designing...

Ahhmmm........ its time i design another set of costumes for my students appearing for dance exams.... last year it was a traditional umbrella cut full sleeved dress. this year i did not want any sort of anarkali influence. i ll puke if i see another anarkali costume.... its so over the top and over used and over exposed..... instead i designed an angarkha for them. its a kothi inspired costume with a top with cuts at the end and an overlapping chest pattern... its made in cotton silk and is extremely skin friendly and is stylised with just the right amount of bling.... never ott.... so i am happy dat ma girls r gonna look true performers... with so many colors to choose from at the market it really confused me. but then i settled for a ;pure white color. its pure chalk white with silver buttis and swaroksi worked border.... drapped with a rich brocade dupatta.... awesome!

life garden...lively n fresh aura...

this is my gardening week since its october heat and a lot many plants ve become weak and suseptible to whilting due to dryness and infestation. so i went on to check any whilting of leaves and found 4 plants dead..... they could be easily uprooted from the soil as their roots did not held on well to the mud below..... the leaves were all crumply and dry and the plant corpse lay dead in my garbage bad. i had to clear the aridity from my greens since its not good to keep dead plants in the garden. its as unhealthy as having a dead body in ur house..... so i had to dispose them off asap....

then was the turn of the infested plants..... some were attacked by ants , black red and big ones and some b y moths. others by worms and yet many more with a kind of fungus.......... they looked diseased and were a threat to their healthy neighbors who were all in green health... so i had to ruthlessly cut them off till their barks..... uproot the badly infested ones with a lot of energy since they were still alive and their roots held on to the soil..... and i had to trim off some plants infected branches , leaves or parts in order to keep healthy. even after doing it , i had to spray all the plants whether healthy or not with a special spray med prepared by me. it was distilled water infusion of pure neem, turmeric and super diluted detol with a pinch of NaCl. i cleaned their individual pots n plates and the place where they were placed.....it was so relieving to c the planting area all clean and spic....

over second thoughts i felt that philosophically speaking, wasnt this an emblem of what happens in our real life as well..... there are certain areas of our life which rot.... which trouble us..........which we no longer need or use.... it makes our life stale and rancid.... its better to cut off thoughts thoughts and memories which might b infesting our soul and attacking lour aura....Doing what we love is the most common sense way to enjoy life more, we all know that.Removing unwanted commitments and quitting things we hate, however, isn't as obvious.There are lot of things that we would rather not do that we perceive as required and unavoidable, but in reality, are optional. Just as we hold onto emotional baggage from past relationships, we also hold onto a lot of baggage from previous commitments and unwanted so-called "obligations" that are no longer relevant.

we need to make a take off list in our schedule from the things that bother us...like if we wanna quit our current job..... only if its troubling us in any which way possible. but 2 have a plan B or a replacement ready so that we rnt homeless.... after all its we who need 2 clear all the bills for a sound sleep at the end of the day!!!!

secondly in recognising its real importance or the difference its absence or ;presence would have on us..... it can only b kept if it makes sense. if it doesnt however, throw it off... but while thinking on this issue we need to always include ME part in it since we offen tend to take it in a social perspective..... do not delete MEness from it.... please.... cant we all accept the fact that we indeed do have a common sense to have the courage to trust our senses?

unnecessary justification is another reason why we misinterpret the work that makes us feel unhappy as important... The fact is, keeping all your underwear and socks color coded isn't very important.Seriously.

Do i feel alive? Our negative responses are there for a reason: to tell us something are wrong. But how often do we stifle that little voice that says "why the hell do you keep doing this?" In order to create a beautiful life, we have to be honest with ourselves. Ask yourself "is this something that I really want to do?" and actually listen to the answer. Conscience is always correct...
so hell with the extras in life...... lets b clean neat , organised and SORTED...

dad

Yest. mom told me dat dad's not well now a days..... i cudnt believe my ears, since i m of the generation of kids wherein MY DADDY STRONGEST is a concept that's been fitted deep into my system. and i suddenly realized dat yes girl, Ur dad is nearing his 60. whoaaaa....... its an official age of retirement! and u still think of him as the same old angry young man! nopes babes........ he is not same old but he is turning old...... literal sense... i was so disturbed coz i have always seen dad fit and fine and raring to go and its absolutely impossible to imagine him to b anything otherwise.....

he went to a general physician , to a specialist, to a urologist , to a pathologist to a dermatologist, to a diabetologist, to an ophthalmologist..... this cycle is on...... a man who hasn't seen any other face than a general physician has to go to so many ppl???? man;prajakta cant take this.... she has to do something..... do what? pray? ahhwww??????? am i a pray pray type of a ;person, nopes , i m not. i can help em? in what way? todays parents r more than self sufficient and stable financially and otherwise........ then what is it dat i can give mom and dad? my time, my energy, courage, positive talks..... i wish to apply the secret here. the secret of thinking good.... i wish total health and well being for my parents... i am sure they will b absolutely fine. i can spend time with them and try to maintain their smiles.... i somewhere believe in the power of prayers NOW. i will pray....

comfort food!!!!!!

what tempted me most was a longing to have sabudana khichadi after a long long time. its a comfort food. though high in cals, it just sets up ur mood right.... and especially if u ve had a tough work day, soothes u the next morn for breakfast. i can have it at any hour of the day or night. just that it needs to b made by me or my aaji. no one else can please me with this maharashtrian delight. like tea , i am extremely particular abt the no. of hours the sago is soaked and the amt of water it ios soaked in. so it has to b just correct like in a cake receipe. u cant have a hard sago chewed under ur teeth nor a gooey rubber like mass elasticating on ur pallette.....

plus it needs to b enriched with lotsa STIRFRIED POTATO CHIPS- batata kachrya , assal homemade sajuk tup, i.e. ghee and taja khavlela naral i.e. freshly ground coconut and danyacha kut which is crushed roasted groundnuts....... right amt of mirchi (chillies) , jeera, cumin and kothimbir (corriander) with salt and sugar for taste and a squeeze of fresh lime over it does wonders...... aaaaah...... muh mein paani aa gaya....... i have it with freshly set yogurt which is called aadmura dahi..... lotsof memories attached to this dish. aaji used to give sabudana khichadi once a week as a treat in my tiffin..... it was such a precious day to open the lunch box and to find sago khichadi. it was awesome!!!!!! it also increased ur so called bhav amongst my cosmo friends whos moms cudnt make it for them.... haha...... so i shared my khichadi with immense pride!!!!!!! i make it today whenever i m feeling no so good.....and voila.... my mood is........ PUUUUURFECT!

lessons i ve learnt...

1) Guys love to make the girl they are falling for happy. If he is nlot making u happy....he is not into u....

2) Never become a doormat. If he takes advantage of you, it's not worth the pain in the end.

3) If he doesn't talk to you, there's nothing wrong with you. We all have to learn how to move on, even masters in the game of love

4) Even if you two only end up being friends because it turns out not working then at least you are able to be a part of his life and can know him.

5) Learn to take a hint. If the man starts doing something different while you are talking to him, shut up. Don't try to force his attention to you.

6) Don't put him in a compromising position. Men care about how you feel, even if they are not interested in you romantically. Don't force them to answer a question if they look uncomfortable with it.

7) Be very patient. Men sometimes like more than one girl at a time. (If this is the case then he is not ready for a relationship and should therefore be put in the friend catagory. Fun to hang around with but not deserving of the cookies)

8) Be what he needs. Be sure to have that something he cannot live without, you don't have to be pretty to be precious.

9) Don't get an attitude when you see something on T.V. Infact, don't pull an attitude for any dumb reason. Men think you are immature if you have an attitude.