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It was a very short summer-monsoon vacation. We decided to stick around Trivandrum itself as it was start of monsoon and our
mode of transportation was my scooter. I didn’t want to get wet and catch cold
and spoil my long awaited days off. So we were searching for places to go near
Trivandrum other than our usual hideout at Varkala, we found this less popular
place called Duke’s Forest Lodge which is very close to Ponmudi hill station
in Trivandrum. I have no idea why it’s less popular, this place is amazing and
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We started from Trivandrum on a Sunday afternoon, after
having brunch with my sister in law. Meenu was meeting her for the first time.
It didn’t look like they are seeing for the first time as both are chatter
boxes and enjoyed each other’s company. That was fun. After that we did a
little shopping and then headed to the destination. Most roads in Kerala are beautiful.
Especially those leading to Hill stations. Even though there were no great
restaurants on the way, we snaked a lot and had an amazing ride.<o:p></o:p><br />
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By early evening we reached Dukes’ Forest Lodge. It is a
bunch of a beautiful and serene cottages in the middle of 200 acre rubber
plantation. When we saw Duke’s hoarding
and took the turn from main road, my eyes widened and Meenu’s jaw dropped. Haha,
seriously. There were huge trees on both sides and for the first time we hear the sound of forest.Going
forward, the huge trees were replaced by small rubber plants on both sides and then
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There were small cute hoarding on every 20 meters which made
it impossible to loose track. We finally reached at the reception area. The
whole place was built in ancient Kerala style architecture with enough modern
touch. Near to reception was the first dining area with a small courtyard and
some Kerala style decorations. After checking in, we stepped down to the second
dining area from where the swimming pool and Kallar river is very close by. As
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We stayed 3 days there. One day just ate, slept and relaxed,
one day had a plantation tour and trekking, and the third day we took a trip to
Ponmudi and Kallar waterfalls. Even though we were on a such relaxed schedule for
3 days, I felt like staying back there for rest of my life. That place was just
like me – calm and quiet. Even though
the whole property belonged to a private party, we felt like we are in the
middle of a deep forest. The days were filled with mild wind, fresh air and
sunlight whereas the nights were filled with cricket sounds.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The climate was in
our favor for all the three days. Our plantation tour was amazing. There was a
guide with us so that we don’t get lost in the 200 acres plantation or in the
Kallar river. While on trekking, we
realized that even though rubber trees took most of the area they also has coco
plants, pepper, cardamom and even a small farm. We walked around a lot, clicked a few and got
amazed on how beautiful nature really is.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Duke’s Forest Lodge is the best place if you are person like
me, who enjoys the calmness of nature. If you can’t stay calm for long, don’t worry
you still got a nice swimming pool and board games. Still not enough ? Get an authentic
Ayurvedic massage. I felt the massage a bit overpriced, charging 9000 rupees
for one person, but the very affordable Organic stuff in their small store made
me happy. I bought a hair oil -100% organic one. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The best part is the nicest staff and the hospitality at Duke’s.
They are the best people I have ever came
across in my travels. Duke’s forest Lodge is not just for my type but every
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I will have separate posts on our cottage and the Ponmudi
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I have never disliked my country before. Life was pretty
much comfortable here. Keeping in mind it is still a developing country and one
of the most populous in the world, I believe it did the best. Life was not easy
here but was rather safer. I am a true patriot. I stand with my country and I
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But sometimes ‘the people’ who are part of this country is
pushing me to hate the living here. By people
I meant the male chauvinist crowd I see every day or the news channels show me
every day. Not just them. Some people who are supposed to lead this country as
a sovereign socialist secular democratic republic nation but tries to make it
some sort of religious asylum. And I am depressed to see even the educated
youth supporting every stupid policy ‘the people’ put forward.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am not denying the fact that developmental steps are being
taken by the same people. But before development comes safety and secularism. Did we forget
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs ? Food water warmth and rest comes first then comes
security and safety which is disappearing from this nation. Maslow’s hierarchy is
motivational theory but what else matters more than the motivation to wake up
and start living every day. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Why the government or whoever acts as government has to
interfere in personal lives ? Why is government
taking the liberty to tell its people what to eat and what not to ? What to
watch and what not to ? What to wear and what not to? It doesn’t sound like
democracy. If government is not being
democratic why are the so-called-educated youth not able to act on this ? Why do
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I don’t see a free happy life for me in this country. I don’t
see it for anyone like me, who belongs to a minority session and most unfortunately
born as a female in this country. I have always told myself to be proud of what
I am irrespective of the religion, caste and sex. But the government is telling
me to be ashamed of what I am and follow what the government thinks right. I pity on every single child born as a non-hindu
in this country. I pity on very single child born as poor in this country. I
pity on very single child born as girl in this country.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love my country. I just don’t like ‘the people’ in it.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714294528015165190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570627037110082796.post-78957918203976898112015-08-03T01:13:00.001-07:002015-08-03T01:15:19.401-07:00Book Review - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was hoping to read a usual friendship story when I bought
this book. But it is not a ‘read the blurb and get the story’ kind of books. The
novel is more about history and less about the emotion of characters. I find this novel different from
the usual slave-owner story. It didn’t made me cry at the end but did inspire
me. And I love that feel.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Invention of Wings is a historical novel by Sue Monk Kidd
which is based on Charleston, a city in South California. The book narrates story
of two friends – Handful and Sarah. Handful is a black slave owned by Sarah’s
rich family. Author narrates the story from Sarah’s eyes as well as Handful’s.
