Each one of us have some favorite things we cannot do without. For me, these things are as follows:
1. A small cotton pillow: As far as I remember I have that pillow with me whereever I go. My grandma made it from cotton that was grown in our very own fields of Mazgaon. I carried that pillow when I left for Mumbai. Thereafter, I carried it with me even after getting married and moving in with my in-laws, then to California. I also carried it with me to Japan for a couple months and it is still with me. I love how soft it is, I sleep cozily with that pillow of my ears to cut off all the noises 🙂 By the way, it also has a cover stitched by my grandmother. I think she made that pillow cover from one of my old frocks. My grandmother is very creative and knows how to use old stuff and make it into new. Probably, that generation just knew the importance of recycling!
2. Kajal pencil: I am in absolute love with kajal. Everytime I step out of my house, I have to have to wear it! Although I am yet to find non-smudge kajal. I love the maybelline and eyeconic lakme pencils I bought from India. For some reason, people here don’t wear kohl on their bottom lids, may be its a Indian thing to do. If I ever forget to wear it, my husband reminds me 🙂 may be he likes it on me too 🙂
3.Water: We all know that our body is made of 70% to 80% of water, blah, blah! I get thirsty all the time and no other drink in the world can quench my thirst like water does. As a child, I was never fond of any kind of colas, juices, flavored drinks( except Rooafzah which I would have only at my friend Shweta’s place). I love water, thats it! I can’t even imagine what will happen to all living beings when the Mother Earth runs out of all water!
4. Sationery: I love any kind of books, pencils, colors, post-it notes, dairies. As a child, I would collect a lot of these things. My mama would get a lot of stationary from his office in Dubai and I would keep them safe to make them last longer. I still have a locked dairy with a lion cub cartoon on it, which he bought me from Dubai. My mom has kept it safe 🙂
5.Chappals/shoes/sandals: I love any kind of footwear. You may think that I have many chappals, but its not true! However, everytime I see a pair of nice chappals/sandals I love to own them. I love sandals with heels, though they hurt me a bit, wearing heels makes me very confident. When I get a job, I am going to splurge money on buying footwear for sure 🙂
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