#DAshTalks His Phone My Answer

Awin, the husband has been bit with the "Elementary" series bug and has downloaded all the episodes and diligently watches them almost every evening.

So, seeing him with the laptop & earphone stuck to his ears & eyes glues to the screen is very normal.
Whenever, I want to talk to him, I pull off one of the earphones from his ear, say what I want to and plug it back into his ear

Me: Dinner at 9pm ok?

Awin: Sure

Me: I have made malai kofta and roti

Awin: Sure

Me: Let's go for that Batman movie this weekend

Awin: Sure

Me: The nuclear missile is standing in our balcony

Awin: Sure

Me: I flushed your phone

Awin: What the..? Did you? I know you are capable of it? but did you? 

His phone is the answer to all my pray-ears

CTT: Car-fidence Gone

PC: Me @Sakleshpur Taken with Samsung S6

I got my driving license about a year back (Don't ask me how)
But, I can't drive

Well, I went to the driving classes, drove around empty roads when everyone is sleeping in their houses & thought that now I am a good driver.

How wrong I was when I was put in a real life traffic situation.

Scene 1

Very enthusiastically, I asked my husband that I wanted to drive in pitch Bangalore traffic.

I drove nicely, slowly on the extreme left of the road. At one point, near a tech park which is also a very heavy vehicular & traffic zone and also had a bus-stop..Guess where? On the extreme left, the left where I am supposed to be driving.

So, there is a traffic cop, he stopped the traffic, I braked the car in between two buses.

Buses honking, traffic cop screaming, walking people screaming, other vehicles honking. My husband who was in the passenger seat couldn't get out, because the bus was so close to my car that the door wont open.

There I was with cold hands and feet, a stalled car, honking people and big tears in my eyes. I think I started crying so bad that the cop might have actually pitied my poor embarrassed husband.

That day I lost a part of my confidence.

Scene 2

Weekend. Wide roads. Thin traffic. Sounds ideal for a rookie driver.
Well, it was ideal until we hit the red signal. I braked and stopped nicely at the red signal. But, I couldn't get my car started again.
The signal changed to Green 5 times, and I was still there.

Again my limbs ran cold, my eyes started tearing up, my husband beside me came in his consoling mode.

After a point, the other drivers realized that a no-good driver is sitting in the red car.

That day, I almost lost all of my confidence.

Scene 3

I wanted to boast my driving skills to daddy dearest. I took the car out in Mumbai, with husband next to me & Dad on the back seat. Again I stalled the car at a crucial turn, creating a choc-o-block. Though I managed to get my car started, after a million abuses.
On the rear view mirror, I saw my Dad terrified and clutching the seat covers so hard that I am sure his nails would have bore holes in that cover.

Scene 4

My car was parked on an incline, I wanted to take it to my husband so that he could avoid walking in the sun. I tried to reverse it with textbook technique, no one told me that I have to put extra accelerator on the incline. So, instead of going back my car went forward stood tilted like a peeing dog on the flower bed of my building. When my husband came back, he saw the car standing on three wheels with a scratch on the left head light.

Moral of the Scenes are; basically, I have lost my confidence in driving, and every time my husband urges me to drive, I make excuses and avoid it.
I so, want to drive. I seriously do. But, I can't gather guts to sit on the driver seat anymore.

God Help Me, Amen!

A-Z: Survivor's Reflections

This was my first A to Z Challenge and I immensely enjoyed writing every post.
The theme I chose for this was Colors.
I used to research every evening for the color I plan to write the next day & writing the post & publishing them on the social networks was super exciting.
I wrote every post on my way to work and posted it between 7.45 am and 9 am IST.

What I learnt?

Colors is not as easy as I thought it would be

Every shade of the combination of Red, Green & Blue have a name

Even the shades of Red, Green & Blue have names

Some similar looking colors with very minute shade variations have a different name

Researching gave me the origination, reason, meaning of the color

I am good at short poems

The readers around the world, the people who comment are the biggest encouragement to write more a better

All in all, I loved the concept & if all goes well, I look forward to participate again next year too.

I am a punctual A-Z Survivor.

