Sunday, February 16, 2020

Farewell

Day १

मम्मा तुला माहितेय स्पृहाच्या क्लास मध्ये ना आज पावभाजी दिली 
          Really? wow ! असेल काही त्यांची क्लास अक्टिव्हिटी
          तुम्ही नव्हती का sprout भेळ बनवली होती 
 हा पण पावभाजी ?

He was not convinced with my answer 
Die hard fan of Pavbhaji can smell pavbhaji from any corner in his vicinity.

Day २
अरे ममा तुला माहितेय का ..काल ना farewell Party होती ४th ची Thats why school ने पावभाजी दिलेली 
         Wow so next yearतुम्हाला पण मिळणार तर पावभाजी स्कूल कडून  

Looks like we had this conversation yesterday
It’s already a year gone and today is his farewell party and Pav-bhaji time 

A week back he gushed in and exclaimed 
"Mumma finally day has arrived
No tiffin on Friday for long break .....पावभाजी देणार आम्हाला "

Wait was over and he was beaming :)

Today morning hour was smooth.
Additional update was along with Pav-bhaji they were supposed to get icecream as well and marathi free period as some dance activity that time.
Excitement has built up to core.

4 years back ...same farewell party from pre- primary to primary..
Graduation day!
We get his photo with convocation gown on the day of results.

Memories...

What will he get today I wondered.

Mind swings back and forth.

6 more years there will be another farewell.
Saying good bye to school
May be he will deck up in his dad's blazer or his own...
looking forward for another bright start....
gathering memories of another farewell and Pav-bhaji and Icecream

Thursday, February 13, 2020

#TBT #Throw Back Thursday


With 2020 , Digital declutter is on and here I found this.



Its Thursday as well so it qualifies for Throwback ;)

Rewind >

"This boy just doesn't study" I was complaining to friend of mine.
"He is an engineer's son so will study only in Prep leave ;)"He replied.
"Let him grow up and take admission to Engineering course and then he will qualify for it"
I am not ready to budge and somehow 15 days before exam starts we start our study.

When it comes to English literature(I need to admit , I was shXX scared of this word Literature when I heard it first in Std 1st now till std 4th I have somehow digested it.)we do lessons first as it has lot many ques answers...long ..short.. RTC....meanings ..who said to whom etc etc.(If you don't understand these words consider yourself lucky and continue reading :)

"Poems are simple.Just one Page and answers are also mostly one liners."Junior has valid point.

So me (yes you read it right me because he might have read/written it at least once in school) keep poems for last moment i.e day before exam.
So a day prior to exam,I tell little one to learn his question answers till the time I wind up my work.
Happily he agrees.
Within 10 minutes he is ready with his answers.
Alright , I open up note book and with first question my eyes were googly.
But he was ready with his answer within seconds.

"Earthly ills"

I was amazed at the रट्टा  capacity of my little one.

"each one is trying to overdo the other person" what do you mean by it?
"Explain me Earthly ills the way you understand"
I shoot my questions

No answers..

तू हे सगळं काय विचारते ?
This is not in textbook.

No This is not done.
I open up text book and look for poem.

Beautiful poem by Paul Dunbar indeed.
1872 to 1906

Its 2020 now.

It aptly applies even after more than 100 years!

Junior not happy and complains. This is not fare Mumma.I answered correctly first question in book that you asked.
He is in hurry to finish up last few questions.But knowing his mother he decides to listen and cooperate.
We quickly read poem with some detailing and there you go.

Mumma now I know
"Earthly ills means need to study for exams and not getting to play and study as we wish during exams.."

I close the book and he is off to play :)

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Nine Loves

With Valentines Day at the corner, this would be the appropriate blog post.
So lets get started....


मम्मा ,तुला सगळ्यात जास्त कोण आवडतं?
Of course you sweetheart 😍

We have this conversation happening daily at my home and yes no exaggeration here..Its DAILY.

