DearZindagi - Owe you to our soldiers

 

Dear Zindagi,

 

                        I’m a middle aged woman and I have always wondered about life being so complicated due to my personal and professional problems but for the past few years, my viewpoint towards you has changed. I used to feel that I owe you as you have kept me breathing till now and you are in my hands and my responsibility. But it was in 2008 that I realized that I owe you to the soldiers of our country, India.

 

                        It was November 26, 2008 when I heard the news of bomb blasts in Mumbai and since I reside in Mumbai, I started trembling on hearing the news. I read about so many lives lost at CST station and that day marked the worst ever days of my life where I witnessed so many people dying and being killed mercilessly. I had lost hope in humanity that day and the tears in my eyes couldn’t stop flowing as my heart bled for those people.

 

                        It was then when the news reports showed how our police forces sent a red alert throughout the city and started the search operation to kill down the terrorists. My belief in humanity was retained when Tukaram Ombale sacrificed his life to catch the terrorists and he did this all for us, for saving our lives. Hearing about him facing the terrorists by his own and following them fearlessly and bravely makes him a jewel in my eyes. He followed those terrorists and then was shot by them but still he fought them bravely and gave up his life. It was because of his sacrifice that our police force caught one terrorist alive. I then saw how the entire police force and the soldiers of India united that day and entered the buildings and hotels to protect our lives. It was a proud moment for me when I saw how much they cared for our country and each life lost that day was a part of humanity dying.

 

 

 

                        After watching what happened that day, there came reports of so many attacks which took so many lives of our country and each life lost means my life, my zindagi is owed to them. The recent Uri attack too shook the nation and made us again respect them for their sacrifices. Had they not been there, we would have not been here. They join the army to protect their nation and country people and hence, my life is their gift and hence I owe it completely to them. I owe you Zindagi to the brave soldiers of my country who fight day and night on the borders to keep us safe and their sacrifices will always be remembered.

 

                        I used to keep thinking that we are responsible for our own lives but these incidents changed my perspective towards you, Zindagi. I learned that these angels 24/7 stand on the borders and fight those terrorists and evil forces by facing them and because of them we are still breathing and are able to live peacefully in our cities.

 

                        I’m sorry but I can’t thank you for being a part of me but I thank my soldiers and police forces that it’s because of them, you are a part of me. Jai Hind!

 

Love,

Luiza F….


I am writing a letter to life for the #DearZindagi activity at BlogAdda

Dear Zindagi - My untold story

 

Dear Zindagi,

 

                        It’s odd that I’m writing this letter to you as more than half of my life is over and I don’t know how many moments of you are still left with me. Still I have many things to say to you and tell you what I have felt about you.

 

                        My grand parents died when I was 9 and at that time, I could barely understand the meaning of life and death. I was extremely sad to see them die and my family told me that they have gone to sleep, a sleep from which they will never wake up and it’s endless. I was very angry and depressed as I wanted them back as they were my own. I told my mother that I cannot live without them and when I saw her trying to cope up with her pain, she introduced me to the term ZINDAGI (Life) and told me a lot more things about you. She told me that life never stops for anyone and it keeps moving till the last breath of a person. That time, I was unable to understand what did she actually mean.

 

                        As I grew older, I realized your importance and how you never wait for anyone. As days and years started passing by, I got scared about your end and the moments started making me feel even worse. I could not even life the moments I have with me thinking that you are about to get over and thinking about my death and it being painful is something I fear even today.             I know the fact that what starts has to end, what begins has to finish and what is born has to die, but still I am not able to let you finish whether it’s me or my family and kids.

 

                        I have watched you leaving many souls and everytime I felt that you will leave me too very soon. I understand that you can’t wait for anybody and everyone’s life is destined. Some people don’t even get to experience you. I used to feel that those who haven’t been born are lucky as life can be very painful if it ends before time and losing a loved one is the worse feeling ever. But then when I close my eyes, I feel that life is beautiful and everyone should get a chance to live instead of fearing it’s going to end soon. Why is it always confusing, Dear Zindagi? Why are you so beautiful but still so complicated?

                       

                        There comes a time when I want you to stop for a moment to let me think how I’ve spent you all these years but you keep slipping out of my fingers and I never get a chance to even rectify my mistakes. Like I make a calculation of my money, I feel like calculating you too but the figure is always negative like the years gone behind. I know that as I am not perfect, you too are not perfect and that’s what relates me to you. Still I feel that you’re so short and as I don’t know which second is going to be my last. Today you are here and tomorrow you aren’t but still I can’t get angry with you as you have given me all that I’ve wanted from you and for this, I’ll always love you.

 

Your’s forever,

Luiza F….

I am writing a letter to life for the #DearZindagi activity at BlogAdda

Calorie Count: SaffolaLife and Blogadda Initiative

There are many facts that can cause heart trouble or a heart attack at a young age. Although the number of cases wherein young females and males below the age of 25 suffer from a heart stroke are less, these figures are concerning.

　

Where it's staying active, eating better or being happy, all these factors contribute in some way or the other to the calories we gain and burn and hence I would like to share how I've managed to maintain a healthy life by calculating the calories (CC=calorie count) I lose and gain during a day.

　

Happiness (CC: 207 calories burnt)

1. In the morning, I wake up and leave for my laughter club session. This session helps my entire day to go well. We workout for 30 minutes and even walk about for 15 minutes, hence my calorie count is -87.

　

2. In the night, I practise yoga for 30 minutes and more than an activity, I view it as a way of letting my stress leave my body and just thinking about good memories that can bring a smile on my face. It helps me to stay positive and get good beauty sleep of 8 hours. During this activity, my calorie count reaches -120.

　

　

　

Diet (CC: 1067 calories gained; 65 calories burnt)

　

1. For breakfast, I consume a scrambled egg (38 calories).

　

3. My lunch diet contains chicken (250 calories), one bowl of rice (204 calories) and two bananas (89+89 = 178 calories). Hence, my calorie count is 632 calories.

　

4. My dinner diet contains half bowl of rice, fish (206 calories) and 1 banana again. It makes my calorie count 397.

　

5. During the day, I consume 5 cups of green tea which makes my calorie count 65-.

　

　

Activity (CC: 984 calories burnt)

1. I make breakfast for the entire family and as per the time I consume while preparing the breakfast, here is my calculation of calories. I spend 25 minutes preparing 3 cups of coffee, two cups of green tea, 2 scrambled eggs and 5 toasted breads. The calorie count is 20-.

　

1. Ironing my clothes makes my calorie count is 7- in 5 minutes. Packing my bag and leaving for office makes my calorie count 5-.

