Best thing happened : Hot Cocoa and December.

Hot cocoa and this weather yay! It smells like December end, rosy lovely winter season and for wonders Mumbai is experiencing cold this year and no more guesses people I am here with my fourth cuppa (article). I had to write before this year ends as a lot has happened over these months and right now I am only going to talk about the best things that happened as not so good things can always wait! (Yes, after seven months because best things take time :))

I became a proud mother. Yes, a mother to this beautiful, charming and the most adorable my almost 8 month old Labrador Mhysa. Mhysa is the best thing happened to me this year and the coincidence is that she came in my life on the Mother's Day. Well they say love if unconditional is the right kinda love and I am lucky to have experienced it. Normal days of life have never been normal there after. Coming home to someone jumping with joy seeing you every single day no matter what has happened isn't it heavenly?

My not so dog or animal lover friends might not get it but I will try to put it in simple words as I can. There is a very famous quote by Charlie Chaplin (Needs no introduction)"You need power only when you want to do something harmful otherwise love is enough to get everything done". Mhysa is a living example of this Charlie Chaplin quote, she has nothing to give but love just unconditional love, zero expectations and appears as if she has faith that she will always be taken care of and showered with same love and affection. For me they are the second best creation of God after Mothers. We live in a city (Mumbai) endured with prolonged work hours, hectic commute, housing woes and a near-zero social life, this just says we live in a complex world and to deal with it let's just stay simple with our thoughts. The world out may be a cut throat kind but I don't see myself running in that race. How about we just be real, responsible, nice and smiling always? It's difficult all the time but let's just try, I am going to give it a try in the coming year as a new year promise to myself (New year resolution sounds too boring, Promise is more positive) . Oh and then I believe a lot in Karma so let's not be God and take decisions in our hands, leave it to him. Yes, yes I have learnt to be patient you must be wondering, Mhysa has made me patient :) I mean I have witnessed her naughty antics like my broken heels, teared apart cushions, chewing my earphones, nail impressions on my table and chairs with lots of spilling water all over the house, yet I love her more every single day.

                                                           Mhysa 

Oh and I can't end this conversation with you guys without mentioning this soulmate of mine Shikha, Mhysa is a gift from her. I call Mhysa God's child because she is blessed with an aunt like Shikha who is currently also being the mother to Mhysa along with her own other four fur babies. Shikha my soulmate/bestie/jaan got married this November and it’s the other best event that happened this year, her wedding made me believe in love more. I wish her all the happiness in the world and I know she is a rock star.

Ops! Need to refill my cup till then why don't you make a list of the best things happened to this year? Hurry up!! Just one more day.

Happy Reading! Keep blooming as always!

Cheers,

Amruta

Cookies and May: My summer cuppa coffee.

With the dog days of summer upon us, the sweat machine that most of us become and waiting like the Bollywood movie Lagaan characters for Monsoon to begin. Here is Mumbai heat that makes you run to Goa, hunt for Ganne ka juice (Cane juice) on streets and looking for a Taxi or Auto rickshaw seems like one of the torture from hell. In between all these kind of days I realized, hey its MAY!

By now I am sure you must have figured out how much of a summer person I am (NOT). In between this scorching heat there is something that brings back the memories that melts my heart and it’s nothing but my memories of school summer holidays. It’s true memories can make you travel back in time. The most close to my heart are my summer holidays where I would spend days and nights listening to stories from my Aaji (Grandmother), playing with kitchen and clay toys and eat all the best possible dishes made by my granny ( now you know where those Rasgulla cheeks come from 

J ). Whereas, my sister and I would usually stock up all the Kulfis, Rasnas and jellies in the Refrigerator. Okay so I am talking about month of May and Cookies in my life. You may be wondering what cookies I am referring to so here I come with my third article.

 May month has these beautiful memories for me because of two people my Aaji (Grandmother) and my sister who I call cookies of my life. By cookies I mean people who have made our daily struggle of life beautiful, who encourage and inspire you no matter how tough the situation seems. They don’t appear as a strong force to change the world but their soft spoken tone with very powerful words and much stronger meaning always leaves an impact on me that makes me stronger and confident then I was before. My grandmother with thinking way ahead of her time made my faith in unconditional love, self-respect and the happiness of being an independent woman very solid. Even when she isn’t around me now I still feel her presence through these strong words and the love she gave.

 My sister who is my walking talking cookie by all means, we fight more and talk less, call names, fight over sharing things and all other typical sisters stories you have ever heard, But her constant different ways of caring bring backs the real me when I seem to get lost.  She plays multiple roles in my life…right from being a Brother to Mumma, Daddy, Friend, at times Doctor and then of course Sister. Her strong faith in my abilities more than I do makes her the cookie of my life. These two women who encourage and make me take all the struggles in my stride with a big smile on the face. I love them to stars and back <3. We all have such cookies in our life and most of you can already think of who it is….so let me know who is your cookie my dearies J till then keep calm and eat Aam (Mango) rest everything can wait as month of MAY, season of mangoes is here!


