Searching for Dumb Ways to Die? Read This!

Ever heard anyone has set fire or ever heard someone putting herself in the washing machine dryer or at-least putting his hand in the toaster and getting electrocuted? No? No worries, you must definitely have heard of someone poking a pin on a bear's back or at-least trying to play with the beehive?

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What?

No? Never?

Really?

Oh I see, these ways seem dumb ways to die!

How about tripping on the railway platform edge while talking on the phone, or falling down on the railway lines while watching a video, or trying to run across the railway line when the signal is "RED"?

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Sound familiar right?

The year 2011-2012 Melbourne, Australia saw over 1000 accidents due to slip, trip or collision of youngsters with trains. Young people had exhibited absentmindedness and foolish behaviour around trains, some resulting in injury and even death.

Keeping in mind that young people do not want to listen to public safety messages and that the old school method "Do this, Don't do that" does not work with them, Metro trains launched a campaign to increase awareness and education about the posing dangers of trains, using a humorous element. The idea behind this campaign was to create a content that is cute, funny and has a huge entertainment value that is most likeable to the younger generation.

With the question in mind, "how to make these "teaching immune" youngsters to understand train safety", a music video named "Dumb Ways to Die" with funny characters dying in ridiculously dumb ways was created. The video ended with a reference to the main point: safety around trains. The main idea behind this as was to send across a message that there are many "dumb" but "avoidable" ways to die and being hit by a train is one of them.

Great content needs to have a worth beyond the marketing message. It also needs to be valuable, genuine, audience focussed and shareable.

And this video had all the characteristics needed for a viral campaign.

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With the help of social media platforms like youtube, tumblr etc this video went viral, reaching over 20M views in a week after release. Additionally, with the help of other advertising methods like phone apps, books, games, banner ads, advertisements in public places, the campaign took everyone to their website and "take the pledge", that is a declaration to keep themselves safe around trains.

Watch the actual video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw

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The Twinny Lives family wishes you all a very happy and prosperous new year. May this year bring with it lots of happiness and may all your dreams come true.

Always remember: Success is having faith in yourself plus efforts, repeated Day in and Day out. 

Stay blessed!

Vinisha

5 Ways To Discipline Your Kids Without Yelling

I feel blessed at times when I see my kids obeying and listening to me now. No they were not like this always and they still are very very naughty and do all kind of monkey businesses you could ever imagine from kids of their age. Surprised?

And because I fall in the category of "twiniversity", mine come with double the naughtiness and craziness I can handle at a time.

And like all other parents I too get to see tantrums, fights, crying and what not.


I still remember, less than an year ago, the constant demand for things they knew they cannot have was what it started with and ended up with them being cranky, whining or even writhing on the floor and crying out loud in the mall.

And before I knew I would already be yelling on them.

But the last 1 year has shown me a lot of side effects of yelling on kids. And after successfully trying not to yell on them, I can actually see a difference in both me as well as the kids.

Its surprising that all of us have started behaving with maturity after following a no-yelling environment at home. And by mature I mean seeing kids and myself respecting each other,  handling panicky situations with ease, sharing happily, listening to each other with patience and being calm.

These 5 practices: respect, sharing, patience, discipline and being calm; look very simple but have made a huge difference in my perspective and practice of raising kids, be it single or multiples.

According to Psychotherapist and Author Alyson Schafer, if yelling is used as the main form of discipline, it diminishes your child's sense of self esteem.

"Yelling occasionally does not damage your kids" according to psychotherapist Dr. Jim Hutt but it is still not a good strategy of disciplining your child or getting good behaviour.

Yelling shuts down your kid's logical thinking and activates their fight or flight response.

"When we yell at a kid, his brain stops processing information instantly. So he cannot understand why his behaviour was inappropriate, because his system is shut down already.

At this point in time the only thing they understand is what they see. When parents raise their voice or hand, it teaches the child to do the same when they are upset. So if we hit they hit, if we yell they yell and if we are calm, they learn to be calm" says Dr Hutt.

At some point or the other we tend to lose our temper, but following these simple steps from the experts would help you stop yelling on your kids and instill good behaviour in your kids.

