Lost in Reverie....

Giveaway winners :)

2012-02-19T18:55:00.002+05:30

Yayy!! We have the winners of the giveaway (drum roll please!!!!)
We had this giveaway going on two blogs ( kadambaby & shuchi’s-blog)
To be fair to everyone, we compiled a list of entries on both the blogs (yes, people who had posted 2 comments were considered twice…and so on )
We used random.org to generate 3 numbers and the lucky ones are as below…
Shalini Chandak & Shruti Bhat(of mindful meanderings) get the finger puppets and Shilpa Kamath gets the cushion cover. Congrats!!
Send us your postal address and contact numbers at sales@kadambaby.com…you’ll find the gifts in your mailbox soon!!
Thanks everyone for participating…it means a lot to us Do keep checking this space regularly…we’ll keep coming up with lovely stuff!!

Give-away at kadambaby.com

2012-01-04T23:04:00.002+05:30

A big hello to all the lovely people out there…thanks forvisiting this blog!!

We are having our first give-away at kadambaby.com and winning is real easy...justhope you get lucky!

Two lucky winners get this lovely set of 10 finger puppets.Both kids as well as parents love to play with these…making stories, tellingthem to everyone…its a lot of fun!!

One lucky winner gets this adorable smiley cushion cover. Itwill surely brighten up any room!!

Below are a few steps. You can either do any one, two or allof the below…whatever suits you J

Random comment numbers will be picked up using www.Random.org to decide the winners.

1) ‘Like’ our facebook page (www.facebook.com/kadambaby) andlet us know you did by commenting below. That will be considered as one entry.

2) Invite any of your friends to ‘like’ ourpage. Let us know you did by another comment. That will be anotherentry.

3) Write a post on your blog about thisgiveaway and spread the message. Let us know via a separate commentwith a link to the post on your blog.

4) Write a review about any of our productson facebook or website (www.kadambaby.com). Don’t forget to let us know.

This giveaway is open till 15^thFebruary 2012. We will announce the winners within a day or two after that.

All the best to all of you and hurry up!!!

Kadambaby.com... a new beginning !!

2011-11-18T14:13:00.001+05:30

Looking back...it’s not been long since we first thought of getting into kids home décor and now we are almost ready to roll !!

We gave ourselves a deadline of 11th Nov’11 as it is our son’s first birthday (and therefore the most auspicious day of the year for us). And as with everyone else…we realized that we work best with deadlines!
It was quite an ambitious planning… getting the website ready, product concept to designing to getting them made, integration with payment gateway, facebook, twitter et al… everything had to be done in just about 3 months. Phew!!

All of it is finally over and we are ready to start our website with our first collection of bedroom furnishings and some cool stuff for infants. We shall keep on adding a lot more categories as we expand.

Have a look at www.kadambaby.com and please do let us know what you feel. Your comments and feedback is extremely important to us. You can also leave your comments on our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/KadamBaby

Looking forward to all your feedback / comments / suggestions. They mean a lot to us.

My Wishlist !!

2011-09-14T13:18:00.003+05:30

This post has been pending for a long long time.. had read a wishlist on someone’s blog sometime back (I’ve even forgotten the blog author’s name and I’m feeling really sorry for that ).I've had this wishlist from a long time..but it never got completed!
Posting it anyway…so here it goes…

1) I(actually it should be ‘we’..hubby included) have been wanting to do something on my(our) own for a while now. The entrepreneurship bug has bitten me(us) long back..but being the perfect procrastinator(yep, both of us!) nothing much happened. However, right now it looks like things are shaping up as we would want them to…so hopefully I’ll be able to strike this point off from my list soon…. But it remains here right now!

2) Travel in India
- Make a trip to Kerala…its backwaters, houseboat, lush green environment…everything is so fascinating…God’s own country indeed!
- Andaman… had been there long back with parents and siblings...longing to go again and enjoy the beauty.
- Agra...had been there too long back...but I feel the magic of Taj Mahal can be experienced again and again!
- Leh- Roof of the world…seems like an adventure trip.
- Jaipur… this colourful city always fascinates me.

3) Travel internationally – Africa, Dubai, Italy/Rome/Venice/Florence.

4) Take N (my son) to Disneyland (and also visit Florida while there!)

5) I don’t know why I missed it...but I really regret not having watched any play on Broadway, New York. Wish to go there again just to watch a play…and while I’m there I’d like to stay in Manhattan, shop on 5th Avenue, picnic in central park….(well what’s the harm in wishing, right!)

