Its over! After all these weeks of waiting, practising lines and hearing snippets of what’s in store, Graduation Day has come and gone. A big word for a 5-year old and yet it seems apt that he had one. After all it is a big move from kindergarten to Primary! It helps to prepare the… {Read More}
ME time
I am so tired! I wake up early each morning, more determined than the last to finish off all my pending chores and to plan my day better so as to get some quality time for myself. My kitchen door is decorated with bits and pieces of my attempts at getting organised. The school time… {Read More}
Daddy
I don’t know where or how to start talking about my father. It is a subject that I need to tread upon with care, not because of how he would react after reading this post (cause he is no more in this world) but because I might not do true justice to him. I feel that… {Read More}
The idiot box
Our television is dead. It’s been ten days now since that fatal day and our house has descended into a an eerie kind of silence, a silence that no children screaming, no adult banter and no music, not even the loud Bollywood songs, can fill in. The remote had stopped working weeks ago, probably with… {Read More}
As my blog turns 1 today
20 May 2012 My very 1st post Finally!! I have done it! I have finally created a blog. Been thinking about doing so since the last few weeks maybe even a month. Done my bit of research, comparisons, revisions and finally I am out here in the open, ready to be scrutinised by one and all…. {Read More}
Mother’s Day Poem
“Maa,” the sound so soft yet urgent Whether it’s night or day, Evokes different feelings in my heart In every possible way. With my little baby in June 2010 I wonder what’s the matter Is he upset or has he got hurt, Or is it just one of his calls saying “Maa can you get… {Read More}
Happy Mother’s Day
Yesterday I was invited to my younger son’s school for their Mother Day’s celebrations – ‘Mother’s Day Carnival’ as the invite card said. Judging by the previous year’s celebrations I knew they would be doing something special for us and I was quite looking forward to it. But I had absolutely no clue about what… {Read More}
1000 steps to a hidden world
This article was featured on Sassy Mama, a leading family portal in Hong Kong, on May 27, 2013. Visit http://sassymamahk.com/sassy-mama-mehroo-takes-1000-steps-to-a-hidden-world/ Hiking up to the highest mountain in Hong Kong, The Peak, is a joy that I have discovered recently living on the South side of Hong Kong. Whether I do this walk with a friend or… {Read More}
Au gong Guang Dong wa…..siu siu
This post was featured on the The HK Hub, a one-stop site for expats in Hong Kong on May 16, 2013. http://thehkhub.com/featured-posts/cantoneseclasses/ “Jo saan!” (Good Morning) and in walks my teacher jauntily into our brightly lit and tightly packed class. There are about 30 of us, from different backgrounds, speaking different languages, originating from different… {Read More}
Yet another birthday party!
“Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear U… and F….., Happy Birthday to you!” Last Friday we hosted a combined birthday party for both our boys though their real birthdays were in the last week of March. Born 4 years and 2 days apart, we have always given a joint party… {Read More}
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