Sorrow and Joy

There wudn't be

Ups In life

If there weren't Downs.

Beauty is more

When the Ripples form

In Still Waters.

Scars in life may appear

Its the inevitable price

U pay, to get Scepters.

The hours before Dawn

Are the darkest of day.

But its only coz of that,

That we Thirst to see

The Break of Day.

Sorrow and Joy,

Complement each other.

They make life special

Like Sugar and Spice.

A Sad Toddler

The Loud cries of a 2 year old toddler have been ringing throuout my Apartment corridor. Our front door neighbours(A grandpa and a Grandma) runs a creche and so we guessed that the new child's mom would have started working and wants her child to get accustomed to the creche for the first time in its life.
2 weeks back the mom just dropped the child just for 1 hour to check out her toddler's reaction. Since the owners of the creche did not want the rest of the kidsin their creche to get disturbed, they thought the new child could walk in the corridor with a caretaker while they keep their door closed to the cries of the new child. After hearing bouts of loud cries, I opened my door to see the sad child and thought of ways of comforting her but she just refused to be comforted. I noticed that the caretaker(a young woman) was making the child walk to and fro in the long corridor. The child would be murmuring some unknown language as (it was obvious that) she hasn't learned to talk yet and in between she would burst out loudly and cry. It even seemed that she had only recently learned to walk. I was wondering how a mother could do this to a young child. A few moments later the mom comes and takes her child home. It was releif that now the babe was with its mom. I didn't see her after that day.Yesterday I was returning after my daily swim and saw the same child in my corridor. This time the child was lying down in the caretakers lap in a sleeping positon almost tired of crying and also half sleepy. She would scream and cry in between after restoring some of her baby energy. I told the babe a Hi but she was not in a mood to acknowledge. Poor thing! In the past 4 years,I haven't seen kid crying so much like this child . Today too I heard cries, but with lesser intensity. Probabaly she'll get used to it and who knows even her Mom mst be feeling sad to drop the child the first few days. But its heartbreaking to see a 2 yr old baby cry loudly througout helplessly.

I'm a Diehard fan of Agatha Christie !

Like I told u in my previous blog that I read the Autobiography of Agatha Christie during the time I went for a Holiday to my native. I have always been her fan ever since I read her first mystery book.
My Love for Mysteries goes way back to the time when I was in the 4th Std. My favourite then was (U guessed it right!) Nancy Drew. Even Now I feel the excitement I used to have then, whenever I used get a Nancy Drew Mystery book. We still have a collection of Mystery Books at my parents house. I remember those days when the bell used to ring for the Library period in school, I used to run fast in order to reach first to get a Mystery book before anybody else laid hands on what I had not read. Then I came to know of many more books of the same category like The 3 Investigators, Hardy Boys, Famous Five, Secret Seven.....wow!! i used to be lost in the world of investigating and solving puzzles, reading those books..

Sometimes I used to put a story book inbetween my text books half-folded and pretend to study when infact I was reading a mystery. Then when the lights used to be out to sleep ,I would strain to read the book in the faroff streetlight that would slightly light up our room through the window at night. I was too crazy about such books then. When i got to college I would still read Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes. As time passed I got lesser access to books and I stopped reading until now. I have revived my reading habits now as I am making ways of finding time to read .

After reading Agatha Christie's Autobiography , I feel even more impressed about her. She has mentioned every tiny detail of her exciting life even from her childhood, with absolute sincerity and humility. She's even given tips on how to write detective stories which I am planning to follow shortly ;) ;)...jst kidding! I took my own time and read it without taking much breaks coz I was so engrossed in it. Inbetween I would imagine about writing my own autobiography probably naming it as "The Autobiography of a Nobody "!....I am sure it wud be a hit. ;)

Agatha has written on every aspect of her life in her book, even on her marriage, her experiences as a nurse, her relationships with every member of her family, as a mother etc with such dignity and poise. She had such great respect for everbody. Sometimes I wish if I could meet her face to face. Even though she's no more now, I salute this great Lady of the Detective World. Her books r a must read.

Hello October

First blog this month.
Today is a special day as it happens to be the Birthday of my elder girl L . Many Many Happy returns to L, my dear child who's been a blessing to me and I hope she be blessed throughout her life forever. Last year we didn't celebrate her BD in our apartment, instead we did it in our native. Mostly her BD comes during the time of the Puja and Dussehra hols...This year it happened to fall during the same slot, so we called her friends and had a small BD party at home before we came to our native place. She had a great time and got many good presents this time, mostly books....:) Today we plan to have a small cake cutting in the evening. She is already having a blast this holiday, travelling almost everyday.
I am also with my mom now, as I was not there when she underwent a surgery and so I'm happy to be with her for a few days. She's getting better and has improved a lot after seeing us. Its more exciting to get to hear all the Gossip of my near and dear and also meet them face to face.
Plus I am also doing some holiday homework, so that my girls get to enjoy their holiday....haha.. For the past 2 days...i did 4 activities.....Cotton work on Sheep , Dal Work on Sunflower, Hand painting (G's homework) on an old T-shirt , Flower mask to be made on a paper plate. Not bad !Have a few more activities. Mean while I am also reading the Autobiography of Agatha Christie in between....my favourite author. Very Interesting Indeed!