Yesterday we had friends over for dinner. Our friend's daughter, all of four years sat on the sofa the entire evening with a pillow in front of her as a defense. She was scared of our new puppy. oooh guess??
yeah, Krish, the puppy who scared her:).
At this rate, I think i will end up finding a girl for him. Gone are my dreams of him finding a girl for himself. I don't think this over excited boy who smothers yung girls with hugs & kisses will find a girl for himself.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
My Krishy says thank you!
Hey Krish, I love you the best now:) Does that sound mean? Okay, let’s say, I enjoy you the best now. You are super adorable and I just want to keep hugging you. I say ‘Krishy, I love you’ and you say ‘thank you’. Yes, baby, you really say that!!. Well, at least that, we taught you, read amama. But today when amama gave you a biscuit, you just said ‘thank you’! How cute is that! I wish we could both freeze at this age – you at 16 months and me at 30. God, deal?
Thursday, September 30, 2010
PhD tips
I had lunch with someone who has done the same circusy thing I am planning to do. PhD with a job and a kid. Some tips from her.
1) Courses are just for the credit. Take easy ones.
2) PhD is just for the degree. Be smart.
3) Befriend at least one full-time student, preferably a boy .
4) Do a complete research on the advisor. Pick helpful ones, not the knowledgeable ones.
1) Courses are just for the credit. Take easy ones.
2) PhD is just for the degree. Be smart.
3) Befriend at least one full-time student, preferably a boy .
4) Do a complete research on the advisor. Pick helpful ones, not the knowledgeable ones.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Dear Ms. Slim in my office,
I .do. not. Like. You. Checking. Me. out .like .that .every time. I .speak .to .you. You have the time to work out every day for two hours in the gym and maintain your perfect figure, good for you! I don’t even envy you. What I totally detest is the way you look me up and down and the way your nose wrinkles when you see my tummy protruding out. Are you totally dumb or what? Can’t you see that I can see you checking me what, especially when I am talking to you?? If you want to feel good about yourself by making judgments on people who do not have a perfect figure, do it when you are not talking to them!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Some soul searching...
The things I want in my life right now
1) my job
2) another baby
3) pursue my PhD
So, here is the problem, with my job if I want to do my PhD, I need to do a minimum of 14 courses, with 2 courses per year, I will need 7 years just to complete the courses after which I have to pass the pre-qualifying exams and do the actual desertation!! I cannot wait 7 years to have another baby and I cannot imagine studying and working with two babies. I also am not able to not want to do my PhD. My thirst for knowledge is my motivating factor, now, who believes that?:)
Uggggg!!!! I am sooo confused!!
So, after a day of soul searching (almost, I wrote this in the morning), I am going to go with the flow:) oooh, la, la!! I am the queen of escapism.
1) my job
2) another baby
3) pursue my PhD
So, here is the problem, with my job if I want to do my PhD, I need to do a minimum of 14 courses, with 2 courses per year, I will need 7 years just to complete the courses after which I have to pass the pre-qualifying exams and do the actual desertation!! I cannot wait 7 years to have another baby and I cannot imagine studying and working with two babies. I also am not able to not want to do my PhD. My thirst for knowledge is my motivating factor, now, who believes that?:)
Uggggg!!!! I am sooo confused!!
So, after a day of soul searching (almost, I wrote this in the morning), I am going to go with the flow:) oooh, la, la!! I am the queen of escapism.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Favourite passtime
Check out sites like this and get suitably impressed and shocked..
Will make a bucket list and this will top the list.Very shallow, yup, thats me:)
B/w, must learn to hyperlink..
Will make a bucket list and this will top the list.Very shallow, yup, thats me:)
B/w, must learn to hyperlink..
Friday, September 3, 2010
Notes on my first class
Pre-class: Mid-morning, panic attack.
1) How do I get to The University? It’s in Center city and I have never driven in the city!
2) I don’t know the way. I have always, always driven only in routes that I am very, very sure of. Now, having to look into a map and drive, enough for panic attack 2!
3) Parking – The parking all around the campus would be full and even if I found one, it would have to be parallel parking! Whom am I kidding?!
Successfully, navigated through the above mentioned list. Now success is an operative word here. As I passed the exit we would generally take (when Eswar would drive, of course), had another panic attack in the car. I also see that the exit numbers were beyond what the map said. And then I see that this route takes me through , through center city and I see that the traffic is terrible! Another p attack when I think I will not reach on time. Anyways, reached on time, after many, many unsuccessful, ‘making a fool of myself parallel parking attempts’, park in a place where I can do my kind of parking , reach class in one piece and half an hour early. Hooray!!
In-class:
1) Met a geek(was spouting computer jargon as soon as he opened his mouth and had an answer for everything the Prof asked, show-off), a FOTB desi (I know, I am a snob)
2) I was tired. I should have bought a coffee before going to class. Blame it on sheer laziness. Lesson learnt.
3) I did not have a computer. The Prof had asked the students to get one in his mail. Lesson no.2: DO NOT PROCASTINATE!!! As usual, I had registered just the on the day of the course.
After-class:
1) Meet the Prof. to tell him that since I registered just that day, I do not have access to the internet (where all the information and HW is posted). He looks and sees that I already have a masters and he thinks that I should take up a higher level course. My ego is happy but my laziness is not. I will have to work hard if I take up the 3rd level course.
2) I am tired and I can feel it in my bones. Concentrating for three hours, okay two and a half is not an easy job. I remember in 2007 when Eswar would pick me up after my class, I would tell him not to talk because I had used up all my listening energy. That’s how exhausted I would be.
3) The drive back, one word, challenging – Switched on the radio, so that I don’t fall asleep and unfortunately for me they had a very interesting book reading going on. So, concentrating on the road, trying to read the map in the street lights as I am passing by, reading the street names, trying not to turn where the GPS was asking me to (luckily I saw the no turn sigh there, phew!) while listening to the radio, mighty challenging.
1) How do I get to The University? It’s in Center city and I have never driven in the city!
2) I don’t know the way. I have always, always driven only in routes that I am very, very sure of. Now, having to look into a map and drive, enough for panic attack 2!
3) Parking – The parking all around the campus would be full and even if I found one, it would have to be parallel parking! Whom am I kidding?!
Successfully, navigated through the above mentioned list. Now success is an operative word here. As I passed the exit we would generally take (when Eswar would drive, of course), had another panic attack in the car. I also see that the exit numbers were beyond what the map said. And then I see that this route takes me through , through center city and I see that the traffic is terrible! Another p attack when I think I will not reach on time. Anyways, reached on time, after many, many unsuccessful, ‘making a fool of myself parallel parking attempts’, park in a place where I can do my kind of parking , reach class in one piece and half an hour early. Hooray!!
In-class:
1) Met a geek(was spouting computer jargon as soon as he opened his mouth and had an answer for everything the Prof asked, show-off), a FOTB desi (I know, I am a snob)
2) I was tired. I should have bought a coffee before going to class. Blame it on sheer laziness. Lesson learnt.
3) I did not have a computer. The Prof had asked the students to get one in his mail. Lesson no.2: DO NOT PROCASTINATE!!! As usual, I had registered just the on the day of the course.
After-class:
1) Meet the Prof. to tell him that since I registered just that day, I do not have access to the internet (where all the information and HW is posted). He looks and sees that I already have a masters and he thinks that I should take up a higher level course. My ego is happy but my laziness is not. I will have to work hard if I take up the 3rd level course.
2) I am tired and I can feel it in my bones. Concentrating for three hours, okay two and a half is not an easy job. I remember in 2007 when Eswar would pick me up after my class, I would tell him not to talk because I had used up all my listening energy. That’s how exhausted I would be.
3) The drive back, one word, challenging – Switched on the radio, so that I don’t fall asleep and unfortunately for me they had a very interesting book reading going on. So, concentrating on the road, trying to read the map in the street lights as I am passing by, reading the street names, trying not to turn where the GPS was asking me to (luckily I saw the no turn sigh there, phew!) while listening to the radio, mighty challenging.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Me thinketh...
1) If you work hard, you should also play hard
2)Obama is an athiest. He is too rational and intelligent to believe in God.
2)Obama is an athiest. He is too rational and intelligent to believe in God.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Birth story
I wrote this in Mommy Center..
