Sunday, 12 January 2025

Never ...not just a Housewife ... an epitome of Selflessness ...


they say that for everything one loses ...someone in some other part of the world gains that what one loses ...
i have been Extremely Lucky to be on a break from full time work since April 2012... i got to watch my kids grow up ...taught them instead of sending them to cram classes after school ... babysat them and their school friends ... carted them to and from sports meets far away and met many fellow aggrieved parents who kids were KRAZY about sports ...
blogged like a lazy ass ... Ranted to the High Skies on FB ...
Researched (some folks nomenclature for such Research is Stalking) mais i am quite gentle (some folks nomenclature for such genteeeel ways is Narcissism :P :P :P ) about my flaws ... at least i know that i can be a Hypocrite, Extremely Contradictory, and Narrrrcisssitic :D :D :D and Psychotic and Neurotic and the Ghost et moi and my ghostly tales make me A SCZOID :D :D :D
hmmmm let's just say the list is a Mile long
Mais in my defense .... at Least i am un peu Self AWARE :D :D :D
coming back to the original Plot
i am sooooooooooooooo Gratefull Yee Universe
for all the Free Taim to dote on my Precious DNAs both are Martian Imports :D :D :D
in 2012 i watched Hercule Poirot aka David Suchet like iohhhhh ... my afternoons alone were spent in Awsum Company avec Mr Poirot
then i read online and fought online aka Anti Corruption aka Fought Tooth and Nail with Intels from Ivy League Universities all over the globe ... lol
then i went and Rained on Phillip Nikolayev's Indian Poetry Group ....iohhhhh Never Been Such a Gooofy Dodo Ever ... i saw intels Arguing about Poetry and me-an Honours in Economics with a wee bit of French Literature (elective) and Existentialism-Philosophy(yet another Elective) decided to give Published Poets and World Famous Authors a lesson in Logic about Poetry .....ewwwwwwwwwwwww yuck moi and my Jhansi ki ulooo/owl ways post the anti corruption gang bust ....
uffff EPIC Face Palms and sooooooo Ashamed of my Don Quixote-esque Stooooopidesque Stint amongst those Erudite Authors and Poets .... eeeowwww it was
then i kinda settled down and went on like a Rottweiler after some mallu teachers in an Indian School in Bahrain ...
came back to India and Absolutely Fell in <3 with FB for it's Live Events ...getting to Hear Nobel Laureates from the comfort of my bedroom .... bought a few things via the FB market place ...
cooked and looked after my kids ...homeschooled them and finally started making videos about food
dealt with cancer while i was at home .... vis a vis ...so many patients who are working full time while dealing with cancer ...
post Radiation ...i have binge watched online content like my life depended on it LOL
i have Thoroughly Enjoyed watching all Genres of shows and movies online ...watched Avatar 2 twice in the comfort of the gold theatre during my chemo days...
my kids treated me to exquisite meals at the Ritz Carlton and other equally good restaurants on various occasions to cheer me on with the milestones crossed in my fight against the big C
i have been jolted by my Big Friend/Lovvv and his Team at Meta ...a few times LOL
i used to be present and type for a nano second and Find AWSUM excuses to RUNNNNNNNNNNNN away
However i am here to stay this time around MarkO
And when i heard my Fav Cousin and Support from Malluland say that she doesn't remember when she last watched a movie and that she never watches Television or gets time to socialise ...
I felt soooo sad for her ... i hope i get to go meet all of them in Malluland soon as i Owe her a Few hours of Leisure ... i hope i can take on her responsibilities and give her some free time ...
Shaila Chechi and her Mom aka my Aunt are the reason my parents finally sold a shop and house ...and later land my dad owned in Kadapakada in Kollam Dist...
My Aunt insisted that my parents stay with her and Close the deal and return to Pune with money to buy a house and marriage and a cushy retired life ...
when my Aunt insisted ... it meant that much additional work for my cousin .... i have been having awsum long holidays since the mid 80s with my cousins in Kollam and Trivandrum-TVPM
and they took me around the place and cheered me up and it was thorough Rejuvenation and i loved spending time in their company ...
be it my first wrap around skirt or first home made icecreams which was such a Wovvv factor as a 4-5 year old ...or even being the reason Madre cooled down about me going for the Jaipur Literature Festival --the agenda was meeting the Ostracon folk and taking the group to the next level--did not happen ... but that was a Wonderfull Experience going for the fest and getting to meet The Guru and new members i had signed on thanks to their links with the Guru...
To Shaila Chechi gently cheering me on in her oh so Subtle ways two days ago ....
I so hope the Krishnan Chaanaar Clan understands how much you have done for them and the Countless Delicious Meals you make for ALL and Sundry ...
Dearest Chechi you are not Just a Housewife and i Hope that Everyone can see How Selfless You have Been ...
The sarees you have given me and all the Long Distant Gentle Encouragement .... mentioning Mr Thesaurus Tharoor's name was a Master Stroke in Negotiation according to moi
That one statement calmed the Madre who was in Riotous Banshee mode ... i never followed Thesaurus nor would i spend time listening to him then as i was Only interested in Ostracon and World Peace ... LOL
However i have Never Ever Thanked You ...
Hat Tip Shaila Chechi
May Your Tribe Increase
and
May You Get Enough and More People Volunteering to Pitch in ...so that you and your Fav Person get to catch a movie and get an evening or two of complete Relaxation and some Free Time
You never Complain about anything ... i am making this Clear as ... people are just Waiting to Misconstrue and be Malevolent ...
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Sunday, 2 April 2023

Conversations chez moi on 1st April 2017...