1. Self Control

You can control your temper only if you really want to do it. This means you need to always always and always keep in mind, "come what may, I am not going to yell on the kids. Am going to find a solution to the situation and handle things without being aggressive."

2. Lead by example and learn to apologise

We are all human beings so it is acceptable to make mistakes. Ironically, we teach our kids to apologise if they are wrong but fail to accept our own mistakes and apologise.

Lead by example.

If you lost temper on your kid, apologise immediately. Tell her that you are sorry and that you should have controlled your emotions. And then tell her where she was wrong, her brain will process the information easily when you accept your mistake and talk politely.


3. Ignore tantrums and remain calm

Your kid asks for crisps for breakfast and she won't take "no" for an answer. She is probably thinking "If I cry and scream, mom-dad might give in" As she cries and yells you lose your temper and yell at her.

Kids consider themselves powerful when they cry and get things done. They try and get a reaction from you, whatever type of reaction it may be.

Try keeping yourself busy in your chores and ignore the child's cries and tantrums.

Not paying attention to the child at all would refrain you from getting angry.

It is understandable that some things are easier said than done, but trust me this is a tried and tested technique.

This gives your kids the impression that in such a situation, mommy or daddy is the one in power.

They might try the tantrum game a couple of times, but if they don't get any reaction, they would stop.

I followed the same thing with my twins and benefitted in 2 ways:

* I stopped yelling and

* They almost stopped throwing tantrums.







4. Address the behaviour, give your child alternatives

Do you yell or spank your child when he falls down while learning to cycle? Misbehaving, tantrums, yelling etc are perfectly normal kid behaviours. What we need to understand is the need to mould that behaviour into the right kind of behaviour.

Instead of saying "Don't you know how to behave", "Don't do this", "No hitting" try saying "Please mind your words", "Lets try doing this rather than that", "Please keep your hands to yourself".

When you say "No hitting", the child does not get any information about what he/she should be doing alternatively. He might opt to ignore your instructions or do an alternative which is equally bad.

If you catch your child after the incident, instead of yelling "Don't you know how to behave", tell her "It's not a good thing to hurt your friends/siblings. And we should apologise when we do something wrong.".

Its not surprising that the child might not be willing to apologise.

This is the time when you should not give in to her adamant behaviour and tell her that she should apologise or the play time is over.


5. Understand that mistakes are opportunities to learn

Using bad behaviour as an opportunity to learn not only gives your child the understanding about what is wrong and what it right, it also empowers her with alternatives. This could prove to be very helpful in future when you are not around.

Avoid lecturing kids. Cite past examples to remind them example, "Do you remember when you fell off the cycle and bumped your head? If you hit someone, it hurts the same way."

But if you see them handle a situation nicely, do not forget to praise them.

Giving positive attention is a great way of teaching kids and improving bad behaviour.

After-all, children love getting attention and they are likely to repeat the same behaviour to get your attention again.

Though everything written in this article, if followed with sincerity should give positive results but sometimes no matter how hard we try, sometimes we slip and yell. And that is okay, as long as we know how to make it right.

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What I Learnt When I Stopped Yelling on My Kids?

Last week I was at a kid's carnival where I saw a mother yelling at her kid for doing mischief. It grabbed my attention, not because the kid was getting scolded but because I could relate to the lady.

I immediately went into flashback and remembered that day when I had screamed at my twins so bad that within a fraction of a second they had tears rolling down their cheeks. I was mortified.


It made me realize that this isn't the kind of mom I had wanted to be.

That day, I promised myself that I would never yell on my kids again.

Suddenly, my husband asked me, "Do you find something different after not yelling at our kids over the past 6 months?"

Well yes, he was correct! I actually hadn't yelled at my kids in a long time.

 But did it make any difference, I stood there thinking.

Comparing the past and the present I can say, it definitely has made a difference.

Not that my kids aren't naughty anymore, they sure are, naughtier than ever.

But not yelling on them has brought a difference in me. And now I don't have to tell them twice, they listen to me in the first time itself.

It would probably take me more than a blog post to fit in all my learning, but I'll share the top 7 things I learnt from the change I brought in my parenting style.


1. I now get a peaceful sleep at night. 

A sleep with no guilt of having scolded the kids. A sleep after getting hugs and kisses from my kids saying, "you're the best momma ever".