　

2. To reach the nearest bus stop, it takes me 10 minutes and hence my calorie count is 22-. Travelling and reaching my work place which takes an hour makes the count 27-.

　

3. I work constantly for 4 hours which makes my calorie count 352-.

　

4. Working for another 5 hours in the office, makes my calorie count 440- and travelling back home makes my calorie count -27.

　

5. Household tasks like walking, mopping (43 calories) and cleaning the dishes (34 calories) make my calorie count -84.

　

　

　

Hence on a regular day, I burn 189 calories and this is my method to keep my heart healthy. The main pointers I would like to highlight are: 30 minutes laughter exercise, 1 bowl of chiken or fish, 4-5 cups of green tea and 30 minutes of yoga. These factors play a very important role in your diet and health and help you remain healthy and fit. The websites that help me check on my calories are: http://calorielab.com and https://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/e4/foodcalories.html

I am joining the Saffolalife #ChhoteKadam initiative in association withBlogAdda and follow these small steps for a healthy heart.

Tips to keep the heart healthy

With regards to working women or men, very few of us can spend time on ourselves and our health. The max we do is to eat healthy food but that's not enough. We need to have a balanced diet as well as take precautions in our day-to-day life and avoid doing things that can harm our health and most importantly our heart. It's recorded that people above 40 are prone to heart diseases and hence we need to follow some steps to keep our heart healthy...

With regards to working women or men, very few of us can spend time on ourselves and our health. The maximum we do is to eat healthy food but that's not enough. We need to have a balanced diet as well as take precautions in our day-to-day life and avoid doing things that can harm our health and most importantly our heart. It's recorded that people above 40 are prone to heart diseases and hence we need to follow some steps to keep our heart healthy...

　

Stay Active: Age doesn't matter; work matters

　

I've always believed in doing household work as it's a stress buster for me and plus it keeps me active and it's something I love doing. I work outside as well and on weekends, I spend time cleaning my house and making food for the entire family. Doing housework like chopping, cleaning and cooking helps to keep our muscles working and it's better for the heart too as it helps in burning calories. I work for atleast 3 hours daily to stay fit and listening to music while working motivates me a lot. Besides doing housework, I also practise yoga and breathing exercises to help me reduces my stress and keep my blood pressure level normal. This is the first step I take for a healthy heart and body.

　

　

Eat Better:

　

I buy mostly ORGANIC products whether it's olive oil, honey and even vegetables that may be expensive but it's for the good health of my family and hence the necessary nutrients that the body should get but they don't get due to the foods being contaminated is eliminated by my this step. It's better we only buy organic products and give our heart and body what's necessary for them. I also drink green tea daily that helps me burn calories. This is the second step I take for a healthy heart and body.

　

　

Being Happy: Laughing exercise

　

I am a member of a laughter club since 2 years and every morning at 6:30 a.m., the young and middle aged residents of our area get together and practise this laughter exercise for 30-45 minutes. This is the best exercise for me as I don't need to stress my muscles or lift weights to stay fit but just laughing can work wonders for me. Ever since I've started this, it has reduced my stress and I've also read that it raises the levels of good cholesterol. It's the best method we can ever follow for a healthy heart. This is the third step I take for a healthy heart and body.

　

　

I shared few tips that I follow to keep me and my heart healthy and these methods have been the simplest ones for me at my age.

I am joining the Saffolalife #ChhoteKadam initiative in association withBlogAdda and follow these small steps for a healthy heart.

WOW Entry: An empty train

Empty train - This thought itself feels so lonely and empty as I am used to travelling in trains where there are way too many people jammed inside one compartment that all people stand on each others foot and those who stand envy those who have seats, almost cursing them in their minds to get down. LOL!

　

Jokes apart, there have not been many experiences that I share in an empty train but if I had to, it would have been as follows:

　

It's midnight, about 12:30 a.m. and I've just reached the Marine Lines station. I get off the taxi and pay the driver while constantly looking at my watch. Yes, the pass is here and now I just need to rush to the 8th platform and get a train fast.

　

It will be empty definitely as there is nobody at the station as well. If it had been 5-6, I sure wouldn't have managed to get in the train and then getting off at Dadar would mean committing suicide, I tell myself and laugh.

　

"Mam, would you like to buy bhel?" A hawker asks me. "You are here at this time?" "Yes, mam. I get buyers at midnight too and hence stay here till 1:30." I smile and buy one packet and then hear the train's whistle. Finally, the train has arrived and as I had known, the train is empty. I smile at myself that today there is nobody to accompany me and it's just me in the entire compartment.

　

How this compartment used to be full of people talking, quarrelling and struggling for a seat! It's irritating when I am in such a mess but this empty compartment is really boring. I don't even want a seat now and that's the feeling.

　

The train leaves the station and I keep watching the surroundings and enjoy the fresh air that made me take out my shawl and cuddle myself. The journey that seemed boring and lonely earlier is now feeling bliss and peaceful. It makes me think that in our daily life, how many moments do we spend alone and not worry about our own troubles? None.

　

The train keeps moving and horning and the announcer goes on "Please report any unclaimed bags and..." I hear the announcement just to pass my time and move about the compartment to check the ads pasted there that were half torn and scribbled on but I did spend time in checking out each ad wherein people advertised their services like teaching, restaurants, property owners and some had ads of cosmetics. It's surprising for me as I have been travelling by trains for so many years but I never got a chance to go through these ads.

　

The train halts at a signal and as I finish reading the ads in the compartment, I start to think how scary it feels in the middle of nowhere. I keep praying that the train starts soon as it was already 12:45 a.m. and I need to reach home fast. I cannot afford to wait any longer. And due to fear of any con man entering the train, I bow my head so that nobody from outside can see that I am alone in the compartment.

　

Two minutes have passed by and the train finally starts moving and as I sit down back on the seat, I notice the dirt on the floor. Chocolate wrappers, food grains and left overs of all the people who have been in this compartment. Not only do I notice the dirt on the floor but also the seats have scratches all over and the window frames are too dusty and dirty.

　

I look back at my seat that had footprints on it and I get up and prefer to stand, instead of getting my dress marked with stains. "You don't feel me worthy to sit on, right? My state is really bad, I know." I turn back and wonder whose voice was that and notice it wasn't coming from a human but it was the seat that was trying to communicate with me.

