DIY #Tips4Love

courtesy @KEYAsMamma

• Love yourself first

• Start each day with a hug

• Praise ur spouse for his qualities. Make sure you are honestly doing that.

• On Weekends serve breakfast in bed.

• Say "I love you" every time you part ways

• Compliment freely and often.

• Appreciate and Celebrate your differences.

• Live each day as if its your last #tip4life

• Write an unexpected letter or just a small note.

• Plant a seed together and nurture it to maturity.

• Gift his/her fav. Flowers Without any special occasion.

• Plan a date without kids. Once in a month.

• Spend weekend gardening together.

• Kiss unexpectedly.

• Seek out beautiful sunsets together.

• Be forgiving.

• Apologize sincerely.

• Read out ur first letter together.

• Remember the day of ur proposal.. and recreate it.

• Watch a Romantic Classic movie.

• Say "I love you" with your eyes.

• Be your spouse's biggest fan.

• Let her/him cry in your arms.

• Laugh at his joke. Even you know the joke.

• Play childish games. Like snakes n ladders or ludo. Spend time together.

• Give the love you want to receive.

• APPRECIATE her/his inner beauty.

• Do something Arousing.

• Encourage wonderful dreams.

• Commit a public display of affection.

• Walk barefoot on the beach together.

• Remember the vows if you have wrote any...or the promises you made .

• Respect each other.

• Have a picnic indoors on a rainy day.

• Put Him/her first in your prayers.

• Involve him/her in a serious discussion and plant a kiss on lips unexpectedly.

• Kiss each other goodnight.

• Express your love.

• Remember birthdays of your spouse's close ones.

• Cover a warm blanket when he/she is sleeping.

• Plant a kiss on his/her forehead when asleep.

• Read a poem together.

• Show interest in your spouse's hobby.

• Make a single cup of tea and share it together on a rainy day.

• Whenever you think she is looking beautiful Click a pic.

• Learn a guitar. Learn a song for her

• Never forget your anniversary.

• Remember His/her friends name.

• Take an appointment at a spa for both of you on a day before your anniversary.

• Don't allow the phone to interrupt imp moments.

• When he/she compliments - a sincere "thank you" is the only response required.

• Spend less time in discussing 'who's right' and more time deciding 'what's right'

• Praise in public.

• Criticize in private.

• Always compliment your spouse when he/she is ready for a party.

• Keep ypur promises.

• When your spouse hugs you let them be the first one to let go. #Tip4life

• Teach your kid to respect Each of you equally

tips for buying house for investment

got some real great tips from my cousin G about investing in house for capital appreciation purposes

• a good construction company makes re-sale easier
• its better if the construction company has other projects in pipeline. they wud like to keep the current projects in 'green' to avoid negative impact on proposed projects
• the price of the house wud go up if the construction company is more or less on time and is about to start  a new project
• project at 50% completion is a good time to sell. u can also wait on closer till project completion.the art is not being greedy and not over-wait.
• sell before possession is offered. you can save on sunk cost like registration charges etc
• expected appreciation in price coz of nearby projects must be considered
• you can think of going in for a bigger house size as u do not plan to hold on till the end and need not pay the entire amount. plus the builder wud be paying more attention to the bigger units. also its better selling proposition for re-selling, you get little higher appreciation
• if u have a good friend, pool in the resources so that u can avoid the loan. home loan EMI have the highest load in the first year as most part of the interest is paid in the first couple of years, then the principle repayment starts
• you can get really good price in pre-launch offers
• a builder can give upto 7-8% discount, a dealer 3-4%. they work with these minimum margins
• bargain as much as u can, there is a lot of scope to negotiate. if not he price, then include the additional charges like parking / edc/ idc / club etc in the bsp

office outbound to jim corbett

had an office outbound trip from 29 feb to 2 march. almost the entire vmc and elh teams went for the trip to jim corbett.

took some time for it to actually sink in that we were going. on some previous occasions, such trips had been canceled and seemed to be jinxed. but i guess march is the month for me for a getaway every year. maybe except for 2008, every year since 2006, i have got an opportunity to get away form delhi for a welcome break.

we stayed at solluna resort - beautiful place with amazing food. we had several fun activities like cricket, rock climbing, rappelling, beach volleyball, crossing the river etc at the resort.

went for the jungle safari as well. cud manage to see some deer, wild boar. our guide for the safari told us that gate no. 2 had higher probability of tiger sightings. 

2 of us broke off early for an office meeting at rudrapur.enjoyed that trip as well.

stopped at tadka dhaba while returning for some awesome food.

clicked lots of pics. had refreshing 3 days.