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Friday, December 5, 2008

MM's turn


Now it is MM's turn to reduce his weight. Poor MM. He is trying every way. But, as the "Cooking Queen" is at home, nothing works out ;-) (No one is giving any award for me, let me give myself >;-)..) He changed from

Attractive cereals to Traditional oatmeal
Whole milk to 2% milk
Coffee to Black tea
Melons to Apples
Starbucks coffee ice cream to Carrot juice
Oil to Cooking spray in Dosais

All the above helps, but not to the desired amount. Still he could not stop eating

Crunchy snacks
In between snacks
Sweet
and he rarely walks or do exercises.

He is a man who lives to eat. But this attitude is dangerous for his age. He realized it and taking some steps. What i could do for him is to reduce the sugar, oil and other fatty items from his diet. Will update on his progress. But i am very sure, he will do it soon. ;-)

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Boy???

I was in India and was Pregnant then. I already have a boy baby.. I got the labor pain and was taken to hospital. I went through a cross section and got the baby. Hmm.. This time too, it is a boy. I started to cry. Everyone thinks that i am crazy. MM arranged a grand treat for everyone in the family. I dint even touch the baby. How mean i am.
Thank god... It happened in my dream.

Obviously i want to have a baby girl. but if god's gift is a boy, i will never reject or feel sad for it..

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Lots of trips....

After coming back from India, we planned lots and lots of trips. We went to Rhode Island, Newport, Martha's Vineyard, Canada(We covered Montreal, Toronto and the Canadian side of Niagara,) , Adirondack park , Newyork(In and around the city) and Nashville Tennessee(MM's cousin brother is there. Went to the The great Smoky mountain, Chatanooga falls). The trips were great. Due to some or other reason, i could not sit and write. All our weekends were busy with some work. Hmmm, now as we are hibernating at home, i should start writing...

We didn't even pay our cc bills for our trips ;-) , the next trip to India is on its way.. Now it is my sister's marriage. She is getting married during March 2009. So me and mm will be traveling to India during January 09 and MM during February 09 (Poor MM). Hmm, MM says that i am floating all the day, dreaming about my India trip. Obviously I am.. Its my sister's marriage. And we were waiting for this occasion for a looong time. 53 more days for my trip to India.. Hurray....

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

No. of glasses = 10


No. 1
It was before our marriage. Me and MM were returning from Thiruvanmiyur in his bike. We fell down and MM broke his first glass.

No. 2
Me, MM and My sister were riding triples in his bike and again we fell down and MM broke his second glass.

No. 3
MM went to Germany, leaving me in India. There he accidentally misplaced and chipped his third glass.

No. 4
I was Pregnant then. Me and MM went to Beach. Suddenly we started to fight and MM left his glass in the beach sand and forgot. Thus he lost his fourth glass.

No. 5
My god, that glass was awful. It was a thatha glass, MM selected it saying that it gives a nerdy look. whack, i hated it. When it broke, i felt happy. It was broken again in a bike fall.

No. 6
It was a decent looking glass. My sis-in-law selected it. It was lost, till date, we don't know where MM kept/lost it.

No. 7
It was a ditto copy of No. 6. MM used to keep his glasses in his car seat. And once he sat on it and finished its life.

No. 8
It was a nice glass. I selected it. Once MM kept that glass in a locker along with his wallet without locking it. Wallet/glass both got stolen. I don't know, what people will do with a power glass...

No.9
It was a costly, cute, lightweight glass. MM kept that glass in the car closet. Once me and MM were cleaning the trunk and mm was in the car. He was playing with all the things there. When we returned we saw the pieces of the glass.

No.10
It was a cooler. It was irritating to drive while it is very sunny. so we bought a cooler/power glass especially for driving. MM was telling that it was very convenient for him to drive with it. Two days before, we went to Brooklyn Bridge and there one of the lens fell into the water.

Hmmm.....
We were married for 5 years. And i am counting one thing along with the yrs ie the no. of glasses, he he he..
I came to some conclusion/rules after all this glasses...
1. No more Bike rides hereafter.
2. Only plastic lens hereafter.
3. fine 1000$ for any glass he break/loose hereafter.

Important:- No glass will be provided till the fine is paid. And fine should be handed to the lady-in-charge in cash ;-)

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Toothache continues...

