What a day it was !

Am still basking in the gorgeousness of yesterday…
We had missed workouts on Monday and Tuesday since S was sick…and I wanted to exercise on my birthday ( wednesday)…since it will be the great start for me…I just love the day I workout….its Oh, so good !
It was step aerobics and its my favorite… …my first present..and as soon as the session came to an end my trainer brought in an “Eggless chocolate cake” for me….and I was shocked at this…thats really sweet of them…to remember that I am a Lacto-vegetarian…though I was very embarrassed ( well there were around 20+ people singing “Happy birthday”) I still loved their warm gesture…and the cake tasted divine…
Truly, a surprising start for the day…..
     Well, something happened in February…though I wanted to share it with you all long time back…I wanted to wait till it sees the light of the day… I was chosen for a photoshoot(my aerobics trainer pens a health article )for a local magazine here..its a new magazine and co-incidentally their launch fell on my birthday…so in the evening S and I were at the party…and we loved it ! …As soon as S could lay hands on a copy he frantically started searching for my picture ….cho sweet of him! and  there were two of mine indeed…one on the Index page and another in the article ,I felt delighted …..my few minutes of fame…hehehe…not really…but I admit I felt very good about it….and when S said that I look much fitter now when compared to the picture my joy knew no bounds…The magazine will be out for everybody in a couple of days ….but S didn’t want to wait and with his mobile phone clicked pictures of mine from the copy…he’s just crazyily thrilled about the whole thing ….here is a picture of it…

    And from there on we proceeded to a superb restaurant called “Bamboo Bay” and we just loved the meal, the evening…and everything…Its a beach side restaurant and for the first time ever we had a real candle-light dinner….the food was great, ambience excellent along with the music of waves…and I simply loved the day…and will cherish it forever…for so many sweet surprises……And I absoultely love Urli’s…can’t resist them and there was one at the restaurant…loved it, though the floating candle went off by the time we were about to leave…

NOTE : I promise that it will be the last post on my birthday..I know that I’m bothering all you folks too much with this 

A Special Day !

     This is a special post…special since its my birthday today and am  on top of the world with all the extra attention and lovely wishes….Am really feeling like a Queen (Are you listening/reading Hanlie)This is extra special since its the first after marriage and am loving it with S..he had wished me zillion times till now and am sure it will go on….Oh, I have a lovely husband.Touchwood!
   And another reason for this one to be absolutely special is the “Healthy you Challenge ” and support from all you wonderful people…its amazing and oh so inspiring…I’m loving it !
I feel so good when I effortlessly slip into all my clothes…yeah, you got it right…I’ve lost a few inches…I dont know how many but I know that I did lose some….and I haven’t got on to the scale since we are not able to find a decent one at the Aerobics studio and S and I will never get one for ourselves..its way too stressful…so I am not bothered about the number…am enjoying this loss which I feel, the rosy cheeks after the workout and the new energetic,confident and enthusisatic me ….so the scale will have to wait…
      Today morning when I put on my new dress I have noticed that its comparatively loose….since I wore it in the trial room last time…Oh, that feeling…its more than million presents…and S said the same too…and I bought this new dress three weeks ago…..so these 3 weeks were indeed good.
     We have decided to eat out today…c’mon I dont want to cook on my birthday  and while at lunch I noticed that both S and I are invariably and unconsciously choosing healthy options….its just happening as a way of life..we are not pushing ourselves…its just that we are used to it by now…and I have no cravings whatsoever….now what else can be blissful than this…and here today for the first time ever I am going to post a picture of myself on this blog…for all your wonderful people…I shall come out with a more detailed b’day post tomorrow…about the day and happenings, surprises…
      This picture is randomly shot by S with his mobile phone at lunch today …..while we were waiting for our main course…I have a great fancy and weakness for side silhouette’s (click for the actual size) ….I find them endearing and irrestible…..and I won a NSV for myself…my b’day treat….truly on cloud nine

