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My little venture

As I am travelling in a far away land
My little dream is shaping up in my home land
I am happy and sad all at a time
Happy the dream is up and fine
Sad it is, as suddenly it is no more mine
Its happening and I dont even know
Should I worry 'n cry or smile 'n laugh...
Tell me my dear friend !!

The Amazing Niagara...

This is one trip I would remember for several reasons, the foremost ofcourse is the beautful and amazing Niagara...I dint know that Niagara was a falls on a strait between two lakes. I always thought lakes were one big pool of water and never imagined that two lakes can be connected through one of the biggest falls in the world .

aadi enjoyed the trip most...And I fell sick after my retun, guess the water dint suit me ;). So, had to delay my post.

The trip was quite eventful. When we left from Atlanta, delta had overbooked seats so we were on seat request. I dont understand this funda. We were on tenterhooks till the last moment and finally a old couple were ready to take the delta offer and dint board and we got onto to the plane.

Then at Buffalo we missed our motel sign and had to roam around for almost an hour to find it. With all these misadventures we decided to make most on day1 and be as early as possible on day2 at the airport...we dint want to miss our flight back, with my sis alone in atlanta and the Tornado warnings, meant we need to reach home as soon as possible. But, this meant 6 hrs of waiting at the airport. Just before we were to get onto our flight, there was an announcement about security breach and we had to go thru the security check all over again and thus delaying our flight.

Well all this hardship does fade away when I think of the magnificient Niagara. I could have planned better by taking Canadian Visa. The view is great when you face the falls than when you are behind the falls (obviously). I liked the view when we were on the maid of the mist ride, I can imagine how Canada gets to make more money by selling the beauty that is on American side..so ironical.


On the whole it is worthful to visit Niagara. With limited budget I cudn't make to NY city. Hoping there is another day, another trip. Looking forward to Orlando trip, next week.

Home Sick...

I am not sure why I am feeling this way..Guess I am home sick.....I miss my house... miss Mahesha..and my freedom to step out of the house in my own terms...

Great weekend...

We had a wonderful weekend ... I had been to world of coke and Ruby falls before. But, the experience is really different when I went to these places with aadi. The world of coke had been completely redone since I went and the 4-D show was great. Aadi was scared and happy to be there. Though he doesn't like coke, it was nice to go there and see stuff. I couldnt get the teddy with coke, I wanted to but for Nisha :(

The evening B'day party was also good. Meeting more Indians is a nice thing.

The Atlanta aquarium is very good. I always wanted to see a penguin for real and was happy to see them. Aadi loved them and was happy to see the Jelly fish and all other sea animals he learnt last year at school. Wish we had something so impressive in B'lore. Raj bava was amused by the words vade mudhe ... aadi said after the 4-D show the aquarium.

Ruby falls trip was very interesting for aadi. Going down a cave is something I wanted him to experience. He was a bit scared to see the complete darkness down under, just then the lights were switched on and the falls was impressive, though incomparable to what we plan to see this weekend, the Niagara, ofcourse...

Fun at Home...

Ok, my highly adaptable son is having MAX fun at home. He has played umpteen India Vs Australia matches and obviously India has won. And of late US has started playing cricket too. Guess it is IPL style, so it is Bangalore Vs NY. And again it is Blr that always wins. Curiously, when Blr is batting it scores so many 6s. But, when it is NY they get duck out :).

Damages till date, One screen rod is down. Not sure what the expense will be to get it fixed.

The next thing he loves is to collect mail from the mail box and stand in the sun.

The third thing is he has a fixed TV time. From 1 to 3 pm. There are some lovely educative programs on PBS kids. He likes word power, in between lions, super readers. All teach spelling, and it is right for his age. I like the US gov program "No child left behind". So he has his routine set.

The other thing we did yesterday was to visit the play area and the pool. He cant get into the pool yet as the weather is cold. But the play area was decent. Wish it has sand instead of those wooden pieces. I don't understand the Kunjoosi-ness of these US builders.

Finally, highlight of yesterday was, I drove the car at close to 0 Km/hr, from the play area to our house. Man, I would love to drive. Thatz one thing I love, but too timid to do...

Week 1

I am still settling and aadi has been cool. No jet lag. He is not WOWed by US of A. Guess two reasons. One, everything is new experience for him, being a six year old. He does recognise a few diffrences, but not wowed yet at anything. Second, bangalore has most of the wow factors already. Unlike 10 years back today Bangalore can fit into any of the US cities easily, except for the roads. Aadi is not happy with the weather and so am I. Hate such cold weather.

Made hot idlis today...felt at home. Except I was in no mood for chutney so substituted with ketchup. Aadi is such a sweet kid. He is so easy to manage. Does not bother me. Except the wooden floor, which makes his running around a nightmare.

Houses in US are strange. I dont understand the reason for wooden houses. I think, brick and mortor can hold the tornados and winter weather better than these houses. I want to venture towards the play area today, else aadi will be bored. I dont want such a high spend vacation without any fun. Week end plan, go to Ruby falls, stone mountain park, aquarium and downtown. Hope the weather cooperates.

I have to get my digital cam stuff to download. Hope will get some good shots.