Holidays

As a student , I eagerly waited for summer vacation which would last two long months.Those were the days, when I watch Chuti Chuti serial in DD1(the only channel in those days).No studies and mostly fun.

The usual routine changes with us getting up late, though usually we get up at 5.00(during school days) but since vacation we will get up at 6.00am.

Each year we visit Calcutta during our summer vacation.I too will be too eager to visit as i love the greenary and people taking bath in ponds all over the places in Calcutta.Though our results got declared, and our vacation of two months starts, my father would buy the books for the next class and we would carry it with us to Calcutta.Daily after getting up at 6.00am in Calcutta me and my brother had to study the new books(so that we know little bit about our new courses).I hate that as i thought vacation is to enjoy but here i am studying again.Me and my brother will sit in the madur(it is like a mat though it has the size of a large carpet)and would start reading with my father sitting and listening and taking our lessons.The whole thing will stop when my mother would call for our Breakfast.Thats the only time when we study and the the rest of the day is Chuti.

Mostly during my stay in Calcutta i would end up staying in mamarbari(my Uncle's place).They would treat me as a princess as i am the eldest among my cousins.I loved mamarbari a lot as the house is on the roadside with markets all around .I would watch people from all walks of life with various emotions.In the evening the roadside would be full of people who will go to purchase items from shops.Though i remember i didnt like my house(we have our own house in village)as it has not much people and not modern environment and all my father's side cousins are not much close to me.

Sometimes when i remember the days when we used to visit calcutta during vacation it was real fun as the stay was more, and being small the love was more.As compared to now when i visit calcutta it would last only maximum a week and with full of responsibilities.I really miss those long sweet holidays.

Camera

When I was small I never recognized the usage of CAMERA in my life.That time our family was having one camera and most of the time we forget to shoot a picture.In this way my childhood days were never captured much.

Then came my college days since I was having no camera I use to stand by one gal atleast who has camera so that when the roll gets developed I too can ask a copy of that and get it developed.

After marriage my all camera fantasies are been taken care by my husband who has a fasination about photography.I can now say that all moments in my life has been seized by this amazing device.I always feel that any photos when in Album looks much more lively as compared to any snaps stored in Computer.

When I sit and see that snaps I feel that I am living in that era.You remember the various postures you have given so that the photo becomes picture perfect.Photos brings out the emotional part of ours.Photos has a amazing capacity to make you happy when you are down.It brings smile to see your near and dear ones so close to you even when they are so far away.

So I can say that seize the time by just saying 'Say Cheese'.

Bad experience

This weekend we decided to go to a Movie named Namesake.Usually we watch movie in PVR.But since Namesake was not running in PVR we decided to go to another movie hall named Rex.And the time we decided that the problems started creeping in.

Let me sum-up the differences i found between PVR(big dady) and Rex.

1)The booking can't be done either through internet nor telephone,just go and get it by standing in long Queue(though i was unsure whether i will get a ticket by seeing the Queue but was lucky enough to get it).PVR does have internet booking and telebooking just a click away.

2)There is an entrance in Rex but hey guys you will be surprised to know that it has a long chain with big lock always hanging so for getting in you have to jump over the chain and for vehicles it is a big NO NO.PVR does not torture the customers by having chains in entrance.

3)As we have Car we enquired about the parking from Rex through phone and they said yes it is there.But when we reached we saw yet again chain and lock.They say some watchman will open the gate but we never found anyone opening it and had to park somewhere else.Hey we can afford the money for parking but please Rex give us that.PVR does have a good parking space.No doubt about that.

4)The seats are too bad in Rex as they are in the same level as ur front seat so i have to always see the person head who was sitting in the front seat along with the movie.It was so bad experience as i have to shift myself according to the previous seat person or else i cant see.In PVR they have seats in different levels and each one can see the movie properly.

5)There is no security check before entering in Rex which is bad as Rex is situated in commercial area Brigade Road.PVR does provide strict securities.

