I wasn’t
aware of this day before and I’m glad that Blogadda gave me a chance to
celebrate Grandparent’s day on 10th September that’s just a day away
from now. It’s true that our parents have grey hair but a golden heart,
however, it’s also true that for us they are more than our friends that our
grand-parents. I’ve been so close to my grandmother as I’ve ever been to my
mother and the reason is that my grandmother understands me a lot better as there
are almost 3 generations that pass from her to me, her own parents and grandparents
upbringing and her raising up her own kids. She passes the experiences and
memories of these 3 generations and this itself makes our relationship a
beautiful memory.
I live far
away from my grandmom and I lose my grandfather when I was 3 years old. I
remember that when I was a child, how she used to feed me with her own hands
and let me watch TV as I was very stubborn when it comes to food. I used to not
eat food from my mom’s hand but prefer eating form my grandmother’s hand as she
used to tell me stories while feeding me as well as add few snacks like chips
and dry fruits to let me enjoy my meal. These are some things that always remind
me of her whenever I have my food today. She is now disabled and hence my aunt
feeds her and looks after all her daily necessities.
We give her
gifts on her birthday and on other days as well but this time since it’s a day
dedicated to grand parents only, I’ve decided to celebrate it a way she would
love rather than like a regular celebration. The things I plan to do are:
I wish to
visit her in person and feed her the same way she used to do. I remember that
she used to jump with joy when mom used to make for her nasi gore and patties.
That’s her favorite dishes which she barely gets to eat these days as my aunt
doesn’t know how to make those dishes. I’m sure she’ll be delighted to eat them
as it has been months she has tasted them.
Along with
these food items, my grandmother loves watching Bollywood movie movies and her
favorite actor is Raj Kapoor and hence I’ll surely carry a DVD of Barsaat and Mera
Naam Joker that she would be watching after almost 25 years as the last time
she watched the movie was with my Grandfather. It’ll bring back those memories.
I’ll also
make her visit the garden and pluck fresh roses for her which she used to do as
a child and she loves pinning them in her hair as well. She will meet her
friends in the garden and I’ll give the other elderly people too roses and a
tight kiss as a gift for being so kind hearted and loving as al grand-parents
are.
These are
some thing I would do to make my grandmother remember this auspicious day and as
she is not fond of luxurious gifts, she would love this simple way of a
celebration. #LoveJatao aur #LovaPao
I look forward to hear from you how would you celebrate Grandparents Day. Do share a selfie with your grandparents on Sept. 10, 2017 on Twitter or Facebook with #LoveJatao & tag @blogadda to win a goodie from Parachute Advansed.
My Nephew's Magical Story: Once Upon a Time with Hottie
A magical story
weaved by my two-and-a-half year old nephew who is a Mr. Bean cartoon series fan and has a
filmy keeda just like I do. Hence the story is a combination of Mr. Bean
characters and has Bollywood masala incorporated in the story. He has given the
characters their names, personalities and jobs and I’ve helped him to build a
story around these characters. Lots of action, lots of fun and here it starts:
Character Sketch:
Main Characters:
Hero – Mr. Bean aka Hottie
Mr. Bean is the
main protagonist of the story. He’s an astronaut and is smart, jovial,
intelligent and fearless. Mr. Bean loves travelling around space and finding
materials and elements from planets that can save the world and improve the
environment.
Heroine – Miss Irma Gobb aka Cutiepie
Irma is the future
love interest of Mr. Bean. Being the only lady astronaut, she has many admirers
but she considers Mr. Bean to be extremely handsome and is impressed by his
intelligence and goal to save the environment. She is bold, beautiful, fearless
and quite sensitive.
Villain 1 – Mr. Pran aka The Meanie
Pran, the famous
villain of Bollywood. Mr. Pran here is again the villain but the most dashing
one. He is the most handsome astronaut and all the girls call him “The Handsome
Hunk”. He is very smart, intelligent and
cunning. He is Mr. Bean’s competitor and always wants to beat him in all his experiments.
Villain 2 – Gulshan Grover (Bad man)
Gulshan Grover,
another famous villain of Bollywood movies. Here he is the real bad man who is
an alien. He is cunning, evil and also has a dirty character. My nephew calls
him the Bad Man as he is very bad towards Mr. Bean and his main goal is to earn
lots of money by destroying the environment.