　

I take few steps back and the voice continues "Do you have time to hear my story?" "Yes, of course" I say and the seat continues. "I wasn't like this before and it's just 5 years back when I was fixed into this compartment with covers on and I was spotlessly clean. I was happy to be a part of this train until on the first day I noticed 20-25 women running towards me and roughly sitting on me and hurting me. As time passed by, I started getting dirty with stains and scratches and people started treating me very badly. Everyone here used to compete for a seat but nobody took time to bother about my state. It's my duty to give comfort to people but unfortunately, nobody gave comfort to me. Some were nice to not put their shoes on me while some weren't. People came, they threw the waste wrappers and papers below me and some even spit on my hands which makes me feel very bad. Very rarely did I get cleaned and most of the time I had to bear the harshness of the weather too like rains, storms. I remain wet till the morning till the time the sunrays fall me on and dry the droplets. Within a month, I looked old and dirty and today it's been 5 years and I've already turned too old that you preferred to get up. Same is the case with my dear friends, the windows, the walls, the fans and the railings. All were new like me but now they all have turned old and dirty. I am not complaining but I never ever got to share my story with anyone as everybody seemed so busy in their life. Who would take time to hear my story then? It has become a routine for me now and when I don't see people on me, that's when I get tensed. I know you feel lonely over here but I share the exactly same feeling as you do. I have got so used to the voices of humans that I miss them a lot from 1:40 to 6 and now when you get down, I'll again feel lonely."

　

"I'm so sorry to hear your story. As we all keep thinking about ourselves and leave you all dirty but today I realized that it's you who suffer too." As I keep thinking about my loneliness, I today realize that the train too feels empty and lonely. "The next station is Dadar..." the announcer says and I listen to that and wish the compartment adieu as I get off the train with a smile and memories to take with me.

‘This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.’

SMWMumbai - Sessions held at Hyatt

SMWMumbai was a gathering of all social media experts and those who need and use the social media for their businesses and brands and I being the later one had an amazing experience getting to learn about social media and its usefulness from many speakers at SMWMumbai.

　

There were a total of 13 sessions wherein each session left an impact on me and made me get to know tips and methods to connect with social media and make it a part of my life. They are as follows:

　

1) Monetisation of Digital Content:

Mr. Satya being the head of YouTube made us learn how to earn revenue from our ads and how we need to choose ads that match our videos. He explained how we can create Youtube channels and how Youtube lets a user skip an ad to watch the video which is why we need to make the ad watchable and choose sensibly to earn revenue. Youtube also gives us a stats that helps us check the sources of traffic that our video/ad receives.

　

2) Marginalisation of Creativity

　

Mr. Prahlad Kakkar was introduced as the creator of ads and he was the best person who could take us through the journey of how ads have become advanced and an important part of our day-to-day life. He said that enterprenuers have fear lateral thinking that ads a value to the work. Uniqueness is because of passopn and a mentor creates a great idea which the business of ad makers. Mr. Prahlad said that creativity has value today and each ad should may not have a repeat value but it should remain intact in your mind.

　

3) Crisis Cooperation

　

The three speakers asked the audience whether they belong to which section of crisis and while some said they are donors, there were many who were related to victims of natural calamaties. The speakers belonged to NGOs and they mentioned how tough it is for them to manage rumors, extract accurate information and not keep quiet about the calamity but keep giving out information so that the world can be updated about such calamaties. They also mentioned how important it is for them to close a loop and they are trying their best to use social media like twitter to connect to donors and seek help from them. Sonal mentioned about a sad event where politics also played a part during these natural calamaties and the needy ones did not get the required help.

　

4) Faces behind the Mask - Social Journey of Humans of Bombay

Karishma explained her journey wherein she tried to talk to strangers on the streets and she met a lower class woman who shared her intimate details with her. She said that it was a great experience for her to talk and connect with people on social media sites and learn about their life. She said she had a Facebook page wherein she shared the stories of 10 people whom she had met and she added a logo that was subject to copyright but still she managed to catch the attention of users who took interest in reading about those stories.

　

　

5) Celebrity Monetisation, Engagement and Content ownership on Social media #CelebSocial

During this session, many topics were raised about celebrities being responsible for the ads and their agreement to such ads and the speakers were clear about celebrities contribution and how does it affect the users. Mr. Lavin mentioned that social media has made everyone a publisher and it is necessary to lock in people who work for you for a minimum of a year, so there is a sustained image.

　

　

6) Influencer Marketing – The new unicorn in India's Digital Landscape


　
Here I got to learn that influencer marketing is for smaller businesses too and not only large businesses and credibility is an important factor for all influencers. It was said that influencers need to know their interest and get the right opportunity for marketing and it is necessary for us to research well to become an influencer. Some examples shared were based on their personal experience and they mentioned how we need to have an interest and the right knowledge to become an infleuncer.


　
7) True Wanderer: Fueling 5 Years of Social Journeys

　

A session filled with enthusiasm and appreciation as the winner of Wrangler 2016 was gifted a bike on the stage and the speaker Krishna Dorai mentioned that Wrangler intends to give the cowboy experience to the Indian consumer. He said that the winner had won a title to feature in the guiness book of world records and there was a twitter campaign too held during this session.

　

8)Talent Sourcing through Social

　

Big data recruitment was shared by the speaker and how we can see many community engagements on Twitter which are shared by big brands like CIA- creativity delight. He said that some tweets are always remembered as they bring out a different meaning and people always remember the source of these tweets which is how we source talent through social media.

　

9) "It’s Good to be good "


　
K V Sridhar shared some facts like how we pay premium for brands and not for commodities. He mentioned the need to make more people interact with brands for affinity towards the same. K V Sridhar mentioned that nobody believes in advertising these days but they believe in brands and hence there are many factors that have changed their perspective.


　
10) Can social intelligence soon replace conventional marketing research techniques

　

The session revealed that social media intelligence is popular today as it is very fast, cheap and the data shared is genuine. Social media replaces techniques and hence we have social listeners today due to social media as it replaces marketing. The speakers said that we need to drawvaluable insights, pick and test it as a proof of working social media and marketing work together. We need an expertise to do that and social data is taken and decisions are made.

　

11) User-Generated Content: New Data, Best Practices, and Concerns

The session started with the speakers talking about how Yes Bank sponsors short films to bring them to the notice of many users and it enhances talent of many new creators who create content on social media. Namrata mentioned that she had to redefine experience and that reprioritizing took 8-9 months and the brand won awards for data insights. Brands like starbucks believed in engaging with social media and redesigned their data and made data appear intelligent.

　

　

12) Social Media For Artists

Amit Yadav, a song writer, opened up about Ranveer Singh makes him sing on red carpet and how artists connect to social media and become more brave rather than being shy on social media. The speakers mentioned that artists tweet for themselves like Amitabh Bachchan and for artists, music does well due to social media where users buy music online and listen to their songs.

　


13) Okay, Social Media is the greatest. But what comes next?