Well, all of you can afford not to write even after that threatening post from Deepti but unfortunately I cannot take the risk. I am meeting Deepti this weekend and I thought I better write in something I have been meaning to write my birth story before I forget the details and so here it goes. Krish is now 14 months but as I am trying to recollect the events of the day, it seems like such a long time.
My husband works in New York and it is a 3 hour drive from our place, one way. So, it was lucky that I woke up at 4 in the morning with a slight pain. It was very slight but it was enough for my husband to decide to not go to work that day. Now my motto in life is ‘Do not do something now that can be postponed and done latter’ and so accordingly my hospital bag was not packed and along the same line, I had some work that I had to complete before I went and delivered a baby. By 6 in the morning, the pain intensity had increased but the interval was still long. So, in this interval I sat with the laptop trying to finish work that unfortunately could not be postponed anymore, all the while giving instructions to my husband about what to put into my hospital bag (but honestly, the only thing I finally needed and used were my bathroom slippers and the dress to come back home in).
The interval kind of shortened and then we left to the hospital around 10 (there was also some bad time that we had to cross, my in-laws were there and so you see no arguing there). It’s around a 40 minute drive to the hospital and as were driving, I kept thinking how the next time I am on this road, the baby would be out and with me. So anyhow, we reach the hospital and I go walking in and seeing me the nurse predicted that it could be false pain. Sign, I should have come in a wheel chair. They monitored and checked me and since I had not dilated much, they decided that the baby was not coming anytime soon and that I should go home. And so went back home on the very same streets I thought I would be coming with a baby the next time I remember speaking to my mom on the way back home and she was quite shocked that they wouldn’t admit me in. The concept of limited hospital beds, insurance etc. did not mean much to her. However, on the way back I realized that my pain was increasing in intensity. Now, the doctor in the hospital had told us that I may take from a couple of days(minimum) to a couple of weeks(my due date was anyway a couple of weeks away) and they also told us not to come back until the pain interval was less than 4 minutes apart . My brother-in-law and sister-in-law had also arrived by the time we reached home. My pain slowly started getting worse and unbearable in the afternoon. But we did not want to go back to the hospital because the doctor was so confident about it not happening anytime soon and obviously the doctors know it better!
I can still picture my bedroom, I am trying to sit, walk, sleep, anything to make the pain a little better, my husband and BIL timing my pain, my MIL and SIL massaging my back and walking with me. Given a choice, ladies, please have an epidural. I wanted to have one! I could and still cannot understand when people say they do not want to have one. I am still so cheesed off by the fact that in this 21st century, having the option of not having to go through the excruciating pain of childbirth, I went through it!:) The previous day, I had my appointment with my gynic and she had told me that my effacement was more than 90%. My guess is they only considered my dilation and did not take my effacement into the picture when I went to the hospital. From what I understood in the birthing class, both the dilation and effacement have to happen. A lot of times the dilation happens and it takes a while to reach the 100% effacement. But in my case, I think I started dilating pretty quickly in the afternoon and since I had completed 100% effacement, I was directly into the pushing stage.
By 4 in the evening, the pain had passed and I was at the pushing stage. We then rushed to the hospital. I asked my BIl to drive the car and asked my husband to sit with me in the back in case I delivered! As I had mentioned earlier, it is a 40 minute drive to the hospital and I did not think I could last that long. I should thank my BIL for getting me to the hospital in a record time by breaking all speed limits and skipping a couple of traffic signals! My water broke in the car. Krish was born 10 minutes after we reached the hospital! He was almost a car baby.
I remember the nurse in the birthing class telling all of us, mostly first time moms how the delivery is the easy part, what comes latter is the challenging phase. And fourteen months into this roller-coaster ride, where no two days are the same, I so agree with her.
Well, all of you can afford not to write even after that threatening post from Deepti but unfortunately I cannot take the risk. I am meeting Deepti this weekend and I thought I better write in something I have been meaning to write my birth story before I forget the details and so here it goes. Krish is now 14 months but as I am trying to recollect the events of the day, it seems like such a long time.
My husband works in New York and it is a 3 hour drive from our place, one way. So, it was lucky that I woke up at 4 in the morning with a slight pain. It was very slight but it was enough for my husband to decide to not go to work that day. Now my motto in life is ‘Do not do something now that can be postponed and done latter’ and so accordingly my hospital bag was not packed and along the same line, I had some work that I had to complete before I went and delivered a baby. By 6 in the morning, the pain intensity had increased but the interval was still long. So, in this interval I sat with the laptop trying to finish work that unfortunately could not be postponed anymore, all the while giving instructions to my husband about what to put into my hospital bag (but honestly, the only thing I finally needed and used were my bathroom slippers and the dress to come back home in).
The interval kind of shortened and then we left to the hospital around 10 (there was also some bad time that we had to cross, my in-laws were there and so you see no arguing there). It’s around a 40 minute drive to the hospital and as were driving, I kept thinking how the next time I am on this road, the baby would be out and with me. So anyhow, we reach the hospital and I go walking in and seeing me the nurse predicted that it could be false pain. Sign, I should have come in a wheel chair. They monitored and checked me and since I had not dilated much, they decided that the baby was not coming anytime soon and that I should go home. And so went back home on the very same streets I thought I would be coming with a baby the next time I remember speaking to my mom on the way back home and she was quite shocked that they wouldn’t admit me in. The concept of limited hospital beds, insurance etc. did not mean much to her. However, on the way back I realized that my pain was increasing in intensity. Now, the doctor in the hospital had told us that I may take from a couple of days(minimum) to a couple of weeks(my due date was anyway a couple of weeks away) and they also told us not to come back until the pain interval was less than 4 minutes apart . My brother-in-law and sister-in-law had also arrived by the time we reached home. My pain slowly started getting worse and unbearable in the afternoon. But we did not want to go back to the hospital because the doctor was so confident about it not happening anytime soon and obviously the doctors know it better!
I can still picture my bedroom, I am trying to sit, walk, sleep, anything to make the pain a little better, my husband and BIL timing my pain, my MIL and SIL massaging my back and walking with me. Given a choice, ladies, please have an epidural. I wanted to have one! I could and still cannot understand when people say they do not want to have one. I am still so cheesed off by the fact that in this 21st century, having the option of not having to go through the excruciating pain of childbirth, I went through it!:) The previous day, I had my appointment with my gynic and she had told me that my effacement was more than 90%. My guess is they only considered my dilation and did not take my effacement into the picture when I went to the hospital. From what I understood in the birthing class, both the dilation and effacement have to happen. A lot of times the dilation happens and it takes a while to reach the 100% effacement. But in my case, I think I started dilating pretty quickly in the afternoon and since I had completed 100% effacement, I was directly into the pushing stage.
By 4 in the evening, the pain had passed and I was at the pushing stage. We then rushed to the hospital. I asked my BIl to drive the car and asked my husband to sit with me in the back in case I delivered! As I had mentioned earlier, it is a 40 minute drive to the hospital and I did not think I could last that long. I should thank my BIL for getting me to the hospital in a record time by breaking all speed limits and skipping a couple of traffic signals! My water broke in the car. Krish was born 10 minutes after we reached the hospital! He was almost a car baby.
I remember the nurse in the birthing class telling all of us, mostly first time moms how the delivery is the easy part, what comes latter is the challenging phase. And fourteen months into this roller-coaster ride, where no two days are the same, I so agree with her.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Summer 2010 Tours and Travels - Boston and Newport
Motto of this year’s and every year hence forth’s vacation and travelling: Be a traveler and not a tourist. So armed with this motto and a ‘one year plus or minus a few months’ old baby, we toured and travelled. Henceforth, I am planning to carry a small book and make notes. That will make me feel like a true traveler. So, let me start with our first trip on the Memorial Day weekend to Boston and Newport.
