Kaleidoscopic Life :))

Birthdays.. Vakul and Vallabh recently celebrated their 2nd birthday.It was party time for kids.It was a small celebration with my apartment friends and kids as invitees.Decorations were as usual, balloons, ribbons and lights.Cake, samosas, chips, juice, lollipops, mini jamuns were the delicacies. Generally, kids enjoy the fun and party.It has become a routine for them.They attend more parties, than I have in my 26 yrs.Birthday parties almost all round the year.In an apartment of 80 flats, there are nearly 30-35 kids.All friends with each other, despite dooos & kaaas.Kids are accustomed to taking gifts and return gifts. There were a group of boys discussing about birthday parties and gifts.There was a kid saying "I have this(gift) already".This struck a chord in my mind.I was a bit disturbed.The first question that arose in my mind was "are we raising responsible kids?" .I feel, our kids have abundance of anything and everything.We don't shun any of the...

The Secret - Rhonda Byrne This is the first time, am a writing review about a book "The Secret by Rhonda Byrne"  http://www.thesecret.tv/  . One of my friends suggested reading this book.So whats great about The Secret.Its an inspirational,self-motivating book.The book helps you transform your 'thoughts into things'. Yes, our thoughts are the back bone of our life.You think good, good comes back to you, You think bad, bad returns to you. Our life is determined by the thoughts we have had in our mind, knowingly or unknowingly, in some point of time.Here are a few excerpts from the book as is. Law Of Attraction - "Like Attracts Like" Nothing comes into existence from the outside, and that everything first comes from thinking and feeling it on the inside. Your mind is the creative power of all things. The essence of this law of attraction is that you must think abundance,see abundance, feel abundance, believe abundance.Let no thought of limitation ente...

4 Yrs ago .... . We(Hubby,kids and in-laws family), recently(1st Nov 2010)were on a trip to Thiruvahindirapuram(Cuddalore dist,TN), my hubby'z native place to perform tonsuring on my kids.After nearly 3 yrs, I am revisiting the place.The entire journey rekindled my memories to 28th Oct 2006. So whats special with this day?? This day made me realize the importance of "every second in our life for a life".27th Nov 2006 was my wedding day.We still had loads of work to be complete before the wedding, the 1st being inviting the groom's family.Hardly 3 weeks to go and my fiance(Anand) kept us away from visiting his parents.All of us were getting very tensed.One fine morning,his mother called up my parents and told that my to-be Fil's health was in a bad condition. Then we decided to go to Pondicherry, where he was hospitalized.My parents, uncle and myself set out early next morning.I was all in a happy mood to meet my fiance.Driving on the ECR for the 2nd time afte...

Vakul & Vallabh @ 20 months 4 more months for their 2nd birthday.How naughty are they - Most mischievous than most of the kids I see.There are a lot of unanswered questions here. I think Swine flu is fond of active kids.Recently both were tested +ve for H1N1.I was taken aback when the doc told they have symptoms of H1N1.I was the lone person to handle the situation.No hubby,no parents,no m-i-l to spare their hands.All were out of station.My mind was racing. What should be my next step.Stay calm,muster courage to face the reality.Call hubby and inform,call brother for help.Brother's phone -no response.Next, i had to take both of them to Rajiv Gandhi Institute Of Chest Diseases to get the test done.Aunty (my baby-sitter) and I, with each child in one hand,a few bananas,biscuits and water bottle, set out to Rajiv Gandhi.I felt the atmosphere too eerie.Everybody with masks around their nose made me dizzy.Not bad - was my next impression on the Govt hospital as it dint take much t...

Independence Day - August 15th 2010 Mahaveer Coral celebrated Independence Day in a grand manner.As a part of the organizing committee, we planned a few programs.There are a lot of kids in our apartment and so we decided to have some competitions,dance and songs.Conducted coloring contest for kids between 2-5 yrs.Drawing contest for > 5 yrs of age.All kids enthusiastically participated.The theme for drawing was 'National Integration','A Rainy Day' and 'Beach Side'. All kids chose 'Rainy Day'.I think its easy to draw a few rain drops and umbrella.I too wanted to sit besides and draw and I knew I could definitely not compete with these talented kids.Aakansha drew a boy enjoying under the rain, playing with paper-boats and which obviously got the 1st place.Ganesh's concept was too good.Water gushing beneath a bridge and fishes and aquatic animals swimming in it.There were a lot of copy-cats for this.Then came the Lemon-n-Spoon race for pre-schoole...

Chip-Chip - The Sparrow!! Hurrray!!!! After a long wait for a month & half,chip-chip have started visiting my place.Being inspired by Dilawar(The sparrow man,founder of Nature Forever Society),we have bought a nest box & feeder.I had installed it almost 2 months ago.But no sparrows appeared until 2days back(My husband's bday).Both of were so happy to see them perched on the nest box.It was a good gift 4 my hubby.I was ecstatic to see my kids running enthusiastically to see the birds as soon as they wake up in the morning from the next day. Their chirpy calls announce my day break.My day starts with watching these small cuties.A male & a female have started building their nest. The male has a gray crown, whitish check, and black throat. The bill and breast are black in summer and in winter the bill is yellow and the breast is gray.The female has a brown crown and a plain breast with a broad buff line over the eye. I think they have laid a few eggs as well. Everyday thes...

Back To School Vacations are over and its now time to be back to school.Wow!!It is a very pleasant sight to watch Aakriti,Greeshmi,Bhavesh,Meghna go to school.Bhavesh wakes us up as early as 5.30am with his loud cry.We live together in the same apartment.They have joined nursery class.Neatly ironed new uniforms, new shoes. Isn't is really very exciting.The smell of new books,uniform,shoes & socks... I wanna get back to my school. Meeting old friends after a long break,discussing about their hols was delightful.1 or 2 days just passed chit-chatting.New entrants were like aliens/strangers,staring at them and negligent to even say a "HI".It took almost 3-4 months to accept the new comers. I was always a back-bencher.Only one reason to be early to school on the re-opening day was to a find a good place in the back seat.Unfortunately, I had to take up the 1st row in my 12th standard as I was late on the 1st day.Only then I realized why the 1st benchers were the 'all-ti...