A Wonderful Trip to Malaysia

Feeling mentally exhausted or burned out has become a common problem with most people these days. Because they are working too hard. Everyone wants to climb up the career ladder and so puts in a lot of effort and time into his or her job. However When people work continuously without breaks trying to keep up with their deadlines and hectic schedules, gradually their imagination will start to dry up. Thus it can impact their creativity. Not just their professional lives, but even their personal lives will get affected. When someone spends too much time at work without taking adequate breaks, he or she is bound to feel worn out and stressed. The resulting unhappiness is bound to take a toll on their relationships. Chronic stress can cause health problems too. So everyone needs to take time off from work to rejuvenate and regain his or her focus.

A family vacation is the best way to disconnect from the outside world and just relax and bond with your family. A getaway from the usual routine life benefits a lot. Sadly it has also been seen that most people keep putting off their vacation plans for some reason or the other, but the main reason often is their work obligations. If one can forget about their professional obligations for a few days and instead go on a vacation, they will be able to remove all the stresses from their daily lives. Moreover, family vacations are a great way to improve communication and bonding with the other family members. Both me and my husband had been remaining busy with our work and so had hardly spent quality time together. Although there had been so many instances when we thought about taking a break and going on a vacation, but somehow they never materialised.

The resulting stress from our work-related problems started to show up on our relationship too. Both of us would remain irritated and seemed to be on the edge. It was then that we decided to fiorget everything else and go on a vacation together.

Last summer, me and my husband went on a trip to Malaysia and O boy, did we not have the best time of our lives? Malaysia is such an amazing country to visit, there are so many exotic places to visit, such scenic places that you will not want to return back. I made some really good memories over there during our vacation and also captured some beautiful pictures of the places we visited.
Blessed with several places of natural beauty that continue to attract tourists in droves, gorgeous beaches, mesmerizing natural wonders, if one visits Malaysia, she can never get tired of the scenic beauty, the fabulous food and the exotic islands.

Before embarking on the vacation, we researched extensively about the country on internet to collect information about the places to visit and zeroed down on some select places. We decided to start our one week trip from Kuala Lumpur. We had booked flight tickets on Malaysia Airlines through www.yatra.com to travel from Delhi to Kuala Lumpur. We had also booked our stay in a three star hotel and I must say that the people there were very courteous and friendly. They never made us feel that we were in a foreign country. Since by the time, we checked into our hotel room, it was already late in the evening and we were feeling tired after the flight journey, so we went to sleep quickly after taking our dinner. Our vacation started from the next morning in the right sense.

We started with the most popular attraction in Kuala Lumpur - the Petronas Twin Towers. The Petronas Twin Towers are regarded as one of the tallest buildings in the world and have 88 storeys. The sky bridge at the Petronas Twin Towers offers amazing views of the surroundings.

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We also visited the orchid Park, the National Museum and the Sultan Abdul Samad building in Kuala Lumpur. then from Kuala Lumpur, we took the monorail service to Titiwangsa station and after getting down, we took a bus to go to the Batu Caves.

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Situated in Gombak, Selangor, Batu Caves is actually a limestone hill where you will find several caves and cave temples and is a popular tourist attraction. At the entrance we find a huge statue of Hindu God Lord Shiva and after climbing some 272 steps, we could also catch a view of mesmerizing skyline of the city centre. Batus Caves is especially popular among the rock climbing enthusiasts. We also saw paintings of several other Hindu Gods inside the Ramayan Cave.

In the late afternoon, we then took a Malaysia Airlines flight to go to Penang. It hardly took fifty minutes to reach the beautiful place. Once we reached Penang, we headed straight for Georgetown. We had heard and read a lot about the place. It has got an illustrious history, anyone who visits the place is bound to fall in love with it. We visited Fort Cornwallis, Chew Jetty, Tua Pek Kong, P Ramlee House and some other places too.

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We also visited Langkawi, Tioman Island (or Pulau Tioman) and Mount Kinabalu (which is protected as Kinabalu National Park) over our one week vacation.

Langkawi
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Mount Kinabalu
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Pulau Tioman
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We had such a wonderful time in Malaysia, there was never a dull moment in the entire period of one week and when we returned back, we were feeling so refreshed and happy. We should take such vacations regularly.