By now you can imagine that how much comfort can a multiplex movie hall like PVR can give.It has no comparison with Rex.I can only suggest people that whoever trying to visit Rex dont have expectations.And to Rex i can say that please improve the standards else will loose the valuable customers in the long run.

Item for sale

Earlier when an item has to be sold it faced a number of challenges like placing an add in newspaper or contact any broker or telling ur maid if she knows someone to buy the item.The big challenge was even you have a good item you cannot place a picture to attract a customer.

Those all problems are been taken care by none other than the INTERNET FREE CLASSIFIEDS and posting your add in various groups is just a click away and who can forget its all for FREE.

Whenever an item has to be sold the first impression comes how to make the item more attractive so that it sells.

1)In Internet free classifieds you can always write short or long(as you don't have the problem of paying money to post the classifieds as in newspaper where they charge per sqare centimeter of the add).

2)As compared to the newspaper which places the add of Buy/Sell items weekly here in INTERNET FREE CLASSIFIEDS you can place it daily.

3)Above that you can also have the picture of the item to be posted(though for that you need to have a digital camera).

One look at the item and the buyer guesses the type and made of the item.From the buyer's point of view its really amazing to just surf the sites(which allow to post free adds)and contact the person and then buy.

I can just say the INTERNET boom has just again proved to be useful in yet another field.

MALACCA......

The days of Nicobar were really always there to cherish.

I remember our house in malacca was very near to the sea(the sea water roaring sound will haunt the kitchen everytime).Their were two harbours in Nicobar one is Malacca(for 6 months) and another was Lapthy(for another 6 months).

Me with my parents and brother would go to the Malacca harbour(which was 5 min walk from our house)whenever Ship with passengers will come.The Ship would stand some 2km away from the harbour(as the ship cant come to the harbour where the water level was less) and from their the passengers would be carried to the shore via FANTOONS(one big piece of iron with its three sides open and pulled by small boats).The passengers would desend to the FANTOONS via ladder (there would be full of wind and the ladder would be flying and the passengers would jump from the last of the rope ladder to the Fantoon).Then the Fantoon will be pulled via a speed boat to the shore.That too the passengers would jump into the water,upto their waist length(as Fantoons cant be dragged above the sand in the shore)and then at last would reach the Nicobar Island.That is the only way to visit Nicobar Island.I remember i saw many of the persons, luggage been lost as carried away with the wave while throwing and many a times the luggage would be filled with water.This was one of our big timepass activity while we stayed in Nicobar.

Our house was near to the school that is why i used to go by walk.There were two ways one via the main road and another via the graveyard.I use to take the graveyard road and will reach the school in 5min.As in Nicobar island there are mostly christans and muslims,they beleive in ghost a lot.The friends of mine would ask have you seen any ghost during ur way???I will say no.They used to say that i was bold and i will pamper with the idea.

Nicobaries beleive in rituals and superstition a lot and one of them is when one person will die the whole family(the families were real big each having three four children)would stay for few days in the house situated in the graveyard.They will cook and do everything there.I used to see them on my way to school but never talked.They have their own language which is nicobarise but they can speak and understand hindi and english.

Our school in the frent had one big playground, there used to be prayers there but our games would have to played in another ground and during the P.E.T(Physical education training) period there was a rule that everybody should play.We gals would love the Kabbaddi game a lot.Most of the times as all gals love gossiping we too would enjoy that while sitting under the tree.

I would participate in March Pass during Republic Day and Independence Day and in some functions would be playing rings struck in the waist and with them making waves (there would be soothing music in the background and we would make waves and other formations with our rings in hand).I did remember our music teacher Geeta Madam use to take me always in singing or putting garland for the chief guest and i will happily go as i enjoy to be out of my studies.

The school of mine Govt. Malacca Senior Senondary School at present is been fully
destroyed by the earthquake.But it can't destroy my most cherished days in Nicobar.

