Turning 25………………

Hello everyone, I had been away for a long time but I am back with an article close to my heart. Today I write this article that is about me turning 25. It is quite difficult for me to believe that I am 25 years old because I don’t feel any older than 18 (wink). But here I go with my story of turning 25.

                   25 is a phase where many of your friends are getting married or getting engaged or at least hooking up with some one. Others are having a great professional life and spending all of their money however they want to. You see the pictures of their amazing life on the social networking sites and can’t help feeling jealous about them. Then you look at yourself and you have no clue as to where you went wrong in life. You are single, with no idea about your career, you have no money and you live every day with a constant fear in your heart ‘What if I end up like this for the rest of my life?’ Life in short is just like the plot of an integer number, it is constant. You are just existing without a single idea about the motive of your life. But you know what? This might not just be my story, it might be the story of every other individual who is trying to figure out the meaning of their life.

And then when your mind is flooded with all of these thoughts, you message a friend (or that’s what you feel) and that person just makes you feel so positive and so loved and so important. But all of this is short lived and you are back to reality in no time. Trust me when I say that you don’t need a friend who makes you feel important temporarily. And then finally, when your stress levels shoot the peak, you pick up your phone to message an old friend whom you don’t talk to regularly. You pour your heart out to that friend and somehow you feel a little more relaxed and just a tiny bit more positive. Or maybe you just take a walk with a friend who has a life as f**ked up as yours and both of you share your problems with each other and that makes you feel better, thinking that you have someone who is walking on the same road as yours.

Believe me guys, life is tough but being an optimist is the only way out. Maybe someday you will get into an institution that you always wanted to get into. Maybe you will meet the man/woman of yours dreams or maybe you won’t, maybe you will end up alone. But one thing is for sure, you won’t end up unhappy. There is so much love and happiness in this world, I am sure we all will find happiness in something or the other. Someday your life will be close to what you had imagined it to be. Maybe not on your 25th but certainly on your 30th. So let’s be hopeful and let’s live our respective lives one day at a time and we all will get there for sure. Until then keep working hard with nothing but a smile on your face and I am sure we will find out the meaning of life in the most unexpected way.

So friends I hope you liked this article. Do share your experiences with me. Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you soon. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2). If you have any suggestions or questions, please do comment down below.

Independence Day Nail Art

Hello all you beautiful girls. First of all I wish you all a very Happy Independence day. Today on the occasion of India’s 67^th Independence Day I have an Indian Tricolour themed nail art. So let’s get started.

You will need:

1. Base coat (to protect your natural nails)

2. Saffron nail polish (Maybelline colorshow 214 Orange Fix)

3. White nail polish (Maybelline colorshow 102 Porcelain Party)

4. Green nail polish (Maybelline colorshow 301 Tenacious Teal)

5. Blue nail polish & a tooth pick OR Blue dotting tool

6. Cello tape & pair of scissors

7. Transparent top coat (optional)

Procedure:

1. Apply base coat to protect your natural nails.

2. Apply an opaque coat of white nail polish. Let it dry completely. This may take 10-15 minutes.

3. Cut a small piece of cello tape equal to one-third of your nail. Apply it on the middle portion of your nail.

4. On the top portion apply saffron nail polish & immediately apply green nail polish.

5. Remove the cello tape as soon as you finish applying both the polishes.

6. Apply a small dot of blue nail polish in the middle & there you go you have the Indian tricolour on your nails.

7. Clean the nail polish around the nails.

8. Let all the polished dry completely and then apply a coat of transparent nail polish.

So friends I hope you like this simple DIY nail art. If you give it a try, please post a picture of your recreation on my facebook page. Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you soon. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2). If you have any suggestions or questions, please do comment down below.

OMG On Spot Beauty!!!!!

Hello happy people. I hope you all are doing great. Today I am going to share with you my experience about the most dreaded thing in this world (not really) PIMPLES & its scars (scream!!!!!!). It’s not really about pimples or its scars, but it is about people and their reaction to a girl with not so perfect face. So here I go.

My skin was perfectly normal until these little monsters started popping up on my face. They tried their best to make my life miserable, but could they????? Read on to find out ;) . When the pimples started appearing on my face, the people around me were little shocked. Then, the number of pimples started increasing and everybody was like “OMG what happened?? Are you okay???” Some comments that I received included “What did you do to your face??? It looks bad (Read: You look ugly)” That happens a lot when you are a student of all girl’s college :P . And then everyone around you becomes a Skin Specialist/Beauty Guru and they think that it is their fundamental right to suggest me some cure for my problem.

