Just another day thinking positive

I woke up in a very foul mood today. Whenever I wake up in a gruff, I usually take a lot of time to peal myself off the bed. This means I get late to get ready for work and then eventually get stuck in traffic. I also reach office late and like that the whole day seems to be ruined by just getting up in a bad mood.

Even though it is early but because my mind is in distress I feel tired even before starting my work. But then I tell myself, I will not let one bad thing ruin my whole day. As soon as I make a concious decision of changing my mood from feeling sad to feeling grateful, I can feel the whole day changing its course on its own. It is that simple and yet many people don't understand or don't want to understand this phenomena of changing negativity to positivity.

I am a firm believer in thinking positive thoughts most of the time. I say most of the time because I am also a human being at the end of the day and the negative thoughts creep into my mind from time to time. But I make an effort to remove those thoughts and replace them with a positive one.

Let me give you a for instance, if I am feeling sad about something I just shift my attention to all the things I should be grateful about or I start watching a cat video online to lift my spirits. This technique works magic. I also sometimes close my eyes and try to meditate and bring my mind at peace again. This is always not easy and it requires hard work.

I still get very emotional sometimes and cry like a baby. I don't hold myself back when I am at the peak of negativity but then I don't let it ruin my whole day too. I simple put the thing bothering me behind and think of something positive. Life is too short to be serious and sad. So enjoy your life and live like your going to die tomorrow.

Movie Review: Dharam Sankat Mein

I was in Ahmedabad last month for some official work. While coming back to Mumbai my co-passengers were Paresh Rawal and Anu Kapoor. After watching the movie "Dharam Sankat Mein" I realised why were they in Ahmedabad.

So the movie starts off with Paresh Rawal being the most racist person in Ahmedabad. He is shown as a guy who not only is proud of being a Hindu but also hates Muslims from the bottom of his heart. Then he comes to know that he is adopted and his biological parents were Muslims.

He tracks his biological father down and in order to meet him he has to convert himself to Muslim. In the meantime, his son is in love with this girl whose father is extremely religious and is a follower of Naseerudin Shah who plays a godman. The girl's father wants her daughter to marry a guy whose family is also very religious. Paresh Rawal is caught in between the two religions and in turn starts to appreciate Humanity.

His Muslim trainer is Anu Kapoor who has done justice to the role and is amazing in the movie. Paresh Rawal was outstanding as usual. Don't know why Nasserudin Shah agreed to play the role of the godman but still he was good.

Overall, I thought the movie could have been shorter and from time to time I felt really bored watching it. If you are a fan of great acting then this is the movie for you. Comedy was ok not too outstanding. The end was a little anticlimactic and totally bizarre. I will give this movie a 3 out of 5 stars. 

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics, Lip Tar in color Radiate

I am back with yet another lip product review. I bought this product from elitify.com a few days back and believe me, I am obsessed with it. This is a lip tar by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics in the color ‘Radiate’. You will get it in a tube form. This will be my first time using a lip color from tube and I am a little scared about it.

You have to press the tube and the lip tar oozes out of it. You can either apply the product with your clean and sanitized fingers or use a lip brush. I didn’t have a lip brush because I never had to use one so I applied it with my own fingers only. I don’t see the need of a brush except that the product is very difficult to clean from your finger tip. This can also mean that this is going to be very long lasting product.

 The tube costs INR 2,290 for 10ml which in my opinion is pricey but given the fact that this price includes shipping from USA makes me feel better about the price. Most of the products on elitify.com is shipped from US and you need to give them at least 14-21 days to deliver the product to your doorstep. It is worth the wait is all I can say from my experience. 

I used bronze smokey eyes and a light contouring on my cheeks.

This color is very cool for the wedding season going on right now. You can wear it with your favorite saree and dazzle the crowd. If you apply it a little lighter it can also seamlessly go with your office ensemble.  For me this is a very good buy and would definitely shop for more lip tars. 

Last thing that I want to mention here is that this lip tar is 100% Vegan. So if you follow veganism then you can use this product without any guilt.

Jaipur Trip

I have to travel a lot for my work and I absolutely love that. I work for Oracle in their Corporate Social Responsibility department which is also know as Oracle Academy. I am a instructor and have to travel to different parts of the country to teach teachers from schools and colleges.

Just last month I got the opportunity to travel to Jaipur, Rajasthan for a training. Jaipur in December is brutal. The temperature down there was just 8 degrees. The training was in one of the leading universities of India, Amity University which is 50kms outside of Jaipur city. The temperature inside the campus was just 3 degrees and I had a hard time dealing with it.