Though both stories are deeply related, each one is based on the personal and spiritual way of life and thoughts of Handful and Sarah. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Handful was gifted to Sarah on her 11<sup>th</sup> birthday
as her helping maid. Sarah Grimke who is an intelligent and righteous girl refused
the gift and started doing everything she could to stop the discrimination towards
black people. But being a girl in a society that treats black as slave and
owned by white, Sarah not only find her attempts in vain but also faces severe backlash
from family and society. Sarah didn't just hate slavery but also the discrimination
that women face during that time. Sarah had to
move to Philadelphia first due to her father’s illness but later to find her
own wings. Sarah’s second phase of life proceeds in Philadelphia where she falls
in love with a man named Israel, converts as a Quaker, learns to be a Quaker minister and eventually
joins the abolition movement and starts women rights activism with her younger sister
Angelina Grimke. Meanwhile, Handful had to deal with her mother’s
disappearance, hardship’s at Grimke household and planing and failed execution of black's riot. The lives of both Sarah and Handful grows in two different directions but
towards a common goal – freedom.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Though Sarah and Handful consider each other as friends and
are able to understand each other’s emotions, the author has not made a deep friendship
between the two characters. While Handful is trying for her physical freedom,
Sarah is trying to liberate her mind and spirit. The story tells how both the
girls create their destiny and more importantly how they invented their wings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I think the author doesn’t want to make this book about an
uncommon relationship but more about the strong history and strongest women
characters of history. Readers are less likely to have emotional attachment
with the characters but more likely to acknowledge and support the attitude and
behavior of each character. I liked how
Sarah and Handful ‘Invented’ their wings, rather than ‘discovering’. The author
makes it certain that not to waste time on discovering something which doesn’t exist
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I loved the book. I loved how the author narrated this
story. Moreover I loved Grimke sisters. History is powerful. It repeats itself.
I hope, like the Grimke sisters, every girl invent their wings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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How you guys doing ? I had a great week and weekend. Even
though I look forward to a very productive weekend starting today, I am still
in the hangover of last weekend. I went on a teeny tiny summer vacation. More
like a weekend+2 days getaway. And it was awesome. I spend some quality time
with my family and friends. I will be sharing the details with you soon.
Meanwhile here is my reading list for next 6 months. I am yet to finish The
Invention of wings. But I really want to finish all the below books this year
itself. I am trying to find some more time for reading on an everyday basis. My
roomie and her classic movie collection is a serious distraction :P Still, let’s
hope for the best.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21853633-first-frost">First Frost –
Sarah Adison </a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Its been almost a week. I know. I promised a post on my reading list which is still in progress because you know the hunt for best books never ends. So after I told you guys that I am pretty much free last week, I have been the busiest of the week. :( I feel so guilty about not having any new posts. Also am finding difficulty on having my travel pics to upload online as my laptop is no more working. That is why all the delay. I am asking my dearest friend Mr.Rain for so long but he is not helping at all. :( </div>
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dream or may be its how heaven looks like. Ya it must be. Because once you rest
your foot in McLeod Ganj the first thing flashing in your mind is - Am canceling
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McLeod Ganj is a nature’s gift. The fresh air, water and the
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the lap of Himalayas. I was literally shivering when we got down at McLeod Ganj.
It was in April you guys…still it was so cold for me. My friend could manage
even without a jacket. (hmm. I wonder what he is made of !!) Anyway, it was our
first unplanned trip and we had no idea about the place. Well, it is not that
we had no idea… we knew this place is going to steal our hearts at the moment
we heard the name ‘McLeod Ganj’ from a fellow passenger. Did I tell you that’s when
we decided to get down there ?? Ya…it’s so not me, but I thought let’s do it.
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where available. That was sort of weird because it was a huge place and it
was not even peak season. Then we realized that out foots are still in the conservative soil
of India and it was 4 in the morning and we were a couple with light luggage. Phew.
These are the moments I kick my partner for this instant decisions and crazy
butts. Seriously. I don’t like mess or confusions. I like everything planned
and straight and unaltered. I know how boring I sound. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span> But I really get out of
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reach there. This place we found was just a few steps away from the Tibetan
market of McLeod, which means we never had to hire a taxi again. Haha. We saved
some bucks there. The best part was that I could see the pine trees and snowcapped
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all the Tibetan people and Tibetan markets and food and Buddhist monks but a
little light to history was a great help. Here we go – When China took power of
Tibet a lot of people including Dalai Lama was exiled from Tibet. The 14<sup>Th</sup>
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thing you notice in every single Buddhist is their compassion. From there on I
started learning more about Buddha and his preaching. My partner was so happy
that I got interested in Buddhism, considering
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temple and checked it out too. The prayer wheels in these temples were a gorgeous
sight. I didn’t know how to use/turn it and I definitely didn't know it was
that heavy. I didn't had to pick it up but I had to push hard each one to make
it move. So I decided not to put pressure but relax and enjoy the peaceful terrain.
