A Lovely Writer's Workshop

            Last week I received an email wrt a Writer's Workshop being conducted today. I love any meet that happens involving writers. So I just had to sign up. Not only did I sign up, but I signed up my mother as well to accompany me.

So, both of us went along to this two hour workshop. It was conducted by Madhumita Bhattacharyya. Out of curiosity, I signed up and I must say I was pleasantly surprised. She turned out to be pretty fabulous and a lovely orator. I enjoyed the session. 

She is the author of,

1. The Masala Murder
2. Dead in a Mumbai Minute
3. Goa Undercover
4. Murder at the Temple

Now, I have lined up these books to my reading list. 

Back To School

            A few days, I caught with my classmate from school. she is my oldest friend. Have known her since my High School. And, it is always lovely to catch with her. We usually catch up near school and sit and chat up for a long time. But this time we decided to do something slightly different. We walked into our School. After all these years, both of us went inside the majestic gates of our school. It felt like yesterday we were walking inside school deciding what we would all be when we passed out of school. 

We saw our high school class rooms, our auditorium, the basketball court, our quadrangle. Clicked a few pictures for memory sake. It's the same beautiful feeling even after all these years to be back in school, even though we were just visiting. 

No wonder, it is said, School Days are the Most Golden Days!

GOT FINALE

        GOT - GAME OF THRONES - aired its last episode on Monday. It's the end of an epic series. I must say I am so disappointed that there is no more GOT. I so shall miss it. 

But I didn't like the ending at all. I did not expect Daenerys to just die like that. Jon Snow doesn't get the Iron throne either. But the chain got broken. Bran Stark gets on the throne and becomes the King of the six kingdoms.. Sansa Stark gets her own kingdom and Arya Stark is off on her own search. 

With that, GOT is done and dusted! I am going to miss it like the millions in the world. 

With Love

           My aunt, who happens to be one of my closest ones, was in Scotland for a month. As usual, like always, very lovingly she asked me what I wanted. Shamelessly, I said I wanted a bag. 

She just returned from her trip. I had gone to meet her today, and lo behold, she got me such a nice bag. Its a beautiful blue and pink tote. Pink is one of my most fav colors and she of course knows it. But what is to be appreciated is the thought that goes in picking it up.  

Of course, I will flaunt it and of course my aunt is one amazing woman. Not because she got me a bag, but she is extremely dear to me.


P.s: Something similar to my bag, not the exact one!

My First Christian Dior (CD)

            One of my cousin's lives in Canada. About two years back he had sent me a gift for my birthday, which I happened to collect yesterday. 
I was so flabbergasted when I opened the present. I received,

1. A Swarovski Stud - Beautiful Rose Gold
2. A Christian Dior Lipstick - Bright Pink
3. A Christian Dior Glow Addict


It's my first time with Christian Dior Product and I am absolutely thrilled to possess it. 

A Movie that Moved Me

                    I sat to watch a movie sometime back. It was titled - The Note. Randomly I started watching this movie on Prime, and my god, it was a brilliant movie. 

This movie starts with a struggling writer whose column isn't doing well. A plane would have crashed few days back and she sees a note floating in water in a plastic bag. She picks up the note and her hunt begins. The note is written from a passenger on the plane that has crashed. Now, she wants to get the note to the person to whom the note is written. 

Watch this movie to know the end. It's beautiful and heart touching. 

Recommendation: Very High
Rating: 5/5

A beautiful watch!

A Day Well Spent

        A few days back I connected with one of my cousin's on Facebook. We hadn't connected at all in these years and I must say it was a very surprised connect. We exchanged our contacts and of course we connected on Whatsapp. We go chatting and it was really interesting. We planned to catch up a few times, but somehow those plans tanked. 

Last week we decided we would catch up this week and today was the D-day. My mother invited him home for lunch and dinner and he sweetly obliged. It was so good connecting with him and I must say he turned out to be such a sweet one. 

We got talking and had a million conversations in the entire day. We had so much to talk about we just couldn't shut our mouth. We played a few games, had ice cream and overall it was a day spent very well. 

So lucky to have connected to this cousin of mine who is going to be treasured for life!

Something for my Grey Cells

            Books are my favorite. They are my best friends. Today, I was browsing at a book stall. I was as always lost among them, when one book in particular was beckoning to me. This book - Autobiography of a Yogi, captured my interest. I landed up buying this book. This journey is going to be food for my grey matter and I cannot wait to embark upon this journey of a Yogi. 

Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda.

Keep Calm & Carry On

         I find it hard to remain calm all the time. There are a few times, I cannot fathom as to why I lose my calmness, but I do. Now, here is something that I have been trying to get to do - Stay Calm most times, if not Always, but I haven't been a cent percent successful. This is something that I really intend to master with all my heart, mind and soul. 

Today, I happened to have a conversation with one of my friends who remains calm all the time. I asked her how is it that she remains calm most times if not all the time and her response was astonishing. She told me, she doesn't waste her energy losing her calmness all the time, but she uses that energy when it is really needed and essential to lose it. Then the impact is really strong. And here I am wasting my energy unnecessarily losing my calm with no desired results. 

Now this is something worthy to ponder - Keep Calm & Carry On!

Movie Review

         SOTY 2 - I clearly wasn't thinking when I got dragged to watch this movie. Phew!

Total disappointment - Tiger's acting skills are under utilized. The two newbies are alright. The story isn't strong. The songs aren't catchy. Overall, worth a 3 hours of headache. 


Rating:2.5/5
Recommendation: Low

Give it a pass!