Showing posts with label Children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Children. Show all posts

Saturday, May 26, 2012

I Miss Dancing & Playing In The Rain

Since it's a rainy day today, I just thought of sharing some beautiful memories with you of us 27 years ago.

Back in the time of childhood to tell you how I spent my childhood during rainy season. The younger you were the better. You have always something to remember from your childhood and to laugh about, wondering how freely we lived the best time of our lives.

Beautiful memories to recall whenever it rained. There are some things that I vaguely recall, however those days are unforgettable. Whenever it rained, we had a group of friends (mostly our neighborhood friends and relatives of the same age) who would come to pick me up from my house. We all would run on the roads in the rain splashing water from the ponds in the muddy roads. Dancing as if no one would be looking.

A small girl dancing in the rain


Now when I mentioned the muddy ponds or puddles, they were not like the way you can think of. Roads were just like tracks with full of weeds, wild plants and muddy soil. People would spit and the domestic birds like hens would release their waste. We never felt disgusted to sit in the ponds though, but would lie on the stomach or keep rolling there as if we were swimming. It was so much fun to chase each other and play around in our district. From one house to the other, we would run looking for a Rain Gutter which could give us the most pouring with pressure. One at a time would stay under the Rain Gutter pipe with everyone else eagerly waiting to be the next person to shower under the water fall.

I miss playing a funny local game which we played with a tennis ball and 7 pieces of round flat various shaped stones, that we call "boss". I have no idea what it is called English. Anyways, the game was like you need to pile them up without letting any of the stones fall. Because of the roughness of the stones, it can hardly be placed on top of each other. You break them apart by hitting with the ball to begin with, you have to run so the other opponents get no chance to beat you and you cannot get defeated. To put you out of the game, the opponents have to pass the ball and try to hit you with the ball before you could pile up the stones one by one until 7 are nicely put in a pile without letting them fall. That game is more fun to play in the rain as it has lots of runs like in cricket.

Dancing in the rain was the most craziest thing we did during our childhood. We would go to dance on the beach which is accessible within 3 minutes walk from our homes. On the way, plucking some wild fruits from the trees eating them, making shelters with a bunch of leaves of the plants and sit in there talking and singing were stupid things that will be cherished forever.

When it rained so hard, it was difficult to see the person just 10 feet away, horrifying windy weather and the rough see roaring was very scary too. Though our parents were cool, they would only give us punishment when we reach home, they wouldn't go searching for us as the environment was safe from child abuse or harassments or we could say not aware of the possibility of being forced to do anything inappropriate and danger of any such crimes or even natural phenomenas. The following day again we would forget the punishments and being grounded by the parents the pervious day for being home late. As they say, ignorance is bliss!

Alright, thats all for now. At the same time I am completely serious about my children and wouldn't let them be out side home too long without one of us (the parents) being around. I thank God that we are safe and alive to remember those beautiful moments of life without having any harm despite of those naughty things we did. When it comes to our children we are careful, isn't it? But I must say because of having such a freedom and carefree days, we lived our childhood at it’s best, fully enjoying every little moment exploring and doing something new and learning from it. Yes, I miss those days and I wish I could live the moment again and again.


Friday, May 25, 2012

On A Normal Day

To wake up in the morning and have a coffee is of course the beginning of my day, check on breakfast of my kid (younger son), prepare him for school and back to bed for stretching. The bed feels more comfortable after I wake up from sleep. So don't want to get up and leave the bed in the early morning, to be honest.

My morning coffee
Morning coffee is irresistible. The essence of the coffee makes me feel more relaxed in the morning and feel that the day is just another fine day, so I have a very warm coffee again. Best thing is when we have a maid, we don't need to worry about preparing the breakfast and meals!

I wonder why it feels so warm once awaken from sleep. Do you know how uncomfortable I feel at that time? That's the time I need to cool down under A/C. I cannot bear without Fan either which is why I go back to bed and stay calm for a while until I cool down.

Usually I have only one egg rarely cooked, a slice of brown bread with margarine and jam and a glass of milk for breakfast or just oats with fruit. After my breakfast around 9:00 am, I am totally free again. I take sometime to check my Facebook updates and other updates! Wishing the friends a good morning and wonderful day makes my day perfect!

