Lust for cooking spaces & the warmth ;)

Kitchens are an obsession of sorts with me. Strange enough that while the thought of getting some time away from the kitchen is so welcome to most women, I find myself getting de-stressed here. After a hectic week at work, there's nothing that would please me more than cooking something that the family loves or just baking some cake with the kids helping me.  I dream about my "dream kitchen" while I keep browsing through hoards of designs, not really sure which one is "the one" where I would love to have a cuppa chai with my soul buddies. So until I find my nirwana space, I keep ogling at these marvelous beauties on the net.

Spaces where I discover myself

Spaces where I am finding my lost self. I have a renewed (again???) resolution towards making a fitter me. I have had enough of whining about time and lame excuses of my asthma getting triggered off by way of indulgence in any kind of workout. So, I kicked myself on my butt (theoretically) and decided that my husband and kids can certainly afford to not have me hovering around them for at least 5% (roughly an hour plus) out of the 24hours in a day and I walk/jog to my hearts content, sweating out the fat hopefully to a better, fitter me in the long run. It's amazing how those raised endorphins create a happy aura around me. This is the West coast park in Singapore where I find my solitude, my peace, my awakening and my resolution stays strong. After two plus weeks of running, I felt I could do more and took a brave decision to sign up for two official runs ;)

Pink necked green pigeon

Eventful Sunday morning. After abandoning the first pair of eggs on nesting Day 15, our love birds (pink necked green pigeons) are back for a second attempt at making babies. This time on my cherry tomato plant.

Saanjali: Aaai wook(look) I can actuavvy(actually) see the papa bird. Super excited.

Saveer: No Saanjali. It's not the daddy bird. It doesn't have a pink neck but it's green all over. It's the mummy bird.

Fingers crossed!

Day 3 of nest building (14 Apr 2015)

Mahalakshmi (Gauri) Pujan

SHS Reunion 2013 - 22 years down the memory lane

Five months ago when I was pulled into a chatting network (WhatsApp) on the phone, little did I know that I was in for a major surprise.

I reconnected with friends from my school days after more than two decades.

Friends from school

Guzre din

Woh roj school se aana
Fir galliyon mein adda jamana
Woh padosi ke Khadus aunty ki deewar
Woh aate jaate rickshaw pe hojana sawaar
Woh curfew wale din
Jab cricket mein sab bante sachin
Chura kar late the padosi ke amrudh aur aam
Aur dekh kar koi kehta "yeh aaj ke bachche, ram ram ram" ;)
Woh galli mein khidki se hote ishaare
Aur jab phut te the hasi ke phuware
Kya hasin yaadein hai kya hasin the woh din
Jaane kahan gaye woh galliyan
Jaane kahan gaye woh log
Kahin aisa toh nahi ki badal gayi galliyan aur badal gaye humlog!