A-Z: Zomp

Zomp
PC: colorfinddata

This is the last day of the A-Z Challenge & I wanted to finish is with a different color & I am finishing this challenge with a 'Zomp'

Well, Zomp is a color from the Spring Green family. Its a shade of Cyan. Its 66% saturated & 65% bright. It was formed in 2007. (Baby color)

Poem

Its not the color that is fascinating
But, the name Zomp that is amazing

Zomp, the baby color, 2007 born has a zing to it
For the new age, it is a perfect fit

If ever, I have pets in life
I am going to name then Cyan & Zomp

This post is written for A-Z Challenge - April 30th - Color Zomp

A-Z: Yellow

PC: My house & my hand made crochet wind-chime

Summer is here

With happiness and cheer

Color for my house was looking so boring 

So, I added a little yellow & orange to do a little cheering

Pretty yellow curtains & orange side lamp

A cute hand made, crochet chime, up the ramp

Airy balcony & beautiful sunshine

All the revamping effort is mine

While I stand here and admire my house

"Awesome work" says my spouse

This post is written for A-Z: 29th April: (Color Yellow)

Short Story: Interview with the Ex - Part 2

In part 1, she gets a call from the old company for an interview again with the same department and the same boss who was never very nice with her.

Part 2 is about the day of the interview

She slept, that night with the interview call and the dialogues in her head. She carefully chose her best silk blouse and a smart expensive pant suit for the interview, with her diamond stud earrings.

She lay on her bed and said This time I am going to kill it

The next morn, she took her car to the interview and in her head she thought. A year back, I used to take the bus and reach all tired and sweaty This little thought made her chuckle.

Tee Infotech' the board stared in front of her face. The logo of the company had changed. She had liked the classy black logo with a Serif font. This one screamed 'desperate' on its face. She didn't like the new orange & green font at all. Hell, it was Tee Infotech not a Tutti Fruitti ice cream company. But why should she care. She is no longer working over here. Her current business card read 'Head of Marketing, Datasyst'. Had it not been the urge to meet her ex-boss... the chance to see him just once more... she wouldn't have thought of coming over here.

The security of the office recognized her. She was the only employee who used to speak to every person in the office.

Everything in this office still looked the same. She entered the office to see a new receptionist.

Her: I am here to meet Mr. Shateer Neygi

Here she was rehearsed thinking what she would say as soon as she met him... and this unknown lady was making her wait for 600 odd seconds. Great!

While she was lost in her thoughts, the receptionist hung up her intercom and said, Mr. Neygi will see you now.

She knew the way to Shateer Neygi's cabin. She had spent hours inside that room in the past. And even the uninitiated could read those block letters on the door of his cabin. She knocked the door

Come in, said the familiar voice with a deep baritone

In barely a few seconds minutes, she was ushered into the ex-boss's office. The boss shot an appreciative look towards her.

Boss: Hi, nice to see you again

Mr. Neygi was a huge man by stature and a very powerful man in this field. His presence made her feel so small and the voice just vanishes. She could never call him by his name. She always addressed him as "sir" then. She gathers her fallen confidence and voice and says

Her: Good to see you too

Boss; So, I am looking out for a marketing assistant. Its a similar role you were doing a year back.

Her: Do you need a person as senior as me to do that job?

Boss: You were good at it

The conversation was going exactly as she had imagined in her head all this while, she thought about her achievements of this one year and her confidence shot up

Her: I am not good at it anymore, I am the best in this. She said with a satisfied smile

The boss had not expected this reply from this one time timid boring looking girl

Her: You see, after going from here, I worked with companies that have their policies in place. They treated me like I should be. My opinions were respected, I was in real the part of a team. It made me feel good and showed in my performance

Boss: You were getting paid 30000 per month when you left. I will give you 70 and a good joining bonus with it

In her head she thought, now, now I use my trump card dialogue.

Her *smiles triumphantly* I was earning 30000 per month when I left. Now, add one more zero after the last zero of 30000 is what I get now. I don't think this company can afford me any more.
Anyways, it was nice meeting you again Shateer. This might be the first time that she actually addressed him by his name.

*the girl in her head punched the air* shook his hand and walked away with wide smile.

A-Z: Xanadu

This is the color Xanadu
PC; colorcombos

Did you know that a color named Xanadu existed?
Well, I didn't

What is Xanadu?
It belongs to the green-grey family.