6) I hate to admit...but I haven’t even been to a lot of places in and around Bangalore! So this one goes on top of my list...travel extensively in and around Bangalore.

Guess thats all for now… will keep adding as and when my ‘wishes’ increase!
So…whats in your wishlist??

happy anniversary

2011-06-23T10:54:00.001+05:30

We celebrated our 4th anniversary yesterday :)
To some it may seem a very short time together and to some it may seem a long long time..all I can say is that I really don’t know where the years went..
We had a few ups and downs (like every family I guess!) but the ride was quite enjoyable..
Had read this a lot of times earlier and came across this again today while surfing...this time it goes for my husband (without sounding mushy!)

" He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry. He’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect more than he can give. Don’t analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy who is perfect for you. "

~Bob Marley

Hoping he remains perfect for me (hehe!) and we celebrate lots of anniversaries together!

a give away..

2011-06-17T18:38:00.000+05:30

I have mentioned about my new found love for blogging here.
Simzcorner is one such blog that I love reading and Simran is having a give-away on completing her 100th post..You can have a look here. Go through the post and take a chance to get one of those lovely bags. I'm sure u'll love it!!

Living room- wall decor

2011-06-16T16:40:00.000+05:30

Of late I’ve been inspired by blogs on home décor/crafts etc and have been really enjoying reading and seeing what people have been posting.
Heres something I did last weekend and these blogs have inspired me to post my stuff too. Hope it interests at least some people!!
I had a few of my paintings lying in my house..never bothered to get them framed.. Got them framed finally last week and now they are up on our walls. Feels nice to show off some of my own work (talk of modesty!)

Have put these up on our living room walls..just near the entrance..

Heres a closer look..

Another wall...We have a 7 month old baby who keeps on crawling in the entire house so we've decided to get minimum furnitures right now and give him enough space for all his activities.. heres our floor seating arrangement and another one of my paintings up on the wall..

closer look...

i also tried my hand at making origami lotus..

didn't have the right color papers..but tried to make them anyway..they are now sitting on one of the corners of the room.

That was all for the weekend..hoping to target another room sometime later!

memories...

2011-05-24T22:51:00.000+05:30

Hello everyone!! We’re back to namma bengaluru from New York and everyone’s been asking “how does it feel to be back??”

It always feels good to be back home. Yes, Bangalore is what I like to call home now :) When I came here in 2004 (it’s been almost 7 yrs!) it took me some time to start liking this city. I was still in the transition phase from college to work life and Hyderabad seemed anyday better than Bangalore. But it didn’t take me long to fall in love with the city - a metropolitan minus the madness of big cities! My first job, some lovely friends, marriage, first home (though rented but it still is home!) and now first car...there are lots of memories with the city. No wonder no other place comes even close when I think of settling down somewhere. Also sis and bro-in-law staying here was an added incentive to be back!

So here we are back after 3 years and it now feels like we had never left the city...it was just a short holiday trip and now we are back to the usual life. To think of it...it was an amazing holiday...probably my best till date!

I haven’t been missing NY as such but there are lots of lovely places and memories that do come to my mind whenever I think of the place.

--The wide multi-laned streets and highways with cars all around. Driving was so much fun there!

--New York skyline especially its view from our window.

--Broadway- just strolling on the street and watching various stores and people from all over is good enough to spend an entire day.

--Times square with lights all around. Almost all movies have some scene that reminds of the place.

--Window shopping on 5th avenue... all the high-end designer stores...their VM, display, merchandise everything is a must see.

--First few days of spring and people with all sorts of colorful clothing on streets. The excitement of spring coming after a long winter is there on all faces. In fact, the entire nation - from streets to stores to parks to trains - everything seems to celebrate the arrival of spring.

--Beach trips - the best part of summer :)

--Long days of summer - even the sun seems to celebrate summer and doesn’t want to set in!

--Fall colors - an entire color palette can be seen on a single tree! It’s the prettiest time of the year. People plan long trips just to enjoy the fall colors all around.

--Barren trees in winter - suddenly the trees seem to start preparing themselves for the long long winters by shedding all their leaves. One can’t imagine such colorful trees can turn so barren in just a month’s time. But that’s the way they survive the harsh winters.

--First snow showers - It is the best part of winters. Everyone comes out to play in the snow -making snowman, hitting each other with snowballs, just clicking pics...it’s so amazing!

--View from the window after snow - It feels no less than a dreamland...all trees, streets, houses, cars, everything covered in white.

