10 Things

Hope you all had a great eid. Ours was not bad. We celebrated with our extended family back in Kerala. Visited great granny, some relatives, sicks, went to eidgah and met friends over there.... Had yummy biriyani cooked by MIL and ada payasam! Loads of sweets and fun too. Unfortunately, the same night we had to head back to Bangalore.. Liya's school and J's office to blame on!

Visiting people, new outfit, cousins, food, mehandi, craft and much more!

10 silly things happened in less than 24 hours (on eid day)!

10 things

My heart goes for

1. All innocent people in #Gaza who are being bombed and shelled and especially the children who are being brutally killed
2. The girls who are being kidnapped by Boko Haram propaganda
3. The Christians who are being driven out and Shias who are being killed by ISIS
4. All the girls in my country who are suffering injustice for just being born as girls
5. The kid who was raped by school teacher in my city
6. Loads of Syrians, Iranis etc. who are living under bombs and oppression
7. All parents who lost their children
8. All children who lost their parents
9. All who are denied their basic right to choose and practice their faith and yet compelled to accept or practice another - I am totally shaken by the religious intolerance creeping through the country and the world, especially Islamic world. 
10. Last not least, all who are living under oppression, whose basic rights are denied and regardless of what faith they practice and where they belong!

10 Things :: Ramadan

10 important things from the month of Ramadan (month of fasting)

1. Ramadan Crescent (which declares the starting of month Ramadan)
2. Suhur (Food taken before sunrise)
3. Iftar (Breaking of fast)
4. Tharaveeh (Long night prayers)
5. Loads of prayers, acts of worships, charity
6. Forgiveness and seeking forgiveness 
7. Abstaining from everything that's evil
8. Reading a lot from Quran
9. The Night of Power (which happens in one of last 10 days of Ramadan)
10. Shavval Crescent (the sighting declares end of month Ramadan)

Hope your (if applicable to you) Ramadan is going great! 

10 Things: My current city!

10 things I like about my current city - Bangalore!

The first city where I went job hunting right after graduation, 9 years ago.

My IT career started here.

This is where I met J (my hubby-to-be then) for the first time.

This is where we dined together for the first time.

For it taught me that Hindi is a must to survive in most part of India.

(Yet, I continue to be weak in conversing in Hindi)

The first metro I roamed around and explored alone.

For loads of pals and acquaintances I have here

For being so close to my homeland -
(hop on a night train, be home early in the morning!)

The greenery

The lovely weather which you don't find in any other metros of India!

10 things : What made me SMILE

10 little things that made me SMILE this week!

1. Lunching out with my dad, sis, cousins and kids; gorging on some Arabian Cuisine
2. Someone's remark on me that "you have good articulation skills", which no one ever said before..;)
3. Those drawings Liya did for mum
4. Little girl devouring dulce de leche pudding
5. Friends over lunch and some chit chats
6. Today is girl's last day at KG1, and I got reminded of my first encounter with her in gynec OT. 
7. Girl's worries on who will cook food for dad when we both are off to grand parents 
8. Girl's remark after observing earth hour "I don't want anymore of these..." 
9. Girl's advice to mum "if you don't know something, why don't you ask me?" (Day 87 here)
10. For the first time since I can remember girl cried "Mamma.." in her sleep instead of "Pappa". (Both J and I don't remember when was the last time she did it, lol!)

10+6 things I learned from my preschooler

1. Ask for what you need - more importantly  PERSUADE!

You can not persuade someone to do something you want unless you keep asking. Persuasion is not your cup of tea if you tend to give up. Ask in different ways, different times, use various tricks, end of the day you've to get the thing done. Persuasion is the ONLY key!

2. Walk the Talk, you've been radared

Have you ever heard "But Mum, you said not to do this the other day and you're doing it?". I am not ashamed to admit that I have been there and I was alarmed. Everything I tell her has been transferred to her play dolls while on a role play, and of course registered in her mind too.
They take after you bit by bit. They take you as their role models and try to imitate whatever you say or do. They are more curious on conflicts in our words and dos; finding faults out is easier thing to do. So, walk the talk or don't talk at all! 

10 things - learnings as a WM

Learnings from my life as a working-mum!

1. Take the blame, trash it and move on
2. Family first, work comes after
3. BALANCE is the keyword
4. Don't get infected if you are true to your conscious 
5. Parenting is a joint responsibility
6. There is nothing like "getting time", you make it
7. What matters is a happy life and a house that's lived in
8. Choice you made- weighing down your strengths and limitations- will not make you regret
9. People judge you because they see you from their shoes, not yours
10. Love everything that you do, hence your twin career!

10 Things this Week

What did I accomplish this week?

Organizing L's bookshelf

Catalogue for L's mini library

Doctor visit

Visited bank and submitted long pending docs

Shed some pounds (2 Kgs, yay!)

Cleaned L's soiled shoes - long pending!

Haircut for L *She got a tomboy look now!*

Spoke to an old best pal- long pending!

Baked Rainbow Cup Cakes

Blog post everyday through the week.

Happy Thursday! 

10 things

I asked Liya what are the things she likes about her Mum! Reply came instantly and here you go!

 The 10 things in her-own words and in the same order.

She cooks food for us

She hugs and kisses me

She plays with me

Doing crafts with me

She is my friend

She sometimes sleeps with me

She reads stories for me

She teaches me Malayalam letters

She draws pictures 

She took me to zoo

I think, once in a while we must try to listen to our kids on how they feel about us. There might unfold interesting things which we never ever thought of..:)

I asked her what she doesn't like in her momma the answer was quite interesting.  "I don't like it when momma stands beside me quietly..." Now, I can't recall when I did that. However, I am surprised at the way she registered it in her mind. 

Happy Thursday!

Read Salma's 10

10 things

10 things that I am grateful for this week...

1. In laws are on a short visit. Girl is ecstatic and we are glad!
2. J's move to new office building which is very close our apartment
3. Biriyani over last weekend.  
4. Liya went on a nature walk adventure from the school
5. Islamic lecture we attended
6. Housemaid is back after a short vacation
7. Relaxing week at work 
8. Chilly pepper saplings we planted
9. Girl's favorite chocolate cake we baked together
10. Super sunny weather

10 things...

My bloggy friend sister Salma asked if I would like play along the "10 random things" she has been doing on her blog. I have made so many mommy bloggy friends over here. However, over the past year I have been in touch with them very few of them. Salma is the one of the few who keeps constant touch over emails. It was my pleasure to accept the invite and join in. IA, I hope I will be able to catch up with everyone, shortly!

To start with, here are 10 random things my daughter tells me everyday!

1. Mommy, I love you so much! 

2. Momma, will you buy me "this...that?"

3. I am not a baby anymore!

4. Can I keep a share of this for Pappa? 

5. I will do/choose it! 

6. Why don't you join me to clean this messy house? 

7. I love it, but I don't want it now! :P 

8. You are my best friend, my sweet Momma! 

9. I did that by mistake!

10. He said that.. he said this... she said that... she said this... then I said this...!!! :P