Not that I let my kids do what they want. I still am strict and a mean mom when it comes to doing things the right way, but just a bit manipulative in handling them, their fights and their tantrums.

2.  Yelling doesn't really work.

Its a vicious cycle. You yell at them, use harsh words, they might listen for the first few times but then become immune to it.

Gradually their behaviour worsens and they start to misbehave. This is when you escalate your yelling and criticism.

And this goes on and on and sometimes goes out of control.

Give an alternative to the child. Example, if he throws a ball on the wall and you don't want him to do it, instead of yelling, tell him not to do it inside the house, rather go outside and play.

Also tell him the consequences that if he doesn't listen then you will have to give the ball a time out.

It might be that the child will test your resolve. He might throw the ball again. You do not say anything to the child but take his ball. This gives him the idea that when mom says to do something, the child needs to follow it.

3. Children learn what they see at home. 

Kids learn in a number of ways, one of which is imitating. What you do will be copied by your child. Teaching kids to handle problems and situations tactfully is wiser than shouting.

Every interaction and situation is a learning opportunity for kids , but what they will learn is up to us parents.

4. Kids are just kids, they are too small to behave like adults.

We sometimes have a lot of expectations from our kids. We want them to not be naughty and do everything perfectly, not to shout, not to paint the wall etc. But we as parents forget that these little ones are still little.

Everything and every situation is a new learning for them. To be attentive, to be responsible, to have etiquettes.

They are still in their learning phase, in literally everything.

If we try to get into our kids's shoes we would realise how burdened they might be feeling.

If we adults were in such a situation, we would not want anyone to shout on us on doing a mistake (tell me if I am wrong), so why yell at these little ones. Think!

5. You develop a relationship of trust with your kid, something to be cherished forever

The other day, my daughter before going to sleep came to me and said, "Momma, I tried to do this but I could not, will you please help me so I do not fail again".

I felt so proud to see my daughter having trust in me.

She knew I would not be mad at her for not being in bed so late, rather she shared her stress with me. And am glad that I came to know what had been troubling her and making her feel stressed.

I am sure she would not have gathered the guts to come up and talk to me if she thought that I am a mom who constantly keeps yelling.



6. Mostly, I am wrong not them.

As kids they are supposed to explore different things and situations. Some go fine and some go wrong. But being impulsive in every situation is not the solution.

A person shouts mostly when he is tired or stressed about a situation. Acknowledge your problem and try to be calm. It is tough to do so but not impossible.


7. Its tough to not yell, but it isn't impossible.

To not yell is not easy, it needs a lot of self control and impulse control to master this but I can guarantee, that it is not impossible.

To start with, just take long breaths whenever you feel like shouting. Picture your breath coming up to your gut. This would relax you in a few seconds.

Try cognitive restructuring, meaning, change the way you think. Remind yourself that getting angry is not going to fix anything or make you feel better. Tell yourself that this is not the end of the world and can be handled by being calm. Basically, train your mind to not go in the negative direction.

All the above are my thoughts and experiences after having a no-yelling environment in my family for over 6 months now. My kids I feel are happier than before, more confident than before (probably because they know they are not going to be in trouble), and I am more at ease even though the situations are more or less the same and the naughtiness is increasing.

Here's a disclaimer: The life that we all parents want, where our households become a perfect place with the most obedient kids is actually unreal. Not yelling would only help you be less stressed and help your kids be more calm and happy. But yes their tantrums are lesser and they mostly respect your instructions.

And the best part is that you would be able to handle things maturely as opposed to being a maniac with your own temper tantrum. And of-course "The Best Momma or Daddy", which am sure is a phenomenal feeling.


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Inside The Mind Of a Procrastinator

I have been a chronic procrastinator and have been trying to fight and beat procrastination since almost all my working life.

By the way, after a long stint procrastinating, I've devised another definition for it. Procrastination is the ART of ruining your own life for no real reason.

And its ironic that while I have written this post about what procrastination is, I had been procrastinating to write this article for the last almost 4 weeks.

I am not writing this post as a psychologist or a professional, but as a patient. As a chronic procrastinator.

I do not intend to show a scientific treatment for this problem but I intend to tell you what goes on in the mind of a procrastinator.

