Freedom Park- Hospet

Recently, I have been to my hometown Hospet in summer holidays.My kids enjoy a lot in my hometown. Obviously,they should enjoy! Hospet city has a bunch of nature in it. The city has a dam named as Tunghabgadra which is a very big dam with eye-catching view from the top hill area.

My kids had already visited  Tunghabgadra Dam and park. Also visited the ABCD park and in T.B. Dam. This time they wanted to visit a new park. So, we googled it and came to know about Freedom Park.We visited the park with family.  We enjoyed a lot in the park . The garden is amazing, wanted to share the experience over there.

 

First of all the entrance fee is just 10 rupees per person, above 5 years of age. Now, we took the tickets and entered the park. At the entrance we were excited to see the horse ride in the park. We decided to let the kids play first and  went inside . First there was a jumping jack and a big swing just for 10 rupees each. Our kids enjoyed jumping very much.                         

Then we moved on to the car zone. It was a small area for kids with jeeps and car ride on . Kids were enjoying the drives. They charged 80 rupees per kid, looked a bit expensive.

Now, we further moved on to see other playing things for kids. We very excited to see the beautiful train. Our kids were happy to take the train ride. The train ticket was 40 rupees per person. It was reasonable.  

After that , the very excited experience was the beautiful planes, which we don't get in the fares  in our town. It reminded me of my childhood. In those days it was  very exciting to see the airplane rides. I remember in my childhood I enjoyed it in Bangalore City. I was excited to let my kids enjoy it. Obviously, they enjoyed it very much.  It has safety, kids has to climb up the stairs and enter the plane one by one. The women who operated it was also very friendly. She took care of the kids safety with fun. 

Now we moved on it was getting late and were left to see the other half of the park. This was the half area of park we covered outside the fort. Now, we entered the fort inside, very nice entrance will feel like we are in other place. We moved  inside there is lot of greenery, small waterfalls and musical fountains in the path. It is big area to walk on. After taking a round we came across the photo spot with angel structure to take photos everyone  clicked a angel photo. 

The cave is also a eye catching attraction .we entered the cave,  Inside the cave there are photos of freedom fighters inside the cave. It was a different new view and experience. Kids can run and enjoy. 

NORMAL DELIVERY vs CAESARIAN DELIVERY

I am assisting in our nursing home from last 5 years. The hospital is owned by my mother in law. She is one of the best doctors in the town. I am very happy I learnt many things from her. The main thing that made her famous is her sincerity with the patient. We have a labor room and an operation theatre at our hospital. My mother-in-law is MBBS, DGO. She is not a surgeon so calls doctors from outside for deliveries through c-section.  She gets much profit through operations with less tension through caesarian section. But, her sincerity towards the patient never allowed her to go for caesarian until her last try for the normal delivery.  Because, I heard in my hometown that few doctors are doing only caesarians to fill their loans. Why take loans and build big multi-storey hospitals to attract patients. I felt bad about it. 

 

Does anyone feel to get handicapped? No. The normal deliveries are the natural process. God has made the process. I accept it is painful. It requires lot of patience. But, after a normal delivery one is ready to walk within hours. But after caesarian a patient is not ready to walk or even sit by herself. There are stitches in her uterus which need to heal. I agree there are good antibiotics to heal up but it takes at least a week for a woman to work by herself. After a caesarian section there is a need of partner to help her in daily chores for a week. Apart from this she needs rest for a month or even 3 month to do any heavy chores/activities. And at last she has been left with a scar in her uterus which makes her handicapped compared to the normal delivery woman who has their uterus intact. Now, when we come to the point for future deliveries, there is always less chance of normal delivery if the next delivery is with fewer gaps. After a caesarian a woman should wait at least 2 years for next baby, if she wants to go for normal delivery, if not no problem if she wants to go for caesarian. There are the chances of the stitches getting opened due to labor pains in normal delivery if the gap is less between deliveries. 

I think woman after a normal delivery is free and has no issues in her life. But a caesarian woman is always at a risk of lifting heavy weight, doing heavy exercises. I have heard many women complaining about the back pain/spinal cord pain years after caesarian. It is not in all the cases but some woman complains it. Anyhow, if there is a need for a caesarian then it is a BOON from science. In few cases, the amniotic fluid is suddenly reduced in a pregnant woman. The baby cannot survive without amniotic fluid. It is impossible to save the baby through normal delivery in these cases. Hence, with a caesarian a life can be saved. A smiling face on mothers face with a small scar in her uterus is negligible. 