Where did the name come from?
Xanadu is a green-gray color that comes from a plant known as the Philodendron. The plant leaves are generally a green color with a tint of gray. This plant is widely seen in Australia, but it is said that the plant got its name from Xanadu, which was an ancient city located in Inner Mongolia, China.

What does Xanadu say about itself?

I am on of those rare ones who start with X

I am unique but look dull, like the suits of the execs

I am sold outside with a fancy name like gun metal

But, I am Xanadu in real

This post is written for A-Z April 28th (X for Xanadu)

A-Z: White

PC: Flickr

White was the winter
Cold was the snow
That day you promised me love

White was wedding gown
White was our honeymoon town
That day we made love

White was the diamond ring
White were the sheets, on the day of spring
That day our baby was born

White were the lies people said
White was the car hit, on the white seat we bled
That day was when I saw my life in a flash

White was the winter again
Cold was the snow again
Just like the day you promised love, we now lay buried 6 feet under the ground

This post is written for A-Z: April 27th (Color: White)

A-Z: Vermilion

PC: wikipedia

This post, this color holds an emotional value to me. It is a shade of red, and also the color of "Sindoor"

Sindoor is  is traditionally applied at the beginning or completely along the center parting-line of a woman’s head or as a dot on the forehead. Sindoor is the mark of a married woman in Hinduism. 

The sindoor is first applied to the woman by her husband on the day of her wedding.

Fun fact about sindoor: In hindi movies, when a man applies the sindoor on the girl's head she becomes his wife.

Sindoor is normally Vermilion in color.

Like every girl I had a dream of getting married someday
Like every girl I loved the moment when the groom put the vermilion kumkum on the bride's head, while the holy music play

Then came that moment, when I had tears in my eyes, when you put that vermilion on my forehead 
Promising love, in that moment, all unsaid

One of the few moments that I will cherish all my life
It is the day, when I became your wife

This post is written for A-Z: April 26th (Color: Verimilion)

CTT: My Make-up kit

This Sunday, after a many weekends I was at home relaxing, nothing to do. The idiot box had nothing to watch. The afternoon was too hot to go out. So I decided to browse some girly, make-up videos on youtube.

I realized a few things,

1. I do not own or know the names of half the things

2. I do not own a lip pencil or a liquid lipstick, in fact I do not own a decent lipstick apart from the one I got during my wedding

3. I do not know or have an eyebrow plucker

4. I didn't know that there is something called as a fake eyelash.

5. My mascara is as old as my mother and I threw it. I didn't know that mascara is supposed to have different brushes

6. My make up collection is humble kohl, eyeliner, and a fruity shine gloss

Me: I don't own half of these make-up thingys

Awin: Really? Then what takes you so long to get ready every morning

Me: I sleep in the bathroom

Awin: Ahh, the secret is out now

Me: Aren't you supposed to say, I don't need these because I look pretty and something like that

Awin *in a fake monotone*: Ok, You don't need all these, you look pretty. Happy?

Me *sighs, shuts the laptop* Ok I give up, Want to watch a movie?

A-Z: Ultramarine

So, I did not know colors from U. So obviously, I hit Google, searched and I realized something. Every shade of every combination of Red, Blue, and Green has a name.

PC: colornamefacts

The color that I have chosen is "Ultramarine" 

It is a deep, beautiful, brilliant shade of blue that I was referring to all these days as "That pretty blue"

Since it is a shade of Blue - The quantity of Blue is maximum than red and green which are more or less under the 20's

What I remember when I see this color?

I remember the day my eyes fell on it

Lovely blue,flowy and so beautiful with little twinkles on it

It was like, the color had the voice of it own

It was seducing to the core

It was calling me, to try it on

It was wanting me to feel it

I knew, by hook or by crook I had to own it

I opened my purse, so see cobwebs formed in them

It was heartbreaking to leave and go

I reached home with a heavy heart

A wrapped gift  with a white ribbon was sitting on my couch

It was from Mom 

I opened the gift to find the same pretty blue saree

With loud cheer, a jump in the air and a tear of happiness 

I ran to Mom and said "You are God, Aren't you?"

This post is written for A-Z: April 25th (Color: Ultramarine)

A-Z: Teal

PC: miriadna

Teal: It is a deep; blue green color

Fun fact about Teal: The name of this color is derived from the color of the eyes of the common teal from the duck family

Early this morning, with the teal color sky
Fluffy cotton clouds flying by
I sit on the rock near the pond and sigh
I see colorful ducks and a crane fly
I wonder, if these ducks know that the color of the sky is similar to their eyes

This post is written for A-Z: April 23rd (Color Teal)

A-Z: Saffron

PC: yming

This is the color I have been waiting to write. 