When resting is over, it's my morning exercise time without which I cannot spend my day. Just a simple yoga and tummy exercise. Have a shower and be ready for my husband to come back home for lunch, until then I would listen to some music or read! In between I do all the washing and check for laundry.

When our lunch is over, it's my Facebook time again. I have some chit-chat and laugh, having some funny stupid talks, all my tension (if I have any) disappears by then.

My younger Son, 12 years old
The day passes so fast that soon it will be my swimming time. I go swimming around 7:00 and meet with my swimming friends who I met there when I started learning. My best part of the day is that very moment that I spend with them. Such a caring and loving friends they are so they really worth my appreciation and compliments.

We do lots of things including learning new tricks while swimming and it's fun to see when some of our friends keep trying and trying but they get to learn things so slowly. What they do is fun, and we have something to laugh about which we love most about in our swimming time.

My husband goes to pick me up from there. I come back, have shower and then it's dinner time. When dinner is over again it's my free time which I spend watching tv, updating on FB and other social networks...and of course reading.

Around 12 midnight is my bedtime. My day is over then!

I live as if I have no tension, but we have so many things going in our life too. Lots of difficulties and lots of tension, but by worrying about them, you cannot find a solution to your problems! You need to think about the problems and discuss with people, talk and share with someone you can trust! We all have problems in life, doesn't mean that you have to stop all your happiness there! Life goes on and on!

Wishing everyday to be the best day of my life, I keep a positive thinking which makes my day happy finally!

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Worried About Complexion?

Everyone is born with unique features in them and with so much talents. But when we are pregnant most of us worry about the color complexion of the babies, specially if the father or the mother has a dark complexion, it's natural that we start worrying about that they might inherit the same complexion genetically of the mother or father. I would be more worried about the babies' health not the complexion.

The only and only daughter of my Niece - 3 days old
Beauty has no relation with the complexion if you really see it thoroughly, that's why they say "beauty is skin deep". How many of us see so beautiful people with dark complexion, and we like them and love them too. How many of us are with fair complexion, are we all happy about our lives? Is everything perfect in our lives?

Specially when you like something about someone, you don't see the color, but you see the beauty inside them, in their hearts, their talents and the capabilities in specific fields and the signal is sent to your mind through your heart, you accept the person as your lover, your best friend, and the person's appearance is not what's important to you. Their kindness, behavior and the way they treat us are the most important aspects that attract us towards them.

Have a little glance at what's going on around, you can see how many beautiful wives are being torchured and abused. If they were to be the most happiest and most loved people, why do they have to suffer from what they never expected. In India there are 1000s of suicide cases and murder cases a day of women and girls, mostly killed by their husbands or boy friends.

You must have heard about Oprah Winfrey (a black woman) who is one of the richest and the most successful women in the world for her talent and for being a true human being helping others solving their problems. She has a story too. About her childhood, how she was abused. But that made her more stronger and she stood firm all her life working for humanity, specially for women and children. The inner beauty of her is most attractive part that we see. So there are millions of fans around the world who love her so much.

The one and only daughter (7 days old) of my youngest sister
The point here is not about why they are being killed and what happens with them. The point is if the fair complexion has got to do anything, that's just the outside look, the appearance. There is nothing to do with the complexion when you choose your life partner. You love your children with dark complexion as much as you would love if the children were with fair complexion. It doesn't matter to you how they look. What matters to you would be their upbringing always. The most precious things to you would be your children, their morality, good principle not their color.

And if you are worried about your own complexion, remember, we love you for who you are from inside, not from outside. Your family loves you, you life partner and your children love you for the beauty inside and outside.

There are many beautiful people with dark complexion. Everyone is unique. You are too. If someone dislikes you, there would be 100s and 1000s who love you so much and appreciate you wherever you go. Believe in the philosophy, "to the world you might be one person, but to someone you are the world". It's the inner beauty that attracts us most. Be kind and be gentle. Love yourself, the true being of yourself and have gratitude!

Aren't they both babies beautiful? One is very fair born to a European father and a fair Maldivian mother while the other has just a beautiful Maldivian complexion like her mom & dad. But we love them both equally and they are so beautiful. Surprisingly their name are same "Kiara" <3