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O2 Villas So the weekend of 14 th and 15 th of October, my friends and I went to O2 Villa in Igatpuri. So this is a beautiful place with a great scenic view. For those who love nature and want to spend your weekend the right way, this is the spot. So this is in Igatpuri as mentioned above. You can take your car and have an enjoyable experience. Another alternative is to travel by train. You can take a fast train to Kasara either from CST or Kasara. It is almost an hour and a half drive and not very tiring. After you get down at Kasara you can hail a share a cab to O2 Villas. It is just a 20 minutes ride from Kasara station. This place is literally heaven. It has 2 big bedrooms and 1 small room. In addition, it has a private pool with an awesome view. It is a great place to enjoy. Hope that it rains to adore the scenic beauty all around. You get complimentary breakfast and can order for lunch and dinner from nearby restaurants.  Attaching images to leave y...

Boho chic Being a shorty sometimes can be a menace... When you are young and if you have a sibling, you are happy that you have height. But once you hit puberty and your height doesn't increase, there starts all the taunts and teasing. Even your younger sibling would have height.  I myself had a great height when young but now only 5 ft, being the shortest among family and friends. The only advantage is standing in front for all photos and selfies.  Some struggles that I can list is: 1. People telling you to increase your height 2. Needing a tall guy (your selfie stick) to click great selfies 3. Always needing to look up while talking 4. People using you for support or to lean on 5. Being called a child every time 6. Getting advice to wear heels 7. Tiptoeing 8. Never find the right size for clothes or shoes 9. People doubting the way you drive 10. Getting lost in the crowd Some great advantages: 1. Being called "cute" 2. Always ahead for phot...

What is Mental Health? Mental Health is a mixture of emotional, physiological and well being. It helps you distinguish between right and wrong. It affects how a person acts when stressed or when emotional. A person needs to maintain their mental health or it causes depression. Research indicates that almost one in every four people face mental health issues each year. One form is depression. This causes an individual to lose concentration, over think, judge themselves and be sad all the time. Everyone faces depression and mental health issues at some point in life. It can either be personal or professional as well. Not much can be said than done. People don’t accept their own depression nor do family or friends. In India alone, many people cannot handle their situation and resort to decide, which is wrong. Loneliness is a state where no one should be alone. Loneliness is a state where no one should be alone. Even in the workplace, a negative and gloomy environment can dec...

A sad day today for all the Mumbaikars! The space crunch is getting even worse. People lost their lives due to improper or inadequate facilities provided. The Government really needs to buck up. The news of the Elphinstone Road station stampede has shocked everyone. Being the last day of Navratri, many people throng to the Mahalaxmi temple and as it’s a working day, it is always crowded. But the death of 22 people (as declared in the news) is sad. Mumbai is a city with the ever-changing climate. Sometimes it is hot and another second raining heavily. Mumbai has never been ready for the rains. A month back, heavy rains again crippled the city. Potholes everywhere and now “STAMPEDE” due to space crunch. Numerous people throng to the city of dreams every day. The population is rising, but basic amenities are not yet upgraded. AC or bullet trains will not solve any population issue. Right now what Mumbaikars need are better amenities like proper roads, flood management, b...

Talking about the company I am working in, most of the employees are superb!!! Not everyone is that lucky to be friends with your colleagues. Not every colleague in the office is going to be great but actually who cares?? Having even 1 good friend at the office is bliss and I have 4. (Fingers crossed!!!!!!) We sit together, have lunch together, sometimes come together but definitely go to the station together. This blog is to mainly highlight my Cool Manager… (More like a friend and guide) to all of us at work. Guide because he gives us tips and helps in the blog. Cool because he is really cool. So the reasons he is cool: Cracks a lot of jokes Funny Sends memes in office Samosa fanatic Chai lover Famous sayings “bohot buri baat hai” or “mujhe bohot bura lag raha hai” Always calling girls with “MS. (whatever the name) Some of his jokes are: Jio ka net nahi chal raha, upar pakadta hu Fake hahahas at mostly everything Reading an image you are scrolling and the...

Momma cat with her kittens So, yesterday a family discussion made me realize that animals are not given same treatment as living beings. So my cousin takes care of stray cats at their home. Some of them have been fallen sick recently. The cat had a broken limb, wound, and maggots. In Mumbai, there is a hospital in Parel for animals. But they could not care for the cat there. There are many private hospitals for animals and pets around. They charge like a bomb for a visit but gets the work done. Certain doctors just charge for not even giving a satisfactory answer to the illness. It is sorry to hear that strays are not taken care of. They are also living things and have feelings. They need proper care as well. So, if there are NGOs in Mumbai, they really need to care for cats as well.

So, it has been a long time since I have been able to take out time and blog. So today, it has been raining in Mumbai and the weather has persuaded me to write. So the topic I want to talk about is JOBS in Mumbai. Having faced it, I know how a fresher feels after graduating. Everyone says Mumbai is the “city of dreams” but finding a job is not easy. Even if you are a postgraduate and you are a fresher, you still remain jobless for months. I have had many people tell me that their friends are facing it (or faced it). Well, even my friends have. Even taking admission in a good and reputed college neither gets you a job nor the salary you expect. So, you need to follow the pointers that are there below. So, for all the graduates or postgraduates finding a job, these are some pointers that you can keep in your mind: Do your own SWOT analysis Figure out your career Try for placements in your own college Take experience before doing masters’ degree Start finding job at ...