--‘Snow days’ at work – this one’s silly but it gave the same high that we got during ‘rainy days’ in school ;)

--Though depressing but black and brown jackets on streets in winter. No other color could be seen during entire winter – just people covered in jackets, scarves, boots and even face masks!

--Holiday season- that was another fun part of winters with red n white all around. Return of 'josh' in people even in the crazy winter could be felt – thanksgiving, Christmas and the ‘holiday shopping’ associated with it.

--Christmas music on radio and long drives in winter just to listen to the music :)

--Lots of places nearby but best is Niagara falls – loved it so much that I had to dedicate an entire post to it!

The memories are endless and i can actually go on and on...but I guess I should stop here now...rest some other time :)
‘The world is a book and those who do not travel have read only a page!’ Now I can claim to have read at least a few pages ;)

My Baby -- My Life !!

2011-05-18T21:51:00.000+05:30

Wanna see how time flies?? Have a baby!!

I still remember when Nishu was about to come in our lives.. the anxiety,nervousness,excitement was there for almost a year and finally the time came to go to the hospital..every minute spent at the hospital waiting for his arrival seemed so long.. and then he decided to make his grand entry into this world..the look on his face..bright wide open eyes, pink lips and oh so delicate skin! I was afraid to even pick him or hold him fearing that anything might hurt my baby. I’m sure every mom feels the same for her child, but he seemed to be the cutest,prettiest,loveliest baby I had ever seen!

Seems that he is growing with every blink of the eye - from lying calmly, to moving hands and legs, to smiling, to cooing, to holding hands, to grasping toys, to rolling, falling and now crawling… It's all just amazing! How someone so dependent on you starts learning things one by one and will finally be able to lead a life on his own..even then he will always be my baby!!

Six months have literally flown away and now I can't imagine a day without him around. How were we living without him earlier?? He seems to be just the perfect fit for the family.

It's just the beginning of a long long journey of learning, playing, teaching, scolding, laughing, fighting..etc. for both of us and I’m enjoying every bit of it…

I remember a poem here..(couldnt translate it in english so here it is in hindi)

मेरा नया बचपन

बार-बार आती है मुझको मधुर याद बचपन तेरी। गया ले गया तू जीवन की सबसे मस्त खुशी मेरी॥
चिंता-रहित खेलना-खाना वह फिरना निर्भय स्वच्छंद। कैसे भूला जा सकता है बचपन का अतुलित आनंद?
ऊँच-नीच का ज्ञान नहीं था छुआछूत किसने जानी? बनी हुई थी वहाँ झोंपड़ी और चीथड़ों में रानी॥
किये दूध के कुल्ले मैंने चूस अँगूठा सुधा पिया। किलकारी किल्लोल मचाकर सूना घर आबाद किया॥
रोना और मचल जाना भी क्या आनंद दिखाते थे। बड़े-बड़े मोती-से आँसू जयमाला पहनाते थे॥
मैं रोई, माँ काम छोड़कर आईं, मुझको उठा लिया। झाड़-पोंछ कर चूम-चूम कर गीले गालों को सुखा दिया॥
दादा ने चंदा दिखलाया नेत्र नीर-युत दमक उठे। धुली हुई मुस्कान देख कर सबके चेहरे चमक उठे॥
वह सुख का साम्राज्य छोड़कर मैं मतवाली बड़ी हुई। लुटी हुई, कुछ ठगी हुई-सी दौड़ द्वार पर खड़ी हुई॥
माना मैंने युवा-काल का जीवन खूब निराला है। आकांक्षा, पुरुषार्थ, ज्ञान का उदय मोहनेवाला है॥
किंतु यहाँ झंझट है भारी युद्ध-क्षेत्र संसार बना। चिंता के चक्कर में पड़कर जीवन भी है भार बना॥
आ जा बचपन! एक बार फिर दे दे अपनी निर्मल शांति। व्याकुल व्यथा मिटानेवाली वह अपनी प्राकृत विश्रांति॥
वह भोली-सी मधुर सरलता वह प्यारा जीवन निष्पाप। क्या आकर फिर मिटा सकेगा तू मेरे मन का संताप?

