Our plan was to visit Lakshmi Kuberar Temple which is located near Vandalur. We paid Rs 100 for Pooja and got back 2 green scared thread, green kumkum, Lakshmi Kuberar card and a book explaining the temple. If we buy Kuberar coins from the store inside the temple, you can directly keep the coin on Kuberar idol(which is placed in a beautiful fish and turtle mini pool) pray, rub his tummy and take back the blessed coin home.
In the same street there were few more small temples. We planned to visit them too. First is Kali amman temple, they said they won't accept any money(no Hyundiyal was found in the temple) instead we can contribute for "Anna Dhanam". After contributing for Anna Dhanam they gave us Kali Amman picture and kumkum along with the receipt. Next to it was Sai Baba temple, but we didn't get inside the temple.
We were thirsty so bought 2 lemon Nannari, after having the refreshment went to Araikasu Amman temple, which is also in the same street. They said they provide food(Anna Dhanam) to 100 people daily. 108 Amman idols were placed around the main deity Araikasu Amman. This temple is famous for finding out our lost things. Pray sincerely about the lost things and it is believed that we will find it soon. Bought the Araikaasu kit from the priest and headed back home.
All these small temples are well maintained and neat. It is said that, the temples are crowded on auspicious days. A must visit temples near Chennai.
Today morning is a special start for me. Yes i'm getting rewarded for my consistency and completing the January Fitness Challenge 2021 organised by Zealous Gang - Driven by Zeal and Fitness. The Prize distribution program was scheduled between 7am - 7:30am at RA Puram, Chennai. I planned to pick up my friend Devi(She was also a finisher of the challenge).
With all these in my mind, i started my morning routine with an enthu. I lit the lamps, fed the fishes and watered the plants. Today i didn't have a Yoga session, so did some dance workout from youtube. At 5:30am Almind woke up, when Vijay and Albrain was ready for the morning jog. Mostly they will jog for an hour or sometime more. I didn't want to leave Almind alone at home so asked him whether he could join me for the prize distribution program and promised him that we can quickly reach home before his online sessions. He was so happy that he showered and got ready before me. I took my shower and left home. On the way i picked Devi and we all reached the venue before the program started.
There were bunch of morning Cyclist, who had already finished their regular cycling and assembled at Noel's Cycle Lane, RA Puram. The program started with the welcome speech and introduction of the Chief Guest. A few lines about the Chief guest :
Balachandar Subramanian is an Indian professional wheelchair tennis player who is currently practicing in SDAT stadiums (Mogappair & Nungambakkam) with a strong focus of achieving ITF international tournaments. He started his tennis career in 2006 and has been continuously practicing hard to achieve in International, National and State circuit tournaments.
Short Term Goal – He has a short term goal of achieving in international level ITF Futures, ITF 3, 2, & 1 tournaments.
Long Term Goal - He has a long term goal of acquiring Medal for India in Paralympics, Para Asian Games, World Cup and grand slams.
Very interesting profile right? Now you can understand my excitement. Yes yes, I'm going to receive my reward from him.
The prizes were distributed to all the finishers. They had a special session after that, 3 lucky winner gets a home baked cake. A kid from the gang picked up the first lucky winner and Whoo its my friend Devi. For the second lucky winner pick they called Almind, he picked a lucky winner. My instinct said that ill get that cake when i heard its homemade, sugar free, maida free Apple Walnut Crumble. Another child is called upon to pick the third lucky winner, YES YES it's MEEEEEE. Coffee and Cake was distributed. We had a slice of the yummiest healthy cake. TWe collected our cakes, thanked everyone, took some group pics and selfies and left the place. I take this opportunity to thank all the organizers and motivators for constantly motivating and inculcating fitness into everyone's life. We reached home by 8:30am.
I had some unfinished morning routine. Cleaned the birds cage, Mopped the floor(Albrain Sweeps the floor daily), cleaned bathrooms and went into kitchen to cook. Vijay had already cooked Bottle gourd moor kulambu. I did Lady's finger fry for side dish. Also i cooked prawn millet noodles for dinner.
I started to pen down my special day in my blog. Now, I'm starting to my School for my online classes.
Watch the glimpse of my morning in the below video.
As everyday I started my day at 4:00am. Did my usual chores like opened windows and main door, lit lamps, took shower, watered my plants, fed my fishes, cleaned my parakeets cage and got ready for my yoga class.
5am - 6am is my yoga class. It was an amazing session as always.
6:15am - 7:15am I have my mindfulness session. I vented out my distress, discussed about the change in me and learned new chakara and meditation today.
After the session i had some office work to do, so i continued staying in the balcony where i attended mindfulness session.
When I went inside after my work, Vijay already cooked chicken curry & rice for lunch and boiled milk. Thank god that saved a lot of my time. I kept fruits for kids for breakfast. Yes, we eat unprocessed and uncooked food for a meal in a day.
Almind gave me a cute handmade card. Kids started with their online classes and Vijay with his office work. I started to get ready for a school, where I was invited as a chief guest.
I went to the school(Chennai girl's higher secondary school, Perambur) after many diversions and misdirection of google map. I was late by10 minutes 😭 I met my cousin Deepika there, had a word with the head mistress. I was asked to address the 11th grade kids on the topic "Do's & Don't of technology in Covid". I have already sent my presentation slides through email so everything was set well in advance.
In the auditorium, there were bunch of 200+ girls eagerly waiting for my speech. After the formal introduction i started my presentation. Since it was a post lunch session, i thought students would be sleepy but to my surprise it was an interactive session. I was so happy when a couple of girls asked questions and got their doubts cleared. One student said few things in the slide are new to her. Happiness is sharing knowledge, you all agree right? 🙂
When I came out of the school, suddenly I thought of visiting my in laws who stayed very close by that school. My Mother in law likes chocolate cakes. So bought her few chocolate cake slices and went to their place. My in laws are all surprised when they saw me. Wished Patti who is 90 years old and my mil for women's day, spent some time there and returned back home.
After reaching home had some evening snacks, spent some time with kids. Albrain gave me a beautiful hand made card. Then I got ready for my online Beledi sesssion at 6:30pm. After the session, showered, prepared and had dinner. Spent some time on blog and winding up the day with lots of love and memories 😍
