Paperboat has gone nuts!! (Product review inside!)

I love Paperboat products. They are new, different and the best part is one can always relate to childhood memories. That connection is what makes the beverages taste better, I believe. Well, Paperboat has now branched into snacks and its first offering is .... wait for it..... Paperboat chikki! 

Tadaaa!!!

Speaking of childhood memories, I remember mine in Delhi where winters were the chilliest and the season's goodies, the yummiest. Be it chikki, gajak or revadi, the mere mention of these were enough to make our mouths water! 

Paperboat chikkis are a delicious mixture of peanuts and jaggery (although some sugar is added) which is not hard and is easily cracked to share it with loved ones. Healthy and yummy, with a pocket friendly price, it is the perfect winter snack!

Sadly, I don't have more pictures of the chikki Paperboat sent me, it just vanished into everyone's mouths! Guess, that speaks for itself. Thank you Paperboat for bringing out the child in us.

Looking forward to many more reminisces and deliciousness from Paperboat!

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The Return Of The Blogger

As you can see, the last time I blogged here was at the beginning of the year. And then, life happened, the usual rut and I seemed to be focusing on my book blog extensively. I must say it has been a good year as far as my book blog is concerned. I received a lot of books by authors/publishers for reviews and that made me work harder towards the blog. I also submitted many stories/articles for contests, which never got selected, by the way. No chuckling!

But yes, I did miss this personal blog of mine. I missed ranting endlessly about all things that matter to me, irritate me and madden me. I even stopped paying attention to my parenting blog and the excuse I have been giving is that I have been busy doing just that, parenting! Which in other words translate to screaming on top of my voice to get one simple job done like, for example, turning the TV off.

Yes, it has been a good year for my book blog, no doubt, but it came at a price. It is difficult to mange all the three with the same kind of dedication and sincerity but I look forward to trying that this coming year on wards. I hope that the new year will renew the crazy writer that has been in slumber for so long inside me and that I can grow (as a writer, not in size) and expand (again, not in size!)

Having mentioned size I must say, I have been working out and been able to successfully reduce a few kilos and tone up a bit here and a bit there. The journey is still on and I don't mind waiting for the perfect body, no matter how many years it takes! Geez, I can almost see my instructor rolling his eyes!

So, with all the positiveness of the festive season, I sincerely hope that I maintain my writings and ramblings and make my blogs a fun and informative place to visit, with your help, of course.

Season's Greetings to all!

Those Weak Moments

Happy 2016 everyone! Well, my new year started with relishing the company of my friends and having lots of fun with them. We are half a month down this year already and I have made some pacts with myself. Not resolutions, I just don't like to call them that. Resolutions are meant to be broken, you see. And this year, I don't want anything to be broken, neither my promises nor my will power. I am happy to announce that I have taken some steps towards better health and better writing! Yaaay! That deserves a pat on the back, no?

And although I am enjoying every bit of this new journey, today was especially tiring. A new workout regime, siting in front of the laptop since morning to get my son's admission form to load, trying out a new diet. I'm not going to bore you with the details but ultimately, one of these (or all of these) gave me a headache. AND I WAS SOUR. Yes. Have you ever seen Bruce turn into the massive, angry Hulk? Yeah, pretty much there.

So, apparently, the new diet didn't seem to adjust to it and the hulk in our story was both hungry and angry. It was hangry. It wandered around the kitchen for something to gobble down, to soothe its screaming stomach, but sadly didn't succeed. All it could find were some fruits. No, the sugar in those fruits wouldn't work. It needed a bigger sugar fix, that instant. So, it decided to get its hands on a humble bar of Twix. In no time the wrapper came off and there it sat, devouring every bit of it. The crumble from the biscuit, the caramel and the milk chocolate finally tamed the big, green beast down. With Twix doing the tango, the hangry hulk was gone. The world was once again a safe place!

Yeah, so that's what pretty much happened today. I shouldn't have given in, I know, but desperate times. So much for not breaking promises, huh? Well, I have been a good girl for the most part so I think I can be get away with this? Oops, I hope my trainer is not reading this!

So guys, lesson learned. Make changes for the better this year but do it with consistency and precision. If you're going to do it, give it your 100%. What was that? Okay, 99%, you happy now? :-)

Have a healthy and content new year y'all!