Heart post !

I realize the want of talking more lately. Feels like so much of quietness has engulfed me that at times all I want to do is to talk. Talk about various things, books, plants, paintings, pictures, travels, something new ongoing around, values of life, worldview one makes and so many more things. And I feel there's a dearth in talking always, if it were not for Suman, my life would have missed all the meaningful conversations. I can't make people understand my state of thought, my mentality at the moment and anything. Or if I speak it would be mostly me talking, making it more like a one way conversation. Or it would be listening to others, without them realizing what's my point of say. Or there would be people with whom I would like to talk, but we seldom have time for each other. It just doesn't make much sense to anyone.

If only Suman were not there, my life would be so incomplete. So so incomplete. I feel grateful for this life as long as the friendship years :-) having not known her only for the early toddlerhood days. Thank you for being there in everything- for this life. I love you.

Metta !

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Wonderful SIX months :-)

With love, care and a wonderful bonding has the 6 months passed by. Six months of more love, six months of more care and six months of the more togetherness.

The man and the woman love. It's been a wonderful journey and I really love this phase of life... :-*

Metta!

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You, my love 💕❤

You,
the love
that keeps me sated

You,
the desire
that keeps me flowing

You,
the oasis
that ablazes in my desert

You,
the light
that is in my being

Only you,
that keeps me
floating in
flying high
soaring up
still rooted
deep inside

You,
my love
💕❤

My love 💕❤

Metta!!

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Lankan Lore-3 :-)!

17^th May, 2016

It's the third day in Srilanka. Srilanka is all wet at this time of the year. Keeps raining all the time. Getting up and rushing for the breakfast and the training is the early chore of the day. Yeah! I miss Ankit most of the time, while am in the training. This is such a thing someone becomes a part of you like your breathe. The second day of the training today focused on Risk Analysis and then talking about M&E plans where we talked about setting the indicators. Yesterday we set up the intervention logic with the impacts, outcomes, outputs, and thereby the activities. Similarly the assumptions based on the the risk analysis was made and then jumped into the indicator section. The end of the day was made with outcome mapping where we expect/like/love to see something and thing were made as such.

Setting indicators

After the study sessions, back to the Ellen’s place (the hotel we stayed in) and then the evening stroll towards the Upali restaurant. The food in Srilanka is really good. We both like the taste.

Typical Srilankan Lunch (Spicy one :-))

Dinner (Roti-Mushroom curry and Chicken Kottu (in the right)

It was a good walk to and back. We had talks, so many talks and then sometime teased. Sometimes got annoyed. That's how life moves on J Ahh! wonderful Life. Btw I love this time. Much. Very much J!!

Somewhere in Colombo near the Lamborghini store :-)

Tomorrow we have plan for Jacuzzi J More stories on meet again. Until then stay alive J

Metta!!

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Lankan Lore-2 :-)!

16^th may,

Day 2 at Srilanka. The busy-ness has started. At 9:00 AM I have a training to attend. The training that I am participating in is "Monitoring and Evaluation for Learning (MEL)" by MDF Asia. I am a part of it from 16-19^th  May, 2016 here in Colombo.

Beginning of the day happens with the food and Srilankan food to be precise today.

Typical Srilankan Breakfast (remove the cornflakes though)

The hustle bustle for the day started and there I was at the training place. Miriam Lindwer is my trainer here. It was good to see her. I met Yaseen Ariff (of MDF) for the first time today after all those mails and skype chats previously. We had a long talk before finalising for the training here. So the session for the coming 4 days has started in here. We began the classes with the knowhow on M&E and it's history. Were good talks.The linkage to MDGs and thereby leading to SDG were also taken under care. With talks food waited at the other end. Lunch time it was J

Srilankan Lunch

Dessert (I forgot the name though)

The day ended on good learnings on Results based management approach, intervention logic and all. It was a fruitful day J

Then came the evening stroll in Colombo J

He captured Me J

We-We <3 <3

Lovely days and night J

Love
Metta!!

