4 years....

Wow! cannot believe that I have ignored this blog for more than 4 years.. The job that I mentioned in my previous blog has kept me so busy that I had completely forgotten that I have a blog.. 

The last four years of professional life has been really challenging but on the brighter side, I have gained a wealth of knowledge. I have had the experience of working with top management and the chief executives. I am truly thankful to my ex boss for having the confidence in me and just picking me for the role. I am truly thankful to her.

This morning, I was talking to my friends Archana & Sateesh and that's when I decided that I have to revive my blog and start writing once again. I need to jot down my thoughts as and when they come so that when I grow old, I can come back to them.

Recently, I bought a book where I have started writing my thoughts in that book. That's mainly because I have started to make a lot of mistakes in my spellings and also my handwriting needs improving. I used to have neat and beautiful writing, which is completely deteriorated. Hopefully more writing will improve my writing. 

I was talking to my friend Archana this morning and telling her that how I don't have a flair for writing. My writing is very simple and does not always have good and meaningful words. She encouraged me to practise more writing, another reason for reviving my blog. 

Today, we went Sunglasses shopping for Sateesh. I wanted to buy him sunglasses for his Bday next weekend. This was something I decided when we were walking on the streets of Edinburgh this easter holidays. Sateesh just casually mentioned that everyone is wearing Ray Ban glasses, that's when I decided I will buy him Ray Ban for his birthday. I knew that he did not have a good pair of glasses, so this was a great idea.

Then we went to Costa coffee, did our usual.. get some drinks in the coffee shop and then sit and talk about world affairs.. (our own affairs.. we dont care much about current affairs). Its always fun.. and we always have lots to talk about.

All in all, today was a relaxed Saturday.. look forward to more saturday of these kinds.. 

Sunshine in my garden...

Sunshine in my garden

I love sunflowers, I think they are the happiest flowers

They are big, bright and beautiful and make me smile everytime..

Wardrobes.. part II

My fitted wardrobes are damn cool.. Unlike most wardrobes that have shelves, I choose to have a lot of drawers in mine.. The best part is, I got to choose what I want in it.. I designed it...

Earlier I had wardrobes with lot of shelves in them and normally the stuff that at the back never got used.. the stuff got completely ignored.. and I used to think I don't have clothes.. and kept buying.. (not that I have stopped shopping now)

But this is cool.. I get a complete view of my entire collection by pulling it out... I have clearly sectioned it out with office clothes.. home clothes.. and other random stuff.. its dawned to me.. that I have more jeans than office clothes.. which is not very good.. as I am not allowed to wear jeans to work.. other than Friday..

I have nice little wardrobe dividers to put little bits and pieces like sock's , belts, cosmetics.. etc.. Its really good.. and I am glad I got it done..

Wardrobes

Hurray.. my wardrobes have been finally fixed to the walls.. and they look really awesome.. Its been something I wanted to get done from a very long time. Earlier we had free standing wardrobes and they not only looked all over the place but also took a lot of space in the rooms. Lets face it, we don’t have a mansion, and for the amount of clothes that I have accumulated over the last 5 years.. I probably need a mansion.. Sigh!

But.. really excited to fill the new wardrobes up with my stuff.. and hopefully it will be more organised and hopefully, I will be able to find my clothes much faster than normal..

Lazy Lovely Sunday..

Perfect way to spend a Sunday.. lazing around...woke up late in the morning..had some nice filter coffee.... late breakfast.. we had crumpet and baked beans.
Oiled my hair.. had a nice long hot water shower/bath... relaxed... Had a late lunch.... some jeera rice with some channa masala.. that I made..
Caught up with some of my friends online.. chatted for hours with one of my close friends after such a long time... she was telling me that she and her hubby are planning to visit London.. and I was really excited about it.. looking forward to that..
Just now.. had a nice hot strong filter coffee... and a shared a black forest cake with MR as there was only one left... The weather is not that great outside.. its snowing, cold and windy.. therefore we decided to stay indoors... dozed off a bit reading a book.. woke up when my friend called...

It had been such a long time... that I have had a relaxing Sunday.. I look forward to more of these in the future..

Altogether.. a lazy lovely sunday.. almost coming to an end....

Kaapi

Hailing from the south of India, I have always loved Coffee (commonly known as Kaapi in many south Indian Languages). Every morning Amma used to make up light kaapi because as kids, all three of us hated milk and still do. So, just to change the colour of milk from white to brown, she used to add a little liquidated filtered coffee into it. Amma had tried various drinks like horlicks, Maltova, Complain etc..but nothing had worked like Coffee as none of us complained. So, at a very early age I was introduced to Coffee and developed a taste for it.
Every morning, I woke up, brushed my teeth and then went into the kitchen, helped myself with a cup of hot coffee made by Amma and waited for my turn to have a bath before I went to school, college or anywhere. Also, in the meantime, would read through the English newspaper (mainly adverts ). We were not allowed to step out of the house without a morning bath.. Now.. That’s what I call discipline.. !

Eventually, I was old enough to make coffee for myself. I used to try to alter the proportions of milk, sugar and the filter coffee liquid. I realised that it tasted much better with little milk, more filter coffee liquid, in short strong coffee. But Amma did not like the idea of her kids drinking strong coffee as it was not healthy and I agree with her completely, so she avoided situations where she let me make coffee. That was tasty filter coffee with chicory in it. I had enjoyed coffee everywhere, from Coffee house on MG road, to coffee days, from the self service darshini’s to good restaurants.

The love for my coffee continued even when I came to London. But the coffee’s here did not taste as good as Amma’s coffee, the coffee’s here are very bitter and some of them are disgusting. Eventually, I realised that the real coffee is actually bitter and back home they actually add chicory to coffee to make it taste better. I also learnt that chicory is banned here and what we see in London is one hundred percent coffee. The fact that coffee was bitter, did not stop me from having it… I slowly developed a taste for it and today coffee is become a part of my life, a part of my daily routine. I love the smell of fresh coffee, and whenever I pass across a coffee shop I am tempted to have one. This is not a good temptation as there are lots of coffee shops in London, and when its chill outside and you smell fresh coffee being brewed somewhere close to you.. all you want to do is.. have a nice hot cappuccino or a nice hot Mocha. Although, I should say, that I am in the verge of getting addicted to coffee and I make conscious effort to stop drinking too much as its not good for health and can disrupt sleeping patterns and has many more side effects. But it works wonders when one has had a heavy meal in the afternoon, and have to spend the rest of the afternoon working. It helps you survive the afternoon quite well…
Three cheers to coffee.. I love you.. !