Posted by wannabauthor on January 4, 2012 · 5 Comments
New Years has passed and we’re all back to our yawn-worthy lives. Been a fortnight since I have updated anything on the blog. Auspicious beginning to the year. And if you think I was lounging about doing nothing over the long weekend and deliberately avoiding the blog, then YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. The below short … Read more
Filed under People say I have a dry humour. Perhaps., You, Me and this thing called Marriage · Tagged with Asia, baby, Bali, children, holiday, Indonesia, parenthood, Recreation, shopping, Singapore, Travelogues, vacation
Posted by wannabauthor on October 6, 2011 · 10 Comments
Last weekend we drove to the mall for grocery shopping. You complained that I deliberately shut the door of the car too hard. I complained that you deliberately parked near pillars so it was difficult for me to get out. Ryan made heroic attempts to climb into the stroller on his own. You asked me for the tenth … Read more
Posted by wannabauthor on April 20, 2011 · 3 Comments
All that glitters is not gold, its egos. My love-hate relationship with the wonder metal – Gold.
Filed under NRI, People say I have a dry humour. Perhaps. · Tagged with accessory, bangle, chain, earrings, gold, India, Jewellery, King Midas, marraige, NRI, Precious metal, shopping, tradition
Posted by wannabauthor on January 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment
One Family. Ten suitcases. And a vacation to remember.
Filed under NRI, People say I have a dry humour. Perhaps. · Tagged with Accessories, Ambassador, bag, Benz, Business and Economy, car, driver, emergency lamp, family, flask, flight, friends, Furniture, gold, home, Home and Garden, House, India, Indian ocean, island, Kerala, Luggage, Mercedes, milk powder, Nido, packing, relatives, Robinson Crusoe, shopping, suitcase, Tang, Travel
Posted by wannabauthor on December 21, 2010 · 13 Comments
It’s called Generation Gap Ten Years. The number of years between kindergarten and high school. The average time that it takes for an apple tree to grow from seed to tree. Ten Years. The age gap between me and my eldest sister. That’s a long time. Guess who is coming? While I was still struggling … Read more
Filed under Stuff I took part in and never won a thing, Stuff which I notice and more often don't, Stuff which made me feel sappy · Tagged with chicken soup, child, close, elder, family, fights, High school, home, love, parent, platform, Pregnancy, quarrels, shopping, Sibling, sister, Television, ten, ten years, time, train, understand, years, younger
Posted by wannabauthor on September 4, 2010 · 12 Comments
When walls start to speak…
Filed under Stuff which I notice and more often don't, Stuff which made me feel sappy · Tagged with bathroom, bed, bedroom, buy, carpet, catalogue, Chair, cost, fan, Furniture, hoe, House, house hunt, kitchen, kitchenette, light, Michelangelo, money, mortgage, paint, price, Real estate, Recreation, rent, room, sell, shopping, Sistine Chapel, story, table, tenant, wall
Posted by wannabauthor on August 26, 2010 · 2 Comments
What common between Bubbles, Rocking chairs and Shopping? Well, nothing!
Filed under Have you ever encountered ? · Tagged with bubble wrap, Chair, fall, Furniture, Godzilla, HUEE, lilliput, pop, price, price-tag, Psychology, Rocking chair, sales, Seating, shopping
Posted by wannabauthor on June 18, 2010 · 3 Comments
A slightly exaggerated look at NRI women and their losing battle with the bulge