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Chora’s Tithi birthday

Posted on June 23, 2024 | Leave a comment

I have a delightful and unique tradition when it comes to celebrating my kids’ birthdays: I celebrate them three times! Yes, you read that right—three times. And honestly, I feel like I have no other choice!

First up is their actual birth date. They get so excited about it that I can’t bear to skip a celebration. Their eyes light up with joy, and it’s such a heartwarming sight. So, we always do something special, even if it’s just a small family gathering.

Next, we throw a big birthday bash on the weekend. This is when friends and family join in on the fun. There are games, laughter, and of course, lots of cake. The house is filled with happy chaos, and it’s wonderful to see my kids revelling in all the attention and fun.

Lastly, we celebrate their Tithi birthday. Since we follow the Nepali calendar, our birthdays don’t always match up with the Gregorian calendar. The Tithi birthday is determined by the positions of the sun, moon, and planets. For this celebration, we embrace our cultural roots and have a traditional Nepali celebration with puja and sagun.

This year, for Chhora’s Tithi birthday, I wore a kurta and we performed a traditional puja. Chhora, who has been eagerly anticipating turning five, was thrilled to be a part of this beautiful tradition. We decorated the house, set up the puja area, and once everything was ready, Chhora sat down, eyes wide with curiosity and excitement.

I started with a puja for Lord Ganesh, followed by a special puja for Chhora. I explained each step to him as we went along. He listened intently, followed all the instructions, and didn’t complain or fidget even once! I was so proud of his patience and interest.

After the puja, Chhora received sagun and gifts, his face lighting up with happiness. He could hardly wait to dig into the cupcakes we had prepared. His joy was infectious, and it made all the effort worthwhile.

I truly hope that by celebrating in this way, we’re instilling a deep appreciation of our culture and traditions in our children. I want them to understand their roots and recognize how amazing and rich the Nepali culture is. Seeing Chhora so engaged and excited gives me hope that we’re on the right track!

M from Nepaliaustralian

XOXO

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Happy New Year 2019

Posted on January 17, 2019 | 5 comments

Hello everyone, 

First of all, a very Happy New Year 2019. 

Hope all of you had a great holiday and are looking forward to an amazing 2019. 

Thank you everyone who sent me emails, dm on Twitter and Instagram. I really appreciate all the love you have been sending my way. 

I know I have been MIA for a while but life has been so busy that it is hard to sit down and write but I have decided to make at more effort this year. 

So much has happened in the last few months so I thought I will give you a quick update. 

In August, we bought a new place and moved in and that is one of the biggest reason why I am so busy. Before moving we were busy packing and I couldn’t have imagined how much stuff we had accumulated. It took us more than two weeks to pack, a whole day to move and I am still unpacking boxes and fixing stuff in our new house. 

One of the reason we decided to move was to get a place with a backyard. Now that Chhori is growing up, we realised that she needs more space to be active so our unit was feeling too small. 

After moving, Chhori has been really happy enjoying the stairs and the backyard. 

In September, we celebrated Teej with friends and family.

We also celebrated father’s day which was great. Chhori helped me bake and we surprised AS with breakfast in bed. 

We also celebrated Nepali Father’s Day.

October was super busy with Dashain as we had so many things to do and so many people to visit but I am not complaining as we are able to celebrate this big festival even though we are not in Nepal. 

Then on 28 October, we celebrated my birthday with visit to a circus and an amazing lunch. AS organized the surprise for us and Chhori and I had a great time.  

In November, we did Ghar Puja for our new place as we had for the previous one.

It was followed by Tihar. We had great time as Chhori is old enough to understand and she enjoyed each ceremony.

She loved her gift from her brother for Bhai Tika. 

December was busy at both work and home. We celebrated Christmas with friends and family and it was AS birthday on 28. We celebrated the traditional way with sagun and of course cake 🙂 .  

At the end of the month, we went to Melbourne for our holiday. I will write more about it in my next post. Till then please keep reading my blog and sending me your love and support. 

Take care. 

 M from nepaliaustralian

XOXO 

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Double Father’s Day Celebration

Posted on September 23, 2018 | 2 comments

As we celebrate both Nepali Father’s Day and Australian Father’s Day, we had a great time with both the celebrations.

For the Australian one, Chhori and I baked a cake and surprised AS with breakfast in bed.

Chhori helped me with cooking and baking and was over the moon with her cupcake.

With Nepali Father’s day, I prepared Sagun and Chhori followed the ritual with AS.

I am so proud to say that she is such a good girl that we don’t have to worry at all. All I have to do is instruct and she will do the process and enjoy the whole thing too.

Please click the link if you are interested in knowing more about the Nepali father’s day.

Hope all the fathers had a great time celebrating Father’s Day.

Happy Weekend everyone 🙂

M from nepaliaustralian

XOXO

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Aama ko Mukh herne / Mata Tirtha Aunshi (Nepali Mother’s day 2018)

Posted on April 17, 2018 | Leave a comment

It was Nepali Mother’s day yesterday, 16 April. As I have explained here before, it is on a different day than the one here in Australia.

As you know, I love celebrating anything in the Nepali way. I love the tradition and culture.

As it was a work day, after work I called my mum and AS called his mum to wish them Happy Mother’s day and to get their blessings. We wish they could be here every mother’s day but that is not possible.

With Chhori in my life now, I feel blessed to be a mom every day. Chhori makes me feel so great that being a mum is definitely the best title I have achieved so far.

So to celebrate the special day, I prepared sagun and Chhori performed the mother’s day puja in the Nepali way.

I strongly believe that we need to teach our children about our culture and tradition. We can’t just expect them to learn about it. We need to do our best to show them, create interest and get them involved.

I am so happy to see Chhori so interested and asking questions about the process.

I guided her and she followed the process with tika, sagun and gift. At the end we cut cake.

Then she saw the chocolate that was on the tray that she couldn’t wait for the whole thing to be over so she could eat it 🙂

It definitely felt amazing to have a little cute, adorable, beautiful angel wishing me on Mother’s Day.

And to all the proud moms out there, Happy Mother’s day. Hope you had a good one.

Take care,

M from nepaliaustralian

XOXO

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Happy Nepali New Year 2075 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

Posted on April 14, 2018 | 15 comments

Today is Nepali New Year 2075. Yes, we are ahead of time 😊.

As I have mentioned before, Nepal follows a different calendar than the Gregorian calendar so Nepali New Year falls on mid-April instead of 1st of January. Bikram Sambat or Nepali Calendar or Nepali patro is approximately 56 years and 8½ months ahead of the Gregorian calendar.

Last night we celebrated the new year eve with few friends eating yummy food and enjoying great company.

We all dressed up in kurta so we had a Nepali vibe . Chhori also loved her Nepali outfit and was happy  throughout the evening.

What can be more Nepali than momo for food with aloo achar .

We also had cake so the kids help us cut it.

We really had great time .

A new beginning…
New hopes…
New horizons to reach for…
May the Sun radiate all the goodness of life…
In the coming year and always!
Happy Nepali New Year 2075 to all!!!

Take care,

M from nepaliaustralian

XOXO

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