Harris Tweed to the rescue!

 Thanks to everyone for your kind wishes and blessings during my days of anxiety. Well how old, educated, wise, mature and of course experienced you become, you are never prepared for what life will throw at you next. Only when you are chin deep into it, it dawns on you that you are just a newly baptized baby.

Being on the Board of Directors of an organization and Secretary has it's own thrills. On a recent Board meeting I along with some fellow Board Members did voice our opinion on certain issues (In other words it is called positive criticism). It was a professional matter, but did not go well with some.

 Being a proud supporter of FEMEN to Malala Yusufzai (Teenage girl shot by Taliban for speaking to media on her right to education) always thought I was a champion of women's rights rather equality and even considered to be gender blind. Little did I know; how ignorant I was of the Feminine psyche. I love women (men I have nothing against you I love all humans, actually I love all living things) so how could I sleep peacefully when some loved ones were in pain.

Now you know how my anxiety started. It went through a week of notes, talks, emails, text messages, phone calls, resignations and a lot of drama. But thanks to your blessings and good karma it ended without any casualties.

In order to de-stress like all common people we headed towards a shopping mall, and to sooth the irritated nerves bought this Harris Tweed sports coat. (Jacket or blazer what ever it is called in your part of the world) from Brooks Brothers.


Ironic part is right after I bought it, the temperatures have shot up and for few days we are a tropical paradise. I am hoping for winter to come back soon...you know why?


All my female friends in the blog world and otherwise, I love you all, trust me, believe me. (Can you believe when I tell my mother something she goes to her daughter in law to confirm). 

A very warm welcome to all my new friends on the blog. Thanks and best wishes.

My anxieties

Please excuse me for a few days........

Tweed Run 2012

For a change from the Asian colors :) let us go through some interesting pictures of 2012 Tweed Run by Rugby/Ralph Lauren. We did not have a tweed run in New York City in 2012, but London and Tokyo had.

I am a tweed lover so please excuse me for doing another post on tweed so soon :)

Enjoy.




Tokyo 2012

London 2012

Thanks to rugby.com, facebook,tumblr,google etc for the pictures

Colors of South East II

         


                        BHUTAN

King of Bhutan

Traditional dress

Bhutanese dancers performing a masked dance

young

And the old

Taktshang Monastery in Bhutan, also called the Tiger's Nest

Prayer wheels in a temple

Pictures are courtesy of google, boston globe, bhutan etc.

Colors of South Asia

I am always intrigued by Asia and it's colorful cultures. Next few posts will be a visual diary of some of the colorful Asian cultures, especially Southeast Asia. I am hopeful that I will be able to educate myself and my friends on the blog world, about these exotic lands. In today's world we get a lot of negative coverage of some parts of the world, while researching for these posts I have discovered these lands are not that negative after all. These people are humans like us and colorful like us :)

Enjoy and keep me posted on any mistakes, omissions or for more information. (I am trying to do as much research as possible, and hoping I will be able to do do justice to these ancient cultures lands and societies through these posts).

Traditional dance by Afghan women

Young Afghan girls

Buzkashi Picture by veronique de viguerie 

Afghan boy with expressive eyes

Young Afghan girl in traditional dress

Shrine of Ali in Afghanistan (covered with blue tiles)

Minaret of Jam, Ghor Afghanistan, 203 ft high.
Built by baked bricks in 1190AD

Detail of brick work and blue tile at Minaret.
Calligraphy is from a chapter of Quran
 named after "Mary" mother of Jesus

Bhutan dragon dance

Bhutanese dancers in colorful costumes

Bhutanese boy monks

Thanks to: veronique de viguerie, google, US state dept, etc

Happy New Year

Door Knocker

Well I don't have much to contribute as I have been very busy for the past few weeks. Having some family from Boston for Christmas, it is going to be after New Year that things will calm down :).

In the mean time have found pictures of very interesting door knockers, my favorite is the cat and mouse one, see if you can find a favorite too.

picture credits: tumblr, pinterest etc