Take turns to clean your home 🏡

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Everyday is a new day for us. We'll learn new things, new hobbies, just to make the day a good day.

In those annual holidays that was on May 2025, I had to make sure that my day should be a good day, which was difficult for me and also for everyone because, everyday We'll face a new problem or an obstacle, and somehow we have to tackle the problem to solve it and cross that obstacle.

I had food cravings which was good, but sometimes it became worse. The only good thing is that, It was a home made one, which is healthier compared to the restaurant one's. 

Managing family provision that is grocery, cooking and also maintaining cleanliness and neatness in arranging things is the main important things that I had to take care off.

Recently after Christmas 2025, Me and brother took charge in cleaning the shelves and throwing away the waste products. Rearranging the things into a neat one, which made us hectic, but we did our best on doing that, though most of the work had been done by my brother, since I am a lazy person to do so😅😮‍💨.

I know most of us won't keep things in the correct place. Though we think that it is always a show for the people who comes to your home as a guest but, it is necessary to replace the things properly. 

A home is always a sweet home for us. 

So start from today, try to replace things properly, rearrange it, maintain it and make your home into a sweet one 😉.

A solo Travelling in Chennai... Short stories of my life - 8

A girl from a town, who is not used with Chennai lifestyle. Though she travelled to Chennai many times with her family,  and suddenly have to travel alone, how does it feel?

This is how my parents felt, where I have to travel alone in Chennai, when I was a first year college student. It was so awkward for me to ask my friends or my roommates to travel with me as an help. 

At first, it was so difficult where I have to beg people,  to accompany me for travel. I used to travel with my friends or my roomie to accompany me, but then asking the person again and again is like irritating them or make them frustrated on this. Though they never told the uneasiness of how they felt, I thought maybe I should travel alone.

It was the even semester time, I started travelling alone. There are many things which I am not aware of in Chennai. But the strangers of unknown people here, irrespective of their age they helped me, guided me in Chennai which shows the humanity here. 

As a girl, travelling travelling alone in Chennai, my parents always called me to help, to guide me, though their inner conscience were afraid, of what something terrible happens to my daughter.

Now, I am a person who loves to travel alone and let me tell you, I never faced any harassment, eve teasing. The most terrifying place in Chennai is North Chennai, this is what people told me about this for a girl to travel alone. But let me tell you, I have even travelled to north chennai alone, without any help of my friends. This is so true about Chennai (வந்தாரை வாழவைக்கும் சென்னை). 

You may think that this is very simple for a person to survive in Chennai, but it is not easy at all, especially for a women. If they get used to regularly, it is a safe place for all.

Why am I writing a blog about this?

For those who read my blog about this especially if you are not from Chennai, don't think that someone will help us all the time. You need to stand up on your feet and survive here.

In Conclusion, Chennai is a place where you'll learn a life lesson and it teach you many things about life. It depends on how you utilise it.

If you have self confidence on yourselves and have guts, please travel alone and be brave enough to face the upcoming obstacles that you might have to face while travelling in Chennai.

When forgetting leads to restlessness... Short stories of my life - 7

It was the month of winter where I was very tired, when I returned to my hostel from my home on 15th December morning. I attended the classes that day, which made me even tired but, I had other plans for that day. I went to the bus stop and waited for a long time for the bus to come and I already missed the bus. I felt demotivated and called my mom at that time. I told her that I am going to use train for travel, but she told me to wait and assured me that I will get a bus, so I stood there patiently. Within few seconds, A bus came 51A to T-Nagar. I got inside the bus, and travelled nearly one hour 15minutes I guess. 

First lesson - wait patiently, or else you will miss the opportunity. Don't be impatient!

Firstly, I went to fancy accessories shop to buy earrings after that, I went to Saravana stores to buy some Jeans for myself. I reached Mambalam Railway station and got a ticket to Tambaram. I hoped onto the ladies compartment, admist the crowd I travelled and reached Guindy, until I remembered something. I forgot the earrings that was bought and kept in the underground of Saravana stores, where we need to keep our things there. I panicked and got down from the train, searched for railway counter to buy ticket and went to mambalam again and brought my earrings back from the store. I was exhausted and felt my leg was numb and suddenly, I made the decision to use Bus to reach my hostel. It was nearly two hours of travel and reached the hostel at 9pm, due to heavy traffic at Velacherry and Pallikaranai. It was a nice experience, travelling alone at night in Chennai and an unforgettable memories that I created was a disaster.

Second lesson: Don't be forgetful of your things while travelling. Be mindful and careful when you are travelling alone.

Why colours are becoming controversial nowadays?

Hello everyone! Today I went to Vikravandi, to see the newly opened Saravana stores. They bought an old cotton mill, and they changed it into a shopping stores, which is now welcomed by the nearby towns. It is not a muti storey building like we have in Chennai, it is all in ground floor. 

The main thing that I noticed was the colours. The dress that they have hanged on was very dark and bright colours, and it was a good attraction for the people to buy. whereas in Chennai, they always hanged on was light coloured dresses in maximum and dark coloured dresses in minimum.

when you actually see the difference between the town and the cities is that,

City people prefers the light and shady colours, and they buy it in very expensive manner. It's not that there is no dark colour dress in the shop, it just people obviously choose light colours. 

Whereas in towns and villages, people love to wear the dark and attractive coloured dress, even if it is not suitable for their skin colour and irrespective of whether the dress is suitable for them or not, they knew the importance and value of those colours.

Another main reason is the people's status, that shows the huge difference in wearing dresses in city people and the town people.

You can actually see the difference when you attend any ceremonies in towns or in cities. 

