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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