Kerala and its Beauty

              I went on a trip to kerala for 5 days with my mom and dad.Kerala is also called as "God's own Country".On Day 1 ,we reached Munnar late in the morning.We visited Spice Garden,there we saw tree houses and played with swings.Then we went to elephant ride in the beautiful tea gardens.Then we went to hotel,had lunch and got ready for "Punarjani" shows.Here "Kathakali" and "Kalavarippayattu" is performed by creative artists of kerala.
             Kathakali is a world famous classical Dance Drama it is known as the king of performing arts performed in a Koothambalam(art performance temple) by skilled arists.Kalarippayattu is a world famous ,ancient,traditional Martial Arts from of Kerala-renowed as mother of all martial arts.This art is performed in a "kuzhikkalari"(earthen caving) by the artists after several years rigorous training.

                   On Day 2 ,We went to Eravaikulam National park,which is located in an area of 97 sq.km.We enjoyed the beautiful scenery on our way to the park.We walked almost a kilometer inside the park.Then we went for lunch and visited Flower garden and Mattupatti Dam.We went for boating in the lake formed by the dam.Then proceeded to shopping and reached the resort at the dinner time.

                     On Day 3,we started to Thekkady in the morning after breakfast.We reached Thekkady at 11 am.Then checked in the hotel and went for Thekkady Tiger Reserve and went for boating in the lake.We spotted some deer,wild pig,a bison,some migratory birds called snake birds and Kingfishers.After boating we reached Kumily town for shopping.We wanted to have an ayurvedic oil massage.So we went to an ayurvedic massage centre and had a "Sirodhara" oil massage.

                       On Day 4,we started to Kumarakom from thekkady after breakfast.We reached Kumarakom in the afternoon.This is the place I saw the Kerala villages which is always shown in movies.Each house has a thin wooden boat which is used like a two wheeler in those villages.Then we went to board house boat which travels in the "Vembanadu" lake.This is the second largest lake in the world which covers 5 districts namely Allepey,Kumarakom,Cochin,Ernakulam and one more district.Boat house is fully furnished with a bedroom,kitchen,Dining Hall and 3 people to look after the guests.

                      On Day 5,we started to Ernakulam and planned to go to Veega Land.Its a wonderful theme park with many land and water rides.After enjoying there till the evening we started to the railway station to catch the train in the evening.I tasted different kinds of kerala food.Those items include Yethappam (banana fry),Mathi (fish curry),Kari meen (fish fry),Kerala meals,Ada pradhaman (sweet similar to kheer) and Puttu.

                         

A cool hAnGoUt

                 Life in School days is the most memorable time in everyone's life.I enjoyed a lot in my school.After four years of leaving school.I met my best buddies day before yesterday.We planned this meeting a month before.They came to my place at 2 pm in the afternoon.My mom cooked special items for lunch.We ate lunch at home and went out.

                  As soon as we met,each of us had nothing to talk but when we spent some time together,the things changed.We were chatting about our school days,classes,teachers and friends.Then we bought tickets for a matnee show movie.We enjoyed the movie,had lots of fun there.After the movie, we went to window shopping at Reebok and Brands which are near to the theater.

                  We spent almost an hour there.Then we planned to go to CAFE Coffee Day.Its actually a good place to sit and chat peacefully.We ordered cold coffee and ice creams.We took many pics and were making fun of each other.Though our lives changed a lot,still I m glad that we are having fun after all these years.

                   We had lots of gossips to talk....about our school,friends,life at present and many things.We had really good time in coffee day.After spending one hour or so we left the place.I reached home at 7pm in the evening.So most cool hangout with best buddies of school ended here...!!I miss my school life and friends.... :(

Farewell party in hostel......

                    Farewell is both a sad and a happy moment of college days.But I still believe that this is not a full-stop for enjoying with friends, its just a comma.My roommate and four of my friends are leaving home after their exams tomorrow.They opted for an external project outside our college.We all had our farewell party last month in college,but as we are from different departments we didn't have it together.So we planned to  give them a big goodbye party yesterday night.

                    So to celebrate a party I had some ideas....!! I and my friend planned to cook different dishes in the room.We cooked Bread upma ,Uggani and Bisi bela bath.Uggani is a dish made in northern Andhra Pradesh and Bread upma is my aunt's reciepi. Bisi bela bath is a famous dish of Karntaka.Of course names may be different....!!!We cooked bisi bela bath from ready to eat products....Then my friends from other room cooked puliogare and tomato Rice.We bought cool drinks for the party.

                 






               
                 
                     We all played music and ate the special items,had pepsi....Then the real fun started.We all played games like truth or dare.Many exciting things came out like secret crushes etc...!!Then we played some other games like dumb charades.We all enjoyed the party.Then late in the night,we exchanged our slam books and felt sad for departing after all the three and a half years. 

       
                                                                                                                         







                    
                     After the party everyone left to their rooms.I was tired of organising everything.But I dint feel sleepy.I felt nostalgic...my mind started thinking about all the days we spent together.So today some of my friends already left home.But we will always be in touch through all available sources.So this good bye party is most memorable one in my life....I miss my friends at this moment.