Remembering how Christmas was celebrated, during my childhood days

Two days more for Christmas and i can already hear Santa's bells ringing in the air :).. that's probably because i want to hear and feel the excitement the festive season brings in. I haven't been out for quite a while and shopping will be last minute, not that i don't have three sets already given to be tailored! hehe.. But the last minute shopping, is the best, the pre excitement shows the spirit of Christmas everywhere with the whole market decorated for the festive season. Not only the market but almost, the whole of the city is brightly decorated and Christmas carols play everywhere. I love visiting when the smell of scrumptious freshly baked cakes fill the air and most of all, one has to bump into some relative or some old pal! That's fun, really :)

Well, the night before Christmas we buy the kids their gifts, wrap them up and hide them away. Comes the morning and they search like mad.. i actually tell them that Santa hides away the gifts because its fun to search for them. I remember, as a kid, i used to act out the nativity story along with our other hostel mates and that was before our vacations would began. I enjoyed doing that as a christian every year during my 8 long years of life in the boarding! From being one of the sheep when i was little, to changing different characters every year and then moved on to join the choir :). We also used to have Santa coming over to visit us and give us gifts, and i believed in Santa a lot during those years of my life. Those years will be most cherished..

Christmas day is spent in fun and laughter with relatives who come over, and cakes, cookies, drinks and other food stuffs are offered. The best of the best meals are cooked to enjoy the feast with the guests. Its quite sometime since i've actually celebrated Christmas at its best just like when i was a kid, with my grandparents and a huge family and also while being a boarder. But Christmas is still celebrated with its spirit in the heart and with my family :). Our family get together and exchanging of wishes and gifts are still there.. everything is sill celebrated the same way.. yet there is something missing somewhere.. maybe my childhood :)

Wish you all a very very bright and joyous Christmas..

All about feng shui- The beginning

I have been a very strong believer in feng shui since the time i was able to understand what it is all about. It was three years ago, there was a huge craze for feng shui products all over town and you would get to see the laughing Buddhas welcoming you at almost every second persons main door and metal frogs with coins in their mouths, seated comfortably on office tables. All this, for the desire to gain luck and positivity. I strongly believe that's its our inner belief and not a forceful one. I mean, you cant force luck into your life if you don't work for it, can you? I did buy a feng shui book where i could read and accordingly follow for the rules of feng shui for the well fare of my home, but somewhere the hearts interest faded away. I don't even have a bamboo plant which i would love to keep but which i believe it works, if only it is gifted. I do still keep my book for future use, though and i hope i can bring to every ones knowledge what i have learned from feng shui(not from the book but from research)

Though the urge to set up my home according to feng shui had once faded, the belief hasn't and hopefully will never. So am all set to get out and buy some lovely feng shui pieces for my home asap.. i want to have my laughing Buddha welcoming my guests with his enthusiasm laugh once again and want to touch his tummy so that i can have great luck and positivity flowing throughout my home. So as i restart my journey as a feng shui believer, i hope you will also be back to gain plenty of knowledge from the posts to come:)