I am an Indian & proud to be one
Saffron, White and Green is my pride

I keep my hand on my heart when I sing my national anthem
It is to show that my heart belongs to them

I am proud of our soldiers
I am proud of my engineers here & abroad

I am proud of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai
Though I preferred their names to be Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Madras

India is the only country that is referred as "Her"
She is mother, She is forever

The saffron on my flag represents strength and courage
Today, I want to thank every Indian, of every age

This post is written for A-Z: April 22nd (Color Saffron)

A-Z: Red

PC: Pintrest

Red is the color of love
Red is the color for passion
Red is the color for seduction

Red is the color of blood
Red is the color of danger
Red is the color of Satan

The color of red that I prefer, is the mark of the red lipstick
On the rim of the red wine

This post is written for A-Z: April 21st (Color Red)

Story Story: Interview with the Ex - Part 1

Her Samsung S7 Edge phone chimes inside her Michael Kors bag and her Samsung android watch says that it is an unknown number calling. But, that number looked very familiar. She plugs in her bluetooth headset and

Her: Hello

Caller: Hi, I am calling from Tee Infotech, you were working here right? We have an opening and thought, that you might be suitable for the role in the Marketing.  Can you come down for an interview?

She was not looking for a change, but the prospect of going back to that company, seeing her old boss & old colleagues was exciting though.

It has been more than a year that she quit, on good terms. 

And she had grown well in her career in that one year, earning six times more than what she was paid there, buying brands that she would have never dreamt of while working there.

It was a nice work place, the work was good, the people were fine, she made a lot of friends. But, her boss was somewhat aloof, her colleagues there did not include her in activities in spite of her friendly attitude..

She has had dialogues in her head with that boss a million times. 

After a long pause and a small sigh

Her: Ok, when?

Caller: At 10 am tomorrow, the same office, so you want me to sms you the address?

Her: No, I know the place 

Maybe this time, I can say those rehearsed dialogues loud

To Be Continued on Friday...

In the next part, she will go to the interview & we will see if she can actually voice out her dialogues

A-Z: Quartz Grey

Did you know that there is a color called Quartz Grey?

All I knew was Quartz being a rock, a colorless one. I did have to do some search on colors with Q since it is a very stupid alphabet that hardly has any known words starting with it.

Well, then I realized, the color Quartz is associated with Grey, Quartz Grey. It comes from the Grey family

The color Quartz Grey is similar to silver but with a tinge to it.

I also realized, that I keep seeing this color almost everyday, so many cars out there are Quartz Grey

Here is more information on this unique color that I came to know through A-Z Challenge. Thank you for enlightening me you A-Z Challenge guys

Quartz Grey

Car with Quartz Grey Exteriors
PC: sense the car

This post is written for A-Z: April 20th (Color: Quartz Grey)

A-Z: Pink

Cute is what I feel when I see pink

PC: Femmefatales

A touch of innocence and very chic

With girls, there is often its link

Pink is an attitude is what a celebrities think

The shades of pink changes the attitude is what I think

Its cute to see light pink girl wink

While is sexy to see a hot pink girl wink

From cute to sexy this color is so versatile

But, even now when I say pink. Its more of an "Awwww" style

This post is written for A-Z: April 19th (Color Pink)

A-Z: Orange

PC: wikipedia

Orange is a fruit
Orange is a color

Healthy as a fruit
Happy as a color

Nothing rhymes with orange
I think, that's what makes it unique

This post is written for A-Z: April 18th (Color Orange)

A-Z: Neon Green

A register myself in a Breast cancer midnight run

PC: Pradeep Maniyani (Mirchi Neon Run)

Neon green is the theme for fun

On the day at the venue

Neon green everywhere, including me and you

T-shirts so bright

Posters & the neon lights

The run begins & is captures by the drone camera

And it looks like a flowing toxic liquid 

In the dead of the night, people run for a good cause

And when we finish the run, all we hear is applause

This post is written for A-Z: April 16th (Color: Neon Green)