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area to fetch fresh/holy water and to dress up and click pics like a Tibetan
couple. We had to go a little more ahead to reach the waterfall. There is a
paved way towards the fall, but my friend saw a café just down the fall, so we
took a non-paved rocky way towards the café first. (Told you, He eats eats and
eats. I am a bit worried about the little quantity of flesh on my body whenever
he is hungry but thank god he is pure veggie. Lol) Our out of the way ride was
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clean water and look up to the water falling like its straight from heaven. I
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Hope you all having a great week. I am pretty much free this week. I mean apart from going to work everyday I don't have anything planned for the whole week. That is actually a good news to myself because now I can have more time for this blog. And I have already planned a few posts for this and coming week. So check out this space everyday. </div>
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For today, I found some of my old pics in a hard drive which are clicked in Dakshinachitra, Chennai. Dakshinachitra is museum dedicated for South Indian architecture, life style, arts and culture. Basically you can find heritage homes built in ancient South India style like The Kerala Christian home, The Madras Brahmin home, The chikmagalur home of Karnataka, The coastal Andhra home etc... </div>
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There are a few great shops and a nice traditional south Indian meal corner. I really did enjoy my day there. So whenever you guys go for a drive along ECR do check out this place. Its worth it.</div>
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P.S - During the time of my visit I was not into blogging or photography. So below given are the only pics I clicked on that day. Honestly, these pics do not do any justice to such an awesome place. You go and check it out guys, You will know what I mean. :) </div>
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Hope you having a great week. Have
you planned anything for the weekend ? My weekend is going to be a quiet and
comfy one. I have planned to stay indoors for 2 days watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S and
reading my new book. Oh Ya, I have ordered The Invention of Wings by
Sue Monk Kidd and it will be delivered today. Finally I decided to get over my
‘lazy-for-reading’ sickness and get back to track. And I thought it would be
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I love my kindle. It is the best
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read late nights). But sometimes I don’t get the feel that am reading a
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See how easily I get carried away.
The post title says life updates and am talking about I don’t know what
all….you know what, the word I say to myself the most is ‘focus’. Now you know
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I became an aunt !!! Again !!!!
actually, for the third time !!! hehe, but I become very excited every time.
This time it’s a nephew for me. I already have two nieces so I was secretly
wishing for a nephew. Both my nieces are a great help in emptying my wallet for
all those hair-bands and bangles and ballerinas. I hope the
latest one is different, At least he won’t need any ballerina. Happy
wallet, happy me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I successfully completed 4 years
in my job, also 4 years in Trivandrum. I can’t believe how fast time flies. I
am looking forward to move to a new city but I can’t get enough of this
beautiful place. I am soon going to miss all these trees, the windy and rainy
climate, the beautiful beaches and the most awesome people I met here.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We are shifting… Ya it’s sad
but true. Even though I have to stay back in Trivandrum for a few more months,
I can’t stay at the place where I stay right now. Me and my bestie are in
apartment hunt. Somewhere close to work place because I don’t wanna drive too
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all for now. But I have posts on my 'To Read' list coming this week and a weekend
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714294528015165190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570627037110082796.post-28553025106315606242015-07-06T10:52:00.001-07:002015-07-16T03:07:04.013-07:00Weekend getaway- A road trip to Kanyakumari<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is a post from my bestie about her recent trip. There would be more travel tales from her in coming weeks...Stay tuned :)<br />
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I was planning for this trip since forever. Finally it’s
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On a fine Saturday morning, we started the trip in our bike . We first headed to
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The palace also contains 17th and 18th century murals. The
royal splendor of the Padmanabhapuram Palace is quite overwhelming. The Palace
Museum is located on the right of the courtyard before you enter the main gate
of the complex. It exhibits furniture, wooden and granite statues, coins,
weapons and utensils. The guides were not so helpful, but we walked inside the
entire wooden palace and enjoyed its beauty.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Vivekananda rock is more of a sacred monument dedicated to
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Our hotel receptionist was so kind that he rang the bell in
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Udaipur is like a beautiful princess. So elegant, so modest. This was the capital of Mewar kingdom. Wherever you go in Udaipur you hear a new story about Maharana Pratab or Udai Singh or Rani Padmini. And its all very fascinating.<br />
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There are a lot of places to see in Udaipur. The best thing to do is to ditch your tour operator and explore the Udaipur streets by yourself like we did. We spend half a day in City palace and half a day in shopping the vintage stuff outside the palace. By evening we took a walk to the shores of Lake Pachola and got refreshed by the cool winter breeze and by night we got to see some authentic rajastani art forms at the Bagore ki Haweli. Luckily we were in Udaipur on the new year eve. (Yes. this post is late by 6 months :(.. lazy me !!!)<br />
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Bagore ki Haweli has got some really cool stuff to see too. I cant share all the pics here even though i really want to...<br />
One thing you cant miss in Udaipur is the night light show at City palace. At the show they narrate the histroy of Mewar kingdom and there is some pretty good light works, But what is amazing is the view of City Palace at night. It was mesmerizing.<br />
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Our Rajasthan trip was in December. Honestly, I didn't know
that it gets cold in that place. I am not proud to talk about my non-awareness
about a state that is part of my country, but you guys should know that I live
in the extreme south of this nation and here we have only two seasons – rainy season
and non-rainy season. Literally. We don’t experience any extreme climate. Well people
don’t call this place ‘God Own Country’ for no reason. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So, back to where we started, Rajasthan has got the extremes
of both winter and summer. And we landed there in winter. Needless to say, I
was frozen. I can’t stand cold . I hate that thing about me but I guess
there is no fat in my body that can actually help me to get through the cold.