Schooling in Andaman

The journey of my school starts when i was in Dilanipur(in Andaman)stydying in Tunu Munu was 4yrs old and i used to go to school in my father's scooter but always used to cry and hold his shirt .The same thing continued when i was admitted to Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya.But since was 5yrs old stydying in LKG i used to cry but the funny part was whenever i used to hear the school bell rang i will run inside the Gate and would end up in class(totally forgetting to keep crying and insisting of not going to school).My parents i remember will say ok dont go to school and you will never learn like other students then i would say no i will go to school.Still my parents tease me by remembering that.I studied in VKV till 6th.

Then came my father's transfer order to Nicobar and i too shifted there to Govt.Secondary School Malacca.You will be surprised to know that the school is completely ruined by Tusnami as near the sea and there doesnt exsist Malacca school anymore.But i can't forget the school as i enjoyed the most from being the first student in the class to winnning in sports and dance competitions.I was there till 8th standard.

Then i was admitted to Govt Secondary School Middle Point in PortBlair.The friend's call me dadi by name.Got a TVS Champ to drive to the tution(Maths) and to the School.This School was upto 10th and for +1 and +2 went to Govt. ModelSenior Secondary School(the only school that time which was upto 12th).So all meritorious students end up there.

These were the days when there was a tough competition among the students to get a Government seat to one of the Engineering Colleges.The days were passed by just attending Tution classes.I still remember i use to leave the house by 4.00am and enter again by 7.00pm.This is the trend in Andaman All students go to Good tution classes and their is a competition to be in the batch full of talents.

Still i can remember the days when my result was declared and my parents started the counting of whether i will get a seat.After so many sleepless nights i was finally declared to get a seat of Engineering in Coimbatore.I really owe a lot to Andaman who has shaped my life and giving me a better future.

Birthday

Few days back was my brother's birthday and there was this list of things he wanted.I do remember my mother used to cook delicious dishes on our birthdays and invite our friends.

The morning used to be a good bath.Then we used to sit in Asans and infrent of us was thali in that dhan and dhubhow(bengali term used for green colored grains and special grasses)and chandan and a must payesh(rice kheer).One by one the elder persons which were my mother and father will put chandan in our forehead and dhan,dhubhow on our heads and one tbsp of payesh inside our mouth and we will touch our parents feet.

Then we will rush to school with packets of choclates.Here in School after the attendence i will take the choclate packet and give first to my teacher and then the students of my class after that i will take my best friend with me and together we will go to each class and give choclates to the teacher and also to the principal.I do remember that day i was special and all students treate me specailly(becos i have choclates).

After school also the enjoyment continues as my mother would invite the children in our colony and close friends of mine in the evening.There were these sweets and puri and chicken and ofcourse the big cake.And who can forget the loads of gifts pouring in.

Gone are those days.I do celebrate my birthday now also but quitely with my husband by going somewhere out but the birthday celebrations during school and college were really forever there to cherish.

Blogging

I have noticed that if we do write a blog we explode the inner self image and ponder it on the blog.If u write you feel a belonging and keeping your own views to the world.There is nobody to question you or to rectify you.

When i become angry i do write few lines to the blog and i feel releived and inner beautiness comes out not the anger.

I realise that whoever writes develops a cool and calm attitude towards each aspect of life and broader view on any subject.

Thats the reason i said that scrapping is a Good Art.

SUPERMARKETS

I use to do my monthly groceries shopping from Supermarkets(viz Food World,Fab Mall etc).By the month beginning itself all my groceries are with me.The concept of Supermarkets are really good.All the things like groceries and vegetables,meat,fish all under one roof.

I tried buying from local shops(by my husband's advice) but i ended up upsetting myself by buying bad quality products and branded ones from this small shops have old stock.So i continued with my favorite supermarket shopping funda.

This time i had a new experience as we shifted to new house we went to the Food World in Bannerghatta Road which was really good and quite big.When browsing through the items while billing i noticed that i have bought many things which were not needed immediately(but i stock them as required in Future).

There is always some kind of offer in this Supermarkets to get one packet free if u buy one.For instance my husband took two packets of Moong Dal becos one was free with another.I really don't know when the Dal will finish????This are some small marketing fundas which effect the pocket.