A-Z: Maroon

PC: Aegive

The bedroom painted in the darkest maroon
where I plan to keep him marooned
The shades of burgundy that look like maroon in dim lights
where satin sheets shall ruffle tonight
The maroon of the lipstick shall smudge
where our lips shall touch
The bodies shall lay cocooned
where the walls are painted in the darkest maroon

This post is written for A-Z: April 15th (Color: Maroon)

A-Z: Lavender

PC: Mediacache

Haiku

Lavender, Such a pretty color

Gives a feel of Peace and innocence

Never fails to bring a smile


This post is written for A-Z: April 14th (Color: Lavender)

A-Z: Khaki

Khaki Pants & Khaki Shirt

PC: India,art

Neatly pressed, and makes you look so smart

The stars on your shoulder

Shows your valor

You cap with India's emblem 

Makes us so proud

Be dusk or dawn

Be heat or storm

You have been there standing for us

Away from your family

Who wait at home anxiously

You lay your life for the people you do not know

Utter respect is only one way this country could show

You, our military men, 

We fold our hands,and say Thank you for everything

Amen

This post is written for A-Z: April 13th (Color Khaki)

A-Z: Jade

PC: clipart.co

I look into your Jade eyes
And see revenge and despise

I can see you coming towards me
I see those Jade eyes fixed on me

High you rise, with your venomous fang
Low I leap as far as I can

You hit hard and grab me with your tail
I love the look in those jade eyes when I strangle your snake throat

Yours Truly,
The Frog

This post is written for A-Z: April 12th (Color Jade)

#DAshTalks The Laundry

Awin wanted to wear his blue T-shirt this Sunday and was frantically searching for it in his wardrobe

Awin *with his head inside the wardrobe* "Dee, where is that blue t-shirt. The one I wore with the black jeans the other day.

Me *leisurely sitting on the couch with a book* "The black jeans eloped with another T-shirt, so the blue t-shirt was sad and it jumped in the well of clothes kept for washing and lying in the bottom of the well stinky and dirty

Awin *walks to the other room where I was smirking, points his index finger at me* Your jokes suck

A-Z: Indigo

Indigo is a color so dark, and yet so dainty

Neither violet or blue

Deep, dark and pretty

In the rainbow, it stands out, making an amazing view

Great devotion, wisdom & justice it indicates in Psychology

Oh! This color always reminds me of that old poetry

This post is written for A-Z- April 9th (Color Hot Pink)

A-Z: Hot Pink

PC: Shilpa Nair Blog

The new trend they say is Hot Pink
It genuinely makes me think

The lips so bold
I think I am a little too old

The top that stands out in any crowd
I am not sure if I'd be any proud

With a lot of apprehensions I wear
What the world thinks, I don't care

Like candy hearts, sweet or tarts
My Grand-kid says, Grandma, You look smart

My little red heart today, has turned Hot Pink, I must say

This post is written for A-Z- April 9th (Color Hot Pink)

A-Z: Gold

PC:Siljewels

Precious it is, used by kings for ages
Poems were written about it on golden pages

Prosperity it brought to lands
It also started wars, with no ends

Gold is its name
From the mines that it came

As valuable as it is, it cannot survive alone
It needs copper for strength and to adorn

Just like life, one need the other
To be strong, like Gold

This post is written for A-Z April 8th (Color Gold)

Liebster Award: Thank you Upasana

Thank you Upasana for nominating me got the Liebester Award

What is a Liebster Award?

The Liebster Blog Award is an exciting opportunity to develop relationships with our fellow bloggers from different domains.
This is a peer nominated award which acts as a chain blog post. This is mainly intended to connect with new bloggers while building your email list.

Who nominated me?

Upasana, A mother of a 1-year old , ITian by profession and Blogger by choice. I love her blogs about her experiences. Its sweet, real and directly from the heart. Her blog, Life through my bio scope

Liebester Interview with Upasana

What is your favorite Music genre? 

Bollywood is my go to genre, Epic music, depends on my mood though

What switches your mood OFF? 

Rude people, rather people who aren't nice to me

What is the 1 thing you are proud of yourself? 

Well, frankly I am proud of everything, but that one thing would be surviving & coming out smiling after my accident

What is your biggest possession? 

My biggest possession is my brother - He is my strength and my weakness

One taboo that you don’t like? 

Menstruating girls should not enter religious places. I think its quite a silly concept.

