My new laptop conked off on Friday afternoon and I just got a replacement. Was without the laptop for the whole weekend! While I still used my iPad to catch up on mails and stuff, there was a fair bit of online activity – mainly for the little one’s birthday that was not done. …
For a few weeks now, I had been thinking of changing the look of my blog. When I started looking at templates, I had a very different idea of what I wanted. However, when I came across this template called Alizee from aThemes, I fell in love. It is quite different, allows a lot of …
A Blog Makeover!! #MicroblogMondays #MondayMusings Read More »
A friend of mine told me a few weeks ago that he was going through a mid life crisis. I also read a post from Anand where he touches upon this. After more than a decade of work experience, I too have been wondering if this is what I want to do for the rest of …
Mid Life Crisis and Snail Mails! #MicroblogMondays #MondayMusings Read More »
Hi all of you! If you have ever Googled “How to increase website traffic?” am sure Guest Blogging appeared in the list. I was intrigued by the idea of guest blogging but realised that it is easier said than done. My take on guest blogging is that you cannot do it on just any …
I did Guest Blogging… TWICE! #MicroblogMondays #MondayMusings Read More »
We moved homes this week. Although the new place was not very far from the old one, it still took us three days pf backbreaking labour and a weekend of odd jobs that kept us on our feet throughout. On top of all that, my daughter fell ill on Friday night. It was our first …
It has been ages since I did a #MicroblogMondays post. It is so tough to form a habit but so so tough to get out of it. We keep thinking and thinking and thinking. We analyse the ifs, the buts and everything in between. We plan the start of planning, we plan the start and then we …
I don’t cook often. But when I do, I like to make special dishes. This Sunday, I made Pav Bhaji – a Mumbai Street Food special. The or the Bhaji is a spicy thick gravy made with Onions, Tomatoes, Cauliflower, Carrot, Peas and topped with dollops of butter! It is served with butter toasted buns …
How tough is vacation planning these days??? As a child, our vacation planning used to be planning the route on a paper map and marking stopovers. Later on, we started booking ‘all taken care of’ vacation packages. With the advent of the internet, most of our vacation planning is done online. Right from booking flights, hotels, …
I used to be an incurable romantic… who got cured. As a silly teenager, I was all hearts and roses. (Ooh… 50 shades reference!) And then one fine day, any kind for of mush started to irritate me. Romance took on a different meaning and I dissociated it from the filmy and Mills&Boon notions of …
I write everyday. Every single day! It is generally to make my To-Do lists but it is also to doodle! I also like the concepts of handwritten notes and use my smartphone stylus to do that. And even though I was born and grew up in the pre-keyboard era, I can just not imagine life …