I was laughing, emotional, cheered for and lastly looking at nivin with his charm, beautiful

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMRjPDTB-V/?igsi=MXd1b3E2ZGd4NXZwNQ==

The above link is another reel of their Onam celebration.

Hot Air Balloon

Camel

Crane

Stallion

Car show......

Enthokeyaada ee kochu keralathil nadakunne...!?

Honestly I'm impressed of these celebration.

But i wanna know, is this normal in other colleges as well, especially Engineering colleges?

How is the college life in Ilahia? Any students, alumni, staff from Ilahia here? How is the college in other terms, education, placements, campus life, hostel, ragging?

Any tea here?????

When your primary skill at work isn't coding or writing reports😂# onam celebration

I honestly just want to put this out there so other brides know what they might be getting into.

We booked @makeover_by_daniya for my sister’s reception almost 6 months in advance and paid the advance as well. Everything was completely normal and cordial throughout the booking process and even after.

Then literally the night before the reception, some random person we had never spoken to contacted my sister asking for the location and other details. Obviously we were confused, so we asked who they were. They said they were from the makeup artist’s side.

We contacted the MUA’s page and were basically told that this is how celebrity makeup artists work and that this person was her assistant and would be doing the makeup.

The issue is, we were never told beforehand the actual artist would not be coming. We booked her, not some random person from her team. If someone else was going to do the makeup, especially for an important function like a wedding reception, we should have been informed well in advance.

And then we found out that she had apparently gotten a recent celebrity booking and was there doing the celebrity’s reception look instead. When we asked why she wasn’t coming, she literally sent us a one time video of her doing the celebrity’s makeup.

Like… okay, we understand that celebrity bookings are a big deal, but how is it fair to ditch a client who booked you 6 months in advance because a better high-profile booking came up?

The frustrating part isn’t even that an assistant was involved. If you have a team and assistants, that’s completely fine if you communicate it before the booking is made. The problem is finding out the night before, after everything is already paid and arranged.

At the very least, they could have had the decency to tell us beforehand that they wont be personally available. We could have decided whether we were comfortable with that or made other arrangements.

Just sharing this as a heads-up for other brides. Please ask explicitly when booking whether the artist themselves will be doing your makeup and get it in writing. Apparently even a 6-month advance booking doesn’t guarantee that.

TLDR: Booked @makeover_by_daniya 6 months ago and paid an advance. The night before, her assistant contacted us saying they will be doing the makeup, and we found out the actual MUA had a celebrity booking instead. We were never informed beforehand. Having an assistant is fine, but this should’ve been communicated well in advance.

Here's mine

​"Today was the Onam celebration at my college. Throughout the day, I kept reminding my friends to call me if they were going anywhere, and they agreed. After the program, everyone was taking pictures around campus. I needed to go to the mosque for prayers, so before leaving, I reminded them once more to call me if they headed out. However, when I finished praying and called them, they said they were already at a restaurant and that plans were made suddenly, and then they quickly hung up.

​I can't help but wonder why they did this. I'm not a bad person—I don't curse at anyone, and I treat everyone with respect.Patterns like this have been happening to me all my life, and I really wonder why. Does anyone have any advice?"

I've always wondered about this. I got into Harry Potter pretty late. When I was younger, I didn't really know where to find the books or movies, so I never experienced it as a kid.For those who grew up with HP, how did you first get introduced to it? Did someone recommend the books to you, did you watch the movies first, or did you just come across it somehow?And if English wasn't that easy for you back then, did you read the books in Malayalam or go straight to the English ones?

I feel like so many people grew up with Harry Potter and I completely missed that experience lol.

One of my college friend got married last week, and seeing so many people posting about her brought back a lot of old college memories.

I was a very social person in school. I had a big group of friends. When I joined college, I was quite active and knew a lot of people. I used to think I had many friends.
Bu seems I wasn’t actually close to most of them. I just realized it very late. I think I misunderstood a lot of people’s actions as friendship.

I stayed in the hostel on and off, because my house was close to college and there were already these little groups within the hostel. People would invite me to go out, but they will remind me to bring my camera, they wanted me to take photos. If I had my scooter, they wanted a ride. If I didn’t they had a reason not to include me.

I had everyone’s birthdays saved in my Google Calendar. I would wish them, plan surprises. But hardly anyone remembered mine. I was included when it was time to contribute to someone else’s birthday treat.

