Bandar Al Khairan, Oman

Last week ,I had a fun filled packed day with friends to a beautiful place Bandar Al Khairan in Oman!

                               View point of Bnadar Al Khairan

Felt like ,I was in the middle of the sea though its not too far from the shore but no one around in the vicinity, alone in the Arabian waters doing kayaking, listening to my own heartbeat in that silence surrounding by mesmerizing mountains.The layers of water hitting the bottom of the rock mountain yet it stood sturdy without a sign of trembles, which made me realize that no matter what comes in your way to distract you from the destination you still need to focus at your goal.

Thanks to Jeet for introducing me to kayaking...its my first and great experience...

Me and my friend Hetal did hiking on these mountains, when I was nearing the edge of rocky mountain, heart beats fast with a fear of falling but seeing the beautiful blue waters felt a kind of peacefulness and my feet stopped wobbling.

                                                    A beautiful video of our fun filled day.

                                                             Video Courtesy : Jeet

Combination of Recycling and creativity!

 Trying to understand how Recycling and creativity goes hand in hand and here is my experience!

Went to pebble beach with friends a month ago its so clean,beautiful and serene. Good for strolling and spending time with family. Here is the location map if anyone wanna go...

https://goo.gl/maps/CvE7hhPirGCR3SSy6

I collected a bag of pebbles, brought home thinking to do something out of these and kept it in the balcony doing nothing for a month.Surprisingly , my son picked some of them , arranged the pebbles and made a smiley on the mat.

Seeing this, an idea struck me and the result is below..ta da.. A Pebble Mat

I recycled a old floor mat with pebbles glued on it making it to a new Pebble Mat.

This looks beautiful in a aesthetic sense as well as good for my feet . Ambling on it gives a good foot massage too.

Recycling an old material with an idea is called Creative Recycling ...Hmmm....

WABI-SABI : The Japanese Philosophy for a perfectly Imperfect life

 

My son Akshaj used to scribble a lot on the walls with his color pencils which is not a surprise to any of us as they are children and its obvious they do all this stuff ,after all he is just 5 year old now.


However, interesting thing which I have learned from him is, one day I lost my patience and screamed at him ,'Akshaj , this is the last warning to you, just stop spoiling the walls.' His response blew my mind, 'Mamma, I am not scribbling, I am making family picture on this wall, see its you ,me and papa'. When I keenly observed its true I was able to see the drawing of three of us.

All my anger gone for a toss that very second looking at what he drew with his tiny hands that's when I realized the wall is looking more beautiful now with his doodles and squiggles like a puzzle to find a family picture instead of plain pale yellow color wall without any design on it.

I cuddled him, no words just love to my baby boy (this incident happened when he was just 3 year old).

Finding beauty in imperfection is an art and I have learned it.

Later I came to know about this beautiful concept name as 'Wabi Sabi' which means 'Embracing Imperfection and celebrating happy incidents'. This Japanese philosophy encourages us to focus on the blessings hiding in our daily lives, and celebrating the way things are rather than how they should be.

Have a great day with this new learning!