Wo(a)ndering thoughts!!!

This is just another post of A's episode, Im writing this for myself to read it after a while to keep the moments alive. I feel A is growing so fast & I really miss his yesterdays everyday.. Every time A & I talk about something, it will end up in a story. this is one of those ones. Not long long ago.not so long ago. One fine day,I was driving back home picking up A from his childcare.. We were talking about his day and suddenly he asked me A: Mom , Do you want a baby? Me:  No A, I already have you & I'm happy :) A:  Do you like Boy or Girl? Me: Boy, thats why I love you <just to please him ofcourse> A: I like Girls.. When I grow up, I will have a girl.. Me: <mind voice: whattt is he talking> Okayyyy <?!!>.. End of Scene- 1 Week later while we were at Ikea, he saw twin babies.. he was surprised to see two kids looked alike. He asked me how they look the same. I told him they are identical twins, they will look alike. He thought f

Its been crazy last few weeks with this Melbourne weather being HOT one day and cold next few days. Hay fever in its peak this time, I thought its just us suffering since its been more than 3yrs we lived here for Spring.. but news this week says this year emergency services got 6 times more calls for Astma related issues than last yr. DH and I have been suffering with itchy eyes & sneezing for days after we visit a park or walk anywhere close to grass. DH stopped playing his fav sport because it takes more than 2 days after the game to recover. A fell sick 10 days back with high temp after I took him to a park on a nice sunny day evening. Next morning, he started to complain about throat pain and immediately his temp shoot up . I would vouch for world toughest/stressful job is to convince A to take medicine. When he gets temperature, he usually prefers all other methods than to take medicine.. Drink plenty of water, take shower or even have a popsicle to reduce temp.. But as

Fiji - It was long due planning I should say, few of my friends know what Im talking about.. Anyway, finally we've been to Fiji..it was such an amazing trip, much needed break from all the craziness happening around for past months.. I went without much expectation, to my surprise I didn't pack my bags until the last day (I'm usually well organised with my holidays) and didn't look for what to do/see in Fiji before going.. DH took full control this time & booked flights and stay..Honestly I didn't even know where we were staying until we landed..I was telling my family/friends I'm staying at Westin but DH booked it at Hilton :).. But its so worth it like this way once a while, just went with the flow and came back all rejuvenated.. Fiji is a tropical pacific Island and Denaru is an man made island close to Nadi airport.. Denaru is all about resorts and relaxation.. All the world brand resorts are here and everyone of them make sure you have a won

I mentioned long before in one of my previous post about kids and patterns, how comfortable they are to identify the patterns/shapes they know.. A is good at it, he loves to identify car names with their logo. I assume it’s just kids at his age and they don’t complicate things. Recently he gets excited about writing/identifying alphabets and numbers. I don’t want him to learn this early, mainly because I don’t want him to get bored when the time comes in school. But he started writing on his own, first he started copying his name and slowly expanded to other letters he saw it in book/name board etc., and he started recognizing all the alphabets. Then he started with numbers 1 to 10 and now he can remember til 20. So other day he  was writing numbers and he quickly called me ‘ Mom!! Look if you write L in a opposite way it is 7 ’. I was really surprised he could recognize the pattern and he started doing the list of numbers which resembles somewhat like alphabets for example 

How same situation or same tone of the voice is viewed differently depending on your mood, your interest, your knowledge   and the most important one- your take on the person who is delivering it. It could be a conversation or an argument or a statement or a discussion or even a situation.  Sometimes I will sit with my friends hearing the same conversation with someone... But my friends view might be completely different from mine and vice versa. PC:https://au.pinterest.com/pin/341218109243570785/  A friend of mine once told me that change your perspective in a positive way, so you won’t see the negatives even if it was intended... I tried in places where I know negative vibes were there, but I’m not a saint to follow in every not-so-positive circumstances.. Sometimes negative thoughts hit us and it’s not nice... We keep thinking about it, putting lot of different perspective to it... that affect us even more.. But saying that, sometimes I fix my opinion on things bef