So for me, Jaipur was freakishly cold, but for everyone else it was actually a
pretty sunny day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Any ways, my partner had a clear plan for the day. And we
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Our first destination was Amer fort. Amer is a huge
palace/fort build in red sand and marble. The rooms of Amer are built and
modified over years and has all the luxuries for a royal living. Every bathroom
in this palace has the steam bath facility and the royal bedroom has scientifically
designed natural air conditioning. Amer palace has beautiful gardens, mirror
worked and flower painted walls. This place is so beautiful for your eyes and
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Another stop was to see the world's biggest cannon. Yes, its in India and in Jaipur. It says after this Cannon was placed there no one ever bothered to fight with the king. haha.<br />
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Lastly we went to Chokhi Dhani. It was a treat to eyes, ears and the tastebuds. It is an artificial rajastani village where you get to see the folk entertainment, can have the delicious rajastani cuisine and feel the ethnic village life ambience. We walked around the place, danced a little, clicked a lot of pics and ate a lot. </div>
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There ends our two day Jaipur trip. Jaipur is a must see spot in India. Just get there at the right time and stay away from the tourist-looting businessmen. You gonna love it.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714294528015165190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570627037110082796.post-39359002358017323712015-06-23T00:00:00.000-07:002015-07-03T01:01:34.343-07:00Random thoughts and random pics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have a few unfinished posts in my draft since last few weeks. I don't know when I will be able to finish that. But, as usual, I have some excuses for that. First and the saddest of all, my laptop stopped working. I cant blame it. I used it a lot..*sigh*<br />
I have been so busy for the last two weeks, you guys wont even imagine. I am travelling home every weekends for last one or two months. That means on week days, lots and lots of tiredness and sleep and less and less of anything and everything else. *sigh*<br />
Still, I am always thinking how can I have at least one post every week(as I promised). Let the unfinished draft be there for some more time. Today I have a few pics from my last week and a few thoughts from today morning's travel back from home.<br />
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Until last year I too had the same mantra about being in a relationship. I want someone who can 'Love me as I am'. I hear everybody saying the same again and again. Everyone wants to be accepted and loved with all their weirdness, craziness, arrogance or what else. But have we ever thought of being on the other side of a relationship ? Have we thought of loving someone genuinely and completely as they are ? That sounds difficult right. It sounded impossible to me. Well, it still does.<br />
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The point is, saying 'love me as I am or leave me' is so easy but practically we are asking our partner to either do something which is impossible or leave. We know what the result is gonna be.<br />
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When two people are in love, both will change or rather tweak themselves to suit to each other. That happens unintentionally. But when two people decides to stay in love forever, there would be continuous pressure for changing something in each other and according to me its always better to try the change. After all,sticking on to what I am is not as precious as having the one I love in my life forever.<br />
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When two people live together there would be a lot of stuff that the other cant adjust to. I am not saying that we should change everything for the other but definitely there should be some changes. And it should come from both.<br />
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Change for each other. Tweak yourself a bit. There is no better way to express love. If he doesn't love you the way you are, be the way he loves. Because love is selflessness.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714294528015165190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570627037110082796.post-56160467343211241792015-06-07T23:45:00.001-07:002015-07-02T23:52:21.141-07:00My Instagram flashback<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It’s been long. I know. It was not intended, I swear. I was so busy last week. And I would be more busy this week and a few coming
weeks too. I have some travel plans with my family, for this week. No. It’s not
a vacation. Not a leisure trip. We are going to meet some people who are going
to be our relatives soon. I will let you guys know more when it’s the right
time. Until then, I will try to have at least one post every week. Well, that’s
not what I have planned for my blog but for now I think that is a realistic
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I have been thinking of writing about the weekend travels since a long time. I don't travel frequently but whenever I do I feel I should share this with someone so that they wont miss out these places. I have a bunch of such places and pictures with me. Today I have to write about this one place I never get tired of ...Varkala.</div>
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Varkala is a coastal town in Kerala, India and almost 50 kms away from Trivandrum. The best part of this beach side is that it has a cliff adjacent to Arabian sea which is unique considering the geographical feature of other Kerala beaches.</div>
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I have been to this place 4-5 times and every time I visit it is new, fresh and a place I lost myself to. So when I/we go, we drive my vespa all the way from where I stay till the cliff which is like 35-40 kms. We usually start by evening, ditching the sun and also enjoying the windy ride and local coffee stop bys.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I never had a nice camera whenever I was at this place - well I still don't own a nice one, but now I have someone from whom I can rent it with no paybacks :) . So the pics are not that great. But this place is worth watch. And there are a lot of nice resorts on the cliff which are affordable by everyone. Whenever we go we stay at Clafouti Beach Resort. We love these place, as its safe and have a nice traditional heritage touch to their cottages and the staff are friendly. Well, the part I love the most about staying there is to chill by the sea side cliff, watching the fishing boats sailing away to the horizon, drinking chilled beer with the delicious wood oven pizza and reading your type of literature. You don't have to carry your kindle all the time as most of the shops sells or even rents books. And at night if you want to shake your leg to a Hollywood number in amazing laser lights and a small group of foreigners, just head to 'Rock & Roll' cafe on the cliff.</span></div>
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Oh how can I not mention about the most delicious sea food...well, you know.. Its a coastal town in Kerala, You cant get fish better than this from anywhere else. Trust me.</div>
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Besides the cliff and the calm and quiet beach just down the cliff, there are few more places in and around Varkala which you can explore like Anjengo fort and light house, Kappil beach, Sivagiri temple, Edava lake etc. If you are heading to Varkala during on-season which is from October to March you can also find some fun activities like paragliding and speed boating. Also, while you are there get an Ayurvedic spa and massage.</div>
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Jaipur was our last destination of Rajasthan trip. Yes, that
leaves the details of other destinations pending. I know. I will definitely do
that. This time let’s start from last. We reached Jaipur early morning by bus.
