He came into our lives in the early morning hours of December 25, 2019. My son was sitting in the balcony sobbing his heart out about Santa not giving him “nice” gifts. True that I always go out of my way to make sure that Santa knows exactly what my boys want and true that… {Read More}
Guinea is a guinea pig – the perfect pet!
Guinea the grazing pig “It’s a guinea pig,” was the answer to the frown on my face as I stood next to a cage closely observing the resident specimen. “Ah a guinea pig,” I automatically responded as if I knew inside out of this species. Honestly although I knew of guinea pigs I didn’t know… {Read More}
CNY holidays 2015 – bringing in the Year of the Goat
Ocean Park – Dragon roller coaster We are almost towards the end of our Chinese New Year holidays, and while going out of town for a holiday to a ski resort or to a beach would have been exciting and adventurous, I really enjoyed my holiday right here at home, in Hong Kong. We started… {Read More}
I had a dream…
Dream is defined as A series of thoughts, images and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep. I dream quite often actually, most of them lasting up to the the first signs of dawn. Last night’s dream was different from most others. It wasn’t one of those regular hazy dreams where I wake up feeling silly… {Read More}
Julie – end of a life, end of a ”tradition”
My English cocker spaniel, Julie a.k.a. Juliet breathed her last today- 31st May 2012. She passed away peacefully in my mother’s house in Mumbai where she had been living since the last 12 years of her life. She died in my mother’s arms, who had been her sole carer after I moved out of India…. {Read More}
My ”kids” before my kids
I was never a ”kids” person. If I saw people cooing and aahing to a pretty baby, I would always wonder what the fuss was all about. I would dread if there was a baby or a small child sitting next to me on an aircraft and I wouldn’t for my life understand what was… {Read More}
