tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27923683031018204812024-03-13T02:49:17.666-07:00Achayathi'fied...tweaked to be conspicuously harmonious!TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-72484980142772177992016-12-01T02:15:00.000-08:002016-12-01T02:46:42.691-08:00The Wedding
Pics from Our Big Day - The Wedding!
ASWIN & SUSAN
23rd Jan, 2016
St. George Orthodox Church, Puthuppally
The Bride & Groom;
The Groom
Myself - the Bride!
Early morning scenes at home
His family
his crazy cousins (maternal side)
his father's side
Moi familia
Cousins on Amma's side
11.30 am, Wedding at the Church;
Out of the car TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-73042668280230643002016-12-01T01:45:00.002-08:002016-12-01T02:25:16.063-08:00Betrothal
Few pics from my betrothal
Aswin & Me
17th Jan, 2016
Contour Backwaters
Chech giving the intro
with both set of parents
lighting the lamp
one with my siblings
Aswin's sis & family
again 'us', on the stage
Pathiappallil brats! - my cousin set
Amma's bros
Aswin's side uncles & aunts
Aswin's cousins
And finally, my TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-36844467292704714322016-03-23T10:29:00.001-07:002016-12-01T02:43:05.678-08:00THE WEDDING TOAST
THE TOAST (Teri keh ke lenge)
Title: ONE STEP AHEAD
Dear Aswin,
I graced this earth one year before you did. That is perhaps the only event in which I stood ahead of you. And surprisingly, I had very little contribution in that mega event.
You quickly won the hearts of our sisters while I was busy thrashing them. You stood one step ahead.
In school you spent hours working hard while I got TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-69977876745001228982015-11-10T22:13:00.003-08:002015-11-28T05:57:25.370-08:00YES I DO!
He'd been facebook stalking me for the past 4 months, he blurted out.
I rolled my eyes and told him that was too much information for our first coffee date.
I told him his smile was cute.
"Yeah, of that I am aware", he replied.
Later he declared his love for me.
"You mean lust?" I offered.
"Yeah", he shrugged, "But that doesn't sound very gentlemanly".
"Hmm... no, I guess not.
Fyi I do TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-71795264789678518232015-05-09T04:01:00.000-07:002015-06-10T10:22:01.953-07:00THE PROVERBIAL LEMON
Whoever came up with the saying "When life gives you lemons, make lemonades" was one lucky.. um.. Man! I mean if life throws at you rotten eggs or tomatoes, then you have a problem. With lemons, fresh ones, you have the option of making lemonades, lime pickles or use it as an all purpose cosmetic solution for tan, oily skin, dandruff and what not. Or like someone wise guy observed add salt and Kottayam Achayathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589460972408770623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-71423311123439651522015-05-04T21:09:00.000-07:002015-06-10T10:29:58.871-07:00MONDAY : JUST ANOTHER DAY
Its too early for me to form an opinion about my work and workplace. But things are so cool over here that I just can't not write about it. My own job will be all finance related and I am likely to learn a lot of new work related things here. But that's not why I find the place cool. Being a publishing house I will be surrounded on all sides, at all times by highly spirited and creative TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-27982377576879135262015-04-08T11:48:00.001-07:002016-12-01T02:42:15.340-08:0050 DAYS OF ABSOLUTE INDULGENCE
The fussy eater that I have grown up to be, I fit into my skinny jeans once again since the lent. Helloo sexy butt! But rather than joining in on my excitement everybody at home keep bombarding me all the time with sage words on how to fatten up and regain my lost healthy complexion which I never knew I had to begin with.
I totally hate being tricked TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-44574101561604291242015-02-16T13:47:00.000-08:002015-06-10T07:47:11.421-07:00WHATSAPPED
Unlimited wifi and WhatsApp is not an ideal combo to opt for if you plan on reaching places in life. (I should know. I still live at my parent's place) I keep forgetting it every few months and end up reinstalling the App only to get reminded why I uninstalled it in the first place.
Unintelligible conversations all day long. Thats why.
But lets just focus on its benefits right now, shall we?
TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-48586706586767031682014-11-24T07:19:00.003-08:002015-02-15T00:30:18.084-08:00THERAPY ADVICED?
Do cats have an impressionable mind?
If a cute little kitten came to me playfully and I jump up from my seat and try to frighten and drive it away because of the dog-person that I am who stand firmly rooted in my belief that the whole cat family is universally without exception selfish. Wonder what might go on in that little kitty's head.
TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-27502878824349278792014-07-19T01:28:00.000-07:002014-07-19T01:28:45.603-07:00SHOW OFF
Look what I found when I was cleaning my room! :-)))))
I feel so proud B-) and so sad at the same time that I had to quit on art after school. :-/
Kottayam Achayathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589460972408770623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-85891768665756406592014-07-16T02:42:00.001-07:002015-10-08T09:59:21.790-07:00STUFF I DID
FROM EIGTH TO TWELFTH STD
Got shifted to Kottayam.