Do you believe – Love can happen twice?

Yes, absolutely - Twice, trice, million times

What inspires you to live each day with joy?

Gratitude and Lord Shiva. 

What is the first thing in the morning you do to make yourself happy?

Say Om Namah Shivay

Do you love – Summers or Winters and 1 reason for your choice.

Winters: Cozying and sleeping under the blanket is the best thing to do in life

Do you think Social media is taking over relationships?

Maybe. I do not know actually.

Now What?

I nominate my favorite bloggers for this award &

The Liebster Blog Award rules are mentioned below:

• Write a blogpost about your nomination, displaying an image of the award.
• Thank the person who nominated you and include a link to their blog.
• Answer the 11 questions the person who nominated you asked you in his/her blogpost.
• Nominate 5-11 other starting bloggers who you think deserve this award, and come up with 11 questions of your own for them to answer.
• List these rules in your blogpost.
• My nominations for the Liebster Award
  Keith
  Yolanda Renee
  Roger Rog Articles
  Melody
  Ranveer Vishal New Kid on the Block
  Archana Kapoor
  The Solitary Writer
• My Questions to my favorite bloggers

1. What is best thing that has happened to you

2. What is that one thing or incident in life that you regret

3. If there is one person in this world you would get to say Sorry, who would it be and why

4. What is your most searched word or phrase on Google

5. Who is the last "Received call" on your mobile phone (Eg: carpenter, dad, a friend)

6. What is the wallpaper on your mobile phone (Eg. Nature, my family, my pet)

7. If ever, you get an all paid trip anywhere in this world, where would you go

8. What is the worst pick up line used on you

9. What is Happiness for you

10. One advice you would give your teen self

11. If there was a life after death, what would you want to be reborn as?

All the nominees are free to accept or reject this invite. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did and love to see your network grow.

A-Z: Fuchsia

PC: Flickr

In the spring, when all the flowers bloom
This little one is always in gloom

No sunshine, no water can make it smile
Its been a bud for a while

Then came a velvety touch
The little flower loved it very much

It opened its petals to the sky
Then bloomed the garden of bonsai

I show it off proudly
My Fuchsia flower grew up beautifully

This post is written for A-Z-April 7th (Color Fuchsia)

A-Z: Ecru

PC: Pintrest

Ecru is the color I came to know in this challenge while I was looking for colors with E.
Wikipedia says: Ecru is a light fawn color

Here is my poem for Ecru

I left this house covering the furniture with pristine white sheets
After years, I come to find this place inflicted with bees

Everything looks so sad and old, but for the wooden fixtures that shine as new
I am happy for my well polished furniture, under the unbleached sheets that have turned Ecru

This post is written for A-Z Challenge: April 6th (E for Ecru)

A-Z: Denim Blue

PC: historyofjeans

Amidst the yards of denim blue cloths

She sits and perfects her designs

Frantically her needles move, before the day resigns

And comes out a beautiful dress, a pant, a rugged jacket and shorts, all in Denim Blue

This post is written for A-Z: April 5th (D - Denim Blue)

A-Z: Cherry

PC: Wallpepercraft

Cherry in my wine
Brought the cherry on my cheek

Cherry on the cake
You made my feet go weak

Cherry colored satin
Our passion is at the peak

Today is the day
When you popped the cherry of this chic


This post is written for A-Z: April 4th (Color Cherry)

A-Z: Black

PC: Pintrest

Black is the color of the night

Of death

Of coal

Black is the color of sleep

Of eyes

Of kohl

Black is the color of my hair

Of my tears of despair

Black is the color of clouds

Of rain

Of the day when you left me in pain


This post is written for A-Z: April 2nd (Color - Black)

A-Z: Amber

PC: Mocak

Amber are cheerful, warm and sensual

Amber is as hot as fire

Amber is as beautiful as sunflower

Amber is as sweet as honey

Amber is as elegant as a sunset

Amber is what is the color of a smiley

Amber is the color that always makes me happy

This post is written for A-Z: April 1st (Color Amber)

#DAshTalks Windows

There is a window in my living room, that has been closed for as long as we are staying here. And after all the rains, winters. Its stuck like crazy.
I am a cleaning fanatic and wanted to desperately clean that window sill.
So,

Me: Awin, Listen, I need help

Him *deeply engrossed,slouched and his head inside his laptop*: What?