Yesterday i was talking with MM about my toothache. He was saying that i am complaining too much about the dentist who treated me. To be frank, i dint wanted to go to him. I went to him, 2 years before and i know, how he talks nicely while milking. I had no other chance to check my tooth. And also he did a bad service letting me nag like this. May be, it is very common for dentists to do such mistakes and not a big deal or the fault is with my teeth or i was highly opinionated(before treatment itself). Whatever be the reason, i feel really terrible.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Racquetball


To try/play squash is my longtime pending work.
I went to ymca last week and asked for a squash racket and they said that they only have racket for playing racquetball. No big difference. and got the racket and went to the court.
It was fun playing racquetball. No one was there. Being a beginner, no rules followed, no one to embarrass. Hipee just me, bat and the ball.
Yesterday, i took MM with me to play the game. The game was better with a partner. MM too liked it. Actually the way we play the game improves daily(as we play). Even now, i don't know any of the rules, still it is an exciting game. But poor mm, i had to leave him with the babysitter while we play. Next year, i could take him with me. He too would love to play(Actually any game).

Monday, September 8, 2008

Tooth ache

It is a common practice for people to do their tooth repair in India before coming to US. MM mounted a fake teeth and i did 5 fillings. Actually, all my tooth were fine before doing those fillings. The Dentist we consulted suggested(actually compelled) to do the filling, as it may create some problem in the future. I had my fillings done, the day before we started to US.
Two fillings fell the same day and i went to them again the next day. They convinced me that the filling dint fall at all. I told them, that i could see the carved portion. With loss of interest they filled it. Then i told them, that i am feeling sensitiveness in few more tooth too. They told, that it is normal for a filled teeth and they will be fine in a few days. Oooffff. Till date, they are sensitive and irritating me.. One full filling came out from another teeth last week when i was having my oatmeal.. Ooofff.
I fixed appointment with a dentist here and he told that i have developed lots of cavity inside the already filled area. Hmm.. God's grace i am covered by insurance here. Anyway, don't go to "RAMS Dental clinic" Kottivakkam ECR for your Dental problems. They will show lots of pics, video with an excellant talk & will nicely give a beautiful bill with a dirty service..

P.S. MM's mounted teeth is fine, but his filled tooth are sensitive..

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Pleasant Day!!!


Today we went to Calf pasture beach again for fishing. This time we had company and even luck ;-). Two of MM's colleague were with us. When we went there it was almost noon.
There was a deck for fishing. It was a wooden deck and as it was unsafe for mm to play there, i took him to the nearby play area. In which, mm was interested in a slide. He was playing in the slide, while one of the girl (who was playing there) taught him how to hang in the top of the slide. thats it, mm started to hang holding a rod which was there for a grip. My heart skipped its beat for a while. It was some 8 feet tall slide. I took mm and moved away from the slide.
Then i took him to the nearby garden and we were catching butterfly. Again mm started his naughtiness. he picked some stones from the sand and started to throw them on the people walking nearby. Its again our time to move away from that place too.
Then i met a lady(Afro American) who used to talk with me in library and mm started to play with her kid, while i was talking with her. That boy was holding a ball and some more toys. mm started to snatch away his toys and ball. Hmm again we moved away from that place too..
We both went to the shore where they had laid some stone to walk. As we were walking over the rock, singing rhymes, mm tried to jump in the water. Again we moved. But this time, i went to his father. He was having a great time fishing and chatting with his colleagues..
Hmm, 3 hrs paused & I was really tired running behind mm in that hot summer day.
Then we both went into the beach water and was playing there. As mm started to go deep into the water, I dragged him out. Some 1 hr went like that.
Then, it happened. MM caught two fishes one after another.. One was a Flat fish and the other was a blue fish..
It was exciting to see the fishes. MM's colleague wanted the fish for dinner. Otherwise, i would have dropped it back into the water. (we dont eat seafood;-)) I never thought about fishing before. When MM asked me to come with him for fishing, i was not much interested.. But when we caught two fishes, somehow the sport interested me.. Fishing will be in our list of activities for the days to come ;-)... I will have enough energy for fishing and hope God grant me the energy to run behind mm...
I made some boiled corn and sundal for snacks. We nicely ate our snack. We were there for a while and started home. It was a fulfilling day, teaching mm not to hang in the slide, not to throw stones, not to snatch things from other kids and not to leave my hand and jump while walking and in water.. Hmm.. Being a mother is really a great JOB...

