Gowthami Elango's Journal

Taste of Thailand
Thailand is famous for its street food. Even though we have a remarkable hotels over there but most of the tourists like to visit the street shops to explore the taste of the street food. And also this land is famous for its sea food where we get all sorts of fresh and delicious sea foods. We will get the most tastiest coconut water there because Thailand is fully covered with coconut trees. A most delicious instant pancakes will be available in the street shops. We can also get Indian food over there but it is a bit costlier. Mangos, bananas, jackfruit and pineapple are the common fruits we can see over there. We can see big aquarium in front of each hotel where they grow crabs, different kinds of fish, lobsters and so on. We can order any sea food so that they will take them alive from the aquarium and cook infornt of us and serve us with fresh food. Mostly Jasmine flavoured rice will be served that is liked by all but I found it difficult to eat. Always Thai food is a mixture of salt, sweet, sour, spicy and bitter. They serve the food with a good presentation using colourful herbs and vegetables along with meat or seafood with rice complete the meal. We can find a lot snacks in the street shops like chicken roll, beef stuffed roll, spring roll, soups, sweets, fresh vegetables with a spicy dip to it, fish cake and coconut ice-cream. You can also taste your delicious street food by travelling through the boat. I completely enjoyed each , and everything in Thailand and I prefer this place to anyone for spending their holiday leisurely.

Healthy lifestyle
We all know the famous saying 'Health is Wealth' we need to take care of our health. It is the one thing in our control to streamline our life. We need to exercise daily to make ourself energetic. Have a practice of drinking more water as much as possible because that not only keeps you hydrated that also help to flush out tonics from our body. Add a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables in your breakfast. Take meat, chicken, fishes and greenleaves in your lunch along with rice. And often take fruits, nuts, green grams these things as snacks. Have a lite meal during night. All the time have a complete balanced diet. Wash your hands and legs often and also do wash when you travel and reach your home. Always keep your surrounding clean and dust free so that we can avoid a lot a respiratory problems. Mostly drink hot water that is good for our health. Therefore, lead a healthy lifestyle to look always young and fashionate yourself.

The wildlife and sculptures of Thailand
The wild life they protect it in a right way. We have elephant trekking, monkey show, holding the snake on us, we can also have the eagle to sit on our hand. Most beautiful experience is elephant trekking where we will be sitting on the top of the elephant as it moves We will be moving from one corner to the other. There is a place called 'Tiger Kingdom' where they protect the tigers in a good manner. In this place we are allowed to take photos with the tiger by touching them. We had a most thrilling and fearful experience over there because tigers will be all around us as we see dog moving next to us in our streets. We have 'Safari World' in Bangkok exactly we call it as zoo but we can see all the animals like lion, tiger, elephant, bear, many birds, monkey, Zebra and many by moving around them as sitting inside the car. They will be wandering around us freely.We can feed the giraffe, take the photo by holding the colorful parrots in our hand, and also we can hold as well as feed milk to the small cubs over there and take a photo of it. The 'Big Buddha' is also named as 'The Great Buddha of Thailand' is situated to the North of Bangkok that is 92m in height. This is the ninth tallest statue in the world and second tallest statue in Southeast Asia. We also have 'The Reclining Buddha' at Wat Pho temple is one of the other famous Buddha Temple where we can see a reclining Buddha of 15 metres tall and 46 metres long that is fantastic to see and habe a click over there. This temple have a belief that who ever visits this temple will get good positive vibe that will be helpful to one's life in all ways. We have many shopping centres in Thailand like 'Platinum Fashion Mall' , 'Chatuchak weekend market' , 'Pan Tip Plaza,' 'Pratunam Market' , 'MBK center' , 'Union Mall', 'Central World' these are situated in Bangkok famous for clothing, hardware goods, raw material and many other things in a cheapest price .

