tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26099790432492124632024-03-14T16:17:57.607+08:00aarthi's corneraarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-17918992269146275582012-10-16T07:31:00.002+08:002012-10-16T07:31:30.218+08:00Navrathri - Spiritual Significance
The Navrathri festival starts today. What exactly is the spiritual significance of Navrathri? One explanation, excerpted from
http://www.indusladies.com/forums/chitvish-on-hindu-culture-vedanta/3033-the-spiritual-significance-of-navaratri.html
Navrathri is an important Hindu festival. Nava means nine and Ratri
means night. During Navaratri, the Goddess is worshipped in Her aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-70543498585409172982012-05-10T16:34:00.000+08:002012-05-10T16:34:56.046+08:00going eggless
recently, i had been experimenting a lot with eggless and vegan cooking/baking. i'm always on the lookout for eggless or vegan recipes, trying them as soon as i could to get the best recipe for each category of our favorite baked delicacies
ever since dh had turned meatless (he's on the way to become a vegetarian), have been more motivated to bake & cook without eggs
aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-84311241750253281192012-02-22T18:25:00.001+08:002012-02-22T18:27:20.153+08:00time flies.....wow, just realized that it's already almost 2 months since the year began, I have so many thing to reminisce & muse, not sure where to begin... hopefully in the next few daysaarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-80120321925159542102011-12-01T15:23:00.005+08:002011-12-01T16:10:27.734+08:00Saathana is 3!Exactly 3 years ago, it was a state of confusion, disillusion, slight resentment (towards myself) & a few other not-so-positive emotions. Never a day passed by without me worrying, even for the littlest thing, no matter how minor & so irrelevant it was.All because of something that was unplanned - mind you, unplanned doesn't mean unpleasant. It was by far, a very pleasant thing, something that aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-63658126832242989952011-03-07T11:01:00.027+08:002011-03-11T11:50:52.818+08:00The LASEK experience (Part 2)The first week of post-LASEK was frustrating. Yep, extremely frustrating.Why? Mostly due to the fact I had the bandage lenses on my eyes, which became very very uncomfortable, you know the gritty feeling one has when dust or tiny particles are in your eyes. Very uncomfortable. No pain, just plain uncomfort. Sleeping time was worse, I needed to put on these see through goggle-like eye protective aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-13879870168728140492010-12-26T12:46:00.037+08:002011-03-07T12:32:21.377+08:00The LASEK Experience (Part 1)Friday 17th December 2010 was the day when I finally took the plunge - got myself something that I had wanted to do for so many years but never got to. I had laser refractive surgery i.e. had my vision corrected with laser. The surgery was fixed for 11 am that morning. A few months earlier, I had already went for the eye screening test with Optimax Penang. After almost 3 hours of testing, the aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-66820349580278687692010-07-21T17:07:00.006+08:002010-07-21T17:38:00.928+08:00prize presentation day @ SJKT Prai Penangsunday was a very proud day for me - both my kids did very well in their mid term exams. some lovely pictures (taken again thru my hp as ran out of camera battery!) aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-52257727788784951792010-07-21T16:22:00.012+08:002010-07-21T17:00:37.411+08:00sunday specialafter many months of no real cooking, managed to cook a near proper meal (as in complete meal) last sunday.shakthi's favorite tomato rice with a new chicken recipe - chicken briyani (thanks to love2cook!) & of course the usual cucumber salad (gave the pineapple a miss as couldnt find any at the market!)so, here are the pictures.........well what can i say, it was second helpings for all aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-624753927454037832010-05-31T17:21:00.003+08:002010-07-21T17:03:41.166+08:00so many things, don't know where to start!!it's that type of situation again, getting on my nerves, so many things to do and yet nothing seems to be moving! again, the house is in shambles, kids' timetable hardly ever followed, and my doduku is really trying my patience!! sometimes, i suspect, god made me have her just to test my tolerance level.ok, back to the small kutty diary of mine, do another list - hopefully can follow till all aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-26290703892968507412010-05-05T12:13:00.003+08:002010-05-05T12:14:37.343+08:00Mmmmmmmmmm...........2010 has arrived and been almost ..... oh gosh, 4 months now. It started with news of death, within the family and among friends; almost every week in Jan, in fact. January was indeed very morbid. Feb dull, March uninteresting either & April flew just like that. And now it's May. I have stopped writing, practically in everything, blog, diary, even my daily calendar. Fb occasionally. My mind aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-8574896296689360002009-12-31T14:40:00.010+08:002010-07-21T17:07:00.946+08:00Adios 2009!2009 was a trying year, at least for me; the birth of my youngest daughter (after a gap of nearly 6 years) being one of the primary reasons. The demands on motherhood took me to a totally different paradigm - it was indeed trying and straining on me, mentally, emotionally & physically the most. My eldest struggled with his school work without my coaching & encouragement. But the most aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-43531942996733295492009-10-22T09:30:00.006+08:002009-10-22T10:09:17.386+08:00the little cottagelast weekend back home at appa's house for deepavali was one of the most relaxing time that i've had in the last few years. time to reminiscence the good old carefree days, minus the kiddos. my youth suddenly came back to me - the feeling was indeed awesome to say the least.memories of the last deepavali i spent with my childhood friends. remembered all of them coming to my house at the boh road aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-52764778412907424032009-10-05T10:43:00.004+08:002010-07-21T17:04:26.478+08:00as different as sun and moonmy two daughters are as different as the sun and moon.one has straight hair and the other curly (Grand Aunt Ponni from seremban calls it 'ribbon hair'). the older