Delicious days: Mahabhalipuram Cafes

I have some sort of inexplicable magnetic pull towards beaches. I could sit and stare at the sea for hours without getting bored. And surprisingly even the hot, humid, coastal weather doesn't seem to bother me anymore. Add to that some delicious food and am in heaven.

Seaside restaurants are my favorite! Luckily such options were plenty for me over the last year.These pics were shot at Radison Blu (a five star luxury resort) which was the last thing I expected to find in the ancient little town of Mahabhalipuram. It was cloudy drizzly morning, but even a hurricane couldn't have stopped us from going and attacking their breakfast spread, which, needless to say was yummy-licious!

But more than this, the cozy little Indo-french cafes and restaurants are a must visit in Mahabhalipuram. So if you ever head that way visit...

Le Yogi - for their pasta and sizzlers (both veg and non-veg)
La pizzeria de mama - for their chilly potato and pizza with eggplant
Sunrise Cafe - for their cheese omelet and gobi (cauliflower) with white sauce

...My top three favorites!

The decor has a very rustic-thatched roof-paper lantern vibe. Very exotic and chic.. You can kick back and relax with a game of scrabble or uno, which are provided by them.

And while I dream of all those amazing dinners and brunches I had there and get all weepy.. you can enjoy the pics below!

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Bliss

Bliss.
The feeling of peace. The epitome of being content. That wonderful semblance of perfection. When nothing, absolutely nothing can go wrong. Everything feels right. The moment when time stands still to the last micro second. The feeling of being lost in a world unknown to anyone but yourself.

Sleep = Bliss. That's what it is.

Let's see.. apart from sleeping an obnoxious 10 hours per day, what else have I got to share?
Its summer at its peak. The sight of anything denim makes me want to push it back into the darkest corners of my wardrobe. The sight of all my pretty little dresses makes me wish I was living in a city where I could wear them anywhere and everywhere and not just to 'specific places'. Easy, breezy, bright kurtis is what am living in. That and pajamas. Ok only pajamas to be honest.

This ↓ happened by sheer chance.

p.s Yes am back for good! ;)

Wearing:

Kurti & Leggings: Max fashion

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Hello there!

Has it been months? Years? Decades? I seem to have suffered from short term memory loss and forgotten I have a blog. Well I won't be justifying or explaining my absence and making promises of regular posts.. coz let's face it, chances are I'll disappear again for a while.

Truth be told, I did remember I had have a blog, but I have lost the zeal for blogging lately. Laziness, procrastination, lack of interest, did I mention laziness? And the hardly-any-comments on the past few posts have also put me down a bit. As much as we bloggers proclaim that "we blog for ourselves", we love comments. Comment are good. They make us feel important. Like all this nonsense is worth reading and responding (shower some this time will ya?) So why the sudden urge to blog? Well I have a very important exam tomorrow. And me being me, blogging seemed like the most obvious thing to do right now. If only life always made such total sense.

So what's going on you ask?

Am having a gala time here. Yes literally. Gone are the days of slogging from morning to night. Subjects are few, the load is less and assignments are copied from google with utmost sincerity and promptness. And I am busy catching up on my usual 8 hours of sleep, going for sunday brunches, spending a week at home, shopping, reading books and basically slipping back into normal life. It feels good after months of hecticness (and I just realized this is not a word - thank you auto-correct).

In other news, my BFF got hitched. With this almost all my close friends are finally married. Naturally daddy dearest is getting a little jumpy that his darling daughter is 'left out' but more than me it's he who isn't ready for the big M word. He was heard discussing with my Mom whether he should put up a couple of extra bedrooms for me to come and live in.

:O

And the worst part was he was not kidding. Just imagine! Oh the horror!

Definitely not ready to let go!

Dress - gifted

Shoes - Catwalk

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Good days ahead

Now that the academic year is almost coming to an end (4 months left.. yay!) the itch to travel has started again. I feel like taking an year off just for traveling. If only I could get paid while doing that. For travelling in business class, eating in exotic places, watching sunsets, lazing around in an infinity pool and siting at a beach sipping on a drink. I'd be really good at that. It only makes sense that I be paid for what I am good at.

You know what else I should be paid for? Laughing at inappropriate moments, dancing while cleaning, chasing after (cute) puppies, looking puzzled in every outfit pic (proof below) and living in pajamas for a week at a stretch.

So... who's hiring?

