Life’s Moments

One Pot Spaghetti….
On a break from work routine, dropped in at my uncle’s for a visit. It was about 5 in the evening. I usually hang with him and most of the conversations revolve around aquariums, not to mention he is the one who builds most of my aquariums. It was close to 6 and was about…

An escape from saturation
I was feeling kinda saturated and feeling low, sitting with the laptop all week. So last Sunday taking impulsive decision went out for a days photoshoot, With the canon and Nikon cams, lenses, chargers and of course the two new members to my crew – The Vanguard Alat Pro2 tripod and the JJC shutter release…

The annual meet
Visiting my Dad’s hometown Pattambi, where I spend most of my childhood days is always a fun walk down memory lane , but when I do it with my childhood cousins , it’s even more fun! Almost every year, four of us, Anish, Shihab, Basheer and I gather at our ancestral home town for a…

From ‘Saar’ to ‘Sir’
Recently collaborated with the Travel Teachers Team , to take 2 day sessions at Khidmath School Edakkulam, for Content Based Integrated Learning. Scroll down to see the 2 days sessions held at Khidmath

Feeding the Tadpoles
Sunday , we went to check up on the tadpoles , We needed to feed em something Aazim stated. I suppose we can feed some earthworms! I mean that’s what I fed em when I was having them at Aazim’s Age 🙂 ( ok MAY BE lot older than Aazim 😛 ) No sooner…

In Search of Tadpoles …..
After the heat of my nephews Puppet Project had died down. His next, Uncle and Nephew gig was ….You guessed it Tadpoles !! 😛 Down at our ancestral pond where we found them Aazim with net container all ready for the catch !! We took some water 1st and next to scoop up some tadpoles…

The Puppet Phase continues ….
Yes my little nephew’s puppet making phase is still on the go, and its moving up!! This visit home for Ramadan, he couldn’t be happier to see me. Now he can make all the pending so called ” Aazim’s projects” – now famously coined termed among the other family members. This time instead of card…

Run for a good cause
Arown academy hosted a 10 km and 6 km marathon last Sunday at Calicut beach , It was a charity fund raising event for Institute of Palliative Medicine , Calicut . It was put together in a short period with lot of support from IPM staff and volunteers, and Odraa Calicut club . We had…

Sunday Picnic
Last Sunday: Aazim wanted to go on a Picnic to this place nearby called ” Kodikuthi Mala ” It is a small hill where recently tourism is slowly starting to catch up . Considering the summer season setting in , We would have to be there early in the morning and be back before the…

The Puppet Phase
Last week when I visited home , my little nephew ran up to me and held up two cardboard cutout figures , he called them cardboard puppets. I went “wow! and now tell me who they are?” He said ” The one on the left – That’s you uncle, and the one on the…

At the Art Exhibition- Becoming
Last week went to see an Art Exhibition by the Artist Shabna Sumayya at the Laithakala Academy a self taught Artist who hails from Aluva and works as freelance illustrator and a homemaker . I had not been to one in a very very long time . At 1st I just walked about looking…

Mountain Biking with Aazim
There is a ancestral property near our home. I used to go there in my childhood days along with my mum’s eldest brother. My uncle supervised the agricultural work there, and during holidays I would accompany him. Well things have changed a lot from then. My uncle passed away when I was about 11 years…

Kindergarten Class Party
The kindergarten section of Silvermount International School, where I had worked four years back had invited me to attend their annual KG Class party. This was an event that happened every year, where the students would bring various foods preparations from home and they would enjoy the treats, juices and various savories each one had bought.…