The initial plan was to go to Block Island but my ‘heart’ was really not into it. I am not an idle vacation person and especially not a water person. I mean I don’t even swim (other than in 4 feet water:)!. So, somehow sitting in the beach running around and keeping a 11 month baby entertained is not my idea of a holiday (at least not for now). So, when we were too late to catch the boat to Block Island, I for one was very happy. So, we headed to Boston. Parked the car, walked along the river, went to Quincy market, it started raining but we had to reach the museum because that’s where the duck tour starts and we had already booked it, so, mad rush to the train station and then finally the duck tour. I love big cities and I think each city has a ‘feel’ and a ‘mood’ and I love walking on the city streets with tall buildings on either side of me and experiencing the city. The next best thing is to simply tour the city taking in the traffic and seeing the city pass by. I absolutely loved it! The boat ride in the water was okay. Nothing special about it. The only fascinating thing about it was the way it entered the water and the wheels folded and the same thing when we got out of the water, now, that was truly amazing! Now for my memories, I liked the walk along the river, that’s another thing I love, staring into the water. Quincy market – I thought I liked it then but now when I look back, it doesn’t generate any ‘warm’ feelings in me. We had our lunch there- had a plate of Thai food and I think some burger. Okay, again, I guess because I had high expectations. The drive through the city was very nice especially sitting in a nice comfortable bus with a sleepy baby in your arms. On the whole I think I liked Boston but I want to go and experience the city once more on my own terms.
The next day. Please, please one digression? went to a garage sale near my BIL’s place and picked up a painting, some clay hangings (that now hang in my kitchen) and a big silver ring. Shopping always, then and the now memories give me a nice warm feeling:). We left for Newport late in the afternoon and reached there eveningish. How shall I describe the place? It’s a very small towninsh, English town kind of a place with lots of small shops along the streets. very, very, nice. We walked along the shoreline that goes behind these famous mansions. The next time I want to spend an entire day here visiting these mansions. So, anyhow did not go into the mansions because we were too late , just walked along the shore, which was also very lovely. By then it was dark and the perfect time to walk on those cobbled streets We walked, and went into shops (notice, I said just went and not shopped, they were all these trendy designer shops(:) and walked some more. Krish slept after sometime. There was this one narrow alley that led to the shore, we sat there looking at the boats and eating an ice-cream, nicest and warmest memory of the trip:)
Ooh, finally a perfect end to a very nice trip. We stopped in Edison for lunch. Had yummy Biryani and a GOLA!!It was just absolutely yummy! I can still remember the taste of it! It had all those flavours mixed with the taste of the tamarind on top! Hmmm..heaven!
The initial plan was to go to Block Island but my ‘heart’ was really not into it. I am not an idle vacation person and especially not a water person. I mean I don’t even swim (other than in 4 feet water:)!. So, somehow sitting in the beach running around and keeping a 11 month baby entertained is not my idea of a holiday (at least not for now). So, when we were too late to catch the boat to Block Island, I for one was very happy. So, we headed to Boston. Parked the car, walked along the river, went to Quincy market, it started raining but we had to reach the museum because that’s where the duck tour starts and we had already booked it, so, mad rush to the train station and then finally the duck tour. I love big cities and I think each city has a ‘feel’ and a ‘mood’ and I love walking on the city streets with tall buildings on either side of me and experiencing the city. The next best thing is to simply tour the city taking in the traffic and seeing the city pass by. I absolutely loved it! The boat ride in the water was okay. Nothing special about it. The only fascinating thing about it was the way it entered the water and the wheels folded and the same thing when we got out of the water, now, that was truly amazing! Now for my memories, I liked the walk along the river, that’s another thing I love, staring into the water. Quincy market – I thought I liked it then but now when I look back, it doesn’t generate any ‘warm’ feelings in me. We had our lunch there- had a plate of Thai food and I think some burger. Okay, again, I guess because I had high expectations. The drive through the city was very nice especially sitting in a nice comfortable bus with a sleepy baby in your arms. On the whole I think I liked Boston but I want to go and experience the city once more on my own terms.
The next day. Please, please one digression? went to a garage sale near my BIL’s place and picked up a painting, some clay hangings (that now hang in my kitchen) and a big silver ring. Shopping always, then and the now memories give me a nice warm feeling:). We left for Newport late in the afternoon and reached there eveningish. How shall I describe the place? It’s a very small towninsh, English town kind of a place with lots of small shops along the streets. very, very, nice. We walked along the shoreline that goes behind these famous mansions. The next time I want to spend an entire day here visiting these mansions. So, anyhow did not go into the mansions because we were too late , just walked along the shore, which was also very lovely. By then it was dark and the perfect time to walk on those cobbled streets We walked, and went into shops (notice, I said just went and not shopped, they were all these trendy designer shops(:) and walked some more. Krish slept after sometime. There was this one narrow alley that led to the shore, we sat there looking at the boats and eating an ice-cream, nicest and warmest memory of the trip:)
Ooh, finally a perfect end to a very nice trip. We stopped in Edison for lunch. Had yummy Biryani and a GOLA!!It was just absolutely yummy! I can still remember the taste of it! It had all those flavours mixed with the taste of the tamarind on top! Hmmm..heaven!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
As I remove my head from the sand, I see a big, whole world out there..
Well, motherhood is difficult and then add to it a job and running a home and it can get very overwhelming but that was no excuse for me to get into a cocoon, where I have been for the past one year. I was not even aware how I had lost touch with so many people. Today after ages I logged onto Gmail chat and saw a very good friend online. She was very, very angry with me. We were best buddies in the Bangalore office and we moved to the US at about the same time, she came here to study and I came here after marriage. We religiously kept in touch even after coming here and our weekly chats would go on for more than an hour. And then came motherhood and Krish and I just disappeared. Add to it my phone number changed. This made me realize how my life has become one tight circle with just me and my family. Today was an eye-opener. Well, no more excuses, I have to bring back some kind of focus into other aspects of my life as well. I am planning to go back to school. Is that too ambitious of me? But if I don’t do it now, I know I will never do it.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Random thoughts..
•I really really wish I believed in God! I wish I believed in miracles! I wish I believed that praying hard will get you anything! I really wish I had not lost my faith!
•It is a very, very , lonely world without a God! It is very scary too!
•I agree, it is when you see the 'deep lows' can you see the 'high highs' as well. But I think I will go with stable and mediocrity any day.
•It is a very, very , lonely world without a God! It is very scary too!
•I agree, it is when you see the 'deep lows' can you see the 'high highs' as well. But I think I will go with stable and mediocrity any day.
Friday, August 13, 2010
It can’t be easy being God
Nari from Country Ally and Barry from country Bally die fighting in the war. So, obviously since they die fighting for their country, they go to heaven or at least reach the gates of heaven.
Nari: Dear God, I killed 8 soldiers and 25 civilians. I did it for my country Ally and for the people of my country.
Barry: Dear God, I killed 23 soldiers and 25 civilians but I took care to see that the place I threw the bomb did not have women and children.
It can’t be easy being God.
However, what if Nari is talking to God Hari and Barry is talking to God Allah? Would they have wars too?
How do parent’s who lose their children in war justify it?
Nari: Dear God, I killed 8 soldiers and 25 civilians. I did it for my country Ally and for the people of my country.
Barry: Dear God, I killed 23 soldiers and 25 civilians but I took care to see that the place I threw the bomb did not have women and children.
It can’t be easy being God.
However, what if Nari is talking to God Hari and Barry is talking to God Allah? Would they have wars too?
How do parent’s who lose their children in war justify it?
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Funny man Krish
It's easier writing in points. So, henceforth, all my posts are going to be in points:)
1) Pictute this - Mummy is in the kitchen cooking.Now, kitchen is Krish's favourite room. I can understand.it has treasures everywhere from the bin to the coutless shelves and cupboards..So, mummy very sternly tells him to go back to the living room and play there. So, what does this funny man do? He shakes his forefinger at my mom implying a 'no, no'! So, rule no. 1, no talking sternly to him.
Rule no. 2: No laughing. I mean no laughing period. He doesn't like it. He thinks we are laughing at him!
2)Now, since mmmy is here, she has taught Krish a lot of things. He points to various things like flower, tree, birds etc..She has also taught him 'parts of the body'. When we say head, nose, ear, tummy, hand, leg, Krish very obediently points out the respective parts but mind you it has to be in that same very order! So, the other day, when mummy asked him head, he after pointing out his head hurried on with the rest of them without even being asked! My funny man is just sooo hilarious!!
1) Pictute this - Mummy is in the kitchen cooking.Now, kitchen is Krish's favourite room. I can understand.it has treasures everywhere from the bin to the coutless shelves and cupboards..So, mummy very sternly tells him to go back to the living room and play there. So, what does this funny man do? He shakes his forefinger at my mom implying a 'no, no'! So, rule no. 1, no talking sternly to him.
Rule no. 2: No laughing. I mean no laughing period. He doesn't like it. He thinks we are laughing at him!
