this grey linen pant with rose-mauve loose top.
Wore it with multi-hued beaded necklace I picked up from Arambol beach in Goa and multicolor beaded bracelet to match the necklace from a handicrafts sale in namma Bengalooru.
Christmas Vacations - Photos
Now that I am back from an amazing trip to Dandeli, Karwar & Goa...posting some pics of the same here!
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