Easy Nail work!

Here is a very simple nail art work I did a few weeks back. 

Usually I don't like my nails but I just fell in love with my nails because this has seriously given such a cute look to them :) I don’t have much patience to buy the tools and do a professional work. So this does not need any machinery. 

Take a white nail polish and grab some toothpicks. And start by applying a white base coat on to the nails. Next let it dry for little time, meanwhile get some 5 nail paints of your choice…preferably bright/flashy/glittery dark colors. I have taken fuchsia pink, brisk (sky) blue, hot orange, mellow yellow and dark pastel green. How are the shades?? Just perfect for spring right?? I know :P :)

Take out a drop of each color on any plastic sheet or thick paper sheet or any plate. Dip ur toothpick in a single color first and using toothpick or dotting tool, go ahead and create some dots randomly all over ur nails leaving some spaces for other colors. Each time you change ur color, make sure you clean the toothpick with a tissue paper or nail polish remover. Now begin or proceed the same process with a new different color. That’s it ! and the final look is :)

How is it??

A DIY Home Decor

Looks like this is my first post in my blog this year. Yay! 

Ok, besides the excitement, I am actually more inquisitive to describe about my small DIY project I have done this month on the eve of Valentine’s day.  

I know I am so damn crazy to celebrate valentines day whether I am single (Ofcourse I do love myself)/committed/married or whatever. When I told this to my mom, she asked me why do I step back if she asks me to celebrate any festivals (I just give reasons to her saying that I am not there in India to do pooja and all..frankly few people do them here too ;) ), anyways I still don’t know why I go bonkers to celebrate this day :D

One big reason is now a days I am getting too lazy to even wake up and eat. So to get rid of this laziness, I have adopted to involve myself in doing something whether it’s big/small/worth or not. Let's give a break to my stuff and ...well...yeah..

Ok..Here goes the project.  The theme is clear—Its valentine’s day. (Means its celebration of pink,red,glitters and ofcourse love :D). I went to Walmart and did a sorta stationery shopping. Bought some construction paper, foam sheets, premade sticky felt hearts, felt sheets, yarn thread, clothing clips, acrylic paints, glue gun, glitters, sharpies, ribbons, and some gift wrappers. The list appears to be big but the project is indeed small.

The first one is Clipboard:

Took some wooden board, cut it in round circle shape, got clothing clips, painted all (board and clips) of them with 2 different green shades, glued the clips in reverse direction and finally added a ribbon to hang it on the wall. You can actually use more creativity to decorate it well..I just decked it with some premade stickers. I have just clipped some old photo cards that were resting in my old photoframe to give a feel of final look..,, I have left some portion to attach some greeting cards.

The Second one:  Heart garlands

I made two different garlands…I tried to match them but somehow it turned little childish. That’s okay..I am happy with it..since this is my first attempt. I am not that bad :D

Ok.. it goes like this...I took some foam sheets and felt sheets…cut them into heart shapes…used the foam sheet as base and glued heart shaped felt sheets on them and decorated again with some premade heart stickers. Finally I gathered all of em and glued to the yarn thread with 3-4 inches spacing. This looks easy but cutting them into heart shape is the biggest challenge. :D The second garland is easy…I took some gift wrapper and cut them into triangle shape, and took some left foam sheets (selected a single color as the gift wrapper is multicolored already), cut them into small heart shaped ones, glued them. In the end, again I used yarn thread to make it as a garland.

The Third one: Handmade Greeting card and booklet

This is a special one to my heart because first time in my life I prepared a greeting card with my own hands J I made this using some red/pink/purple colored construction papers and again decorated with heart stickers. I tried to make a 3D card but it kinda looked funny and I made a booklet just to say 14 things I love abt my hubby as valentine’s day comes on “14”th. Though making the card looks simple, it was a tough task for me to narrow down the list to just 14 things :D. After making this I have hidden it and planned a small treasure hunt and had a bet with my hubby to find the treasure using some clues by 12’O clock. Yep, he loved the game :) Though this is not expensive, the happiness it brought to us damn precious.

 And the final ones with left over material:

I made these things with left over material J  

All the above pics are taken after finishing the work. 

I felt so happy to try something this time in a different way.

On top of it, my home now is more spruced up than before !!

Cheers :)

Small yet a nice chat!

It is just a routine afternoon where I am figuring to set all the clothes and stuff in my closet.

