Who said lockdown times had to be a nightmare!???? This Monday morning I woke up to find an envelope with my name on it and imagine my delight on finding a handwritten letter in it!!! 🙂 I don't know about you guys but I've always had an obsession with letters. It's so exciting to receive… Continue reading A letter in the mailbox! #lockdown-who!?
Author: Buttercup
PP, The Bike & The Bayko…G-U-J-J-U trip!
February 2020 Ireland...Ireland is where we were supposed to go come 2020. My dream destination. And where did we 'land'? Gujarat; my birth place 😀 Talking of international trips, 2019 was PP's. South Africa! You know where we went instead? Goa; his beer place 😛 South Africa didnt happen because we had a reality check;… Continue reading PP, The Bike & The Bayko…G-U-J-J-U trip!
26 January 2020 – The day I died
The day I died. I've been meaning to do this for quite some time but... A wise friend once told me, "anything that comes before a 'but' is irrelevant." If there's the slightest truth to that, then it goes on to establish most of the things I said was irrelevant. Never took the dreaded word… Continue reading 26 January 2020 – The day I died
Papa kehte hai bada naam karega! :D :P
Last evening I was part of an event that had Pratish Nair as a speaker and as ever he delivered a brilliant thirty minutes that got me 'thinking'! You can't listen to him and not have a great time; there is always the plenty takeaways! (Google him!) "Do you dream?" he asks the audience; mostly… Continue reading Papa kehte hai bada naam karega! 😀 😛
Pp, The Bike & The Baiko! – Travel Diaries. Chapter 2.0
"We try to understand you and your tastes on various levels to make our experience." - Bnjara On the morning of our flight to Mumbai, the Founder/ CEO of Bnjara asks me, "Have you ever missed a flight?" Me: "No!!! Not yet!" (Nearly missed' is nothing new for me, you all know this already!) Bnjara… Continue reading Pp, The Bike & The Baiko! – Travel Diaries. Chapter 2.0
War and Piece – the story of a thumb fighter.
Before you assume that I went underground since the tree plantation update, let me tell you that I'm here, very much 'grounded' in all respects! Welcoming 'green' over the weekends has been the stress buster this monsoon, for the weekdays have been all about beating the blues. I've been trying to stay as close to… Continue reading War and Piece – the story of a thumb fighter.
Guardians of the Earth – Chartered Avengers (CA)
Save the Galaxy, plant a tree" Team of 16, number of trees planted 54, total hours spent 2. "I want to make a difference.." Pratik had said seated on the dining table with that intense look on his face that I'm only too familiar with. I knew his head was swarming with ideas and he… Continue reading Guardians of the Earth – Chartered Avengers (CA)
A rainy epiphany…
A lapse in my attention causes my gaze to shift from the screen to the skies across my workspace, The downpour from the morning has reduced to a drizzle; light and steady, I fix my stare at the raindrops that form a coded pattern of zeros and ones on the windows with a blue glaze,… Continue reading A rainy epiphany…
PP, The Bike & The Baiko! – Travel diaries
Day 1: The alarm goes off at 3:45 am 4:10: PP's heading down to the bike to make the arrangements and has ordered me to be down in five! 4:30: I'm still jumping around in my pyjamas doing a last round of searching for a piece of clothing, that only this morning I decided on… Continue reading PP, The Bike & The Baiko! – Travel diaries
“This is the LAST & FINAL boarding call for passengers traveling to Kochi!!”
My parents have made a vow never to travel with PP and me. My parents have made a vow never to travel with each other. This is the outcome of our recent weekend Kerala trip! Let me tell you, a three day trip to Kerala is something I would never plan by choice. Kerala for… Continue reading “This is the LAST & FINAL boarding call for passengers traveling to Kochi!!”