Me: These windows are stuck. Help me open it

Him: Try rebooting

Me *felt so trolled*

CTT: Vacations - Mine & Others

I was sitting on my couch, with the smell of freshly washed curtains wafting in the air and browsing Facebook.

There are a few people I see who regularly keep taking 10 odd days vacation to exotic locations, stay in even more exotic hotels.

I wonder, how do they get so many leaves?
Where is the money for such holidays?
Do they even save anything?

Every month start, when I get that salary sms. Then I get 10 odd debit smses following it for the first week of every month. Then comes regular expenses for the month.

Savings is hardly any.
Even if I do save, it would take me at least a few months to save enough to pay for those exotic hotels.

Also,painstakingly working for 6 months without a days leave gives me 10 and a half days of leave. Ideally, I can take a long vacation twice a year only, compared to the ones I see on Facebook.

Either others manage their time and money really well or I manage both real bad

A-Z: Theme Reveal

I have joined the April A-Z Challenge. This is my first year and I am not yet familiar with the rules. But, I am reading up.

PC: wikipedia

Today, 21st March is the Theme Reveal Day - My Theme for this year's COLORS

For the entire month of April, I will be posting poems, stories, Haiku's on colors.

April 1st - Amber

CTT: Before and After Marriage

The conversations from a courting period to one year after marriage does change

After Marriage

Before Marriage

NOTE: The alleged conversations were made on the same day with some help from the husband, after a long conversation over hot chocolate about how chats have changed in 2 years. And these conversations were first written on the paper and then exchanged to show Then and Now

CTT: French is was my new hobby

I have taken up on myself to learn new things, and I am still in the rookie phase of everything. I learnt quilling, I learnt crochet, I learnt a few other itsy bitsy things.

Now, I have taken up upon myself to learn a new language. French seemed to be the most achievable target.

So, I browse in the Play store and download a language teaching app. Very diligently, heard, said, wrote everything that app said.

P.S: I used some words on my clueless husband too.

The app said "Congratulations! You now 75% proficient in French" (never believe apps)

One fine day, a new colleague from France joined us, I was super excited since he was not just a cute well toned guy with sapphire blue eyes but a proper Frenchman and I was hoping to use my french talent on him.

He had this exotic French accented English (I dhu noth know zis)

He came with us for lunch on his first day. My colleagues knew my new app-hobby for French and asked me to converse with him in French. That is when I realized, all I knew was "Nice dog" "orange is a fruit" "My name is Dee" "What is your name" "Where is the toilet" "Where is the bus stop" " Hello, How are you" "Please and thank you" "Good Morning' "Good night" "Good Bye" "I love you"

Luckily, I was done with my lunch, and all I said was Excusez moi s'il vous plait...Merci and Au revoir.

I ran off, before anyone could ask me any questions in French or any language.

Now the cute guy, he keeps saying some small sentences in french with I have to Google most of the time to understand and I reply in English.

App Uninstalled: Check

Search for another hobby: Check

New hobby on the tow: Learn Mandarin

Hope: I am going to be a Chinese Government Translator someday

Reality: Au Revoir

#DAshTalks - Dinner

I was sitting on the couch, with my legs folded under me and reading a book.

Awin: Whats for dinner?

Me: *looks up like a damsel* The pearls gathered from paddy fields of Konkan tempered with sun dried chilli's and mustard mixed with slow processed fermented milk 

His eyes full of anticipation and suddenly droops

Awin: You mean Tair Saadam (Curd Rice)

Me: Yes *goes back to reading my book*

Awin: Why all that built up?

Me: Yeh Baburao ka ishtyle hai?

Awin: I have married Bollywood *sighs and walks back to his office room*

CTT: I am not a Feminist

I wrote the article a few months back and wanted to post it on some Women related day "Women's day" or "Breast Cancer Awareness Day". Guess its time for this article to go public

I was reading an article in some newspaper that asked "Are you a feminist?"

My instinctive reply was "No, I am not"

Actually, if standing up for a woman who is getting beaten, or standing up for dowry, or standing up for a rape makes a feminist then I am a partial feminist.