Have you heard about empty box of nothingness? I 'm not talking about the empty cardboard boxes, these are memory boxes which sits on our brain to save those moments you are thinking about NOTHING... Well, it may not happen to women mostly coz we are planning 10 different things in our mind while actually doing 10 different things...  According to the research (Ahum!! Ahumm!!) empty box moments definitely happens for men... From what I understood, human memories are composed of small boxes and we choose to get in to any box when we are talking/thinking about them and for men they have an additional cache called Empty box and they enter that box when they are not thinking about anything.. What a bliss...  On the other hand for women brain/memories, all boxes are completely interconnected...its like a complicated switch box.  If you tell a Women A , we know how it ends up in Z.. We connect all the information/boxes we know and that’s why don’t mess with us.. We are h

Winter at its peak.. Im not sure it’s the cost cutting or just me, its freezing at work. You would think once you get inside the building its nice and warm.. Nah!!! Me and my work neighbour always give each other that look “MY GOD ITS FREEZING” and after lunch it gets worse, its like sitting inside freezer.. Usually I feel sleepy after lunch and this cold doesn’t help me to stay awake. Its Friday today, just to get rid of my winter blues, I thought I will wear something summer but I regret it now as I’m feeling very cold and my colleagues giving me “r u crazy” look..I already explained two people “its Friday and I need to cheer up”.. I thought I will share my ways to fight this cold at work.. just read it for fun..     I fill my cup with HOT HOT water and hold. That would keep me warm for 10 mins..Its just awkward I keep going to kitchen to refill my cup with hot water..This nice lady at work suggested me to bring in bottle so I can reduce my kitchen trips.. lol..

We drove to Snow Mountains on the weekend and we were passing some beautiful country houses with huge farm and farm animals. I asked A whether he would get a country house for me?  He said Yes, two houses on the hills.. One for him and one for me next to each other. How sweet I thought. Then came the twist in his story.. He went on explaining how his house will look like.. He will have dogs in his house obviously, first he said 10 dogs.. I had to admit I’m very very very scared of dogs. He then changed his mind to have one dog for me(still sweet!!).. Dog house would be closer to the entrance gate but dog can walk around anywhere within the fence and inside his house.. Once we cross dog house, there will be snakes (that’s right!!) in these three bottles.. Hearing this, I said I’m not coming to your house .. He is not bothered at this point (cant be sweet all the time..right!!)and kept on explaining,.. he will have 3 baby crocs (Seriously!!!) and once you cross

Have you met a person who is a Vegetarian but hates vegetables…you might wonder that I’m not talking sense.. Say hello to me, I’m one of them.. Well, I used to be one of them. Growing up with Vegetarian parents, I didn’t have much choice than to eat veggies.. But I never enjoyed eating veggies growing up..  Worst part is I used to hate dairy (Milk/Yogurt) too.. Once I started to cook myself, I started to eat vegetables/diary.. Started to appreciate food even more.. But I must say Cooking is not my cup of tea..  I can cook to survive,cook the basics so I’m fuelling my family.. Never fancied staying in the kitchen for hours making something or fancied making dishes from master chef.. I’m guessing that’s because cooking sounds complicated. I was discussing this with my niece  and we came up with these cooking levels.. Thanks to Rakz who suggested the names for these levels to be a 4 course meal.. PC : http://www.jantoo.com/cartoons/keywords/family-recipe   Entrée level:

The news that’s really  bothering me last few days is about a girl who was murdered at a busy railway station in Chennai. PC: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/murder-ballads-the-poor-poor-knoxville-girl Swathi is just another IT girl in Chennai started her day without knowing how it’s going to end within hours. She was murdered in broad day light with at least 10 to 50 bystanders who are scared to even call the police. What had actually happened, no one knows until police finds the murderer. But the creative stories floating around in the media/people which is really disheartening.. Why are these people not talking much about the guy and his behavior … whatever the situation maybe, what right he has to kill a girl brutally? It’s just because he was upset... Oh Yea... Actually, that girl’s life is nothing compared to that man’s anger...That girl would've went through so much in her last moments.. that is not enough now, she had to put up with people's judgmental

