If I could look like this :)

Thinner, younger and with different eyes :). What photoshop can do to your face!!!!

New phone

It's that time of the year yes when Apple makes a new phone and makes me all excited. I tell myself I won't stand in line and pay crazy money. And then there's no line, the phone I want is available and in the size I want. And it's comparatively reasonable (or I've change my definition of reasonable a LOT).

And so I have a new phone. Smaller. Black - after many years. I've had bad luck with black phones before... And so light...

Seats

Whose dumb idea was the seat with the headrest leaning forward!?? In what planet is that comfortable for a human being? What height so we have to be to find that good? I always get a migraine when I have to sit in seats like that. In a car I usually take the headrest off; can't do that in a bloody airplane :).

Phase I of the house

Stuff comes from Mumbai and Kiaan's room gets done.










The new bed was delivered on the same day - see the cute little bedside tables that just hold enough :).

The empty house

House when we had just seen it/moved into it. Fairly empty.

The hall as seen from the entrance:



The other part of the 'L' of the hall:



Our bedroom:



The extra space in our bedroom :):



Kiaan's bedroom:



The room that will be used as Sherrin's studio:



Will post photos soon for the house as it gets done up.

Honesty

Is very very hard. Accepting who you are, what you think, why you do what you do. We try to wrap our ideas and actions up in altruistic motives to make ourselves more acceptable to others in society, who judge us for things that is considered socially unacceptable.

We try so hard to be nice, to be 'good', to do good; to be 'good' children, 'good' spouses, 'good' parents; and then we hold grudges against our loved ones for the 'sacrifices' we made for them. And then blame ourselves for the 'bad' thoughts we had or the 'bad' things we do. Being selfish is bad. Being considerate is good. And the natural 'I' fights against the socially acceptable 'we'.

And somewhere as we grow from ignorant children to know-it-all teenagers to selfish adults to slightly more mature middle aged people, we find a balance - something that works for us. Whether it selfishness, altruism, dependency, independence. We find something that we feel fits us right. And hopefully we start being more honest with ourselves and stop punishing ourselves for our thoughts and accept who we are.

Fasting

People asking on various chats - did anyone fast today? My answer? I was at Zara (my favourite store) for 3 hours shopping for Sherrin and I didn't buy a single thing for myself. Hell yeah I fasted!