And like in every tourist places of India, the taxi driver took us for a ride which
was so not planned but so much financially benefited for him. While I travel I feel
that there is less good people and more bad people in this country. Most of them
try to exploit you, if they identify that you are a tourist. But that not so
good start of the day couldn't ruin our day because it’s impossible to have a bad
day when you are in a beautiful city like Jaipur. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We already had our two days planned, but before we started
following the plan we just walked towards the nearest sweetshop for breakfast. Of
course after checked in to our room. But wait, breakfast in a sweetshop ??? Ya,
I know that sounds so insane but you guys must know that my travel companion is
a Gujarati. And I can’t believe how much sweet he eats. I am not a big fan of
sweets or let’s say food at all. But as this one person with me wants to chew
all the time we usually check out most sweetshops and restaurants. I really don’t
remember what was the name of item that I had from there but I did try their
jilebi and was soo delicious. Enough of breakfast. Let’s come back to Jaipur.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So Jaipur as everyone knows is called as pink city, is the
first planned city of India. You can see a whole town painted in pink. Shops on
both sides in pink color and have only shop numbers no names. That’s a bit weird
in this country considering the fact that how big placards the shop owners
usually display in front of each shop with their name. But I loved it. It
looked neat. So we were on a rickshaw while we were passing these shops and I
decided to check it out on the way back. We were actually heading to the City
Palace. Did you know that the royal family still lives there ? Yes, they are.
Only half portion of the palace is open for tourists and in the other half the
family is there. And to my surprise, the royal family is ready to have visitors
to their private palace but only if you buy ticket which cost you around 1000
per person. If you are interested you can even buy tickets for a dinner with
the Maharani. Haha. Seriously, the first thing that came to my mind while I was
there in City palace was that how business oriented people are. But then I thought how open minded people are.
Because you know how the royal family stands out from a normal citizen in India
and still they are ready to mingle with the normal people every day. I chose
not to take that tickets as it was fun still being a normal citizen and see
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I am not going into the history of this palace but if you
want its easily accessible in Google. There is a fine shopping area inside the
palace where you can find some antique stuff and clothes and jewelry designed
by the princess herself. I felt these stuff a bit over-prized but may be they
concentrate mainly on non-Indian tourists. As usual, we had our audio guide
with us and we went all the spots the audio guide wanted us. If you guys have never
took audio guides while seeing places like this, I must tell you that you
should definitely go for one. Because the human guides(mostly local people)
might just have their version of the history and is probably wrong. We have
really tried this once. I don’t remember where it was but we took only one
audio guide and then hired this one guy to guide us who was rushing us through
the places talking some stories he made up. We found that 90% of his stories had
no similarity with the actual history we heard from audio guide. <o:p></o:p></div>
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While we were in city palace a rickshaw driver told us that
there is this shop which opens only once in a week( and it was open on that day)
and has authentic antique stuff on affordable price. We thought to check it out. As soon as we
reach there we understood that it was just another shop that offered commission
to this rickshaw driver for bringing in tourists. Anyway, we went in and I
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By that time it was already afternoon and we were starving.