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Lankan Lore-1 :-)!

15^th May, 2016

15 April  2016, we got married. Today 15 May, 2016 A month of togetherness of us :-*

Love our presence <3 <3

And Boom! We are here in Srilanka J The honeymoon travels has begun with more of stories to come along in the days to come.

We started from Kathmandu at 1:30 PM yesterday (14^th May, 2016)

At Tribhuwan International Airport

with a transit at Thailand from 6:15 PM to 22:10 PM

Thailand welcomed us :-)

At Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok-Thailand

 and leaving again for Srilanka from Thailand at 22:10 .

Time to see off J

Bye-bye for some days Thailand J Off we go

and reaching to Srilanka at 12 AM. Aah! Long flight it was.

Waiting at the Immigration at Bandaranaike International Airport

 And then after all the processes at the airport we headed to Ellen's place.

The place where we stayed, Ellen's Place

After getting up in the morning we moved towards the Majestic City as we couldn’t plan to move around much because of the rain. Yeah! Srilanka looks good. It’s raining though.  News of flood have also started coming. 

Rainy Colombo, Srilanka

The hotel people strictly told us to move in a meter taxi as the people over here can 'thago' us. So there we were in Majestic city in a while riding in a meter taxi. Wooooo! I experienced the Ocean for the first time. As far as we could see, only ocean could be seen. Wowww! This is been amazing a feel.

Indian Ocean (Yayyyyy!)

Me-He and Indian Ocean :-*

We we <3 <3

We tried some Srilankan cuisines for the first time today. Kottu or Kotthu as they called were yummy. And then we also tried Hoppers. It was like pancake, but some different taste of course.

Kottu or Kotthu Roti (vegetarian)

Hoppers or Appam (Vegetarian)

It feels good to experience these things. And yeah! more stories to come J Until then!

Metta!

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Is this love?

I keep on falling for my man a hundred times and get up and fall for him a hundred and one time again. Is this love?

Metta :-)!

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In Love!!

It’s so tough to be in love,
when all you love is love.

And love is more in love,
coz love just loves love.

When love belies in love,
then all you can is love.

Moreover distance is tough in love,
still distance comes in love.

And with all the obstacles in love,
still all you can do is LOVE. 💕💕

Metta !

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PS: I love you!

What does love do to you?

It drives you crazy and at the same time

gets you more into loving.


What does love do to you?

it keeps you in love

while keeps increasing the longings.


What does love do to you?

let drives more love in you 

while keeps love blooming.

What does love do to you?

gives more reason to love

yet making more love flourishing.

PS: I love you

Metta!

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If tomorrow never comes!

After the busy day, they sit before their computer screens and as usual start their convo from two sides of the world. One thing that joins them is this virtual world. Valentine's day is approaching and today is Valentine's eve. They start their love saga with soothing love songs.

He:  Truly Madly Deeply

She: If tomorrow never comes

He:  :-)

She:  What if tomorrow never comes?

He:   That's never a question.

She:  Still I would like to make this question.

He:  (pauses for a while) Do you really want to know?

She:  Yeas!

He:  (takes a deep breath) Yes honey! that tomorrow will never come which won't see us together, loving each other, craving for each other and longing to hold each other for eternity.

That tomorrow will never come where the moon won't shine for us.

She:  oKay! And?

He:  That tomorrow will never come where the stars won't shine for us and shooting stars won't shoot so that we can wish for our togetherness and togetherness will always come true.

But, yes honey! that tomorrow will always come where we will always be one under the warmth of togetherness forever and ever.

****Silence ****

She:  I love you.

He:  I love you more.

#HeSheStories

Metta!
Image Courtesy: The Guardian

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Downpours and Snapshots!

3:10 PM

Adita was reading an e-paper when a desktop alert for an incoming mail stirred her attention. Quickly she swapped in through the mail and read it while she was taking her sip of coffee.