Same question,  or may be different version like
मम्मा तुला सगळ्यात जास्त मीच आवडतो ना? asked with same intensity every day.
My answer is also same but depending on my mental state it length varies like
  • you
  • aryan
  • of course you sweet heart
  • what do you think who would that be?
  • He is my boy
  • Boy whose name starts from A
  • Very sweet handsome intelligent boy. and on and on and on
Once I asked little one..you know my answer right and you know that mumma loves you the most still why you asked this daily?
हा एकदा तू रागावली होतीस ना तेव्हा तू daddy बोलली होतीस ... so there you go.:)

As he grows he would understand the dimensions of love.
Love of your parents, grandparents, husband ,wife, friends, cousins, teachers,  neighbour, nephew ,niece 
Love  in different forms and no form can replace other.We have to treasure all.
So this probably gets my first answer love for people in my life.
This has given me immense strength ,happiness.
To love and to be loved is greatest of blessing that we can get I feel.


That small elegant stylish animal when gracefully moves around ,it is bound to steal glances.
I just love that वाघाची मावशी . when she purrs and rubs her delicate body against your leg you have to stop and cuddle her.Few stroke against her neck soft touch of her fur...ahh you have to experience that feeling ,words won't do a justice. Respecting others views on cleanliness and hygiene you have to bar her outside gate and can't feed her but furry one wont mind it and loves you back mewing and siting outside the gate and waiting for you.What else you want in life 😇😇

Walk on the seashore ,walk on jogging track ,walk in society premises ,walk alone, walk with buddy ,walk day ,walk night..I just love to walk.
Each type has its own benefits and trust me there are no cons.
Apart from keeping you off that +2Kg it gives amazing clarity to your thoughts.
Walking on seashore and sensing soft silky touch of sand on bare foot
Walking on jogging track where you walk with another 50 people which creates vibes of well being as a society
Walking in society complex waving at familiar faces, stopping in between for quick chat, overlooking kids play
Walking with buddy discussing future plans or daily chores
Walking all alone enjoying your own company.
This love for walking surely going to develop deep bonding I can sense it now.

Love for Plants surely gets place here.This is budding love and it has started showing it results with greener healthier plants and beautiful peaceful balcony.Garden accessories , plant fertilisers gets added to your shopping list, you can't sip tea unless you water your plant babies in the morning, you plan vacations and first thought that bothers you is who will adopt your plants during that time, your favourite pass time is digging soil in plant pots and watching new leaves and branches ,to be bought list of plants for next six months is already ready and you keep flaunting your plants on fb, insta and whatz app status then trust me you are madly in love with plants and now there is no looking back 😀

All love vacations and so do I.Those few days when we are free from daily chores, spend time with our loved ones, away from home, close to nature and make memories which lasts for life time.
It all starts from planning for the vacation.finalising the place, those silly arguments to come to final destination conclusion, bookings ,reservations and then surrendering to google baba to come up with List of things to do or places to visit ,reading other tourist reviews. You start to live your vacation much before the actual vacation begins.And post vacation you continue to live it with your memories.
and this vacation process repeats every years with experiences and memories to cherish.

Mumbai rains is definitely something to fall in love with if you are stay at home person.
Just relax in your rocking chair in balcony garden, close your eyes and listen to beautiful rhythm of rain if you don't fall in love with it, you get a free coffee date with me in my balcony garden during rains:)

Collect memories and not things and then you will love your memories.They give me energy whenever I need and it is the that thing which gets multiplied over period of time.It makes you smile at times while at times it warns you.Memories guide you in your life journey.And then someday you realise this memories thing which you believe in all these years it is a concept.
Holloa !! that David Goggins cookie jar.:)


Ability to dream is one of the best gifts that we can give ourselves.Things which we don't have or we wish to have or places where we wish to go, in our dreams we can already go there.We are the masters of our dreams and we get to see what we want to .Visualisation some call it I keep it simple just dreams and indeed I love to dream and believe dreams do come true.

Last but not the least Love for Self.
You have to love yourself truly and unconditionally then only you can give that back to others.
I am thankful to those self help book for this wonderful thought.It sounds selfish first but isn't it equally true.
Love for self is taking care of your body and mind.Having healthy food, understanding your needs , proper exercise, taking out time for things that you really wish to do and passionate about and not feeling guilty about it.
As we grow up with growing responsibilities we start putting everyone else above us and then start complaining we don't get time for self.So striking that right balance to enjoy a full filling life is key.





Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Ten Secrets!

