Describe your home

[mark]

The place that means home to you, whether it was the house and district you were raised in, or the place you're living in now; the place where your heart is basically.



[nostalgia]

My home is my parents house, about 500 feet up the side of Knocknarea mountain. It looks out over Balisadare bay, a beautiful stretch of silver water leading up to the broken-glass like Ox mountains. The view varies by time of day, season and tide. The most striking view is early morning, winter, with the tide fully out. The mist clings to the bay, the early sun makes quicksilver out of the sky, and the sand looks like a evenly rumpled silk rug.

My mum always gets up early to take the dogs to the beach for a walk, I love getting up and having a cup of tea with her before she goes. We'll look out at the view, chat about anything, everything. It's freezing cold, and i'll have a large jacket wrapped around me.

From the top of Knocknarea you can see 5 counties, no matter what direction you look you'll find simple beauty. That's Sligo really, it doesn't overwhelm you with outstanding exotic beauty, it is it's simplicity and straightforward cold splendor that are captivating. Queen Maeve of Connacht is buried on top of the mountain, a large cairn of stones forms the grave of a legendary figure.

The beach nearby is actually a headland, you can walk right around to the village of Strandhill. It's roughly 5km around, and almost always totally empty. The sea will be whipped-up white horses, bayside the tide creeps up the beach, seaside the waves slam the country like they're trying to push us closer to Wales. The noice of the waves, rocks knocking off rocks knocking off rocks is like nothing you have ever heard, a sucking percussion, a million teeth in a cement mixer.

In the fields all of the usual cliched elements of rural beauty are to be found, diamond dewdrop cobwebs, droopy-but-brave snowdrops, the richest green grass you'll ever see. The smell is earthy and damp, a cocktail of grass, cows, seasalt and the freshest air you've ever breathed.

Sligo is a lovely place, if any of you guys are in europe at all and are curious about Ireland, please get in touch with me and i can return the hospitality i've been shown in Hyderabad.

[/nostalgia]





i needed to get that out of my system. lookin forward to going home, but scared at the same time, you know?



So describe your homeplace, the people, the sights, sounds, smells, etc.

[CtrlAltDel]

feeling home-sick, are u mark? tht was almost poetic!

btw, when r u leaving? we have to meet up b4 that.



nothing as exciting abt my home place

[wisecrack]

That was really nice mark.No wonder you're homesick!

Description about my homeplace? Hmm..All we have around here are Buildings..Apartments and tons of concrete.On the other side of the road there are lil shops with nice people.We dont really get much stuff here.The nearest supermarket is about 8 km away from where I live. Early mornings are peaceful but for the honking and sounds of huge lorries that pass thru the road opposite my apartment. And it's not really a great place to take dogs out for a walk.I take mine out...but he's really scared of lorries!Coming to my apartment,its fine..good enough for 5 people.Me,my parents and my dog.. and a guest, if needed. Surroundings..hmm..not at all scenic.But the sunset view is pretty good from my balcony (that is if i minus the road,vehicles,shops,houses etc!). Some shops have funny/confusing boards!

There's a gym near my place, by the name : "Indian Body Grow Gym"!!

Then there's another shop which is both an Ice cream and Electricals shop. I once saw a shop with the board "Vegetable Point" and inside was a barber busily doing his work! Nothing more interesting about my place..Since I've been here for just about an year, am still exploring the gallis (bylanes) around here!!



P.S. If u've noticed..it mite sound very similar to the place that ur staying at currently!!

[Ar!e$]

That was really nice mark.No wonder you're homesick!
Description about my homeplace? Hmm..All we have around here are Buildings..Apartments and tons of concrete.On the other side of the road there are lil shops with nice people.We dont really get much stuff here.The nearest supermarket is about 8 km away from where I live. Early mornings are peaceful but for the honking and sounds of huge lorries that pass thru the road opposite my apartment. And it's not really a great place to take dogs out for a walk.I take mine out...but he's really scared of lorries!Coming to my apartment,its fine..good enough for 5 people.Me,my parents and my dog.. and a guest, if needed. Surroundings..hmm..not at all scenic.But the sunset view is pretty good from my balcony (that is if i minus the road,vehicles,shops,houses etc!). Some shops have funny/confusing boards!
There's a gym near my place, by the name : "Indian Body Grow Gym"!!
Then there's another shop which is both an Ice cream and Electricals shop. I once saw a shop with the board "Vegetable Point" and inside was a barber busily doing his work! Nothing more interesting about my place..Since I've been here for just about an year, am still exploring the gallis (bylanes) around here!!

P.S. If u've noticed..it mite sound very similar to the place that ur staying at currently!!

and where would that b Wisecrack..

[daisy]

Mark, I can totally understand how you feel, I am in the same situation when it comes to missing home.



