The Everyday Girl Blog

As usual, I had a target to read some books last year. Buying books   at every airport had become a norm. So last year, I decided not to buy   any more books until I finish the ones I have. And then coincidentally, Covid happened which ended my travels al-together, that's a different story though. I don't know why I took SO long to review this book, but this is one of the very few romantic genre novels I read and loved! I've been wanting to write book reviews for a while now , but hardly could get to writing after finishing a book. So here I am, with my first quick read.. Title : His Small-Town Girl Author : Lacy Williams Genre : Romance Rating : 4/5 About the book : His small town girl is the first in the series of Sutter’s Hollow by Lacy Williams. A short and sweet romantic novel portraying characters with mysterious and interesting pasts. Characters: Molly, a simple girl with a dreadful past (and present), runs away from her stalker in Austin, Texas and arrives out-of-mo...

Happy Ugadi! Hope everyone is safely celebrating at wherever you are, with whatever you have amidst this Covid chaos. May this new year bring you more happiness and keep you in good health. It's yet another year of celebration away from home. The plan initially was to be home this year to visit families after Covid had hit India badly and spend time home attending the festivity. Alas.. work priorities took over and had to postpone my trip one more time. I hope this is the last time and I get to visit home soon.  Trying my best to keep calm and continue being normal till the time comes.  *fingers crossed* Fortunately, we have been in a much safer position here in Norway. Haven't had any lockdowns so far (SO grateful about this!) and wearing mask hadn't been mandatory until recently. So you can imagine. On the other hand, I feel concerned about the situation in India - Though it's good to know that many are being vaccinated, I feel pity about the people still having the c...

One of the things to look for while planning a shoot is an apt location. This spot quickly became one of my favorites in Stavanger - this is where I started my shoots few years ago.. with greenery on one side, streets on the other and this red wall building on another. It is 200+ years old and the official residence of King of Norway in Stavanger. I love the rustic look. Quite cool, isn't it? A simple location that caught my attention.. and colored walls are always attractive. Sharing some snippets from a shoot styling this simple look.. Jeans:  Kraus Jeans Tube top:  Bebe Choker:  H&M Heels:  DinSko Finger ring:  Belleza Location:  Ledaal  (Stavanger, Norway) Photography:  Guillem Cheung

Apparently, I am starting the blog this year with a post complaining about my weight for the very first time.  Most of my life, I struggled being almost underweight. While, it didn't bother me much, I still remember my 20s, mom trying all kinds of food on me just to make me gain that-needed-bit of fat. Slowly, I got obsessed to have chubby cheeks for once in my life.  I have clear memory of how much of cashews, chocolates, ice creams, milkshakes I have gulped down extravagantly.  Nothing helped much. I can see that it is all working on me now in my 30s. Once you are in 30s, you don't need to worry - Whatever you eat or not, weight just follows you. Result: Mom is happy 😅 And me struggling to get into shape. On another note, Corona virus has been declared as pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO). Our schools are shut down, and offices might be closed soon here in Norway. It's huge and it's happening. Don't panic, but be vigilant ...

While polka dots have been trending for a long time and will be in forever, I never thought I would love neons as much until I tried it a couple of years ago.  Since my childhood, neon shades have been treated as such blocking colours, I didn't want to be an odd man out wearing them. And wearing them on a bright day can easily hurt the eyes of audience.  BUT.. one day or the othe r, you try what you got to try, isn't it?  And a little bit of  colour blocking wouldn't hurt anyone either!  So we did this shoot when I  unusually  had a chance to wear sleeveless dress in Stavanger. I wanted to keep it neon themed and chose to wear this light neon-pink polka dots dress that I got for my birthday few years ago. At the same time, didn't want to overload the neon, hence kept it simple with easy-going neon earrings and shoes styling with monochrome bag and jewellery.  Now I see that I'm slowly incorporating these colours in my everyday...

Happy New Year, people! Hope you all had a wonderful start of the year. Mine certainly did that locked me up for first 2weeks. Had a busy start of the year which has so far been so good.  India has just celebrated one of the largest festivals during last week. Its called Sankranthi or Pongal or Lohri depending on the region you are from and is celebrated in most parts of South India.  A festive week right after the New Year ending the cold days with celebration of welcoming Sun God and beginning of harvest season. Its a close to heart festival for farmers but it does is celebrated across India. Of course being away from India, we just welcomed snow on this part of the world and miss having bonfires, doing rangolis outside our homes. And festive fooood, how can anyone forget that. Though I wouldn't enjoy the 3rd day of this festival anymore as I reduced my meat intake now. Yes, the third day called Kanuma is dedicated to eating only meat :( Coming to the outfit of...

Remember the blog post I wrote last year Indianizing St. Patricks Day outfit ?  You don't, do you? Then sprint over to that post first. Ok, now that I have your attention..  Please note that I am back to blogging.. as always. I now started calling myself as "Occasional blogger" after I realised that I can't be regular here anymore . Though  I have been reading other blog posts quite regularly, but writing one has become so hard for me. So  I hope I will let myself have this tag at-least.  While I was chilling on this 5days long weekend break loading myself with sugar, I decided to do this  Chrismassy post . It is a beautiful time of the year everywhere and what more than dedicating it with a red outfit! This dress is one of my all time favorites and very special. Its a simple ready-made dress (which I stole from my sister 😬). The color and fitting instantly caught my eye and I love it more for the mesh fabric and dupatta. I paired it with ant...