What’s the first thing you do when you get off work/out of school?

 

We usually hear people say that if I were doing some ‘X’ thing probably I would have been getting this or if I had gotten some leisure time then I would have done the most of what I really wanted to. Talking about this tendency of pondering about something that we do not have currently, we tend to constantly resonate wishful vibrations. I usually come across folks who speak loud about what they do when they are done for the day’s work or back from school. So here are some of the coolest things people voiced out to be as their first things to do when they get off work.

 

• Change the sweaty and soiled clothes and get into a comfortable home wear

 

• Hug my best friend, my dog-Boozo and after getting completely pampered by his licks give him his treat of biscuits. He relaxes me thoroughly.

 

• Close the bedroom door and lie down quietly on the bed with eyes closed

 

• I just put my bag down on the table and enter the kitchen and start cooking. Cooking is a nice relaxation therapy.

 

• My kids are my biggest motivators and first thing I want when I reach home is to see where they are and what they are doing and how much I missed them the whole day

 

• I am very used to seeing everyone at home since my school days. I am working now and still the first thing I do when I reach home is ask Where is everyone?

 

• I freshen up with a cup of tea and some delightful snacks after which I stand in my home balcony just blank..it feels quite rejuvenated

 

• Since I’m a music lover, I have got a good collection of music CDs which are really very relaxing. I usually put the music on extremely low sound and in dim light enjoy my cuppa coffee seated on my rocking chair

 

• After school, I reach home and literally throw my bag and shoes and call all my friends and start playing cricket

 

• After a long day’s work, I reach home and get myself a nice hot brimming cup of tea after which I start watering my garden trees and plants for half an hour or so in my deep connection with them

 

• I reach home & narrate the entire day to my spouse who listens very patiently to all the small details J

 

• I close my room door and since I’m an avid reader I start reading my novels

 

• I love watching comic serials so I spend some time watching television

 

• Go out for a stroll in the park and watch children play

 

• Go to sleep for an hour and after waking up read some stuff

 

 

Sweet memory lane!

As a child I was quite choosy about every small bit that was being offered or going around me…be it the company I share, the environment or even the way my mom tied up my hair. I guess that’s one of the reasons I indulged into doing things on my own like plating my hair, wearing my dress, shoes, packing my bag, and setting all things in place. Obviously there were imperfections attached to it but then it gave me a sense of being in control. My parents did their very best in stepping me up at various activities like dancing, skating, cycling, driving, swimming, mehendi, rangoli etc. which I thoroughly enjoyed and it became more of routine. Sundays was the time with dad and we used to ask him to take us out for ice cream or a long drive..they were amazing. Birthdays was another event which made me feel very special. Parties were arranged by my parents for my tiny miny friends with lots of games, cakes and chocolates and halla-gulla, all kids running around the house and laughing and playing pranks. I remember the first frilled polka dots frock that my parents gifted me on my fifth birthday. In the dress store, my dad shortlisted two frocks out of them, I really liked the one which had a satin lace and frills to it and was slightly expensive and the other was comparatively less charming but affordable. I heard some conversation between my parents about the price and that was the time I realized how hard my dad works for all of us and so I immediately chose the frilled frock and was extremely happy so much so that I wore that frock for almost five years till it tore! My parents gave me a sense of belonging and nurtured me with utmost love and care. I owe my parents lots of happiness and peace! Love ya

Saibaba’s epitome of grace at Shirgaon!

This weekend I was gratified by the company of my cousins and family and since we were not too keen in travelling far we arranged a small trip to Shirgaon Sai temple, popularly known as Prati Shirdi (since it is built much akin to Shirdi Sai Baba’s authentic spiritually enlightened place-Shirdi).
We chose to travel by public transport and started figuring out the options of reaching there in cheapest and convenient way. We queried various bus depots like Vallabhnagar ST bus depot, PCMC bus depot regarding direct bus till Shirgaon but we were only being rerouted so we gave up on road travel. We didn’t want to ruffle our brains anymore and as any good IT techie does… we hit on the Google Map  helpful as ever that traced the closest landmark to Shirgaon, Somatane Phata for us which is midway of Dehu Road and Talegaon.
Now there were two ways to reach Somatane Phata- one was via road i.e. take the bus to Talegaon or Kamshet which starts from Chinchwad and the second one was via take the local train. The clock was striking 11am and we wanted to make our trip more exciting so we rushed to Kasarwadi station for the 11:20am local train. Quite unsure whether the train is left, wobbling and gobbling we went to the ticket counter and were glad to hear the ticket distributor say the words,’paanch min mein train ayegi’ …that’s when we knew ki ‘Aaj toh Sai baba ka bulawa aya hai’! Being a holiday, the train was pretty airy and spacious and we bagged window seats bindaas.
While in the train while chit chatting with other passengers, we got to know that alighting at Begdewadi (station after Dehu Road) is a better option rather than going all the way to Talegaon since Somatane phata is hardly 5min by TumTum from there. We were extremely pleased with the information provided by them and thanking them we walked down the railway platform to find a direct TumTum to Shirgaon!We were quite zapped to see how well planned our actually unplanned trip was going! In our hearts we thanked dear Sai.
We reached Shirgaon in about 15min by TumTum whose charges were decent Rs.15/- only. After reaching Shirgaon we beheld the mystic pleasure of Sai in his Moorti, Gabhara, Dwarkamai (place where Saibaba used to stay) and Chawdi(place where Saibaba used to meditate). We enjoyed every bit. The trustees have also built Annachatra(at nominal charge of Rs. 20/-) for devotees which is as good as a nice restaurant with good seating arrangements, lightings and the most happening thing, Prasad was more than awesome…we all kept licking our fingers.
After filling our tummies with tasty food and filling our hearts with Saibaba’s love we headed back home.