100HappyDays: Days 1-5

Like so many others, I too have taken up the 100happydays challenge. I agree with the concept behind the challenge, honestly. So many of us (myself included) don't have time to be happy and appreciate a lovely moment in today's world. According to the site, 71% of people could not complete the challenge of submitting a picture of moments of happiness for 100 consecutive days. They simply had 'no time to be happy.' I definitely intend to be among the remaining 29% when April arrives!

While I am submitting my pics on Facebook with the hashtag #100happydays, I figured I would share my moments of joy here too on a regular basis. So here goes... days 1-5.  


Jan 4 (Day 01) - A wish-board for 2014...  Because 2013's wishboard actually did work out for me.

Jan 5 (Day 02) - Amazing as it sounds, the last time I had rice and fried fish at a restaurant was in 2012 in Mangalore. You tend to miss the basic joys once life takes over. So today, went and found a place which served yummy fried fish and rice for lunch.

Jan 6 (Day 03) - From the very first photo taken of him, there was a distinct air of evil naughtiness to Snoopy. Over the last few months as he's grown up in our house, he's done nothing to dispel that impression, making everyone laugh and driving us mad simultaneously with his phenomenal head-weight yet extremely playful and lovable nature. Going through the album of his pics is such a joy even if I get to see him only once in awhile.

Jan 7 (Day 04) - One thing that I've always been guilty of is hunting and storing random useless trivia in my head. One of the few positives of this habit is that I find some serious 'awww... so sweet' moments while randomly hunting. 

The most recent episode of the usually saccharine #Castle featured some surprisingly tense moments, especially for on-screen couple Ryan and his wife in labor. Fine acting aside, I did some checking up on the actors and found something really sweet which I would like to share.

The two actors, Seamus Dever and Juliana, who play Ryan and his wife on the show are actually husband and wife in real life who met at a bookstore where he was working. To quote actress Stana Katic (Kate Beckett in the show) regarding the episode a few seasons ago where the two onscreen characters get married: “I loved being able to see Juliana walk in with her wedding gown, because it was the kind of gown that she wanted when they were young actors getting married but they didn’t have the finances they needed to make the wedding as large as maybe it would have been in their dreams. This was a chance to kind of do a ‘second take,’ and it was fantastic to be a part of that real-life experience as well as that ‘movie-life’ experience.” 

P.S. Yes. This is the kind of feel-good trivia I love to come across. Useless? Maybe. Brings a smile to my face? Definitely!

Jan 8 (Day 05) - So I won the lottery. Yes, true story. I'm now already stuck between the tough decision of whether to buy a cruise ship or a Lamborghini for myself. Of course, I will be ditching all of you and now onwards only hanging out with celebrities. Kindly adjust.

P.S. For the record, I will not be sharing the 50 rupees I won with you all so please don't beg. (Now all I have to do is win 1,99,999 more tickets like this and I will be a crorepati!! Ambani! Watch out... here I come!)

That's Days 1-5 of my attempt for a hundred happy days. If you feel you can take up the challenge too and have a hundred happy moments over the next one hundred days, do register. Don't think of it as a contest... it's about you appreciating the happy moments in your life.