2)Now, since mmmy is here, she has taught Krish a lot of things. He points to various things like flower, tree, birds etc..She has also taught him 'parts of the body'. When we say head, nose, ear, tummy, hand, leg, Krish very obediently points out the respective parts but mind you it has to be in that same very order! So, the other day, when mummy asked him head, he after pointing out his head hurried on with the rest of them without even being asked! My funny man is just sooo hilarious!!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Two different incidents..
A surprise bridal shower-
Me: Congratulations!
The bride-to-be(BTB): thanks..I wonder who leaked the information..
Me: Was it supposed to be a secret?
BTB: Yes
Me: I hope this was a pleasant surprise
silence..
BTB, I totally get you. Why does everybody think that everybody likes the whole world to know they are getting married and want to share their joy with the very same whole world?
Three of us climbing up the steps - me, BL, neighbor-next-door(NND); NND is a totally unknown figure to both BL and me, though we have been neighbors’ for some time.
Me: Do you have kids?
NND: Yeah, a daughter of 3. What about you?
Me: A son of 13 months.
I don't know how this happened but in a span of 2 minutes BL ferrets out the information that NND's parents are here visiting her and that her husband does not stay with her and this is when I tune back in again.
BL: So, where does your husband stay?
NND: In China
BL: When will he get back?
NND: No, he stays there and I stay here.
BL: Is he planning to come here?
NND: No, his English is quite poor and I don't think he can survive here.
BL: So, what are your long term plans?
we are at our place and NND shrugs and walks away.
1)BL is like that only. She will ask the most intimate details and I'll be the embarrassed one.
2) The entire afternoon I kept thinking about it. I am a single mom during the weekdays and I am already tired of analyzing 'is this what I want from life' kind of questions. What is the motivating factor in NND's life? I mean, I can understand that she is making good money but at the cost of what? I.just.don't.get.it!! I am truly baffled and I want to cry when I think of her daugheter. And her husband.
Me: Congratulations!
The bride-to-be(BTB): thanks..I wonder who leaked the information..
Me: Was it supposed to be a secret?
BTB: Yes
Me: I hope this was a pleasant surprise
silence..
BTB, I totally get you. Why does everybody think that everybody likes the whole world to know they are getting married and want to share their joy with the very same whole world?
Three of us climbing up the steps - me, BL, neighbor-next-door(NND); NND is a totally unknown figure to both BL and me, though we have been neighbors’ for some time.
Me: Do you have kids?
NND: Yeah, a daughter of 3. What about you?
Me: A son of 13 months.
I don't know how this happened but in a span of 2 minutes BL ferrets out the information that NND's parents are here visiting her and that her husband does not stay with her and this is when I tune back in again.
BL: So, where does your husband stay?
NND: In China
BL: When will he get back?
NND: No, he stays there and I stay here.
BL: Is he planning to come here?
NND: No, his English is quite poor and I don't think he can survive here.
BL: So, what are your long term plans?
we are at our place and NND shrugs and walks away.
1)BL is like that only. She will ask the most intimate details and I'll be the embarrassed one.
2) The entire afternoon I kept thinking about it. I am a single mom during the weekdays and I am already tired of analyzing 'is this what I want from life' kind of questions. What is the motivating factor in NND's life? I mean, I can understand that she is making good money but at the cost of what? I.just.don't.get.it!! I am truly baffled and I want to cry when I think of her daugheter. And her husband.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
My son walked!!!
Yeah!!!! Krishy walked !On Saturday! That doesn't mean he just takes off . It just means that he is standing and tottering a couple of steps and plopping on his bum. It's very cute, trust me.
So, we thought this merited a celebration and we went to this exclusive steak house and we ended up paying a whopping 65$. Lesson learnt, next time, stick to chains and don't go for exclusivity(Is there such a word?)
So, we thought this merited a celebration and we went to this exclusive steak house and we ended up paying a whopping 65$. Lesson learnt, next time, stick to chains and don't go for exclusivity(Is there such a word?)
Friday, July 16, 2010
On a jobless Friday afternoon,
I am reading about car throttles, gears and such like because I don't trust my husband when he says I should drive with the OD button off when I am driving less than 50 mph. Yeah, I was right in not trusting him, it is only for speeds less than 40 mph.
My Krishy turned one..
Dear Krishy,
Your personality is developing and developing fast. You are very. very adorable when you put on you ‘charm suit’. You charm the socks off everybody you meet and there is not a single person who isn’t taken in by you but the other side of you is the angry young man who gets irritable with mama for not understanding what you are trying to say(: I try Krishy, I seriously do! You have made it very clear that my evenings exist solely for you – to play, feed, entertain, talk, walk and sleep with you and this also includes me not talking on the phone. You actually take the phone away from me and throw it! Yeah, the very same sweet boy! Now you go running to daddy (when he is there) when I yell at you and if your daddy is not there and if you think you can pacify me, you actually come & try to kiss me. You are still a very smart fella:)
Your showman tricks have improved:) In addition to clapping hands, you give flying kisses, wave bye, wave your forefinger at me when I say no, get the ball when we ask you to & also call it ‘ba ba’, show the fan and that is ‘tha tha’ in your language. But the cutest thing is when we ask you, what a dogiie does, you say ‘bow bow’:)
Your dada is still your favorite person and I sometimes suspect that you sense that he is the more lenient of the two of us and you take him for a jolly good ride.
Physically, you now stand without support, can’t wait for you to start walking though. You are getting heavier and I get really tired carrying you around! You have also sprouted a lot of teeth. Five on the top and two below. You look very cute and adorable especially when you smile
I will end with this incident. I leave my slippers in the dining room when I enter the living room to keep it clean since this is your primary play area. And you my boy have this untold fascination for footwear. Do you know, the first thing you do when you meet someone is check out their feet to see what they are wearing?! And the other day, when I opened our shoe closet, you looked like a treasure grove had opened up in front of you. You looked so comical! Coming back, you have been told very clearly not to go and touch my slippers. So, yesterday while I was pretending not to look, you went there, looked at the slippers and then looked at me and when you caught me watching you, you waved your forefinger at me telling me no no!:)
Well, baby, you are adorable most of the time if I pretend the times when you test my patience like when I can’t even go to the restroom without you screaming your head off, don’t exist. Every boy I see , I see you in him, from the cute toddler who was standing beneath the flag curiously looking at it to the lanky teenager playing basketball in the field. Moments like these make me realize, you give purpose and direction to my life, you make me want to live my life fully.
Happy first birthday!
Lots of love, mama
Your personality is developing and developing fast. You are very. very adorable when you put on you ‘charm suit’. You charm the socks off everybody you meet and there is not a single person who isn’t taken in by you but the other side of you is the angry young man who gets irritable with mama for not understanding what you are trying to say(: I try Krishy, I seriously do! You have made it very clear that my evenings exist solely for you – to play, feed, entertain, talk, walk and sleep with you and this also includes me not talking on the phone. You actually take the phone away from me and throw it! Yeah, the very same sweet boy! Now you go running to daddy (when he is there) when I yell at you and if your daddy is not there and if you think you can pacify me, you actually come & try to kiss me. You are still a very smart fella:)
Your showman tricks have improved:) In addition to clapping hands, you give flying kisses, wave bye, wave your forefinger at me when I say no, get the ball when we ask you to & also call it ‘ba ba’, show the fan and that is ‘tha tha’ in your language. But the cutest thing is when we ask you, what a dogiie does, you say ‘bow bow’:)
Your dada is still your favorite person and I sometimes suspect that you sense that he is the more lenient of the two of us and you take him for a jolly good ride.
Physically, you now stand without support, can’t wait for you to start walking though. You are getting heavier and I get really tired carrying you around! You have also sprouted a lot of teeth. Five on the top and two below. You look very cute and adorable especially when you smile
I will end with this incident. I leave my slippers in the dining room when I enter the living room to keep it clean since this is your primary play area. And you my boy have this untold fascination for footwear. Do you know, the first thing you do when you meet someone is check out their feet to see what they are wearing?! And the other day, when I opened our shoe closet, you looked like a treasure grove had opened up in front of you. You looked so comical! Coming back, you have been told very clearly not to go and touch my slippers. So, yesterday while I was pretending not to look, you went there, looked at the slippers and then looked at me and when you caught me watching you, you waved your forefinger at me telling me no no!:)
Well, baby, you are adorable most of the time if I pretend the times when you test my patience like when I can’t even go to the restroom without you screaming your head off, don’t exist. Every boy I see , I see you in him, from the cute toddler who was standing beneath the flag curiously looking at it to the lanky teenager playing basketball in the field. Moments like these make me realize, you give purpose and direction to my life, you make me want to live my life fully.
