Zindagi Everyday

Life post DSLR !! well, this suits so well to me these days. After proudly owning my canon DSLR, ofcourse as an anniversary gift....I could be found somewhere at my terrace, or balcony, or in the nearby park at times with the hanging camera in my neck. If I am not found in my room, that means I am on my trials with clicking :D
By the way, I am proud to mention that I have operated my camera well until now, and have succesfully clicked some 'not so bad' shots. And now, since I click, then I do have this itching of sharing the pics, but where and with whom?....ofcourse I dont want to bore my Facebook freinds with my clicking adventures, so let me spare them and not block me :P
Hence, I started sharing my captures on Instagram, and Flickr.....phew found a good platform to learn things, and share my own. So far the journey is going good.
In case if anybody wants to see my clicks, the links are shared below:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/132562284@N07/
https://instagram.com/reshu_katiyar_photography/
Yuhu I have got 100 followers on instagram...

After long long time, finally I visited my lovely blog, I am sure my dear blog, you must have felt so lonely and secluded. But totally not forgotten anytime. To be a regular in writing is a real big deal, kind of a challenge. Let me soon begin with today's post, not sure when the next post will arrive.

So, from where to start......ummm....ok, i will start with my love, my life, my super energetic 2.8 year old angel. The month of june is a real stress buster, reason being the much awaited summer vacations of kid. Waiting for the holidays, & vacations reminds me of my childhood days where we used to wait for vacations to visit my grandparents and relatives. History repeats, we too visited my mom's place in the vacations....hopefully reason for my absence from my darling blogspace gets justified a little bit. Had too much of fun. My kiddo gets company of other kids there and she gets involved with them so much, refusing to come back home. Seriously kids enjoy each other's company, how bore they get when they have to play with we the elders.
This time during my stay at mom's place, I met my school friends on a lunch outing. To meet them, remember old times, yeah of course a little bit bitching also gets involved ;) But that's a different fun where no discussions bout home, life, future plans etc comes into mind....only memories, old ones and the newly created ones...its totally different feeling, especially when you do not have your freinds physically available ( I am really bored of the virtual freindships now, so much have changed..may be we may even take time to recognise each other's faces)

Coming back from my ranting, every time my home visit makes my child to learn many new things. She is now a bigger chatterbox, all time she has one or other thing to say. She now creates an imaginary world, and acts just like we the elders do. Mostly, she will involve me in her world of imaginations and ask me different things. Now, she wants to do everything on her own. Be it taking bath, using toilet, combing hairs, getting dressed, eating food, washing clothes, etc etc....the list is endless. At this time, its really tiresome to catch up with the energy of the kids, it seems they really never get tired.

Now a days she has got this strange habit of using the word 'naa' (hindi word) with every sentence of hers..for  example mumma 'naa', no 'naa', papa' naa', go 'naa'....it doesn't  matter if she is speaking hindi word or english word,'naa' will be everywhere. Along with this, its really tough to get her do something as per my wish....if she said no..that means a no, no one can change it. Sometimes she gets on my nerves so much that I end up getting angry, but the sweetest part of it is she will try to cheer me up, will kiss me on the cheeks, and blink her eyes. She is such a drama queen and intellectual kid, knows what will work on whom. After so many cuddly gestures who can manage not to smile and love her back. See, such a clever kid she is.

Her school got reopen today,and I swear it was so difficult to make her complete vacation homework. But somehow, i managed to get it done. Phew ...task accomplished !!

Whoa, this is my 100th post. Never thought I would manage to write this much.

This centenarian post must be something which is close to me. Its about me.
Lets begin !!

Sometimes I feel I am multifaceted, but then what is special about that..Almost every second girl is or thinks she is. As I am writing about myself here, so lets not get bugged up with what others are,do, or can do.
Why I am saying multifaceted, its because I have so many creative interests which never got to come out. From the school days onward, I found drawing & painting alluring, and not to mention I was really good at it. People use to say I would take Biology as my subject, and to everyone's surprise I ended up with the scary Mathematics.

Then nature always interested me, which came into photography...yeah I take bearable clicks :D. Fact supporting it is, my clicks when shared at various photography groups on Facebook have got appreciated by totally unknown people, neither of us knowing each other in any way. The likes have touched the marks of 75 people at max. This sounds so kiddish, but actually it gives motivation :)
Next comes writing, I know I am not very good at it, but I really like to write my thoughts, words, and feelings.I use to always write diaries while in college and during job, though none exist now :D. Sometimes it comes out good leaving even me surprised.

At the end,I pursued none of my interests, confining myself to just studies and engineering which made me more of an introvert which I use to be. Always focused towards studies, expectations, and better career. It would not be too much to say that I fulfilled my parent's every dream- got good grades, desired engineering college and stream, handsome placement, an honors degree and a good arrange marriage.
 For a typical middle class family, the child's hobby never mattered (at least in my case), what mattered were good grades, selections, and clean character certificate ( clean in the sense of no boyfriends/girlfriends, no going out with friends/classmates, or should say no friends). In between all these, my interests and hobbies got missed and long forgotten. Its not that I am blaming anyone for this, not at all, because I was always aware that what I am getting is the best my parents can afford for us(siblings included). This realization made me more close to my mother, whom I always admire for her patience and adaptability. Knowing this fact, I never asked for new dresses, money for hobby classes other than tuition fees, no accessories, nothing till I was in intermediate ( in college, i did put some of my demands on top priority, guess it was college effect ), and also avoided any activity which may lead to rumors and stories . At times I really felt frustrated, you know the company you keep is at times provoking too. It would be surprise, but the first visit to classmates I made was in the 12th class at one of the birthday celebrations, before that I have never been to anyone's home. I was always hesitant to invite my friends to my home, as I always thought that they may not like it. But luckily I always got so good friends that they never let me feel bad about anything, always took care of me, and supported me. Don't know what they really liked about me, but they were totally supportive. Can say I am a blessed child :)

Since I belonged to such a humble background both socially and financially, it was really difficult for me to match up in the newly introduced corporate world with the new faces but no friends. Slowly slowly caught up  the trend and started getting comfortable with the new surroundings . But still being the small town girl at heart never indulged in too much of anything. Lived a life well composed and responsibly. Never wish bad for anyone, my parents always taught me, following it, if people did something wrong/against me also I ignored, and forgot.
 Then once because of my roommate I joined the Salsa Classes. And from there it was like a makeover for me. I started looking beyond necessities, the activities, people and things which inspired me, made me happy. And after that there was no looking back.
Faced failures, but then accepted them and emerged as a new and refined me.

After it, no matter how hard the situation become,  I never complained . Just started believing in karma and destiny, accepted what and how it came. May be this is what the maturity with age is called.
Now at the age of 30, I am a proud mother of a very very cute baby girl, a much loved and admired wife, honored daughter-in-law ( yes that's really true, hard to believe but now a fact :) , remember blessed child :) ), & a loving and caring daughter.
My hidden hobbies, aspirations all getting into limelight and practice, all credit goes to my in laws and husband. Be it pursuing job,  hobby, learning driving, taking decisions , be it anything, the support just makes me more strong and confident day by day. Everyone trust me with my abilities which motivates me further. The support has not changed a single bit from what my parents did.
As already mentioned, I am always lucky in case of friends, and this still continues. Some people really are more than friends under the tag of FRIEND, on whom you can rely upon anytime. Being thankful to the supreme power for keeping me blessed is the only thing I can think of.

Someday, may be my kid will read this, dont know what her reaction would be, but atleast for her it would be a story of her mom.