Read an article about ''Barfuss walking''.....what is Barfuss....its basically walking barefoot over awkward terrain...like pebbles, icy water, mud, stone etc. Supposedly this is good for general wellbeing......

Its funny how things which are so common for under developed countries become therapy for the west. I remember during my childhood, we used to be constantly running outside barefoot...even in school we used to have races barefoot....no expensive nikes and adidas..... Its so comforting walking barefoot on the ground.
When D makes A wear sox all the time, I wonder whether she will ever be able to enjoy these simple things in life.....walking barefoot on the grass, feeling the earth beneath your feet, going out in the rain and getting drenched....these simple 'pleasures' are so therapeutic.....and u don't need money to enjoy them.....

Sis and mrinal here for 10 days ...yeah I kept telling them that spending so much money for 10 days in London is hardly worth it.....but supposedly they don't have leaves.

They reached on Friday...and believe it or not the flight landed 20 mins before and in 15 mins they were out of immigration. I could not believe it. I was supposed to meet Sat (my sister's soon goin to be SIL) and bith of us were to take the tube to Heathrow. Now, when you meet a stranger you generally do not think she would talk non stop......but then there are normal people and there is Sat.....sucha non stop chatterbox...so the tube journey was anything but boring.
The weekend just flew off ...Sis has already been here, but it was Mrinal's first time, so he seemed to be interested in knowing about how we live here. Thats something which I like....rather than being touristy and doing things as such...I prefer to follow my host's day to day life as thats what give syou the true feel of the place......so I like going grocery shopping, markets etc etc.....yeah I know it sounds crazy.

Yesterday night they left for Scotland and will be back after 2 days. Ofcourse Sat also was with us over the weekend and as you rightly guessed it was a laugh having her around.....does that woman ever stop talking......the answer is No. So she will be back on Friday and we plan to do soem day trips around london provided the weather permits us to. Plans are Isle of Wight, Leeds Castle, Bournemouth beach.

I am so tired of politics....Thats all I do nowadays...fight politics. And its draining me....I have always had a problem with my mouth...supposedly I talk a bit too frankly. But, I cannot help it...so now I ma supposed to control my mouth and tone it down. Basically what that means is I cannot say that a person is crap....now thats difficult isn't it?

But supposedly if I want to grow I am supposed to control my temper and not get emotional.....
:-))...how the hell am I supposed to do a good job if I cannot get passionate about my work....what they call emotion...I call passion....totally different schools of thought...isn't it...

Anyway, since I am never goin to start my own business....I just have to control my mouth...which is OOOOOO so difficult....I love telling people what I think of them....and now I cannot.....I am goin in to depression.......and I am not very happy......

A month back....D decided that our balcony looks very drab...so we should try and make it more pleasant looking. So we bought a couple of pots and flower saplings and boy the craze just caught on between the 2 of us.Seeing the flowers bloom outside we decided to get some plants for inside as well.......so now we have a green space inside the house.....It is very calming actually...I especially notice it on sat/sunday mornings (I generally wake up earlier than D and A)....so I get an hour of peace to just have a cup of tea with a book. Since we have had these plants I can just stare at them and have my tea.....it really calms me down.

I ahve always wnated a garden where I can grow my own food......now expecting that in London is like expecting a bit too much......but I decided to try planting some stuff in the balcony......so we planted tomato, lettuce an dbeetroot seeds and withing a few weeks had the little saplings.....now we plan to have the various herbs as well....like mint, coriander, sage etc etc......None of them have given us any fruit as yet but just the effort makes me smile......

Last couple of days have been house hunting......but till now nothing that really grabbed us......For me the home is something which I cannot compromise on....I want a good locality, green, easy to commute (since I don't drive....and don't intend to learn unless I am cornered), close to local amenities ....so now is it a wonder that I have not found any place as yet.....D keeps telling me that with my expectations its going to be next to impossible to find something which has everything......

The most important things is that when I enter the house.....I should be able to visualise living there....which happened when I viewed this place.......

So the hunt is on......

Mother and daughter......doesn't the mother look beautiful........

now...I wonder who the daughter looks like.....D and me have not been able to yet identify who she resembles.......

Ananya and her dad.....Experiencing the dad and daughter bond...and its brilliant

Ananya......in a thoughtful mood......

I have been having this wild desire to make my blog a bit colourful.....and personal.....so what better method to do this than add a few pictures.....so here goes