There are so many small places just outside the city palace where you can have
some light food. We just had maggi and coffee and left soon as we had Jantar
Mantar also in our list for the day. For those who don’t know what Jantar
Mantar is - <i>Jantar Mantar is considered
to be one of the largest observatories ever built. Combining religion, science
and art, the Jantar Mantar is the name given to a series of five, magnificent
structures built in Jaipur, New Delhi, Ujjan, Varanasi and Mathura. Jaipur was
the seat of Maharaja Jai Singh II during the 1720's and this is when this
magnificent structure was built here. The Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is considered
to be the largest of the five observatories and also houses the world's largest
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No being a science person, it was not so amusing to me but
it looked like my friend really enjoyed the place as he read all the details
about each and every structure. Unfortunately, by this time our camera battery
was down. So no memory pics from here. After that we went to a nice restaurant and
had Rajasthani thali (again ). I didn't tell you guys that during this trip we actually
had at least one Rajasthani thali a day. Yup, I ate so much!!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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their name because that would hurt them, without whom you never go shopping,
without whom you don’t dare to check out that new café over the corner. The one
with you spend all the day outs and sleepovers. The only one with whom
you gossip about everything around you. The one without whom you never watch
your favorite tv show….There are a lot of ‘with’s and less ‘with outs’ when
it’s about this one friend. And it’s her birthday nearing, But sadly you are
still broke. Worry not because you can still buy her something that make her
love you more. On a budget. Here are a few things I would go for:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fugi-film polaroid Instax camera – This is the coolest product I have come
across recently. It’s so cute to carry and it will give u a printed picture in
seconds… <a href="http://www.amazon.in/Fujifilm-Instax-Mini-Instant-Pink/dp/B009ZM9R4O/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1432121646&sr=1-1&keywords=instax+camera" target="_blank">Buy it here.</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Shop gift hamper – Let’s accept the fact that no one hates Body Shop. That
itself qualifies this gift to the top list. This is the cheapest in the list so
it won’t hurt to buy one more gift. How about a MAC lipstick ? <a href="http://www.thebodyshop.in/products/Gift-Rs-4000--UNDER/CORE---OLIVE/GIFT-MEDIUM-OLIVE/pid-370775.aspx" target="_blank">Buy it here.</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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decay naked palette –This is a must have for every girl. I don’t mind even
having more than one in my collection <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> <a href="http://www.flipkart.com/urban-decay-palette-15-6-g/p/itme4es9a6hf6ped?pid=ESDE4ES9YDAFUH2M&ref=L%3A7338728540998092364&srno=p_1&query=urban+decay&otracker=from-search" target="_blank">Buy it here</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Secret gift set - 4 Pcs Box Set [Endless Love Bl, Straw & Chmp Bc, Coconut
Passion Mist, Secret Crush Bubble Bath] – This package guarantees
happiness overload, for sure. <a href="http://www.jabong.com/Victoria's-Secret-Gift-Set-Of-4-760381.html?pos=1" target="_blank">Buy it here.</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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dress she lust after.. A few suggestions from my lust list (Available in
India) - <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.koovs.com/forever-new-floral-print-stripe-sheer-dress-59502.html?from=category-655&skuid=236132" target="_blank">Dress #1</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.jabong.com/miss-selfridge-White-Broderie-Beaded-Dress-735708.html?pos=260" target="_blank">Dress #2</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.koovs.com/ax-paris-peony-print-bodycon-pencil-dress-60685.html?from=category-655&skuid=240767" target="_blank">Dress #3</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714294528015165190noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570627037110082796.post-55585072077654598292015-05-19T01:18:00.000-07:002015-05-19T22:58:58.966-07:00Currently I am...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">I found this one in a blog I love and I check
out every day and felt like it’s fun to
do for myself. So here I go…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background: white;">Making:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">A list of
things I should buy if </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">in case</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> I get marred this year :P (hehe..that’s so weird but
I seriously have plans !!!)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Cooking:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">Nothing.
But assisting my bestie in cooking whatever she wants.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Drinking:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">Coffee.
All the time all the time. My bestie says I should reduce the number of cups I take
daily but I find it so </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;">difficult still trying by switching the late night
coffee to green tea.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background: white;">Reading:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Blink.
Reading since last 2 months. Well, I usually have time to time reading </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">sprees</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> and am not in one right now.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background: white;">Wanting:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">The </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">Fuji-film</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> Instax polaroid camera </span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt;">J</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">Missing:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">My girls
gang from college and those times. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Looking:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">forward to
July. Am gonna have one more niece/nephew …so excited </span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt;">J</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Playing:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">2048..for
a long time<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Giggling:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">This
is something that I don’t do. So pass.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Wishing:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">To put on
a little more weight…only on hands and legs, if that’s is possible </span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt;">L</span></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">Enjoying:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">This
non-stop rain that stared last weekend. I am really gonna miss this place.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Waiting:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">For bonus
:P Well already made a list of things to
buy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Liking:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">My new
fossil watch. Gifted.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Wondering:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">If I will
