Life Story

This person's life story shows us that despite countless adversities, if a person has the will to live well, he / she can find the way to do so and is eventually able to see the light at the end of a long, dark tunnel.

His is a really fascinating life story, a roller-coaster ride of numerous negative events that he has to endure but despite all the traps that life throws at him, he's able to pave a way to come out of it all and make himself a beacon of inspiration.

Hope someday, some intrepid movie director or producer comes across his life story and makes an awesome movie that will inspire the world with a beautiful message of love, hope, endurance, patience and tolerance, showing the viewers how self-motivation helped by a good support system mobilizes transformation towards a better future.

The homeless drug addict who became a professor

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-55559382

Have a read when you can.

Cheers
Aparna

Auspicious

 An auspicious

Twenty-one

You've turned

Today

My son

It's your

Twenty-first

Birthday

I wish you

Health,

Wealth

Peace,

Happiness

And

Success,

All that I've

Always

Wished for

You, every

Day :-)

 Poetry © Aparna Chatterjee

Beautiful Photo :-)

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/EE49/production/_116610016_hi065302958.jpg

Is that a lake or a river?

Keep Guessing.....

And when you've guessed enough, scroll down to see the answer :)


























































It's neither a lake nor a river but school playing fields in Didsbury, Manchester, submerged by River Mersey's floodwaters.

The photo was taken by PA Media and I saw it in a news article of BBC.

Cheers
Aparna

Candle

Soothing, Calming, Glowing.....

https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800/2019/death.jpg

I love this image. It's so simple and real, yet so surreal.

I can gaze at it for hours together. It emanates a meditative feeling.

Beautiful photography, I must say. Whoever took it, has made my day.

As usual, I sourced this image from one of the news stories I was reading.

Happy Viewing :-)

Cheers
Aparna

Covid

Covid
Widows

Covid
Orphans

We've seen
Them all in
This year.

Is that
Reason
Enough
To celebrate
Life or to
Celebrate
Death in the
Coming new
Year?

© Aparna Chatterjee

Have you heard of him?

He is Philip Galanes

Usually in many newspapers and magazines, we come across agony-aunt columns wherein people ask questions relating to their personal problems and there's a lady (agony aunt) who gives suggestions and advice regarding how to resolve those problems and issues.

But here is a man, rather an agony uncle, and he's really good at giving advice.

I follow his columns, his series of Q&As with the various readers of The New York Times and how intelligently and sometimes very humorously, he tells them what to do to get out of the mess they are in.

His way of responding to them is very interesting and I love the way he counsels them with his unique way of thinking.

He's marvellous in expressing himself and getting his thoughts across to his readers and has a really superb vocabulary.

Here are some of his erudite writings.

https://www.nytimes.com/by/philip-galanes

https://muckrack.com/philip-galanes/articles

Have a read when you can.

Cheers

Aparna

Have you tried this?

Head & Shoulders Sensitive Scalp Shampoo

http://kenajaye.blogspot.com/2020/11/head-shoulders-sensitive-scalp-shampoo.html

It's really worth a try :-)

As UK has been in and out of various kinds of lockdowns because of Coronavirus, many of our regular items have been out of stock in the supermarkets because of irregular deliveries of their supplies.

We've gone through months of rationing as supermarkets allow us to make limited number of purchases.

During one such lockdown, I couldn't get the shampoo that I usually use

Head & Shoulders Sensitive Scalp Shampoo

I had to use some other shampoo of some other brand that was also a sensitive shampoo but nowhere near to the H&S shampoo that I use.

I realised that the shampoo was very watery, not much foam, it kept sliding down my head as it was slippery like a thin liquid and if by chance any of that liquid got into my eyes, it left a stinging sensation (as compared to the H&S sensitive scalp shampoo which didn't give me any such reaction).

Moreover, that other shampoo left tangles in my hair and my hair was so sticky, rough and gluey whenever I combed it for quite a few days of having used that shampoo.

It was so uncomfortable combing my hair and I was really waiting for my regular shampoo to come back in stock and I was so glad it did :-)

This Head & Shoulders Sensitive Scalp Shampoo leaves my hair feeling so soft, silky and shiny and when I use it, it's so lathery, gives a good foam and most importantly doesn't keep slipping and sliding through my visage because it's a thick foam.

It stays in place till I wash it all off, sparing me the uncomfortable action of frequently washing my face and eyes to clean off the shampoo that I endured with that other runny liquid that the supermarket was selling as a sensitive shampoo.

The H&S shampoo left my hair tangle-free and chemically, it doesn't have any parabens, phosphates and colourants.

It's my favourite shampoo and whenever I get a deal / discount, I buy it in bulk just in case it again vanishes during future lockdowns.

That's why I recommend this product to you and I hope you like it as much as I do :-)

Happy washing :-)

Cheers

Aparna