tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33481344471440179282024-02-19T08:57:53.931-08:00A collection of Life's momentsMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-69872983556244332242017-01-27T10:32:00.001-08:002017-01-27T10:33:55.305-08:00A birthday - Always remembered !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end." — Robin Sharma</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This particular quote struck in my mind the moment I came across it. Infact everytime I come across this quote, this beautiful moment flashes across.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After being married for 5 months, I could not agree more with this. The entire phase of getting married and settling down with your husband in a new city is a different challenge in itself. Like everyone I had to go through my share of struggle and some more than what I had expected.The initial month turned out to be a daily nightmare of regular fights and communication gaps. Leaving your friends and family is by no means easy for a girl and the hopes of getting the same care, affection and love from her husband is what keeps her hopes alive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Unlike every year, this year my birthday would be with my husband. I had lot of hopes that he would celebrate it in a grand way with surprises and love. But till a month before my birthday nothing of the sorts was being discussed or observed. With this pattern, I thought my husband may have forgotten my birthday itself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But imagine my surprise when my husband came back to me a week later and said we are planning to go to Bangkok on July10th for 5 days. With my birthday being on July14th, I thought this may be a surprise from my husband. But he mentioned that it was long since we went on a vacation after our honeymoon. So he had planned this trip. Fine still as long as it coincided with my birthday i considered it a win.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The much awaited day of the travel arrived. What a day it was. It was raining nonstop from the previous night. So there was power cuts the entire night. We had thankfully packed our luggage much earlier and booked a cab till the airport. However the cab driver arrived 30 minutes later than the booked time. We had him come 2 hours before the flight time, so his delay caused a bit of panic. Added to it there were traffic jams on the road. We got really panicked if we would make it on time to our flight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At that moment my husband got a message from AirAsia that our flight was delayed by 2 hours due to the rains. So we could take a breather and reach airport before time. Then we went to checkin and take boarding pass. Imaging my luck when our checkin luggage turned out overweight and we had to shed some extra money to let them allow us to take. My husband was obviously very annoyed and started speaking rudely that I may have brought unnecessary things for the travel which caused extra weight. I tried to calm him down, payed the fine and got boarding pass. The entire flight journey he didnt speak to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On reaching Bangkok, we looked for the cab driver our hotel had sent. He was waiitng for us. We boarded the cab and sat silently. All this while I was cursing me to have had over expectations about this trip and having packed a few dresses more. When the cab driver stopped outside Baiyoke Sky Towers, I was spellbound. It was a huge building and my husband had booked the terrace area for a special birthday party for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was completely taken aback and hugged him. He said the entire thing was a drama to give me a surpise and the entire fight was forgotten and we celebrated my birthday on the terrace of Bayoke towers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This #MagicOfWarmth moment with my husband definitely melted my heart and will always be cherished.</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-55452607437016567242016-10-13T21:46:00.001-07:002016-10-13T21:46:31.135-07:00Testtest<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A new beginning<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Setting up the kitchen<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kitchen Basics<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Anajari Petti</div>
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Basic Kitchen utensils<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Grocery List<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Spicelist</div>
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Garam Masala<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Sambar Powder<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Rasam Powder<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Coriander Powder<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Jeera Powder<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Red Chilly Powder<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Molagai Powder</div>
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Homemade Yogurt<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tamarind Pulp<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Ginger Garlic Paste</div>
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Plain Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Coconut Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Lemon Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tomato Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vegetable Biriyani<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kariveppilai (curry leaf) Podi/Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Bisi Bela Bath<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Capsicum Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Onion Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vaangi Baath (Brinjal Rice)<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Carrot Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Beetroot Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Pepper Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vegetable Fried Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Curd Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Jeera Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Pudina Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Masala Baath (Masala Rice)<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Pulikachal – Tamarind Rice<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Rajma Rice</div>
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Masoor Dal Khichdi<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vegetable Dal Khichdi<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vendakka Kichadi<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Pavakka Kichadi<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Beetroot Kichadi</div>
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Vegetable Pulao<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Peas Pulao<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Soya Pulao<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Corn Pulao<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Jeera Pulao<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Mint and Green Sprouts Pulao</div>
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Tava Roti<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Puffed Roti<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Missi Roti (Besan ki Roti)<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Makke ki Roti</div>
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Idli<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Oats Idli<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kanchipuram Idli<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Rava Idli<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Plain Dosa<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Masala Dosa<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Karacha Dosai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Raghi Dosai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kambu Dosai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Rava Dosai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Onion Rava Dosa<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tomato Dosa<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Spinach Dosai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Adai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Oats Adai</div>
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Idiyappam<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Ulundu Sevai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Coconut Sevai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Lemon Sevai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tomato Tokku<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Onion Chutney<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Puli Inji<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tomato Onion Chutney<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Groudnut Chutney<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kothamalli Thogayal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Pudina Chutney<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Coriander Pudina Chutney<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Ginger Chutney<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kathirikka Thogayal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Capsicum Thogayal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Coconut Thogayal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Venn Pongal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Chakkara Pongal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Rava Pongal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Oats Pongal</div>
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Poha<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tomato Poha<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Semiya Upma</div>
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Kuzhi Paniyaram<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Coriander Paniyaram<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vegetable Paniyaram<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Moong Dal Paniyaram<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Bombay Rava Upma<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Semiya Upma<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Wheat Rava Upma<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Rice Flour Upma<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Idli Upma<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Bread Upma<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Arisi Upma<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vegetable Rava Upma</div>
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Arisi Upma Kozhakkatai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Rava Kozhakattai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Aval Kozhakattai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Mani Kozhakattai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Modak</div>
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Aloo Paratha<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Mooli Paratha<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Gobi Paratha<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Paneer Paratha<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Garlic Paratas<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Pudina Paratha</div>
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Poori Masala<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Chana Bathure</div>
