Challenge day 13

A place you would love to visit :

Lavasa. 
Have you heard about this place ?
It is India's first" planned" hill city.
 Click here to view Lavasa's website.

This was the plan initially :


 and now it is :




How awesome is that ?
A 25,000 acres project being developed by HCC. It is in the Mose valley of the Western Ghats near Pune.
I have always wanted to go to this place :) Check out the website it's really fascinating.
Anyone out there who would take me there ?? :) 

Challenge day 12

Your fav song last year :

Oh!!You ask me either about song or food :O

Why ?? 

Anyways, my fav song last year... there are loads and loads. 

To mention one is definitely not possible.

 Here you go, take a look at these songs :)

 These were my most-fav-songs-last-year-as-far-as-I-can-remember.

1. Nee partha vizhigal from 3

I love this song for vijay yesudas's voice ! ♥ 

2. Mogathirai from pizza 

 Guitar notes in this song   ♥ , the unexpected treat this one gave to the ears , and also the lyrics made it my fav :)

3.  Vaanam mella from nepv :) It's raja sir. need more explanation ?

4. Pani da rang - vicky donor. Of course it's for ayushman :)

5. Aashiyan from barfi. Kudos to pritam :)

Challenge day 11

Find/ Use the ellipses  :



For me , these look like three non-stick pans and their shadows.
 Yeah, I know that's weird !
What does these look like to you ?
Pour in your thoughts as comment below :)

( PS : Challenge was to just use the ellipses not to write about it :P )

Challenge day 10

Something yellow :

The first thing that came to my mind is CSK. So, it's definitely this ! A picture post again :)
To the coolest captain , India ever had !

Challenge day 9

Someone you'd like to meet :

Raja sir ♥

The One and only Raja Sir.
IF not him, my life would not have been so beautiful...
IF not him, my most dreadful days would have been nighmares..
IF not him, I would have not known music..
IF not him, I could not have discovered treasures by now..
It is his music, which is my strength and my soul.
I wonder how I discovered his music and started listening to them like crazy. Day after day , day after day , it was only raja sir's music which I was listening to. Nobody introduced me to Raja sir , I found him one day and that's it !
 He may look like a swamiji with his white and white attire but he has given the most romantic songs on the earth. If you have not listened to his music and think that they are all "OLD" ones, you are wrong! You are missing out the precious of the prettiest stones.
His music ruled the music era then, rules now and will rule forever..
Western strings and rhythms have become so nearer because of his some outstanding guitar pieces !
O ! You should see him sing. That divine power in him. I attended his concert on April 29th 2012 ( yeah ! I remember the date ) which was to celebrate ,25th year of his very popular wind instrumental album "How to name it ". I consider that as my most blessed day till now. I saw him from a very long distance on stage and that itself is a blessing ! It's been my dream to meet him nearer and talk with him.
Listen to this song from" how to name it " and tell if there is any other better composer in this era !

Challenge day 8

A skill you would love to learn :
 Quilling quilling and quilling !!
 I would love to learn paper quilling :) :)
Here are few pictures which I saw in  pinterest which made go "wooooow" !!
If you have not heard about paper quilling art click here or if you don't know about pinterest click here .

Challenge day 7

A favorite quote : 

Loved this book by Preethi shenoy and also the quote :)

Challenge day 6

A food you could eat forever :

Why do you make me write about food again and again ?? :)
A food I could eat forever would be home made curd rice !
NO one can ever beat it. You can't find any other food which looks appetizing whenever you see or which can satisfy your hunger instantly.
 You don't need to be a cook to make curd rice for yourself, and that's the easiest part !
Curd rice + mango pickle = heaven for me.
My whole of eleventh and twelfth standard wouldn't be complete if I don't include my curd rice and my friend's Tomato chutney : ) :)
This post is making me feel hungry !
Going to grab a quick plate of curd rice , right now.
What about you ??

Challenge day 5

A favorite memory :

For today's challenge I am not going to scribble here. Instead, you guys got to go back a little and refer to one of my old posts here , Of the memories that rain brings.. 
Rain times remain as my best memory forever :)

I thought of posting a picture here today for Wordless Wednesday , which would go with the challenge topic as well.