ever be as independent and stable as I want, both emotionally and financially.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Loving:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">This Ellie
Golding song ‘Love me like you do’ and playing on repeat 100 times a day.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white;">Creating: </span></b><span style="background: white;">A new pinterest board on Indian wear.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Marvelling</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">:</span></span></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">I don’t even
know the difference between </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">marvelling</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> and wondering. But still gonna give it a
try. </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">Marvelling</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> at how the collar dresses suit me despite what I thought.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Needing:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">A nice hot sizzler and one beer. And a place to
relax with the same song playing in repeat. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Smelling:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Nothing. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wearing:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> W </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">kurta
and legging and an open sweater because it is raining since last 4 days so its chilling in
here.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><br />
<b style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Following:</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> All my </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">favourite</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> bloggers in Instagram
and of course the lovely you tubers.</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Thinking:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Whether he
will call this time or I have to ??? I feel like I am the one who calls after
every fight.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Knowing:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I am not
gonna call this time. Haha.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Bookmarking:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 9pt;">This
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It was a holiday yesterday. A holiday on middle of the week...is something I don't like. It doesn't help me anyway other than sitting at home full day watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Well that's something I love but not on a Wednesday :( . Anyway this is something which is out of my control so I think no point in crying over it.</div>
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Unlike other holidays, which tend to be the most depressing day for me, yesterday actually turned out good. My roomie also cancelled her plans and sit at home with me. We cooked the traditional sambar (Hey, It was Vishu yesterday) and evening we went to beach. :)</div>
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I am not a big fan of beaches even though that's the most attractive thing about the place I live. This is completely a coastal area and ya if you get to the backside of any house you can say hi to the blue water. We went to a not so crowded beach, which I dont think has a name but the place is called Vettukad. It was calm, quiet and breathtakingly beautiful. We reached during sunset and honestly, that one view made my day. :)</div>
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As it was just a casual visit neither of us took the camera but I clicked some with my phone. Take a look...</div>
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I had some pictures in my phone which I clicked during my weekends in Bangalore. And I don't want to spoil my travel posts with this not so pretty pics. So here is one post just for the love of dressing up....<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714294528015165190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570627037110082796.post-39128971277870583172015-04-09T23:08:00.000-07:002015-04-17T23:26:13.002-07:00Travel Diaries - Bangalore Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is the first part of my Bangalore travel days. Considering the fact that Bangalore is the nearest happening city and its just an overnight volvo bus ride, I love spending my weekends in Bangalore. I do have a number of friends there so no worries about the stay :)<br />
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I started travelling to Bangalore last year when a few of my friends came down there for a short term project. So I decided to go there and meet them. That was my first trip to Bangalore and I fell in love with the place that time itself. Compared to the place I live, Bangalore has so many places to shop, eat and a fairly good night life. And its south so I can get my favourite Kerala food whenever I get the craving.<br />
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It was on a summer day and climate was fair enough for spending the day out. So we decided to visit the Bangalore Palace, which is within the city.<br />
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About the palace, it took almost a century to built this by the Wodeyar dynasty. The architecture of this palace is different from other ancient palaces in India. It is said that the Wodeyar king Chamaraja in one of his trips to England, visited the Windsor Castle and was inspired by the Tudor style architecture, Thus Bangalore palace is a mixture of different architectural styles which makes it more attractive. This palace is surrounded by beautiful garden. This place is not very huge compared to other ancient palaces but still very elegant and well maintained.<br />
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There was not much crowd so we could really take our time and see each any every corner of the place. This palace is decorated by very ancient and historically important arts and paintings which says that the kings or rulers whoever stayed there were great artists.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">I got a glimpse of some of those glass works and paintings along with my pictures in the palace. I have anyway dressed and accompanied by friends so why not to click some pics :)... just a girl thing.</span></div>
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Next time when you are in Bangalore, make sure you visit Bangalore palace....<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714294528015165190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570627037110082796.post-62964181508361050802014-04-15T04:19:00.004-07:002014-04-15T04:19:58.847-07:00A note to self<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dearest me,<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are things around you that makes you upset. Tomorrow
there will be more things to drag you down. I know you are worried. I know you
are confused, depressed and lost. But it’s all right. People will tell you not to
worry…they will say plenty of reason to
stop worrying…. You listen to them. If you are convinced, fair enough. If you
are not, don’t be late but start worrying again. There is nothing wrong with worrying.
There is nothing wrong with being confused…it’s not bad to be desperate… Then
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These all make the ultimate ‘U’. They are all part of you…You
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You feel like shouting ? Scream… No shame. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Its all within in you. It’s wrong to keep it within you. It’s
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you are not. Stop showing off. You don’t have to impress everyone. Impress yourself.