I really miss my home. Its in a small village of about 200 houses. Every one knows everyone and half of the village is our relatives. Surrounded with farming lands and a lake on one side. 2 temples where we used to go everyday to play on the huge steps and climb on the big old tree in front of them. When comes to my home, we have our cattle shed on one side and big vegetable & flower garden on one side. The garden also has mango, gooseberry, coconut, guava, lime, papaya and pomegranate trees. We don’t even need electricity even on the hottest days of summer, it is so cool, we sleep on the folding beds under the trees. Our farming lands can be seen from the backyard, my father cultivates sugarcane and rice. I have very sweet memories in my village, cycling by the lake, palm trees on either sides of the road, riding on the bullock cart with my grandfather, grandmothers homemade snacks, mom feeding me while I am studying, lots of pampering by dad, fighting with brothers. I have been here in USA for almost 2years but it feels like 20years away from home. Hope I can go home sometime soon.



Thanks for the thread Mark, It helped me to get it out of my system too

[Ar!e$]

Mark, I can totally understand how you feel, I am in the same situation when it comes to missing home.

I really miss my home. Its in a small village of about 200 houses. Every one knows everyone and half of the village is our relatives. Surrounded with farming lands and a lake on one side. 2 temples where we used to go everyday to play on the huge steps and climb on the big old tree in front of them. When comes to my home, we have our cattle shed on one side and big vegetable & flower garden on one side. The garden also has mango, gooseberry, coconut, guava, lime, papaya and pomegranate trees. We don’t even need electricity even on the hottest days of summer, it is so cool, we sleep on the folding beds under the trees. Our farming lands can be seen from the backyard, my father cultivates sugarcane and rice. I have very sweet memories in my village, cycling by the lake, palm trees on either sides of the road, riding on the bullock cart with my grandfather, grandmothers homemade snacks, mom feeding me while I am studying, lots of pampering by dad, fighting with brothers. I have been here in USA for almost 2years but it feels like 20years away from home. Hope I can go home sometime soon.

Thanks for the thread Mark, It helped me to get it out of my system too

that was really nice daisy..seemz like..a gr8 place 2 live in..

[Ar!e$]

abt my home..its gt lots of greenery on all the four sides..other houses also close it 2,mstly relatives living next door..which is v irritating..
its been renovated so is beautifully made now..wid many room's..with my mum staying there all the yummy food 2 eat...and the confortable places 2 relax in..thats wht i call my home....



didnt wnt 2 elaborate more on it..

[daisy]

that was really nice daisy..seemz like..a gr8 place 2 live in..

thanks aries, it sure is a great place

[labelle]

Thanks Mark for bringing a very ineteresting topic on board!



Home is where the heart is my heart is in Rourkela a small industrial town Thanks To SAIL( Steel Authority Of India Limited) We live in a well planned clean and green township. Mornings are very beautiful in winter it is very cold fog all around and small Bon fires by the sides of the street summers mornings are cool and you actually listen to the birds singing special mention to Cuckoo. A small stream in the vicinity makes my town a lovely place to live.

[XYZee]

Home is where the heart is my heart is in Rourkela a small industrial town Thanks To SAIL( Steel Authority Of India Limited) We live in a well planned clean and green township. Mornings are very beautiful in winter it is very cold fog all around and small Bon fires by the sides of the street summers mornings are cool and you actually listen to the birds singing special mention to Cuckoo. A small stream in the vicinity makes my town a lovely place to live.

I studied there... .

You bet it is a damn good place to stay in.Can't tell you how glad I am....had some real great days out there..

[labelle]

Home is where the heart is my heart is in Rourkela a small industrial town Thanks To SAIL( Steel Authority Of India Limited) We live in a well planned clean and green township. Mornings are very beautiful in winter it is very cold fog all around and small Bon fires by the sides of the street summers mornings are cool and you actually listen to the birds singing special mention to Cuckoo. A small stream in the vicinity makes my town a lovely place to live.

I studied there... .
You bet it is a damn good place to stay in.Can't tell you how glad I am....had some real great days out there..

it is great to hear taht u studied over there. it gives me great joy. must have enjoyed evenings in madhuban and those Green lanes of NIT rourkela. great to meet u

[vakibs]

hmm.. I will write about the home I'm staying right now. My parents' home sounds pretty much like daisy's description.



Our house springs right out of a small boy's drawing book. It is a small isolated house with a wicker gate and a barbed wire fence sorrounding it. There are two rooms for sleeping, one small kitchen and a really huge bathroom. Even though the doors are closed, on alternate days, we find a huge frog or two inside the bathroom.



We have a tiny place in our backyard where there is a huge monolithic rock. Next to it there is a small tank where water is stored. Since the tank is not covered, an ecosystem flourishes inside it - mosquitoes, tadpoles etc.



Our house is the last one in a row and next to us runs a sprawling forest of trees and thorn bushes. We hear peacocks occasionally and sight snakes often. There is a black colored bird that comes and sleeps everyday at the kitchen gate. It doesn't move by an inch even if we shake the gate violently.



The great rocky terrain in front of our house is vacant and houses occasional puddles of water when it rains. There is a huge creeper of red bougenvillias that sorrounds our house.