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Side Dishes –<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Gravy:<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Paneer Chilly<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kadai Paneer<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tofu Mattar<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Paneer Mattar<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Paneer Butter Masala<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Jeera Aloo<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Aloo Palak<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kadai Bhindi<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Capsicum Masala<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Baingan Bharta<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Green Peas Masala<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Methi Malai Mutter<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Gobi Manchurian<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Rajma Curry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Green Moong Masala<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Methi Aloo Masala<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vegetable Kohlapuri<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Aloo Masala<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Palak Paneer<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Dal Tadka<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Navarathna Kurma<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vegetable Kurma<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Beetroot Masala<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Dry :<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Bhindi Curry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tondli Curry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Carrot Curry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Beetroot Curry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Bitter Gourd Curry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Potatoes Fry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Brinjal Curry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Cauliflower Curry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Cabbage Curry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Aloo Mutter<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Soy Chunk Curry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Potato Podimas<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vazhakka Podimas<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vazhakka Curry<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Sepankizhangu Roast<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Chow Chow Poriyal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Carrot Beans Poriyal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Sweet Potato Poriyal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Sweet Potato Podimas<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Beans Paruppusli<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Avarekha Paruppusli<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Capscium Paruppusli<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Mixed Vegetable Paruppusli</div>
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Dal :<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Palak Dal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tomato Dal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Black Eyed Peas<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Avial<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vazhakka Kootu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Podalanga Kootu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Chow Chow Kootu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Konda Kadalai Kathirikka Kozhambu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Mixed Vegetable Kootu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Cabbage Kootu</div>
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Kozhambu, Sambar, Rasam Varieties<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Plain Sambar<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Mullangi Sambar<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Arachuvitta Sambar<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vathal Kozhambu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Paruppurunda Kozhambu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kadala Kozhambu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Thenga Aracha Kozhambu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kathirikka Kara Kozhambu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kariveppilai Kozhambu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Konda Kadalai Kathirikka Kozhambu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Mysore Rasam<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Lemon Rasam<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Jeeraga Milagu Rasam (Cumin-Pepper Rasam)<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Mint Rasam – Pudina Rasam<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tomato Rasam<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vendakka Mor Kozhambu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Mor Pachchadi<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kadi<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kathirikka Pitla</div>
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Soups:<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Moong Dal Soup<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tomato Soup<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Butternut Squash Soup<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Sweet Potato Soup</div>
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Raita<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Masala Raita<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Boondi Raita<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Onion Tomato Raita<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Sprouts Raita<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Cucumber Raita</div>
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Medhu Vadai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Ulundu Vadai<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Dal Vadai</div>
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Chaat<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Misal Pav<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Vada Pav<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Pav Bhaji<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Moong dal kachori</div>
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Payasam/Kheer<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Semiya Payasam<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Pal Payasam<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Aval Payasam<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Festival Special –<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Karadayan Nombu<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Krishna Jayanthi<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Navarathri Celebrations<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Diwali recipes<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Chutneys and Sauces<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Curries and Gravies<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Dal<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Dosa<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Paneer<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Rasam<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Sambar<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Side Dish<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />South Indian<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Snacks<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Sweets</div>
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-31553046231597088562016-08-02T11:31:00.003-07:002016-08-02T11:31:44.483-07:00Dreaming big with Pad Thai !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"It would easily take us another 1 hour if we continue our way now. Let us have food in the food court near office", I said to my husband as we were driving our way back home from work. It was 21:30 already and we could see huge traffic on our way. Heavy rains were already pouring adding to the traffic. "I am bored of the usual meals in the food court. Lets check the new restaurant Wonton that has opened near the foodcourt", my husband said. I agreed to his suggestion and we walked to Wonton. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a new restaurant that had opened in the Hitec City area. Although it was earlier in Gachibowli we had never been there but had heard a lot about their food. At 21:30 this place was full but still had few tables vacant. We chose a pretty table near the window to keep an eye on the traffic while having food. The server came immediately to our table, greeted us and handed the menu card to place order. The restaurant had dim lights all around it and while it gave a romantic environment, my eyes fell on the Thai cuisine varieties they had in their menu. Most of the items listed there seemed quite interesting and I was keen to try out a few items. We inquired about some of the items to see whats the specialty and some to see the spice levels, we finally placed an order for the Pad Thai noodles. The server told us that Pad Thai was an exotic dish of Thailand cooked using glass noodles while being served with powdered peanut. The entire concept of glass noodles seemed quite interesting to me and we were curious to see what it is all about.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In just about 10 minutes, what came to our table was the most incredible noodles I had ever had in my life. It was neatly cooked and had its aroma all over. The quantity of the noodles was excellent for both of us. The taste of the Pad Thai glass noodles with powdered peanuts sprinkled over it was the most incredible noodles I had in my life. It just made me forget about the traffic jam or the heavy downpour that was on. We were soaking every moment we had while enjoying having Pad Thai noodles.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For both of us being foodies, this was quite an amazing experience we had at the Wonton. Being the curious couple, we had a great conversation with the server who explained us about the uniqueness of this cuisine and how exotic it is in Thailand. For the taste of the local residents, they had added some more Indian spices and made it more customized. However the server suggested that we must try the original authentic dish in Thailand. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As much as we enjoyed the dinner that day, the server's words still stayed in my head. How cool will it be to enjoy this authentic dish in Thailand. How freaking awesome will it be to try this exotic Thai cuisine with the locals there. Since that day trying this exotic cuisine has been on my dream board and I am confident that I will make it one day there with my family and enjoy the moments there as much as we can.</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-52578586903853489472016-07-10T10:58:00.001-07:002016-07-10T10:58:01.924-07:00Grow with Horlicks Growthplus !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was nearing lunch time on a rainy Sunday afternoon. My parents were here and we had planned to go out for lunch and then watch latest movie Sultan. We were waiting for this day since long as we wanted to spend time with parents and also wanted to relax on Sunday. Everything was going as we thought when suddenly my husband got an urgent office work to attend. Not wanting to cancel the plan, I decided to go with my parents ahead and my husband would catch up with us in the mall after his work completed. We booked Ola cabs and waited for the cab to come. All this because I couldn't drive my husband's Ford Fiesta sedan car. Honestly, nothing to do with the car. It is a very good car. However with my height being 5 feet, I had trouble driving the car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wish I had a better height. I would always wear wedges not because I loved wearing heels but because I did not want to appear like a short dwarf near my 6 ft 2 inches husband. I attributed this to my genes but there were many times when I would lose my confidence or feel inferior to other girls because I didn't have a good height. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Although I know this is not in my control and I need to accept this, it always takes me back to thinking how important having a good height and weight plays in our daily life. How crucial it is to inculcate the importance of growth right from the early days. For kids these days it is even more important to highlight the importance of this. With the amount of adulterated food that is available these days in market , it is very important that we feed the right food to our children for proper growth. As a very simple example, I don't remember including nutritious foods like millet in my diet. Health mix powders like Sattu were not something I even recollect consuming. But kids these days are addicted to chips and wafers. Several years back millet and hard work were what our grandparents had and that is why they are still strong even at 60. With the food that we consume these days, it is not common to hear about 20 and 30-year-olds suffering from diabetes and having attacks. A strong nutritious foundation is what is missing these days. Parents are more worried whether the kids are at the right height and weight. However if more awareness if given on the right nutrition for triggering this growth then it would be more helpful.</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-67329122598198199572016-06-02T22:44:00.002-07:002016-06-02T22:44:28.553-07:00Ready to go with Datsun redi-GO!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Until a very long time, having a car was considered a luxury. When Maruti Suzuki launched Maruti 800 couple of years ago, it became popular across several households. Being affordable its popularity increased and became one of the successful cars in the starting segment. I still remember my dad's old Maruti 800 car which served him faithfully. It had taken us to several places safely and had gone to several road-trips too. Until many years, Maruti 800 had no competition but realizing the potential and demand many additions like Alto, Nano, Kwid got added.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now Nissan has joined the league with the recent launch of Datsun redi-GO. The team at Datsun refers to this car as the ideal choice for ‘ready-to-go’ generation. When I came across this car, I got curious and went on to look at what makes this car ideal for us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This car has been designed specially for today's Indian generation who are always on the go. It brings together a unique combination of style and luxury with the best in Japanese technology at affordable prices!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As they have correctly put it across, it gives the youth the freedom and confidence to go on a fun trip to their destination.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Fun. Freedom. Confidence. The ultimate </span><a href="https://www.datsun.co.in/redi-GO.html" style="background-color: white; color: #3463b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Urban Cross </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">- Datsun redi-GO - the capability of a crossover with the convenience of a hatchback.</span>."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In addition this car has some cool features which makes it the ideal car for our road-trips.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1) Many a times we have we come across narrow roads while driving to several urban places. With our existing sedan it becomes very difficult to drive there and taking U-turns is stressful as we need to take care to not hit somewhere. However with Datsun redi-GO, the compact size it will easily fit these narrow roads. No longer will taking U-Turns be stressful with this beauty. Also its sleek and sporty look gives it a stylish appeal. In addition to these exterior looks, driving with a feather light steering wheel would be super easy in crowded urban places.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2) For short folks like me, it is a stress to drive my sedan since I have to really strain my neck to look ahead of the steering wheel. Many a times, I have had to add extra cushion to the driving seat and sit on top of it so that it could add extra height for me which would be comfortable while driving. When I heard that Datsun redi-GO has heightened stances, I was really overjoyed. This will not only give you better view of the roads outside but is also a boon for short people like me from having the trouble to look ahead while driving. Another unique feature is the force absorbing bolster support in the seats which will make driving in urban roads a pleasure when on high speed cornering.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would really love to test this feature while driving here in Hyderabad. The bolstering support in the seats would be something I would love to check on our next visit to Charminar during Ramzon so that we can be ready for our upcoming road trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3) One of the important sources of entertainment while on long drives is the audio system. With the options of having Radio, USB, MP3, Aux-in , it provides multiple options to hear pumping music and keep you entertained while driving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All these features make me ready to go with Datsun redi-GO and I am waiting to test drive and check these unique features so that we are all set and ready to go with our own redi-GO!!</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-59543103719437936652016-03-16T11:27:00.000-07:002016-03-16T19:47:57.873-07:00Wonderful Travel Memories<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Travelling - one of the common interests that holds us together. You like to travel and click places. I like to travel and release stress. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first time we traveled together, you made me think I did not know how to travel. Carrying 5 big bags for 3 day travel seemed like relocation to you. From our travel fights to planning our next travel together, you converted me from a tourist to a traveler. You changed my views about travelling. You opened me to new avenues for travelling. You taught me so many new things about travelling. My idea and intention about travelling changed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We enjoyed our domestic travels which then expanded to national and then international travels. You explored the different cuisines and made me try new varieties. From five star hotels to bag packers room, we have seen it all. From flying in flights to sailing in ships we have been together. We trekked together, we snorkeled together- we got over each others fears. I slowly got rid of my fear of heights and you became confident with snorkeling. The best experience I still remember about snorkeling was the happiness on your face when you dived in the middle of Maya Bay with the colorful fishes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From shopping in Bangkok to fashion street in Mumbai, you came to know about what it means to shop. Accompanying me to never ending street side shopping in Jaipur to the huge malls in Singapore, you know what it means to shop with a girl now. Shopping - something that has now thought you to think of your loved ones and get something for them during your travels. It creates memories.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Photography one of your big passions in life. How you utilize all your time during travel and yet click so wonderful pics is something I still need to learn from you. The patience you have to perfect a shot till it happens, to taking multiple shots waiting for the right moment - that is the crazy amount of passion you have for your camera. From our first trip to Goa to our recent trip to Trichy, one thing is constant and that is your camera bag and the passion to explore new places in your area. Your enthusiasm for exploring new avenues, your passion to mystery, your company for all these wonderful travels - is all I ask to keep up with and never lose the charm. Thank you my supportive hubby for always being the best traveler I could ask for !</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-22120321859049861952016-03-16T11:04:00.001-07:002016-03-16T11:20:27.738-07:00Memorable Trek<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Few months back while having dinner with my husband, I was telling him,"I am fed up. I need a change.The monotony of this life is killing me.Let us go for a vacation".To which he hit upon an idea. He said,"How about going for a winter trek to Kedarkantha in Uttarakhand". While i did not get convinced with his idea, i decided to give it a try.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We booked our tickets and started with the preparations required to go for the trek. With our backpacks on in end of December, we reached Dehradun. From there we got into a bus Sankhri. On reaching there, we stayed at Hotel Swargrohini Palace for the night before the trek.What a view from our room. We could already see mountain peaks covered with snow ahead of us. As night approached, we had to pile on layers to save ourselves from being frozen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The next day morning, we all were given a briefing and introduced to our trek guide. With that we started the trek climbing one step at a time. 2 Hours went by and by now it was starting to get exhausting. We hit the snow patches soon, stopped to rest for 15-20 minutes and then continued with our trek. From there, we could see snow everywhere. The trek was getting more and more challenging with every step. Finally after 9 hours,at around 2 pm we reached Juda ka Talab camp site.The pond was covered by a thick frosty layer.We rested around the lake in the sun and had our lunch.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As it got colder in the evening we lit a bonfire </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.We had our dinner and we retired to the tents into our sleeping bags after a tiring day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At around 2 am we were awakened by our guide. He asked us to pack our bags and start climbing right away for the basecamp and we had to reach the summit before sunrise. It was pitch dark everywhere. So with flash lights on and trekking poles, we started climbing once again. Badly chilly winds, ear pains, reducing atmospheric pressure, reducing oxygen, tiredness from last day, we kept climbing. After about 2 hours of walking in deep snow and we reached the base camp.The view from the base camp was panoramic. We were all excited for the final push to the summit. As much as exciting and adventurous the journey was, it was very challenging both mentally and physically. I and my husband had to stop several times and motivate and push each other to finish the trek. We took a lot of pictures along the way. After 5 hours we finally stood atop conquering Mount Kedarkanta. It was surrounded by mountain peaks covered in snow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What a memorable feeling it was. For last 2 days, we were totally out of mobile coverage and no other distractions. I and my husband were together in this journey and our only goal was to have the strength to push through and finish the trek. I learnt many things from this trek like never to give up on the challenges that life throws but to keep pushing through them. In the journey of life we get distracted by so many things and we often quit. But if we keep pushing and focus on our goal we will be successful. </span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-38334014599843139382016-03-10T10:50:00.003-08:002016-03-10T10:50:34.075-08:00End the trend and share the load<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Few weeks back I was invited to Anirudh's place for lunch on Sankranti. This is an important festival for them and since we were dating for a long time, his family had unofficially considered me part of their family. Every time I go to his house, I observe something weird. Now please do not get me wrong. Anirudh is a very nice guy. He has been very supportive and caring of me and my life choices. But his family has a very narrow minded views towards several things. Even in this generation, they observed gender inequality and some work were reserved to be done by guys and some work has to be done by the women of the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I have been brought in a very different way. I have always been taught to question things which do not convince me. But in their house if I begin questioning about blind beliefs and the purpose behind doing it, it is considered rude. It is considered arrogant. My parents had given me enough freedom and independence. But here his parents had too many restrictions on the dress, on timings, on topics to speak and the list goes on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My parents had warned me before about his family. I really felt that our relationship was very strong than these petty things. But on the day of Sankranti what I observed really irritated me. They started seeing alliances for