Wanderlust at home
meanderings of a wandering soul
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Riot of Colors
Here are a few glimpses from this year's fest....
Beautiful Budhaas.....
What I liked best this year was these portraits by Vipin Raphael. Look at the eyes of that girl, it is so full of life that it is almost impossible to believe it is a pencil sketch.
The artist is from Kochi :-)
p.s. - photos courtesy hubby dearThursday, December 23, 2010
Dear Santa
Dear Santa,
I know it is a little late and you and your elves are very busy arranging all those gifts, but you know it has been a few weeks since my woman friday went home and running after my little elves has been too much not just on my knees but everywhere.
Anyhow, this year I have decided not to be selfish and here is my list on behalf of millions of women and few hundred men across the globe..
1. New Age Home Cleaner
This is a machine somewhat similar to what we call a vacuum cleaner. You take it into a room, plug it in and leave. Go back after half an hour..voila..the bed is made, windows are dusted, curtains are drawn, mirrors are cleaned and the floor is sparkling clean
2. Mobile Washing Machine
Very compact, I should be able to move it from room to room with ease. Again, plug it in, put in the clothes...let it be for two hours. Go back to the room...the clothes are washed, dried, shampooed, conditioned, ironed and folded neatly. Ithink I'll be able to manage keeping it in the cupboards.
The machine requires no water and has herbal cleansers built into it
3. Sensory Curtains
These are curatins with dust and cobweb sensors. When the above washing machine comes into the room, these curtains beep just to let us know they are dirty. As soon as they sense the machine in the room ,they come down on their own. Put the curatins in, leave it for an hour and half....curtains are cleaned and kept near the respective windows. You switch on a tinly knob on the curtains and they are back in place
4. Corden Bleau Cooking Range
This is a very intelligent appliance. You can download recipes from the net on this. Select your recipe of choice for the day, put all the ingredients in the required qunatities, set the time and open when the time is up. Your dish is ready.
You see, the advantage is anyone can be a master chef. You don't have to sell your house and take a loan too to have five star dinner or lunch.
I should be able to manage with these four for 2011. Intelligent clothes, Automatic child awaking alarms, cars that run on water, etc etc can wait for another year.
Yours Truly,
A Very Harried Mother
p.s. A Merry Christmas to you all!!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Relationships
Son took a call, "Hello, my mother is not at home"
"Who are you?"
"I am my mother's son"
Brother had left his bike at home for a few days.
Father went to pick up son from Sunday school on the bike.
Son to his friend, "This is my father's brother-in-law's bike"
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Nostalgia 1
I am lucky I should say, to call a place as home one of the 50 places you must see before you die, or so the National Geographic says - the backwaters of Alleppey, Kerala. We grew up in the town, but both sets of grandparents had their homes in the heart of Kuttanad
Most of you must have seen at least pictures of houseboats. Now imagine a much samller version of that - that was my grandmother's car. All the landed houses had these with a driver - the oarsman or the 'oonnukaaran' as they were called.
We would drift pass houses on the way, cross rivers, see never ending lush fields, pass through canals, waving at people on both banks. Many of them would pass on their offerings to the church. Some of them knew my grandmother well and there were even a few relative's houses on the way.
Finally, we would reach her home at about five in the evening. Our cousins would be waiting for our arrival and we would jump right away into the river for an hour long bath and games. The next few days would be church in the morning and hogging and running around like monkeys at the innumerous relative's places.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Mood Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnBeeG-Gv-k&feature=related
Isn't she a joy to watch? I just love the total abandoned way she dances.
And the song...do I even have to say anything?
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Take an 's' away
Silence for a minute...
"Amma, do you know what is Fast and Furious without an 's'?"
"What?"
"You"
(didn't get it? - Fat and Furious ;-) )