　

Mahesh Murthy said that there will soon come a time where businesses will operate virtually due to social media and influencers will get credible. Niches are social media and the use of social media infrastructure is very important for us and sexuality has helped social media. There was a Q&A section where a question about influencers getting messages from unknown people pitching their business ideas and Murthy advised us that we need to share our contact as we got the ability to block unwanted or spam using social media.


The evening ended with the founder of R Sqaure's speech wherein he said that the insights shared at during the 5-day event were great and the next year would bring us more valuable tips and information about social media.

Learning about Personal Branding at #SMWMumbai

I am really grateful to Blogadda and Kavi for making me aware that we can personally brand ourselves and the tips shared during the Masterclass session was really informative and helpful.

Twitter Handle:

Kavi spoke about how a twitter handle can make us a brand and like I have my twitter handle, people who actually know me by that name and it will be my identity just like a brand has its identity.

How do we define ourselves:

 

Kavi explained how users can be categorized as Prisoners, Holiday, Experts or Explorers and how we can move from one stage to another with the help of personal branding. He gave us an example wherein he heard an individual for 3 hours by hearing a sessions on Youtube and this is the way we as brands express ourselves. He also taught us how we can be purposeful by blogging about one topic that we have chosen to represent ourselves by tweeting or using a hashtag that defines us. He also gave an example of an individual representing his brand by the color and using a particular color for all his work and it was the theme of his website. It made me understand that I can also do the same to choose one theme and just focus on that to get a better identity.

Platforms and their selection:

Kavi spoke about 5 different platforms and them being a part of our branding. Like I connect myself more to twitter than to facebook, I could choose my platform as Twitter and explore my ideas via tweets. It would help me as a brand and as an individual. The main stream of work should be chosen via our platforms.

1:9:90:

This was a very interesting formula given by Kavi wherein he explained how we can identify people as 90% who just consume, 9% who curate and collect information and 1% who create stuff and how we should identify ourselves as to be known better.

Markets are what people are:
Kavi explained how people buy from people and the market is what people are in reality and hence we should build a proposition for ourselves and let our work do the talking. We should also reimagine our work and not stick to rules.

Working out loud:

Kavi introduced this book "Working out loud" by John Stepper and how does this book help in personal branding. It was interesting for my to get to know about this book and it has been added to my reading list already.

Who?

At the end of the session, Kavi explained that we should recognize who are the people who connect with us and they are domain specific, people who we know, people who share and people who respond.


It was overall a great session on Personal Branding with Kavi and Blogadda.

It happened one morning - Flowers at the door

"Tring tring...Tring tring" The bell keeps ringing and the cat besides me keeps meowing and waking me up with its paws. I remove my eye mask and my blanket, wear my slippers in my night gown and walk towards the door.

　

I open the door slowly and notice the rings have stopped and on opening the door, nobody appears to be standing outside. "The bell was continuously ringing and now there's no one? Was it the kids just playing with the bell?" I was about to close the door when my eyes fell on a bouquet of flowers containing red roses, yellow lilies and white sunflowers wrapped neatly together on the floor.

　

My eyes glow up and a small smile trickles on my lips watching those beautiful flowers smelled so fresh and mesmerizing that I couldn't stop myself from adoring their fragrance and beauty. I bent down to hold it in my arms till a loud voice trembled near my ears "No...Don't touch them." I turned in the direction of the voice and noticed my sister rushing towards me with a fright and she held my hand and pulled me backwards.

　

"What happened Dee?" I ask with a stunned face and she looks at me saying "You don't know who has sent these flowers and you're bringing them inside the house? Don't do that."

　

"But why? They are just beautiful flowers." I say and she answers "Things that are beautiful can be equally dangerous too. You know to bring unknown flowers inside the house can be very risky. See, there seems to be no note on these flowers."

　

　

I look at the bouquet and take 2 steps behind saying "You mean that these flowers are dangerous?" "Yes, who knows that they can contain some dangerous chemicals to make us unconscious."

　

"Oh yes, like those goons who try to make the housemates unconscious and then rob the houses that was shown in Crime Patrol "Har jurm hone se pehle dastak deta hai"." I say in a frightened tone. My sister nods her head.

　

"Or they must be sent by a mysterious lover or secret admirer who must be a stalker since long and now sending flowers?" I almost tear up while saying this and my sister gets scared hearing this and says softly while he eyes tremble "Like Shahrukh Khan in the Darr movie? A crazy stalker?"

　

"Or may be there's a bomb in the flowers" We both turn behind and see our maid Sunita coming towards us from the kitchen. "Yes mam. The flowers may contain a bomb too. Like what they showed in CID yesterday." We all three turn to look at those flowers.

　

"A chemical, a stalker or a bomb. What could be there in this bouquet?" We keep asking ourselves and looking at each other and suddenly someone passes us and brings the bouquet inside the house. "Babloo." My sister screams as her 5-year-old toddler keeps the bouquet on the dining table.

　

"Oh mom, it's just a bouquet. What to get scared in this? A lover also can send this? Like aunt's boyfriend." Sunita and my sister turn towards me questioningly and I start blushing while feeling embarrassed and they too start smiling.

　

"Hmm...And you never told us about this boyfriend before?" My sister asks me and I smile and am about to reply when my nephew cuts me and says "Aunty was talking to her special friend yesterday and this is when I got to know about him." I look at him with anger.

　

My sister says "Interesting. So this special friend has sent this bouquet for you?" "No, no...He's lying. Shut up Babloo." I say in a rude tone and he starts giggling.

　

My sister picks up the bouquet and hands it over to me saying "Now check if it has a note." I feel embarrassed and check the bouquet. I get a note hidden inside and open it to read "Happy Birthday, My Love Reena."

　

"Reena?" We all three say in a chorus and the bell rings. We turn behind and find a courier boy walking towards us. "Sorry madam, this bouquet was to be delivered in the flat above and by mistake I delivered them here. Can you please return them?" I, my sister and the maid give the courier boy a blank look and I hand him over the flowers. My smile vanishes and I feel humiliated as he leaves the house and closes the door. Babloo starts laughing loudly and I frown and run inside my room.

　

　

I keep telling myself "First I was scared to even hold the bouquet and felt that it may contain a chemical or a bomb and when finally I felt it must have been a gift from my boyfriend, it turns out to belong to someone else. Urgg...This is such a bad feeling and so embarrassing too. Mile to bhi problem, na mile to bhi problem"

Married women are not attractive?