Then house keeping lady entered. And the conversation goes here:

She: Hey honey, how are you doing today? Do you mind if I enter and start work.

Me: Yeah, I am good. Please go ahead.

Btw my name is Julia. I hope I am not disturbing you. Can I continue chatting with you?

Me: Oh of,course, even I like talking to people. Unfortunately I don’t know any one here.  I don’t mind as you can see I m not busy :)

She: That’s so nice of you.  So, are you guys from India or some where near to it.

Me: Whoa, you are right, we are from India. But I am curious to know how did you guess it?

She:  I used to watch Indian movies so I get to see people there..so you guys and the one opposite to your room seemed so.

Me: ohho..well so where are you from?

She: I am from WV itself. I live in a house just a few miles from here.  What about you? Are you here for vacation? How is India?

Me: Nope, My husband is on a business trip. He works in PA. We will be here for few weeks. I have come to US this year, a six months ago, so I miss India.

She:  Oh so you are married? You look very young? You mean Indians marry at their young age?

Me: lolz lolz lolz…what do you think of my age? Young means? Ok, guess my age?

She: It’s is 21. Well, I am sorry if you are younger.

Me: Oh my good ness! I am 26 :) July 1987 born :) but thanks for the compliment. And It’s not even an year we got married.

She: Jeez!  You look like a college going girl..are you kidding? I appreciate your honesty in correcting me and letting me know your correct age.

Btw Can you guess my age?

Me: I think you are 22?

She: I am 20 :( :( Do I look so? I am early to work today, I am kind of..tired.. I got 20 this march :(

[well, she started worrying so much. It appears to me like Americans are very particular when it comes to their skin/age ! I did not know what to do. I tried to soothe her]

Me: Oh, I am sorry, I am pretty bad at guessing you know…but It’s a strong fact that Americans are white skinned and you all just look pretty,sexy what not! Believe me.

She: No, may be we look pretty but you guys from India though fair skinned..always look young. And you look slim too. How do you maintain? Are you regular to gym? Well I am regular but I take off on weekends.

Me: Oh,  I don’t go to gym. I am a lazy dog. After coming to US, I have put on so much weight.

You seriously sound strange! Some of us feel inferior looking at your white skin. Even guys from India are crazy about white women! But I m totally clue less that you guys really like something about us too. I am deeply elated to hear this from you. :) And the reason why we look so young is, we don’t use many cosmetics. So our skin looks fresh and young though it is dark :)

She: God? I can’t imagine my face without make up, It looks all pale and gloomy. So, I never dared to stop wearing my foundation.

Me: Ok, leave it..tell me are there any great places in Charleston to visit. I heard that wild life is amazing here?

She: absolutely. It’s known for wild life. There are well known Zoos and you come to my home, I have few deers at my back yard :)  Btw I am done. Have a great day. It’s nice talking to you honey.

Me: Same to you. Good day ahead. Thanks for inviting :)

I was actually smiling at the end after the discussion. There is nothing wonderful about myself. 

So I don’t know if she tried to flatter me or why would she flirt with me after all she is a girl.

Anyways., Aint that makes you feel great about yourself when the world’s famous white skinned pretty girls praise you all the way?

Cheers!

Just one more step

One step in our lives matter a lot. Very often, we might lose a precious one for not letting just one more effort. We will surrender at the last minute due to lack of patience/confidence/will power, but we will not be in a position to imagine the amount of bliss we get when we win and we will never be ready to give a last try. The thing is we will assume that everything is impossible in this world; actually everything is impossible until it gets done.

Everybody knows that 99⁰c water is hot, Very hot. We also know that at 100⁰c, water begins to boil and becomes steam. And steam is very powerful enough to move a train load of people. Think about it. Just one degree more – hot water becomes steam which is powerful to move a train. While we may not always realize it, our lives are like that too. One degree means a lot. That little extra effort can mean the difference being a winner and an also - ran.

Too often we give up when the goal might have been just one step away. We finish second, when just one degree more of effort could have meant a world of difference. Unfortunately we don’t have the benefit of a thermometer that can tell us to keep going just for one degree more.

Whatever it is u set out to do, whatever goal u seek to achieve, push yourself to do just a little bit more. Just one degree more as said.

See out the difference, it can be magical.

P.S: It’s a random page from my personal diary.

Sorry Mom!