My experience at shops and malls was even better. Every salesgirl was trying to sell me some so called anti-acne products. I don’t buy such products because I know my skin and I know that it loves just natural products. I would like to narrate one such incident that happened while I was doing my regular beauty products shopping.

Salesgirl: Ma’am are you buying that facewash??

Me: Yes. I buy it every time. It kinda suits my skin.

Salesgirl: You have acne on your skin. Why don’t you try this facewash by so & so brand.

Me: No I am on medication for my acne and I can’t really try something new.

Salesgirl: You are taking medicines??? But it doesn’t look like that. I mean your face has sooooo many pimples. Try this facewash and they will disappear in a week or so.

Me: Sigh. I can’t really buy it. Thanks for your suggestion.

Why would I buy an overly priced (priced around 200 rupees) product from a so called famous company when my trusted friend Multani Mitti priced at 20 rupees does a better job??

I am not against people suggesting me cure for my problem. I am just against people constantly reminding me that my skin looks terrible. Who likes a face full of pimples??? No one. That includes me as well. But somehow due to some problems my skin doesn’t look perfect. And the best part is I am totally okay with it. The reason behind it is ‘Nothing lasts forever’ (definitely not my pimples). They are just there and I am trying my best to get rid of those. Even my doctor has advised me to use just natural products and of course her prescribed medicines.

The pimples won’t go away in a day or two. They need time to heal. Until that I just expect little co-operation from the people around me. I can’t really expect the salesgirls to stop selling me the products. But I can expect just a teeny-tiny bit of co-operation from the people around me. But then I forgot that we live in a society where outer beauty is everything. What people fail to realize is that being beautiful is all about having a beautiful heart and not just a beautiful face. I have experienced this about pimples, many of you might have experienced something like this about some other imperfections within you. But I genuinely feel that nobody is perfect and as Marilyn Monroe has perfectly said “Imperfection is Beauty”. So, my funda is “Put a smile and ignore the negatives”. I would like to conclude by saying “Yes I have pimples and I am pretty much okay with it” #Confidence

So friends I hope you liked this article and if you did, do comment below. But before doing that please try to change your outlook because if we need a big change, we need to start with yourself. Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you on Tuesday with beauty article. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2). If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below.

P.S.: If you have experienced anything like this, do share your experiences in the comments below. 

Tofu Rice

Hello all my healthy readers. I hope you all are doing great. Today I am going to share with you a very simple healthy recipe. I am not really a Rice person but I somehow like this dish. Using brown rice instead of normal rice puts this recipe in the healthy category. So without further ado, let’s get started.

Ingredients:

1. ½ cup brown rice

2. ½ cup tofu (You can also use low-fat paneer)

3. ½ cup onions

4. 1/3 cup capsicum

5. 1 cup water

6. 1 tsp. oil

7. 2 chilies

8. 3-4 cloves of garlic

9. Little bit of ginger

10. ¼ tbsp Cumin seeds (jeera)

11. ¼ tbsp kasoori methi (optional)

12. A pinch of cinnamon

13. 1 Bay leaf (Tej patta)

14. 1 Cardamom (badi elaichi)

15. 2-3 Pepper

16. 2-3 Cloves

Procedure:

1. Wash the rice & then cook it with 1 cup water for 10-12 minutes.

2. Grind chilies, garlic & ginger. You can also grind jeera along with it.

3. Soak the tofu in slightly warm water for 5 minutes. Drain the water & leave it to dry.

4. Add ½ tsp. oil in a non-stick pan & roast the tofu until golden brown.

5. Grind the cloves & pepper in mortar-pestle.

6. Add ½ tsp. oil in the pan. Add the chili-garlic-ginger paste.

    

7. Add onions & capsicum & cook it for 5 minutes on medium flame.

8. Add remaining spices along with salt. Let it all cook.

9. Add the rice & tofu and cook for 5 minutes. And then your rice is ready to be served.

I hope you like this recipe. If you decide to give this recipe a try, let me know in the comments how you like it.  Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you on Friday with a healthy recipe. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2). If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below.

Women’s Empowerment

Hello beautiful people. I hope you all are doing great. I know I am little late for Women’s day special article (apologies!!!) but better late than never. So here I am with an article which was supposed to be collaboration between me and one of my very talented blogger friend but I guess I am little late in publishing my article (Link for his article is at the end of this post). So here I go.