Little A become a big boy going on trips without mum.. he had his first trip without me last month to Gold Coast with G. They spent mostly in Dream world, I was really worried how he would react after going there. But then he took it really well.. Trick is we never give him surprise. He usually knows what’s coming and we keep talking positive things about the event at least a week prior to that. G took printout of dream world map and start to plan what to see/do with A everyday for a week..  Initially he wasn’t happy about the trip without me.. But slowly day by day he started to feel comfortable about his trip to see all his favourite characters and fun things he would do with G. And 2 days before his trip, he was completely ready and when I asked him whether he would miss me on his trip..His response was “Don’t worry mom. I will do face-time.. “ I was so proud of his matured response and felt so relieved to hear that instead of whining and dramas which would’ve made me a

I have written so much about mum, never talked about my dad.. Like every girl's dad ,he is protective, worried  and bold enough to send me to do masters in a far away land while my friends were getting married those days(all thanks to my brother who convinced him).. But I can never thank him enough for that big step. It changed my life forever. It opened up my perspective to everything. He is fascinated with Cars and its mechanics, he used to always talk about it...still does.. He loves to drive, never trust anyone with his car. Back of my head I can still hear him giving me instructions while I drive now..G says sometimes I act like my dad when G drives ..giving him instructions,,haha.. I've noticed  my sister does it too :) its in the Gene I guess.. PC:http://www.theboredmind.com/entertainment/heart-touching-father-daughter-relationship-born-princess-will-remain-one/ I cant believe how he is so broad minded considering he grew up in a small village and not e

This is about the big numbers like 60 & 70’s and during my grandmas time I don’t remember celebrating her b’days ..Well technically, in olden days with dozen kids at home.. No one remembered their bdays!!..  Except for the big 0’s.  When the head (man) of the family turns 60, 70, 80, 90,100 yrs, it is celebrated in a big way.. Most of it has deeper meaning.. 60 is the first mile stone by which head of the family (man) would theoretically completed his materialistic duties (like job, marriage, raising kids)  and start his   spiritual duties. To celebrate the accomplished materialistic duties, we call Sasti poorthi. This is to be celebrated with the whole family (wife, children and their spouses if they are married) and a small traditional ceremony is performed. Traditional Ceremony includes Puja (Offerings to God thanking for everything) and the couple (Head man and his spouse) get their wedding re-enacted. It is such a pleasure for us (children) to watch our parents get mar

Growing old.. Not sure how counting our life by days has any purpose.. I really feel age/number doesn’t make the person old.. I cant imagine some of my close buddies when they say the number I cant/don’t want to accept it.. I really feel their age just froze in my mind as who they were when I saw them first because they never changed..they are the same fun-to-be/always-be-there-for-me person like I always known them..  Again the number doesn’t count as one to be old. Coz I know some really old people(of any age) who doesn’t have any motivation to stay young and some kids (like me!! Duh!!!) act like one all the time. You shouldn’t stop yourself doing something just because your number is big.. I read somewhere You get old when you stop having fun. Why do we need to restrict ourselves just coz of some number..No one is stopping us, maybe people around criticize but they always do.. why bother.. http://www.parkandcity.com/quotes/you-dont-stop-having-fun-because Meaning

Have u read “The Turtle & The Rabbit” story when you were little.. I have heard it many a times.. In case, you haven’t heard/read this story, this is how the story goes.. Deep in the jungle, there lived a Rabbit R, he hops very fast like any other rabbit.. One day he decided to test his hopping speed by having a race with someone who does everything slow aka Turtle T.. R and T starts the race.. R hops so fast and decided to tease turtle by just waiting close to finish line ..                                                                       PC: www.essayforkids.com And the waiting was so long, R snooze off. Meanwhile T walks slowly maybe took half a day to walk close to the finish line.. When T is just, just 2 steps away to finish line, R wakes up.. R starts to hop and T takes another step..R has 3 hops to go.. But T was just 1 step away and he crosses the Finish line.. T wins the race.. HooRRAY!!!!! Moral I was told “Slow and Steady wins the race”..

World for a child seems so small when they are little like A, people in their world are just family and friends or the people they see often and their toys... Sometimes even their favorite cartoon characters will become part of the family.. A presumes, every night his favorite characters from Lion king ( Simba, Nala , Timon & Pumba) visits his room and play with his toys.. He even blames Simba for the mess he makes in his room..                pc:https://ohmy.disney.com/movies/2016/01/13/9-signs-youre-a-diehard-lion-king-fan/ But everything matters in their tiny kingdom. Even the tiniest thing they own and even the waste paper from the paper punch (don’t get me start on this!!)  .. Everything matters and it is important.. What I notice is their thinking is very simple.. I feel as an adults we complicate everything and that makes even a simple solution infront of us seems impossible. PC: Google images For kids its all about patterns, shapes and colors..