I have went to almost all Saravana stores Branches in Chennai, and I couldn't find a suitable dark coloured dress for me. Even I could find one, either it is very expensive or it is not upto my size, where I have to struggle to get one dress for myself.

Nowadays, the colours are always linked to politics.

 I still remember when I worn Black Jeans with maroon short top with black shawl, people once told me that I look like DMK flag. If a person wears an orange colour top, people call them as a BJP supporter. They are neither wearing any BJP symbol nor supporting to BJP. That's also one reason, why I couldn't see people wearing orange coloured dress and It's very rare to see such people wearing it.

I hope people should become colourful in representing culture, because India is a very colourful country 😊. 

A dedication to all the Bus Drivers!

To start with a blog, does anyone love to travel? Well I do. I love to travel. A travel doesn't have to be long trip like any tourist places for that matter. A travel can be considered as travelling from one place to another place whether it is a short distance or a long distance. I love to travel alone too, especially in Chennai and I have travelled many times, alone in Chennai.

While travelling, I'll listen to songs and also, I'll enjoy the scenery. I can see different people with different culture and I can see the personality of the people's behaviour too.

While travelling from Tambaram to my hometown, I have seen the drivers take a break while travelling. They drink tea or have snacks and they take 10 to 15 minutes for their break, which makes me feel annoyed at times, that I reach my hometown delayed. But now, my perspective is changed.

Think about it, they are leaving their family, doing a shift work, driving for more than 12 hrs to reach their correct destination if it is a long travel, they lose their sleeping time and most importantly they should make sure that the passengers have dropped at their correct destination at correct time. How difficult their Job is?

In my opinion, I would say that driving is the most dangerous Job in the world. They are driving, while carrying many lives of the passengers, whether be it a train, Bus, car, aeroplane, metro rail, auto, bike transport. Whoever is driving on a road, their life on the road is dangerous. 

Still people loves to criticise the state government, for not providing the transport into a better one, like how people?

Some drivers may or may not be good at taking care of their passengers and I agree to it. I have travelled to my hometown using bus from different depots like KCBT, Kanyakumari, marthandam, Trichy, Madurai, villupuram, kumbakonnam, etc and I never seen neither the driver nor a conductor indulged in harrasing.

Even one time, the conductor helped me to change the seat, just because a male sat beside me. How kind they are!

Well this blog started with, about Travel and ended up about drivers. So, this essay is dedicated to all the drivers who drives for their life, for their passengers and This essay is specifically about the government bus drivers! 

Hats off for their hardwork!!🫡

Is Bargaining good or better for worse?

Hello guys! It's been a long time, since I wrote my last blog.

First of all, what is bargaining? Bargaining is an act of negotiating the price of a product, which is mostly used to reduce the cost of the product. (the context of the word 'Bargaining' is used for different purpose here)

Why do we do it?

Most of the time, women or any men do the act of bargaining, why because they felt the product is either too costly or not worth to the product's price. 

I am not a person, who indulge in Bargaining but, let me share an incident that had happened to me.

It was the previous week, I went to Sowcarpet for my Christmas shopping with my brother. I bought two satin long gowns, in which one dress cost ₹2000, but my brother bought the dress, which is reduced to ₹1900 by bargaining. The dress was worth upto the price.

We went to the another shop, where the satin long gown was ₹3500. Actually the owner was misleading us by saying the cost of the gown is ₹5000. He was confusing us and so, my brother bargained to ₹3000 and we bought it, though that long gown was not worth upto the cost.

While coming back, There was a fruit shop opposite to Rajiv Gandhi hospital, where I had bought pomegranates. 1kg of pomegranate is ₹300. We were shocked, so my brother bargained to ₹250 and that grandma agreed to it. I was thinking why should we need to reduce the cost of the pomegranate by the act of bargaining?

You know what I did? I gave ₹400 and she gave ₹100 change and was searching for ₹50 to give it back to me. I just went near the bike to go, and she was asking me to get the ₹50 change. I told her that we are buying it for ₹300.

You know what she did? She was overwhelmed by the act and she was so emotional. She joined both her hands together and told me "thank you". I nodded and I bowed down my head in a way of wishing her and left.

From what I can understand from bargaining is that, it can be good but not all the time.

Most of the common people, do bargain in the small shops or to a vender who sells on the street. But, why can't the same people do bargain in big shops like saravana stores, or any big clothing stores across India?

 

Because if we do that, they will throw you out of the shop. People won't bargain because, money speaks there in big stores or any Textiles and the main reason is the fixed price of the product and shop won't change it.

This same question was asked in Neeya Naana, A debate show of Star Vijay network.

In conclusion, what I want to tell you is that, Bargain when there is a need, but don't do it all the time because in a way, you are making the seller to be in loss or specifically, you are pushing the seller to poverty level even if the price of the material was worth upto the cost.

(This is my opinion of sharing it here. You can either understand my thoughts, if you are agreeing to my points or ignore if you don't agree)

A small yet shopping street...

When I walk into this street,

It will be very crowded.

You want to go into a particular shop, but you can't because you will be flown away.

Nearly one lakh people will be there in this small street.

Everyone will be running here and there to buy things, 

Especially women and ladies do most of the shopping here.

Shoes! Shoes! Fifty nine rupees shoe!

Do you need Tailor ma?

We'll do stitching in one hour!

Ice-cream in fifteen rupees!

Do you need key chain?

And lot's of pamphlets for their advertisement. 

Everyone will tirelessly working hard for their job,

Where is the salesperson?

There will be ruckus in each and every shop.

Yet, it is one of the famous streets in Chennai, 

One of the memorable place for everyone.

Even there was a movie adaptation based on this street.

The next station! Mambalam!

So, welcome to the world of shopping!

The Ranganathan street!🥳