Why in the world do we postpone our chores for no apparent reasons.

I am trying not to judge myself or anyone by this, but trust me, this habit sometimes feels like a disease.

But why do we do it? Psychologists call this as the mind's habit to not accept change. Many people call it laziness or an avoidance behaviour, or poor time management.

But what actually is it?

From the procrastinator point of view, the problem with a real procrastinator is that he doesn't know how not to procrastinate.


He does not understand how not to do it. At times he doesn't even realise that he left his most important work, to do everything else like browsing, reading something else etc.

Tim Urban wrote a funny explanation about this in his blog "Wait But Why". According to him, the mind of a procrastinator is the same as a non procrastinator except for the presence of a little friend who he calls as an "Instant Gratification Monkey".

It is this monkey who is responsible to deviate the mind from making rational decisions. He is the sole guy who makes you browse facebook when you are supposed to finish writing your assignment.

 He is the one who tells you to watch a movie, for there is still time left for the examinations to begin.

Sounds familiar?

Yes this is the guy who makes a procrastinator focus on every other thing than the important thing.

It takes the procrastinator to that position in time where you are at the verge of being doomed. Your exam date has approached and you are not yet prepared, your thesis deadline is very near and you have not yet started writing it.

This is when another friend that Urban calls "The Panic Monster"" comes into picture and spurs us into action.

While in the non-procrastinator's mind the rational decision maker dominates, our monkey on the other side creates havoc in a procrastinator's mind and life.

If I write from my perspective, most people from both these categories plan their work/day/to-do list. After-all,  planning does not need you to do these tasks.

But only a non procrastinator does the planned tasks because doing things is his kryptonite.

The root of the problem is that a procrastinator does not want to involve in any activity that takes him out of his comfort zone or challenges him to put effort. His mind resists change.

Another thing could be a lack of self confidence. Being under confident about your own strengths helps the self gratification monkey take command and give us a feeling of being in a happy playground, by not doing things at all.

In reality, the monkey takes control and ruins everything.

Most of us have this monkey inside us, yet we try to survive in this competent world. But that is only survival. With the monkey in control we cannot reach our potential, cannot outgrow our fears of change and cannot avoid stress and cannot live our lives the way we want to.

A little change, if brought in ourselves can make us high achievers and help us exploit our potential. That little change does not let the panic monster and the stress monster hover our lives and trouble us.



For if we change ourselves, we might be able to lead a kind of life that we want to and achieve the success that we dream of.




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From Ordinary to Extraordinary

I often find my mind comparing myself to others. I often wish I could go back in time and change the things I don't like happening in the present. I often wish I could be different; prettier, more efficient, more godly, more successful than I currently am.

On the other side, I often find my heart telling me that all these are the thoughts grounded in our society and embedded in our minds. For no-one is perfect or better than anyone.

I have begin to realise that behind every successful or flawless person is an ordinary human being who deals or has dealt with their ordinary struggles to become extraordinary.

In reality, we are all extraordinary. What we choose to be, makes us ordinary or extraordinary. The dreams we see, the goals we set for ourselves and the steps we take to accomplish these goals, make us extraordinary.

The more we learn to perfect our craft, the more we develop a mindset destined for success; that 10% little extra effort, that we put in with utmost sincerity and perseverance; and a zeal to achieve something is all that does the trick.

Everything in life starts with a dream. A dream so big that it brightens your eyes and mind at the meagre thought of it. A dream that brings a smile to your face and makes you realise your passion.

But dreams don't just become reality. Almost every person who has achieved success has tasted failure. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Inc was fired from his own company. He tasted failure in such a way that his life is graphically drawn with crests and troughs.

Ever wondered how blind people are able to read those bumps on paper? I believe that they are not born with special senses for touch or special brains, they simply develop something within themselves that seems impossible to us.

Say YES to your dreams. Commit 110% to achieve it. Master your craft and invest your time and effort walking step by step each day. Set goals for yourself.

Think, what extra or better you should be doing to make your work and you, extraordinary.

Remember, the extra that we look for - is found in the "Ordinary".

Finding more meaning in what you do, than finding more things to do is what makes you extraordinary. 

Opportunities come to everyone but only a few grab them. Grab the opportunities that come towards you.