Happy first birthday!
Lots of love, mama
Sunday, July 11, 2010
On a sunday morning...
Krish is sleeping and I decided to do something that I have not done in a long time...pamper myself..Nothing much, just soaking my hands, cutting my nails, trimming them properly and listening to some songs like this one - Kahin door..from Anand and oaking up the moment . Life seems so perfect suddenly!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Vacation back philosophy
Have you noticed when you have loads to do, you don't do a singllllleeeeeee thing. Its like I anyway can't do it all, why bother with a few? Phew! I need another quiet vacation to get over this one.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Raise, guilt, happiness and happily ever afters..
When you get an unexpected increement after it is announced that nobody in the company is getting one since there was no inflation, but which only supposedly 25% in the organization have got, which only you have received in your team, which was not due to your performance alone but you are told was due to a combination of performance, your years in the company, your market value and all that jargon which basically translates to retention, what would your primary emotion be? Could it be guilt? Guilt for all the hours surfing the net, guilt for declining the early morning meetings, guilt for sleeping through the early morning meetings, guilt for watching TV while working from home, guilt in the knowledge that your boss lady worked much much harder than you and even worked during evening and weekends. It’s true, money cannot buy happiness. But, but , money is still very nice and now you no longer feel guilty for all the clothes you bought during the weekend. So, currently you make rash promises to yourself about working very hard and such like. You also think how you can put this money into your savings pool but know how your expenditure will raise up to meet your revenue.
B/w, boss lady really scared me. I get back from lunch and she tells me very seriously how she wants to talk to me alone and in a room! And I was just back from the lunch table discussing lay-offs and related matter! Jeez!
B/w 2., I need to get my visa to get all this money:)
B/w 3. if this sounds like a lot of money, its not! but hell, even if it is 100$, what clothes, what handbags, what shoes can be got!
It almost makes you want to believe in God.
B/w, boss lady really scared me. I get back from lunch and she tells me very seriously how she wants to talk to me alone and in a room! And I was just back from the lunch table discussing lay-offs and related matter! Jeez!
B/w 2., I need to get my visa to get all this money:)
B/w 3. if this sounds like a lot of money, its not! but hell, even if it is 100$, what clothes, what handbags, what shoes can be got!
It almost makes you want to believe in God.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
This bothers me...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8707829.stm
There is something very inhuman about this.What could he have seen of life?? This is like curing the cold when the body has cancer and he is only 22!
There is something very inhuman about this.What could he have seen of life?? This is like curing the cold when the body has cancer and he is only 22!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Not mine...
By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying –
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.
Lol, lovely, no?
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying –
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.
Lol, lovely, no?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Silly mommy...
If watched unobserved, we will be heard having these conversations..
1)You are the handsomessst boy in the whole whole world!
2)You are my favouretist person in the whole whole world!
3)Why are you so cute? why? why? You should give some of this cuteness to mummy!
4) Your ears are sooo tasty. Shall i eat them up?
4)We generally ask daddy "which one of us has got the sexier thighs?" and your daddy as per his norm, plain ignores us.
1)You are the handsomessst boy in the whole whole world!
2)You are my favouretist person in the whole whole world!
3)Why are you so cute? why? why? You should give some of this cuteness to mummy!
4) Your ears are sooo tasty. Shall i eat them up?
4)We generally ask daddy "which one of us has got the sexier thighs?" and your daddy as per his norm, plain ignores us.
My son a bully?!!
Yesterday, when i went to pick up Krishy I was quite shocked to see him slapping a little girl! there was this little, very pretty girl sitting there, minding her own business and playing. Our man goes and slaps her! And that little one starts crying. My heart broke!
What is worse? You kid being the bully or the week one who gets bullied?
What is worse? You kid being the bully or the week one who gets bullied?
Highpoint of my day
There are some moments which make life worth living, which make the day to day living bearable. For me it is the time I go to pick up Krish in the evenings. It is a moment of pure pleasure and torture! All i want to do is go and smother him but I wait and watch him play and the moment when he realizes I am there, the joyous smile that transforms his face is the moment I live for every day! And then he would come rushing to me leaving whatever he was playing with!
Krish at 11 months
My little baby with long hair and the shy smile is now a boy with naughty eyes, short hair and quite a temper! Krishy is 11 months!!
Now, lets see the changes in him.hmmm.. He is getting his first tooth and its in the upper right side. It ss quite a relief!I have friend's whose kids got theirs at 4 months!The only consolation was I had not heard of anybody not getting their teeth at all! So, i figured he will get it sometime! This weekend we had a quite a photo section and managed to capture some snaps of his tooth which was quite a feat, with me pulling his lips apart and making him sit still!
He still isn't walking independently but he is walking more confidently with support, if that is possible:). He loves the walker. Within a blink of the eye he goes from one corner of the room to the other and then once he is stuck, he will cry for us to come and turn it. god! it gets quite tiring and there are days when i hide the walker!:)yeah, meeean mommy again:)
He also babbles quite a lot.God! he can be quite a talker and can babble continuously! He now knows to repeat simple things like mama and dada after us. He actually calls out to his daddy with his sweet 'dada' and it is just plain adorable!He calls me mama too but then we know that is going to be rarer than his dada:)
His favourite game - Ringa-ringa-roses! Whenever he wants to play that, he comes and holds my hands and shakes his body left to right which is my cue. And half way through he would sit down:). One day I wanted to see how much of it he actually understood and sang another song(i am a disco dancer, lol, I don't know why i like that song!) and he didnot sit!!My smart son:)
His favourite people - Miss Margaret and his daddy.Well, what can i say?Thats the way of the world!:)
He is also developing his personality and quite a temper along the way! When people experience it for the first time, they are so shocked! Its all the more shocking because He looks very sweet with this very shy smile and the temper tantrums so don't go with that picture!
But i will continue to say this at the end all his monthly update posts - he still is a very easygoing, sweet intelligent boy who make me very proud:)
Happy 11 month birthday bubba!!
Now, lets see the changes in him.hmmm.. He is getting his first tooth and its in the upper right side. It ss quite a relief!I have friend's whose kids got theirs at 4 months!The only consolation was I had not heard of anybody not getting their teeth at all! So, i figured he will get it sometime! This weekend we had a quite a photo section and managed to capture some snaps of his tooth which was quite a feat, with me pulling his lips apart and making him sit still!
He still isn't walking independently but he is walking more confidently with support, if that is possible:). He loves the walker. Within a blink of the eye he goes from one corner of the room to the other and then once he is stuck, he will cry for us to come and turn it. god! it gets quite tiring and there are days when i hide the walker!:)yeah, meeean mommy again:)
He also babbles quite a lot.God! he can be quite a talker and can babble continuously! He now knows to repeat simple things like mama and dada after us. He actually calls out to his daddy with his sweet 'dada' and it is just plain adorable!He calls me mama too but then we know that is going to be rarer than his dada:)
His favourite game - Ringa-ringa-roses! Whenever he wants to play that, he comes and holds my hands and shakes his body left to right which is my cue. And half way through he would sit down:). One day I wanted to see how much of it he actually understood and sang another song(i am a disco dancer, lol, I don't know why i like that song!) and he didnot sit!!My smart son:)
His favourite people - Miss Margaret and his daddy.Well, what can i say?Thats the way of the world!:)
He is also developing his personality and quite a temper along the way! When people experience it for the first time, they are so shocked! Its all the more shocking because He looks very sweet with this very shy smile and the temper tantrums so don't go with that picture!
But i will continue to say this at the end all his monthly update posts - he still is a very easygoing, sweet intelligent boy who make me very proud:)
Happy 11 month birthday bubba!!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Celebration:what say?
This was an invite from one of my friend for one of his party's. beautiful and nostalgic:)
A winter evening.
Four friends.
One rain.
Four glasses of chai.
(OR)
Hundred bucks of gas.
A rusty old bike.
And an open road.
(OR)
Maggi noodles.
A hostel room.
4.25 a.m.
(OR)
3 old friends.
3 separate cities.
3 coffee mugs.
1 internet messenger.
(OR)
Rain on a hot tin roof.
