This week was a mixture of being both hectic and then slow! Hectic in the first half because of Diwali and then slow in the second half because of work!

I decided to make 11 items for the festival, 5 each of sweets and savories and a traditional medicine, all which were fantastic. I’ll post recipes soon, especially for those which do not require specific utensils to make.

The second half at work was as usual, boring. I am serious now about talking to Big B about my future here, but will do that after my holidays. Hopefully he will be around long enough at that point in time for me to have a serious talk with him.

BB’s voice has started to break and my baby is now growing up! Actually this started a couple of weeks back, but at that point, we thought he’s getting a cold and this slightly distorted voice is because of that. When it went on for more than a week, we realized that it’s not a cold, but BB is getting to be an adult finally! He reached puberty almost two years after GG!

My usual boring week at work….

I’m trying real hard to remain positive, but there are days when I want to scream….or to hit someone 😦

Diwali preparations have started in earnest at home. Last week we went to Little India and brought the things needed for the sweets and savories. This year I am being most ambitious in all the years, so I hope all goes well. If it does look and taste good, I will definitely post the recipes here. Some are traditional recipes and some new ones.

We have a parenting talk in the children’s school about the transition to secondary school as well as some schools will be having booths which I wanted to check out.

Off to work now, but have a wonderful week everyone!

The week was mostly spent in Penang on holiday! We left last Sunday and returned back on Wednesday afternoon. Since Thursday was Dusshera, I decided not to go to work and only went back on Friday!

Penang was fun and deserves multiple blog posts which I will do in the coming weeks!

Since I was at work only one day, it was manageable, but there is still a lot of angst and anger in me here. I need to keep reminding myself to be positive, and sometimes that is very hard! I’ve also started writing my positivity journal, so that should help I guess!

We spent the weekend cleaning the house and getting it ready for Diwali. Most Indian homes will do a major clean-up at this time, and we are also the same. I threw away a lot of unwanted things and it felt good doing that. After that, promptly went shopping to buy more!!

I have also started planning what sweets and savouries to make for Diwali, will probably post recipes too of those…

Off to work now, need to channel loads of positivity and get through the week without getting angry and pissing myself off!

The last week was one of the sorts I like – a fairly busy week! When I am busy, I don’t over think and the day at work zips by. I love such weeks! When I am free and don’t have much to do, I tend to snack often and then have to find things to look busy. I hate such days! I am actually underworked here, so these days are more often there than busy days….

Since it is Navratri, people have been inviting us, but what with work and the holidays, I could only go to my inlaws place on Friday. She does this every year and so after work, I dolled up in a saree and went there. Spent a pleasant evening chatting with people I see only once a year!

Then Saturday was the day when BB & GG, along with others performed at a nearby temple. They are learning South Indian classical music or Carnatic music for a few years now and every year during Navratri, the teacher puts up a performance at a local temple where her students can sing. This year, their class, which mostly has PSLE students didn’t have enough practice as most of them didn’t go to class in the month before the exams. But in spite of that, the children did a great job. I am really happy that both GG & BB, especially GG, enjoy singing!

We’re in Penang for a few days, taking a well-deserved break part 1 after the grueling year that was the PSLE. I’m taking loads of pictures and will post more about these later on!

Have a great week folks!