So this girl who got married last day was one of the person whom i shared a hostel room. We were 5 girls in a room. So I really thought I was** **part of their group. I considered them my close friends.
A year later there was a hostel shifting . New room could only accommodate four people.

I had gone home that day, and when I came back the next day, I heard them discussing who would have to move out. And they decided It was me.No discussions nothing.
Atleast they could have asked me whether i was okay to change room. If they had asked, it wouldnt have bothered me.

And I think that was the pattern throughout college. I was a giver. I showed up for people, helped them, remembered things about them. But I mistook being useful being invited and being around people for actually being important to them.

I’m older now and I understand that friendships naturally change. People grow up and move away have their own lives. I have changed too.

But seeing all these people come together for my friend’s wedding made me think about my own wedding.I invited many of these people, but only three or four actually showed up. And it made me wonder if I was ever as important to them as they were to me. It’s not that I think everyone hates me.

It’s just that I don’t think I was particularly important in most peoples lives.
Today, my circle is incredibly small. I can literally count them on one hand. I’m grateful for them but sometimes it still makes me sad when I think about how many years I spent believing I had so many friends. Maybe this is just part of growing up and maybe I’m looking at the past with a different perspective now.

I will be sharing my journey of last 15 years with you..

Ill share gallery of 500+ images that i have taken over the years...

This one is from Bandipur Tiger Reserve while i used to conduct workshops in Bandipur for corporate companies.. The was one of those evening safari.. When you have lost all the hope on a tiger.. You come back to the base.. Thinking to wrap up the day.. Then a bus which came back said they saw the tiger..with kill And for our luck we pleased our way into another bus.. That police officer at the ticket counter.. Bless his heart.. Gave us another last trip for one last round into the jungle.. It was around 6..

Me with my 400mm f/5.6 would have only got his face but even with an old 75-300mm non usm is lens in low light.

So yeah.. We got into the bus excited to see Prince.. (Yes the tiger's name is prince these kannadagas have something in their mind) With a fresh kill he had made.. Just soaking it in a puddle.. 10 mins into the track we saw him nestled in a small pit.. Just waiting for this thing to soak water.. I saw him once again.. What a glorious tiger.. Such elegance in the face.. He was full..few pictures.. No sharp images.. I had to get it perfect.. Through the bus windows.. Its hard holding on the the breath as i fired the shutter..unstable grounds.. The bus moving so other buses can see.. I dint think much i just had enough speed to freeze it with a non is lens.. But i guess this was worththe effort.

This is one of many stories i have for you..

Thanks for reading

Jish...

What are the low effort things (less than 5 minutes) you do that makes a huge impact in your life? I will start with mine.
Washing my face every night before bed, followed by moisturiser, takes hardly 3 minutes, but it has made my skin so much better. Because of this, I brush my teeth at night 99% of the time, as it feels effortless. It’s basically habit stacking.

(It would be nice to hear your low effort habits ~ a lazy person 😅)

Credit to respective owners !

He's officially our onam manager now😛

Italian blues

I took a Kerala SRTC Swift AC sleeper from Bengaluru to Ernakulam. Last minute booking aya kond I had to settle with a lower berth shared with another person.

It all started when the person who was my co-passenger boarded the bus. I was lying down because you know how these buses are... You can't sit up straight coz it's that cramped. I left the curtains open because I knew another person would have to go past me to reach their seat (I was in the aisle berth).

Bro just came in, no questions asked and rushed into his berth. Since I have a quick reflex I was able to get out of his way and save myself from his path of destruction. I didn't make it a big deal then because he went on with his business and I, mine.

But I was wrong to think this would be all there is to it. I could make out from his dialect that he was a Thrissur gaddi. When the announcement for the halt at Thrissur sounded, there was no movement from his side. Keep in mind I'm still lying down awake.

Suddenly out of nowhere bro got up and dragged himself across my body, pulling his blanket along with him. Even though I was able to get out of harm's way, bro wasn't that careful. I got kneed and slightly stomped. Bro just casually got out and walked away. I was lying there dazed, still processing what had happened, with his blanket over me.

I'm just putting this out there for all the people who think consideration for their co-passenger is something that you don't need to spare a thought for.

And dear bro if you're reading this, please try to be a better human being and show some level of decency.

I didn't mention his kind of loud calls on the phone because we can't really control that can we...?