MotoG 2nd Generation Unboxing

I ordered the phone yesterday from Flipkart and it was delivered within a day, no I didn’t take the one day delivery option. So yay!

To be honest all these weird posts about Snapdeal and Flipkart sending bricks instead of phones did get onto me. I was quite paranoid about ordering it, but the delivery was so quick that well it didn’t matter.

So MotoG 2nd Generation is for ₹ 12,999/- which according to what I read on other websites and based on YouTube videos is pretty reasonable and worth its cost.

The phone came in this sturdy box

I got a ₹50/- recharge from freecharge.

 

It had a bubble wrap around so that it is not damaged during the delivery process. The box was in the best condition possible.

 

The phone is sleek and easy to handle. However I didn’t really like its look, you know it doesn’t look that great. Those speakers in the front are weird. Although they work awesome.

It came with a charger, earphones and a couple of manual both in English and Hindi. Another disappointing thing is that there was no USB cable. I like to charge my phone via USB and how am I supposed to transfer stuff from PC to Phone? I guess I’ll have to buy a new USB.

Thought Trail

“You should be strong; you should never give up nor be afraid of doing something that your heart tells you to do. Your father is no more, you don’t have any brothers. You should learn to take care of yourself.” her mother told her. She was still a kid and those words didn’t really penetrate deep enough to her.

“Mamma, the guy who sits next to me in school is mean to me. I don’t want to sit with him”she complained one day to her mother.

“Do you want me to come talk to your class teacher?”

“No, it’s okay. Ill handle it”

Her mother smiled a little. She knew she had done her job right. She had brought up her daughter to deal with her problems on her own and not depend on anyone else. The mother however traditional in a way was also very practical and modern. She had seen both poverty and riches and knew a right combination of traditional values and practicality and modern culture is the best way to bring up daughter.

She was the kind of mother who allowed her daughter late night parties but also taught her the importance of getting up early in the morning. She made it very clear that she disapproved of her first boyfriend but didn’t force her daughter to break up. She let her make her own decisions.

Years later

“You are dating him for how long exactly?”Her mother enquired. All these years the daughter had learnt to be responsible, independent and free to take her own decisions.

“6 years”

“And this is his younger brother’s engagement? Are you planning to get married to him?”

“Yup, but that is still going to take time. I am still studying. He has to set up his career; I have to start my career. Plus we are not insecure about each other in that way.  We know career should be our priority now and we can get married later.”

“Okay! Just let me know when you want to get married. You sound so much like me when I was younger.”

“And see you turned out just fine! You found pappa; you are financially sound, what else do one need?”

6 months later

“We should get married. At least get the marriage talks started. I can’t handle the my family pressure anymore” he told her

“What about our career? What about my career? I just graduated. I want to do Masters.” She tried to make him understand.

“Yes butwhat harm is it going to do? We will get married and then you pursue your career”

“I will turn 23 this September; I am still young to handle marriage. I can’t do this. Moreover you have your career to follow. You are just giving in to the pressure. Make your parents understand that we aren’t in 1960s anymore. We have ambitions and we want to follow them. We have all our lives to get married and have babies” she hoped he would understand that it is just way too early for her.

“I can’t. You choose me or your career”

“Career. But I stood by you when you were struggling to get a job or when you failed a year in college. Can’t you do the same for me?”

“I can’t. Sorry”

One lonely evening, her thoughts started wandering…

Is it wrong that I am practical girl? I do intend to get married but there are certain things that I need to achieve before that. I need to have an identity, some financial security and some goal. Is it a good thing that this happened now? I don’t know. He should have been here supporting me, telling me that all is going to be fine. He should have made his parents understand that people these days are very career oriented, is that a good thing though? Should I be career oriented? I am not exactly being selfish here right? I am just asking for the bare minimum, let me just get started with a job. How difficult is that to understand?

23 and married sounds ridiculous anyway. I have two friends from school who are married and one even has a kid. I can see that they have achieved nothing in life and don’t even have any intentions. They are happy being housewives, nothing wrong with that but that’s just not what I had planned for myself. Am I stupid to let it all go when I had it all?

No! If the guy has the right to think of his career and his life and his finance and I supported him through all this thick and thins, I expect him to do the same. Maybe I am wrong but that’s only fair. Talk about equality dude!

Okay, I need to get a grip.

She drifted off to sleep

Dirty Little Secret

Him – So I hear you are home alone today.