Mix of sorts (Healthy you challenge update)

Mix of sorts

Thats precisely what my past week had been….I missed checking-in last week since I was caught up with a flu and didn’t do anything substantial to write about…foodwise or even exercise wise…but we didn’t breach or drift from healthy eating except for a few cookies one evening….somehow the same junk food which I earlier craved for (though very occasionally) doesn’t excite me anymore….It feels good.And then, since the past 4 days there have been tiny warts on my scalp and ouch, they hurt and itch….S and I were worried and visited the doctor immediately…the medication didn’t help too…and over the past 2 days a couple of them surfaced on my back and near the ear….I called my mom and discussed this with her…I always do this whenever I fall sick…she always comes up with accurate home remedies which nurse me back to health in no time…and this time too it worked…All my mom said is it must be the changing weather and the heat inside the body….so drink buttermilk,tender coconut water,watermelon juice… I had a water melon at home and immediately sprung into action…that was yesterday and voila, today morning they hurt less and are subsiding at a frantic pace….it feels so good…and I decided to stop the medication….it anyway served no purpose…its incredible… I mean my mom never goes wrong with these therapies…and I am always bowled over…its prodigious that she knows her child through and through though we live  so far ….mom’s are ever wonderful…they are truly angels on earth…I love you mom…and miss you …
         Am fine now, S and I are back to our routine and are enjoying our workouts…..and my standoffishness with the scale continues….but today morning somehow I broke the resolve and treaded over it….and it showed 2 different weights…the 2 times I tried and it was crazy….S also ventured…just to check its authenticity and his number was even more bizarre…so we realised that its untruthful and moved on….I love it when S does these affectionate things for me…..they mean a lot…he was sure that with the number it showed me..I’d be depressed…so he set foot and then declared that its kooky..if it weren’t for him I would have been sulking the whole day….mourning over the number….he is a real darling…am blessed to have him….Love you S

JodhaaAkbar

I’m haunted…..and ruminating at length..
We watched “JodhaaAkbar” last evening and since then my thoughts are engulfed  and am soaked up intensely…this movie transported me  to a diferent era…and I had been contemplating on the lifestyles and people of that period…It gave an introduction and took all my concentration…S and I have been discussing at great lengths about how people lived, behaved in that era and how different/similar are we now?…It made us put on our thinking caps…
         Now, coming to the movie…its a rather long one…though it entirely didn’t bore me…I did sometimes feel that I was watching a documentary….Still I would recommend it to everyone…and the only reason is “Hrithik Roshan“….he entirely shines through,takes you to dizzy heights and  the movie belongs to him…he fits the bill picture perfectly and its impossible to imagine anybody else….he is not hrithik….he is “Akbar”….only”Akbar”.Aishwarya does what she is expected to but looks old in many scenes…
        Do not watch the movie for any historical connection…it will fall flat…its a lovestory…and only the milieu happens to be  the mughal era and the characters are named “Akbar” and “Jodha”…do not look any further for  association with history…..since it simply doesn’t have any.For me..its an archetypal love story setup in the mughal era….The difference is it shows chemistry along with history and geography…..a  variant combination…..but the romance is regular…..what interests is, the cross-cultural and inter-religious relationship…which even today raises curiousity …..Love marriages especially cross-cultural,inter-religious ones…always invoke intrigue….that works for this film too….and the song “Khwaja..mere..khwaja” has possessed me and is spooking me…Great job,Rahman!

Conjugal treats

5 months ago…on this very same day S and I tied the knot and honestly life is eminently blissful eversince…
I am a total sucker for birthdays and anniversaries…I get super excited about them …..Infact I was more excited on S’s birthday than he himself was….this happens all the time …….
Today is extra distinguished since it marks our 5th month of marriage and S’s b’day falls on a 5th too ( date wise).. this coexistence makes me as happy as a clam at high tide……Am a silly moonstruck loony
Thus, 5 is very especial to me…..Love you S !