Unfortunately, few women opt for caesarian to avoid labor pains, when they have no complications. This is very disgusting. Why are they making things complicated? Please be brave and make the things easy in future. Be brave and go for normal deliveries. A pain of few hours or minutes will give you happiness afterwards.

Few months back even I had a C-section because of meconium, means baby passed the first poop in the stomach. It was an emergency. After my C-section to me it was a very big deal. I passed through very bad time. First of all at hospital I did not get a good room inspite of opting for special rom because of getting admitted in emergency. I was unable to get up because of lack of suitable bed which didn't have handle to lift up. It was a normal flat bed. I couldn't walk for many days. In my case it was due to anemia. But still I had the pain for many days. I couldn't recover and get back to my chores and daily life for many days. I had a normal delivery previously after which I could walk and felt  good so fast inspite of my very painful normal delivery. So, both have pros and cons choose the best thing according to the situation. Unfortunately, I had to go to other hospital inspite of our own hospital because my mother-in-law is no more in this world. After her sad demise and corona conditions we stopped operations at our hospital. We are doing only normal deliveries under the assistance of my father-in-law who is also a MBBS Doctor. 

ONE-STOP for KIDS SHOPPING- FIRSTCRY

Have you heard about Firstcry? This website is a complete corner for all your baby products, from toys to clothing, shoes, accessories etc. If you have a new born in your house, you can start shopping for your baby on this website till he is 10 years old. One can find all the day to day essential things for his/her kid.

 In this article I want to share the shopping experience with the website. In addition also want to help you in understanding the pros and cons of the website. Every time when we shop from a new website we are eager to know about its originality because online there is a lot of chance of getting cheated with fake websites. So, in this article you will learn its originality and also its benefits. I will also share with you some tips to use the website and get the best out of it. So let's start with my sign up process of this website. When at first I came across this website, I learnt that if I sign up I will get 2500 worth cash coupons to shop. I was very excited! I joined the website the next second with my phone number, which I usually don't do because according to me giving mobile number for online websites is not fair. Anyhow I joined the website added items to the cart, was exited for my first order, applied the cash coupon of 2500 rupees, and to my goodness this cash coupon had some conditions, it said me to spend money first to use it. It means they were not cash coupons this were discount coupons.  Now my excitations came down.

                                  

 Then I came across the message that, for first order you will get hundred rupees discount. Then I browsed the website for long time to choose something or buy, now after a long search, I found a toy for my kid, I was again excited to get discount. The toys price was 220 rupees I thought of getting it for 120 rupees after 100 rupees discount on my first order.  I added some more things, now when I applied the coupon after spending so much time and energy. I got the message that said your discount is more than the coupon money so you cannot use the coupon, this made me feel unhappy. This was my first experience with the website, there were no conditions mentioned the only thing mentioned was hundred rupees cash discount on first order. Now, I had to buy it for the same price as my kid was eagerly waiting to order the toy for him.

One day a few months later, I came across the website to find the cashback offers on the website. There was cashback offer on diapers on the website. I got diapers on website and got 25% cashback coupon which was nearly 100 rupees.  This coupon was sent to me by an email. It had an expiry date of nearly one week

I thought of using it and browsed the website for some baby clothing like good looking tshirts and pants. This time I added a pant for my kid in the cart, I was excited to checkout as soon as possible. I applied the cashback coupon to get 100 rupees discount. The same thing happened even with cashback coupon. The coupon was applied on the MRP of the products not on discounted price available. I added a pant worth rupees 299, it was available on the website with discount for 250 rupees. When I applied the cashback coupon it was deducted from the MRP not the discounted price. I expected the pant price after applying coupon to be 150 rupees, but the price I got was 199, as the coupon was applied on MRP 299. So, the final discount I got was only 41 rupees not 100 rupees from the coupon. Now, when I wanted to checkout, I got message you cannot place an order less than 250 rupees, I need to buy a few more things, ok!  but do I really need them I still choose to add few necessary things. But all of the things I choose had already discounts. I wanted products without discount to use my cashback coupon. They would have deducted the cashback coupon from the price available in the website but no they applied it on MRP.

I still added few more clothing now again my coupon discount came down from 41 to 20. Now when I wanted to checkout, the cart value was less than 500, I had to pay 50 rupees delivery charge, if not I have to add some more clothing and my coupon will again get deducted from the MRP. SO, finally I was left with 1 rupee cashback from 100 rupees coupon. This means there was no use of using the cashback coupon. I would have bought the accessories without cash coupon for the prices (discounted) mentioned. Why the false advertisement of cashback coupons? I felt bad. I thought of never using the cashback coupon again and waste my energy and time. This is the business policy.