Hmm… I was reading about few blogs and something hit my mind…I forgot about my blog, I opened it quickly and checked out the date of my last post…oops it was 4 months back! my bad….I never noticed my baby my sweetu blog is missing my posts. It’s not that I don’t care it; the thing is now days I was busy in my life of course the same monotonous life. ~ Getting up in the morning, taking bath, cooking food and running to office and coming back home, checking mails, fbing and soon….where can I get time to blog?huh? But sorry to start a post with Sorry note :( Since my ego ceased me to say sorry to my mom, I am jotting here. This is dedicated to her….

Since Friday evening, I have been suffering from cold and mild fever. After dinner, I was very hungry (over enthusiasm to put on weight ;)), so I thought of cooking small dish. As far as my culinary skills are concerned, I am really good at making junk food like fried ghee maggi, onion pakodas. I have gathered all the required ingredients and chopped enough onions and started making them. Suddenly the stove went off. ! : Grr…the gas got over. Then started the flashback, few years ago, my mom was making snacks for me and my sis on one Sunday, I was sitting in front of TV, holding a cup of horlicks (yes I eat horlicks ;) ) in one hand and a plate of pakodas in the other hand, I used to mock my mom asking her to add little salt, to make lil more crispy, to put more tomato sauce and many more…..yes I have to pay for it now! Sorry mummy :( now I donno what to do, I just ate that few half fried pakodas and 1 scoop of chocolate ice cream and slept with hunger that night.

Next day morning, omg! I was feeling very dizzy, not having energy at all for brushing also. I asked my friends to get some food and unfortunately they went and came with empty hands. Again I am sorry to mom! yes, I was bad on that day also. The day my mom was not feeling well, I did not help her in doing anything. Not only these, there was an ample sadistic attitude of mine, for which I am regretting now. I know that we should not make our loved ones hurt, but I always hurt them sometimes deliberately, sometimes without my knowledge. And I also know that my small kiss can make them forget & smile :) :) Love u mom!

Cheers!

0.5 kg

Today, I was feeling a bit low, I guess I am sad ….. not because someone ate my chocolates, not because somebody commented me, not because I could not resolve an issue, not because I got some pimples, not because I lost some money, not because I got up early, not because I did some stupid thing; haan, BUT....because I have not reached my target :(

Yes, I have a set a new target / resolution / goal which sounds pretty simple and crazy but indeed, it's the most hardest thing for the one who is actually involved to achieve it.

Now, here comes my target – to gain a weight of 0.5 KG in 2 weeks.

Ooouch!!!Please don’t start blaming me now!!Believe me, it’s not as easy as it sounds, I have been facing this issue since few years and but I would always fail and lose confidence :(

I try a lot to put on where as many try a lot to put off, but every time I fail. Not this time, trust me, I had set this point many times. Integer 50 is my target. my weight fluctuates always in between 47-49. I reach till 49 but I could never cross or touch that integer, I am scared of it and I have started hating that value.

In the first week of Jan, I had checked my weight and it was 49.5 kgs, to my surprise, it was 49.5..felt little happy and So, I had decided to increase my weight by 0.5 kg rather than truncating it to 50.

As it was an easy thing since I had crossed 49 and I have got two weeks of time, I thought I would definitely win in this case as it's a matter of silly 0.5 kg and achieve my target for sure.

Now, two weeks were over, I went thinking I would win today and checked……waaa :( :( Contrary to this, I flunked again. Perhaps it’s all because of me. Frankly speaking, I don’t follow up a good diet regularly.

First of all, If I have to brief out my every day diet, I guess most of you feel I am very peculiar, yes I am.

I am like a camel, I eat one time in a day, it may be during breakfast/ lunch/ snacks/dinner…

Believe me just one time or maximum two times….but I eat a lot of food till my tummy screams ..Enough! No more no more!! And I don’t have after that.

Sometimes, I have a lot of junk foods say maggi, burger, pizza, pani poori, samosa, cutlet….all etc….despite having rice/chapathi. And whatever food I cook/make/prepare, I use a big amount of ghee, butter and oil :) (cholesterol full ).

Huh!! but what’s the use? all my plenty number of efforts just went in vain. But, I will not give this up and I will definitely win one fine day.

