Year end transition, 2018 gives way to 2019

The year-end transitions are always the most exciting of times. Family comes down from wherever they are and tickets are booked to travel from one home to another. December is always exciting... and here are a few pictures of 2018 gi ving way to 2019.

The crib in Chennai home... I liked the little waterfalls in the corner and the angel near the falls.

Snowflakes on my door...

Celebrating the spirit of jólabókaflóð...

Making wreaths with Jen...

Making mulled wine...

A Christmas midnight selfie...

Haha... dressed up like this pretty angel I fell in love with.

Celebrating Christmas with Filter kapi mousse...

The crib in Nagercoil...

Elephants at the entrance to the crib...

A view of baby Jesus...

Chocolates...

Birthday of the twins...

Cauliflower crust pizza...

Our new year tradition... spending the last day of the year listening to the waves and playing in the sands that made us.

Trying out our photography skills with the most photogenic member in the family.

All dressed up for the New Year midnight mass...

Homemade chocolate cake after the midnight mass...

Some amazing orange flavoured Cointreau to welcome the year...

Another new year tradition... immersing ourselves in nature and this time we took Atticus.

The sun glinting on the way to the cutest little waterfalls we discovered on one of our walks...

Here it is, our secret waterfalls...

Morning walks have never been more fun...

Wishing everyone a great 2019...

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Nice Ad....

Wouldn't you say so... Nam and me were in this huge clothing store and we were making fun of all the models on display (there was one of hrithik in which he looked kinda gayish) when we came across this one. Seriously, dark people are more better looking....

I hope the world doesn't end in 2012, I have a whole lot of books to read...

I heard bout Flipkart.com from Anju and that site has changed my life. All the books that I have been searching for since centuries, are now sitting prettily on my book shelf. Landmark is a thing of the past now... in fact Landmark is not what it used to be anymore, they do not seem to have stock on most of the good books. So I am deliriously thankful to the creators of flipkart, I seriously love you guys... continue with your fabulous work. Talking of books, here are a few people who have enriched my life with their recommendations of the written word... My brother Manoj for buying the ' The Partner ' by John Grisham . Now I hadn't heard of Grisham before so the book was just lying there at home. One day I got bored and picked it up, that was the start of my love affair with Grisham and legal thrillers in general. This was the first John Grisham book I read and it was in a word mindblowing. I couldn't set the book down, my heart was racing away with Patrick Laniga...

My school teachers...

So I got to thinking bout my school days recently and it saddened me that I was starting to forget a few teachers who had shaped my life, I have already forgotten nearly half the classmates... though its not my fault. Some people just don't want to join facebook, then how can you find them in this big world. Even if I do find them, there is not much to talk beyond the 'where are you & what are you doing' phrases. But the teachers are another matter, they deserve to be remembered for moulding us. I gotta hand it to the convent school I studied in, they really knew how to select their educators... all the teachers I had shared a genuine passion for teaching and above that they had strong moral values and faith which invariably shaped our lives. To them being a good person was what mattered the most and they made sure we grasped this knowledge, it also helped that I had staunch catholic parents who cemented this view. Anyway, I just wanted to jot down stuff bout my teacher...

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