Pakoras deep-frying.
Neighbours dropping in.
A party.
(OR)
You and mom.
A summer night.
A bottle of coconut oil.
A head massage.
Gossiping about absent family members.
A winter evening.
Four friends.
One rain.
Four glasses of chai.
(OR)
Hundred bucks of gas.
A rusty old bike.
And an open road.
(OR)
Maggi noodles.
A hostel room.
4.25 a.m.
(OR)
3 old friends.
3 separate cities.
3 coffee mugs.
1 internet messenger.
(OR)
Rain on a hot tin roof.
Pakoras deep-frying.
Neighbours dropping in.
A party.
(OR)
You and mom.
A summer night.
A bottle of coconut oil.
A head massage.
Gossiping about absent family members.
Mean mommie...
..thats me!:)To substantiate -
1)Remember, I had written before how Krish understands what I say and how when he goes near the lamp and I ask him to come back(not to forget the stern tone) and he does, well, I wanted to catch it on video, so, this is what I do, I throw the ball he is playing with near the lamp and when he goes there, I scream at him to come back. And then capture that on video! Yeah, i know, mean me but all for a good cause:)
2)This i really really feel very bad about. I was feeding Krish his dinner and he sneezes with his mouth full of food. And i yell at him!Yeah, meanesssttt mommy! My excuse, the food was all over the place - the carpet, his clothes, my clothes, his highchar! Never said I was perfect:)!
Will end with some of my today's thoughts:)
1) Living in the moment, why is it so difficult?
2) Thinking with complete consciousness not half consciousness, again why so difficult?
3) Why does the mind wonder?
4) When do we focus? – Is it interest?
5) You can only change yourself .You cannot change the world. Don’t even try!
6)The world is a funnier place with different viewpoints especially the ones that are totally different from yours.
7)Observing yourself as if from outside, especially when you don’t know why you are behaving irrationally! Funny experience, no?
1)Remember, I had written before how Krish understands what I say and how when he goes near the lamp and I ask him to come back(not to forget the stern tone) and he does, well, I wanted to catch it on video, so, this is what I do, I throw the ball he is playing with near the lamp and when he goes there, I scream at him to come back. And then capture that on video! Yeah, i know, mean me but all for a good cause:)
2)This i really really feel very bad about. I was feeding Krish his dinner and he sneezes with his mouth full of food. And i yell at him!Yeah, meanesssttt mommy! My excuse, the food was all over the place - the carpet, his clothes, my clothes, his highchar! Never said I was perfect:)!
Will end with some of my today's thoughts:)
1) Living in the moment, why is it so difficult?
2) Thinking with complete consciousness not half consciousness, again why so difficult?
3) Why does the mind wonder?
4) When do we focus? – Is it interest?
5) You can only change yourself .You cannot change the world. Don’t even try!
6)The world is a funnier place with different viewpoints especially the ones that are totally different from yours.
7)Observing yourself as if from outside, especially when you don’t know why you are behaving irrationally! Funny experience, no?
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Adventurous cooking..Chopsuey, turkey burgers and 'soy fry'
I was never very interested in cooking. I was never one of those 'cook and feed others' kind of a person. I like quick cooking and i do not mind eating the same stuff eveyday. But now food network has spoiled me and blame that too on my mom. I used to be addicted to HGTV but now thanks to my mom, I have started watching HGTV and actually try out new things! Also, now what with Eswar gone during the week and having to manage this lil fella alone, I cook only during weekends and maybe that too has added to the 'fascination'.
And this weekend was quite an adventurous one and the best part of these 3 recipes are that I just randomly tried it without looking into the internet or a book!
1.Chopsuey - I have to acknowledge Deepti for this. I actually wanted to try a Thai curry and went looking for Thai curry paste. But I couldn't find it and instead saw this 'bean noodly' kind of a thing which they said can be used for soups, salads and can also be fried and I just picked it up. So Saturday morning when i was wondering what to cook I remembered this Chopsuey that Deepti and I would have in a small, tacky place near Commercial Street. I and my friends(Deepti and Sathya) are kind of wierd that way. We would eat in the same places and also watch the s.a.m.e. movie. Well, lets leave at that and not name the movie:)Anyway to continue with the story after that complete digression, I called Deepti and asked her if she remembered that taste and what they could have put into the Chopsuey :) So, this is how I finally made it-
Fried the noodles (lets call them that) and set it aside.
For the sauce, I fried onions, minced garlc, green chillies and then added ajina mota, soy sauce and some chillie sauce.Brought to a aboil. Also added all purpose flour to thicken the consistency.
That is the recipe.
Now, do not expect full fledged recipes in this blog - 1) I do not like writing so much 2)I do not seriously think anybody wants to try these. these are mostly for my reference:)
2. Turkey burgers: These came out really well.
Mixed finely chopped onions, green chillies, salt, chillie powder, dhanya powder, grama masala to the minced turkey. Made patties and shallow fried them.
3.Soy fry: I picked this minced soy in Trader Joe. It looked like meat! This is what I did with this. I beat onions, green chillies, salt and eggs together. I fried the minced soy (now, I suspect this was pre-cooked. It also had things like salt and masala mixed in it)and added the eggs and everything. And fried it:)
This was a principle that I tried newly in the burger and the soy fry. i did not fry the onions and chillies and this gave a very good bite and crunch which I absolutely loved!
Maybe, maybe nexttime I will post snaps of things I cook. Lets see:)
And this weekend was quite an adventurous one and the best part of these 3 recipes are that I just randomly tried it without looking into the internet or a book!
1.Chopsuey - I have to acknowledge Deepti for this. I actually wanted to try a Thai curry and went looking for Thai curry paste. But I couldn't find it and instead saw this 'bean noodly' kind of a thing which they said can be used for soups, salads and can also be fried and I just picked it up. So Saturday morning when i was wondering what to cook I remembered this Chopsuey that Deepti and I would have in a small, tacky place near Commercial Street. I and my friends(Deepti and Sathya) are kind of wierd that way. We would eat in the same places and also watch the s.a.m.e. movie. Well, lets leave at that and not name the movie:)Anyway to continue with the story after that complete digression, I called Deepti and asked her if she remembered that taste and what they could have put into the Chopsuey :) So, this is how I finally made it-
Fried the noodles (lets call them that) and set it aside.
For the sauce, I fried onions, minced garlc, green chillies and then added ajina mota, soy sauce and some chillie sauce.Brought to a aboil. Also added all purpose flour to thicken the consistency.
That is the recipe.
Now, do not expect full fledged recipes in this blog - 1) I do not like writing so much 2)I do not seriously think anybody wants to try these. these are mostly for my reference:)
2. Turkey burgers: These came out really well.
Mixed finely chopped onions, green chillies, salt, chillie powder, dhanya powder, grama masala to the minced turkey. Made patties and shallow fried them.
3.Soy fry: I picked this minced soy in Trader Joe. It looked like meat! This is what I did with this. I beat onions, green chillies, salt and eggs together. I fried the minced soy (now, I suspect this was pre-cooked. It also had things like salt and masala mixed in it)and added the eggs and everything. And fried it:)
This was a principle that I tried newly in the burger and the soy fry. i did not fry the onions and chillies and this gave a very good bite and crunch which I absolutely loved!
Maybe, maybe nexttime I will post snaps of things I cook. Lets see:)
yeah! its the 20th post and a very random one!
Can't believe lazy me has written 20 of these! Anyway as mentioned a random random one.
1. I love office outlook. As any normal person, I did not like to move out of my comfort zone and was not too happy to move out of Lotus Notes. But now I heart Office.It has this amazing calender organization feature, where you can organize your task to today, tomorrow, this week, next week etc..I was sitting there reading some blogs and general tp and feeling guilty like hell. To be fair, I had a very busy morning and compleyed lots of stuff but it was just this very nagging feeling of things not being done. So, I play around this orgazer a bit, arrange all my tasks and am very happy now. Needless to say after all that organization, I do not have any tasks for today:))I heart Office Outlook.
2. Naughty Krish. He is. he really is. He toppled a lamp day before and so, yesterday when he was going near it, I told him in a very stern voice to come back and he did! But the naughty part was , while I was not looking, he was hurriedly sneaking to it and looking back to see if I was looking!
3.I thought this was funny - We were in an open shopping mall and walking from one shop to another. there were these 3 guys in shorts walking in front of us.