मैं बचपन को बुला रही थी बोल उठी बिटिया मेरी। नंदन वन-सी फूल उठी यह छोटी-सी कुटिया मेरी॥
'माँ ओ' कहकर बुला रही थी मिट्टी खाकर आयी थी। कुछ मुँह में कुछ लिये हाथ में मुझे खिलाने लायी थी॥
पुलक रहे थे अंग, दृगों में कौतुहल था छलक रहा। मुँह पर थी आह्लाद-लालिमा विजय-गर्व था झलक रहा॥
मैंने पूछा 'यह क्या लायी?' बोल उठी वह 'माँ, काओ'। हुआ प्रफुल्लित हृदय खुशी से मैंने कहा - 'तुम्हीं खाओ'॥
पाया मैंने बचपन फिर से बचपन बेटी बन आया। उसकी मंजुल मूर्ति देखकर मुझ में नवजीवन आया॥
मैं भी उसके साथ खेलती खाती हूँ, तुतलाती हूँ। मिलकर उसके साथ स्वयं मैं भी बच्ची बन जाती हूँ॥
जिसे खोजती थी बरसों से अब जाकर उसको पाया। भाग गया था मुझे छोड़कर वह बचपन फिर से आया॥

- सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान

Im Happy :)

2010-05-05T19:37:00.000+05:30

Its been a long long time since I’ve posted anything here.. Actually life had again become a routine, home-office–home. And with the extreme winters which seem to have just got over, any sort of activity was a distant dream.

But I guess this is a by far the biggest event of my life and I had to write at least something.

You might have guessed by now..

Yes.. we’re expecting!!
We’ve even heard the heartbeat..and its amazing!

I used to think that the reaction will be like what they show in the movies.. everyone jumping in excitement and singing with joy.. hehe!
Well it was almost the same or even more at our parent's place.. the excitement in their voices can't be described in words.

But for us its nothing like this.. Not even close. I’m unable to find the word to describe the feeling - excitement... maybe, anxiety...no, surprise...nah!

Yes we're excited at the thought of a baby coming in our lives, but then the thought of our entire lifestyle change after that is scary. Feels like we are still children... Will we be able to handle our child??

Anyway, people say that when a baby is born, a set of parents are also born with it.. hope its true!

As of now, all I can say is we are very happy.. and wanted to share our happiness with you all.

PS: All sorts of advices/suggestions/comments are welcome.

My journey in the US so far...

2009-08-05T01:03:00.000+05:30

It seems like yesterday... I was in my office mustering up the courage to put down my resignation. My husband was getting relocated to US and the obvious choice (then) was to join him.

I stepped out of my boss’ cabin and it seemed as if everybody knew about it... Like some ‘breaking news’ on AAJ TAK!

‘Congrats!! You’ll be going to US; which place? New York? Great; it’s the best place you could ever go to; finally you’re out of all this; enjoy your life; it’s like a dream come true; and so on… The next one month at work was flooded with similar comments, feedbacks and advices.

Probably the time in between was the best time... Meeting parents, relatives, friends, shopping, packing, planning… Lots of excitement in life... It was a welcome break from the usual routine life I had been leading for the past 4 yrs. Home-office-home.

With such a lot of hustle-bustle, I didn’t even realize the days passing by and I was in US. Even the flight was Air India and the time went by listening to Indian music and having Indian food.

Stepping out of the airport, I started realizing that I had finally landed in US. The streets, roads, high rise buildings were things that we had always been seeing in movies. Though it wasn’t a huge difference as these days we have a lot of similar buildings in Bangalore too.

Our hotel was in New Jersey. Jet lagged, we preferred to take a little more rest and then step out somewhere in the evening. There was an Indian street situated next to the hotel. I’m sure no one could ever say that it’s not India. I remember telling my hubby 'we get to see a lot more foreigners in Bangalore than we are seeing here'. New Jersey has a huge Indian population and you can find everything that’s remotely Indian. I felt like I was strolling in some street in India in my dreams.

A couple of weeks went by just roaming around on the streets of New York, getting to know the place. There are lots of big malls but again these do not strike us a lot coz the mall culture has come up in a big way in India too.

The biggest difference I found here were the roads and infrastructure. New York and New Jersey is well connected through rail. There are mostly wide roads, well maintained and very convenient to drive on. The traffic rules are quite stringent and people do not dare to break them.

Days went by and gradually all the initial excitement starting fading away. When you’re used to working, trust me being at home (homemaker, housewife... call it whatever you may) seems to be the most difficult thing on earth.

Now the most important thing for me was to get a decent job wherever possible.
Working in US is also not easy for everyone. Most people on dependant visas are legally not allowed to work here. I was lucky, as I was allowed to work here but had to get an EAD (employment authorization document). It took about a couple of months to get that too and my job hunt began.