sis has inherited the paternal grandfather's rather short nose and the younger one sharp (probably from her appa or my side). the elder one has eyes as round and as big as the moon while her sister's an exact replica of mine.both aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-42793410559757073062009-07-17T10:52:00.007+08:002009-07-17T11:25:54.758+08:00how to use an ovenbeen searching for some info on how to use / read oven symbols and its functions. these are some good guides :http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=241http://www.franke.co.uk/page.aspx?sp=380some tips:line at top - top element onlyline at bottom - bottom element onlyline at top and bottom - conventional oven ie top and bottom elements onwavy line - grill aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-33236626516038939522009-07-13T17:05:00.004+08:002009-07-13T17:19:22.731+08:00kitchen cabinet part 7it was all completed 3 weeks ago. very happy with the workmanship - no time to snap the photos thoughs. probably will in the next few days.kids and hubby are asking when i'm gonna do the opening ceremony of my new ariston oven. was supposed to yesterday with their favourite carrot walnut cake but as it turned out, we all went out shopping for the high stools (got them at carrefour at a fraction aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-4589046445168631762009-07-13T15:24:00.008+08:002010-07-21T17:04:52.116+08:00choiceswe all have choices. period.we may not have choices at the time an event occurs but we definitely have a choice (or choices) at a later time when we are more in control of things.this was what i read in the july edition of readers digest (article : priority one).the moment when i read this, i felt someone just slapped me smack on the face. here, i am with so much of abundance (yes, i call it aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-65188906129081557702009-06-23T10:34:00.005+08:002009-06-23T11:54:08.987+08:00kitchen cabinet part 6friday is the final part of the KC installation i.e. the kitchen doors (together with the shoe rack). have to take leave. original installation date is saturday but had to vacate it since need to go down to kl on saturday. hope to drop by at ikea to grab some thingsaarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-86587340817453892512009-06-16T15:12:00.007+08:002010-07-21T17:05:12.657+08:00big eyes' future undertakingsthe other day big eyes asked me to advice her on her future occupation. told her to do what she likes best. she said she likes teaching but she wants to be rich. uh uh that means she thinks that teaching is not a lucrative job. i probed her further why she thinks so. her short answer, "i know-lah!".hmmm.. how to help her. jokingly i told her that she can still do what she likes (i.e. teaching) aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-63387713396346193102009-06-16T11:33:00.003+08:002010-07-21T17:07:00.946+08:00bringing up kidsnowadays its not that easy to juggle with kids, career and home. wonder how many working mother can actually keep up with everything and still have time for other social activities. my only wish for this year is to be able to maintain all without much hiccups. the things i really would like to have:-1. take care of kids' health and well being2. guide them in their education and other activities3.aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-6659020880557374402009-06-15T16:47:00.006+08:002009-06-16T13:31:23.515+08:00kitchen cabinet part 5last saturday kc contractor came over and fixed the kitchen cabinets (of course without the doors). was able to breath a little. their work was good, neat and tidy. they also helped to fix some of my accessories (no extra charge of course). my ariston oven and fotile hood and hob are also fixed.they came in at about 10.15 am and left around 5.00 pm. they even swept the dust off the floor.next dayaarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-2353064814113816422009-06-11T17:53:00.005+08:002010-07-21T17:07:00.947+08:00what's behind my blog nameTG asked why aarthi yesterday - and i just realised that he never knew how aarthi is associated with me. well, nothing dramatic about how i got that name. during my school days, my group of frens used to call each other by the combination of our father's initial and our own. mine was RT. so that's how 'aarthi' was born. it was just one of those silly funny things we do. even remember those secretaarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-31328946601076353562009-06-11T17:31:00.006+08:002009-06-11T17:39:55.403+08:00kitchen cabinet part 4early march : started to source for kitchen cabinet quotesend march : more or less confirmed the kc contractor13 april 2009 : quote finalised by kc contractor for kitchen cabinet, study table cum book rack& shoe rack at the porch27 april 2009 : paid deposit29 may 2009 : installed the study table (delayed by 2 weeks from the promised 11-15 may week)13 june 2009aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-22719995723803313032009-06-11T16:59:00.005+08:002010-07-21T17:07:00.947+08:00the kutties are back!TG decided yesterday that he will personally pick up the kids from amma's place instead of meeting appa halfway the journey. he asked what they want to do first once reach the house and gave them both 3 choices : to see doduku, to see the new porch or to see me. apparently they chose me over the other 2 choices. hmmm.. went softy inside.so they dropped by at the office just now and i went out foraarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-31690383087480685192009-06-10T22:06:00.002+08:002010-07-21T17:07:00.948+08:00kitchen cabinet part 3as i predicted the kc contractor informed that the kc would only be completed in 2 weeks time!! was i angry or what! that news really made me go berserk!! what with TG pushing me to push them - it's all centred on anna - it's just coz' of his allergic situation.aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609979043249212463.post-76002433803366457782009-06-10T22:02:00.002+08:002010-07-21T17:07:00.948+08:00the waiting game continues..........came home and saw the pergola up (at least) but not painted, no polycarbonate either, the porch yet to cleaned and the pebblewash shined.the contractor said tomorrow "mesti mari" we shall wait and see whether he actually turns up or not. so the waiting game continues...................aarthi (RT)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13798984285428893933noreply@blogger.com0