 Conversations chez moi 

yesterday : little one to me ....if you say Yes to me mama (he needed an ice cream) i will teach you bad ..bad words in Japanese 

me: too stunned to say anything 


today : elder one to me .....this kind of cramming is sooo crimping my style ...i am not cut out for Studies ...i am a free bird and like to study different things ....this is 3rd degree torture ... 

me : i can't take this anymore ....same story every summer for the last 10 years !!!! sigh ...plan to make him give his 12th Boards in October ... when i was working ...i would take a week's leave and ego massage the elder one to finish his papers ...coz once in 7th std when he knew he coud not fail ...he walked out of his science exam as he saw his juniors playing football ....his science teacher was aghast and so was i to see his answer sheet ...

i am already waiting for 24th April ...end of exams 

sometimes i wonder who hates exams more ...my elder kid or me 

the little one has finished studying for all his exams on his own ... french and math were the only two subjects that needed a little help from me 

two kids and soooooo very different they are ... 

Imports from Mars and ego massaging them during exams ....Phewwww :(

Wednesday, 4 January 2023

Custard

 4th January 2022

Yesterday custard with toast was my dinner...i used quite a bit of the custard powder and i love the jelly like consistency of the custard...i used full cream cow's milk as the skimmed milk powder is over... and that helped ∆ the consistency of the custard i guess... 

during childhood thick creamy custard with loads of fruits and nuts... was a standard sweet dish for parties at home and everyone loved it...my dad used to buy buffalo milk from a farm near the AirForce station where I grew up... ergo the milk used to be Thick and the custard very creamy ... I usually got assigned the task of chopping up the fruit and nuts for the fruit salad as we used to call custard with fruits ...

After we grew up custard with fruits is Rarely made by my mom or anyone else as a sweet dish for parties...i too Never served it during any party i held chez moi while living on the Tea Estates...where the Effort and Time taken to make the sweet dishes were Marked ....sweet dishes I made a day before the party and were Elaborate affairs...i rue not clicking snaps of the food i used to cook during those 6 years of living on the Tea Estates...a Herculean amount of cooking happened even on a daily basis... due to guests I was hosting the whole year...

Evening tea itself had so many aspects to it...a sweet element, a savoury element, something store bought, nuts and even eggs ...

There is a huge difference in what is served by an ordinary Indian house hold on Tea Estates even today and the system of using cloth napkins and crockery and cutlery...

All those systems went out of the window when I shifted back to Pune and my boys were toddlers... their favourite activity was playing with plates and glasses and throwing everything ever so often...

I packed up All the breakable stuff and switched to steel utensils...

And That was That...

4th January 2022 ...Chaya and COVID πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„

 Herbal Tea is an Event in itself...so much I put into an Ordinary Chai ...Pune strangely is a Mega Magnet for corona and it's Morphed Forms ... Ergo my Chaya/chai/chahha/tea is Hazzzzzzzar Fortified...

Sniffles have Never Garnered Sooooo Much Attention in any Era since my Birth...

My kids went to the Trampoline park on the 24th and came down with Sniffles and Runny noses on Christmas Day and I have been Going OverBoard with the Chaya Therapy and Brewing Tea like a Witch of late...

It's Healing and Has a Huge Placebo effect Too...no ???

I am Glad that my kids have Taken to drinking tea ...tender mercies i am Thankfull for...πŸ™πŸΎπŸ™πŸΎπŸ™πŸΎ

PS: my kids refuse to drink tea and coffee now...they rejected tea and coffee mid year, last year πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„

As i post this on January 4th 2023 ...COVID is rearing it's much morphed head and we all are Beyond bored to care πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„

Saturday, 31 December 2022

Give Peace a Chance πŸ™πŸΎ

 May the world move away from War...may Russians and Ukrainians know Peace...

May we humans give the Environment a chance to Breathe without bombs, arms and ammunition πŸ™πŸΎ

Happy New Year and Humble Thanks...

  Wishing ...An Awsum New Year and Humble Thanks to All of You who spare time to read my blog...

πŸ™πŸΎ

31st December 2015...

 FB is informing me its new years eve and that i should tell my friends... what i am gonna do to celebrate :( 

FB i thought you gave us reason to celebrate all 365 days of the year and inform the Universe about it ...right ;)  

so whats in the name of a day ;) 

didn't u make 'each day' 'flamboyant' for most of us eh ? ;)

Never ...not just a Housewife ... an epitome of Selflessness ...

they say that for everything one loses ...someone in some other part of the world gains that what one loses ... i have been Extremely Lucky ...