Overcome your demons of fear which lower your self confidence.  Be enthusiastic and try to be the light that would help others too to overcome their fears.

It would take just a little bit extra.

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The Loss of A Loved One

It is true, some people come in our lives and leave footprints on our hearts. But when they leave, we are never ever the same. They are so important in our lives that living without them feels incredibly incapacitating.

Since childhood I had been very close to my paternal grandmother. She was more than a mother to me. The first person I saw after waking up in the morning, to being the last person I saw before falling asleep at night. She was my world. The one who brought me up, who taught me to be me, who taught me to stand up for myself and the one who stood by me in every situation. 

Losing her

was the biggest shock of my life, one that I am yet to overcome, even after 11 years of her passing away. The very thought of not being able to see her, not being able to care for her or talk to her in the last moments of her life kills me. 

Not able to accept that she is gone, I have walked to my school and back home numerous times in the hope that I will get to see her walking besides me one last time. The same way as she used to walk with me when I was a kid. I've broken down a thousand times when all my hopes to see her again, shattered. 

My tears and years of living in pain taught me to believe on one thing, that what I am trying to cope up with, is not a loss but a change. I have learnt that all this while I have been trying to resist change. The change, that my grandma is not a part of this material world anymore, that she might not be a human being anymore but she does exist in the world somehow. 

She exists in my memories. She exists in my feelings. She exists in my nature and in my soul, for she is the one who taught me morals and values. She exists in everything that i have learnt from her. 

This has made it easier for me to accept the reality. 

When we lose someone we love, it distorts our universe and our peace of mind. There is a past that we always want to go back into, for that is the place that gives us a peace of mind. A place where there is no reality check.  

We lose ourself in the grief of what we have lost. The only way to cope from such a trauma is to change ourselves. Nothing can bring our loved ones back, nothing can change the present. Rather we should move forward, so that it becomes easier for us to accept change.

In the end though we are only left with memories of our loved ones and some dreams which seem so real and vivid. We should never stop cherishing them because it is God's way of bringing our loved ones back to us, even if it is for a minute.


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And You Think Stay-at-home Moms Just Stay At Home?

I have been a stay-at-home mom, "BY CHOICE" for almost 5 years now. Most people I know react as if a stay-at-home mom does not have any work other than sitting at home, enjoying life and watching tv.

Here, I have a question...

Do you know how much it takes to be a home-maker? Do you know the meaning of working 24x7x365 without getting paid and without getting days off? Do you know the meaning of unconditional love, sacrifice and feeling happiness in the success of your loved ones?

If you do, I am very happy and proud of your existence but if you don't, please continue reading. To all the people who think staying at home means relaxing and watching tv, this article is a "must read" for you. And all you stay-at-home moms, this article is a salute to all of you for your love, sacrifices, dedication and sincerity.

A stay-at-home mom is one who choses to raise her children, over her career. I am one of them and I am proud of that decision of mine. I am proud that I chose to focus on giving my kids the best early years at home that I could. And thats a privilege!


When I was working, nobody cared what I did or what careers I switched, but as soon as I became a stay-at-home mom, everyone has had something to say. From being skeptical to feeling pity and someone even questioning about what I was doing with my life.

If I am taking a few years off for raising my kids, I am doing what I think is good for my family. You see, "MY DECISION" and "MY FAMILY", please remind yourself of that.

I can go writing on and on about what I do nonstop from 6am to 9pm, but unless you've been there, it would sound like a child's play.

In short, as a stay-at-home-mom, nothing about my day is mine.

I don't wake up simply, I straightaway go to the kitchen to pack lunch for my husband. Before I am done, my kids are up and I am running around to catch up with the morning chores, listening to their temper tantrums, feeding them or grooming them. And mind you I have not groomed myself for the day yet, nor had coffee or breakfast.

I just don't have food whenever I want to. I have to make sure the kids are fed first, then occupied in an activity, the house is cleaned up,  the dishes are done and in the meanwhile the kids are to be fed again.

Feed the kids, take them for an outing, come back home, cook again (snack time you see!), make them busy in some activity, try to make tea for myself and hear them fighting in the meanwhile. Go back again to them, try to handle a temper tantrum. Manage household chores, dinner, feed the kids yet again and finally it is 8:30pm. Ahaa time for bed. Wait! No! What? The sleep ritual, a bed time story, a few more questions and answers and finally they are off to sleep.