Cursed the place and all Achayan Achayathis from here.
Got closer to some of my Achayan-cousins and learned to play cricket better from them.
Watched a horror movie in full (Jeepers Creepers), with them my cousins. Begged my sister to let me sleep in her room for the next few days.
Taught my younger sister to cycle.
Went on a cycling trip Kottayam Achayathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589460972408770623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-17380103904256125402014-06-15T01:57:00.001-07:002015-02-15T01:24:54.826-08:00WORLDCUP, SONGWRITING & OTHER MADNESS
As soon as I decide "Susan Sajan, it's high time that you put all your focus into your studies", the whole universe starts its conspiracy toward Mission-Distracting-Susan. And it happens every single time, without fail. Recently about 3 months ago, after spending the appropriate number of days mourning over my results I'd made such a decision and to give my studies a kick start I went and Kottayam Achayathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589460972408770623noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-51298982613949170362014-04-25T00:50:00.000-07:002014-05-08T12:03:06.486-07:00SUNDAY SERMONS
A six-day week school followed by The Sabbath didn't help my case of love for sleeping in. Needless to say 'the church-aunties', whose favorite time pass involved correcting other's children, were never too pleased in me. (Nor was I with their preaching and their butting in, but that somehow is not a good enough reason for some to abstain from doing the right thing.) So a couple of years ago, Kottayam Achayathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589460972408770623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-53791515487554890442014-04-22T23:00:00.000-07:002014-05-08T08:41:26.303-07:00SPOTLIGHT ISSUES
SPOTLIGHT ISSUE Part I:
When I was born, Chech was having a nice 'me-time' (getting thoroughly spoilt and having her favorite yellow gems, I suppose) here at my grandparent's place in Kottayam and showed up with them at the hospital, like some casual visitor to see me.
This is how our first meeting went...
Chech (in her hoity-toity tone): "Chechiya!" - Hi! I am your elder sister!
"UKG-A yil Kottayam Achayathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589460972408770623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-32878875776029667462014-04-22T14:19:00.000-07:002015-02-15T01:47:40.079-08:00HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
(HIMYM - appa&amma's story)
This Sunday for our Easter special breakfast, it was me who made the 'Palappams' from scratch (Okay, so the chicken stew was all Amma's work, but I am telling you, that anybody can make!) Now, about my palappams, they came out quite decently for an amateur like myself and Appa did a good job of praising me lavishly on a full stomach, sitting in front of hisKottayam Achayathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589460972408770623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-19487793993525565862014-04-22T07:24:00.001-07:002014-06-13T22:48:05.580-07:00SPARES
I think its only fair (now, don't ask 'to who?') that I start from the very beginning. It was in the middle of my 1st standard that Amma got transfered to Kochi. So the whole family, Appa Amma and us kids (I am the middle child, I have two sisters) had to get relocated. I dont' remember the date or month, I don't remember much of my old school (at Trivandrum) either, or of the year and Kottayam Achayathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589460972408770623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-90750152520001290012013-09-29T11:30:00.000-07:002015-02-15T00:25:37.629-08:00THE SCOURGE OF ARTICLESHIP
Oh! the infernal hell you go through in the name of articleship
Still better is the life of a cattle which walks in the fear of a whip
and whose freewill let me remind you, is only as free as the length of its rope
To rush through the coming years as an invisible is then your only hope
What chance do you have with this fat man who comes in his crisp black jacket
who pockets the money in TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-75422247468936469202013-09-24T09:37:00.000-07:002014-05-10T06:37:19.956-07:00GET OVER OR DO NOT, THERE IS NO TRY!
When Yoda said "Do or do not, there is no Try", he didn't say anything that we didn't know already. He put into words the reason why the Jedi kept failing, a simple but harsh truth delivered in great style and hence the profound impact. Like young Skywalker, we use and sometimes abuse the term 'trying to do' whenever we are too lazy to bother doing it or put in more effort. Assuming this lineTaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-66767537827213559602013-09-18T12:04:00.002-07:002014-05-10T06:36:08.750-07:00ARRANGED LOVE
Sure, instilling good values and giving decent education to their child is what parenting is all about. Right. Right? You wish! Our Indian (especially the mallu*) parents take this job a little bit more seriously than that. Seeing to it that this child does not fall in love with anyone and then marrying her off to a perfect stranger with a reputed profession from some respectable family TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792368303101820481.post-91544990122053820292013-09-18T02:41:00.000-07:002014-06-14T00:11:19.049-07:00AMEN
At school they taught me that all of us evolved from apes.
And at home, how God breathed life into a sand sculpture of Adam.
I chose to believe that I was a descendant of Adam. It was the first ever chance I got, to make a choice regarding family (You only get to choose your friends. Family, you are born into. Stuck with.) I could not picture an ape for a greatgranddaddy.
Thus the TaxMaesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01984305732327023520noreply@blogger.com0