Tag: My diary

• Nutella Stocks are Out!

  

    Its ‘back to school’ again. Last evening, we went to the supermarket to stock our larder with things to put into the children’s lunch boxes – wraps, biscuits, juice boxes, mayonnaise, butter, cheese spread, mortadella, peanut butter…If you’re right now judging my parenting values based on what goes into my kids’ lunchbox, it’s fine. […]

  Smitha V

  July 22, 2019

  Experiences

  #back to school, #dailyexperience, #diary, #groceryshopping, #humor, #junkfood, #life, #mothers, #parenting, #truth, Experiences, My diary

• Bali to Gilli Islands

  

  With a heavy heart we bade farewell to Ubud and got into a mini-van that had been arranged by Wahana Travels to pick  and drop us off at Padang Bay, from where we were to catch the fast boat to Gilli Islands. The one hour journey to Padang Bay was uneventful. There were loads of […]

  Smitha V

  July 11, 2019

  Experiences, Travel

  #bali, #diary, #discover, #explore, #familyholidays, #gilliislands, #Holidays, #indonesia, #travellingalone, #travellingwithkids, #travelogue, Experiences, My diary, Travel

• Mumbai Diaries – It’s a Year! I have a secret to reveal!

  

  Someone recently asked me, ‘ It’s a year! So, how has it been ?’ As of July 2nd we completed a year in Mumbai. There could be many ways to answer this question – the good versus the bad, the strengths versus the weaknesses or the positives versus the negatives. But being a student of […]

  Smitha V

  July 5, 2019

  Creative Writing, Experiences

  #ayearinMumbai, #bookofpoetry, #bookrelease, #coverreveal, #diary, #expatriatediaries, #experience, #goodversusbadofmoving, #India, #indiadiaries, #Indian parents, #inspiration, #learning, #life, #lifeinmumbai, #mumbaidiaries, #reading, change, Creative Writing, Experiences, My diary

• All else, a blur

  

  Wrapped in a fleece blanket I saw you, In the nurse’s arms So little A frown between your baby brows Were you really mine? A tadpole, hair standing up Big, black eyes blinking Locked with mine Smiled And made me theirs Forever The world around faded Was, just you Just me And that one moment […]

  Smitha V

  June 25, 2019

  Experiences, Poetry

  #ageing, #alzheimers, #baby, #child, #failingmemory, #Fallinginlove, #firstsmile, #life, #love, #memory, #mother, #remember, #smile, #truth, Experiences, My diary, Poetry

• Eat, Pray, Love, Shop – Bali!

  

  I knew Bali from Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, ‘ eat pray love.’ Well I guess that doesn’t say much about my knowledge of Geography or my fascination for Hindu culture or maybe it just says a lot for the romantic in me. When we decided on Bali, I was thrilled. I had been longing to go […]

  Smitha V

  June 20, 2019

  Experiences, Travel

  #bali, #balifood, #balihotel, #enjoy, #experience, #explore, #familytime, #food, #Holidays, #holidaysinabudget, #holidayswithfamily, #Holidaywithkids, #indonesia, #life, #lovetravel, #pamperyourself, #relax, #sangspa, #takeabreak, #travelogue, #Ubud, #vacation, Experiences, My diary, Travel