Be true to you. The more real you are
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714294528015165190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570627037110082796.post-54933175997168497702013-11-11T05:38:00.001-08:002013-11-11T05:38:16.042-08:00What I will do if I know am going to die tomorrow ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What if I have no more days left but just today ? What I will do today ? <br />
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Today is going to be my last day…and today has to be counted as the day I lived most. Yes. I am going to fear less and act more. I am going to worry less and laugh more. I am going to envy less and love more. My last day wish list doesn’t include any adventures…It just has some simple things which I wanted to do every day but I couldn’t yet. <br />
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I will call up my father and tell him that he is the one I love the most and I will send my diary to him. I wish he will understand me even then. I will call my mom and tell her that I will miss her. I will call my sister and thank her for being a wonderful sister and will send her all my shoes and bags. I will call my brother and tell him that he can use my room and he can stop finding guys for me. I will send all my beauty accessories to my niece aami. I will start a savings account for my second niece Pepper as her father(my brother) is a spendthrift. <br />
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I will send a note to my ex saying ‘I forgive you for not letting me to be myself. And am sorry for showing up in your life”. I will send a card to my best friend in Qatar and tell him that I love him for being such a great friend always. I will send a note to my ex manager and my current manager for being nice people. I will give all my clothes to my new good friend Lerry, because we share similar taste.(you can alter it and use )<br />
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Finally, I will fly to wherever he is, and will marry him. So that I can die peacefully, as his wife. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714294528015165190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570627037110082796.post-59640927412004199902013-11-10T23:14:00.000-08:002013-11-10T23:14:10.925-08:00Lesson 2 – Being myself<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
These days I have been thinking a lot about myself. It’s almost year end and am nearing to my birthday, so I just thought of counting the years I have really lived…lived for myself. And I couldn’t it make the count to not even one year. Alarming …it is!!! <br />
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I haven’t done any forbidden sins that bible quotes. I haven’t hurt anyone. I haven’t done anything against my conscience till now. But still I haven’t done anything for myself. Whatever I have done till now is what I have been asked to do..by society, by parents, by friends. The other things I have done by myself was to please someone else. And, in my life till now I have faced this problem of ‘difficulty in saying no’. <br />
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What else one needs for suppressing their own personality? Are we losing our own personality ? No…,may be not revealing our own personality is the problem. There is no point in finding why are we behaving like this. The postmortem result is definitely going to be any of these: <br />
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1. We are conditioned to act in a certain way <br />
2. Our minds and conscience has been tuned to respond to others feelings than one’s self. <br />
3. We are afraid of society <br />
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I still argue with my mother on one thing. There are many things that we argue on but the one thing I could never accept even after thinking from her side was, she says ‘a man has to live for others happiness, not his own’. It sounds great. It’s very difficult but if everyone thinks this way then I think we don’t need another heaven above our head. But why I couldn’t accept this is, in this world the one who lives only for others happiness will always be exploited. Nothing else. I have experienced that many times. Even my mother had. But she still believes in it. And I still don’t. That doesn’t mean that I don’t care for other’s happiness.But what I say is that the priority is our own happiness. <br />
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Why can’t we think ‘what we really want’ before we commit on something or someone ? Why can’t we just say ‘No’ to someone or something if we don’t agree to that ? Why can’t we do what we love to do if that doesn’t hurt anyone else ? <br />
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It says there is nothing impossible for a living man. So why don’t we try on this ? Now I know what I have to do about this. <br />
1. Next time when someone asks me to do something, am definitely going to ask myself, “Do I really want to do this? Or am I doing this just to please someone?” <br />
2. Next time when I take a decision in my life, am going to ask myself, “ Am I really happy with this ? Or am I doing this to make someone else happy?” <br />
3. Next time when I disagree with someone, I am going to say ‘No’ rather than simply agreeing on anything. <br />
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Because, hiding one’s personality is same as not having a personality. And how long can one exist without a personality ? Rise up. Rise up for yourself. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714294528015165190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570627037110082796.post-48619473636057083422013-11-05T04:59:00.001-08:002013-11-05T04:59:51.954-08:00Lesson 1 - How to take decision<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have lived only 26 years. That doesn’t mean that I am dead, but that am on my 26<sup>th</sup> year of living. But for last few years I was very disturbed because I was unable to read myself most times. I was trying hard to understand what I really am, what I want and for what am I living? I can just ignore these questions and move on. It’s the easiest way to deal with this. But I have walked through that easiest way many times till now, and I succeed but for a short time. I could forget about this for some days, months or weeks but it always came back to me. And the more I ignore the stronger was the return. So I decided to deal with the questions. Not all at once, but one by one. And I started working on the first job of identifying my personality. I wondered for knowing a lot negatives about me and less positives. But it is fine. Because I have enough time to work on my negatives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My first problem that I could find out was the difficulty in taking decision. I struggled with my memory trying to figure out some situations where I really had took my own decision and I found none. It was very alarming for me to know that I haven’t taken a single decision in my life in last 26 years. I just looked around, I looked at my friends, I looked at their lives. As far as I know, they were in similar state. Now, as I found that most people in my generation face the same problem, I could blame the society for their over involvement in our lives…I could blame our parents for the over concern and care and mostly for the less confidence in letting us to take a decision….I could blame ourselves for always getting attracted to the comfort in forgetting about ourselves and going for our parents decisions. I could blame many others too. But I won’t. No that at least I decided to work on my problem in taking decisions; I realize that the first step is to stop scratching on what went wrong but to investigating on what can make it right. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes. That’s the first step. Adopt the confidence to face anything and everything that comes up as an after effect of your decision. It’s very simple to say. Simpler to write</span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. But there is this famous saying, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">if there is a will there must be a way</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And there is a way. However crucial the decision is, try to find a backup in case the decision goes wrong. And if that is not possible, then believe that God exists and He see you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Second step is to get some time, at least 10 mins before you take the decision. Think logically. Write down the pros and cons. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Write it down on a paper. </i></b>Think emotionally. Weigh the pros and cons as per your emotion. If you think that even if the possibility of success is only 1%, but your emotions want you to do it then <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">do it. </i></b>There is no logic, there is no reasoning, and there is no arithmetic in life. It’s just emotions. Life is a bunch of emotions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Third step is to decide. DO IT. Never push it for tomorrow. It will just eat up your energy, put you in stress and make you weaker. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Do it today, do it now.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fourth and final step is not to look back. Once you decided, find the possibilities to move forward. If you are stuck find a way out. If you are lost, just think about the emotion you had when you took the decision. That’s enough to move on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So this is what I am going to do now. Let me fix this first. I shall definitely write more on this… I shall write how I succeed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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