When a girl gets married, she is termed as less attractive and she loses her charm. This may sound odd but it’s true. There are many times that I've noticed married women are called AUNTY by children, teenagers and even elders and BHABHI by other males or from the same age group women and this happened to me as well when I was referred to as a SISTER and a GIRL before getting married but the names changed after I got married. It had become too much for me to handle at a time till I started wearing only saris or in some cases punjabi or salvar suits as I too found myself old and aged when I was in my late 20s. It happens with all married women and till they aren't married, they are considered as girls or women and after that as non-attractive aunties. Married women are considered as big sisters, aunts and so they need to look after their look more than unmarried woman especially because after pregnancy, there are hormonal changes which occur and woman put on a lot of weight. However, some women manage to look stunning even after their marriage as they look after their figure but still are not considered attractive as people look at them with respect and do not wish to remove the married factor from them. I don't say that we should not be respected but why are we tagged as unattractive women after marriage.

　

Same goes with celebrities as well who are married and their fan following reduces once they get married. Whether it's Aishwaria Rai, Kareena Kapoor or Rani Mukherjee, these three celebrities were considered as beautiful, size zero and hot before marriage while now all three are mummies or going to be mummies and hence are regarded as seniors in the Bollywood industry. They are just few years elder than the unmarried celebs in the industry but still this changes after they get married. They don't get roles like before.

　

　

This is a disturbing factor as for males, they always remain hot and desirable but there is a huge difference in the perspective when it comes to married women and I have never been able to decipher why this happens.

Shivaay Vs ADHM Controversy - Lost a Viewer's Trust

Recently, the Kamal R Khan (KRK( controversy appeared on all news channels and Twitter was full of digs taken at Ajay Devgan and Karan Johar due to the clash of two big budget movies Shivaay and Ae dil Hai Mushkil (ADHM).

　

This controversy started with KRK's review on ADHM and Shivaay wherein the Bollywood critic, actor and direction Kamal R Khan reviewed the trailers of both these movies that release on the same day (October 28, 2016). KRK went on to sing praises for ADHM but he criticized the movie Shivaay a lot which raised many eyebrows as people mostly liked Shivaay's trailer and it had received a positive response from many. After getting to know about the negative review, Kumar Mangat and Ajay Devgan were upset and they made a dummy call to KRK as Mangat is said to be a friend of KRK and he asked him about the negative review stating that they being friends, he shouldn't have been so negative about the film. KRK supported himself and said that since he received 25 lakhs for the review of ADHM from Karan Johar, he praised the movie. He did not agree that he was paid to bash Shivaay but it was assumed. This entire controversial tape was leaked by Ajay Devgan two days later and then there were news articles, KRK tweets, KRK's interview with Times Now and all sorts of controversies and explanations that followed.

　

After I read this news and heard the tape, I was not shocked as I know that people are paid for reviews of movies but this came out in the open which made it crystal clear that all reviews that movies receive from big brands and reviewers are mostly fake. It brought out the dark side of Bollywood again where everything is bought and sold behind the curtains and producers and directors can do anything to earn money and get their movie earn the maximum amount at the Box Office. It was nothing new to learn about but still it hurt me a lot as we people keep visiting theaters, paying our hard-earned money to get entertained for those 2.5-3 hours and many a times we get disappointed if the movie doesn't live up to our expectations. We do this as we check that a movie has got a positive review from popular reviewers who are considered trusted and then feel that the movie is worth watching. When I get to know that all the reviewers were paid and they simply trash movies that may turn out to be really good, it hurts a lot as at the end of the day, we feel our money is lost.

　

Bollywood is filled with way too many dark secrets which everytime prove that viewers are being cheated all the time and we are fooled to watch movies in theaters and not even get to watch an entertaining movie. When producers don't have faith in their own movies and pay criticis, what is the point of viewers trusting them and going to theaters to watch these movies? We watch the movies as we either like the actors, director or trust the movie or reviews but if these things happen and we feel cheated, our trust also fades. I respect Karan Johar a lot and he has delivered many good movies earlier and I don't know to what extent this news is true. However, bashing another movie so that one's own movie does well makes the competition look ugly in the end. Both the movies have spent a lot of money in making the movies but instead of keeping their movie in a buzz with such controversies, it would be so better to promote their movies in a better way. Such controversies leave a bad taste in the viewer's mind and we feel that everything is just fake in the end. It hurts our trust and we end up believing nothing which shouldn't be the case.

　

　

At the end, I just feel that makers today are concentrating more on creating controversies that delivering a good movie to entertain the audience which is really SAD. They may or may not have gained anything by this but they surely lost ONE viewer and that's ME.

When I met him...My idol, my inspiration, my hero...Rajesh Khanna WOW

"Hello, Luiza" I hear a voice from behind as I pick up roses from a garden and I turn behind to trace the voice. I see two eyes of a man walking in the midst of fog approaching me and the roses slip from my hand.

　

"Ra...Ra...Rajesh Khanna..." My voice trembles and eyes refuse to blink as I notice that the man is none other than Bollywood's first superstar, Rajesh Khanna.

　

Rajesh Khanna approaches me and stands in front of me with a smile on his face and I keep watching the twinkle in his eyes. As I try to realize what's happening and try to come to my senses, tears start trickling down my cheeks. I watch his hands moving upwards, towards my cheek and I move backwards in a start. The voice says "Luiza, mujhse yeh aasoon nahin dekhe jaate (I cannot see these tears) ... I hate tears."

　

I keep watching his face as it glows and say "I always wanted to meet you, Sir. I so wanted to meet you...But you left this world....Couldn't control my tears." Rajesh replies saying "Call my Rajesh, Luiza. I am your friend. Your babumushoi."

　

As he talks to me, his voice keeps going deeper and our conversation continues as I can't stop my tears from flowing. "Why? Why did you leave this world? I can't bear this pain. You were just 69 and as I do every year, I wanted to celebrate your 70th birthday by offering a mass for you in my church. I couldn't believe that you left this world so soon."

　

Rajesh smiles again and replied "Babumushoi, zindagi aur maut upar waale ke haath hai ... usse na toh aap badal sakte hai na main ... hum sab to rangmanch ki kathputliyan hai jinki dor upar waale ki ungliyon mein bandhi hai (My friend, life and death is in the hands of God ... you can't change it and neither can I ... we all are puppets of the theater whose string is tied in the fingers of God)"

　

"That's true." I say and smile remembering the olden days when I was his crazy fan girl. "Why the hidden laughter? Wouldn't you share it with me?" I look at him and my eyes meet his and I say "I know Rajesh that you must have had lakhs of fan girls and must have heard this several times but today I want to tell you how much I loved you, you were my hero. I come from a middle-class family and hence mom used to not give me much pocket money but I used to collect few paise everyday from my school pocket money to watch your movie in the theater. May it be Ittefaq, Do Raaste or Anand and many more, I watched most of your movies First Day First Show but many a times I used to not get tickets for your movies as they used to run housefull. You were an idol for me and every role of yours is close to my heart."