Me: Why do guys wear shorts!?. They look sooo terrible in them. i mean look at their skinny legs and hairy too! Can't they at least shave them! I have never seen any guy look good in shorts! Why are they wearing them!??
Eswar: Because it is hot?
4.Some philosophy - I seem to like most all seasons except winter here, which may seem obvious, I mean why would anybody like this cold! But i also like the cloudy, rainy days and I was just wondering why? I realised that each of these seasons have some memories, smells, tastes, activities associated with them. I love spring and the flowers, I love summer and the fans, i love rainy days, a cup of hot coffee and a book. But no winter! why? maybe there are no memories associated with snow and this chill?
1. I love office outlook. As any normal person, I did not like to move out of my comfort zone and was not too happy to move out of Lotus Notes. But now I heart Office.It has this amazing calender organization feature, where you can organize your task to today, tomorrow, this week, next week etc..I was sitting there reading some blogs and general tp and feeling guilty like hell. To be fair, I had a very busy morning and compleyed lots of stuff but it was just this very nagging feeling of things not being done. So, I play around this orgazer a bit, arrange all my tasks and am very happy now. Needless to say after all that organization, I do not have any tasks for today:))I heart Office Outlook.
2. Naughty Krish. He is. he really is. He toppled a lamp day before and so, yesterday when he was going near it, I told him in a very stern voice to come back and he did! But the naughty part was , while I was not looking, he was hurriedly sneaking to it and looking back to see if I was looking!
3.I thought this was funny - We were in an open shopping mall and walking from one shop to another. there were these 3 guys in shorts walking in front of us.
Me: Why do guys wear shorts!?. They look sooo terrible in them. i mean look at their skinny legs and hairy too! Can't they at least shave them! I have never seen any guy look good in shorts! Why are they wearing them!??
Eswar: Because it is hot?
4.Some philosophy - I seem to like most all seasons except winter here, which may seem obvious, I mean why would anybody like this cold! But i also like the cloudy, rainy days and I was just wondering why? I realised that each of these seasons have some memories, smells, tastes, activities associated with them. I love spring and the flowers, I love summer and the fans, i love rainy days, a cup of hot coffee and a book. But no winter! why? maybe there are no memories associated with snow and this chill?
Monday, May 10, 2010
My first mother's day
Picture this if you can...I am in bed at say around 10.30. The boys have been up for a while. They both come up and I kind of open an eye and Eswar is teaching Krish to say mama and what say, Krish actually says it!!! So, that was my very very special first mother's day:)
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Krish waved bye..
Yeah, he did! I have been teaching him to wave bye to his 'teachers' when I pick him up in the evenings. And today morning when I dropped him and said bye (note, I did not wave, I just said bye), he waved!! Made my day!:)
While we are here, Krish and I went on a little adventure yesterday and that is all I am going to say about it. Eswar will shoot me if he knew.So, we will leave it at that:) After that we got into the car and went to Acme and what did our little man do, sitting on the cart? He was happily babbling and it wasn't even the normal babbling, it was quite a tongue twister. Can't do it even if I tried:)
While we are here, Krish and I went on a little adventure yesterday and that is all I am going to say about it. Eswar will shoot me if he knew.So, we will leave it at that:) After that we got into the car and went to Acme and what did our little man do, sitting on the cart? He was happily babbling and it wasn't even the normal babbling, it was quite a tongue twister. Can't do it even if I tried:)
Monday, May 3, 2010
First mundan?
Well, if we try reallly hard, maybe we can call it that. Thinking back, it was quite funny. Krish sat on his dad's lap in our patio and daddy cut his hair from the center thrice. After which we took him to hair cuttery and cut his hair. He was really good and did not fuss too much and did not cry at all! Of course it helped that he was sitting om mama's lap:) So, that was the grand mundan ceremony and af course lets not forget that this is not the 'final' one.
What to say, he now , I think looks like a boy:). I was tired of people saying 'She has lovely eyes!'. Well, I wish he din't!
This is Eswar's take on it-
E: You wanted a girl so much that he looks like a girl.
Me: Yeah, right! all of you prayed for a boy so much that he was born as a boy & looks like a girl.
Never mind:)
What to say, he now , I think looks like a boy:). I was tired of people saying 'She has lovely eyes!'. Well, I wish he din't!
This is Eswar's take on it-
E: You wanted a girl so much that he looks like a girl.
Me: Yeah, right! all of you prayed for a boy so much that he was born as a boy & looks like a girl.
Never mind:)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
I will attain nirvana the day I find answers to these questions...
Why am I judging my success or failure by somebody else’s success or failure?
Why do I like to wallow in self pity?
Why do I have to feel so deeply about everything?
Why cannot I just live in the moment?
Happiness is within me and I want to find it.
What is the meaning of life? Can I not find it by leading a simple life? Do I have to rough it out to find the meaning of life? Do I even have to find it?
The worst vice – Jealousy
Jealousy stems from not having self worth and self confidence.
Why do I like to wallow in self pity?
Why do I have to feel so deeply about everything?
Why cannot I just live in the moment?
Happiness is within me and I want to find it.
What is the meaning of life? Can I not find it by leading a simple life? Do I have to rough it out to find the meaning of life? Do I even have to find it?
The worst vice – Jealousy
Jealousy stems from not having self worth and self confidence.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Krish at 10 months
Krish is going to be 10 months tomorrow and can't believe that he has grown so fast. As it is I seem to have missed quite a lot of his milestones..Of course there are snaps and videos but somehow they don't say the story like words.
So, here we go - Lets finish the not so nice parts & move to the nice ones or better lets alternate:).
Dear Krish, you are a sweet baby and quite a charmer and this is not mummy talk, everybody who sees you and meets you says so. You have this very special characteristic of making everybody whom you are with feel very special and somehow they always end up feeling that you are that way only with them! I really don't know how you do it. Mummy and daddy are definitely not charmers. Wonder where you got that from..
The other side of the coin is that you are very clingy. Now, daddy is in NY during the week and it is just the two of us and you simply refuse to leave me out of your sight when you are awake. I am told that you are that way in school too.phew, I think we are done with the not so good part now:)
Returning to all nice things, you are smart and intelligent. You understand a lot of what we speak. I was surprised how when you were 8 months, one day sitting with you in the car after we came back home (remember it was a nice sunny day in the midst of winter), how I randomly said clap your hands and you did it!! That memory never fails to bring a smile to my face. You also understand kitchy & you very affectionately bestow it on everybody, though I have mostly noticed that you do it more with ladies. Well, i will forgive you, guys are hairy:). And whenever I say dada, you look towards the door, especially now, this being the first week without daddy. Your vocabulary includes in addition to all the noises 'dada', 'thatha', 'mama'.
Physically, you are small and never seem to put on all that chubby baby fat. But otherwise you seem to be doing good. You are crawling and now pull up and stand against everything!. You look sooo cute doing it:)
You love Miss. Margaret in your daycare and go jumping to her as soon as we go in the morning. A small part of me feels bad that you are so ready to get away from mama but but a big big part of me is very happy that you have adjusted so well. The only problem is because of all the noise you don't seem to be sleeping so well. sigh, we can't have everything. But I think you are making up for it at home. You mostly sleep throught the night & also take a evening nap as soon as we go home.
I still believe that you will grow up to be a quiet, intelligent, thinking boy.Baby , I am soo proud of you!
Lots of love, mama
So, here we go - Lets finish the not so nice parts & move to the nice ones or better lets alternate:).
Dear Krish, you are a sweet baby and quite a charmer and this is not mummy talk, everybody who sees you and meets you says so. You have this very special characteristic of making everybody whom you are with feel very special and somehow they always end up feeling that you are that way only with them! I really don't know how you do it. Mummy and daddy are definitely not charmers. Wonder where you got that from..
The other side of the coin is that you are very clingy. Now, daddy is in NY during the week and it is just the two of us and you simply refuse to leave me out of your sight when you are awake. I am told that you are that way in school too.phew, I think we are done with the not so good part now:)
Returning to all nice things, you are smart and intelligent. You understand a lot of what we speak. I was surprised how when you were 8 months, one day sitting with you in the car after we came back home (remember it was a nice sunny day in the midst of winter), how I randomly said clap your hands and you did it!! That memory never fails to bring a smile to my face. You also understand kitchy & you very affectionately bestow it on everybody, though I have mostly noticed that you do it more with ladies. Well, i will forgive you, guys are hairy:). And whenever I say dada, you look towards the door, especially now, this being the first week without daddy. Your vocabulary includes in addition to all the noises 'dada', 'thatha', 'mama'.
