Category Archives: Memories/Nostalgia

They etched forever in the sands of time….

Remembering Alan Rickman

Posted on January 15, 2016 by vandysnape

There are thousands of potterheads all over the world now, mourning the loss of their favourite Slytherin. Continue reading →

Posted in Memories/Nostalgia, Strands of Thought | Tagged Alan Rickman, always, books, Death, Die Hard, Films, first crush, Grief, hans Gruber, Harry Potter, Hero, in memorium, Loss, Love actually, Movies, sense and sensibility, Snape, truly madly deeply | 10 Comments

Cartoon Therapy

Posted on October 25, 2015 by vandysnape

For the child inside every adult… Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Memories/Nostalgia | Tagged Cartoon Network, Cartoons, Childhood, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Fantasy, Heidi, Humor, Life, Oswald, Stress, Stressbuster, Therapy | 9 Comments

Honey, someone shrunk our house !

Posted on October 6, 2013 by vandysnape

We were going back after 15 years and of course we were bubbling with excitement. My sister and I grew up in that house. I took my first steps there, spoke my first words and rode my first bicycle (with balance wheel of course 😛 ). Continue reading →

Posted in Memories/Nostalgia, Shutterbugs | Tagged 90s, Childhood, Family, Home, Life, Little LuLu, Memory, nostalgia, personal, Photos, picture, reminiscing | 25 Comments

Miracles do happen

Posted on June 19, 2013 by vandysnape

People talked to Gods all the time. Sudama’s humble hut miraculously turned into a palace. Rishis gave boons. The list goes on. I wondered how miracles happened all the time in the previous Yugas. Continue reading →

Posted in Memories/Nostalgia, Strands of Thought | Tagged Accident, Faith, God, Krishna, Life, Life Changing, Miracles | 25 Comments

Change …

Posted on April 14, 2013 by vandysnape

when you look back in time and review all your problems it will look so obscure and pointless. Continue reading →

Posted in Memories/Nostalgia | Tagged Catcher in the rye, Change, college, Friends, Innocence, Life, memories, nostalgia, people, personal, Staying in touch, University | 21 Comments

What’s that song ???

Posted on January 14, 2013 by vandysnape

You know what it is like to be this close to saving Princess Peach but getting killed by the stupid dragon ? Cruel, right ? Well, this is worse than that. You hum a song all the time but you don’t even know the name of it. Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Is it just me ?, Memories/Nostalgia | Tagged Casio, Demo Songs, Euphoria, Forgotten Song, Key Board, Lyrics, music, Name of th song, Piano, Song, Song stuck in head, songs, Tune, What's that song? | 20 Comments

Childhood revisited …

Posted on December 8, 2012 by vandysnape

My earliest childhood memory is in my kindergarten classroom. In the first few months of school I felt very homesick but was fortunate enough to have a sweet classteacher Mrs Ramathilakam who put with a whole class of cry babies. Continue reading →

Posted in Memories/Nostalgia | Tagged Childhood revisited, children, Daily Prompt, earliest childhood memory, friend, kindergarten, memories, nostalgia, personal, postaday | 24 Comments

A Treasure for twenty…

Posted on August 5, 2012 by vandysnape

E-readers may provide innumerable facilities compared to a normal tattered old book but it is nothing compared to the satisfaction of holding a book filled with ink-and-paper, taking you back to memories that stay for eternity in your mind. Continue reading →

Posted in Is it just me ?, Memories/Nostalgia, Strands of Thought | Tagged Book, books, Dead Poets Society, gifting books, Life, lord of the flies, memories, nostalgia, Old Book Shop, people, personal, Ralph, school, Student, Sullivan, teacher, william golding | 22 Comments

Bonus anyone ?

Posted on May 13, 2012 by vandysnape

People always have some things which bring them memories of their childhood days . It may be little crayons ,comic books ,old commercials ,cassettes or push pencil (As my friend recalls ‘ook Pencil) . Continue reading →

Posted in Is it just me ?, Memories/Nostalgia | Tagged 1990s, Bonus, children, complan, Energy drink, favourite, Food, health drink, horlicks, india, memories, nostalgia, Random | 75 Comments

Finding ‘Darling’ Miss …

Posted on May 5, 2012 by vandysnape

Have you ever had a teacher whom you really loved ? You’d probably have one . I will rephrase the question. Have you ever had a teacher whom you really loved but didn’t know her name ? Continue reading →

Posted in Memories/Nostalgia, Strands of Thought | Tagged blog, darling miss, Family, favourite teacher, finding, finding someone, google, in memorium, Life, Musings, orkut, people, personal, quest, Random, school, sister, teacher, Thoughts, tribute | 20 Comments