Happy Birthday !!

      If you'd be with us today Dad, it would be your happy 55th birthday. You always said you had a steel body and that you will always be young. Little did we know that you'd leave us so soon that the memory of a young you would be etched in our memories. Had you been here Dad, we would be hosting a grand party. We would sit together and call everyone who hadn't yet called to wish you a happy birthday. We would decide on a menu and then get our hands dirty and kitchen messy cooking with mummy. But alas! Dad you aren't here with us today and I am such a plethora of emotions right now, that I do not know how to react.
      I agree that the best flowers get plucked the first, but it is so much easier said and heard. When it you who is experiencing it first hand, it is just an inconsolable sorrow,  something time cannot cure and a void which can never be failed. If I could, I would rewind my life and relive all the moments we lived together. Till date , I do not remember even a single day in my life when I haven't thought about you... I could never have imagined my life without you, yet I am here - living it.
      Every situation makes me think what I would have done if you were with us. I want to share my happiness with,cry with you about the things that make me feel bad, but I can do nothing of it. Dad, the void is too big, it stretched beyond borders and no amount of time gives respite. It is very difficult without you. But we try, we try to live, we try to smile, we sob... We miss you loads.. Every moment is incomplete.

      I hope you are happy where ever you are, sharing a drink with the Almighty. So, Cheers to your birthday Dad.. Happy 55!! And no matter what, you'll always be young, just like you wanted.
   
      "Kehne ko saath apane ek duniya chalti hai 
      Per chhupke is dil mein tanhaayi palti hai
      Bas yaad saath hai..."

I lost my Dad in a tragic road accident. Nothing can prepare you for the loss of a loved one. Please do not drink and drive. You'd never know that what might seem like a third party insurance to you, might actually break a family and break many dreams. Please wear seat belts. Please wear helmets. Better safe than sorry.

Workplace updates!!

After a tryst with a couple of short term projects, I have finally landed into a long term one. Well it has been going on from a long time, so hoping it continues. This workplace is different, there is neither a cubicle nor a designated desk space. Instead, there is a huge table and people sit around it. Well, it is really weird, and given that I do not know anyone around it becomes more weird. I feel out of place and am taking my sweet time to adjust. Not only is it weird sitting next to each other, but the very feeling of not having any personal space is driving me nuts. Besides my handbag now has to rest on the floor, if all the chairs are full. Not happy. My desk accessories have moved base to my wardrobe at home and the lone cute giraffe roams around the table. She has got more friends than I do :D The good part is that there is a human size window and I can stare outside when I do not have work. This stand and stare time is reducing day-by-day with some days being busy enough not to pull blinds off the window, but when I do get time , I pull the blinds and stare outside. I was lucky to see a huge parrot one morning. It was so serene though that I couldn't muster using my cell to click a pic. Wednesday afternoon, it was a bit cloudy and this is what I could see from the window..



Spare the picture quality.. It doesn't look green at all.. but it was. Greenery and clouds and the temple standing in all its glory.. Can you see the tiny bird flying away from the frame ??? What can you see from your workplace?

Another lazy bum post!

As much as I love drawing, painting, claying and crafting, I have a lazy bum which doesn't move at all on weekends. It rests and rests and rests, this couch potato resents any change of state. And then there is this severe lack of motivation!! So, I decided that this weekend all I'd do was draw, paint and craft, all I did was cooked, ate and binged watched the television. It wasn't until midnight that the artist in me woke up and wanted to craft something - So here it is -

Wanted to make roses - check, wanted to make clay with blended color and sparkle - check, a customized fridge magnet - check, a 4th anniversary keep sake - check!!!
I am happy at how it has come out :)

Did you like it guys?

A Book Lover’s Tag

I found A Book Lover’s Tag on Shilpa's blog - A Rose is a rose is a rose. And I am happily taking it up to write about my books :) If you love it as much as I do, feel free to take it up too.. 

My book worm charm!!

Say hello to my handmade bookworm and here we go -

1.Do you have a specific place for reading?

No... I can read almost everywhere. I read at the library, at my work desk, in bed, anywhere in the house, in the car while travelling, at the beach on a holiday.. 

Here I am reading in the train!!

2. Bookmark or random piece of paper?

I loveeee bookmarks, so definitely bookmark!! I have a lot of them..

And I keep on losing them...

3. Do you eat or drink whilst reading? 

Noooo... I'd rather stay hungry, but I cannot, at all eat or drink while reading. Cannot spoil my books.

4. Music or TV whilst reading.

Wouldn't mind both, but don't prefer any!

5. One book at a time or several?

Depends on the book... If interested in the book or been on my to-read list for too long, then one book. If I find a book too heavy to digest, I pick up a lighter read along. Also depends on the size of the book, if too heavy for my handbag, I carry a lighter one along.

6. Do you prefer to read at home or elsewhere?

Prefer reading at home, but can read anywhere.

7. Read out loud or silently?

Am a silent reader... Sh..

8. Do you read ahead or skip pages?

Have skipped pages on only two books till now, the pages just wouldn't end and the story just wouldn't move ahead. Otherwise, no skipping at all!

9. Break the spine or keep it like new.

Keep it new, sparkling and happy :)

Book charms!! :)

10. Do you write in books?

No!!! I like them sparkling new. Though when I find difficult words, I prefer writing the word and meaning on tiny notes and keep them inside the book, between the last and second last pages.

11. What books are you reading now?

Just completed "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" and "Small Great Things".

Books I am reading currently

12. What is your childhood favorite book?

The problem with me and books is the one I read becomes my favorite unless it is really crappy. But to point my most favorite - it is the one and only, Harry Potter. I loved Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys too as a kid.

13. What is your all-time favorite book?

My all time favorite book, books include the Harry Potter series, Jodi Picoult books, The fault in our stars.... and a lot many more.. I have re-read them and loved it every time!!

That’s it for now! 

Please share your thoughts and take up this tag... 

Drop a link here for me to know...

Lazy bum post!!

Sometimes, I wanna just be.. not do anything and be a lazy bum! Maybe watch a cartoon and eat a bowl of hot steaming maggi..

Running away from the hassles of this world and losing everything in drawing an intricate mandala design! Pure bliss. sometimes losing is gaining!

Of cats and chocolates and chicken...

I have been dirtying the last few pages of my books since I was a child. The tiny scribbling wasn't restrained to pages, it was on my clothes and all other places I could draw. But today when I do them all I get is peace. You can represent someone by pictures. Doodles are great - random doodles to freshen the mind, thought of doodles depicting a person, patterns which go and and create some thing beautiful!!I love all of them. Adding to my card collection is yet another doodle - about some one who is a proud cat daddy to three cute cats, loves eating chicken,fries and desserts and is a cartoon lover!

Have a look !! Hope you love seeing it as much as I loved creating it...

And here is the inside -

Do you like it? Would you give someone a personalized card like that?

Your views are welcome!!

Book review - Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I got my hands on Jodi Picoult novels just by chance in a garage sale and I cannot be any happier. I got a few of them and when I finally read them, was disappointed that I didn't get all of them. So, when this new book was out I wanted to read it asap. And I am so glad I did. I like her style of narration. This is a book about the situation of colored people in a majority white state. The book revolves around an incident in the life of the family of a new born baby and a nurse. I will not give away any more details, but if you like Jodi Picoult novels, you should read this one too. I found the end a bit different that the other novels, this one ends like a typical bollywood movie, but then who doesn't like happy endings.

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