Archive for May, 2010

I would love to meet my mother

She is no more. She died when I was just five and a half years old. But even before that we were not together for long. Things only got worse for me after she died. I came to know much about her just about four years ago. She really suffered at the hands of her [...]

May 28, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Auditor’s Firm

My first job was with an auditor’s firm. It lasted for almost 10 years. I didn’t really enjoy it at first. I was keener on getting my monthly salary, which was not even equal to 10 dollars. It however made a difference to my monthly budget, even though it didn’t suffice for the entire month. [...]

May 24, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Professional Dancer

Image by varunsuresh via Flickr I had the good fortune to see a dance performance by a professional dancer in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. That was the first time I saw any professional danseuse perform on the stage. I was much too young to know the name of the lady, and I still regret not having found [...]

May 20, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Fire Accidents

In this fast world we often hear and read news about fire accidents of various forms such as bomb blast , fire broke out at home in the kitchen ,” fire broke out in the theater” so and so forth almost every other day. In fact it has become a mandate these days to have [...]

May 20, 2010   Posted in: New Posts  Comments Closed

Japanese Cities

I think Japan would rank first in my list of desirable destinations for traveling. This is because I have this beautiful image of that country. I am not talking of Japanese cities with all those hoardings or their fast trains either. It is their pagodas, with large beautiful grounds, lakes and flowers everywhere. I have [...]

May 15, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Boarding School

When I was young, about 6 years or so, I was in a boarding school in Pilani, Rajasthan. It is a desert, and it can get really cold there. I don’t really know the temperatures there in winter. But we wore long coats, two or three pairs of socks, and woolen pants over another set [...]

May 12, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Have a life with Powder fire extinguishers

Powder fire extinguishers are really needed in once place and often it should be the first one to be purchased before you think about protecting your property from other things. It is also a fact that powder fire extinguishers service points contact details should be with us as it is most needed in emergency and [...]

May 12, 2010   Posted in: New Posts  Comments Closed

New Stuff

There are two new things actually. One is this new dress that I have worn today. I normally wear new clothes only on Mondays or Thursdays. This new dress has a white top with small print of pinnate leaves in bluish green color. When I bought it, I wasn’t sure it would fit me. That [...]

May 8, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

‘Every thing is vanity under the sun’

Image by Torley via Flickr What people won’t do to keep up appearances! Sometimes it is very funny when you know that someone is just putting on a show but you just cannot laugh out loud. You just have to go along with it and later have a laugh to yourself or share it with [...]

May 4, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Roald Dahl can keep you awake or amused

I forget how I got to read Roald Dahl’s books. I think I read his “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” first and then similar stories about children.  I liked them well enough because they had a lot of humor since he was poking fun at adults, really. But when I discovered his collections of short [...]

May 1, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed