Nostalgia

Its been a while since I put down my thoughts here! It was a wonderful Sunday. Meeting all my relatives at this engagement function I went along with my son and Hubby was a good feeling. Then in the afternoon spending time with my very dear Aunt and Uncle brought me all the sweet memories back from my initial days at Bangalore. When I joined for my job right after college I stayed with them. They helped me settle in Bangalore quickly and I never missed home. When my wedding was fixed, it was my Aunt and Uncle more than my parents who stood besides me in every step and been there every day to support me. When Adi was born we spent his initial days at their home....My Aunt had moist eyes today as I left back for Home! We both miss those good old days. She has been an inspiration in many ways and wish I spend more time with them!

Hello Santa

Dear Santa, It was fun meeting you. Felt like a kid at the candy store. The elve is happy to know Santa is a true friend. Lets golf and fish some time soon and meet the boss at the country club. Hope to meet you today at Duke's estate :)

Funny Mummy

Some of my favourite shows on TV are the makeover shows. And I love the before and after shots that they show. Be it 'Monster House' or 'What not to wear'...I love the dramatics and the transformations they show. I wished and hoped to have a make over of myself.

I was at the parlour this weekend and I saw a new recruit who was quite enthu in whatever she was doing. I asked her what will be a good hair cut for me and she suggested something and also said it costed a 175 bucks (oh my). I got adventurous and said ok. She did a really good job and I was impressed with the results. Another lady waiting for her turn got quite impressed with her work and started asking for a hair cut for herself. I was soooo happy with the change that I could see a bounce in my step when I getting back home.

I was waiting for father and son duo to get back home and like a kid at candy store eagerly answered the door bell. My son enters and he doesn't notice a thing. I was heartbroken ..but remained hopeful and asked him how was amma looking, he still dint see a thing and said I was fine. I was upset and asked him how he liked my hair. He then started laughing so lound I dint know what to make out and Mahesha enters home and joins him in his laughter. By then I was too angry and dint know to laugh or cry with them and demanded an explanation.

The reply ..."funny mummy looks very young". Now what should I make of such a comment?? To add insult to injury a longtime friend did not recognise me when I met her the next day. With broken heart and the parlour setting gone..I am back to being my old self...I asked aadi if he like me better this way or funny mummy....You can guess the answer.

Can you hear a heart breaking :(

Lost and Found

I have been away from Jasmine Summer for a long time now and the primary reason ... I got lost in an online game. All my online time went into Toontown...something we subscribed for aadi to play during summer. I am not a great gaming person but this one is cute and the learning experience is good for young and old.

And I had to do paisa vasool , so I explored all levels in the game. I have done almost 80% now and I guess another month and we an close the subscribtion.

I like the concept of the jolly toons life (you can clearly draw parallel with your day to day life) is invaded constantly by bad robot cogs. The bots are organised just like our work place. Sellbots (governed by a VP), cashbot (headed by CFO), lawbots (with a cheif justice) and finally the lazy bossbots headed by CEO enjoying time at the country club.

You can play for free with limited access, but, the fun is beating the bots in their headqtrs, which you cant do unless you subscibe. There is a lot written in the net and vidoes posted that you should look - just google.

What I like about this game,
1. Safe for my kid
2. Improved his vocab and social skills greatly
3. Tremendous exposure to corporate world - some of the lines uttered by the bots cant be understood by kids but you will enjoy.
4. Helps understand the need for team work - it also tells helps learn when to save others and when to not to :)
5. Bigger risks give bigger rewards and also bigger losses.

I can go on and on..but i think it is a good investment for one summer and let your 7+ year olds to play. Once subscribtion lets 6 toons to be created so kids and parents can take turns and play. I like this better then second life :).

I hope to see more of myself here, now that I am closing getting out of toontown !!!

A summer in Delhi and Agra

This summer has been fun and the Delhi - Agra trip was another memorable and fun trip.

The Train:

Aadi and me boarded the Sampark Kranthi Express on 13th May. I was sooooo much looking forward to the train trip....It was like a long 36 hour picnic. I had packed lot of fruits and others eatables. Remembered to pack aadi's ipod shuffle, monopoly board game and ofcourse took DVDs and our philips portable player. I had planned everything to the last detail. I had booked by 1st A/C and the train trip costed me 4K less than the available cheap flights and I used all the saving to book the Ginger hotel near N.Delhi railway station. I think I will give it a 5star rating for a budget hotel. This is my first time at Ginger, I was quite happy. If you are out all day and you need a clean and quite place for your evenings Ginger just fits right in your budget.

With no one joining our bay in the train, we had occupied the whole place and were quite relaxed. The next day we had a young couple joining in and they were quite a help when we reached Delhi. They helped with the porter bargain and to find the Taxi from H.Nizamudin to N.Delhi. Aadi and me an excellent bonding time in those 36 hours.

Rajdhani Delhi:

Day 1:

I have flown through Delhi several times, but, this is my first trip to the great city. I am impressed with the place. When we reached there on Friday, 15th Mahesha had already reached there and was busy with his work. Myself and aadi decided to go to Akshardham and took a Taxi. I was disapponited on 2 counts. No camera allowed and also the main temple was closed for renovation. But, the temple complex is huge and the architecture is wonderful. We roamed around the complex and I am impressed at how we Indians have understood how to turn god into a commericial venture. I decided to skip the most talked about exhibition for lack of time and commericalization. The place looks immpressive but I didnt feel divine.

Day 2:

The Delhi Tour

I got to run now...will be updating this later

Off to Delhi

Last 10 days been busy...and off to delhi tomorrow. Gearing up for hot hot delhi and hoping it turns out a good vacation.

Friends...who are they??

Its been roller coaster times for me since 3 months...Feeling lonely in a crowd and searching for friends. It makes me think have I been a good friend to anyone?