Adita,

Did you wish for the rain? or is it your inner thoughts that has come pouring down as rain? I don't know why, but today I feel the gloominess of your feels in the weather.

Sent from my iPhone

This was the message from Aaditya in her work email. "Aadi hardly send emails as such," she mumbled and that too in her office's email id, this was not him who she has known for years. That does mean he wanted her attention as of now. She had to answer the mail so without a second thought she composed.

Hey Aadi,

You know, I love rains! ⚡⚡ ☔

It was 3:26 when she hit the send button of the email. She had nothing to say much.

Shall we meet today?

Sent from my iPhone

Okay! 4:30 at Gothatar.

Okay!

Sent from my iPhone

The email conversations finished by 3:29 PM. Adita had some pending works, which she had to finish by 4 before she left for the visit. Rain was pouring more and more which kept on hovering her thoughts but she the workaholic was committed to finish her assigned tasks by 4 so got entangled in there.

4:00 PM

She was out of the office with the umbrella in her hand. Slowly she moved towards her destination, it was 25 minutes walk from her office. Bagmati was fluving in no time. She always gets mesmerised by the river, it's beauty, it's peace. She was almost lost in the river while her phone rang. "I am by the bridge," she could listen him smiling. It was 4:20 PM in her new shining black One Plus Two (OPT). She had fallen in love with her phone in no time.

"Aadi is overly punctual," a voice spoke at the back of her head while she took some snaps of Bagmati and moved on.

4:25 PM

She was nearby the bridge where Aadi was playing with his mobile. She didn't speak and watched him from some distance as he seemed so lost with his cell-phone. Adita was used to this scenario. She loved seeing Aaditya and let him be what he wanted to be. Rain splashed some more and Aaditya looked up from the screen.

"Hey! Adita," he came around her giving a hug.

"Shall we stay here for some more time Aadi," she said. He smiled.  

Both of them sat by the roadside bench which consisted of a roof protecting them from the rain. Aaditya was careful enough not to let Adita go in the rain as she just could not withstand soaking in the rain and getting herself sick, a past image of she running in the rain like a kid drew up in his mind.

"I want to try photographing some more. Do you really think it is worthful enough? Have you seen my recent pics?," Aaditya started at his own pace. Before Adita could answer he took his cell phone out and started showing some recent pics he took. "This I clicked from my window as it was raining sometime ago," Aadi showed the pigeons rejoicing in the downpour.

"And see this, the double rainbow--I just love it," he was in self-admiration mode.

"Wow! these are amazing. You should start instagramming and let a wider audience know about them," was her brief say. "Your iPhone will do the justice too," she smiled some more.

********

6:30 PM

Adita was having her coffee at home when suddenly her OPT blinked and showed the notification from Instagram "aadiA started following you"

#HeSheStories !
Pictures: @kanchanojha :-)!

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Love for Love !!

Love loved like,
the first rain
the fresh dew
the budding flower
the rising sun
the misty mountains
the calm breeze.

Love backed love like,
the street side paani-puri
21 love ice cream
momo with jhol
warm cup of coffee
sips of coke
a long ride.

Love and love loved !!

Metta !!

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Love Upreared !

Love said
love more
for the love
just love

I agreed
loved love
just love
loved the more

Love said
love's done
don't love
love anymore

I agreed
unloved love
no love
for the love

Love said
love again
not me
the other love

I was stoned
eyes dried
pain upheaval
but love not loved

Love inspects
love summons
love threatens
to unlove love

I said
when all the love
ended with love
how do I love, love?

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Aftermath of love !

If love was it,

she thought-
she won't be able to love again. 

Coz,

all the loves got drained-
in loving the lovable one.

The lovable one,

whose presence made her love-
everyone some more. 

Still love,

peaked the more-
gave her the strength. 

That strength,

which showed her the path-
let her intact.

Intactness,
which made her pious-
let her flee from the edge.

Though,

love was never hers-
she loved love some more.

Metta !!

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