DIY Spree

              None other than me will know how important bookmarks are. It always was the tragedy, that happened to me during the peak hours of preparation for exams. I was not the kind of a person getting prepared for exams well in advance. So, every second was more important for me, during the so called "11th hour preparation". I often forgot the page I was reading, before I took a break. This, I would realize only after reading at least one/two previous papers. How rude of my memory to treat me like this! I still wonder why I never used something called a bookmark. It was yesterday, when I saw Shiva using a piece of cardboard as a book mark, that I realized what I should have done years ago :) . So, I thought I will make him a bookmark, myself. And then, I was on a DIY bookmark spree. Here are the pictures of the bookmarks I made for him!

7 more to go

        Reading has always been my favorite pastime. When in Chennai I used to be so obsessed with reading books. One period would be for thrillers, the other for love stories, comedy, and I ended up reading philosophical books too ( which I could never read before, for some reason). But after getting married, I hardly read any books. May be I was involved mostly in reading my darling :). Or I was so much into watching movies and doing other craft works, that I put aside books. However, as the new year is fast approaching, I suddenly realized that I read only 5 books this year ( which you can also see in the Book List 2011). So, here I am taking a November resolution :) to make the book list have at least 12 books for 2011. So, 7 more to go..  Of course I will keep you guys posted. Wish me luck!

Manners makes a man

              We have been to a Botanical Garden here, in our place, last week. What anyone would do in a botanical garden was not what we did anyways. As none of us had any background knowledge of plants, what we merely did was take pictures with beautiful plants all over. Meanwhile, I was awestruck at the sight of something. Not a plant, but a kid!! We were taking pictures around a very small path. My husband was on one side of it, to take the picture of our friends on the other side. And here comes this cute kid, along with his grand father. Seeing us taking a picture, he stopped so as to not disturb our picture. Even if the kid had not stopped,he would hardly have come into our frame! We were awed by the manners of the kid. He would be just 2 or 3 years. After seeing and hearing about so many people who rarely care for others, and who show so much of unnecessary attitude, this kid really is someone i am glad to have seen. God bless him! Such little things matter a lot in life. And, manners makes a man!