Author: Akhil Nanda

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Second Nature -Cold Extraction

A newly launched variety of cold extracted juices and Cold extracted Milk under the name of second nature is now available through a subscription model.The Cold extraction Is part of a new technology that only a select companies use.

Have been having them for a while now! During the trial period when sample were sent with a prototype code.

To understand which flavours we had to taste each code  and  note down which taste was most prominent and which were least. This went on till we got the second lot of samples with the flavours and we could all  have the sigh of relief when we saw the labels on the bottles with the flavours!

With a lot of Ah! Moments! I was wondering too it must have been that…

the 3rd and final lot arrived with the packaging and final bottles quantity for sale.

I am endorsing the product

Because of the freshness it offers and cold juices variety that it has to offer

The two combination that you must try:

Mango+ Almond = A combination that balances the sweetness and maintains the texture.And almonds are always healthy start .

Almond +Dates+Cocoa= A yummy Sunday treat without feeling guilty and not to sweet too -A combination you must risk trying out! To know exactly what you would be missing out on.

The other flavours available are: 

1.Guava+agave+Chilli 

2.Black Grape+ Pomegranate +Orange 

3.Pinapple+Mint 

4.Apple+ Amla 

5.Spinach+Celery +Orange +Ginger 

6.Betroot+carrot+Ginger+ Apple 

7.Betroot+Pomegranate +Apple 

8.pomegranate 

9.Hazelnut+Coffee+Dates 

Second Nature,Is part of Freshtrop fruits limited – A company that has been exporting grapes and pomegranate for years to the European market. And now have ventured into cold pressed juices.

To know more about how you could subscribe and get the juices from the farm to your homes.

Check out the link :https://getsecondnature.com

and to know more about freshtrop fruit limited check out : http://freshtrop.com

A week @ The French Riviera!!

Dear Europe,

What a week it was In Europe’s most luxurious cities ,with a team “Work” yes all worked out pretty well,even after all the communication gap we had amongst the venue teams first and then working with these French,We became French-Fried with their ignorance of understanding what we wanted !  something we always knew was a challenges.But,this challenging even I hadn’t expected it to be.

The stringent work laws -Was a total first hand experience of struggle . I had empathy for these the first time, when I learnt about the struggle of author Craig Carlson -in his book ‘Breakfast in America.’When he not only tried,But lived the American dream in Paris.

Fortunate enough with my hectic schedule and my working hours,I managed to live the European lifestyle of walking the streets of the city and witnessing the best venues they had  to offer to the rich and famous personalities.

I also watched the sunrise,the sunset and experienced snowfall and rain in this crazy week.Concluded the trip! with Yes,Cannes day trip! All the hype and a city that,I wanted to explore a couple of years ago when we were on a family vacation, but “Canned”the idea .

The city is beautiful and lively and much more happening than monaco!

Reminds you a lot about Rodeo Drive in LA and Miami Florida.

“It’s was really nice to meet you”

Time Please !!

Time-Why should one use it effectively? And why should we keep a watch on the time?

And what is time exactly?

Time is just a way of keeping a tab! On how long you should take to complete the task! And how long you took to finally complete it

Time let’s you realise what’s your priority and how you must start your day .

If,Time isnt there.We wouldn’t be able to do one thing right and won’t be interested in giving  100 % to do things.

Time is the only non-renewal source.It doesn’t come back!

The same time can appear twice in a day! But,The time wouldn’t still remain the same.

We all are passing our time and believe,We are being productive,Using our  time well and making a difference in our life as well as others.

But,Isn’t time only part of the “Time Pass Theory”? 

Think about it ?

Why do we do anything at all and not do nothing at all ?

We are all tied down to the “ life cycle “

We are given Birth – to be part of the world.

We then go to school- study what we like our to study something’s that we are forced to like.

We go to college –Here 75% study the opposite of what they want to study.

Life begins- And sometimes we aren’t all that good to handle it.The other interest,That keeps us going with our life is questioned about ever now & then.

And then we are only living a life to pass our time.Until we realise we could thos time too.

But,The question remains- why is it important to do anything  all ? To keep our self busy? To be occupied? To be satisfied.

A decade in Social Media

Social Media,It’s been a decade since I have been  on the online space ,officially part of various social media platform.The oldest being the social networking site  and The most recent being Snapchat.And in between  part of various other platforms which did not survive too long to be part of the decade evolution.

In this  past decade the platforms that I have been part of ,are Facebook and  twitter.Twitter took over my Interest ,because  of interactions between the people who you thought you wouldn’t be accessible to Facebook for having  different friend circle as part of a platform.while enjoying the best of both the worlds .I Jumped into WordPress as a blogger,blogging my experiences of life and experiences worth sharing . It then summed up my life   as WTF !! WordPress,Twitter and Facebook . 

But, Wait ! Then Instagram took over as soon as Mobile cameras became the most handy camera’s of our time.Messaging became more convenient through WhatsApp and the online world evolved .Each applications becoming a mirror application of one another. Trying to be the one stop app.But,yet we like our apps for their own reasons.

I have been surviving on so many platforms. and the reason, I believe is the personality each of the apps portrays . My  Facebook friends won’t be interested in blogging articles or my Instagramers won’t like “the” Photography element missing from my photos of the picture perfect landscapes around the world.

The platforms that  I am part of enhances my personality perceive me Unconsciously in the following ways below:

Twitter-An intellectual/Influencer

Facebook-Anti Social

WordPress -A Critic

WhatsApp-Can’t talk WhatsApp only too busy to make and take  calls.

Instagram -A Photographer

LinkedIn-The  networker.

But,Each of these platforms tells me one thing.

That my friends circle too should  also be split into  different groups! Imagine having only a group of intellectuals or being part of an anti-Social group only How boring and monotonous it  would be.

Unriped Lemon Tree.

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Lemon Tree Premier hotel in Bengaluru wasn’t our first choice , being a Indian based hotel chain, In fact wasn’t an option at all unless,We started looking for options around the venue of our event.
Our only choice was a lesser known hotel Shilton Suite.
I wish,If we could have stuck with that option. we wouldn’t have any expectations at all.
But,We decided to go with a familiar name and stayed at the “Lemon Tree Premier “ until the day of the event arrived we had no clue about the citrus punches,we would experience And that our experience would be more like a fresh lime soda order gone wrong with too much of salt and no sugar. Or were we dealing with so unriped lemons which had just become part of the growing tree for the hotel chain.
After repeatedly watering them with message of do’s and Dont’s.They couldn’t still be nourished and that’s when I realised.
I was dealing with A bunch of unripe Lemon  from the tree.
From the Names not being on the list (For which I had earlier mentioned too,On the invoice  that was sent to me)
To not having a single room from about 6 rooms,I requested for early check- ins, to not having rooms either ready for late check-ins.
May be all they wanted was, to check in at the check- in time (2 pm) to get the rooms.
The final billing invoices too had my second name totally mismatched from another team members of ours, to have the Spelling of my second name totally misspelled for the detailed bills. This has to be the worst experience of dealing with an hospitality group.That is “Make in India “ and “Made in India .”