How do you like this pic ?? :)

Challenge day 4

Your dream job :

I have always wanted to be an independent person. Till now I don't know what my dream job is but I am sure that one day I'll figure out that. So many things flood through my mind when I think about my work place in future but I have never had a 9-5 job in my dreams. It would always be something very new and unalike. My dreams were of becoming a writer , IFS , Indian army , an RJ , a singer , a librarian , a tourist guide , an entrepreneur or even a story-teller.
All these dreams have emerged through the things which I love the most. Be it books or stories or music or travelling .Every desire is linked with my interests and that's how to they jump into my dream-job list.
 If I get to live any of these dreams, my life would beam with sunshine ! I am not really worried about the salary, at this point of time ,which I might earn if at all I take up these jobs. Only the real passion ans satisfaction matters. Don't you think so ?
My latest addition to this list is to become a teacher. This video below sowed the " teacher " seed into me ! Watch it and stay motivated :) :) See you soon !

Challenge day 3

Someone you are grateful for :

If you ask this question to some random people out there, I bet you, most of them would express their gratitude to their teachers or their parents!
Yes!
I am always grateful for this one teacher because of whom I am ,what I am ,today.
There are so many teachers who have inspired me but this one man was something completely different.

It was a rainy morning and it was my first day at my new school. I was entering my sixth grade. New town, new language, new surroundings, new weather, new school! Everything was new for me that day. Though I missed my old school and friends I was really excited to meet my new class-mates. As I entered my class, I saw that a "sir" was already seated in the class. At the start of the class, I thought he would ask me to come forward and introduce myself ( as I was a new comer) but I later came to know that he was also a new comer to the school! So, he introduced himself . He said that he was our class teacher for that academic year and he would be handling history subject for us and he added that he had finished his graduation just then and it was all new for him , I mean the teaching profession. This induced a sense of belonging towards him and I really liked my teacher , just because he was also a new-comer . This was my first encounter with him.

As, days passed by I started getting inspired by him. The way he used to teach us history and civics was something very unique. Every history class would be interesting and he would take us all to a real-looking scenario. As in, if our lesson is about Chera dynasty, he would first narrate us stories of great kings, show us in the maps where they actually lived and then read the lesson in a narrative style. It all would seem very fascinating. I used to think that I should also become one history teacher some day !

Our class was the naughtiest bunch of kids ever, as our sir gave us lots of freedom to play and chit-chat. Boys of our class started misusing this freedom and turned out to be the rowdies of our school. Our sir was punished for not handling kids properly and so he was replaced by some other miss as our class teacher for the last three months. Till date, I remember how we all cried ( yes! we did) for losing sir as our class teacher and the look on his face for letting him down when we were given that much freedom. After all, he was our loving teacher ! Somehow, we finished sixth grade and it was time for summer holidays. Each of us prayed hard the entire holidays that we should get our history sir as class-teacher for seventh grade. God only knows, how we had the belief, despite doing such a lot of naughty stuffs.

God had really answered our prayers. Our new class teacher was our history sir ! Tears of joy came rolling down. We promised to him that we will be obedient this year and will never lose him at any cost. We kept up our words and really worked hard academically to improve our class's "name" in the school.

He encouraged all of us to take part in several competitions and would give our names by himself ( without even asking us). That's how one day I was informed that I am going to take part in a national-level history quiz and I wondered why sir gave my name but i was all excited. It was the first time I was taking part in a quiz competition. I worked hard to prove myself. Guess, what? I got third pace in my district .. This was where I was totally spell-bound ! He had made me achieve something out of my box ! He truly inspired me. He even fought with me for not getting first rank in the class during my last mid term examination. Usually I was the one who use to get first rank in the class and when he found that my performance had dropped , he was upset! Was I not responsible for this ?? I took it up as a challenge and studied well for my final exams.

