Apinder (aka) Danny is running a series titled What Did I Learn This Week every Friday. Please visit his site to enjoy his thoughts and posts. I decided I will do a similar one this week. No enlightenment promised though. May be, some entertainment. As you know, I have been trying my hands at conjuring … Continue reading What did I learn this week?
Category: Lighter Veins
Not so serious posts
Last Friday was our weekly vegetable purchase day. The vendor was scheduled to arrive at our gated community (or society, as it is commonly called here) at 10 am. I was all ready to go down and stand in line from 9.45 am and I was just savoring my cup of chai before that. My … Continue reading A Frivolous Friday
Brace yourselves for one more cooking related post. I had last four potatoes and few pieces of other veggies left over before we could refill. My daughter wanted something for a snack. Based on the good response for my previous attempts circulated on WhatsApp, I decided to try something new again (new for me but … Continue reading Baked Potato
An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doingDale Carnegie Lock down has forced many of us to plan more than ever. Planning your work efficiently, planning your finances, planning not to go out unless necessary are just a few of the lot. I went ahead and did something that I have never … Continue reading Well executed plan
The lockdown has forced me to explore uncharted territories. Be it getting comfortable showing my face on video chats or awful attempts at drawing, I am finding myself trying new things even though the outcome generally sucks. Today I rediscovered the long-lost chef in me. After we hogged kilos worth of biscuits and toasts for … Continue reading In the Kitchen
What happens when you wake up to an unfamiliar sound?
I was woken up by my mobile phone’s loud ringtone. I looked at the time. It was 4.45 am. It was the milk delivery guy. My apartment management had stopped all the housekeeping services and deliveries as a precaution against Covid-19. I had to go down to the main gate to collect the milk packets. … Continue reading Dramatized Beginning
The world is going bonkers over Covid-19. The lock-downs across the world to prevent the spreading reminds me of Zombie Apocalypse. Thankfully, we have to stay indoors and don't have to do a parkour run with a baseball bat. Truth is that the fatality rate of Covid-19 is low but the scale of spread is … Continue reading Look At The Bright Side
Somewhere in December 2019, I removed the cobweb from WordPress's login screen and logged into the account. I had been inactive for over an year. I had not posted anything in 2019 up until this moment. I logged in and the stats caught my eye. I had not posted anything but I had an overall … Continue reading Rising from the ashes
I was browsing through all the curated content on Coronavirus (COVID-19). Tonnes of content is being churned out on this topic. Everyone, from Wharton university graduate to WhatsApp university graduate, has voiced out his/her opinions, facts, and wild imaginations on this topic. One of the links click-baited me with the title that a novel written … Continue reading Realization
Pointless & Prosaic 