his elder brother Avinash. And what sort of a girl were they expecting - Post graduate, expert in cooking, skilled in taking care of house, ready to stay at home after wedding. Seriously why would someone want to stay at home after doing a post graduation. I began questioning them about their expectations. But they asked me remain silent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In their family, the sole purpose of the women of the house is to give birth to baby, be a housewife and take care of the house. Their mom has the done the same things and they expect their daughter-in-laws to also do the same thing. Does this make any sense in today's generation? I ask his mother and she asks me to follow the rules </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Though I shut my mouth, I could not shut my thoughts. When Avinash can be a graduate and work, why couldn't his wife do that? Why do they want a highly educated girl to waste her education by sitting at home after wedding? What exactly do you mean by skilled in taking care of house? Is this not your house too? Why cannot you make some contributions anywhere? Women are at par with men everywhere these days. Still you follow the trends of the 19th century and follow gender prejudices. What sort of an example are you setting for your family? What will your kids learn from you if you follow these illogical trends. If we women need our son and future daughter-in-law to thank us then teach the men to end the trend and share their load to embrace household duties however boring or uninteresting they are. </span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-4168741243324086552016-03-09T11:34:00.000-08:002016-03-09T11:34:10.359-08:00Learn to help ourselves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was after 2 years that I went to my sisters place. Her son Karthik is now in 7th class and the last time I saw him he was a small kid. I was really excited to see my sister after so many years and was looking forward to meet her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The day arrived and I started to her place. The moment I reached her house, I was in a shock. The whole house seemed in a mess. She opened the door with a smiling face but I could see the tiredness and exhaustion. As I came in and was talking to her, Karthik came to the room from inside. He was very reluctant to talk to me since he had not seen over many years. However he was ordering his mom to get his shirt for school ready. I was surprised my sister silently obeyed his orders. Then I saw his throw his old dress into the pile of laundry and rush out of the house. All this while my sister hardly spoke a word. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I could not keep silent any longer. It was hardly an hour I came to her house and could see something wrong going on. When I spoke to her she mentioned that he was a kid and does not like to keep things clean. But the problem was she never taught him the right ways. Assuming that kid is small and will understand as he grows up is totally wrong. How will he understand when he has grown up seeing that. I asked my sister to slowly teach him to wash clothes or at-least put the clothes into the washing machine while she could attend other chores.However she herself did not want him to do that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Let him focus on studies. I do not want him to get involved in these things", were her words. By showering a lot of love on our children, we are closing their eyes from reality. Karthik has always seen his mom doing the dirty laundry and other household work. Has there been a single day his dad has done that? Never. How will he learn about equality and sharing the load if this is the example he has seen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My sister has to let go of the fact that he is a small kid. Class 7 kids are no more small. They are much smarter than us these days. He needs to be taught to respect others and see all genders equally. If this is the example in my own house, I am sure this is the case in many households.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I urge all the ladies to let go of perfection and lets not blindly shower love. Lets learn to help ourselves to better our future self !</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-40863212666642105792016-03-09T10:17:00.000-08:002016-03-09T10:17:04.048-08:00Promises do stay true !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the things I always wanted in my man was to respect his partner equally and value them. So the day Anirudh proposed me, I wanted to see if this guy really matches this criteria. I had always known him as my friend but never seen this aspect. I borrowed time from him for my decision and started to closely monitor him. I even went one step ahead and tried to put scenarios where I wanted his views.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So far it was going good. He was one of my very good friends in Hyderabad. No one knew me more than him. Our mindsets matched and we really enjoyed each others company. But when it comes to taking friendship to next level, we need to consider so many things.So after a good one months time, I called him for a lunch date on Sunday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As usual he came on his bike and we met at our favorite eating joint. Deep inside i too liked this guy but always held back after my first experience with Manoj. So I decided to pour it out to Anirudh. It went very uncomfortable at the start. But I wanted Anirudh to know how hurt and depressed I was from my relationship with Manoj because of one thing missing. Manoj never valued me. He forever seemed to dismiss my ideas, my suggestions were rubbish. Girls were only decorative pieces in life. I should become a housewife and quit my job. I do not have the right to dream and many more crap. Time and again I felt hurt and my self esteem dropped and he never took a second to recognize that. All my efforts to tell him ended with fights and he would convince me up and again the cycle repeats.I was really tired of being just a girl in his life. He was very egoistic like his father. I had my nights crying about this relationship. I had several hours questioning my own thoughts. What kind of a relationship was I in where I was not valued. If this is the case now what will happen once I follow his words and quit my job. I was not meant for that. This never fit with me because I was not that girl. So on 17th Jan I gathered all my courage and called off my relationship with Manoj. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wanted Anirudh to know the main things that mattered to me. He was the caring, supportive, sweet, lovable, understanding friend but he always had to know what I expect in my partner. I wanted Anirudh to value my dreams as I respected his choices. I wanted Anirudh to respect my ideas and suggestions as I always considered his opinions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After opening up my heart to him, the first thing he said was "I love you for the person you are. I can never dream to hurt you. I need you in my life. Your happiness and satisfaction is my top priority. I promise from the bottom of my hurt to love your every single day. I promise to be with you forever!".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Those words of Anirudh at our favourite eating joint still hold true and I am proud he stood by his promises.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Walking is one the best low-impact, gentle exercise that's easily available to everyone. Right from the time we were kids, the first thing we do was to walk. It is freely available to us and suitable for all ages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Below are the impacts of walking and why it is so good for you – </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Walking strengthens your heart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Regular walking reduces the risk of stroke and heart disease. It's great form of exercise which helps to lower bad cholesterol and increases good cholesterol. In addition, a brisk walk into your every day routine also helps to control the high blood pressure and reduces the risk of strokes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Walking lowers disease risk</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A consistent habit of walking habit cuts the risk of diabetes. You are even less likely to develop cancer of the womb or breast with an active hobby such as walking.Taking more steps everyday can ward away diseases like asthma.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Recently my mom was diagnosed with having diabetes. She was feeling very tired and lethargic and ran down with energy. She was constantly drinking lots of coffee loaded with sugar to bring back that energy. Her eating habits were simply unhealthy and she skipped meals due to this lack of energy. Her doctor gave her a healthy eating plan, urged her to cut down on coffee and strictly take a 30 minute walk every day. She took the docs advice very seriously and within few weeks of following the plan, she noticed tremendous changes in her energy levels. Within a month, her sugar level came down and she is full of energy now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Walking helps you maintain weight</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For someone weighing 60kg, brisk walk of 30 minutes helps to burn about 75 calories by walking 3.2km. If you increase your speed you end up burning more calories. If you walk 6.4Km per hour burns calories equivalent to having cakes. The more you need to lose weight, the more you need to increase your speed of walking for burning more calories</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. Walking prevents Osteoporosis</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Walking is a total body exercise, but mainly works on your feet and legs which support your body's weight. Walking restores and strengthens bones and increases bone density. This is very important to everyone especially for women. Walking about 8Km-10Km a week can help develop your bone health.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. Walking tones up legs, glutes and abs</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Regular brisk walking can give amazing definition to quads, calves hamstrings while lifting your glutes muscles. If you add intensity to your walking by walking on hills or inclines you will burn more calories and get more effective workout. Although it is a free form of exercise, we need to maximize to get a total body exercise. If we maintain correct posture in our walks, it also helps to tone your waistline and abs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6. Walking boosts levels of vitamin D</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Walking is effective if its done in the open air. That being said, we are free to do it anytime and anywhere. If we get a brisk 30 min walk in the early morning, we maximize calorie burns by also boosting our Vitamin D. Now this nutrient has a huge role in impacting many things from bone health to our immune systems. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In addition to all this, it is great way to travel and wonderful form of social activity. It is effective and convenient and great way to interact with friends because you can easily talk and have a quick walk.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on <a href="https://www.indiblogger.in/">IndiBlogger</a> for the launch of the <a href="http://madeofgreat.tatamotors.com/tata-zica-social-center" target="_blank">#Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors</a>. You can apply for a <a href="http://madeofgreat.tatamotors.com/tata-zica" target="_blank">test drive of the hatchback Zica</a> today.</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-25470268667260129032016-01-25T10:06:00.003-08:002016-01-25T10:06:39.395-08:00Impact of social media as a blessing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1st of April 2004. I still remember that day. Not because its April Fools day. But because it was the day that I created my first email account. Yes. My first email account with Yahoo. Having a social media presence was like owing a smartphone. It was not at all a must have to live but was a must have to survive. To survive among your friends and society. And that my dear friends was the first step of my journey into the gigantic world of social media. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Right from Yahoo chat, to Orkut, to Facebook and now Twitter and Instagram and what not...The list is endless. New trends in the social media keep coming and change with time. What first started for me as a way to share my updates with friends shaped into way of keeping in touch with them. More so that these days I hardly check my Orkut or Facebook accounts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What changed the most for me was the online contests held by many companies through social media. As a medium for promoting their brands, it gives an opportunity for amateur photographers like me to participate and showcase our talent. It gives me immense adrenaline rush to participate in these contests than mindlessly browse through news feed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Slowly my focus shifted to searching for online contests in social media and participating in them. Through this I came to know about many brands and my general knowledge also increased. Initially I found a few contests in Facebook and kept myself busy with them. With so many medium these days, my hands are full of dates with photography contest deadlines. Slowly and steadily I started winning these contests. My sense of confidence improved and my passion for photography increased.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My most memorable contest was a photography contest with Woodland which I found in Twitter. I won first prize in that contest and they sent me to an all expense paid 7 day trip to Kenya. Imagine winning an all paid trip to an international country. It was like dream come true. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It still amazes my parents because during their times television and Radio was the only way they get to know about updates. The awareness that social media brings across these days is simply tremendous. Isn't that a great way to stay updated with latest trends and current affairs. To me social media is simply a blessing in disguise. I am so thankful to all those companies who spend so much time in promotion so that their product is popular among consumers. Who would have imagined that a way to keep in touch with friends would now turn into my source of living. I may be very active in social media for checking contests but completely out of the league of commenting on photos. It was very easy to get lost in commenting on pics and stalking people. But if we find our focus, we can turn anything to what we set our mind to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on <a href="https://www.indiblogger.in/">IndiBlogger</a> for the launch of the <a href="http://madeofgreat.tatamotors.com/tata-zica-social-center" target="_blank">#Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors</a>. You can apply for a <a href="http://madeofgreat.tatamotors.com/tata-zica" target="_blank">test drive of the hatchback Zica</a> today.</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-75083366808089142172016-01-24T10:20:00.000-08:002016-01-24T10:25:11.189-08:00How healthy lifestyle can impact life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Adopting a healthy lifestyle, will not only make you look and feel better, but you also get to experience a plethora of other healthy benefits. Living in a healthy lifestyle, requires that you devote to making healthy choices, follow them regularly and stick with them.You can start with the changes today that can impact your overall health and wellness positively.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Eating a balanced diet –</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The way to a healthy and balanced diet is having the right quantity of food that will help to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. A healthy diet is as good for your taste buds as it is for your heart. Including fresh fruits, vegetables, proteins, and whole grains in your diet will give your body the energy and nutrients it needs to function properly and maintain overall health. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Regular Physical activity</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The benefits of regular physical activity and exercise are abundant. We all know simple activities like running, cycling, and swimming are good for you. It helps prevent many chronic diseases and improves digestion. In short, your overall quality of life gets better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Weight Control</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A healthy lifestyle also helps you keep up with a healthy weight. This helps improves your appearance, your mood and your confidence. Controlling your weight reduces the risk of developing stroke, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and different types of cancer. By incorporating healthy balanced food and cutting down your intake of beverages and processed foods that are generally high in calories, and sugar you positively impact your weight and overall good health.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Improved Confidence and Mood </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Physical activity helps in the release of brain chemicals that can make you feel happier. This emotional boost can help reduce your stress level and improve your self-confidence. In addition, the chemicals to enhance your mood that are released by physical activity can help you face a stressful day with a calmer mindset. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Increased Energy Level</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Exercising regularly improves your power to withstand stress and makes your body stronger. It also works on your cardiovascular system, which keep your muscles more energetic by delivering oxygen more effectively. Due to this you will have more energy to do everyday tasks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Improved Brain Health</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A healthy lifestyle can increase your health of your brain. A balanced diet, regular exercise and good sleep can change your brain heath and mental functions. Basic exercise like walking, swimming is good for your brain. It regulates blood circulation and increases the amount of oxygen that reaches your brain thereby helping you to think more clearly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Improved Appearance</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A healthy lifestyle can not only help you lose weight and look more youthful, but it is more than that. For example, staying hydrated by drinking enough water and getting sufficient sleep can reduce the visibility of under-eye bags. Cutting down on alcohol and tobacco intake reduces its aging effects on your skin and eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Keep Up the Heart-Smart Lifestyle</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Its one thing to know about what needs to be done for a healthy lifestyle and another thing to actually follow it. By following a healthy lifestyle you cannot always see the results of your hard work, but there are numerous impacts and every healthy choice you make does take you one step closer to a healthier lifestyle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on <a href="https://www.indiblogger.in/">IndiBlogger</a> for the launch of the <a href="http://madeofgreat.tatamotors.com/tata-zica-social-center" target="_blank">#Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors</a>. You can apply for a <a href="http://madeofgreat.tatamotors.com/tata-zica" target="_blank">test drive of the hatchback Zica</a> today.</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-48204056382690244452015-08-20T21:49:00.002-07:002015-08-20T21:50:28.746-07:00Airtel 4G Rocks !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Good news for all you high speed internet lovers.With India’s major telecom Bharti Airtel Ltd rolling out its 4G services, you are going to love the lightning fast internet speeds on the go. Gone are the days when you will have to spend time waiting for movie downloads. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With <a href="http://www.airtel.in/4g/">Airtel 4G</a> being the first telecom operator rolling out 4G services, it is now available nationwide across 296 cities. One good news is that we just pay the price of 3G for 4G. Another good news is that by just tweeting #GetAirtel4G, they are giving a free 4G SIM and Airtel provides free home delivery of 4G SIM. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am already going crazy thinking of all the things i could do with this unbelievable speed offered. It will be fantastic to stream videos so fast. By downloading apps for shopping like Flipkart and Amazon, I could do my shopping really quick with 4G speed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For someone like me, who loves to keep her playlist updated earlier i had to face the trouble in streaming videos and wasting time to download songs. I had to set the downloads to happen overnight so that it would get completed by morning which was really waste of time and electricity. But now I could download my favorite songs within seconds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whenever friends drop-in at our place, we always end up watching movies along with partying. Now I could download my favorite movies without worrying about slow speed. Previous seasons of reality shows and finale of The Bachelorette could now be seen without streaming issues. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It normally takes me about 1 hour to commute to my office. The only fruitful task I do then is browse through social media and stay connected with friends. With 4G network, it could now make it easier to access social media. I could now maybe write my blog during the commute which could save me lot of time when i reach home and make life easy. On days when I need to book a cab online, it would be really convenient using Airtel4G and make the cab booking process quick and hassle-free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And how do we forget the chat with our family and loved ones. I would definitely not like any kind of delays during our chats. So our Whatsapp and Skype conversations could be smooth without any interruptions. Any time I would want to do a video call, due to slow internet problems I could only hear their voice and not see them. This would be really disheartening because the whole purpose of having video calls to see your loved ones was lost. But with 4G, experience in video calling would also be amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the whole, I am already loving thinking how great life will be with 4G and I would like to thank Airtel for coming up with Airtel 4G and making our lives easier.</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-76650859764182636482015-07-09T21:13:00.000-07:002015-07-09T21:15:56.027-07:00Eat healthy stay healthy !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The greatest wealth lies in our health. A healthy outside starts from the inside! That is right. A fit and healthy body is the product of 80% healthy food and 20% activity. Thus it is very important to follow a proper meal plan. Eating clean and healthy food offers numerous benefits that help you stay fit both mentally and physically.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Eating well helps in the prevention of so many diseases and health problems. It also helps to have a healthy body weight, and gives you more energy promoting a general feeling of well-being. A well balanced diet will require eating a variety of foods like whole grains, vegetables and fruits along with a smaller portions of dairy and meat products to meet the body's nutritional needs.Research shows a lot of benefits of <a href="http://www.daburhoney.com/">honey </a>and having a <a href="http://www.daburhoney.com/">honey diet</a> or replacing sugar with honey in your food can be a small step towards a healthy diet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the most visible benefits of a balanced diet is energy. Fueling with the right portions of vitamins, minerals and nutrients will give you the energy to make the most of your day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some of the benefits of having a balanced healthy diet are:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It helps you to stay healthy and fit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It helps you to have more energy and reduce stress.