sweets......

Planning a comeback.

2018-05-22T23:43:00.001-07:00

Felt like putting some words or rather thoughts into paper after a busy time for some years.

2012-01-10T09:48:00.000-08:00

As the new year begins,let hopes come true and fulfill all your every desire .........WISHING A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR AHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sweets

2012-01-10T09:32:00.000-08:00

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2011-12-17T02:39:00.000-08:00

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Valentines day special...........................

2011-02-10T00:44:00.001-08:00

As Valentines day is past and I was just going through my old collection of versus I could recall that I had been romantic at times...

YOU ARE THE ONE........

Those exotic eyes of yours,

With oceans of passion,

Made me so disquieted,

A feeling of uniqueness it rendered,

But could stand that gaze no more.

Under the spell of your charm

I perceive myself undisguised,

The magnetic personality in you....

The exceptionally charming ways of yours,

You are the one I longed for-

You are the one I am in love with.

I had never been the Mills and Boon type- delicate, lovable person.Always a tough elder sister,who had no time for boys and who could not understand half of what the boys around me comments in Malayalam and never enjoyed company of boys after coming back to Kerala from Bangalore.Now when I watch boys commenting and spending time with girls I know exactly what I had missed in my teenage. Anyway no use repenting ummmmmmm....... Since I enjoy my little brother's stay at my house and his friends and college stories etc etc, I still feel like a teenager at times .

Coming to Valentines day it was earlier meant for only lovers but it is lot more now. I can understand if it has changed into a more broader concept ie. to show your love to your parents ,friends etc.What I have understood recently is that it is more than sharing or caring or expressing love but it has gone to this extent that people have now started finding out what attractive things they get in the market which they can take home like cute valentine pendants, pink cakes,pink pens etc. All brands advertise with valentine special offers and people run to avail them but none have time to spend for each other.I doubt that the value of this day is slowly decreasing.

It was once the time for creating an understanding and also deepening the love between husband and wife,lovers and friends.It was the time for parents to let their children know how much they loved them and to teach them how important it is to love ,share and experience the feeling of togetherness with their family.I hope there are lot many who think this way. Anyway I enjoyed being with my husband and kids on this day. Eventhough it was a working day I managed to reach home a little early with lot of fruits which my kids like and a few chocolates which is always their weakness. For my husband, he had been asking me for a long time to make kanji and cherupayar for dinner, which I hate. Eventhough I had lot of options like cakes,going out and having food ,buying gifts which meant nothing but just a style we incorporated in the recent times, I preferred to be with them, with their tastes.I had some sausages ,burgers made at home which made myself and kids happy for dinner.I really enjoyed every bit of my Valentines day.

" There's one sad truth in life I've found While journeying east and west - The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best. "

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Even while writing these I dont know how far I have conveyed what I wanted to say, but it was just to say that even though Valentines day come and go and people create a hype very few bother to instigate the value of being together in good and bad time and also valuing the depth of relationships.In my six years of experience in my present job,where I deal with people of different walks of life, I have come to the conclusion that our society lacks understanding and adjustments in life which is very important for a strong and lasting relationship.The increased rate of divorce cases in our country is alarming.

I wish, these Valentines day celebrations emphasize on loving, caring and sharing etc.... as it was actually meant to be.

" You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you. "

Frederick Buechner

solitude ........

2011-01-26T07:41:00.000-08:00

SOLITUDE

Solitude..........

The balm of some,

For they enjoy being alone.

The bane of others,

For it pains being alone.

Soliitude..........

Is temporarily masked;

Is temporarily forgotten,

Until our mind perceives,

Impermanence of a relationship.

Solitude............

Is living with a fresh mind,

Is living with an open mind.

Rejecting memories of past,

Rejecting anxieties of future,

We are all alone facing ourselves.

That's what solitude means afterall.

lines of an old amateur poet.

2011-01-26T07:31:00.000-08:00

A MOMENT'S THOUGHT.

Life turns away in a bend,

In chapters which begin and end.

Swerve not to left or right,

From mind's diverting path.

This present moment is as vast

As ticking aeon's which are past.

This day amid time's flux and flow,

Is individually ours to know.

Time past is gone,has fled beyond recall,

Time future is not and may never be,

And the present is the only time for us

Tommorow is but a promisory note;

Yesterday only a cancelled cheque.

While there is a world, it will last-

Ofcourse, the thoughts of the past.

For where you stand thinking,

Is the plain mother earth burning.!

On which our lives are like open books,

Alas! the books of memories and thoughts

Making of my home...................

2011-01-15T02:08:00.000-08:00

A good home must be made, not bought.......
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home

It's the place where we reach after a hectic day. According to me after my day in office I enter the house rest in the sofa for 10 to 15 minutes, if I feel like having coffee or tea I do that and once I am in, I am back to my normal routine. For me there is no sitting or lying down and taking rest etc... I like it when I am always on my toes.

According to my opinion a small house with very few accessories make a beautiful home. I give more importance to the interiors of my home. Even though not a lot of money is spent on the interiors I choose each and every thing according to my choice so that later on I dont feel itchy when I see things that I dont like. visit for interior tips Having 2 boys and taking into consideration my kids nature and my husbands character my house was designed in such a way that it meets everybody's convenience.Now after 6 months of our stay at our new apartment I am happy I had given all these a good thought before even entering the house.

After entering my living room my next work area is my kitchen. Being a very small area it is easy to manage. Reaching home in the evening my first work is to check whether the kitchen is clean and neat after the whole days work ( by my maid). Eventhough she has only the evening and dinner to prepare I am very particular that when I enter the kitchen it should be spick and span.Having enough storage space nothing remains on my table top except for my cooking range. visit modular kitchens

Even now I smile when I see my kitchen because I know how much trouble I had given the vendor who had done my kitchen cabinets. Every day morning I used to get a call saying " mam if you could just come and tell how to go about todays work it would have been fine" I used to be there in the morning by around 8 in the morning after my kids leave to school when he used to work on my kitchen . He had suggested light colour for my kitchen but since I had in mind that my maid would be using the kitchen more than me I preferred a dark colour for my kitchen doors.I also insisted on closed cabinets for all the top and bottom area.The kitchen was designed with ferro cement partitions and the doors were done with fibre which was very cost effective .In the picture my cylinder lies outside the space it was meant to be because till now I have not got a person to drill a hole in the granite. One thing I would like to strictly advice any body working on a home project is not to leave any work for the later. Do everything before your housewarming or else it will have the same fate as my my gas cylinder which is still in the old position . Cant believe me? watch the snap above ,it still remains there ......refer for kitchen designs
Ok,now we have finished with our kitchen but before I enter the kitchen I have to change . So I walk upstairs which has two bedrooms and a pooja area.Talking about the staircase you see in the first clipping, that was a big story.To give a better idea about the story , I had booked 2 apartments ie. 2 one bed apartments ,one on top of the other and converted them to a 3 bed apartment.My only idea behind it was privacy. Usually all flats esp. 3 bed apartments have a common pattern of a hall with dining and 3 bed rooms around it and there is a lack of privacy. In my apartment we have a feel of an independent house once we enter it.Now coming to the story, when we booked the flat we had a deal with the builder that he would be providing the staircase. To our astonishment he provided us with a spiral staircase which we could not digest. So my next plan was how to change it. After a lot of research we ended up with this staircase which is now seen in the first clipping.The look of the room changed after it was done......

Forget it ,coming back, as wego up the stairs we reach directly at the entrance of our bedroom.My bed room is spacious and has a small balcony adjacent to it. I have 2 chairs there but as we dont have time for relaxing that area is mainly used for drying our clothes where I have tied a line neatly ,very high so that it does not look shabby.My bedroom has nothing in it except for our cot and a small side shelf which is seen in the snap. I have placed 2 chairs on the opposite side of the wall.My wardrobes are seen behind the separator ,a small area for dressing up and just opposite that is my bathroom. Having a very spacious bathroom was my husbands idea and so eventhough difficult to clean I compromised on it. If I was to decide it would have been a little smaller one and since my husband has very few choice and likes ,I did not want to comment or re decide on it. Later,maybe after some more years, if we feel like having a jacuzzi or so we have enough space there. Now I take a quick wash and after I change I proceed to go for my evening prayers, for which I step out of my bedroom.

My prayer area is between the two bedrooms exactly in the corridor .To get a better idea see the photo where the pooja area is seen as soon as we reach upstairs.Now comimg to my pooja area it has no room as such but it gives a feel of a room.Till now the sides of the pooja area has not been done because myself and my husband are hanging on with two ideas. Anyway I wanted a glass finished side and he wants a more stronger thing for the sides. Not yet decided till now but it looks good without a side so I am not giving it much of a thought.My kids are good at taking care of themselves,not very careless so I dont mind.After my prayers I slowly proceed to my kids bedroom which is the other bedroom on the top floor. It is just adjacent to the pooja area.

Walking into my kids room, I start picking up one toy after the other starting from the entrance of the room. Any way my kids room is more of study room and play room for them. When the flat was booked itself my elder one had only one suggestion that he wanted to design his room. It was very difficult for me to accept but still I said ok to it, calculating in my mind that anyway the construction will take one or two years and by then he will forget the promise but to my shock he had a very good plan of how he wanted his room.The room was done with pictures and stars on the wall , all picked up by them.They wanted a fan with power rangers on it for which he even told us which company to look for..Inspite of our limited timings it was fun going around with the kids to find things for their room All the furniture in thier room was done in white and one side wall was given a green color. Even though the room looks very funny they love it. Thats their world....refer for kids room accessories They have a small closed balcony in their room where I have given them a book shelf so that all their reference material are easily available.It actually serves the purpose of a small library.Even if they spoil the order of the shelf it does not matter because it is not seen as soon as you enter the room. All these designed in such a way that even though it is the kids room it will not look dirty and shabby at any point of time.

By the time my kids room exercise is over ,my little ones will be back from downstairs where they go to play.Two of them in their worst form now with all muddy shades on their dress, hand are taken directly to the bathroom attached to the bedroom down stairs to get a quick bath. Here this room has the same appearance as the bedroom upstairs except for the color of the wall . Talking about the co lours which we choose for each room,I understand that it has a lot to do with our mood .I wanted all different colours for each room and so my research for the same began there.Kids room and one bedroom had the same colour ie. green because as per vastu green is the best colour for children who study.My master bedroom has a sunrise colour and my diniing room has a juicy colour. colours and thier choice

Snap of my bedroom downstairs is seen here, a simple room with just one cosy bed and 2 chairs to compliment the look of the room. All my rooms had paintings done by myself, my husband and my aunt's husband who is an artist. Eventhough a simple house I have a feeling that it has come out almost as I wished .As I am very fond of home interior designing my ideas still go on and on.... so changes will certainly happen in my dwelling .Who will not want changes? lets wait and see if my new ideas will be productive in my house or not... until then goodbye from me..... oops forgot to add some more clippings of my home sweet home............enjoy watching them with some links along with it which had helped me a lot.

dining room reference

My small pooja area which gives a feel of a room but still not a room.Not much of a space is occupied for it, but it serves a wonderful and peaceful area for my prayers to the lord for helping me set a dwelling. He really needs a very important space both in my life and in my home.............................................

My dream house .......

2010-12-24T05:48:00.000-08:00