Being typical Virgo I am surely not going to reveal my secrets :)
Once you share them they no longer be secrets .
But there are surely few things which not many would know.Let me try to write about them.

1.Selective Perfectionist 
Yes that is what I am when it comes to folding clothes.It has to be folded in certain manner and no deviation in that.
I am ok if clothes are lying around (selective perfectionist)but if they are going in cupboard they have to be folded in right manner.
This leads to real messy home at time.I am trying to get rid of selectiveness and achieve that true perfectionist state and one day will surely succeed.

2.Minimalism
Lately smitten by bug of minimalism.I know if people who know me get to hear this they will have good laugh.
"सौ चुहे खाके बिल्ली चली हज " That is the remark will get. But my answer is finally at least on the way of Huj 😊
From extreme maximalist( I know this is not the exact word but it conveys the meaning exactly)to minimalist this journey is not simple and again long way to go but its mindset change and am all in.

3.Task master
 I guess decade plus years in corporate world must have dragged me in the trap of making to do list and I must agree am so badly caught.Long term goals ,short term goals, things to be achieved in a year ,in six months, in month ,in 15 days, in week ,in a day ,in next one hour..things getting so mechanical.and funny.
You make list per day , tasks getting done undone pilling up on new to-do-list and one day you end up making task to get rid of al to-do-list.

4.Plant Parent
This is newly found love.Been close to three years I am in love with these greenies.Those who know me for them its not a secret.I keep flaunting my greenies on whatz up statuses at times on fb Walls.
Secret is I keep searching youtube videos for home balconies and garden and keep experimenting it.
So each plant in the balcony that I have has a story with it.
आणि पु ल देशपांडे यांच्या पाळीव प्राणी गोष्टीतल्या माणसांसारखी माझी गत नाही ना होणार  I have this secret fear.

5.Can laugh uncontrollably at smallest things like people giving wrong direction ,someone having stupid fall unexpectedly ( i know its mean but 😬),cooking disasters....list goes on
My near and dear ones do get embarased at time due to this and super entertained remembering entire scenario later ...

6.Appreciate small things in life
Diwali lighting ...blooming bud ..unexpected rain ...playing UNO ...watching favourite movie ...spending early morning in garden...walk on seashore, moon tracing at seashore ..cooking for family ...reading book ...playing with cat... feeding crows and catching up with old friends...life is so simple why do we have to complicate it?

7.Food lover
Panipuri , Sevpuri , Ragada puri all those chat items, vadapav ,pavbhaji bhaji, ice creams ,shakes, chochlates and off course Puranpoli Gulpoli Modak ,mexican chinese yummm...
With 40 plus tag after each hogging session you say +2 kg and need to stop but then but😬
We love to eat ,love to cook ..खाओ और खिलाओ  and then keep walking 5 km 6 km a day and cross your fingers and dare to weigh😬

8.Photo lover
माकडाच्या हातात कोलीत अँड माणसाच्या हातात smartphone अशी अवस्था झाली आहे उठ सुठ फोटो काढायचे जणू व्यसन लागले आहे ani I am also one of them :(
बार फोटो काढायचे आणी पुढे काय  it just adds to digital clutter पाहिजे त्या वेळेला एक फोटो मिळणे मुश्किल 
Controlling this urge to click now and then.Trying to be more organised for photos.
Photos create good memories and for that one moment everything looks so perfect and fine.

9.Kids Game
Brainvita rubixcube things which we played as kids good to see they are still around.and I must admit i am still hooked on to it.To be honest don't recollect cracking it much but do recollect uncle who used to flaunt his skills with one marble on the disk😊He never shared the trick with us.
Probably this has changed over time.We have classes for kids to teach rubixcube😂and we do have youtube guru.There are patterns to be followed and algorithms to be learnt and you are done,But frankly speaking once you decode it there is no fun. Blessed were childhood days when we used to try and try and sometimes when used to succeed used to think of self as genius😬That was the way to keep brain busy. 
So glad shortcuts were not there when we were growing up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRmkSOZTmuE

This is just one of many tricks in case you want to give it a try :)

Last but not least

10.Super Optimistic
Strong believer of whatever happens ,happens for the best and his plans are always bigger and better than what we plan .
So have faith and enjoy life to fullest .After all you get to live only once.