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It gives you more mental clarity.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It helps boost your metabolism.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It helps you tackle your day with enthusiasm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It improves your self confidence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In today's highly competitive world, we lead sedentary lifestyles which leaves us sitting a lot on our desk at work, in our cars and people have forgotten the importance of physical activity. We choose to prefer the fast food that is easily available than spending time cooking our meal. How many times have you seen people choosing coke over water during summers. These junk food only makes you unhealthy and piles on your weight. People prefer crash diet to lose this weight quickly! This is a very popular trend these days. How many times have we seen places promoting weight loss like - Lose 3Kgs in 1 week else money back!! Seriously?? Why would anyone want to go for this crash diet which makes you restrict yourself. Well people love shortcuts for success and even though that means restricting from eating good food. It seems like a shortcut to success but has a hell lot of disadvantages and health hazards associated with it. Continuing in the long term is simply dangerous to say the least. A few disadvantages of this crash diet being:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Balanced nutritional food are completely deprived. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These offer quick temporary results which may not last long</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It can lead to starvation many times</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It can cause weakness in the body.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It can make you stressed out very fast.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It reduces your energy and causes mood swings</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Plus there are so many research and theories proving that crash dieting should never be followed for losing weight.So it is very essential to stay active and having a balanced healthy food to stay fit and healthy. </span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-16790668771141409712015-07-08T21:18:00.000-07:002015-07-08T21:18:29.118-07:00UC Cricket - for cricket fans to love !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gone are the days of basic mobile phones. With technology advancements, these days there has been a tremendous influence and need for a smartphone in our daily lives. Many of our activities can be synched with a smartphone. We can stay in touch with our friends and loved ones with several apps which are freely accessible. With more operators having offers for 3G services, we have even started browsing the internet and posting selfies on the go. It definitely helps when having fun and gaining knowledge all at the same time. Imagine what would happen if we did not have a proper browser in place for all this? Yes imagine you are watching a video and the browser is slow. What would happen to the video? It would take a lot of time to load and play. This in turn would require a lot patience from your side. So its very important that we have a well designed browser to access internet in a proper manner on our mobile devices. Now this does not meant that we would need some fancy or an expensive browser. When I heard about UC browser, it seemed to immediately answer all my questions on what would make our surfing experience easier, faster and economical.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">UC Browser is extremely fast and the works seamlessly in 2G network too. The moment we begin to browse any site, it instantly loads the pages. What is more special is that <a href="http://www.ucweb.com/">UC browser</a> has recently launched an all-in-one cricket application called as ‘<a href="http://www.ucweb.com/English/UCbrowser/cricket.html">UC-Cricket</a>’. This app can be easily downloaded from homepage of UC Browser for Android.Now this is definitely a blessing for a nation with innumerable Cricket lovers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">UC Cricket provides a feasible solution for people who do not have the convenience of watching every ball to ball every time a match is in progress. These days with work and other commitments we hardly get time to sit and watch hours of cricket being in front of the TV. Right from things like timings of the match conflicting with our schedules to other personal commitments, i remember there were very few matches which I would ever get to watch fully. Although I have missed watching many matches, I would always get curious and try to get an update of the match. Earlier the solution to this was the continuous commentaries we get to hear in radio. Later that evolved to live score updates which we get by refreshing sites like cricinfo. But now UC Cricket takes it to next level by displaying all the details of the current match like its status, scores, individual performances of all players and wickets. The details have been excellently presented and visual display is quite commendable. I could not believe my eyes when I get every ball by ball update at that same instant without any delays. Simply WOW !! If this is going to be the features, never would you ever miss a single match. So much that with every ball towards the last overs, your excitement rushes over to your mobile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is definitely the perfect integration to UC Browser. For Cricket fans it is perfect blessing. Watching cricket is now at our fingertips. Right from live matches it has so many useful features and services that cricket fans across the world are sure to fall in love with.</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-76196481786378585922015-05-14T21:16:00.002-07:002015-05-14T21:18:54.371-07:00My Airtel App !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When it comes to Mobile Network, it has always been Airtel for me. It all started when my dad got his first mobile with Airtel network back in 2003. Since we have the benefit of low call charges by having same network, whenever anyone in my family got a phone the default choice was Airtel network. Now this has only improved so much that right from mobile phone, we have broadband and DTH services of Airtel running at my place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Recently Airtel has launched the MyAirtelApp to offer the convenience of all its services to mobile subscribers. Earlier whenever I had to check various features of my account, I had to go through the annoying process of Dial #121 and something else. So I was really excited when I heard about this latest feature and immediately downloaded <a href="http://www.airtel.in/myairtel">MyAirtelApp</a> to check its features. It turned out pretty impressive and had some cool features. Here are top three key features about the app that was perfect with my fast paced crazy lifestyle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Firstly it is very convenient to have all the details related to your Airtel account in your smartphone.Although the website shows related details, I always had trouble logging in to the website and keeping track of my bills and payment dates. In this app, clicking on the option to my bill shows my current dues, bill date, bill plan, pay history and bill summary and other un-billed usage related to the current cycle. Payment History instantly gives details of your past payments. This is definitely an awesome way to keep track previous payments. Earlier I would take screenshots of my payment success in case required but now I can check that from my phone itself. I can access my bill summary and also email the bill if required. The option to bill plan allows you to view your current plan. As all of these features are available in the app, its quick and is a great time saver. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Second feature which I loved is the ability to recharge prepaid numbers from this app by just entering a couple of details like the number and amount. When I previously had prepaid number, it was really frustrating to recharge because I had to login into my laptop, connect to internet depending on availability and go through the slow process of online prepaid recharge. That is definitely saved now. With this app, I can recharge any Airtel number easily and without much trouble! Not only my mobile but I can also access my broadband accounts using this app at just one place. This is really very useful feature and gives us a lot of convenience. .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last feature which I definitely loved is the new way to get exclusive offers on your Airtel number. For someone like me who is always on the lookout for new updates or offers this is definitely a bonus. Previously I would be calling the customer care every month to check on new offers but now this is easily accessible to me on my phone. Checkout more details <a href="http://www.airtel.in/myairtel">here</a> and view the latest advertisement for this feature on YouTube here.</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-71868226205309026122015-05-06T20:05:00.001-07:002015-05-06T20:05:36.642-07:00Work hard, Dream Big !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Radical thoughts and ideas are definitely inspiring! Mr. Kapil Dev, has been an icon with his excellence in sports and cricket to the country. He recently started to promote an idea of #EkNayiLeague through Social media. Through this he plans to make everyone brainstorm and provide their feeling about what the message of #EkNayiLeague can be. According to him, it does not require the doing things with the heart. In fact he says you would fail if you played from your heart. He suggests taking a different attribute of optimism which can revolutionize the spirit in individuals to win and make them successful !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, what this #EkNayiLeague could be?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After going through all his videos, I think that #EkNayiLeague is an interesting thought of dreaming big and trying to pushing to fulfill it. If we can put our mind to work, we can definitely dream big and push past the obstacles that may come on our way.We can then be strong enough to have the courage and strength to overcome them. It all begins with us. If we have belief in ourselves, our capabilities, commit to making the change and be consistent then we can definitely achieve anything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He shares a few examples to share this thought. We are aware about Yuvraj Singh, the cricketer who was diagnosed with cancer some years back. In spite of that, he definitely showed great will to fight through the illness. He did not allow it to be as an obstacle for him to return back to cricket. He definitely showed a great determination and strength. This shows how he did not let his illness as serious as cancer stop him from his big dreams from coming true and we all can now see how successful he is today! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He also talks about world famous tennis player Sania Mirza. She is currently the top tennis player in women’s doubles. She has represented India in many places and made us all very proud. She is clearly a true example of women power, strength and independence. She is an icon of excellence for the Indian women. With her never dying spirits, she continues to spread the message for other Indian women that we do not need to be conservative but can be independent and self-sustaining if we believe in our dreams. We need to master the courage to not only dream big but also fight for our dreams because it is never an easy road. We can definitely achieve anything that we put our mind to. She dreamed big and achieved it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think that the #EkNayiLeague campaign, which Mr. Kapil Dev speaks about could be about dreaming big, setting goals, overcoming any hurdles that may come and punching them in order to achieve success. As the famous saying goes, success happens when your dreams get bigger than your excuses. I feel that when we dream big and have that passion to achieve our goals, we can definitely achieve any level of success. I support Mr. Kapil Dev in his attempt and see this as a good way to achieve our dreams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Think big, Dream big, believe big and your results will definitely be big !!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For more details on Ek Nayi League check here - <a href="http://www.eknayileague.com/">http://www.eknayileague.com/</a> </span></div>
Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-21181182187053448252015-04-13T22:17:00.001-07:002015-04-13T22:17:45.531-07:00Redefining my smartphone experience !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the progress in technology, we have witnessed a lot of changes. Many of these changes have primarily caused a huge change in our lifestyle too. The very basic example is use of smart phones in our lives is smart phones. Imagine 5 years before having a basic smartphone was considered a luxury and now it has become a basic necessity. Over the years, people have seen the reason why a smartphone is called one. Agreed basic phone is also wonderful no doubt but the amount of convenience that a smartphone provides you would be no where near to a basic phone. With a smart phone, communication has become highly convenient. People have more options now with the vast availability of apps to perform the same feature of calling and messaging. This makes communication even more suitable even if you are in the same area or at an international place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I remember the last time I went abroad, all my folks were really worried because i would be out of network. They urged me to get a local calling number to communicate about my whereabouts. But these days, with internet connection easily accessible at many places and with the availability of so many apps, communicating to your loved ones even when you travel abroad has become simple. Who wouldn't want that now? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just the other day, I read the launch of the ASUS Zenfone 2 and I was completely amazed. With its high end processor, slim design,sleek features, long battery life you are rest assured of falling head over heels in love with this Asus Zenfone Smartphone. Just as if the already features in a smartphone weren't already enough ASUS Zenfone 2 has even more awesome features that would just redefine your smartphone experience. Below are my view of top 5 reasons for that -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Luxurious Ultra-thin Ergonomic Arc Design:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ASUS Zenfone 2 has a new stunning design. It has a Arc’s case which tapers to an incredibly thin edges for a beautiful look. With its brilliant display it gives an enriching viewing experience where everything we can see is brighter, bigger and more beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Powered by super quad core Intel Atom with a dual channel performance, ASUS Zenfone can make your everyday performance and gaming experiences way faster. What this means is we can enjoy great gaming experiences and smooth video playback without trouble of streaming and experiencing slowness. It also allows us to multitask along with surfing so that we don't have to wait.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Taking incredible pictures for me on an Android phone is a breeze with PixelMaster Camera which is a new technology from ASUS. The Zenfone's camera can capture up more light for photos and videos in low light environments—so you can grab all the action out without a flash</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ZenUI uses intelligence technology which ensures no need of complicated process but providing users for a simpler smarter process. In addition it has the provision of availability of having multiple colours to match the multi-colored ASUS ZenUI options, allowing me to customize my phone reflecting as per my mood and personality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With ASUS Zenfone 2, we can charge our phone at double the speed. The common problem with many smartphone is the draining battery consumed by the numerous apps. But ASUS Zenfone 2 has definitely heard people's problems and come up with an awesome solution. ASUS Boost Master technology is the ASUS-exclusive technology that charges devices much faster than traditional speeds. This guarantees less restriction and more mobility.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For more details on ASUS Zenfone 2, click <a href="http://www.asus.com/Phones/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/">here</a></span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-9223514282869232342015-04-08T11:12:00.000-07:002015-04-08T11:12:05.912-07:00Share your load with Ariel !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Isn't it surprising that in the 21st century, what women these days are achieving. We should celebrate being women and having the opportunities to do things that our mothers and grandmothers were not allowed to do. They were expected to stay at home and do the cooking and the cleaning. But sadly that has just been carried through with the added work of running the family too. These days women are running hand in hand if not more than men in every walks of life. But sadly they are still solely assigned the household responsibilities than men of the family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When it comes to housework, labor is still shared unevenly. How many times have you heard of men cleaning the bathroom, or doing the dishes. Now when such distribution of labor is done before children they would also pick the same things that their parents do and this will never change. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Men should realize that they also have equal responsibility in the household chores just like women. So instead of just watching TV or surfing the internet they can help their women with the laundry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some ways that women can help themselves and make men help them in the household chores -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1) At a high level, a reason why a lot of men don’t want to clean is obvious: it’s not fun. The rewards of the other two traditionally female household tasks—childcare and cooking—are palpable. Your kid’s smile, a delicious meal. But not so with cleaning. So try to make the activity fun.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2) Women need to let go of feeling guilty. They need to realize that men also need to share the household load with them and must let go of feeling guilty of seeing their men wash the dishes or do the laundry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3) Try to have a healthy conversation with the men on how much they would like if he would join them in sharing the household work. Initially, they may not join you but you need to create an urgency and train them to do the work. Doing them repeatedly would help them change their mindset and help you in the long run.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4) Ladies - let go of the perfection. When some of the few men who come on their own to help the ladies, try to cooperate with them and do not set high expectations and expect them to be a perfectionist. Try to see the good thing that you are delegating the work and getting an additional hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ariel being the leading detergent brand asks men to take the #WashBucketChallenge and helps in cleaning clothes of the family. With Ariel's one-wash stain removal washing clothes is easy and fun.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is also promoted by some of our celebrities like Gurmeet Chaudhry who pledged to take the load from his wife Debina</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like wise the actor Kunal Khemu also took the #WashBucketChallenge for Soha Ali Khan Pataudi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So If all these amazing man come forward to #ShareTheLoad ! Its high time for you men to take the #WashBucketChallenge. </span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-74283367911004157602015-03-25T11:25:00.001-07:002015-03-25T22:04:38.132-07:00Sweet Toast of Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Visit to my sister-in-law's place in Singapore and the first thing that comes to my mind is the awesome Kaya toast. Kaya toast is prepared with kaya,sugar, coconut milk. butter and eggs. It is normally served for breakfast as a toast along with coffee.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I came across this during my visit in 2013. I had some work in Ang Mo Kio are and i took MRT from Queenstown to Ang Mo Kio MRT Station. It was around 7AM in the morning and i had missed to eat breakfast at my place. By the time i reached Ang Mo Kio MRT Station i was famished and hunted to see a coffee shop. As i was searching my eyes fell on Ya Kun Kaya Toast joint. It was fairly crowded and I assumed they serve best coffee. As i entered the place, I got the aroma of Kaya everywhere and asked them about it. Then i ordered a plate myself along with coffee. What came blew me totally away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There were slices of Kaya toast along with pieces of boiled egg and a huge mug of coffee. From what it appeared it seemed a huge breakfast for me. I started with a small bite and was unstoppable from there. The toast was simply delicious and became my favorite. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From then on, every-time I wanted to eat outside I always searched for Ya Kun Kaya Toast joints in that area. In fact these days many have it for snacks as well. What started as a breakfast option, is now even seen as a snack at many places. This toast is easily available at many places in Singapore. You can get it in every corner from food court stalls, MRT Station to outlets in shopping malls. </span><br />
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<br />Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-1263780161273886592015-03-24T11:15:00.002-07:002015-03-24T11:15:20.141-07:00A day in my life - My Moto<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I came across this beautiful quote by Lee Konitz. First love deserves that place as it is special and memorable. Remember the first time you got a new watch you still treasure it even though its ages old now, even though it may or may not be working. I still do that. Likewise first laptop, first camera and the list goes on. If i choose Moto E as my first smartphone it would be special to me. I will be totally dependent and hooked to my phone. It means everything to me. Let me run you through a day in my life and will show you how addicted I am to my phone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The alarm on my phone rings and wakes me up. I get to set a tone for my alarm and set my day. It gives me the option to set multiple alarm and snooze options so that i push myself out of bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Time: 6:30AM</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can just pop-in the earphones and go for a nice morning run listening to audio-books. With running apps in my phone i get to know the pace of my run along with the calories burned for the day. Also by listening to the audio-books, i keep myself engaged and gain some personal development.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Time: 7-8AM</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As i am having my morning coffee, i can plan my day and prepare my to-do lists on the phone. I can set reminders on what needs to be done for the day and schedule everything on my phone and calendar app. If i would want to have some music on while getting ready for work, i can easily play the music app and still set the tone for the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Time: 9AM</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As i get ready to leave for work, my phone shows the maps and guides me the way. It can also update me the status of traffic and any diversions i have to take on my way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Time: 11AM</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My phone alerts me of my mid morning break which means i need to go for a quick walk and also hydrate myself with water. This is the time that automatically reminds me to have my snacks. While doing this i can attend calls, check mails and other messages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My phone alerts me for lunch. I can then go through the news through App while having a wonderful lunch. This allows me to multitask and get all the updates happening around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During tea break, my phone is the rescue to catch on any updates on Facebook and other social media and be connected with my folks. With the front camera feature, I can easily take some selfie pictures and share them across to my friends and family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On my way back from work, i like to listen to my favorite list of calm and peaceful songs to de-stress after a busy day at work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After having dinner, i would update my food journal app with my daily food intake so I can keep track of the calories consumed. I then take some time to blog of my day from my phone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With all this done, i know that the battery life still soaring. Then i get back to bed with my phone next to me and retire for the day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So you can see how dependent I am on my phone and how it means so much to my life. I am thankful that I get to choose Moto E as my first smartphone as it provides all these and many more awesome features without requiring you to spend a lot of money. It is packed with the right touch and style for today's generation.</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-73452056212474826492015-03-23T21:18:00.001-07:002015-03-24T03:39:05.448-07:00Breakfast with Guptaji’s family<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When my work timings shifted to morning 7 am, i was glad that i could be home early by 4 pm. But there was one thing worrying me and that was about having breakfast. With this work timings, there was no way that I could prepare lunch at home and take for work. Forget breakfast. I planned to get food from our office cafeteria.<br />