Other Characters:
Mars – Lottie
Lottie is
Cutiepie’s best friend. She is smart, beautiful and extremely talented. She
keeps giving tricks to Cutiepie to help her complete her mission and win every battle.
She is Teddie’s girlfriend and Naughty’s friend. She likes both of them but
loves only Teddie.
Saturn – Teddie
Teddie is Mr.
Bean’s best friend and Lottie’s boyfriend. He always tries to avoid Lottie from
talking to Naughty and gets jealous when they do interact. He is calm, composed
and cool in nature and tries to give new ideas to Hottie whenever required.
Comet – Groonie
Groonie is an
enemy of Hottie. He once was caught by Hottie stealing important elements from
the Sun aka Naughty. From then, he tries to stop Hottie from completing any
mission. He is evil and uses his heat to burn elements within a closer range.
Sun – Naughty
Naughty is a
friend of Mr. Bean aka Hottie. He comes time and again to help Hottie with his
experiments and once Hottie helped him to make friends with Lottie who he has a
crush on. That’s the reason he always is ready to help Hottie. His nature is always
energetic and in a dancing mood. His main motto is to impress Lottie.
Venus – Maddie
Maddie is Meanie’s
best friend. He is selfish, mean and cunning. He knows how to manipulate things
and help Meanie to accomplish any task he fights against Hottie.
Prologue:
“Where am I? How
did I wake up here? The fire…How will I escape?” Hottie keeps asking himself as
he wakes up on an unknown planet. He finds himself surrounded by fire and no
way to escape. No human no alien…It is just him in his spacesuit.
“Please help…Help
me…” He screams for help but there’s nobody around to come and help him.
Plot/Main Story:
Chapter 1:
8 hours ago…
Hottie landed on
an unknown planet for an experiment. He was sent in a UFO and landed on the unknown
planet in search of a mineral and this mission was termed “Mission Possible”.
For this mission, he first needs to find a spaceship that can help him travel.
UFO
While walking on
the planet, Hottie came across an unknown stone and went to pick it up but as
he bent down to pick it up, he was struck by fire. It was Groonie.
“Hello, Hottie.
Remember me?”
“Groonie, what
are you doing here?”
“I’ve come to
make your mission fail. You will never get your spaceship.”
Groonie leaves
Hottie stranded alone on the island with no help.
Spaceship
After 8 hours…
Hottie cries for
help and faints.
“Wake up Hottie.
You can’t fall asleep. My rays will help you get your energy back.” Hottie
opens his eyes and notices Naughty before him.
“Naughty, you’re
here?”
“Yes, I noticed
Groonie following you and I knew he was upto some tricks. And I was right. The
fire has been extinguished and now you’re safe.”
“Thanks a lot,
Naughty…I’m happy you came to help me. But now I don’t know how to get that
spaceship.”
“Yeah, I know.
Groonie trapped you in fire and hid the spaceship you needed but I know the way
to get it.”
“How Naugthy?”
“Here is an iceship
that will help you reach your destination. It will keep you safe from groonie
too as it’s coldness will absorb Groonie’s hotness.”
ICESHIP
After an hour…Hottie
gets his spaceship and poses for a selfie.
Chapter 2:
“Finally, I’ve
cleared one stage. Now I’m on the second planet and need to wait for Cutiepie
to come and give me the access pass that would take me to the third and final
stage.”
Hottie tells
himself and keeps waiting for Cutiepie but she doesn’t arrive even after 3
hours.
“I don’t know why
she is taking so long. She should have been here long time back and her
spaceshift left 4 hours ago. Where are you Cutiepie?” Hottie keeps walking
about and he notices somebody walking towards him.
“Hello Hottie…The
one you are waiting for is with me.”
“Meanie…you are
here…You have Cutiepie? What did you do to her? If you harm her, I won’t leave
you.”
“Relax Hottie.
You know how much I love Cutiepie but she loves you. I kidnapped her and will
get the access pass from her. I’ll defeat you this time.”
Meanie leaves and
doesn’t hear Hottie’s pleads. Hottie goes in search of Cutiepie and finds the
place where she has been kept. He sends his best friend Maddie to torture
Hottie and not let him succeed in rescuing Cutiepie.
When Maddie tries
to harm Hottie, Lottie appears and rescues Hottie and Cutiepie. Good always
wins and evil people get destroyed. Cutiepie and Hottie succeed in trapping
Maddie and Meanie in a cage and Hottie gets the access pass with which he
unlocks the new spaceship’s code and bids his love, Cutiepie good bye.