Fashion
Fashion - we can also called it as a trend that followed by a mass of people during a period of time. Fashion and lifestyle goes as in together. One can express fashion by the way they dress up, wearing accessories, type of footwear we wear, kind of makeup and hair style we set for ourselves. your fashion depends on your lifestyle. If your lifestyle is simple the way you carry yourself in a quite normal and plain manner. Here your fashion will be simple and straight forward. If suppose your lifestyle is more luxury then obviously you will be more stylishly fashioned. Therefore fashion and lifestyle goes always together that cannot be separated. In the present world fashion plays a vital role in all the field right from the childhood to adulthood. Grooming up ourselves well, will produce a positive vibe within us that leads towards success. Dressing ourselves good will make others to see us in a feel good manner. Now a days people gives more importance towards fashion. Fashion always infuses our culture in it. Charles Frederick was the world's first fashion designer in the year 1826. He had his fashion house at Paris. He created a milestone in fashion technology by designing new and innovative dresses for his customers. Charles Frederick followed a way in which he used to ask his customers to choose a pattern in the what way their dress should look up that he designs in such a way and hand it over to their customers. And later he started to deliver dresses for the artists also. In the mid-way of 20th century Paris started to introduce a new fashion look in all their garments and also gave importance to the comfortability of their customers in using the new and innovative dresses. As the days passed fashion as become a competitive field where people got more awareness about fashion based on their lifestyle.We can see a lot of development in fashion industry.

A tour to Thailand
Thailand is one of the best tourist spot to make ourself relaxed. Thailand is covered by most beautiful beaches, adventurous wild life, rich as well as heritage palaces, most ancient at the same time epic Buddha temples, and fabulous resorts situated near the beaches. Thailand is also famous for forest area and it's most fertile field. Thailand is named as the heart of southeast Asia that has the capital city as Bangkok. The city has the mixed culture of India, China, Cambodia as well as few other Asian countries. Most beautiful and unique sculptures and statues are situated in this city and it is also famous for its fine and fabulous art works. Since it is a tourist spot most of them visit their holiday time in Thailand. When we visit the beaches the sand and the water in the beaches are so clear where we can see the sand inside the water. Some beach will be deep from the start and few will be hallow. And also we can visit most of the islands through the speed boat located there. We can see the place where two islands meet together. When we take a speed boat to see a group of islands they will takes us for all the places where we can take part in the water games like snorkeling - exploring the underwater things, scuba diving - experiencing the aquatic life , kaya king, parasailing and so many things. They will provide us the food for lunch. These are the beautiful experiences where one should not miss these things in life. The palaces will be filled with a tremendous art works and most beautiful sculptures in it. The resorts that are situated near the beaches have a great sightseeing and photography spots where we can enjoy to take the snaps of ourselves. The temples have certain ancient rituals where the people of Thailand respect and follow till date this shows their decipline and belief for their forefathers. We need put knee covered dress to step inside the temples in Thailand. And I prefer this place to anyone for spending their holiday.

Love for cooking
Cooking is a simple word that means a lot in it. Cooking is not only meant to do something in the kitchen to fill our stomach. It is a real joy when we cook by feeling each aroma in it. In simple words we can say while cooking when we put mustard in the hot oil it get scattered there is a joy in feeling in when we fry the onions they give us a good smell like this each small things will make us happy when we cook with passion. Cooking style may be varied from place to place, but the love for it will always be common. Cooking makes us to think more innovative ideas to do and serve it to many. This activity keeps us always active and energetic. And also by eating the food that is cooked at home will keep us always hale and healthy. When we cook food and serve it the compliment we get from our loved ones will fill our stomach. It gives us so much joy when we make others to eat stomach fully with great happiness. Cooking is also a stress reliever. By cooking we are making ourselves as well as our family members to be healthy. Cooking for our family provides us to develop a great connect between all the members of the family. Do not waste any food which is cooked at home. We can cook good innovative food for our loved ones and make them happy. We can easily win any person's heart by cooking and giving them a finger licking food. It is a priceless gift that we give to everyone as food. Always, I love to cook food for my loved ones.

Chennai - An Admiration
The former name of Chennai is Madras. That is considered as the capital city of Tamilnadu. Where most of the people live here will speak Tamil language. People will quote Chennai as 'city of temples'. Though, I will quote it as ' city of amusement' filled with full excitement. We have famous beaches in Chennai where a lot of people gather to enjoy playing with the sand and salt water, and also horse riding. Chennai is most famous for its fishery business. We can get all sorts of fresh fishes here. We can inhale the smell of hot idli, strong filter coffee, elegant smell of beautiful flowers, and so on.
A famous quote is there about Chennai ' vantharai vazha vaikum Chennai ' this conveys us who ever comes to live in Chennai will lead a good life. Mostly Chennai has long hot summer, short term of winter and few heavy flooded rains. Has it is situated near the sea shore the climate will be humid. Chennai is also famous for its old sculptures in temple. Hence, Chennai is divided into four ways north, south, east, and west. Therefore, north Chennai is meant for industrialization. South and West Chennai is considered as residential area. Whereas, the east side of Chennai is meant for business purposes. Even though we have numerous natural calamities Chennai regains its original beauty each and every time.

SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
As a professional we all develop our hard skill to enhance our knowledge but at the same time if want to grow in our career the most significant thing we need to have is soft skills. Our personal grooming is first and foremost thing to be discussed in soft skills development. Personal grooming is not only the external good appearance of a professional it also deals with their self confidence, withstanding ability, controlling the emotions, handling the stress in a pleasant way and last but not the least is communication. We need to have confidence in ourselves to face people bravely in order to convey your point of view. You should also have the capability of controlling your emotions in all the situations that is more important in a work environment. Here comes the communication, you can put your ideas in simple points so that it will become more easier and comfortable to convey your point to the opponent. As we give importance to our external grooming we should also pay attention to our internal grooming. And other important topic comes to the mind in soft skills development is time management. Time is most pericious one where we cannot buy it with money. Doing the work in assigned time is more important to a professional. First we need to prioritise our work and plan the give time accordingly so that we can complete the work on time. That fetch us a good name as well as adds value to us in our work place. So, personal grooming and time management both are most important soft skills for the growth of a employee. In the recent survey it is mentioned that the top most companies except their employees to be 65percent soft skilled. And also Michael Hansen CEO, of cengage stated that soft skills is need for both the employees as well as the students for their growth.

TREES - OUR ENVIRONMENT
The term, 'Environment' is nothing but the place enclosed by us. It includes biotic as well as abiotic factors. Mainly trees play a major role in a healthy environment. Trees are the older ones that a younger and healthier. So, it is everyone's duty to save our environment. Food and Oxygen are the two significant things needed by each and every living being to survive in this world. Therefore, government is taking extra care by providing certain rules to protect trees, and also to plant more trees around our surrounding. To increase the forest rate in India, government have started, "Green India Mission" . Nowadays there is water scarcity in various cities, especially during the summer these are the results of deforestation. To increase the ground water levels we need to get more rain for that first we should have more trees. So, save our forest areas because they are the treasure for the growth of our natural resources. To breathe fresh air, eat good cultivated food without chemicals, and drink
freshwater we need to plant more trees and protect them regularly. Let's join our hands together for planting as well as protecting the trees, so that, our kids will have a healthy life.
First, we should avoid using plastics in our day-to-day life. Because they cause damage to our environment in a greater extent. If we completely avoid using plastics in all the fields we can easily save our water resources, soil fertility, aquatic life. We should also stop burning rubber, plastics, and clothes.

There is a famous saying called "Live and let live". We can change it into live healthy and let's lead a healthy life. If we protect our nature, in return, it will keep us healthy without any diseases. If we harm our nature it will destroy our whole generation. So, we are in the position to act as a responsible citizens by taking good care of our environment hence by doing more and more plantation. # contentwriting

My mom-As a mom

One of the most magnificent and sweetest word in the world to me is 'AMMA'. The foremost thing you made me believe in the famous saying "what you sow you will reap". I grew up by seeing your blind love, the sweetest care as well as your braveness. You are the strongest person I ever seen in life amma.
For me you sacrificed a lot in your life amma. When I was in the school and college you used to wake up early in the morning prepare everything for me and wake me up there you became my teacher by teaching all my school scheduled homework.
You were the backbone for the whole family. You fill our home with full of happiness and joy amma. Every year we celebrate Mother's Day to show our gratitude towards you. You are my support system in our house ma.
The sad part in life is you left me. I can hear your voice uttering my name whole night during your sick ma. I don't get words to describe this sad moment. I can still remember ma I draped you saree before you are going to admit in the hospital, and that was the last moment, I saw you alive the next day morning on April 1st 2015 you made us fool by leaving all of us.
Now, I had become a mother, but I miss my mother. Being a mother is a blessing. The moment when I hold my son in my hands I felt like heaven.The small kids are the real stress busters for us. Their laugh amaze us and make us to forget all our tension and worries. Amma is the single person I get to always remember both in our happiness and in the worst situation. Now when I became mother, my son is the first person who comes to my mind in any of the situations. The same way, I would be the person comes to my mother thought always. How sweet it is to connect.
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you are my smart mentor from whom I learned to be to patient and brave. The same want to be for my son amma.