But before I could get confirmed by any company, thanks to the recession, all the jobs seemed to disappear from the market. I can’t say about others but this recession did hit me badly.

Having given up all hopes of working here, I decided to have fun as long as I could and then go back to India and work. The rest of 5-6 months went by shopping, travelling and ‘chilling out’.

I’m glad I came here, as staying in another country for a substantial period of time changes one's outlook a lot. There’s a lot of personal growth, some known to us and lots unknown to us. It’s actually like coming out of the well and seeing the world, watching/interacting with people from almost every community/background/religion etc.

We had come to US in Aug’08 and decided that I’ll go back to India in sept’09, get a job and settle down there. My hubby would join me by the beginning of 2010. This was our next plan of action..

While we were all busy planning out all our shifting, selling household stuff, getting tickets and various such things, I suddenly got a call for a job interview. To my luck, it went well and I got selected. Now I have to join by Sept’09.

Once more, all our plans have changed... Now I’m gearing up for a new job, getting jitters every now and then, preparing myself for a new beginning (or will it be the beginning of the same old routine??).

Whatever it is, I really feel that strange are the ways of life. You get things when you least expect them!!

There’s a quote which I often remember...

“A man was walking on a shaking bridge. He prayed for help... he saw God on the other side of the bridge and asked God to come near, but God didn’t come. Man got angry. With great difficulty he crossed to the other side and saw God holding the broken bridge! Trust HIM. HIS ways are amazing!!”

The Magic Of "Harry Potter"

2009-07-24T20:54:00.000+05:30

Harry Potter has probably divided the world in 2 kinds of people...

1) Who are just crazy about the series and get a smile on their faces on just the mention of terms like ‘muggle’ , ‘hogwarts’, ‘quidditch’ etc..

and 2) Who constantly keep thinking ‘what is all this fuss about Harry Potter? Isn’t it supposed to be for kids? People have probably gone really crazy... and so on...

I was introduced to the world of Harry Potter by one of my colleagues. She was always high on ‘Harry Potter spirit’ and didn’t need any reason to give me the first 3 books of the series to read. It just took me a couple of days to jump from the 2nd lot of people to the 1st one. Harry Potter is indeed an addiction and there’s no denying that!

After that I’ve tried to bring almost everyone I know from the 2nd lot to the 1st... Alas... No luck till now!!
There was a time when I wished really hard that any of my family members or close friends get into the ‘Harry potter fan club’ so that I could have ‘Harry Potter’ discussions with them! (Quite childish, to think of it)

Movies have always been a disappointment for me (reading a book is always more captivating than watching a movie). However, since I had watched all the 5 parts, I had to see the 6th one too.

So last week we went to watch ‘Harry Potter and the half blood prince’. I managed to drag my husband along with me... Poor guy... He hasn’t read even a single book and there he was sitting in the theatre trying to understand the movie. (I should really thank him for that!)

This movie is not at all for first timers. To them, it may seem like watching some Chinese movie in aboriginal language. Even for those who had read the book, the movie was quite a surprise. People came out of the theatre wondering why this part was named ‘half blood prince’… forget the rest of the doubts!!

Anyway, this post is not a review of movie and I’m not getting into all of that.

What was surprising was that the euphoria of Harry Potter is very much alive even after the series is over. The story and its end is known to all Potter fans, but the craze just doesn't seem to fade off. The theatre was packed not just with kids, but there where people from all age groups.

This part does leave a lot of unanswered questions….
Will Dumbledore be back?
What happens to Snape?
Will Ginny officially become Harry’s girlfriend?
Will Hermoine and Ron be able to express their feelings to one another?
Is Draco Malfoy really bad?
And so on…

Will have to wait for both parts of the 7th book to get all the answers...

But for now, all I can say is…. Long live the magic of Harry Potter!!

Niagara Falls – Nature at its best..

2009-07-01T20:08:00.000+05:30

“Have you guys been to Niagara yet?” This question haunted me from the time I came to New York.
It was as if Niagara is THE place to be, and you have wasted your time in US if you haven’t been there.
Another one of the over hyped places. I thought to myself... We have plenty of falls back home but nobody raves about them!

Anyway, we were sitting at a friend’s place and were planning to go out on some weekend... The obvious place was Niagara.
After a month long preparation of renting of the car, booking a decent hotel near the falls and getting the tickets to various rides there we finally set off for THE NIAGARA.
It is a 7 hour drive from New York. With 3 people having Driving License, the drive was quite comfortable.
We reached ‘Days Inn’ at around 11:30 pm. The hotel is at a very convenient location and falls are at a distance of just 10 minutes walk.