After my exams were over , i had got the first place and received my certificate of appreciation. I guess, if not him I wouldn't have cared to study sincerely.... but this was not the thing which made me remember him forever. On the day of my seventh grade results , he gave me a picture of mine which he had drawn ! ( a picture of mine , as if I am writing something - the exact exam time posture) Can you believe it ? I knew he was a great artist but I never knew that he could draw so beautifully. Why did he choose to draw my picture ? I don't have the picture with me now. I gave it to one of my friends and she never gave it back :( but that drawing is still in my memory , new and fresh.

 Isn't this enough to be grateful for him forever?? I am still in contact with him and truly respect him as my most beloved teacher ever , Anil sir :)

From left : Usha ( my friend) , anil sir and myself.

I really like this picture which I took on my recent visit to his place.  Such a happy picture. Isn't it ??

Challenge day 2

A song that makes you happy :

Ah! This is a difficult question to answer :| I love so many songs and it is a bit hard to select one.
 Each song has it's own power and the way it has an impact on a person differs from one to another.
 Song which makes me happy differs based on situations...It purely depends on the mood which I'm in on that particular day !
With every new song I listen,, my " to listen" songs- list gets added up because either the singer or the music director or the classical "raga" of that song or any other thing like the guitarist or the lyrics would have impressed me and when I Google to get info on that particular person or song , I end up discovering more and more songs :) :)
 [ Note: This implies only to those songs which really have musicality in it and not the ones which are mere dabban-guthus or songs with no sense, The real waste ones ! ( trust me , only songs of these kind are more liked  nowadays) ]

There is this one song which I "discovered" some days ago when I was surfing about Nivin Pauly ,  hero of the movie called Neram...
( If you have not heard about the hero or the movie click on the links )
 Though this is a Malayalam song I really liked it , actually loved it immediately. I don't know whether it's the visual or the music or the lyrics or some heavenly thing which makes it so god-like to listen. At this point of time , this is the song which makes me happy :) :)
I'm sharing with you all the video of the song here. Ahhhh ... you are going to love it :)

Challenge Day 1

What you had for breakfast :

This one is an interesting question to start with ! 
I have always had a great love for food. Today, I had 2 Chapatis for breakfast. Usually it would be my mom's boring idli or dosa but unfortunately it was chapathi today :D
As a part of the challenge, I am going to teach you guys how to do a chapathi . Make a note , If you really don't know. ( I have international audience , you see :P ) 
It's going to be Colorful Chapathis here and not the usual ones :)
So, here we go.....

What you'll need :
• 1 tbsp Minced mixed vegetables(peas, carrots, beans, cabbage)
• 1 tsp Semolina
• 1 tsp Oil
• 1 tsp grated paneer
• Oil for frying
• 1 tbsp Chopped spinach
• 2 Finely chopped spring onion stems ( optional )
• 1/4 Cup wheat flour
• 1 tbsp Soaked moong dal
• 1 Flake garlic, crushed
• 1/4 tsp Tturmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 Cup rice flour

How to do :

• Minced very fine the vegetables in a mixer.
• Then grind spinach to a paste, add chillies if desired.
• Mix all ingredients except the oil and cheese.
• Then make dough of the mixture of ingredients and roll it into sizeble Chapathis.
• When dough are ready, heat the griddle and start frying the chapathi.
• Cook till it turns brown and golden on either side.
• Garnish with grated cheese.
• Serve hot.



Looks yummy !! Doesn't it ?? Give it a try and enjoy :) Will be back with a bang tomorrow.

1...2..3..4...5............30

Yeah ! you read that right :) :)

 It's going to be challenges all the way right from today till day 30. I don't know whether I can complete it successfully but will try my level best to do so :)  

I found this challenge on my tumblr wall. Loved it and thought of giving it a shot!! Hope this executes well :) 

Wish me luck.... and keep checking this space for my new challenge every day.

Take a moment 5

LOL :D How true ?? Is that true in your case too ? Let me know. Comment below :)

DIY bookmarks :)

I'm finally back :)  yay !!
To start with again , I'm sharing with you all a DIY bookmark which i found through pinterest ( you know how cool this site is ) These looked really cool and cute .They are very easy to do too :) :) Gona start making them right now ! You too try making them and let me know very soooon ! Wil be back with some really interseting posts.
 " Promise" !!




For Step by step instructions click  here right away :) :)