The new Health drink to boost growth in children - Horlicks Growth+

In the contemporary times, growth disorders in children is one of the biggest concerns of parents the world over. Their children mean everything to them and so every single thing - good or bad, big or small, matters to the parents. Thus it is understandable for them to be anxious if they find that their kid is not growing as fast as some of the other children of his age. That dreaded question "Is my child growing normally? Or is there any underlying health problem that's hampering his growth?" would haunt them all through the day. However for the majority of the children, their growth rate differs from that of others. Slow growth in children could be due to various reasons - it may be hereditary or it could be due to delayed skeletal development. Quite a few children are late bloomers, although initially they may not be that tall but gradually with the passage of time, they often catch up with their growth. So parents shouldn't obssess about their child's growth and height.

My son Varun too was a late bloomer. His growth was comparatively slower than that of others in his class. He was also sometimes mocked by his friends because of his height and it used to give both him and me tense moments. I would be lying if I deny that I wasn't concerned about his slow growth. As first time parents, both me and Nihal remained worried thinking about what could have been the reason. But our doctor reassured us that Varun was perfectly healthy and didn't have any health issue. However the doctor had advised us to take special care about his diet, so as to make sure that his nutritional needs were fulfilled.

One of the most common and primary reasons for a child's slow growth is inadequate nutrition. Children need to eat healthy food and in right proportions during their age of three to nine years because this period is a critical phase for their growth. It is said that children grow at their maximum pace during this period and so parents should take special care to make them eat wholesome meals containing lots of green vegetables, freshly cooked food that would contain proteins and vitamins. These nutrients are very essential for a child's growth. But then, most children are quite fussy about eating, they would not eat the greens and instead are fond of eating only the unhealthy food items. Sometimes parents find it very hard to convince their children to eat healthy. Thus their body misses out on the essential nutrients if they skip their regular meals.

Thus the need of the hour was to have some product that could fill the gap and meet the nutritional needs of the children and thus was born Horlicks Growth+. This unique health drink has been developed after a lot of research and testing by several pediatricians and nutritionists. It has been specifically devised for those children who are falling behind others of their age in growth. This advanced nutritional supplement that contains whey proteins, Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Vitamin D will help in fulfilling the nutritional requirements of children in the age group of 3-9 years. It comes in two flavours - creamy Chocolate and smooth Vanilla and one can enjoy it both hot as well as cold. I am sure that children will love its taste and will gulp down a glass without a fuss. It has also been clinically proved that those children who drink Horlicks Growth+ regularly, show visible improvement in their growth in just six months! Thus parents who were worried about their child's slow growth can now heave a sigh of relief. Horlicks Growth+ can be easily bought either from a chemist shop or from an online portal.

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India's first Urban Cross Redi GO being launched!

Driving a car in India is not easy, certainly not a big sedan. Not just because of the poor roads across the country but traffic snarls too are a regular sight everywhere these days. Most cities have become very congested. Imagine you were going for shopping with your friends or for a movie and you were behind the steering wheel. All of you were enjoying the drive but suddenly you get stuck in the traffic on the way and your plans get spoilt. Having gone through a similar situation myself on a couple of occasions, I can understand how miserable one would feel. Usually the roads leading to a market place or a shopping mall or a multiplex remain filled with traffic. Even if there was not much of a traffic to bother us, but parking does remain another irritating issue at such places. Thus managing a big car in an urban city doesn't feel easy anymore. That's one of the reasons why most women drivers prefer a compact crossover that is easy to drive through the busy streets in a city and doesn't need that much space for parking. But in the bargain, we often lose out on the feeling of luxury and comfort that a sedan would have granted us. Now what if a car manufacturer brings the best features of a luxury vehicle like a sedan into a compact hatchback? Wouldn't that be great? Well, that is actually going to become a reality now.  Datsun India (from the family of Japanese car manufacturer Nissan) is going to bring onto the Indian roads, the first Urban Cross - Redi GO, that has got both the features of a compact crossover car as well as those of a hatchback.

Fun. Freedom. Confidence. The ultimate Urban Cross - Datsun redi-GO - the capability of a crossover with the convenience of a hatchback.