Hottie went to his new destination and Meanie returned back to Earth.
Chapter 3:
Here comes the
most tough challenge before Hottie. While Hottie is searching for the mineral,
he meets Bad Man who has the mineral with him. He gives Hottie a hint to find
the mineral by telling him it’s hidden in his vehicle. Hottie needs to find it
in 30 minutes but when he finds it, he would get destroyed by the light of it.
“I know Bad Man
that you planned this for me. You knew I’ll come here in search of the mineral
and so you hid it in your vehicle and also planned a way that will get me
killed.”
“You are so
smart, Hottie. You know it well how much I love your entire team who destroyed
my planet. How can I let you humans live a second? But still to help you before
you die, I give you another vehicle (My Rover) to travel around this planet. Good
luck with your search.”
The ROVER
Bad Man's Vehicle
Hottie uses the Rover to travel and he meets
Teddy.
“Teddy, what are
you doing here?”
“I have come to
help you, Hottie. Lottie told me about your mission and it’s my duty to help
you out as you are my best friend. I’ve come to take you to the vehicle of Bad
Man. I traced it through his footprints.”
“You’re so
intelligent, Teddy. Let’s get there.”
Hottie and Teddy
reach the vehicle and Teddy protects Hottie by covering the entire vehicle with
colgate toothpaste to avoid the light from harming Teddy. Teddy manages to get
the mineral from the vehicle and then leaves to reach Earth.
The entire NASA
team get together and test the mineral that can save the Earth.
Epilogue:
After completing
Mission Possible and saving the earth and environment, Hottie decides to
propose Cutiepie with the help of Lottie.
Cutiepie gets
shocked at first as she always knew Hottie loved her but she was still waiting
for him to propose to her.
Finally, Cutiepie
and Hottie get engaged and married. They have a daughter Sweetie and they want
her to be an astronaut and do the same job what her parents did “Save the
World.”
I’m blogging my #ColgateMagicalstories at BlogAdda in association with Colgate.
Story: The story begins with the lead
actors Hrithik Roshan (Rohan) and Yami Gautam (Supriya), who are blind, meeting
at a restaurant which is said to be their first date. Rohan works as a dubbing
artist and Yami is a piano teacher. They both don’t have plans to get married
as they feel that two incomplete people cannot complete each other. The story
then progresses and Supriya gets to know Rohan as a man who can protect her and
they both have a bright future together. They get married and life gives them a
new chance to be happy with each other. However, their happiness is short-lived
and an evil man Ronit Roy (Amit) who eyes Supriya’s beauty and he and his
friend physically assault her. Rohan and Supriya try to seek justice but being
blind and helpless, they don’t succeed. The next day, Supriya commits suicide
and Rohan gets to know from Amit’s brother, Madhavrao Shellar, (Ronit Roy) that
she had been raped the second time. Rohan loses his control and warns the
police department that he’ll seek revenge but they won’t be able to stop him.
The story of revenge then begins.
Direction : The Director of this movie
is Sanjay Gupta. Sanjay has done an excellent job. The story is similar to other
revenge stories where the female lead is physically assaulted and the husband
seeks revenge but here the male lead being blind brings in a lot of WOW moments
as it proves that being disabled doesn’t make a person helpless but he is more
powerful that abled humans.
Star Performance : The star cast of
this movie consists Hrithik Roshan, Yami Gautam, Rohit Roy, Ronit Roy and
Narendra Jha. Hrithik had played many good roles in his career but I can say that
the role of Rohan Bhatnagar has been one of his career’s best roles. Yami too
matched his acting ability to an extent and their chemistry was fab. Rohit Roy
was quite disappointing as his role was storng but he did not try to put an
effort and look evil compared to his real-life brother Ronit Roy who had a
short role but a powerful one in which he excelled. I haven’t seen Narendra Jha’s
performance earlier but he too did a great job as an inspector and was
convincing in playing a cop.
Music : The music of this movie is
given by Rajesh Roshan. This kind of a movie did not need any songs but there
are still a few of them. The songs like “Kaabil Hoon” and “Mon Amour” were
pleasant ones.
Plus Point : Being a revenge drama, the movie has done a good
job. The movie had many new elements that made us watch how a blind man can
seek revenge and this was presented very well by the director and actor.