Next morning, all fresh and excited, we left for the falls. I was expecting an ethnic mix of crowd but all I could see were people from India (or maybe I was noticing them more!)
Lots of places mentioning specifically ‘Indian cuisine’ caught my sight.

We crossed the road and reached the park. Right there in front of us was the mighty falls. I just couldn’t take my eyes off it… It’s so mesmerizing.
The huge crowd gathered to see the falls dissolves in front of it. All you can see and feel is the endless fall, the gentle cool breeze, mist all around, droplets of water splashing on your face... this could only be heaven.

After spending some time there we went towards the queue for “maid of the mist” boat ride. The journey began at the bottom of the Observation tower, where we were provided with a souvenir rain poncho. We wore it and got on to the boat… all around we could see people in blue colored ‘made in china’ ponchos. We secured our place where we thought we could get the best view of the falls.
The boat ride began… it took us to the base of falls through the crashing waters and massive rock formations. We all could experience the power and intensity of the falls.
It was an experience I never had before. There we were standing in the midst of the roaring fall. Hadn’t heard a roar so pleasing to our ears!!
The entire area was covered by mist and the demarcation between the fall and the sky was almost invisible. It’s said that if the sky is clear and sunny, a rainbow is seen at the top of the fall... Something we missed that day.
Nothing can be better than this… Nature at its best... was all we were talking among ourselves.

Well, the next ride was even better! ‘Cave of the winds’ is what it is called. We were again given yellow colored ponchos and this time footwear too. There were wooden walkways which took us closer to the falls than we could ever imagine. It was good fun climbing the stairs with water splashing all over us. And finally we reached the top which is called the hurricane deck.
We probably spent a couple of seconds at the hurricane deck, but lots of people kept going there again and again. Apparently standing beneath the falls and touching the rock on that back of the falls is a huge adrenaline rush. It’s something you have to really experience to appreciate.

Completely soaked by then, we went to the park to get some sun and dry ourselves up.
It was a lot of adventure for the day, so we preferred to relax for the rest of the time. Couple of hours later we came out and spent some time watching a rock concert happening just next to our hotel.
Tempted to see the falls again, we went back to the park to have a glimpse of the falls at night. The falls were lit in the colors of rainbow- It seemed magical! And then to our surprise fireworks started at around 10:00 pm. Gods must be really happy with us!!

It was a long day, but a truly fulfilling one.

Next day we went to the Discovery centre and an aquarium. There were a couple of places we had to miss due to lack of time.

Post lunch we headed on our way back to New York… back to the usual routine life… with a smile on our faces… beauty of the falls still lingering in all our minds!!

Yesterday I met a friend of mine and no prizes for guessing the first question I asked her … ‘Hey have you guys been to the Niagara yet??’

Thats me !!

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Even my orkut page says today “inactivity can be fun for a while, but you have to be doing something to be happy”
Does it know my state of ‘just chilling!! ‘these days? Is it out in the news somewhere??
Gosh.....Makes me feel that I’m the only one on the planet spending time doing literally ‘nothing’.

Well... I guess today will be the day when I’ll finally pay some heed to my sister’s constant advices of 'start doing something… at least blogging! '(Don’t get the impression that she’s elder to me!)

Someone once said (or was it me) 'laziness is something that grows on to you. The less you work lesser you feel like working'. That’s exactly how I am these days. I can’t even remember when I had so much free time in my past 28 years.

Oh no no... Don’t get the impression that I’ve been doing absolutely nothing. I did some painting and I’d like to believe that I’m good at it. A friend gifted me a canvas and I was full on to it. But now that the painting is complete, laziness has grabbed me again. Will go out and buy another soon. Even better... will someone pleeee…ase gift me another canvas!!

Thinking of the positive side, I’m spending a lot of quality time with my husband which is good for our relationship (that’s what all of my friends say)
Yeah right!! We do get some time between his office, calls to off-shore (in case you’re not from IT, that’s the office in India) and then trading till post midnight...

Having said all that, I really can’t complain. This is the break in my life I had been longing for years... travelling, seeing places, just doing nothing for hours, painting, reading, writing.

I really don’t know what took me so long to start a blog, but I guess now I’ll keep it alive (till laziness takes over it too) .

Till then.... Cheers !!