Her – yes, so?

Him – I am coming over

Her – No you are not. I know what you are coming over for

Him – ill be reach there in 30mins.

At her house

“We broke up, you don’t love me anymore and don’t plan on getting back then why should we be doing this?” She said

“Relax, it’s just physical we have done this before what’s the harm if we do it again? We are not with dating anyone else for now.” He argued back

Some time later

“We shouldn’t have done this. You said all those nice things just so that I would agree to sleep with you right? You know I still love you.” She said

“To be honest, Yes”

“I am a fool”

“I have to meet my friends, I better get going”

“Are you going to tell them you were with me?”

“No, I can’t”

“Oh so you can come sleep with me. But can’t even tell your friends that we meet?”

“Yes, I can’t do that”

“So I am your dirty little secret right? A personal slut”

He left without saying anythnig.

She was left with self-loathing, no one had ever made her feel so cheap and disgusting ever. The problem still was that the love she had for him never decreased. She had learnt to live with the self-loathing, disrespectful life and with all the depression and sadness that came with it.

Someones dirty little secret was that she was.

Garnier BB Cream

Wearing makeup, dressing up was really not my thing ever. It was one of those things that I just

could never get a hang of. Obviously I tried certain things but nothing ever came up to live up my expectation which basically was that it should be something very easy , not complicated, quick and gave perfect result.

As I said earlier I have tried a lot things but they all seem to ask for a little more attention than I was willing to give, so when I got to know about BB creams I was instantly attracted towards them.  Again itwasn’t an easy task, I tried a few BB creams but they just didn’t seem to work right for me. When I told a friend about it she said,“ it’s just a cream, how can you have problems with that as well? ”

 You see some of them didn’t mosturize my skin well, some of them left a white finish on the face and one of them just caused me acne. It took me a long time to figure what was causing acne but the damage was done till then.

Anyway sowhen I tried on Garnier BB Cream I was a bit apprehensive considering all my previous experiences.  This product howeversurprised  me, the consistency is not very thick thus making it easy to apply. It doesn’t leave a white finish on my face. It is also not sticky. However it doesn’t do much work when it comes coverage but an even tone and bit of a base is what you are looking for then this shall work wonders. Also I like the fact that it’s not very costly as compared to other products which are available in the market.

I had applied this and my friends did notice that there was something different, they asked me if I had done something to my skin which basically told me that the product is working for me. It gave my skin a healthy glow, made it look mosturized and healthy.

I liked the fact that this requires the least time. I just used a small dollop of the cream on my face and neck, as said earlier it blended with my skin in almost no time. I gave it rest for like 2mins for it to set and then applied my compact powder. And there! I was all set, I put on some Kajal and Masacara a nude lipstick and lip balm and I was good to go. It stayed on for around 6-7 hours I guess, I didn’t time this. It was also hot outside and I was in the sun most of the time, that remind me it also has SPF 24 so you neednt worry about the sun as well.

Over all I loved this product and has already become a part of my daily routine

A Bundle of Joy

My grandmother always used to tell my mother, “The happiness that a child brings into a house cannot be recreated by anything or anyone else”. I was too young to understand the meaning behind this that time. Now however I understand exactly what she meant. Although there is no child in my house now I am going to write about this little girl who is my neighbour.

I had just come back from college when my mother announced that neighbour had a baby girl. I rushed to congratulate them and have a look at the baby.  The cuteness made everyone fall in love with her the first time they saw her. She had suddenly become the center of attraction in the building especially my floor where the childs story kept coming everyday.

As she grew up, she turned into this enthusiastic little kid who would never sit at one place. Constant looking after her was needed as it was by now understood that you leave her unattended for some time and she would come up with some mischeif.

Everyone loved  her and she knew that she has the potential to make anyone over look her mischeif just by her cuteness.

Suddenly she became a part of our everyday conversation. We would shop for her even ever we came across some cute baby stuff in the mall. ABCD and Humpty Dumpty also became a norm where anyone who is free shall start teaching her.

Just because of her the entire floor had a new life, a new happiness and a new story to listen to from her parents about what new things she did. This is when I understood what my grandmother said, a little quirky, enthusiastic child had really brought in so much joy and happiness in our lives. To by honest, I never wanted her to grow up. 