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Chocolate chip muffins

All purpose flour - 1 cup
butter - 1/2 cup
sugar -2/3 cup
choco chips - 1/2 cup
egg - 1
vanilla essence - 1 teaspoon
Baking powder - 2 teaspoons
Milk - 1/2 cup

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Add sugar to Softened butter and beat the egg into it. Mix thoroughly. Now add the vanilla essence. Pour just half of the milk along with baking powder. Now little by little add the flour and mix it or we can use a blender. now add the remaining milk to the mixture. Now drop the choco chips into the batter. Pour the batter just up to half of the cup in the muffin pan. Bake them for 30 minutes in the preheated oven.

With/without icing, it looks/tastes great. I thought that this muffin will be mm's favorite instead, it became MM's favorite. Now i have to search for the fat free version...

p.s. :- Will upload the snap later, as it was finished, before i could take one...

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Exploring..


After 15months, we had relatives at our home, last 2 weeks. So could not find time to blog.

We visited Brookyln bridge, Statue of liberty, Ellis island, Timesquare, Empire State building, Madame Tussauds, Sheffield island and to American clock and watch museum. Pretty long list isn't it? Except Sheffield island and museum, the rest we finished in 2 days. MM planned everything excellently and we had a very nice time n enjoyed alot.

We even went to Calf pasture beach for fishing. But we were not lucky, as there were low tides, not much water in the beach for fishing. Poor MM was upset. but he used the opportunity to learn the usage of fishing rod from a Jamaican..

Lots and lots of new happenings in my life. Thank god, I got a chance to see & enjoy all these things...

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Rasa leela..



My dear friend J has given birth to a baby girl. Congrats J. Even my other dear friends, SH and SS have girl babies. I think my tiny superman is going to have a great time with them, when he grows up.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Tooo Personal !!!!

Today i got up early, credits goes to mm. I was irritated, annoyed or what not.( for the past few days, this has become his habit to wake me up early in the morning. I mean 4 or 5 o clock in the morning. Gave mm some milk. Finished my morning chores. MM was fast asleep. I dint want to disturb him. I switched on the TV for mm. As we had, story time in the library I went to take bath. I was brushing my teeth, and someone opened the door suddenly and said "BAAAAH". I was scared to death... It was none other than my hubby Mr.MM... I went out of my sense and was totally mad. I slapped him across the face and told him, "How many times i told you, not to scare me"... OOOppps.. Poor MM, his face went dark...

MM scare me everyday, in spite of my mood, environment, even when I was pregnant. Sometimes, I give him 'time outs' as punishment and some other times I used to yell at him and sometimes I used to laugh.. Today reflex took over and I slapped him..

Hmm.. I like him playing with me but I am very sensitive and i could not take this kind of shocks. Poor MM, it would have hurted him, both physically and mentally...

I love you my dear..... I did not mean to hurt you, somehow it came out of me involuntarily.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Celtic knot..

mm is 20 months old.
I am really happy being a mother.
I enjoy every minute being a mother.
I prefer changing diaper than coding.
If i were before 3 or 4 generation before i would have given birth to lots and lots of kids. Thank god!!!
Why all this creamy thoughts?? I really mean them..

Today i was really tired, my hip ached a lot. MM had to assemble some ipod adaptor in the car. So he went out. me and mm was left alone. mm wanted to play, as i was not feeling well, i played some cartoon in the tv and was sitting with him. My condition worsened (then how r u blogging?? will explain that) and i lay on mm's lap. Yes, i lay on my son's lap. He looked at me and patted my face and started to watch the cartoon. Wow the whole experience was amazing.

மக்கள்à®®ெய் தீண்டல் உடற்கின்பம்; மற்றவர்
சொà®±்கேட்டல் இன்பம் செவிக்கு.

This is a kural by thiruvalluvar. which means, 'touch of our kids delights our body and their speech delights our ears'. It is a fact. I got relieved from my aches slowly.. I feel better or ever i am fine now after being in my son's small lap for a little while..

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Things in my handbag

Once upon a time, sakthi tagged me to do post on 'things in my handbag'. To be honest, i forgot about it. Yesterday i was going thru my blog and i saw her comment... So here i am listing them.

Before mm's birth i used to have very very small handbags. As any young women, i used to carry minimal stuffs.
1. Lipstick
2. Lip guard
3. Hand cream
4. Tissues
5. Some cash
6. Debit and credit cards

weightless life, it was....

