Day 6 - Date - List of best veg restaurants for a special day

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Today's theme: Date

There is a significance for this date in my life Feb 22nd.This was the date 6 years ago which became important in my life. Yes, it is our sixth marriage anniversary this year :)

Coincidentally, today is the date when i have to write about the theme 'Date' :)  This cannot be a couple date as we will be going to some restaurant with our kid. Actually, I have installed an app called zomato and iam in search of the best veg restaurant in Hyderabad.

So far, figured out the following list:

Rajadhani - Banjara hills - good for authentic Indian cuisine. A bit expensive too. Many varieties to taste!
Bikenervala - Banjara hills - good for sweets and north indian
Barbeque Nation - Banjara hills - good for barbeque
Ohris - Many locations - best for families , you will love ambiance and tasty food. A bit expensive too.
Chutney's - Many locations - best for authentic Andhra foods, especially tiffins
Little Italy - Hitec city - Italian and continental, best for different salads
Zaffron Exotic - Banjara hills - good ambiance for candle light dinner, rooftop garden, Thai, continental food
A'la Liberty - Banjara hills - North indian, continental, asian
Utsav vegeterian restaurant - Jubilee hills - North Indian, South Indian, Chinese, continental
Basil - Banjara hills - Indian, continental, Chinese - Read many good reviews, but quite expensive

So.. this is the list that i collected, now i have to choose one for today.. Me in thinking mood...

Until next time,

Day 5 - Tea - Tea breaks and my language problems

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Today's theme: Tea

Tea breaks are quite interesting in office. In my earlier organization which was in Chennai, whole team used to go to tea breaks. Tea/ coffee breaks are good for relaxation, gossiping, team bonding, teasing other team members, chit chat on silly non-work things and what not?

It's not that iam endorsing Tetley :p

Mine is a different case. I don't know Tamil and most of my team mates are Tamilians and they prefer to talk in Tamil in Tea breaks. Completely justified! We want to talk in our convenient language while hanging up! But, in the initial days, i cannot understand Tamil, so i used to simply stand and try to understand what they say and never used to enjoy those breaks. There are few, who used to translate their jokes and chit chat to English for me, but fun is only when you can enjoy a joke/ talk in it's native language. Right?

After a few months, i learnt Tamil to an extent such that i can understand everything they talk and could speak small sentences too. Fun started then, they used to tease me for my Tamil words and slang :) We used to have discussions on non-work life and it was a good relaxation between work.  It surely helped team to bond well and collaborate with each other :)

PS: In tea breaks, i used to drink hot water in those days, as i had strong feeling that i shouldn't get used to having Tea/ coffee daily :) My parents used to have tea daily and if they miss for one day, they used to get head ache. So, i didn't want that addiction. Silly me, i laugh at my thoughts now. In my current organization, iam having green tea, that's the pic :) Many asked me, how i became this lean so fast, now they know its due to green tea :)

So, this is my chai story.. what's yours?

Until next time,

Day 4 - Shadow - conversations with my kiddoo

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Today's theme: Shadow

Here is the beautiful pic that i took yesterday afternoon under hot Sun with the help of my colleague.

When i think of shadows, i remember funny faces and shapes that we used to do with hands in my childhood for summer holidays. Especially creating shapes depicting small baby, dog, smiley etc. with shadows. But, don't you think, this heart shape is easy to make and looks wonderful? The thought came so quick to my mind, it might be due to the reason that we are completing 6 years of colorful married life in this month :) 

A heart and shadow

Now, coming to the conversations with my 3 year old kid about shadow, here they are:

Kid: Amma what is this black thing on the wall?
Me: It's shadow nanna, if you don't sleep quick, it will come and eat you. See, it's moving. (It is very difficult to make him sleep, that's the reason these tactics are used :)) 

After few months he understood, shadow wont eat him :p

Kid: Amma, what is this shadow doing?
Me: It will do whatever you do dear, tell hi to him, it will also say 'Hi'
(He did so and very happy now)

After few months,

Kid: Amma, why my shadow is not there now, did it sleep? (Btw, it's night)
Me: There should be light falling on you nanna to see the shadow
Kid: Oh, then switch on the light and show me?
(I did, he is satisfied)

Kid: Amma, why shadow is very tall than me?
Me: Shadow's size depends on the angle on which light falls on you baby. (Iam afraid, if he asks more questions technically, i have to google before it :p and tried to divert the topic)

PS:I call him Nanna sometimes, with love

So, the question bank continues like this.. iam getting ready to google out more details.

Until next time,

Day 3 - Links - Trains and coaches

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When i think of links, other than hyper links in web pages, i remember tracks and trains :).

Below are some photos shared by my colleague Sreeram. (His flicker link here) A train with all the coaches linked together following same pace with beautiful rythm is nice to watch. Once my dance teacher told me, "Everything in this world is rythmic". Even trains, birds etc., How true!

All coaches linked!

See how curvey is the track :o

Once we were travelling to Annavaram from Eluru for a dance performance with our teacher. We were a big group of around 15 students of different ages from 6 to 15 or so. We played anthyakshari, dumb charades, a game called 'Name, place, thing, animal' etc., After we all were bored of the games and there is one more hour to reach our destination, we found one more fun way to enjoy. Each person used to go to Canteen in the train which is the last coach and get something to eat for the whole team. By the way, we have around 10 coaches to cross :p to reach canteen. Isn't it good that all these coaches are linked?

So, that's the story behind these pics and our love for trains and links :)


Until next time,

Day 2 - Streets

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I remember our strolls on New york streets. Myself and my colleague ventured to New york together without knowing anything about what to visit. It was a good learning experience :)

After reaching New york railway station, first thing we did is to take maps of Subway train routes and tourist places from tourism department stall. Our first priority was to visit The Statue of Liberty and it was easy to reach. Next in plan was to visit wallstreet, Empire state building and end our tour with Times square. 

Sky scrappers in New york city

Crowded Times Square

Actually, we lost our way at Wallstreet after visiting the famous bull :) we were searching for the right sub way station to travel to Empire state building. There are maps showing different toutes and tourist places displayed over pillars near signals. We took photo from our windows phone and at last searched for the right sub way. It was thrilling to roam in unknown streets only by reading maps. We loved it though :) So, this is the story behind these pics, got it? 

Until next time,

Fly high in the sky - Day 1 - Fly

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There was a dream from my childhood to fly high and reach the sky. You might have heard the story of Hanuman who assumed the bright Sun as fruit and flied high to grab and eat it :) My dream was not that big, it was just to fly in a plane to some exotic location, basically to travel to a foreign country. 

This photo was taken in a domestic flight when we (myself and hubby) flied for the first time to Chennai for my friend's marriage. Though i traveled to US later, this was my first flight journey and thus most memorable. 

I planned to capture many photos on that day, especially to capture Chennai beach while landing. Unfortunately, our place was nearer to the wing of the plane and so couldn't capture as expected. Excuse me for this bad quality pic :) Every first in our memories will be cherished for lifetime. My first snow fall in US, my first flight journey, my kid first time calling me Amma, each and everything is wonderful. Hope you too have these kind of memories and cherish them for life time :)

Until next time,