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For years i have always skipped breakfast and hogged on my lunch. Staying with roommates, for few days I would get up and have coffee before leaving for work. But on some day I would even skip coffee if i got up late.<br />
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While at work, my team would gather at 9 am for breakfast. I would get to taste amazing items brought by my team mates and share my sandwich which i got from office cafeteria with them. So many of them would get their breakfasts and other food from home even though they had to get up early. In particular there was one collegue Shalu Gupta who most the most awesome breakfast items out of cornflakes. One day she got Almond Strawberry Cornflakes while another day she would get Choco Cornflakes Peanut Chikki. Yes you read it right cornflakes chikki. I was bowled over on seeing it. When asked how she gets time to prepare them she said it just takes 10 minutes. I was completely astonished. In just 10 minutes she prepares such wonderful breakfast items with so much varieties by adding cornflakes. This also makes them healthy and easily doable. Everyday she would get some new variety. I realized that not only me but everyone around would come over and take a bite from her breakfast.<br />
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For a foodie lover like me, tasting a bite from Shalu's box became a daily routine. In fact i always look forward for what she has got for the day. When it just takes so less time for preparation i am amazed at the variety that can be made for breakfast. All this makes me just wonder if i get to go to Shalu Gupta's house, i might be able to get many wonderful ideas for breakfast. Guptaji’s family definitely has an amazing list of recipes for every occasion and everyone must just be dying to visit their house. Maybe if i would go to her house during Ganesh Chaturthi, she would offer me Cornflake Sesame Modaks/Dumplings. If i would go to her house during summer, they might offer me to have cool Chunky Monkey Shakes which are not only tasty and delicious but also healthy as it has cornflakes added to it. <br />
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If i get an opportunity to visit their house, i would love to learn the different recipes from them. If i can start doing that in my home and teach them to my family, even we could have healthy breakfast everyday with great variety. With the rush of busy mornings, it is very easy to skip breakfast in between our list of other priorities. But a quick and easy breakfast can definitely be magic. The items which Shalu Gupta gets are things which can be packed in a box as well as eaten at home. She has an idea of breakfast for simply every occasion. Be it any festival or any particular season, her breakfast menu changes based on that. Also she has breakfast option even if you are short on time. While talking to her the other day, she suggested me to have a cornflakes shake that took less than 10 minutes to prepare. So it completely gives you no excuses why you should skip breakfast. One more thing i realized was by having breakfast for 1 month, I found myself having more energy for the day. Earlier when I was skipping breakfast, I would eat a lot of food for lunch. But recently since I have started having Breakfast, i realized i have reduced portion sizes for lunch. So I would really want to visit Guptaji’s family for breakfast and would like to thank for teaching the value of breakfast by making it simple yet healthy that there is just no excuses left for anyone.<br />
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For more details check <a href="https://www.facebook.com/anaajkanashta">here</a>. And also check out the videos <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/kelloggindia">here</a>.<br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-41258429839165511122015-03-22T03:20:00.000-07:002015-03-22T03:25:38.234-07:00Pursuit of Happiness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For many years the words happiness and success went hand in hand to me. I would think that if people were successful then they were happy and vice versa. But what exactly is success? This is a very relative term and each person define their own success. Then what is happiness? How do you define happiness? Wikipedia defines happiness as -"Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy." What do you need to do so that you start and end your day being happy?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now let me show you a glimpse of my day. As soon as the alarm goes on, I would snooze it multiple times and then finally rush and get up, then run to make our coffee and then rush to get ready for work. At-least this was how my mornings were. It was the most busy part of the day. Then the rest of my day would go in work. After work, it would be having dinner and going to bed. From the time my work timings had got changed i observed that I spent most time at work and very less time for myself. I did not read any book or learn anything new over some years. This was my routine for over 2 years which i realized was very terrible as I had to slow down and take control of the day and not have the day control me. As i tried to reflect on my day, i realized that i had not accomplished anything and this did not make me happy. Day after day, this rush of daily routine was just making me tired. I felt the need to restructure my day and inculcate some good habits which would help me plan my day and make me productive and learn something which in turn would make me more happy and accomplished. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I watched many of my friends and read online and found that many of them had what they called a morning routine. This routine had them start their day with exercise, followed by reading a good book, then preparing a to-do list for the day. Initially i was overwhelmed because i never had time to do all this in the morning. But i saw that nobody ever has time but they make time. If you need to make changes which would make you happy then you need to take effort to make that change. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So i planned my day and started getting up early at 6 am. Then i go for a morning walk and then come home for a hot cup of coffee. While having my coffee i would plan my day and include my study and reading to be done before 8 am when my entire family wakes up. This way i am giving 2 full hours for myself to do things i want. This was a small sacrifice i had to do by getting up early. Daily i would get up and do my exercise and study and i after 2 months I found tremendous change. I observed that I was having more energy and my confidence level had improved. In fact so much that because of exercising, i had lost a few kilos and received compliments from some of my friends. All this made me feel very accomplished and happy. At the end of the day as you can see I had made some changes in my routine which improved my mood and energy and made me happy. These are the small things in life that makes me happy.</span><br />
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Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863260784321567125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348134447144017928.post-41197779963171884292015-03-14T11:08:00.000-07:002016-06-27T11:08:41.915-07:00Memorable Trek<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Few months back while having dinner with my husband, I was telling him,"I am fed up. I need a change.The monotony of this life is killing me.Let us go for a vacation".To which he hit upon an idea. He said,"How about going for a winter trek to Kedarkantha in Uttarakhand". While i did not get convinced with his idea, i decided to give it a try.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We booked our tickets and started with the preparations required to go for the trek. With our backpacks on in end of December, we reached Dehradun. From there we got into a bus Sankhri. On reaching there, we stayed at Hotel Swargrohini Palace for the night before the trek.What a view from our room. We could already see mountain peaks covered with snow ahead of us. As night approached, we had to pile on layers to save ourselves from being frozen.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The next day morning, we all were given a briefing and introduced to our trek guide. With that we started the trek climbing one step at a time. 2 Hours went by and by now it was starting to get exhausting. We hit the snow patches soon, stopped to rest for 15-20 minutes and then continued with our trek. From there, we could see snow everywhere. The trek was getting more and more challenging with every step. Finally after 9 hours,at around 2 pm we reached Juda ka Talab camp site.The pond was covered by a thick frosty layer.We rested around the lake in the sun and had our lunch.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As it got colder in the evening we lit a bonfire </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.We had our dinner and we retired to the tents into our sleeping bags after a tiring day. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At around 2 am we were awakened by our guide. He asked us to pack our bags and start climbing right away for the basecamp and we had to reach the summit before sunrise. It was pitch dark everywhere. So with flash lights on and trekking poles, we started climbing once again. Badly chilly winds, ear pains, reducing atmospheric pressure, reducing oxygen, tiredness from last day, we kept climbing. After about 2 hours of walking in deep snow and we reached the base camp.The view from the base camp was panoramic. We were all excited for the final push to the summit. As much as exciting and adventurous the journey was, it was very challenging both mentally and physically. I and my husband had to stop several times and motivate and push each other to finish the trek. We took a lot of pictures along the way. After 5 hours we finally stood atop conquering Mount Kedarkanta. It was surrounded by mountain peaks covered in snow. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What a memorable feeling it was. For last 2 days, we were totally out of mobile coverage and no other distractions. I and my husband were together in this journey and our only goal was to have the strength to push through and finish the trek. I learnt many things from this trek like never to give up on the challenges that life throws but to keep pushing through them. In the journey of life we get distracted by so many things and we often quit. But if we keep pushing and focus on our goal we will be successful. </span></span><br />
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