Arrogance Unleashed..

Generally I am not arrogant or judgemental in evaluating fellow human beings. But off late I met some  extraordinary specimen which urged me to unleash  my arrogance towards them and also it reminded me to write here after a gap of 3 months..

1.        Some are very extravagant in praising themselves but  very poor in giving due respect to others

For example they bought a new dress or new set of jewelry. It might not be worth a single penny to admire but they will be praising it continuously even if the other party who is at the receiving end would have fainted as an aftermath of such a self-praise. Meanwhile if someone else had bought a genuinely nice thing, they would find some fault in it no matter what…

2.        Some are not at all open in their thinking and attitude to others.

You are going to a Children’s park or attending a family function with lots of kids. May be your kids are kinda smart and may be over-powering other kids in all senses. But it does not give the right to deteriorate them and again start praising your own kids. I understand the “love” you have towards them but remember other parents also loving their kids, may be not more than what you do but never less…

3.        Some are very religious  but a big zero in terms of their beahviour

    Some run to church almost every day or to any prayer event. I think such people’s life also should be complementing such a behaviour of spirituality. But nothing.. They are worse compared to the others who are fewer mortals. Be it any argument, compassion, money matters etc.

4.        Money is something or may be more than something. But It’s not everything

These are the ones who will die for a single penny or the ones who count the no of BMW's and Porches present after a prestigious function. 

To be continued....

            

                

Past Times

Dubai, the place where I live currently is a place which will give you things abundantly which once was a luxury in your life. Almost anything is affordable(the NEED-TO-HAVE's) for a working-middle class family , especially  'CHOCOLATES'  which always was a luxury during my entire childhood.Off late, I was thinking about this phenomenon and I stumbled upon a blog where the author had described the difference between her generation and her offspring's .

For example, take my nieces and nephew,they reside in Abu Dhabi and most of the weekends they pay us a visit .As far as I can remember everytime they come, they will be wearing something new , be it clothes or accessories or shoes. Wherein during my childhood , I used to get new clothes only if there is wedding or an improtant function in the family .And the sheer excitement I used to feel waiting to attend these functions.I fondly remember that my mother would buy me a new dress, new nail-polish and  also the accessories to match my new dress.
But now,whenever I go out randomly I pick up something .Necessary or unnecessary, I just pick up on a sudden impulse. Last week I cleared lots of junk from my wardrobe as well threw some sandals which was slightly broken here and there. 
And about chocolates,its avaialble every nook and corner of Dubai. Earlier eating chocolates was a treat and used to happen once in a while , but not anymore.

The happiness what I used to feel while getting a new dress or while eating an expensive chocolate or while attending a family function is not there anymore. Does it happen as you grow? Or Is Happiness ,the price you pay for these luxuries in life? 

I am introspecting!

Cheers to Simple Life

I have a decent job which ables me to buy whatever I like on a sudden day,if its not ridiculously expensive.

When I come  home after work ,even though there will be nobody offering me a snack or tea, at least there is a HOME at the end of the day I can return to.

I can pick up a menu card of food  and order for a home delivery ,If I don't want to have whatever is available at home on a particular day.

I have enough and more clothes to wear, for whatever occasions it may be .

But,even after having all these why am I not being happy like old times?

10 years back,I dint have such luxuries in my life ,but I was a lot more happier.

May be I should cut down the intricacies of my current life and learn to live a simple one..
And let me find out How?

Cheers to the Simple Life!!! :) (Too much of gyaaan ?? LOL)

A post just like that

How come, childhood is the most cherished part of an individual's life?Is it because the sheer innocence a person has during that time ?

Off late I have been thinking a lot about the past years. There was a decade change which I was fully aware of as I was a teenager/adult during 2000's. A transformation from being a teenager to an adult. And the decade before ,1990's I was school going.
I was born into middle class Christian Family in Angamaly where the sole bread winning member was my father.Even though my father's family was rich and influential in that area,we dint benefit from that much. He always got treated secondary by his own family members.But my mother's side was different.They were everything that my father's family was not. As children, we spent our summer vacation at my mother's house and us and our maternal cousins grew together. Those fights with them,quarrelling , getting mad each other but always making up at the end of the day . Cousins, like someone said, they are the friends what we get by birth. 

Numerous weddings that I have attended of my cousins,second cousins, my father's cousins.I tried remembering the very first wedding I attended. I have four distinct memories of which I guess 2 of the weddings were in 1989 and the other  2 wedding's time line I don't remember. I should ask my mom about it.
When I was pregnant with my son, I craved my mom's breakfast like anything. School time she used to make very tasty peas masala and we used to have it with Bread.Somehow my in-laws are not very fond of green-peas but I made sure that I ate it though what I made dint come upto my mother's original taste.

I am feeling very homesick and should visit my home soon!

Memories

Sometimes when I really don't have anything to do,not even something to think hard or brainstorm,I refresh my memory back in the time line to trace till where I can reach... My friends always tell me that I am a person who can get lost in thoughts in just a snap of a second...Yes I am a day dreamer.. I agree!.
In one of those memory sessions,following are the things I can remember.

1. I have a vague memory of having a cow at my home. Recently,When I asked my mother about it, she said it was around when I was three years old.Probably my first memory.
2. I remember writing the year 1989 in my notebook .I was in grade 2 then. Again, I recollect writing 9/9/99  during a  Physics Lecture in 12th  Grade.Also I remember 12/12/12 which happened last month... :)
3. I remember my father taking me to attend the very first class in 1st Grade (year 1988)and asked me  to say "Haajar" when my attendance was taken.
4. I dint attend any of KG classes. Only class I attended before joining school was "Ashaan Kalari" where I learned those Malayalam alphabets.
5. I studied in 'Malayalam Medium' school where formal English classes started only in Grade 5.Till then, the only English what I knew was alphabets.
6. During grade 2, I was so scared of a girl in my catechism class that  I used to make reasons for not making into to the classes.I can  still remember her face.
7.Once some draw happened in my school for some prizes and I got '0' .. I still laugh thinking about this.How could someone drop '0' in a box where each student was asked to take one slip and whoever get '1' wins the Grand prize.I was in Grade 3.

Above listed all are my first memories of my life (the significant ones..:).Whenever I hear a past date or an incident I usually try to recollect what was I doing then? Do you also do the same? :)

Cheers!

New Year

Its New Year again. 2012 passed in front of my eyes, just like a flash of light.
Rewinding back the past year, it was good.Lots of good memories to ponder.It was the year,I became a mother for the very first time.. :).Hubby's promotion,my mother's new house,various functions,visiting Thailand, reconciling with an old friend after 6 long years ,all happened in this year.
About the new year resolutions, the main one is to loose some pounds.
Get fitter,be less to anger, save 20% of the salary every month also in the cards.
Be more adjusting and  also to cut down arguments and fights with the better half.(Planning on this one :D). Also I want to visit Europe or US.
I wanted to get 4-wheel driving licence before I hit 30. I did and I am driving to work nowadays.I am turning 30 on 9th of Jan this year,which is tomorrow.
At 30,life starts yet again or is it @ 40??LOL