Minus Point : The only minus point of
the movie is that the story was short and it did not have any suspense as to
how the blind man finds out the culprits or how do the enemies find out that
the blind man is seeking revenge. The story was quite predictable and had no
elements that made me feel shocked or surprised at any moment.
All In One : All in one, the movie is a
good one-time watch and Hrithik Roshan and Ronit Roy put in a lot of effort
into their roles that makes it a total entertainer. The chemistry of Hrithik
and Yami too has come out so beautifully and they playing such a role for the
first time convincingly made their performance so believable. I give it a total
of three stars (2 for the revenge element and 1 for Hrithik’s performance).
It was the year
2012 when my college booked a trip to Chennai and we there was a makemytrip
offer at that time where we were offered good discounts which is why we booked
3 rooms in Trident hotel from their website. We were offered very good deals
and packages and since we all shared the expenses, we had to pay very less compared
to paying individually for the same. Chennai is known to be a very hot place
but since the hotel atmosphere was completely the opposite. It was quite cool and
pleasant to be there. The wind had an awesome energy that made me feel that my
decision to be in Chennai was the best as before that, I and my friends had
shortlisted many destinations and it was my idea to come to Chennai.
The hotel staff
greeted us at the entrance and made us feel very special as they knew we were
tourists and we had been visiting Chennai for the first time. The staff
introduced the place to us by talking about how it was called Madras before and
now it’s named Chennai. They also explained what is the specialty of the place,
the different tourist spots and the food that we would enjoy the most as he was
aware of what was served in Mumbai and what we would and should try eating in
Chennai at their restaurant. I found that quite supportive of them as I had not
researched a lot about the place and getting so much information from him was
very useful.
The staff was so
cooperative that they even made us get the best transport that took us around
Chennai and made us witness the amazing tourist spots like the Kapaleeshwara
Temple, Fort St. George and Marina beach. We were overwhelmed by the people of
Chennai as they made us all feel so special and at any point we needed help,
they were ready to guide us. On reaching the hotel, we were so tired that we
ordered food in the room itself and I loved the chicken and fish the hotel
served. It was very appetizing. The hotel room was spacious and the beds were very
soft and comfortable and we were three girls who shared the same bed. I asked
the room service for few more pillows for my friends and the staff immediately
provided the same.
I did not realize
when our stay of 4 days and 3 nights in Chennai ended as we just loved
everything over here. The hotel, food, markets, beaches and the tourist spots
that we had visited made us go back with a hand full of memories and I wish to
visit this place again and book the same hotel Trident.
I am blogging about my luxury stay experience for an activity at BlogAdda in association with MakeMyTrip
It was in May 2010 that I and my family visited the beautiful state, Goa. It’s my birthplace and it was the first time I had seen the place as before when I visited this place, I was just few months old and it was my mom who had brought me to my grand mother’s house. This time, we had no place to stay as our ancestral property had been sold and hence I booked a hotel online. I found that Holiday Inn Resort had the best rates and hence we checked in this hotel. The entire package was booked and hence our stay, food, travel and sight-seeing was managed in the package itself that made our trip comfortable and exciting.
When we reached the hotel, the staff welcomed us gracefully and we were just asked for verification which lasted a few minutes and then were guided to our room. n entering the room, I could feel a positive energy as I do believe in vastu and this room gave me a positive feeling which was the first good thing I observed. The staff helped us in our luggage and arranged our things as per our guidance. I found them very police and helpful and everything we needed was provided to us. The beds were big enough for me and my family and comfortable as well and as per the website that we had checked before booking the room. There was a TV, Wifi connection, AC, Fridge and I could name a thing that I required and it was present in the room. I was very happy as everything was going according to our plan.
They had all the arrangements done in a perfect manner and the food that was served was mouth-watering and just superb in taste and presentation. The staff kept serving us the dishes we preferred to order and every time he kept asking us if we needed more which I found was very humble and gentle. The manager too was extremely cooperative and polite. During our stay, we had a complaint with regards to the AC as it was not working properly and the manager then helped us a lot. He got it repaired while we were out and by the time we came back, everything was done and he was perfect in his service. The staff too kept helping us in finding the nearby market areas where we could shop and we many times left our things at the reception and got them back in our room which I found was excellent about this resort.
