Cheat sheet to ladybug/ladybird nails

Beautiful nail art can be simple if you cheat a little :)

You do not need to do it all with nail polish..

For your lady bird/lady bug nails you will need

1. Nail paint (red, blue and transparent)
2. Black marker
3. Red and white poster colours

Simple steps!

1. Remove your old nail colour with nail paint remover

2. Paint the base coat

3. Use the marker to draw the dots on all the other nails except one

4. Draw lady bug/lady bird outline with the marker

5. Fill it with red poster colour and make two dots for eyes with white one

6. Add black dots and outlines

7. Let it dry and then apply the transparent coat and voila! You have managed to paint lady bug nails!

Do not do layers after layers..let your paint dry every time before you apply a new coat :)

Have fun!!

This is what I did on this pleasant sunday evening, what did you do?

Understanding twitter – For those who are alien to the twitterverse

I tweet therefore I am!

For a ‘twitterholic’ like me twitter is a virtual home. It’s a place where I have built relationships and understood a lot about life, people, places, and what not.

When someone tells me “I’m not a 140 chars person” or even worse things like “Why would I talk with random strangers on web”, a part of me sighs!

So I’m going to talk about 3 basics of twitter, there are many which I’ll keep on sharing later J

About 140 chars: Who doesn’t love short statements and if you can’t sum something up in few words you haven’t understood it well enough. You can tell a story in 140 chars! I’m not a man of few words is just a myth. Give it a try and you’ll see inspiration comes through few words and not many paragraphs. Also who has time for longer stories?!

Meeting strangers: Every single person you know practically was a stranger once. Even the ones we know turn out to be frauds or two-faced. Meeting someone virtually is same as meeting someone at a park, at school/college/work or a conference. This space just widens your possibilities.

I’m insecure: Don’t know what for! Well, security threats are always going to be there. No matter where you are you are always at risk. So that is just not a reason!

If you have anymore doubts always feel free to ask!

Cheers!!

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Nandi hills - a trip above the clouds

I haven't seen the cloud nine but Nandi hills is absolutely above it!

Some 60kms from Bangalore is a little heaven on mountains, it is called Nandi Hills. One fine night we decided to gear up and ride our way to this beautiful place!

Here is my story!!

Very very early in the morning we reached, it was too dark..the ride had been amazing!

The sky was extremely beautiful, the place crowded and yes, every other person like me wanted to click the best picture of the rising sun....

Then it turned a little dark...

Finally! Mesmerized by the beauty of nature...

Then we took a round of the place and clicked clicked and clicked more ;)

Sometimes it is okay to break some rules..

As I look at the peak of the mountain..I'm lost ...

As we came down, we were surprised..we hadn't seen any of this on our way up..yeah it was too dark!

It is FUN!

Nandi hills: 60kms from Bangalore

How to reach: Bikes,cars and taxis are the best option

What is it: Well, it is a temple but it is more famous for the surreal beauty.

Leave at around 2-2:30am and you might reach there on time, do check the time of sunrise though!

Where did you go last time to have some fun?

Don't sugar coat; sugar!

Managing your diabetes is not science, it's an art!

There was a time when I used to walk 120 minutes daily! Now it is come down to as low as 15 minutes per day. I wonder how much do we walk. If we had a choice will we walk at all? Who knows!!

Our lifestyle is leading us to many and more diseases every day. Let’s talk about the most common of them: Diabetes!

I just took a 6 seconds test and realised I’m at a very low risk of diabetes. 

About the 6 seconds test:

Janacare, are building an online diabetes prevention program (called the Habits Program) to enable pre-diabetics achieve healthier lifestyle habits and avoid full-blown type II diabetes.

As part of this effort, photokatha (@photokatha) is conducting an online experiment called ”Sugarscore“ to understand India’s Diabetes risk. Sugarscore is a six second survey that will help you understand your risk for Diabetes. The user basically goes to www.sugarscore.in  and quickly answers five questions (age, gender, waist size, physical activity levels and family history of diabetes) to get his or her Sugarscore.

Take this survey>> @ http://www.sugarscore.in

At the end of six seconds, you have to leave your mail address (check the image) to be eligible to win one of the cool goodies every week.

#tag: #Sugarscoreofindia

Did you know: 

• Diabetes kills one person every 8 second!
• Excess weight is the single biggest risk for developing diabetes.
• 150 minutes of brisk physical activity per week can reduce Type 2 Diabetes risk significantly

Bangalore (or any other city) for women

It is always great to see that people come up with initiatives for building a safer city for women.

Flash news:

Today I read that now Khap won’t allow jeans and t-shirts for girls, huh nothing new isn’t it. After all they are the people who can justify rape too!

The Sad Truth:

While I was growing up I was told to be different. Different than my brother. I was suppose to be home early. This concept was very acceptable and seemed ‘okay’. Today as I look back I see the problem lies right there. We as women are TOLD that we can or cannot do certain things and when we do otherwise any outcome is something we have called upon us by our actions!

From Porbandar to Rajkot to Ahmedabad to Mysore to Bangalore:

Nothing, means nothing is different. Same set of eve-teasers, same abusing guys in nooks and corners and well same attitude. I have been in trouble a couple of times here in Bangalore just the way I was in Rajkot.

Here are the links to the incidents Bus trouble, On the wayback home.

Bangalore for women:

Yes! I would say it is ‘comparatively’ safer to say ummm.. Delhi! But safety on comparative terms isn’t effective way of measurement, is it?

What we need?

We need ‘men’ to understand the value of women! (now that is generic and far from possible in many ways)

All the guys who are up for the cause are in some way better than the ones who are not. But everyone is biased in some way or the other. Protection is women has become a bigger point while taking ‘revenge’ (I mean literally) from the culprit isn’t that important, nor is teaching lesson or well STOPPING it.

I Pray For A Better & Safer City To Live

For That I Would Give Whatever I can Give!

Cheers!