Its been almost 6 months already since we moved here, I really can’t believe how time glides. Back in Dec, I thought we would take maybe max 2 months to settle back.. But shifting house is no easy task I tell you and to top it off we had things at the storage here and things moved back from Korea.. Im still figuring out lot of stuff.. I realised suddenly I couldn’t find my kettle this week, I remember we had one when we were Korea which I took it from here and somewhere along the way it got lost.. Now I got to buy a new one..   Likewise my dinner plates... I really have no idea how I could lose the full set.. Well, due for shopping again!!!   But thinking about settling down, it would take some more time I guess.. We are home both physically and mentally. But lot of times I miss being in Busan. A still thinks he has 2 homes, one in Busan and one in Melbourne. He keeps asking when do we go back to our Busan home.. Last year I wrote a post on what I might miss in Busan after I

Remember that one time you were caught doing something wrong for the first time of that sort.. Actually you would’ve been so good until then, just that one time you were out of line and bang!! You get caught.. It happens to me every time, seriously!!!  Whenever I do not-the-right thing unintentionally or sometimes intentionally.. I would get caught & feel guilty for few days.. Guilt pays off to go back in track soon. I remember that time when I was in school, one day I didn’t finish my homework and that very day my teacher asked me to read my homework aloud to everyone(she randomly picked me not knowing I didn’t finish it).. Usually I play subtle in class and there was 1 other girl with my name, but the teacher remembered my full name and called out.. I started crying in front of the class.. God, that was embarrassing, I think that teacher stopped asking me anything after that..   J haha.. I’m generally  good with speeding or parking  but that one time I saw this

Recently I started to notice more disappointments and less self-motivation from people around me.. Almost all of us rely on others to notice/appreciate us, which leads to disappointments. If the person we are expecting appreciation from is either distracted or not an outspoken person or sometimes really mean then we are depressed evn more thinking we are not worth. Getting appreciation from others is always a good thing.. Actually it’s a super booster.. But if it doesn’t go how we expected then it will put us in  disaster mode. So I started to try this new technique which actually works for me.. I try to change my attitude to appreciate anything I do..  Atleast Once a day I pat myself on the back for simple things like taking that short cut to avoid traffic or making a dish out of leftover or pat myself for cooking a wonderful meal(Blush blush.. ) or drinking enough water throughout the day or even taking the trash out.. it could be anything, a simple self-appreciation boo

This is going to be my personal fav , not because I’m a mother.. Just because I admire every single mother in this world. Mothers don’t just imply one gender, I'm sure you agree that there are so many wonderful dads who are so true as a mother to their kids/sometimes to their spouse too. So throughout this article when I say Mother-it includes both gender who does a fantastic job of parenting. Firstly I have to say I don’t believe in these much-hyped special days (mother’s day or father’s day or valentine’s day or friendship day etc.,).. Every day is special, every day we are reminded of these people the way we do things or a place or a food or could be anything you could relate to them. Don’t you agree with me.. I choose to write this post this week because I see Mother’s day banners everywhere from Cinemas, retail shops, restaurants, even at my son’s day care..And moreover my mum's bday coming up very soon..    Good reason to write something about it..    

I never felt this confident when I was driving to work today.. I was very much excited when I got the offer and I was so looking forward to this day. I wouldn’t say I missed going to work last 4yrs, but now that I have an offer I’m all set. It just feels surreal 4yrs, it’s like nothing has changed. I’m just going back after a long weekend. Well, I can just say to a new team.. More the merry, my son waves good-bye (with lots of kisses) happily when I leave home. I’m not going to brag about getting a job or going to work. It’s what lot of people do anyway, Im not special. End of the day Work is Work , that’s not life. Job is definitely not my identity, its just one of the things   I do. Anyway, getting back to work after 4 yrs.. getting into my first workshop/meeting within 30 mins of entering the office, I didn’t feel I missed anything in last 4yrs..This 4yrs has thought me not to complain in any situation .. life is always greener on the other side. I don’t think I will mi