　

"I know, Luiza. You were one of my biggest fans and hence I'm here today to thank you as it's because of fans like you that I became a star. Thanks a lot for making me what I am." He says while tapping my shoulders with his left hand.

　

"You remember the first time when you came to the court and I met you?" He laughs when I say this and responds while holding my shoulders with both and hands "Of course. I saw you running towards me and among all others who kept shouting my name, you stood silently and offered me a paper to give me autograph while your eyes were still scared of me. I signed it for you then."

　

I smile widely and nod my head saying "Yes, you had written "Love You, Rajesh Khanna" and that day was bliss as I saw my idol before me. The other lawyers rushed towards me and tried to grab that note from me and they succeeded in tearing the paper. I cried and cried for days as that was the only thing I had of you and after that I was left to only talk to your pictures in my room and in my books."

　

"I know Luiza and hence I have brought this for you." It was a bouquet of flowers and a note that read "Love You, Rajesh Khanna". The tears dry up as I see the thing that I always longed for all my life and everytime when I remembered Rajesh, that note used to come in my dreams. "What are you thinking about, Luiza? This is what you wanted from me and here I came to give it to you. Afterall, you are my biggest fan Luiza." I hug him and feel that I've achieved everything in life with this hug. I felt blessed to meet my inspiration, Rajesh Khanna.

　

"Now I need to go, Luiza. I came here to thank you for your love and now I've achieved that with the smile on your face." As he decides to leave, I hold his hand and Rajesh turns behind with his eyes asking me the reason and I say "Before you go, I have a poem written for you:

　

Yeh Raaz nahi hai ki main aapse Amar Prem karti hoon

Is Prem Nagar mein aapko main Aaina mein dekhti hoon

Aap ki Kasam, maine apni Khamoshi se yeh Sacha Jhoota rishta nibhaya

Ek Choti Bahu banke maine is Raaz ko raaz ki tarah sambhala

Is Anand ko main apne Palkon Ki Chaon Mein chupaungi

Aur zindagi ke Safar mein Bandhan nibhaungi

　

Rajesh kisses me on my forehead and leaves the garden leaving behind his footsteps that tell me what a wonderful person he was all his life and the music plays as I notice him vanishing in the fog "Zindagi ka safar, hai yeh kaisa safar...Koi samjha nahi, koi jaana nahi"

　

　

A letter that was saved in my drafts and here's a picture of my first love, Bollywood's first and my only superstar...Rajesh Khanna...

This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.
 

My experience at Lloyd Sheroes

Yesterday, I attended the LLOYD SHEROES Summit and had a great experience overall. There were many speakers whose insight and experience helped me a lot to rethink my career goals and get to know how can I prove myself as a women professional. Here are some points that I would like to share:


The event started with writers like Apurv Nagpal and Bhawna Mohile speaking about getting women to write for their book 18+ and Urjita Kulkarni spoke about her family supporting her career and why women shouldn't suppress their choices to write bold content. It was really interesting to know that there are women who are confident about their talent and are brave enough to write abut sex humor and content. The writers also spoke about pen names of women writers as they do not prefer to write their real names on books. Since I also am a premature writer and write short stories, it really motivated me to begin my career as a writer and not have any second thoughts on the same.

The second session had Nipun Singhal, Shijini Kumar and Reena Chabbra who spoke about their career experience and I got to know many interesting facts when Shijini mentioned how Paytm focuses on age groups between 15-35 using digital media and that she wants to introduce a feature that helps women working late nights and gives them an option to recharge their mobile easily. It was inspiring to know how Shijini and Reena spoke about women customers and related to their thoughts and likings. Even Nipun spoke about how his company has introduced a unisex machine due to the sexism that exists.

The third session had a mixture of a spiritual essence and humor where Sonam Kalra made us watch a video of her latest album and it really touched my heart. She spoke about her journey as a singer of Sufi Gospel. Neeti Palta's session was just great as it was filled with humor and being thoughtful. She made me think about sexism that exists in every field as she spoke about how female comedians are asked about their humor content and questioned in terms of talent compared to male comedians.



The fourth session was really interesting as it had speakers like Sonali Roy Chowdhary, Rega Jha, Deepali Nair and Neha Motwani wherein they explained how women taking maternity leaves and their experience while working in a male dominated sector. It was interesting to hear how women face so many barriers while working and how a male founder is considered better than a female founder. It made me realize that women need to work very hard to gain the confidence of clients and it matters in cases where women lead businesses.

 

 

The fifth session had the very famous personality Venky Mysore who spoke about his experience with KKR and how he brought a change in the entire team to make it a successful one. He also added humorous elements while talking about his meetings with Shahrukh Khan and Jai Mehta and how did he land up from a cooperate world to the entertainment and cricket world.





Last but not the least, we had three women entrepreneurs who spoke about their brands and businesses and how they plan to be innovative and monetize their business. We also heard Varun Grover who claimed to be a feminist more than a meninist and his personal experience when it comes to sex being treated and spoken about with children being around and it being considered a boon.

Overall, every session was very interesting and I got to hear famous business entrepreneurs talk about their experience and make me feel that I could also be one of them if I take up the right opportunities and prove myself.

 

My Gadget Zapstore

After introducing to you my Celebrity Zapstore, I have a new store created for technology lovers. In this store, I would let you know how you can buy three best gadgets within a price range of 50000-52000. You will then ask me that in 50000, how can I own 3 best gadgets and my answer would be "Why not?" I would show you that in just 50k, you could buy the best smartphone, digital camera and notebook which would be of the best brands and also have all the features that you would require. Just check out my Gadget Zapstore now:

Here's a link to my Gadget Zapstore: https://zapstore.com/s/luizafern

1. We'll start with the Dell Inspiron 3558 Notebook. Dell is the best brand anyone should own when it comes to laptops and notebooks as Dell products are durable and one of the most popular companies in our country.


　

The features of Dell Inspiron include:

1 Year Dell Onsite Warranty

Processor: 5th Gen Intel Core i3-5005U

Memory (RAM): 4 GB

Hard Disk Capacity: 1 TB

Screen Size: 39.62 cm(15.6)

Operating System: Ubuntu

　

　

The best fact is that it uses Ubuntu that's even better than Mac and Windows. The screen size is as big as any other laptop and the processor is the best in the market. You could easily carry it while travelling and there could be nothing better than owning this notebook for regular work and projects. I would definitely recommend this product as it's the best product in my store and a must purchase.

　

2. Next comes in Samsung Galaxy A5. When we take the name of smartphones, it's only Samsung and Apple whose names we hear as these two brands are the best in terms of mobile phones and smartphones but here my choice is this absolutely fantastic Samsung smartphone with the greatest features available.

　

The features of Samsung Galaxy include:

1 year Warranty

12.7 cm (5) HD Super AMOLED Touch Screen Display

2GB RAM

13MP Camera With LED Flash

2300 MAh Battery

1.2 GHz Quad Core Processor

　


When we are talking about a smartphone, the questions raised are the camera and processor and we can see that Samsung Galaxy A5 has it all. 13MP is the best ever camera quality you can find in any smartphone and the battery life too of this phone is the best we can find. The display screen is the same for all Samsung products and you cannot find a better product in the market that has so many features at the price of just 19789. You can download almost all apps from the Google Play Store on this phone and it's an assurity I can give you that you will have a splendid experience. Isn't it a must get in your list?

　

3. Finally, here comes the third and last product of my Zapstore and it's a Canon IXUS 175 20.0 MP Digital Camera. Now after a notebook and smartphone, we will checkout this amazing camera from Canon. Canon for me is the best ever company with regards to printers and camera and I couldn't have shown you another brand when I could manage to get a Canon camera in the same price range.

　

The features of Canon include:

　

Warranty : 2 Years Manufacturer Warranty

Optical Zoom : 6X to 9.9X

Screen : 6.85 cm (2.7) LCD

ISO Rating : AUTO, ISO 100 - ISO 800, 1-stop increments

Video Display Resolution : 1280 x 720

Image Sensor : CMOS Sensor

Lens Aperture : f/3.2 - f/9.0 (W), f/6.9 - f/20.0 (T)

Image Processing Technology : DIGIC 4+

The 8x optical zoom

Other Features : Battery: Li-ion

Pixels: 20.0 MP



We can see that Canon has offered a 2 years warranty for this product and it has the best resolution and camera pixel of 20.0 which means all your photographs would be of HD quality. There couldn't be a better gadget for clicking pictures as memories with this camera phone and Canon has done its best in bringing to you their latest product for the best rate of 6675. It will definitely make your photography skills an art and an enjoyable experience.

　

　

So now since you've seen my Celebrity and Gadget Zapstore, do let me know which store did you visit and which items did you like among them. I hope I've done a good job in recommending these products and making you purchase them else atleast have a look at them.


 I am making my own store for the #BestZapStore activity at BlogAdda in association with Zapstore. 
 

My Celebrity Zapstore

Oh Well well well....Zapstore makes me proud to introduce to your the products that I need to introduce to you and explain why you need to buy them...I have created this store to bring to you the best collections from all over the world and make you aware of the things you are missing out on...Here is a glimpse of my Celebrity Zapstore wherein I have a beauty Anarkali dress, a jewelry set and pair of shoes and that's all you need to make your shopping experience one of a kind and this look is a perfect celebrity look. So peep in folks:


Here is a link to my Celebrity Zapstore: https://zapstore.com/s/luizafern


1. Herein, I introduce to you the very beautiful, gorgeous and mesmerizing Black Anarkali Dress Material that looks stunning in the image below. Just checkout the design, embroidery, finishing and overall outfit which doesn't require any jewelry as it is on it's own a master piece.

Doesn't it look like the salwars that are worn by famous celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone and Aishwaria Rai. Just check out the complete look wherein the model is holding the chunari that falls to the floor as it's absolutely not needed when the salwar itself is so gorgeous and elegant. If you wear this salwar, be ready for a number of compliments and appreciation you would receive from your friends and near and dear ones. It's definitely worth purchasing it. Hurry up now.





2. Herein I bring to you a jewelry set that goes perfectly with this black salwar kameez and it's none other than the Dilan Jewels that are perfectly shaped and presented as a set with the earrings looking absolutely amazing and even though your salwar doesn't need any jewelry and stands alone as the best dress one could ever have, this jewelry set is a must go with it to bring out the beauty of the outfit.


Now you would ask me that why do you need any jewelry when you outfit is itself so gorgeous? My answer would be simple...You need a beautiful necklace and earrings that make your look complete and a woman is incomplete without jewelry. Why not add a cherry as a topping?





3. When the outfit and jewelry is so amazing, the shoes definitely need to stand out from the rest and here I bring to you Black Stiletto Heels that are not only matching your outfit but they match your jewelry as well. These pair of shoes are definitely going to enhance your overall look.

Haven't you seen celebrities wearing heels and flaunting their outfit? Definitely you must have seen and hence don't stop yourself from buying these shoes and make it a day to celebrate.
Checkout these items from my store and add them to your cart before time runs out. Snapdeal has also offered you a great discount on these items and Zapstore has given me this opportunity to bring these items to you and make you know my preferences. Hurry up now.





I am making my own store for the #BestZapStore activity at BlogAdda in association with Zapstore. 


 

Criticism only helps

I still remember the day when my result was announced and I rushed to the board to see my marks. I scored 88 out of 100 in Hindi and my Hindi master congratulated me for the same but also mocked me saying that if I had to take tuitions from him, I would score 95-99 marks in Hindi. I just looked at him without a smile as I knew he was trying to put me down instead of appreciating me for getting those marks even without taking private tuitions. The master kept taunting me whenever the results were out and I used to feel low due to his behaviour and used to cry alone in a corner while the other classmates used to enjoy the scene. It was then a friend named Anna consoled me and said that these people are mocking you because they are jealous of you. The master wants to earn from you and take credit for your marks but since you did not take tuitions from him and are still able to get such good marks, he was unhappy. They are laughing at you as they are scared of your success but you should never be weak in life and only defy them. I did not believe her that moment but then I thought about it and realized that it was only the money factor that mattered to others and not my talent and I had to prove to them that I can achieve what I want only based on my talent. I cleared my tenth scoring 72% which made me among the top 5 students of my school and I was the only one who never took classes and scored those marks based on my knowledge solely.


The same happened with me in college too and I kept remembering Anna's words that those who laugh at you are only scared of your success and this was my main motto in life. I kept clearing my exams and received a scholarship and freeship as well that helped me to study in the LAW college free of cost. I managed to complete my college studies as well as I worked in the office and got a promotion within 1 year. The words of Anna were so consoling and soothing that made me confident in life and even when my own people used to criticize me, I never looked back or gave up on my studies but my goal was always forward and I achieved the same with an LLM degree with first class in all subjects. Today I'm a Criminal Lawyer and still I face the same criticism and competition in the court but I still am able to stand strong and fight in the court without looking back.