My 3 days stay at Holiday Inn was super exciting and memorable and I’ll always remember how they brought me so close to my culture and my birthplace and made me feel as a valued customer in Goa.
I am blogging about my luxury stay experience for an activity at BlogAdda in association with MakeMyTrip
It was about 10
years ago when I and my neighbors had a fight. We knew them for over 5 years
and were our good friends. My mom used to share our happiness, sorrows and
almost every moment with them. They used to come and celebrate my birthday in
our house and we used to celebrate their kid’s birthdays at their home and it
was the same for each and every festival where we used to get together and
enjoy our lives. I was a friend of the smallest daughter in their family and we
used to play with each other daily. Ten years ago, there was a fight in the
building where our neighbors were against a store employee from the same
building. They quarreled and the store employee said that we were too
supporting him instead of our neighbors. The employee was lying so that we too
breakup and he was just trying to create a rift between us. Our neighbor did
not believe us and these misunderstandings became even worse as time passed by.
We kept ignoring each other, celebrating every festival alone in the house and
each day was becoming terrible for us as we had to face each other every time
we walk out or enter our building. While conversing with other neighbors too,
this topic used to be brought up and we just did not share the matter with
anyone but one thing was good between us that we both did not talk ill of each
other. It was just a distance that kept us away but we still had that respect
for each other as we were already friends for 5 years and relationships don’t
break so easily. Whenever there were functions in the building, it started
getting awkward when we used to come face-to-face with each other but we used
to still smile and then move on from the place to not make it a bad situation
in the function.
It had been one
whole year that we did not speak to each other and I and my parents had gone
down to celebrate the festival of Diwali. I began lighting diyas and bursting
crackers in the building and our neighbors watched us from far. The wife of our
neighbor walked up to my mom and wished her Happy Diwali offering her a piece
of sweet. My mom at first refused and smiled but my neighbor insisted that she
have it. The smile on her face made my mom’s heart melt and she hugged her. My
neighbor said that she wanted us to forget everything that happened and start a
new friendship which my mom too accepted. However, I being a kid was hesitant
to make friends again with the daughter of the family but the daughter came up
to me and caught my hand which was holding the phuljhadi. It was a feeling of
warmth that was felt on the auspicious day of Diwali and it was truly a
festival of lights for us. We gave each other a new chance and till date, we
are living happily and celebrating every festival together. I’m blogging about my #MagicOfWarmth moment at BlogAddain association with Parachute Advansed Hot Oil
I was new to my
school as my parents had shifted from our earlier place and settled in a new
place. Everything was new for us, neighbors, friends and I developed a great
friendship with a girl from my class. She was my best friend. We were so good
friends as we both had similar views on things and both of us were very
stubborn. We were in the sixth standard and it was when we fought over a small
issue like all kids do and I was very angry on her and she was as well angry
with me. We stopped talking to each other and she went and told a girl about a
secret conversation I had with her and that girl got so angry with me. I
promised to then never forgive my friend ever and I made friends with another
girl. I so disliked her for that and whenever I used to see her, I used to
ignore her and she too used to ignore me. My new friend used to tell me that
when I and that girl were so good friends, how did we fall apart? I told her
that she may have never considered me as a true friend and that is the reason
that she betrayed my trust by giving out the secrets that I had told her
because I trusted her enough to say those things to her. I was too hurt that I
told my new friend that I may never again trust each other so much and even
though she is my new friend, I couldn’t share any secrets with her too. She
could understand me and we used to go and come from school together.
It was after a
week that my old best friend came upto me with a sad face and tears in her
eyes. I ignored her and walked away but she held my hand and hugged me tightly.
I did not hug her back and looked away. We broke the hug and she said:
“Sorry Erika, I
really did know what I was doing. That moment, I was so angry that I just said
what I had in my heart. I know I broke your trust by tell the other girl about
our conversation but that I did at the spur of the moment. I was an idiot to do
so. I know that you wouldn’t trust me anymore but I’m really sorry. Till you
don’t forgive me, I’ll keep telling you sorry.”
I keep silent for
the moment and the bell rang. We all entered the class and she kept looking at
me with regret in her eyes. I could see that she was really sorry for her deed
but I still did not believe her. It was then in the break that my new friend
came to me and told me about the conversation she had with my best friend and asked
me to forgive her. I couldn’t control myself then and went and hugged my best
friend. There was so much warmth in that hug that we forgave and forgot
everything that happened.