Happy Reading!

Cheers,

Amruta.

Grey Shade and Coffee : My Second Cup

During this recently unseasonal showers in Mumbai (Oh yes I am very much from Aamchi Mumbai)…..where it confused all of us weather to jump in a puddle and enjoy our coffee or remind ourselves that Hey March is here!...MARCH - month full of deadlines and welcoming Heat (P.S I am not a summer person). I didn't find it too hard to make a decision here and quickly jumped on this occasion of enjoying my Cuppa Coffee. What brew over this cup made me run to you with my second cup (second article).

Going with the flow…we often hear this line and mostly when we seem to be lost or don’t know what’s coming next. I have been listening to it too and following sometimes but it isn't always easy to go with the flow and I read somewhere that only dead fishes go with the flow. So yeah I don’t like making it easy always. I am a girl with a keen interest of having it all knowing the fact there will be a snag at every step that I take forward. I know there will be a lot of disappointments but few happy moments that makes our heart skip a beat is totally worth all the efforts. Isn't it? This day the nature itself wasn't going with the flow and then what followed next was all the possible right and wrong questions popping in my head. If given any chance I wanted to stand in between the road and scream out loudly asking everybody to shut up who come up with all the questions typically at the age of 25 like what next? When am I getting married? Do you know cooking?  Is that guy your boyfriend? When is your promotion happening? Are you following any diet plan? And some more mindless life fundas that nobody ever asked for.

We don’t have all the answers at times and sometimes we think we are not answerable to these questions…Just like at times there will be black or white and at times Grey. Yes, Grey….I love grey (quite literally) this shade is where I find my comfort zone. There is no right or wrong sometimes and picking one side isn't the solution. By now if you feel that you belong to the same “Grey” category then I think I have something for you.

Have you wondered if we always start running for questions and answers there will be a point where we wouldn't know what person we actually are and our self-identity is slowly disappearing. How would we know what really is our magnet in life???? And by the time we actually realize Ohhh we have already missed the bus! Isn't it scary?...No no I am not here to scare you… I know Mr. James Wan is doing an excellent job at it. Well like most of us who have been through this same inquest I can tell you what helped me relax and it was nothing but my gut feeling. I don’t have to give Gyan on what gut feeling is and what wonders it does…the world is known to it, but what I can definitely vouch for is that this gut feeling can never go wrong and works 200%.

Some risks are meant to be taken and at some places falling and failing is the only way to learn and this comes out of my own experience. I have taken risks and failed terribly at some decisions…I can only laugh on some of them and some still make me go all quiet (which is a rare scenario). Accepting the fact that we are just human beings (not super heroes) and words like risks, failing, right, wrong are just part of our life and having the courage to reach out to what we really in our own Grey shade is all that matters.  A world famous English magician and a musician Robert Heller rightly said “Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough” who else then a magician and musician would know what a gut feeling is.

Okay…before I turn into some Baba Amruta or Devi Amrutaji and forget that it’s actually month of March just the beginning of long hours at work and deadlines. I’ll head to my work.

By the way, Grey is my shade and it just fits me well. Let me know yours

And to all the coffee lovers like me it doesn't matter if the coffee is black or white..Coffee is just Coffee :) 

Happy reading and keep blooming people!

Cheers,

Amruta.

One cup at a time : My first Cup

Finally!  here’s my blog. Yes I wanted this to happen for eternity now but excuses like college projects and then my job kept me away from it (No, I am not Lazy :P). Here I am to start with my life@25 and it couldn't be any better than starting now as 25 comes with a lot of confusions. It’s a phase where we are stuck in between what we always wanted and trying to sink in with the reality.  

OK before you ask why Coffee? Coffee for most of us is a part of our everyday schedule absorbs our thoughts, wakes us up and moves more towards the action for the day. Needless to say I am a Coffee lover and here to share everything that brew over a cup of coffee, right from the tight deadlines at work, relationships, family, friends, marriage, music, gossips….Phew the list just doesn't end!

Yes, ACTION PLAN is what I am looking forward to after some procrastination and boondoggling. What really happens when you are 25? What happens to our Dreams? Are they still the same? Is it just the way we planned? (Please note I don’t give Gyan) But does the coffee wake you up from the dreams and brings you back to the reality? Or inspires you towards making these dreams a reality? (In my case it’s the latter).  All it takes is to just speak up and realize it’s all going to be fine (like I am doing here). Take life one cup at a time, till then just smile and enjoy your coffee.

Please ignore any and all mistakes in the article, they are put there as a test … well done you have passed. 

Happy Reading People!

Cheers,

Amruta.