Valkyries by Paulo Coelho  is a self-autobiography. In this story, the writer describes himself. He pens down all his flaws and shortcomings, about his marriage, personal life etc. and how everything turned around to be good again. Here, Paulo describes himself as a Satan worshipper and believer of magic. He could not be employed in a job for a long time. He used to swap jobs at a drop of a hat. His wife, Christina stuck with him throughout all these turbulence. His mentor J ( James Redfield) provided him with a task (through a poem) to find his guardian angel. Paulo, being a stern follower and student, set out to Mojave desert with his wife Christina. His marriage did not have any meaning. Paulo Coelho would hardly communicate with his wife. He would just like to be with himself. Paulo already knew that “he had the tendency to kill what he loves”. So, on this trip, he wanted to consult all his demons and reverse his self-destructive path. Valkyries are leather-cla...

Thermo-chromic blow drying brushes are not new to the market. These brushes are being sold in the market as a hair care product that actually prevents hair damage. Why AT brand and not any other brand? Because AT brand has an improved version of these blow drying brushes that would be appealing to every buyer. So about the AT brand, it has originated in England. Specializes in premium styling tools and accessories. Their forte is hair care products. This brand has been successful in having overwhelmed and satisfied customers and has been able to make their consumers into repeat customers in a short span of time. Their products have guaranteed results, long lifespan and have been user-friendly. The products are easy to use by the customers, hence AT has been successful. Their objective is to provide the best quality hair care products and at affordable rates. About the thermo-chromic blow drying brushes, they are heat sensitive i.e. the color changes as and when the heat fluctuate...

Ricardo Semler the author of this book has narrated his story of raising the Semco with his father. This story would appeal to the people who have interest in starting their own business or already established themselves. Semco is a Brazilian company, founded by Alexander Semler. Ricardo Semler is the son who took the charge of the company. Semco was a family company. The unique thing about Semco was the way it would function. Firstly, the employees had flexible working time and could make their own goals and mitigate with their managers. Secondly, no walls in the office. Openly communicate with other employees. All the staff was taught how to read the balance sheet etc. Semco had an open office structure with a hierarchy. Throughout the journey, Semco faced a lot of challenges which included sacking some of their top-notch managers etc. Some of these managers transferred back to Semco after working for some other company in Brazil itself. The lessons that we learned from M...

In the previous book The Kommandant’s Girl, there was a character Marta, part of the German Renaissance who helped Anna to meet her husband Jacob. Marta was shot and was put in the Nazi prison camp. She was tortured every day for information against the renaissance but she did not budge. Due to all this torture and endless interrogation, she fell ill. The American army invades German and the camp and Marta is rescued by Paul, an American soldier who gives her hopes for having a happy life. They spend few days together until he has to go back and she moves to London. Their hopes of a happy life together crash when Paul’s plane crashes. Marta meets Simon, a British diplomat on a boat. He falls in love with her, like it was love at first sight. She becomes pregnant hence she marries Simon. She leads a normal life, being a housewife and parenting a wonderful daughter Rachel. But, she learned about a communist spy in the British intelligence. She tries to find the spy and ...

Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff – is about a girl’s stories during the World War II. September 1939, Emma Bau, a Jewish in Poland her world was turned upside down. Germany invaded Poland during the year 1939. All the Jewish residents in Poland were forced to flee their homes, to avoid capture from the Germans. Emma Bau had been married to Jacob just six weeks back. Jacob was also a Jew who was the member of the resistance. When Poland was invaded, Jacob along with the people in the Resistance was forced to leave. They fled so that they could fight for their people’s freedom.  Emma had to burn her Hebrew marriage certificate. The Jews in their area were captured and were supposed to work in the Ghetto. The captured population were not allowed to leave the ghetto premises. There was a list made. Emma involved herself by teaching children. Emma had a ray of hope to leave the ghetto and find her husband. She met Alek at the ghetto during the functions. He was Jacob’s acquaint...

On the  13 th  of March, 2016  I was able to spend my day with a week old puppy. This puppy was small and away from his mother. I called him “Whitey” because of his white fur. The best thing about a small puppy is that it is the cutest thing that one can lay their eyes on. When I laid eyes on the small puppy, there was an instant smile on my face. He was sleeping peacefully and shivering because of the fan above him, but as soon as I picked him up and brought him close, he curled up in a cocoon. He enjoyed the warmth provided to him. The fact about small puppies is that they sleep for longer hours, eat less and make noises to communicate that they miss their brood back home or their hunger or the cold. They shiver because they are small and always need warmth. If they are with their mother, they cuddle their mother for warmth. The pup was not able to walk correctly, but when once they smell you they can follow you. The only food that they eat is glucos...

WhatsApp is a communication application which is being used by 1 billion users worldwide. To be on the competitive edge, whatsapp has now updated to sending documents on chat. It allows the users to select the files from storage, dropbox, google drive or cloud. Right now whatsapp only supports sending PDF files. After the PDF has been sent it also shows the number of pages that the PDF contents. This would help users to share documents over whatsapp easily. Also, it shows full view of the PDF. Users will be able to send the document only if the receiving user has updated their whatsapp, shows the preliminary test results. Whatsapp would only shows PDF file formats to select from as to not confuse the users during the selection process. The document sharing function was seen before in Hike messenger earlier but did not get the coverage it needed. Whatsapp aims at helping users to easily and efficiently communicate with each other. Happy whatsapping…!!