Almatti Dam Review

 We started our journey from BIJAPUR. It is 100 km from BIJAPUR. We travelled by car. The journey was very easy within no time we reached ALMATTI town. The dam is just in entrance in the ALMATTI town.  The entrance has a very big stone sculpture.  The entrance is very beautiful with greenery. We entered the dam area in car. They took a small amount for car parking. First in the entrance there was a rock garden.  We thought we will see the rock garden and went forward. There is road inside connecting the dam area. First, we thought of seeing the dam as we were excited to see the dam. Now, we entered the dam area, there was a ticket of 15 rupees per person, to enter the area and see the dam gates.

              The entrance to the dam has elephant on both the sides. Then there is a passage with the sculptures on stones and the roof. Here we found a photographer asking for photograph with family, he told us will give the photos instantly for 30 rupees each.  We took the family photo and then went down to see the gates. Now, after walking again for 10 mins we reached a big sculpture with stairs where we sat to take rest. We enjoyed our 10 mins walk in the small passage amidst the water flowing through small fountains on both the sides. But, the time we were walking on the path was at the mid noon which was very sunny. It was very hot. So, the care takers there told us you would have went the rock garden first and in evening come here. Now, also no problem you can go to rock garden and come at 6 pm here. The same ticket can be used for re-entry. But we didn’t have time so thought of seeing the gates first as it was the main point of attraction to us.

The after reaching the fountain point again we had to walk for 5 mins and finally reached the gates. It was a very beautiful scenario the huge dam, the gates, the sky looking so vast and beautiful, and ducks swimming in water.  It was a very enjoyable moment.  We climbed up the wall to see the dam from nearer. We walked on the path. After enjoying the movement as it was sunny we left soon and then walked our way back to the rock garden, which is at entrance.

We bought our tickets at the rock garden and entered it.  The garden according to its name has many things made of rock, right from entrance a man made of rock welcoming people. Then fishes made of rock in the walking path. The garden is also full of greenery along with rocks sculptures. Children will surely enjoy the huge slides made of rock, a huge dragon slide; it feels like one is sliding from the mouth of dragon. A big fish slide, from the mouth of fish. So, many swings! A train for the kids with round track to get the tour of rock garden. Kids will be left with mouth-watering games in the rock garden.  There is also a small pond of fishes in the midst of the garden. We fed the fishes some food; our kids were excited to see the group of fishes coming to catch the food. There is a small jeep service for adults along with family to see the park.😃

 

 

 

 

 

A Brief Introduction about Hajj

Hajj is an Arabic word which means “pilgrimage” .Every year, millions of Muslims, from different parts of the world gather in Mecca to perform hajj. Hajj is performed in Dhu-al-hajjah, the twelfth and last month of Muslim calendar.  Hajj is obligatory for every Muslim in a lifetime; they should be able to afford the expenses, physically fit. Hajj is offered with a series of rituals.

There are three types of hajj:

Haj-al-Tamattu:

In this type of hajj a pilgrim performs both umrah and hajj. It is for people who come from far places, long time before hajj. So, these people when enter Mecca for hajj should ihram and do the intention of umrah. Then again on eight day of Dhul-Hijja, he/she again wears the ihram with the intention of hajj, before this they shave or clip the hair. It is obligatory to sacrifice an animal after this type of hajj.

Hajj-al-qiram

In this type of hajj a pilgrim wears ihram with intention of performing umrah and hajj both.  It is optional that one can wear ihram for umrah and then with intention for hajj before his Tawaf for Hajj. It is for people who arrive to Mecca short time before hajj. The requirements for both the hajj are same, except in tamattu the piligrim should give sacrifice of animal,wheras in Qiram it is not compulsory.

Hajj-al-Ifraad

This hajj is done with single-intention. A pilgrim wears ihram for intention of Hajj, when he/she enters Mecca. This type of hajj is permitted for only locals of Makah.

Umrah can be done any time in the year, but hajj is to be done only from 8-12^th of Dhu-al-hajjah.

Benefits of Hajj

After performing hajj all the sins of a person are forgiven and he becomes pure like a new born baby. Hajj is the father of all worships. Hajj teaches a person sacrificing physically and financially in the way of Allah. Hajj also helps a person to purify the soul. Hajj remembers a person about the life after the death, when he wears the ihram. All people of different race, color, status, gathered in hajj with same clothes, this teaches a person equality and brotherhood.