The first thing that you notice in the Redi-GO is its fresh, sleek and innovative design. The hexagonal front grille or the "D-cut" as they call it, is a distinctive feature in all models of Datsun but being paired with the stylish headlamps and the innovative LED daytime running lights impart a sense of sophistication to the car. The alloy wheels along with the dark chrome that fills the wheel arches adds to its style quotient. Its bold and sassy outer looks combined with the beautiful and spacious interiors make it stand out from its peers currently available in India.

Because of its best in class ground clearance of 185mm, the RediGO stands fairly tall and not only provides sufficient legroom but also offers the driver a high and clear view of the road ahead. Add to that its length of less than four metres and it looks more compact than it actually is. This is one of the biggest advantages that Redi-GO offers, especially in an urban city where one often faces trouble in parking her vehicle in a public place due to constraints of space.

The manufacturer Datsun India has promised us riding comfort as well as fuel-efficiency with Redi-GO. Based on the common module family (CMF-A) platform, the Redi-Go also possesses a 0.8L (800cc), three-cylinder engine that is fixed with a five-speed manual transmission.

The car manufacturers today view women as a significant demographic for the compact car segment and Datsun's Redi-GO is the perfect gift that a car manufacturer could have given to us. Thank you Datsun India for the Redi-GO.

Having said that, I would also want to take a test drive of Redi-GO in Delhi, especially through the narrow lanes of Lajpat Nagar and Sarojini Nagar. Being a shopaholic, I frequent these two market places and would love to see whether it's easy to drive and maneuver the Redi-GO through the traffic. 

Why do people resort to vandalism during protests?

Despite heavy police deployment in the affected areas, the Jat stir has resulted in such a huge loss of public property as well in serious law and order situation in Haryana. So many violent incidents were reported from various parts in Jhajjar and Rohtak. Shops were ransacked and burnt. Homes, offices and even banks were looted, vehicles were put on fire. There was wreckage everywhere. While returning back home from my office in Manesar, I got to see so many broken furniture strewn around on the streets, I was definitely petrified. I have also read in some reports about incidents where the mob turned violent and attacked anyone and everyone they came across on the streets; they were carrying sticks, rods and axes! 

Delhi too was affected by the Jat stir. Traffic came to a standstill at so many places like Dwarka underpass, GTB Nagar, Narela, Nazafgarh and Badarpur and remain so for hours because the protesters had blocked the roads.

A couple of years back, it were the Gujjars and last year, it were the Patidars in Gujarat. This time it's the jat community. Tomorrow it will be some other caste community. If such demands for more caste reservations continue, it will be the death of India. Apparently this agitation has been started by the Jat community to demand reservation in govertment jobs and education institutions under economically backward classes. So is this the way to ask for the betterment of one's own community? By destroying public property? 

What an Irony

Human evolution has reached a stage where we relish clicking a moment rather than actually living it; we put up father's day and mother's day wishes (I luv u papa, mummy) as our FB statuses on those respective occasions and yet even when we are at home, we seldom spare even a few minutes of silent moments with them! We prefer instead to tuk tuk on whatsapp and the likes. We cook food with all our heart and even when our family members would have got themselves seated on the table, instead of serving them right away, we remain busy clicking and selecting the best of the captures, so that we can share on our FB walls!

The Odd-Even formula in Delhi

The new year started in Delhi with the implementation of the odd-even formula wherein the visitors as well as the residents of Delhi are to drive their odd-numbered vehicles only on odd days and those having even numbered vehicles can only ride them on even days. The air pollution levels in Delhi have really gone up in the past few months and the huge number of vehicles plying on the roads are the biggest contributors to the menace. The environmentalists had been harping on the issue for so long but their pleas fell on deaf ears. Finally the Government of Delhi has woken up to the issue (all thanks to the Supreme Court who intervened at the right moment) and has come up with the odd-even formula. Even though this is on a trial basis and is going to be tried for fifteen days to see whether the pollution levels come down or not, but it is worth giving a try. Even if it doesn't succeed fully in bringing down the pollution levels, at least it gives a chance to the citizens of Delhi to do something positive for their own city. After all, pollution is affecting each one of us the same way.

 In fact I think, even other cities that are facing the problem of air pollution can also try this odd-even formula. The air quality standards have deteriorated in almost all of the major Indian cities. We cannot afford to keep ignoring the problem of air pollution any more. Continuous exposure to the harmful gases leads to cardio-respiratory problems like lung cancer, asthma, heart attacks and other serious illnesses. Why take a chance?

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