I was completely covered from head to toe. The only thing visible was my face. I don't like cold weather at all and it was really hard for me to face such a harsh climate.

The training was very successful. The teachers were enthusiastic as well as very keen to learn. I was staying inside the campus of Amity University, Jaipur and it is a very beautiful campus.

Jaipur itself is a beautiful place filled with palaces and history. I went to Jaipur a day early to see all the famous palaces. The first palace that I saw was Amber Fort. The architecture, art and culture was over flowing from everywhere.

I also visited a very interesting place called "Chokhi Dhani". This is a place where you can experience the culture of Rajasthan in one place. The food, dance and music all put in one place for tourists to enjoy.

Just before returning to Mumbai, I again went on a tour of Jaipur city. This time I went to the Jaigad Fort which is very adjacent to the Amber Fort and also equally beautiful.

The only suggestion I would give to anyone going to Jaipur for holidays is that do not go on package tours because they do not give any time to actually enjoy the palaces. It is much better to hire a taxi for a day and go around sight seeing on your own. 

Laqa&Co fat lip pencil, Palate Cleanser review

I received my January 2015 fab bag with a lots of interesting products. One product in particular caught my attention was a fat lip pencil by Laqa&Co. I was not actually expecting the lip pencil to be very good. But boy was I wrong. 

As soon as I put it on my lips, I was blown away.  I got the color "Palate Cleanser" which is a dark maroon color. I don't how fab bag knew that I am a fan of dark color lipstick because I am a little obsessed with the color. 

 

The color looks great on me at least or so I think it does. It is also very pigmented and long lasting. Yesterday I had applied this on my lips and couldn't get it off with a tissue paper. I could only remove it with a make up remover. The lip pencils are available in three more shades on fabbag.com.

The shades that are available on the website are Doppleganger, Jammy Bastard and Siren Song. There are two sizes available i.e. 3gms for INR 800 and 4gms for INR1,5000.

I will give a 4 out 5 stars to this product only because I like matte lipsticks more than the shiny ones. But that's me and my choices. It also has mint in it so when you apply it your lips feel very cold. Also it is moisturising which is great for the dry winter we are having in Mumbai.

It is definitely a very good purchase for the price. The only negative thing that I have to report is the plastic packaging which makes it look like a cheap product. I was very sceptical to try it on also but then you know what they say, you should never judge a book by its cover.

Big Girl!!!

No I am not going to talk about the Danielle Steel book here(which coincidentally is the book I am reading right now). I wanted to write this blog because I saw Eat, Pray, Love yesterday. One of my favorite scenes from the movie is where Julia Robert says  'I am having a relationship with my Pizza' while hungrily having a huge pizza.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZY86k2NjTY&feature=share

I relate to what she says very strongly. I have been trying to lose weight since I can remember. I have reduced like around 10 kgs but still I do not feel completely beautiful or satisfied. I am so tired of ignoring or resisting food just because I don't want to the weight again. That doesn't mean I want to hog like a pig and be an obese. I just want to marvel food and enjoy it and not worry about the calories. I am so done with the guilt.

Trying hard not to get DESPERATE!

I was watching a clip from Sex and the City on youtube the other day. In that clip Carrie says when a guy stands under a girl’s window and plays violin or says that he is missing her it always sounds so cute and romantic. But imagine a girl doing the same thing. Standing under a guy’s window and throwing stones at it just to say ‘I miss you’ or call 10 times a day to just hear his voice, sounds kind of desperate. Right?

I don’t know why, but it does sound kind of desperate. If you do this with a guy, then you can say good bye to the relationship once for all. He will never call you back again. And it is not like I don’t think it is desperate. I think it is desperate too. This is the saddest part of it. We girls also think that it doesn’t look good to express our true feelings all the time especially when the relationship is in its initial phase.

You know how my thought process goes (and this is when the relationship is initial and I don't want to show my true colors). When I call my guy and he doesn’t pick up I stay calm and wait for his call. I give myself a good two hours before I give another call to him. I don’t send SMS. I stay CALM. Then I try to make myself busy in work or start reading a book. This helps me to forget about the call for quite some time. Then, when I remember that he hasn’t called yet, I send a casual message just to check if he is busy or not. If he replies, it is good and if he doesn’t, then I start thinking it is over with this guy.

I have been told that this is not a mature way to handle things. So I rethink about leaving the guy just because he didn't call back. When he does call back I try my level best to sound casual like I was not even thinking about his call. So much thought process go into this silly thing. Another very immature thing I start planning is taking revenge on him. I think of making him suffer exactly how I was suffering. 

It is tough being a girl in this world and even tougher to be a girl with attitude. I think instead of thinking whether he would call or not I should get a life. LOL….