There is a known saying - Try and Try until u succeed. I hereby say, I will again try by taking two more weeks period and I will definitely win this time by reaching 50. I have got all the required ingredients ;) Before writing this post, I went to Spencers and got lots of maggi, fruits, Horlicks, eggs :) :) (that’s the spirit) and I swear that I will sincerely work hard and will triumph over this mark.

Tring,tring!!

rooba rooba roo... (my mobile's ringtone...it's ringing)

me: Hello!

X: Maam, Is this Madhuri?

me: Yes

X: This is vignesh, you got a parcel, Could u please come to reception?

me: Sure

X: mam, security guys stopping to enter inside, they are facing problems with the pack, some beep sound is coming, could u please come now/?

me: yep..hold on!

At that moment, many set of feelings doodled in my brain like anxiety / cheerfulness /sorrow /tension / fear and soon..

Frankly speaking, I was not much excited because I already know it, but I was very much pleased to hear about the present since it was the most awaited one after a long time. And you know how glad it would be to welcome a day with a gift and that too with chocolates, I guess, chocolates are the best gift in this world, I believe them as the symbol of love, care and affection.

Of course, I was sad, completely worried… why because, I was very sure that if at all my colleagues notice that pack, that’s it..; I would end up in accumulating the wrappers rather than the original pack. I had many bitter experiences when I was in my training, One monkey used to grab all my choclates… (;)) and Tarun used to strive hard to get back for me somehow J . And yeah, Fear…I was little afraid not because of beep sound coming, but because I was pretty sure that all the chocolates would get melted. What a moment it was…!!

I reached Reception, it was occupied by many people, as I cannot recognize that guy, I gave a call to him and yeah there he was, he waived his hand and handed me that parcel, but the person near security was so much scared thinking it was some atom bomb :D . He wanted me to open it in front of him to make sure that everything must be alright. I told him that he need not worry as I don't have any such friends who will take revenge on me. But he denied and said, of, course we should not suspect friends but republic day is near, .so we cannot trust anybody...then immediately my reaction was – what the hell? It’s chennai,..anyways, hehe I convinced him saying I don’t have any such friends who try to kill me at least in such a rich style. I opened it….smile smile smile………..!! everybody was smiling J kisses chocolates (that silver wrapper must was responsible for that beep sound), lite… I was busy in eating them :) :) lol………………….btw, million thanks to the special sender :) ;)

A filmy style marriage!!

Recently I have visited a remote place near Srikakulam; the place is pretty awesome, serene and green fields all around. The purpose of my visit was my best friend’s wedding. I frankly cannot describe the beauty of the wedding in my words, and I bet nobody can. It was such a beautiful, charismatic, awesome and grand festival more than a marriage. Perhaps that is the reason, elders used to say that Marriage is the festival that comes only once in everybody’s life.

Believe me all, the wedding happened in a typical, tribal, traditional and village style….approximately 5000 people attended the show, a bunch of 20-25 ladies dressed up and decorated the bride, a big tent (not in a function hall) with coconut leaves was arranged in front of the bridegroom’s house and the wedding went for 2-3 hrs, the gorgeous couple surrounded by all the friends, collegues, amazing orchestra troop, and it’s not yet over, it was just the start. After the marriage, the couple was asked to sit in a Palanquin (Telugu lo Pallaki I guess), some of their relatives carried the palanquin and wandered over the whole village. During that short voyage, all the villagers danced for item songs, oriya songs, fired many crackers (just like the one I used to see during oasis inaug), and played so many tribal games like (karra saamu) and it lasted over the wholeeee night. And once it was done, some more mini games like ring game, and some other game (actually I slept by that time, I cannot describe it in detail). They were given 45 mins of time to sleep and in the morning, they went to all the houses, prayed to God and relatives, took blessings aashirvad and gave them clothes. Moreover, I was extremely elated excited and as usual made so much noise, busy in clicking the poses, shooting the video along with the camera man :P

The thing to be noted here is, I have found humanity in their love because not only they have celebrated their love, but also they have extended that love to the whole village (all the villagers who are suffering badly because of the floods occurred recently, have actively participated, danced, and celebrated despite their problems).

Kudos to the couple!! I have seen such things till now only in reel (I mean movies), but I have noted that such love and such elements are still existing in this real polluted world. And I also strongly feel that most of our marriages are not going to be like this. This post is just negligible to mention the worth of the wedding, U guys must watch it.Such was the wedding. I felt it is exactly similar to the marriage shown in an old movie (Roja).