Even though i have bought many food items from FoodWorld i had to go to Fab Mall for some of the items.So see many a time Supermarkets also cant't fulfill its Superness.

But i should tell you that the products from here are genuine and can't be quesioned.

Autowallas.........

When you are in an Auto u feel being cheated when the Bill comes really big and to the top of it if you are new to the City.You feel that the Autowalls have taken a long route and that is true if in a new city you dont know the route and they take a long one(as u add to their bucks).

I have experienced this in Chennai a lot where there are long distance between the places(its a metro dear).In chennai the Autos dont charge according to the meter and you have a fix rate(if you are new they charge you more so always bargain).Another thing to that Autowallas dont speak Hindi.If you speak English they understand and speaks but thinks you as a big party and charges more and if you speak in Hindi they say i dont know Hindi.So what is the only solution left is to know TAMIL.

When i got married and shifted to Bangalore i saw that Autos go according to meters.Autowalls speak and understand Hindi.Though the Bangalore City is too small compared to Chennai i found a smilarity in both of the places or rather say where ever in India,which is...................

Firstly the Autowalls drive very harshly and breaking always the Rule(Though i never saw a policeman objecting that).They always try to reach first always in competion never bothering about the passenger(who might have an heartattack if he drives with such a speed) even with such a speed driving they always have a narrow escape.

Secondly always they dont have change.If u give them 100Rs they say we dont have change even though they have and the poor passenger always have to carry a change(it is real headache and sometimes it goes to the nerves).

Thirdly they never will take a passenger who has to travel for 1km,the logic they give is it is very near.Then what shall the poor passenger who is old and cant walk will do????They never care.

I cant think more to add on this but the add ons are welcomed.

SUPERSTARS association with BRANDED PRODUCT

When i go to buy something i always prefer product with good adversiment in TV.I can remember once I saw an add of hair oil,and here i was to experiment that(without knowing much of the product side effects).The next thing was my hair started falling.

I get easily influenced by personalities who brand the product like Susmita Sen for Pantene,Hrithik for ChoclateBiscuit,Sharukh for ITC Brands.Yes by naming Sharukh i remember i took ITC ready to make Pasta becos of its lovely commercial which says"Andar aanta" something in spanish.I insisted of buying that but clever enough to buy one packet.After coming home i tried making that and the end result was it had to be given to the Dusbin.

Another add was of Tata indicom with whom the much glamarious couples Kajol and Ajay Devgan are associated.When i got married i was delighted to see a Tata Indicom wireless phone connection.The bill was high to be paid but i tolerated as call charges was more at that time.Next we opted for broadband connection and as we had Tata phone we had the broadband connection from them.The result was slow access and it was down for days.When we call the persons from tata they say work is on will be up within 24hrs but there 24hrs never came.Depressed by their service we opted for BSNL(the home brand in INDIA)and i am delighted to say that till now i have never complainted against BSNL(though getting a connection is little bit tedious)

The conclusion can be made that not always STAR Association works.

This one the first........

So this is the first post by me.The incident which took while opening blog id was interesting.Few days back my husband came to know about this site and started scrapping and came home and said i have started writing.It gave me a boost to jolt something and he said i can create one id for u.The next day the id was created.Though i started scrapping today;)

I opened the site but forgot the username and password .Interestingly i saw that u can log on with ur google account ,i did that but the software has problem keeps on refersing the page again and again.Tired of that I called up my husband to know the id he has set for me but hey he told i forgot so here i was in full mood to scrap but dont have username(which my husband made and even gmail a/c was not allowing me inside).

The next tip(given by my husband who does the same thing) was to open the google acount in one tab of internet explorer 7 and in another tab to open blogspot and it seems as blogspot was google's it will atomatically sign me up .I gave it a shot but that also showed some google 507 error.

Now you all will be guessing how am i writing the blog??This is how......

Lastly i opened my husband's blog and clicked create blog which said for registration and here was the trick i saw the link which said "sign in first" which allowed me to be singned by gmail a/c .There i saw after furnishing the details ultimately i was to write my first post.

And what else to write other than this new experience.