It was around the time of her birthday that she fell ill. She was admitted in a hospital. The gloom and sadness felt by everyone was obvious. It was as if all of us were going through some stress. It hurted not seeing her playing outside every morning, or the regular crying and wailing during lunch / dinner time just because she didn’t like what was cooked.

She had become the center of our daily lives. Like seriously a little kid who does nothing but just try new ways to mess up the house and come up with ideas which are going to just create more trouble for the parents actually earns everyoneslove. The day she was ill, everyone was back to being grim and living their life like a machine.

Kids really help take the stress out our lives. We forget that we have stress and suddenly fairytales become real. You laugh at silly jokes and even crack a few to see the little one laugh. Your backpain goes away in a jiffy just because you want to give the little one a piggy back ride. So much a child does for us, and it is really sad when a child falls sick. You can’t see the pain they are going through, you would happily take the sickness and let the child be. That’s the magic of children, they just know how to spread happiness and more so when they are all fit, fine and healthy so they can run as far as they want to, create as much a mess they wish, and spread the most biggest smile on your face.

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Meri Wali Diwali

The moment I turned 18, I started asking my mother to get me a scooty. Now my mother is of the thinking that scooty is dangerous, cars on the other hand are safer. So that birthday I didn’t get any gift as we couldn’t come to terms about what exactly I want. Scooty and bike war was on in the house.

Forward to Diwali.

On my way out I took my keys from the counter. I noticed that there was one more key attached to it. I asked my mother about it only to be surprised that she had actually got me a car!

Mind you that time I knew nothing about cars, I hadnt even enrolled for driving lessons. 

While writing this article I realised that I have generally got such  surprises on Diwali, right from my first cycle!

Diwali brings in so much joy and for me it’s the anticipation of what’s going to happen next.

Another reason why I just love Diwali is because I we have kind of a ritual with my extended family (friends).  On the first day of diwali we all dress up and meetup, burst some crackers, although crackers have been stopped now considering all the environmental issues. It was something that happened without planning and before we knew it it was a tradition.

I like how such small small things brings people together. Diwali also gives you a reason to get back with people, contact them again. We all know that we are all distant these days, it wasn’t so earlier. Diwali gives you a perfect way to bring in the bond back. Family members visit eachother even though they have just spent a year of very less or no contact.

Another thing why I love diwali is because it takes me back to my roots and to my family. The whole year is spent meeting college deadlines, with friends, trying to be updated with fashion and dealing with all the petty problems which at that time looks like the most important thing ever.  Diwali gives me a reason to learn about my culture, dress in those sexy saries and adorable kurtis, meet all the family and learn cooking! Yes, I don’t know how to make dal rice but I very well know (okay, somewhat know) how to make modaks, shankarpali, chakli, chivda and besanche ladoo (all marathi diwali delicacies)

Diwali also brings in lots of holidays, all the more reason to love the festival and spend time with family and people you care about.

Oh and how can I forget gift? As much as I love receiving gifts, I also love the process of buying gifts for everyone. I feel it instantly connects people. You are thoughtful and buy things which you think the opposite person shall like. Just the thought that someone has actually brought something for you and they have put efforts into it is so cute.

In so many ways Diwali is not just a festival, it is a collection of memories, of opportunities and a lot more.

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Love Games and All That Jazz!

“Nothing, we just went for lunch”, I told them hoping that would put an end to all the questions I had no answers to.

Obviously the questions were far from over.

“So do you like him?”

“Why don’t you ask him out?”

“oh! I am not very sure if I have the guts to do that. Plus I don’t even know what if he likes me, actually I am not very sure about what I feel for him as well.”

“ If he does ask you out, what would you say?”, this question made me pause.

“ I think ill say yes!”, I was surprised how easily I could answer that.

“You need to make me ask you out”, a friend chirped in.

“How do you ‘make’ someone do that?” I enquired.

“see, you need to make him jealous. Make him feel that you have other people as well. Don’t message him for a week. Whenever he asks you out say no!” and the list went on about what are the dos and don’ts of making someone ask you out!

“What rubbish! I am not doing any of this. If he likes me, he will ask me out. Simple!” I rubbished all their ideas after he completed his half our monologue.

On the way home I found myself thinking about the it over and over again. Does one have to go through all this drill just to make someone know that they have feelings for them.

I was in a six year long relationship and honestly now I feel so weird at times. Its like I have entered some different era of dating. There are rules and dating apps and all those cheesy lines (like wtf is up people?)