[mark]

P.S. If u've noticed..it mite sound very similar to the place that ur staying at currently!!

does it begin with K? sounds very familiar, especially the gym.

[XYZee]

must have enjoyed evenings in madhuban and those Green lanes of NIT rourkela.

ya , but I was in school then so..it was mostly wid my parents that we'd go out...



On the topic...Even though we stayed in different places home has always been hyderabad, with all the cousins out here...infact there were times when 4 of us cousins, peddamma and peddananna(uncle and aunt), and grandmum and granddad and mum and dad(of course) were staying together.....I guess it is so much about the ease you are at at home that makes the whole thing so special..(feeling super nostalgic now!!!)

[akhilis2cool]

Nice topic mark bhai



The area I live in is located on a small hillock bang in the middle of the city. The house is almost 100 years old with a small play ground right in front of it. I grew up in family of 15 people, 8 kids and 7 elders! So u can imagine how much fun we had. We still play cricket there every sunday



Inspite of being in the centre of the city it is a quiet place, as the house is located abt. 1/2 KM from the main road.



My dad, myself and my brother are so fond of this place that we have refused our moms orders to move to a different place (this ones a rented house).

[wisecrack]

P.S. If u've noticed..it mite sound very similar to the place that ur staying at currently!!

does it begin with K? sounds very familiar, especially the gym.

Yes. And ends with 'R'!

[Mayavi Morpheus]

and contains a A, O and U

[Portuguese Man-Of-War]

And N, D, P

[mark]

cool! i like this area, i'm very interested in what will happen once hitec city really takes off, hope the place won't lose its charm. It is nice and quite (except for the buses, they suck)



so wisecrack, what's your favourite restaurant near here?

anything good to do in Kpur that i might have missed out on?

[vakibs]

cool! i like this area, i'm very interested in what will happen once hitec city really takes off, hope the place won't lose its charm. It is nice and quite (except for the buses, they suck)

so wisecrack, what's your favourite restaurant near here?
anything good to do in Kpur that i might have missed out on?

there used to be smth called landmark in chandanagar which had amazingly fiery andhra food. sadly it's got closed.

[wisecrack]

cool! i like this area, i'm very interested in what will happen once hitec city really takes off, hope the place won't lose its charm. It is nice and quite (except for the buses, they suck)

so wisecrack, what's your favourite restaurant near here?
anything good to do in Kpur that i might have missed out on?

there used to be smth called landmark in chandanagar which had amazingly fiery andhra food. sadly it's got closed.

Yeah. I've been here for about an year and keep wondering on what it wud be like if this place gets developed,coz when u pass thru Madhapur and come to this place..there's this drastic change of surroundings..I m still getting used to the noise on the road (We used to stay in a quite,neat place with a lot of trees and barely any lorries before.. ..My fav restaurant? hmm...actually never tried nething arnd here..(Though Gardenia is quite near...never been there) .Good to do in Kpur? Hmm...the only time its nice and quite is during the mornings....Good time to learn driving! (which is what i m doing these days). Exploring the bylanes is always fun.Then there's this CD shop from where i rent movies ( Saw many english movies jus a few days after their release ). Then sometimes I jus spend some time at our Terrace and gaze at the stars...some timepass! .Hmm..Mebbe u cud join the gym!!

I think there's gonna be a huge change in another year or 2 ..Buildings mushrooming everywhere..Road widening happening...but I hope the farms (after the toyota showroom) dont go. that would be sad. I like this place..people are nice nd funny (talk to any shop keeper u'll know!:D).Btw,how long havya been here??







Landmark @ Chandanagar is now Swagath.Never been there ...but heard its nice.

[vakibs]

Yeah. I've been here for about an year and keep wondering on what it wud be like if this place gets developed,coz when u pass thru Madhapur and come to this place..there's this drastic change of surroundings..I m still getting used to the noise on the road (We used to stay in a quite,neat place with a lot of trees and barely any lorries before.. ..My fav restaurant? hmm...actually never tried nething arnd here..(Though Gardenia is quite near...never been there) .Good to do in Kpur? Hmm...the only time its nice and quite is during the mornings....Good time to learn driving! (which is what i m doing these days). Exploring the bylanes is always fun.Then there's this CD shop from where i rent movies ( Saw many english movies jus a few days after their release ). Then sometimes I jus spend some time at our Terrace and gaze at the stars...some timepass! .Hmm..Mebbe u cud join the gym!!
I think there's gonna be a huge change in another year or 2 ..Buildings mushrooming everywhere..Road widening happening...but I hope the farms (after the toyota showroom) dont go. that would be sad. I like this place..people are nice nd funny (talk to any shop keeper u'll know!:D).Btw,how long havya been here??



Landmark @ Chandanagar is now Swagath.Never been there ...but heard its nice.

You could swim in the pool of the gachibowli stadium. Then there are a couple of nice drives if you have a bike. Or you could come to IIIT. I'll show you around.



I've been to swagath and gardenia. both sucked.

[mark]

Btw,how long havya been here??

since last october. i've seen the body grow gym, was going to join but there's a gym in my office building.