The main message of this post is "THERE WILL BE MANY WHO WILL PUT YOU DOWN IN LIFE BUT THE TRUE WINNER WILL BE THE ONE TO FACE THE CRITICISM AND OVERCOME IT WITH SUCCESS."


I am blogging about my dreams and the people who helped make them true for the #AdviceThatMattered activity at BlogAdda in association with Stoodnt.

My father, my inspiration

I am glad that Blogadda and Stoondt has made me remember the person who has inspired me in my life and helped me achieve my goals. There have been many people who have advised me many times in my life and today is the day to remember those inspirational words and quotes that I remember at every point in my life. The person whose advice I follow till this day is my FATHER.
When I started earning money from my first job at the age of 16, my mother was very disappointed as she believed that girls should not go out and work and this used to always pinch me badly to see the unhappy face of my mom. I still remember the day when I earned my first salary and rushed towards my mom to feed her with sweets. She refused to eat them but my dad held my shoulders and asked for a sweet that I was going to feed my mom. He ate it and blessed me with his hand. It was not that my mom was angry on me but she just feared that the outside world was cruel towards working women but my dad always encouraged me and let me fulfil my dreams.



I used to work and study in the evening college and it used to get late to reach home and it was my father who used to come to take me from my college so that I'm safe. He always was there for me and used to protect me from falling. Studies was something he admired as he used to sit under street lights and learn. He loved books a lot and used to keep awake with me throughout my exams and used to wait for me outside the exam hall to boost my confidence. Some of the quotes I still remember when I feel low and need help are:


Never beg, borrow and steal...Always live on your own money and strength and in times of hardships, never borrow money as it would only increase your problems but never reduce it. This quote of his has always helped me whenever I needed money and I learnt to manage through it till now.


If you meet back-to-back failures till it makes you bend completely, that is the time when you need to rise...The meaning that this quote of my dad taught me that I should never feel it's the end of my life when I am sad or going through an emotional breakdown or professional hardships in my life. Things will become fine soon as every person gets his share of happiness and sadness.



Dream as high as you can, but never forget yourself in your dreams...This was the most important quote of his that applies in every stage of my life. I always had dreams about my married life, my kids and my family but I never expected beyond my limits or something that I couldn't fulfil. I knew and set my boundaries.

I am blogging about my dreams and the people who helped make them true for the #AdviceThatMattered activity at BlogAdda in association with Stoodnt.

A letter to my best friend #WOW

My dear Myra,

　



This is your old friend Luiza, from Mumbai, India. I know you might be surprised as you read this letter as I am contacting you after almost 5 years since we met and interacted with each other but today I got a chance to pen down my emotions and tell you how much you mean to me as a friend as Friendship's day is just 2 days away and this day I want you to read my letter and wear the friendship band I am sending you, enclosed with this letter. In this letter, I wish to go through those old memories and tell you how special you have been for me by using COLORS and the resemblance of these colors in our friendship.
　

YELLOW SIGNIFIES THE PURITY AND JOYFUL MOMENTS OF OUR FRIENDSHIP:

　

I still have faint memories of the day when we first became friends. It was my first day at school and we were in the first standard. I kept looking out my window and kept crying as my mom bid me adieu and left me in the classroom and I kept holding the bars of the window in the hope that she'll come back and take me away. It was then you who came towards me and patted me on the back. I then looked back and you smiled at me. It was a moment I can never forget as I still remember your smile and that day we became friends, best friends for life and since then, you had become my protector and anyone who used to fight with me, you used to come forward to support me. We were called "Laurel and Hardy" in school as I was very thin and you were healthy. Often we used to laugh and love the name given to us.

　

RED AND YELLOW SIGNIFIES THOSE JOVIAL MOMENTS WE SHARED:

Remember the day when we played a prank on Miss Catherine? It still makes me laugh, imagining Miss Catherine wondering where we had left the class when she was in front of us all the time. That day we were so bored of attending classes and our attendance had already been taken in the first period itself. We then thought of a plan to escape hearing more classes and before Miss Catherine entered, we went underneath the benches as all the students stood up to greet her. We quitely kept walking on our knees and while moving outside the class, I almost hit her saree fall and you caught my hand. I was about to make a noise and you silenced me by putting your finger on the lips. Then we quitely hurried up and left the class. The moment we reached outside, we just got up and ran and then we climbed up the school gate to only be stopped by the watchman. He asked us where we were going and you said "My friend is unwell..." You pinched me while saying that and I made a sad face to make him believe us. I also acted as if I was about to puke and hence he felt sorry and told you to take me to the doctor. We then left and smirked at each other. Our first ever experience of bunking school and we roamed around in our school dress. So much fun.

　

LIGHT PINK SIGNIFIES THOSE MOMENTS WHERE I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR PRESENCE AND ADMIRED YOU AS A FRIEND:

I must have never shared this with you earlier but today I want to thank you so much for supporting me during those moments when I felt like my life is over and I wanted to end it to get free from my pain. It was like my entire life had come to a standstill when the person whom I loved so much, the person for whom I had fought with my parents and for whom I misused my job duties too had cheated on me for a girl who looked more beautiful and was more rich than I was. He broke our engagement a week before we had to get married in the Church and when everything had been decided. That time, even our friend and my best colleague, Reena, had told me to leave her house as she felt I was a bad omen for her while she was getting married. She did not invite me for her wedding and she asked you to come for the function before me. You being a true friend scolded her for misbehaving with me and did not take her invitation card and just left. That time I was sad but happy too that you were there for me when everyone just hated me. I can't thank you enough for always standing for me even during those bad moments.

　

DARK PINK SIGNIFIES TWO WORDS THAT I WANT TO SAY "THANK YOU"

Today, I cannot think of anyone else as my best friend and it's only you with whom I have shared me best moments as well as weak ones, my secrets which you never disclosed to anyone and kept them locked in your heart and I just want to thank you for everything and I will always love you. They say friends are closer to you than your own family is. I would have never believed this if I had never had you in my life. You've been more than my own blood relations and my best friend, Myra.

　

I have written a small poem for you today to show my appreciation (PEACH SIGNIFIES APPRECIATION)

　

May my own family turn its face

And the whole world change its pace

I know there's a pure soul waiting for me

It's only you who's always with me like an ace

　

　

Whenever you see me, you capture me in an embrace

I feel entangled in a maze

May our friendship always be remembered as Laurel and Hardy

With all our memories locked in a suitcase.

　

Love you Myra...

　

　

WISHING YOU A HAPPY FRIENDSHIP'S DAY...

　

　

Yours truly,

Luiza (your own luci)

 

 

 

 

 

This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.