A week full of celebrations

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Did you realize that there were unbroken festival and celebrations happening starting from last week!!  Isn't that great!  OK...lemme give some work to my memory!!

Frames of Freedom!!

"Freedom is the last, best hope of earth" - Abraham Lincoln.

"Pollution-free Green Earth"

Go Green!  Save Earth!

Did you know that NASA has estimated that approx 18,000 pieces of man-made debris is found at least 10cm wide hurtling around the Earth.  A figure that is rapidly escalating!!

So, on behalf of Earth, Environmentalists, and rest of the human beings, I plead for freedom from pollution, plastics, litters, hazardous gas, toxic waste and anything that could affect the mother EARTH!

This is my entry for Blogadda's "Frames of Freedom" contest. 

I am not a shopaholic!

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Like any other person (read women) I love shopping - No matter it is scorching sun or lousy rain!  No matter I have some buying list or not! Regardless of how filthy or horde Ranganathan street gets! I simply love it! Strolling on the streets, watching the busy shopkeepers, window shopping, and walking with 1000 other lively shoppers!  It’s an immense feeling altogether! What say?

Happy Blogiversary

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I was too busy to remember/appreciate that August 15^th was my blogiversary day.   This being the 3^rd year, I just couldn’t believe!

Honestly speaking, I’ve been executing well in this journey – in terms of no. of posts, quality of the post, comments, and everything! But, I also know that there are 1001 ways I can improve in blogging, and 1000001 things that I still have to learn in this sphere!

Unquestionably, blogging is a good choice I’ve taken in my life, because I got a space to write and honestly express my thoughts.  It persuaded me to write and got me captivated from my fellow bloggers’ post.  And helped me get good friends here!

Cheers to my blogging, and happy blogiversary to my lovey-dovey blog!
 

Happy Independence Day

Photo Courtesy: This beautiful photo-work is done by my Filckr Friend Sundaram.   

Wishing Happy Independence Day to all my fellow bloggers. 

Paati’s Speech on Women and Independence!

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Today while talking with my Paati (Grandma), she uttered these words to me in Tamil! 

“Tomorrow is Independence day for India! For women! Those times, we had Elizabeth queen as a role model for all women.  We are fighters, and queens like her, not ruling the country, but a home. Ruling doesn’t mean dominating; Ruling the family with our affection and love.  We fasten the family together, beautifully. We encounter a lot of problems, but react in the best way! Hear them, remain silent, and keep moving forward, for the welfare of all of us and for the family! That is why we are WOMEN”

She is a feminist-type brave woman who speaks-her-heart at any given point of time.  A member of local ladies club, a part-time insurance agent, participating in cultural and independence activities, she still lived a life of a dutiful wife and mother, adjusting amidst the huge joint family for 55 years!!!

In need for multi-tasking!

For sometime nowadays, I have obscure problems in managing a few tasks mutually. My leisure pursuit is getting pretty ample that it is creating a lot of conflicts – within self, within the interests and with life!

Lemme make it straightforward.

I wanted to spend my ideal free time as below

MFT = h(B+FR+FB),

where

MFT  -----My free time

B     ----- Blogging

FR    -----Flickr

FB   -----Facebook

h     -----of course ”hours”

But I end up spending the time as MFT = h(B+4FR+4FB)

This is a serious concern for my blogging life. Ain't that??

This apart, analyzing the reasons for this,it could be:-

1. Overwhelming response in one of the activity

2. Interest in FR supersede B

3. The peer pressure I face in FR, and in FB

4. Writer’s block

5. Lack of skills to multi-task

6. Or whatsoever

Wish I had 8 hands like Octopus, so that I can do multitude of things at one time! 

- I can talk on phone

- Access to laptop

- prepare food

- drink water

- wash vessels

- comb my hair
- read a book

- and what not!

OK! To the point! To solve this problem, I need to learn a lot more of multi-tasking, setting priorities, and to have strict time management. Although I am good at all these at a professional work environment, but struggling hard to make it at home!

To enforce that, I am planning to follow something like

MFT = h{[1(B+FB) + 1FR]}, or  MFT = h{[1(B+FR) + 1FV]} or 

MFT = h{[0.5(FR+FB)+1B]}. 

With all these options, I find multi-tasking being easier with FV & FB, because B needs a lot of time to think, to write, to read others‘ and to comment!

So, finally, I am choosing the 3rd option, and making my move towards this initiative!

Towards positivity - Day 7

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The raison d'être for me getting uber excited is nothing complicated.  I’ve kept-up the experiment towards positivity without breaking it.  It’s an immense feeling, a sense of great accomplishment and a moment to wear pride on your sleeve! I am not trying to inflate my emotions here, but that is what I feel this moment!  Over to my last day's positivity!

Towards positivity - Day 6

-->“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened up for us” is what Helen Keller says.  How true is this maxim, particularly when we are facing difficult days.  Persistence, constant effort, and courage together are the undeniable factors that will help us face the cruel side of life in a lighter (read positive) way! 

Towards positivity - Day 5

So, here I am, writing it continuously about my positivity for last 4 days.  Well, that's not bad good going !  But, the fact is, it's really getting difficult to write about positivity, and to find out 5 points everyday.  Over to today's!!

1. Made a purchase to stock up some of the food items.

2.I am glad I changed my blogger theme, and it looks good and welcoming than the older one.

3.Today is Aadi Perukku, and I am glad I remembered it!

4. For this festival, it is a tradition to prepare variety rice.  I prepared Coconut rice, Tomato rice, Curd rice and ofcourse Aviyal(thick mixture of vegetables soaked in curd, seasoned with coconut & curry leaves). I am glad S liked it!

5. I missed out 2 episodes of Airtel Super Singer (a reality show on singing based in Tamilnadu), which I saw today along with S. 

Towards positivity - Day 4

This is a day to wipe off the monday morning dullness.  To my surprise, this was no dull.  
Have a wonderful week ahead my friends.


1.  This is one of the photo that I took yesterday, after the rain.  Happy to share it with you all

2. Today, I got up early at 6.30AM (which is unusual) and prepared breakfast and lunch pack for S.


3. I spoke with one of my college friend after a real long time.  Though it was for a short time, it was nice, and made me nostalgic.


4. I am glad that S is having a dinner outside with his colleagues. That makes my dinner simple, giving me some extra time to work on internet, and call some of my US friends who will be available that time.


5. I played farm ville (after 3 days), and have got Red Wheat Mastery sign. 

Towards positivity - Day 3

 Today is yet another beautiful day (again!) cos it's Sunday and its Friendship day.  Happy F'ship day to all of you here.

1. The lazy bug in me got up only at 11.30 AM, which means I had about 12 hours of sleep. Feels like mission accomplished on Sunday!

2. I am glad that I helped out S in some of his long-time pending tasks!

3.Wished my friends on the Friendship day, and that brought out some of the good 'ol memories of my friends.

4. It was pleasant watching the rain in the evening and sipping the hot tea.

5. I went on a walk after the rain, and took some nice pictures of flowers with dewdrops.  That made my day!

Towards positivity - Day 2

After the successful inauguration of this positivity test,  I have to accept that fact, that I feel good, light, cool, happy, glad (add as many such adjectives), and most importantly feel positive - towards life, towards me, towards others, towards writing this blog!