Our second bundle of joy!!

12 December 2010 After a long time, I am logging in to write. Our second bundle of joy, Ashwin came on 2nd October sharing birthday with one of the great souls who ever lived on this earth, Mahatma Gandhi. Though not planned, Aishwarya was born on Indian Independence day and Ashwin on Gandhi Jayanthi. A mere joyful coincidence. Aishwarya suddenly started to appear to us like she has grown up, physically and mentally. Need to add that a bit naughtier...

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Footprint!!

15 June 2009 Yesterday at bedtime Achu was trying to hide something and I just acted ignoring that. But once she was on bed I just looked at the side table and found that she had spilled some water from the cup and was hiding that from me and the spilled water had created a whitish mark on the table and from experience I knew that it will fade off in few minutes time, but she was worried that I will scold her. I acted angry and asked her "Aishwarya...

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Off to the country side of Singapore!!

07 June 2009 Last week was a marathon outing week. Covered Riverside fruit park Sengkang two times, Punggol park, Pasir Ris park and as a grand finale visited Kranji countryside on Saturday. River side fruit park is near my home and is great for a good stroll in the evening with family. Its a newly developed park with cycle tracks and a small pond is there in the centre. The hustle and bustle of expressway can hinder the serenity 24/7.Punggol park...

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Survival is for the fittest, is Earth fit to Survive?

3 June 2009 I have always believed that whatever needs to be extinct has to go extinct. Survival of which is going to be a pain for itself or the people helping it to survive. But when it comes to the survival of Mother Earth there is a second or third thought regarding my belief. Can we let anything to go extinct if we love it? Probably not. So when environmentalist are trying hard to protect an animal or bird species to prevent it from disappearing...

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When I was zero years old!!

21 May 2009 My enlarging tummy arises a lot of curiosity in my little girl. Today morning while having bath she was asking Sajeev: "Acha, when I was zero years old, whose tummy was I in?"He answered "Amma's tummy"She asked again,"When Amma was zero years old, whose tummy was she in?"He answered "Mommy's tummy" (she used to call my mom, "mommy")She replied "Oh, I see, so Mommy had two babies in her tummy!...

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Rainy day thoughts!!

15 May 2009 Its raining outside and Singapore-rain is very short lived unlike the rain back in my hometown in Kerala. Whenever I am in a relaxed mood on a rainy day, I walk back through memory lane and become a curious little girl eagerly watching through my window seeing raindrops falling from the roof top with great force on to the ground, replacing sand and making small pits along the borders of the roof on the ground, while some other drops making...

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Fruit cake: Mother's Day special :-)

10 May 2009 Successful Fruit cake recipe: Mother's Day Special; Yes we made it :)Caramel ingredients and preparation 1/4 cup sugar 1 tbsp water 1/4 cup warm water 1tsp vanilla extract  Heat 1/4 cup of sugar with 1 tbsp of water in medium heat stirring until the colour changes to dark brown. Once the colour becomes dark remove the pan and pour 1/4 cup of warm water and to this add 1tsp of vanilla extract. Be careful while adding warm water to...

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Mother's Day!!

10 May 2009Yesterday, May 10th was Mother's Day!! Even though I slept very late in the previous night surfing net and talking to some of the friends online, I felt a rush of energy. Mother's day came with the endearng thoughts of mom. The fact that she is not on this earth made me to feel lonely in the voidness of her absence... Though the gallons of energy I used to receive after talking to mom is no more, I am at the giving end now... Time to give...

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Teacher wrote my name because.......

29 April 2009 Yesterday dinner time, three of us, Achu, Sumedi and myself were having light talk. Me and Sumedi were trying to get stories from Achu regarding her school - teachers, friends, happenings etc. It's really sweet to hear the narration from a 4.5 year old. So, while describing one of the incidents she said: "Amma, teacher wrote my name on the board!!" Sumedi asked " is it because when teacher went somewhere you were talking?" She replied " No, its because I went somewhere, teacher wrote my name"...

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At Marina Barrage on a Good Friday!!

10 April 2009 Its both exciting as well as tiring to be pregnant. So, decision was unanimous that we will go out on this Good Friday to a place where we need not walk around. Sajeev suggested Marina Barrage and we decided to go there. Its one of Singapore's newest tourist attraction!! Since it was a national holiday, highway showed signs of heavy jam. So we took alternate roots and managed to reach around 12:30 pm. It was a very sunny day, but...

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She lives in our memories!!

10 April 2009 The priest's voice echoed in my ears, "Is there anyone else who wants to see the face one last time?". There was pin drop silence, and then the white clothe was pulled over her face!! I wanted to shout, I wanted to cry , I wanted to scream that I wont let go of her!!. In my mind I was a helpless child running around searching mom, wandering all over the places to see that face. No matter which ever corner of the world I travel to ,...

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Strength

17 Feb 2009This is not written by me, but happened to read it by chance... Its well written and adds to your inner strength the more u read it. Here u go......"Master self-control to tame fears or impulses to prove of what stuff I'm made. I boldly go...but a willful heart is part of my secret identity.My infinite fortitude is seen by what I do, sacrifice or defy to stand up for what I feel is right, including admitting when I'm wrong, keeping out of it or not dignifying responses provoked by moral cowards and brutes. When resolve is tested I draw...

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