Learning to draw Mandala

I am just learning to draw Mandala. One of my very basic creations which I have also filled with colors.
It's very relaxing and satisfying experience to draw Mandalas. It gives wings to our imagination by trying different designs. Coloring the Mandala also gives us immense pleasure as we play around with colors and color combinations.

Relax Admiring Nature

A short video that combines nature and music. It is so calming and soothing to gaze at nature and hear the music. Relax Admiring Nature.

Gratitude to the people who captured these moments of the beautiful,wonderful and ever present nature. Gratitude to the artist who composed such calming piece of music.

Math can be Recreational!

The title of the post was a hard to believe phrase or I can simply say impossible to believe phrase for me. Now I believe it is true!.
Many people keep giving us advise saying this is good for you or that is good for you. But we don't start believing each and every advise we receive. We start believing something only when we have tried and experienced it ourselves and find that it is true and really adds value to us. Don't we all do that.... :)

I used to hate math in school and college because I never understood or you can say the math teachers never made the subject lessons easy to understand. Though I tried many times to at least conquer an inch of math by understanding it, could not even conquer a cm, so I used to always run miles away from Math ...;(. But I felt the jitters of not having strong math skills in school, college as well as in my job, but I somehow managed to tread away but putting in extra efforts to understand the particular math concept which was in focus.I was not happy with the fact that I hate math and was always thinking that I should make friends with Math someday.....;). The first step towards that was to go back to the basics by knowing it better.

As children the reason to run away from math was probably the teaching methodology . There are lots of why's which need to be answered while learning math,.i.e., why a particular concept works.

For example, lets take the very basic math concept of multiplication. We are taught x times y is xy and multiplication tables etc. But many a times the co-relation of addition and multiplication is not explained. Multiplication can be viewed as repetitive addition,.i.e.,x added to itself y times or y added to itself x times.

Below example gives a better idea of "why" addition and multiplication are co-related.

2*5 = 10

       2+2+2+2+2 = 10 

5*2 = 10

5+5 = 10

All of the above ways yield the same answer of 10.

The beauty of Math is that there is more than one way of solving a problem and this unique feature of math makes it very interesting and of course RECREATIONAL!! . As with learning any concept, if the why's and how's (????) are explained at the time of learning it, the concept becomes easy to understand and thereby increases our knowledge in the long run and helps us in problem solving as well.

So next time you see a math problem please don't run away from it, just try to befriend it. Understand the problem's concept and you will be able to solve it in no time. Last but not the least, practice makes perfect. This is very true for Math. This will also enable you to do some mathemagic in future.


Happy Math Learning .....:)

Start Investing Now!

Its never too late to invest. The reason for writing this post, is many of us are still ignorant about investing and saving for the rainy day. Ignorance does not help you create wealth.  Many of us are still with the habit of earning and spending and saving does not seem to have a place in our vocabulary. Especially many women will fall in this group. In the current world, everybody should learn and understand their own finances and take baby steps towards attaining financial freedom. Understanding our finances not only helps us save money but also protects us from falling prey to ponzi schemes and agents mis-selling  financial products that don't suit us. So its double benefit to us. Start learning the basics, believe me its not tough, it may take sometime but its worth a lot more in terms of this understanding, leading you to financial freedom and creating wealth for you in the long term.As you start learning you will know about the Power Of Compounding. This is a simple concept which forms the core of investing to create wealth in the long term. Investopedia gives a nice and interesting explanation. The math and calculation for compounding is explained in simple terms through video tutorials on KhanAcademy.

Take charge of your finances. Start investing now!. Its a win-win situation.The earlier you start the more rewarding it will be for you. Happy Investing...!!

My First Blog

I created my blog today and this is my first post on the blog. It feels like quiet an achievement. I hope to share my thoughts, learnings and experiences on this blog. If you like writing then blogging is one hobby which should have the first place in your hobby list. I feel sky is the limit when it comes to hobbies, because if you like something you don't have to really put in efforts to do it. It comes naturally to you.

I hope to continue my blogging expedition with sharing and learning along the way...