‘Women’s empowerment’, this word has really being in focus ever since the interview featuring Mr. Rahul Gandhi was aired on a news channel. But the real question is, are women in India really empowered? The answer, unfortunately is NO. In our society, the position of a girl is still lower than a boy. We worship goddesses but even today, many girls are killed even before they can come into this world. In many families, a girl is not treated equal to her brothers just because she is a girl. A girl deserves love, care, education, respect and most importantly freedom in every possible way. She deserves to grow and become successful, doesn’t she? She is strong enough to fight for her rights & freedom, but why does she have to?

I am the only child of my parents & my parents were always proud of the fact that they are parents to a girl. Me and many other girls like me are blessed to have such parents. But not every girl is given a chance to enter into this world, study and become independent. Just yesterday, one of my friends was eve teased on the roads. Is this how women’s day is celebrated?? Celebrating women’s day will actually make sense when every girl is gets her right, right to live and be free.

All I can say is that a girl needs to be respected not because she is someone’s daughter or sister, but because she is a human being. So today let us salute the spirit of womanhood. Please feel free to leave your thoughts about Women’s empowerment in the comments down below.

Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you soon. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2) as well as on Google Plus. If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below. The link to my friend’s post (where he talks about the history of the position of women in India) ishttps://engineeringmescopehain.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/this-will-enrich-your-knowledge-and-thought-process-about-the-status-of-women-in-the-society-things-that-we-dont-know/

Being Happily Single on Valentine’s Day

Hello happy people. I hope you all had an amazing week & I wish you all a very happy Valentine’s Day. I dedicate today’s article to happily single people like me. I have a rule which goes something like this “If you have a valentine, it’s great. But if you don’t, then you are your own valentine :D” So here I present to you few ways to have an awesome Valentine’s (that is to feel good and feel loved) even when you are single. So here we go.

1. Fall in love with yourself all over again – Today, my dear friends, be a little selfish & fall in love with yourself ;) . Follow the song Matlabi... from the recently released film Roy for more inspiration :D

2. Do something that you love – Don’t you feel awesome when you do something that you love to do? I mean I feel on the top of this world when the words flow out of my heart. Shopping, writing, cooking, dancing, whatever is it, just do something that you genuinely enjoy doing.

3. Go on a date with your equally single friend/s – If you have friend or a group of friends who are truly, madly & deeply in love with only him/her or themselves (just as you are ;) , then you are going to have a rocking Valentine’s day for sure. No need to elaborate why ;) :D

4. Spend some time with your family – Even though you do love your parents & rest of the family, it’s not every day that you actually say I love you to them. So take some time out of your busy lives to call your family members & say the three magical words “I love you”. Trust me, this would make you feel loved.

5. Grab a box of chocolates or a tub of ice cream & enjoy your favourite movie – I know ice-cream & chocolates aren’t really healthy but sometimes you just got to forget being healthy and just enjoy yourself. So go ahead cheat your diet routine & enjoy your favourite movie/movies with chocolates & ice-cream or whatever you love to eat because it’s all about loving yourself :D

At last I would just say that there are all kinds of loves in this world. Feel the magic of love in whichever form you can. Single or committed, doesn’t really matter, keep spreading the love. And I love you all my dear readers aka my Happy People because you are meant to be loved. Leave me a comment telling me how you are celebrating this Valentine’s day.

                Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you soon. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2) as well as on Google Plus. If you have any suggestions or questions, please comments.

Valentine’s Day Nail Art

Hello lovely ladies. I hope you all are having a great Valentine week that has just begun. So I decided to share with you a simple nail art design. Single or committed, you got to love & pamper your nails ;) . And I am pretty sure you are gonna love this easy design. So without further ado, let’s get started.

You will need:

1. Maybelline Color Show 212 Hooked on pink (or any pink nail polish)

2. Maybelline Color Show 601 All that glitters (or any golden nail polish)

3. Round ended tooth picks

4. Base coat (optional)

Procedure:

1. Apply the base coat to protect your nails.

2. Apply 2 coats of All that glitters.

3. Use the end of the tooth pick to draw a slightly angled pattern as shown near the cuticle area. All you really need to do is place a dot and drag it down.

4. Repeat the same pattern to complete the heart.

5. Repeat it on all your nails. And there you go ladies, your nail art is done. Easy peasy right?

I really hope that you try out this design and if you do then make sure to send me a picture on facebook. Enjoy the valentine’s week which is all about falling in love with someone or yourself. I chose the later :D

Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you soon. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2) as well as on Google Plus. If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below.

P.S.: I thank my bestie for being a very patient model. I woke up with one broken nail again (Sad) so she had to model for this article.