Physically, you are small and never seem to put on all that chubby baby fat. But otherwise you seem to be doing good. You are crawling and now pull up and stand against everything!. You look sooo cute doing it:)
You love Miss. Margaret in your daycare and go jumping to her as soon as we go in the morning. A small part of me feels bad that you are so ready to get away from mama but but a big big part of me is very happy that you have adjusted so well. The only problem is because of all the noise you don't seem to be sleeping so well. sigh, we can't have everything. But I think you are making up for it at home. You mostly sleep throught the night & also take a evening nap as soon as we go home.
I still believe that you will grow up to be a quiet, intelligent, thinking boy.Baby , I am soo proud of you!
Lots of love, mama
Monday, April 19, 2010
What does it make me...
When I sit & make timetables for my day like this???
Mornings
Wake up 7 a.m.
Evenings
Exercise When Krish sleeps
Cook Krish's dinner/lunch 6.30 p.m.
Dinner Krish 7.30 p.m.
Wash bottles Before dinner
Dinner me 8 p.m.
Bath Krish 8.30 p.m.
Put Krish to sleep 9.00 p.m.
Clean up
Bath me 9.30 p.m.
Pack lunch
And you don't even want to see my excel sheet for day to day spending, monthly spending and everything in between.
Mornings
Wake up 7 a.m.
Evenings
Exercise When Krish sleeps
Cook Krish's dinner/lunch 6.30 p.m.
Dinner Krish 7.30 p.m.
Wash bottles Before dinner
Dinner me 8 p.m.
Bath Krish 8.30 p.m.
Put Krish to sleep 9.00 p.m.
Clean up
Bath me 9.30 p.m.
Pack lunch
And you don't even want to see my excel sheet for day to day spending, monthly spending and everything in between.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
The 30's has arrrived!
A belated Happy birthday to me! the big event was actually on the 23rd of February, better late than never:)
The day itself was quite uneventful. It was very cold and mummy was here and she did not want to go out, so we just stayed at home. I had 2 rounds of cake cutting. One in the morning - my all time favourite carrot cake and the surprise chockalate cake in the evening. And for dinner, it was prawn Biryani..As I am writing this, its 12 and the very thought of that Biryani is making me more hungry:)
Well, how does it feel to be entering the thirties? feeling old? surprisingly, no. I think I am going to enjoy my thirties:). For one, all that giddy, most of the time thoughtless excitement of the first time twenties is over - the first job, the first marriage (and only:)), the first baby, the first move from home, coming abroad etc, etc..Now seems to be the time for a little quiter time (not leterally, common, with a baby?!) and for some seconds - definitely on the baby front:). I am now more aware of what I want from life, comfortable in my own skin so to say and I definitely know better than to simply go with the crowd.
So, from me to me, welcome to the thirties and I know you will rock!:)
Editing on 7th June!: I was reading through my archives(yeah, yeah, pretty jobless, actually not, have lots to do, but we know how we like doing TP ..) and realised that I had forgotten to mention one important event, I pierced my nose!! Yeah, this was to be the eventful reminder that i have stepped into my 30ies.
I actually love being 30. If I could freeze my age, i think it would be now!
The day itself was quite uneventful. It was very cold and mummy was here and she did not want to go out, so we just stayed at home. I had 2 rounds of cake cutting. One in the morning - my all time favourite carrot cake and the surprise chockalate cake in the evening. And for dinner, it was prawn Biryani..As I am writing this, its 12 and the very thought of that Biryani is making me more hungry:)
Well, how does it feel to be entering the thirties? feeling old? surprisingly, no. I think I am going to enjoy my thirties:). For one, all that giddy, most of the time thoughtless excitement of the first time twenties is over - the first job, the first marriage (and only:)), the first baby, the first move from home, coming abroad etc, etc..Now seems to be the time for a little quiter time (not leterally, common, with a baby?!) and for some seconds - definitely on the baby front:). I am now more aware of what I want from life, comfortable in my own skin so to say and I definitely know better than to simply go with the crowd.
So, from me to me, welcome to the thirties and I know you will rock!:)
Editing on 7th June!: I was reading through my archives(yeah, yeah, pretty jobless, actually not, have lots to do, but we know how we like doing TP ..) and realised that I had forgotten to mention one important event, I pierced my nose!! Yeah, this was to be the eventful reminder that i have stepped into my 30ies.
I actually love being 30. If I could freeze my age, i think it would be now!
Me, me and me!!
My manager sends a stinker about how all of us should be on time to meetings. There are 3 of us plus my manager and all 3 of us were late by '5, 10 and 18 minutes'. Now we all know who was keeping the time. The mail doesn't bother me simply because I am not the one who was 18 minutes late:)..
And now, the other 2 write sorry mails, so, I too have to write one and I am the last one to write, in which case it becomes obvious that I am saying sorry only because the other 2 said it and not because I really wanted to say it??? aggh!! whatever!!!
And now, the other 2 write sorry mails, so, I too have to write one and I am the last one to write, in which case it becomes obvious that I am saying sorry only because the other 2 said it and not because I really wanted to say it??? aggh!! whatever!!!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Valentine's day after a baby.....
Was actually the best I have had so far. When I look back, I think I had taken my time and 'freedom' for granted and now after Krish I am more aware of time passing & wanting to make the most of it.
Well, coming to my exciting Valentine's Day, we went to Broadway!!!For me, Broadway was always up on the list of 'Places to go' with Egypt and Venice. You get the picture?
I had been pestering Eswar for quite a while to take me and we had to do it before mummy goes back in end Feb.So, we finally made it. We went to Mama Mia. I love Abba and I absolutely loved the movie which I think I have watched a thousand times when I was on maternity leave.
More than the show, i think I had fun dressing up:). Went for a hair cut, my first after Krish. Bought boots (my first). I had initially thought of wearing a skirt. I had these strange ideas that one goes to watch plays in a formal attire. But then somehow the boots dint go very well with my skirt and then I decided to just wear jeans and good thing too, what with the temperature & wind in NY. I paired it with a nice lavender sweater top and a belt. The play was very gooood. Absolutely loved it! Pre-play, we went to lunch at Namking which was right next to the theater. We just had one hour before the play and wanted to hurry up with it.
And what can I say about the play. I will recommend everybody to go and watch it.It was a very funny atmosphere. Its more a 'chick play' and you could see clearly that all the guys had this very patient smile and when their lady loves weren't watching the look of what am I doing here! I am totally ashamed to admit but I caught Eswar sleeping one of the times!! But he insisted that he enjoyed the play and I left it at that. Anyways, I had fun and that's what counts, right? right!:)
After the play, walked down to Time square and were out in the street for a whole of thirty minutes before we started feeling guilty about leaving Krish back. New York, I love you!
Well, coming to my exciting Valentine's Day, we went to Broadway!!!For me, Broadway was always up on the list of 'Places to go' with Egypt and Venice. You get the picture?
I had been pestering Eswar for quite a while to take me and we had to do it before mummy goes back in end Feb.So, we finally made it. We went to Mama Mia. I love Abba and I absolutely loved the movie which I think I have watched a thousand times when I was on maternity leave.
More than the show, i think I had fun dressing up:). Went for a hair cut, my first after Krish. Bought boots (my first). I had initially thought of wearing a skirt. I had these strange ideas that one goes to watch plays in a formal attire. But then somehow the boots dint go very well with my skirt and then I decided to just wear jeans and good thing too, what with the temperature & wind in NY. I paired it with a nice lavender sweater top and a belt. The play was very gooood. Absolutely loved it! Pre-play, we went to lunch at Namking which was right next to the theater. We just had one hour before the play and wanted to hurry up with it.
And what can I say about the play. I will recommend everybody to go and watch it.It was a very funny atmosphere. Its more a 'chick play' and you could see clearly that all the guys had this very patient smile and when their lady loves weren't watching the look of what am I doing here! I am totally ashamed to admit but I caught Eswar sleeping one of the times!! But he insisted that he enjoyed the play and I left it at that. Anyways, I had fun and that's what counts, right? right!:)
After the play, walked down to Time square and were out in the street for a whole of thirty minutes before we started feeling guilty about leaving Krish back. New York, I love you!
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