10 principles of good design

"A good design is as little design as possible"- the last principle from 10 principles of good design from the handbook of Dieter Rams - the man whose work has influenced all modern design products including Apple.  

https://www.archdaily.com/198583/dieter-rams-10-principles-of-%25e2%2580%259cgood-design%25e2%2580%259d  

Your Papa

Your Papa - Saurabh was so weird in studies- he used to find his own books to read and write answers from those books in engineering college and fight with profs.

When he got in IIM Calcutta - some reason his results were not out with us so we thought he failed and he was laughing seat gayee. Chalo Infosys. 

And then some other friend found out that it was error. Else he would have lost his seat. 

So many anecdotes - in computer class he would lose his shoes and walk barefoot in college without worrying too much about searching and come back at night to find and wear.

In stage (he was president of all committees), he would walk and think - so what was I gonna say - yes so this and this and walk out and come back and say and leave - to a crowd of 5000 people with profs and chief guests.

Infact in my film there is a shot of a boy who brought toothbrush instead of pen to school and that actually happened to saurabh. 

So yesterday 

Saurabh had a meeting out of country but he cancelled it (without telling us about it) because there was father's day at school. But when they stepped out for school yooki said "duck" so he bunked school to take her to see ducks, rabbits and butterflies. Teacher said they can join in an hour but they forgot and went back home.

We bunked a day to goto park

3 hours in park !!

Btw realised you like ice cream cone more than ice cream 🍦

Your mama published a poster

IF YOU EVER HAVE A HEARTBREAK

So someone told me that you might come to my blog only on a day you are bored or really sad.

So I am guessing you are reading this coz one of the two is happening. So my responsibility here is to cheer you up :) and also make you laugh :).

 

First thing first - 

If you have lived your life to the fullest, you will have a heartbreak. If you haven't then go fake love someone and have a fake heartache and get that out of your bucketlist.

 

So now if you are having a real heartache - 

 

So as a mom I will give you this advice. And sit and listen even if it is tough for you to read.

 

First of all - let that jackass go to hell. Purge him our of your mindscape asap. Delete his shit, delete his ugly face out of your life - hand write - don't type - hand write all the ugly things about him - the meanest thing and thank your stars.

We are programmed to believe that the person who left you was the only one but it is not true. It is the software that is making you believe that - get out of the matrix. One day you will have Brad Pitt smitten by you - head over heels in love with you - trust me.

 

Now second of all - and most important thing of all - 

 

The problem with heartache is not that just the other person is not with you but it sort of fucks up with your own sense of self. So read this- 

Some person's interest in you does NOT define your worth as a human being.  Next! The more you concentrate on taking care of yourself the better your odds are of attracting someone who appreciates this new, true, authentic you.

 

And I say this to you from experience. I once had a huge crush on the biggest loser of this world but who seemed like the only sun the world had (ya what do you think- your mother didn't live her life to the fullest – babe you hardly know anything). The worst is the crush stemmed from that person's feeble interest in me but by the time I realized what I felt he had moved on to other idiotic girls and flings. I wasted good amount of my life and my genuine sense of judgment on that asshole. Hoping that one day he will come around but you know what - that costed me more time, more energy and most of all more opportunities in life. And actually now when I see the person, he makes me puke, like the feeling you get after you have eaten 3 packets of french fries - so I wasted 1 year on that dumb piece of garbage- what was I thinking. 

 

Ok so I slipped up, I made mistakes, and you will, too. But ultimately I followed this advice of only taking care of myself, my own well-being, my own interest and health - and one year later I was an infinitely more fabulous, secure, together, confident, successful, satisfied, self-aware and emotionally mature person.  That never would have happened had I refused to put my emotional wellbeing above all other things, which is what I want to do.

 

 

Remember the devil doesn't come with horns and big fangs, it comes as everything you have wished for. And in situations like these or in life in general, you have to be your own hero as everyone is busy trying to save themselves. 

 

And remember your mother did not raise you with a wolf in your chest so that you could howl over losing a man.

 

So chin up, get out - go for a run, get fit - lost 10 more kilos, get a good haircut, change all your pants to skirts and watch To Be or Not To Be or some funny movie, hang out with your other friends, bake a cake and print this on your mirror:

 I am beautiful fabulous, secure, together, confident, successful, satisfied, self-aware and emotionally mature lioness.  Roar!

 

Love you. 

 

 

 

Quote

Vintage yooki Mummy

Clicked by nani after school when we stopped to have cookies and coffee

Simple happy day :)

Learning

I think gradually one realises the most precious currency is time with your child. It actually makes one focused and sorts ones life better. Worth and quality of every task starts carrying that extra responsibility.

After I came back, you took me upstairs and I spent 2 hours just playing with you on the bed - all lovely physical games and rhymes.
I just hate staying away from you - more I stay away, more it hurts.

Some pics of this month and your best life partner

Almost a snapshot of things you do on a regular basis - e.g. treats post school, evening park, morning walks with Papa and Juno and Mummy by the sea and reading cool scifi books.


I really wanted to share more wisdom with you and had drafted a nice mail in my head. But I am forgetting - not sure that I said this earlier but a person's best life partner is his or her own body.

So take care of yourself like you take care of someone you genuinely love. Keep your body very fit, exercise, eat healthy.
And you can also start at any time. You can start right now today.

Oflate we are spending lots of time together and I think I am becoming obsessed with you. We had lovely play date with Mayura aunty and Eva yesterday where we baked pizza, cakes, put nail paints and even danced away. I love you baby.

Resource - Cutting edge - the magic of movie editing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U76MBDKQe8s