Wo(a)ndering thoughts!!!

Dear Santa, Its time of the year you are remembered in many ways, shopping centers having a money run to take picture with you, they have sessions for pets too now (Yes you heard it right, pets now get to take picture with you), kids busy writing their #wishlist and #letters. Netflix makes most of it by highlighting all those Christmas family movies. Families start to put up the (mostly fake plastic) trees and lights.  It is officially started to feel like festive season, my cousin from north America says they had snow storm already, although it’s quite warm down under during Christmas. I’m sure you would enjoy the warm nights when you drop in through the chimney. My little one still wonders how you get to our house 'coz we don’t have chimney. <I know he is secretly wishing for one now , please don't fulfill his wish on this, I have no idea how to use one for starters. Shh!! don't tell him that..> Anyhoo, you might be wondering what am I doing here ...

I wrote beauty and the beast when my little boy was 4yrs old, it was difficult to explain him why we have different skin color. Now he is 6.5yrs and I think he is fairly mature for his age. The same old question popped up recently but this time, he had a solution. ‘Mom, I was born in Australia and why do I still have different color?’ ‘Baby, its doesn’t matter where you were born, we are still your parents. You get what we got’.  He thought about it for a while and said ‘ Why can’t we all have same color, like everyone in this world’ . It really melted my heart hearing him say that, in his little mind he had a solution for unfairness. But.. Yes, there is a big BUT… How do I tell him that babies get killed in some parts of this world just because it’s a GIRL. How do I tell him that there are children in this world who had to walk 5 km everyday to get a decent education? How do I explain him that people kill each other and call it honor kil...

I'm hooked on to 'The good place' in Netflix..Have you watched it? I'm becoming a fan of Kristen Bell not because of this series. I have been watching a lot of her Netflix 'Originals' these days. This series is about the so called concept of 'Heaven' -The good place and the 'Hell'- guess what!! obviously 'The bad place'. PC:Google Images I'm not here to discuss about the plot or review the series, you watch it yourself. I love comedy genre in general. Hence I'm watching. My grandma used to tell me that if I go to temple often, my sins will be washed/erased and technically my sin-counter reboots again. I never used to understand the logic. It sounds exactly like when someone tells me google doesn't record your information after you delet the browsing history. "SURE man!!". What if I kill someone, Do I get a pass? What if I abuse someone and ask for forgiveness? What if I cross a red light?  What if I...

It has been seven years and 23 days to be precise, it gives me jitters even now thinking about it. It was a Friday night. Not any Friday, a special one..Hubby and I were looking forward  to fly out to Fiji to celebrate our 5 th  wedding anniversary. I had a mini performance (I used to learn classical Vocal) for a small group that evening after work. So our plan was to come back home after the performance and change before we drive to airport. Since our flight was at late night, it was no pressure. We had plenty of time to catch the flight after the performance. Living in  this  City/home for past 4 years, we never once felt unsafe or need for safety measures like alarm system in the house.  Once before this Friday, I remember our garage was open for whole day and never once it striked me that an intruder could get in to the house.   <Mistake no #1>  The good experiences from past made us take  safety for granted ...

I wrote about blind dates in  lost and found myself post. After writing that, it started to bring back my self exploration memories and I thought I should pen down one of my blind date story from my # theblindlist . Do you agree that people around us influence our thoughts, I’m really lucky most of my friends are always planning their next holiday and inspiring me with their stories. This blind date is special to me because of my fascination towards this country, their history, culture and the accent that has a command in a classy way; More than that the awe for the monarchy that ruled half of the world at one point and ruled my home country almost 200 years. Yes, I’m talking about London – the city of my dreams. Being a big fan of Escape to country episodes, I dream to escape to an English country and live in an old house that has lots of character, surrounded by a huge farm. <With the option of Airbnb these days, maybe I can fulfil my dream soon.> ...

Rule of thumb for a blind date is to trust the process and to go on a date with no/zero expectation. You do not know who you are meeting until you see them. You cannot check their FB profile or see their stories in Insta. You go there with open mind. If you are lucky, you get a wonderful experience and stories to tell your grand children. Mine was no different, I must say I was always lucky with my blind dates. I have had so many experience of this. However, it was not like I didn't have a choice. Like most of you I too had a conventional way, but choose another way.  I'm talking about my blind dates with this world. Would you dare to go on a blind date with this world? I would. I certainly would. I love the idea of exploring the world , a new place without a map/GPS in hand. I just love the idea of embracing the local culture without reading a travelogue. I just love to taste local food at a street shop in a small alley 'coz local people eat there. I...

I had a good friend, her name was 'Tasty fatty Food'(TFF), she was my everything..She was even my bae.. She was there when I'm happy, she was there when I'm sad and depressed. She was there when I watch TV and she would be right there when I'm bored. She was my everything.. Trust me, I never felt so much comfortable in anyone's company like hers. she is the best and she always makes me feel best.. Then I hit mid-thirties, I met this new friend - he loves to call himself 'Healthy eating(HE)'..I have to live with him for obvious reasons but I think we don't get along that well(Shh!!Don't tell him).. We have reached a point where I just  ignore him some days.. then I feel real guilty , I try and give every chance to be a good friend again. Somedays I miss my old friend, I try to meet her secretly and I call it my 'Cheat day'.. I swear I don't do many cheat days.. I'm really not that guilty.. I only do cheat days, Whe...