(That's a camera case in my hand.. in case you were wondering)

Dress and earrings: Local Boutique 

Lace jacket: Cupcakes&Closet

Shoes: Ginger

Previously worn here

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The year that was... And the year that will be.

So just last year I had challenged 2012 to "bring it on". And oh boy it did. But no, I don't want to talk about it or crib or moan or say anything negative at all. I don't want to say am glad to be done with it, I don't want to write a long boring post recounting all the "events" of the past year. No.. none of that this time :)

Its the end of one year and the beginning of another. Its the end of a day and the beginning of a new one. Good and bad. Ugly and beautiful. Happy and Sad. Tough and Easy. It has been perfectly imperfect. And I wouldn't want to change a single thing. I simply loved it!

Finally, I am going to have more time on my hands to devote to blogging, one thing that I missed so very much the past year. Oh and I am going to keep all my posts as positive and fun as I can - 'coz that's how I expect know this year is going to be. Occasional cribbing and venting is allowed 'kay? Its my blog after all. And hopefully I'll resume my painting and art work too.. soon. Its so nice to have hobbies.. and be good at them :P And I have a whole lot of goals/to-do lists for the coming year, which I shall keep sharing as and when the right time comes up.

As for the rest, its the usual - stay positive, be focussed, believe in yourself and life every moment of your life to the fullest!

Happy New Year! 2013 - bring it on! ;)

... And am just going to keep buying more and more. You can never have enough miracles in your life.

...Make that a tigress. Actually I prefer a cheetah. Its just so.. lethal. 

...Rober Frost - you speak my mind.

... You bet there is!

Hmm.. Why is it Chinese?

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Vacation Blues

Holidays are always the most difficult times to be away from home. Right now I've reached a phase where I am just waiting for the course to finish so that I can go home. A monotony has set over the campus and I can see that almost everyone is feeling the same way.

For the first time in nine months I am missing home, missing my old routine where I could be as lazy as I wanted to be. I always love being busy, but for the first time it is getting to me. I feel mentally exhausted in-spite of having many mini vacations and weekend get-aways. And that's because even though I am away, mentally I am constantly thinking about assignments, projects and classes. I don't think I have completely let go and relaxed because I know that the vacation going to end and I would have to go back to the hectic schedule of classes and studies. Stupid I know. You need to live in the present. But the past, present and future here is too jam packed to "let go" that easily. 

The question of "what next" still looms large over my head. I had the same question after finishing schooling and after graduation, but this time I thought I would see a crystal clear path. I couldn't have been more wrong. There never is a clear path. There never is a certain, definite direction. There is no definite answer for success either. Hundreds around me are clamoring around for jobs... some job, any job that pays. I know I definitely don't want to end up like that. But sometimes its hard to not get swayed by the masses around you. I need to hold my ground.. I have my dreams. I need to stop doubting them and start believing in them. So what if they are drastically different. So what if half of the crowd doesn't even understand them. Its for me to understand and build upon them. For me to be happy. 

This is going to be one of the most trying times for me. A real challenge. A real test. And there is no looking back. 

Enough ranting? Yeah I thought so too!

Wearing:

Jeans : Lee

Shirt: Max

Shoes: Ginger

Necklace: crunchyfashion.com

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Bonkers

Academic pressure beckons again and am craving for a vacation all the more now. I have the sun, sand and surf right next to me, but all I can do is stare at it from far while trying not to doze off on my desk.
Speaking of exams, I've had the most odd one today.

What do you do when you have an exam paper with questions that are out of syllabus, in a paper that you are already clueless about?

Create a ruckus. That's what you do. Yep we were worse than a fish market.

What do you do when the exam is suddenly declared as 'open book' because of 'wrong syllabus'?

You burst out the exam hall (all 100 students at once mind you) and run like rabbits, grab any and every book, paper, notes (all photo copied from someone else) and rush back.

Then you sit at your desk, stare expectantly at the stack of papers in front of you, waiting for an answer to spring up and present itself. That doesn't happen so you do the next best thing. Look around at people hoping to find the answer on their face, only to have an equally clueless face stare back at you.

Finally you do the inevitable. Read through the painfully long notes for an hour and a half, realize you have just thirty minutes left, start scribbling furiously and hope that it makes some sense. If it all wasn't so funny, I would be cursing my luck.

Did I tell you how badly I need a vacation?

Dress: W for women
Sandals from a local store

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