Diary of a Whacky Girl

Incident no.:1  I think invariably each one of us would have atleast on distinct memory of something we did / something that happened to us in our childhood, which we wouldn’t have forgotten even till now. It might be of bravery, forgery, happiness or sadness or anything. I think this incident, that happened to Athi, would probably go down into his memory as one for his bravery and calm!  So, this is what happened. My amma and Athi were playing with the bedroom door lock. Well, you can never guess the kind of things that’d excite a 5-year-old. It can be very random. This was one such thing. Apparently, he had just found out that the room can be locked from the outside using a key and can still be opened easily through the knob on the inside. No points for guessing who was inside and who was outside. Of course, Athi was in, and amma was out. As the boy was trying to understand this wow of an invention, he gets carried away and pushes another lock in the room, which is strictly ...

I have always gone on trips with friends from school / articleship / Ctc, but never with people from work. It started quite on a whim between me and a couple of colleagues, and before we knew it we had a group of 14 people readily agree to join. And thus went the first office trip, to Varkala in 2023. Like every other gang, after a couple of months since that trip we’ve been going around in circles trying to plan something similar once again - in an attempt to make it a yearly ritual. But as it always happens, the trip kept eluding us - time, budget, choice of places - each one of us wanted to do a different destination. The conversations kept happening now and then, but nothing materialised for 1.5 years. Finally, by the end of February 2025, about 6 of us sat together and finalised the dates and destination for the trip - the Good Friday long weekend - Chikmagaluru. As we opened up the option to rest of folks at work, we arrived at a total of 9 confirmed interests (8 of us from Chenn...

On an otherwise dull Friday evening, this impromptu question by a friend got me thinking for a while. Can happiness be measured? My mind immediately, without a second thought, came back with a "YES" and started making quick notes on what all makes me happy? How much of something makes me happy? So here goes the list - 1 medium French Fries (Because its always food first :D) An evening spent in Beach. An hour long phone call with a dear friend after ages. An all-nighter at home with my Girls Gumbal (Remember the night before R's Wedding) Solving (read, trying to solve) the Crossword Puzzle in Vaaramalar (its a weekly supplement of a Tamil Daily) First sprouts of the seeds sown Late night movie watching at home, during weekends Meeting up someone I know all of a sudden in a random place. Gosh! Every time I met someone like this, I would be beaming the whole day for no reason. A run along the 200ft road stretch! One night's peaceful sleep Sunrise! Cresce...

Ever since Covid, and the whole baking saga all over the internet, I have been itching to try my hands at them. I have always been a fan of any sort of pastries / baked goods and seeing all the baking videos and pictures of cakes and biscuits, and what not, had me drooling. So, when our good old microwave oven broke down, I convinced the husband man that to get a convection oven to satisfy my baking thirst. Poor fellow fell for my words and tada, a convection oven comes home. Well, this was in 2020. But the moment the oven came, my interest waned off and I kept procrastinating baking. Had tried a banana cake and some sweet-bread once, both of which turned out very okay-ish , causing my interest vanishing off into thin air - poof! I decided that baking wasn’t going to be my cup of tea and stopped dreaming about baking my own cake.  Fast forward to 2025. As it always happens (is it only me?), I taste some biscuits baked my cousin, and suddenly all my interest (the one that I consider...

Ha ha ha! What a way to name a year end post, but honestly, I absolutely loved 2024. Can't be grateful enough for all that I managed to do this year! It's been a year of experiences, meeting new folks, reconnecting with old ones and balancing the relationships with the existing crowd. First and foremost, the year started on a foreign land - I was out on a vacation to Srilanka with my articleship gang. It was my first trip with them, and there too many firsts in that trip - my first longest vacation without V & Athi (8 days), first casino experience, first pagoda visit. Srilanka, nature at it’s best, is a beautiful country filled with lush greens and waterbodies all over. The Madu River mangrove boating in the rains was one surreal experience. The snorkelling in Bentota beach, the majestic Ravana Falls, the picturesque Nuwara Elliya with its oldest Post Office, from where we sent out post cards to our dear ones. The train ride from Ella to Kandy, through the myriad mountains...

Don't get fooled by the title, I was just trying to have an alliterative one. I'm rather tired of starting every birthday post with a " Phew-I-can't-believe-you-are-already-five".  So, I'm putting this one as " what-an-amazing-year-it's-been ". Hands down one of the bestest. I definitely loved all the time I spent with you and cherish them so much, because this shall never repeat. The innocence, the curious questions - why, when, what, how, the joy of living in the present, the pride of being able to do things on your own - both for yourself and for others. The year started off with a Snake Walk weekend - and this time it included a friend from your school, Kavin. After we had him over for your birthday, and he had us over for his (apparently, both of your birthdays are 5 days apart, albeit you are a year younger) - we asked him to join us for this event, and oh boy, you guys had crazy fun running around the paddy fields, spotting touch-me-nots (...