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A balcony makeover
14.06.2026 We'd been talking about giving our balcony a much-needed makeover for months, but like all working people, we kept putting it off. Finally, one fine weekend with nothing else on the agenda, we headed to IKEA to figure out how to make it happen. We bought 9 sets of wood-textured balcony tiles (9 tiles per set) for 160 euros, the real gamechanger of this makeover. Alongside that came a self-assembly table, a bench, and some cushions to go with it. With everything loa
Sreedevi Menon
Jul 61 min read


Walk around the Neighbourhood
04.06.2026 Work was over, it was time to stretch some legs. The evening was softening into dusk, and before the last sun rays disappeared, we stepped out of our house and went for a stroll. Considering the fact that both of us are lazy beings, this was more an occasional hobby than any serious claim to exercise. But the neighbourhood did not disappoint. The further we walked, the denser it grew - trees and shrubs crowding the path, little trails peeling off into the dark like
Sreedevi Menon
Jun 101 min read


Office, Rains, and Claude
03.06.2026 Starting a blog is easy. Find a UI friendly site that you have used for several years to create past (flopped) ventures, pay the (bi-)yearly premium, and voila, you have a new shiny space to call your own. But a few blogs down and a million years to go for humanity, you start wondering, where does this lead to. Yes it is fun, yes its pretty and mine, but what happens of it when boredom sets it, when the site begs to be renewed, and the space becomes a long forgotte
Sreedevi Menon
Jun 42 min read


Blues and Whites
04.05.2026 The start of Summer saw us jetting off to a Greek Island. Mykonos. An island that promises its tourists white washed houses and multiple shades of the deepest blues reserved only for places that are far away from home. Our hotel was a mere 10 minutes walk from the old town centre. As we lugged our suitcases to our rooms and stepped foot onto the hotel balcony, the ocean blues swept in like some weathered Cairo tour agent, arms thrown wide, pulling you into his worl
Sreedevi Menon
Jun 12 min read


A golden day with Blooming Tulips
18.04.2026 Netherlands has always held a special charm, one filled with the allure of green pastures dotted with sheep and goat, and when the right season arrives, endless fields of tulips fluttering beneath the sun, waiting quietly to be harvested And so, one fine day, when some guests were in town and tulip season was in full bloom, we decided to take out our car and go on an expedition to see these much-admired blooms. Just two weeks previously, we had gone on a similar ex
Sreedevi Menon
May 182 min read


Between the canals of Delft
12.04.2026 After a quick breakfast of Kerala "Puttu" paired with white chickpeas, made with coconut and aromatic spices, ground in a mixer that once travelled from India, we set off to visit our neighboring town - Delft. Delft was peaceful. In some alleys so quiet, I wondered how life unfolds here without the familiar humdrum of daily human activity, so central to our existence as social beings. Yet it was beautiful. The day was as sunny as far as tourists' wishes go. We vi
Sreedevi Menon
Apr 132 min read
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