 But, if someone runs a marathon without a sanitary pad, I think it's gross and unhygienic, there is nothing feminist about it. If someone puts up a picture with period stained pants on Instagram, it's not feminist. It's a natural phenomenon and everyone knows it, no one needs it on their faces with a picture. It's nothing to hide about, but nothing to stand on the top of the roof and shout.

Standing for things like, woman should get a seat by asking an elderly man to get up is not feminism. Seeing a woman screaming at a man if his huge backpack touches her and backing her up is not feminism.
If feminism is about male-bashing, then I am not a feminist.

I think, I am more of a humanist (if there is a term like that)
I shall stand for it, man, woman, heterosexual, homosexual, any profession, doesn't matter if something is wrong I will stand for them.

I find many others echoing similar thoughts. Women need safety and many other archaic norms to be changed but they aren't blind to bizarre acts in the name of feminism and women these days openly refuse to back those who do insane things to prove that women are superior which in my opinion is hyped for no reason.

Enjoy being a woman, stand up for women in need, stand up for men who need you too. Its no power battle here.

Mag: To God

Dear God,

I have been meaning to write to you from the time I was little. But, I never got words or maybe my problems were not that big that I had to bring them to your notice. I understand that you are very busy, you have the whole universe to take care of, but please take some time out and read my letter and I hope to see a reply in actions preferably
.
We have a very bad internet connectivity in our town, I assume up there in the heaven it must be worse. That's why I am going all traditional and sending you a post. I might look silly and insane to do this at this age, but I hope my letter does reach you. I need some answers from you alone.

Letter posted to
"To God,
 Heaven"

This post is written for Magpie Tales - Mag 308

#DAshTalks: Shopping

Its Saturday evening & caramel cold coffee in my cup with the orange pink sky view from my balcony.

Me (leaning against the balcony wall): I think you should start a blog

Him (on the cane swing not even looking up from his laptop): For what joy?

Me: I love your photographs, so does the world. Start a photography blog

Him: And? 

Me: Get featured, get awards, get sponsorship, get money

Him: And?

Me: Take me shopping

Him: Oh, all this built up is for me to take you shopping.

Me: No, your credit card & your car keys are enough

Him (instantly getting up that cane swing): Not the car keys, you have already given both my headlamps scratched eyes. 

Me *triumphs* Yaay new dress, new shoes, new bag

He didn't start a blog but he has his pictures on Flickr (Click the link)

CTT: My husband is not my best friend

I see many of my friends getting married & celebrating anniversaries and writing "So happy to be married to my best friend" "My husband my best friend" "Share this if your husband is your best friend"
Great, Kudos for you. 

My husband is not my best friend. My best friend is married having a baby and settled in a different city.
I share a different  relationship with my best friend.  My husband is on the other hand is the second best man after my dad. My husband is the love of my life. We support each other,, discuss mundane things, play games, discuss work, respect each other, all what we do with a best friend, but my husband is not my best friend, he is much more.

The intimacy I share with my husband is something I would never share with my best friend or anyone. There are certain things that I do not discuss with my best friend.

My best friends have been in my life much before my husband stepped in. So, their roles in my life has been significant too, there are things that only my best friends know, there are things that I discuss with my best friend which doesn't involve my husband in any way, that doesn't mean I am hiding anything from him. Its just a part of me that is apart from my "married life" 

The thing is, If I equalize my spouse and my best friend then I feel I would be minimizing the role of my husband in my life. There is much more than friendship in a husband-wife relationship, there is a special bond, an intimacy. 
Like, I said, my husband is the best man in my life, I worry about him much more than I worry about any of my friends. He is my mate, my better or worse half, he will be the father of my kids. 
There a side of me that comes out only when I am with him, and not when I am with any of my best friends.
Though my best friends at times know more about me than my husband, there are also situations that my best friends know nothing about but my husband does.

I agree, a best friend and a husband, both the roles are similar but not the same. 

Movies, have created this thing that "friendship is love"
I say No.
I love my friends but its platonic. But, the love for my husband is emotional, and physical, there is nothing platonic about it.
I do not think about seducing my male best friend, my husband its a different story.

I am not demeaning the role of a best friend here, but just putting my opinion across that husband and the modern term BFF are two different ball games.

 
If I had to draw my life and the relationships in it, it would look like this

There is a thin line between family & a best friend but they fall in the same circle though but the husband falls in a closer circle.


This post is not to offend anyone, its just a personal opinion.