 

Pros and Cons of Writing!

 There are many ways to earn online. I prefer writing as the best way to earn online. But everything has both pros and cons.  I want to share some pros and cons of writing online

Pros

·         Writing articles increases the power of thinking as one has to think and write an article.

·         It increases the fluency of English language. It also makes a person good in vocabulary and grammar of English language. As English language is an international language, speaking and writing English fluently is very needful.

·         By writing articles one learns to express his/her ideas, experience, emotions etc.

·         Writing online gives popularity and exposure in the online world.

·         Writing is very helpful and serves as good job especially for housewives and retired people as they stay at home and can work on their own time. It also makes their mind think always, which is a kind of work, this avoids unnecessary thought as the saying says empty mind is devils workshop.

·         It is also good for students to share their knowledge and improve their writing skills, provided it should not affect their studies.

·         Additionally one can add make some extra bucks to the pocket.

Cons

Every kind of work is good when done in limits, when it crosses the limits it leads to disadvantages. So, the cons are as follows:

·         If a person gets more involved in writing and stays at home, he/she will soon become homesick and start avoiding interaction with people, which may even lead to fear of interacting with new people.

·         Sitting for longer hours will surely add up weight and soon one will be overweight, which every person hates. Overweight leads to many health problems like sugar, joints pain, heart problem s etc. It is very difficult to loose weight once gained.

·         Spending long hours writing articles may not give you sufficient time to spend with the kids and family. Hence, one cannot take care of the kids efficiently who are dependent on the parents.

·         Sitting long hours typing and publishing online in front of monitor will affect the eyesight of an individual.

Conclusion-The cons may appear small but one will repent for it later. It is not that you should avoid writing articles online. But a balance in every work is necessary. Hence, everyone should balance the work of writing online for better results.

 

How to reach Penang Island from Butterworth economically?

Butterworth is a town in the Penang state. Penang is a very famous place for tourist attraction. Of course, Penang is very beautiful and clean city. We had been to Penang several times and love its greenery, beautiful landscape and its enchanting natural scenery. Butterworth is connected to Penang via a long bridge of approximately 13 kms. Travelling on this bridge is another great experience. Butterwort city has also many attractions for tourist including some historical places. So, there are two ways to travel to Penang from Butterworth either by road or by ferry. In this post, I am going to discuss about the water transport, i.e. the ferry from Butterworth. 

Butterworth to Penang Ferry

The taxi fare from Butterworth to Penang is very high as compared to the fare of ferry. In addition, one can enjoy the experience of travelling in ferry in the vast sea of Penang island. Isn’t it adventurous? But, you need a little patience to travel by ferry because the ferry timings are not fixed and it arrives between 30-45 minutes. You are lucky if you are the last person on the ferry when it is leaving with no need to wait and not lucky if you have just arrived and the ferry is leaving. Because, you have to wait maximum time for ferry as compared to others arriving later. Anyhow, one can pass the time browsing on mobile, as there is free wifi facility available in the waiting area. 

Fares and Timings of the Ferry

There are no fixed timings but the first and last ferry has. The first ferry departs at morning 5.20 AM and the last departs at 12.40 AM in the mid-night. The fare is very cheap, RM 1.20 for adults and RM 0.60 for kids. The other way round, while returning from Penang to Butterworth it is free of cost. It is better if you carry coins, as you need to put the coins at the entrance for the automatic gate-bar to open. This will be very useful, if the ferry is leaving and you want to get in it. No problem, if you didn’t carry coin as there is a coin exchanger just at the entrance, but if there exist a long queue you may lose the ferry. Hence, it’s advised to carry the coins. 

Benefits of Ferry

The ferry provides seating arrangement for the passengers and it is equipped with life jackets placed at racks as a safety feature. It has maximum transport of capacity of 300 people at one time. The ferry will take you to Penang in just 15 minutes. During the short span of time one can enjoy the open-air breeze from the waves, also can click beautiful scenes using camera or mobile phone. At the arrival, furthermore exciting thing is that you have reached Little India, one of the famous tourist spots. If you hire a taxi from Butterworth to Little India it will take approximately 45-60 minutes to reach with a fare around RM 80, which is nearly 80 times high compared to the the fare of ferry. Hence, one can travel economically by ferry!

The only thing that might be little perturbing is the 10-15 minute walk from Butterworth bus terminal to the Ferry point. Climbing upstairs and the long pavement may be painful for old age people.