I don't work whenever I want to. I have to consult my husband, check his schedules, check the kids school schedule, then decide if I can do the work at home with the kids or I need a baby sitter. Then look for a baby sitter.

Even my body is not mine. For the last 5 years, I hardly remember when I had gone for a pamper treatment for myself or have had the leisure to sleep till late without the thought of kids and chores going on in my head.

Like every other girl out there, I would love to get recognition, remuneration, and a handsome bonus. But I'll be honest, I saw my kids take their first steps, I saw them speak their first words. I have been with them as a pillar of trust and love at every step of their early years, I have raised them the way I wanted to, and it far surpassed the satisfaction I would have got from a promotion or a bonus.

Hands down, these have been some of the best moments of my life.

If I were working, I would have got paycheques, I would have been running to chase someone's dream, called a servant, I could even have been replaced if deemed unfit. I would have been a number. I am not being harsh, I am being real.

But I am JUST a stay-at-home mother who you think is JUST enjoying her life at home. But in my eyes I am a mother who JUST brought twin lives in this universe and  JUST moulded those lives to become responsible beings, who JUST manages, directs and handles her kids and household as you might do your office chores. I am the one who JUST teaches morals, manners, and hygiene to my twins and am JUST a foundation rock for my family.

So before you look down at me or any stay-at-home mom you know, think twice. She is not a number or a servant or a calculation, she is the strongest foundation of a family. She deserves to be respected the same way as you, for if you calculate the jobs she does and convert it into money, your salaries would look menial in comparison to the work she does everyday.

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What do you plan to write in your blog?

The one question that I am usually asked from anyone who knows that I write is, "What do you write about?" Travel, food, product reviews, childcare, parenting? Well the answer to that is, pretty much everything that my mind and heart talk about in unison.

For me writing is a way of relaxation, a way to went out an emotional bubble, a way to speak out my mind and mostly to write down what I saw, felt, and understood about something. And to be true, my write up does not have pre-planned material, its more like an extempore. I simply feel like my mind and heart are talking and my fingers are typing.

I am a new blogger, who wants to write down anything and everything that I would like to write in a diary (of course not my personal things). I don't want my blog to sound like fiction but want that people can relate to what I am writing. When I read something, I like it if I am able to visualise the write-up. That is exactly what I am trying to do through my articles.

This article does not talk about any news, recipe, learning etc but it is something that I want my readers to know about me and my articles. Follow my blog if you are a dreamer, follow my blog if you are someone working hard to reach somewhere, read my blog if you are trying to find the real you! Read and comment on my blogs if you have dreams, feel my articles if you can read in between the lines, laugh out my blog if you believe in coincidence and feel these are the things you personally feel but can see coming out from someone else's mind.

And last but not the least read, write, think, dream, work hard but smile, because this is what will make your life more meaningful and worthwhile.

Welcome to my blog!

Blogging and reading blogs has been very close to me since I was a teen. The thought of having my own blog has been there in my mind ever since, but as the blog name says, "Twinny Lives", my life as a mother of twins, it is really hard to cope up with all the responsibilities together. Be it being a mom of two little monkeys or being the home minister managing my home and my third baby (my husband :P ). While reading blogs I came across a number of topics that would interest me but never enough to start writing about. The last 5 years of my life have been both a rollercoaster with a lot of interesting stuff and a lot of difficult times. 

But as Anne Tyler said, "If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all". So finally here I am, starting my blogging journey to share my experiences being a mother of twins, how I impress my kids into eating what I cook (of course in the style they enjoy) and trying to handle their tantrums. This blog would also talk about product and gadget reviews.

 I love to try different cuisines so want to share my thoughts about foods and restaurants I visit. Being fond of gadgets and games, you surely can expect my reviews about technology you might be planning to buy.

I also hope my experiences in life and non-fictional writings help us in sharing a healthy discussion over some topics of daily life and makes my readers lives less stressful. I would love to know new people through the comments I get in my blog. And finally, I hope and wish that god leads me, inspires me and prods me to spill out all the learnings I get in life. 

Keep smiling and stay blessed!

Vinisha