Everything changed after mm's birth. Now a days i use a big handbag which contains lots and lots of stuffs. As any mother, i too carry
1. Diaper
2. Wet tissues
3. Dry tissues
4. Moisturizer
5. Snacks
6. Bib
7. Some cash
8. Dress for mm( in case, he spills something)
9. Some cover to hold the spilt food, soiled diaper etc..
10. Now-a-days i carry a toy too..

I wish, mm is potty trained soon and i can reduce some of the stuff from my handbag. hi hi

Monday, July 21, 2008

Butter cookies

Now-a-days mm is not at all eating. He just munches some or other thing. One of his favorites is butter cookies. Very easy for me to do and can be stored for many days. Here is the recipe for this cookie.

Butter - 1/3 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
egg - 1
All purpose flour - 2 cup
vanilla extract - 1 tspoon
Baking powder - 2 tspoon
salt - 2 pinches

Beat the butter and add sugar to it. Mix thoroughly. Now add baking powder and salt and beat continuously. Then add egg and vanilla extract and beat well. Now add the all purpose flour and knead well. Cover tightly with a plastic wrap and refrigerate. After 2 hrs take them, roll and cut into desired shapes.. Bake them in a preheated oven(375°F) for 10 minutes or till they become light brown in color. Cool them. Now we can decorate them with icing.

It is not soo healthy but i use this cookie to teach shapes to mm. Serves some purpose... hi hi.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Gabha, Gabha Nostalgy

Why dont she care?
Why dont she understand?
Is this the time to question?

Stop it and leave us
I dont want any explanation
I dont want any reasons too

We need freedom,
freedom to eat
I am starving.

This is what we were thinking when we sit in our algorithm class before the lunch hour..

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Parking lot problem!


We went to that parking lot. There was no space to park our car. We saw a space but it was not meant for parking. We had only a small work to do in that shop. So we nicely parked our car in that spot. We would have walked only a few steps, we saw a cop coming. So we hurried to our car and tried to start the car. He stopped us and told that we should not have parked there and added that he wants to search the car. he asked us to come out of the car and started to search. We had two cans of fuel, which is used to ignite coal. He saw them and told us that we are not suppose to carry them in the car and added that he is going to give us a ticket for parking the car there and may arrest us for carrying harmful objects.. We were really scared and asked him to excuse us. He was silent for a while and continued. He said, "you have two options, You can take the can of fuel in your hand and run around this parking lot for 10 times or else you can pay 345 dollar for the ticket and being arrested"... Obviously we started to run..
Can you believe this??? Even i could not believe this...
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Yeah true, it happened in my dream!!!....

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Hurray!!!

Intel core 2 Duo processor
320 GB Hard disk
Acer LCD 22" Monitor
2 GB RAM
SuperMulti (Lightscribe) DVD burner
56k Modem
Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps ethernet controller
8 speaker configurable, high definition audio
HP wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse
TV and FM tuner
With Windows Vista Home Premium as OS and lot more..

At last we bought a computer.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

My Bambi


mm has changed a lot. I don't know how to explain. But he now-a-days behaves like a boy or toddler. i don't know whether i am putting it correctly.
As a mother, i am delighted and enjoying his activities and listed some of it here too..

1. He knows what he want and how to get it.
2. He want to check the mail box daily.
3. He likes to travel, want to go out and does not want to come back till he feels like sleeping.
4. When someone knocks, he want to open the door.
5. He understands every word, i/we talk (Those days are over, when we talked all secrets in front of the him).
6. He likes his dad's laptop and wants to type very fast.
7. He likes to wear his shoes/dress.
8. He wants to drive his dad's car, very passionate about it.
9. He knows to talk in phone.
10. He uses remote to switch on tv, but watches tv only if there is any good music in it.
11. He is very possessive about his mom.
12. He likes to dance.
13. Though he knows to say 'Amma', he still calls his mom as 'atai'
14. He likes to read books, (like to see the book, when i read)
15. He cleans the house. (Let it be a bit of paper or an important letter , he will throw it in the trash can, if it is in the floor)
16.He likes when his dad plays with rc toys but he is afraid of it.
17. He jumps in bed, after i clean the bed spread
18. He still sleeps on me.
!9. He hums rhymes all the time.
20. He often likes to explore fridge.
21. He knows colors and shapes, he even sorts them accordingly.
22. He talks 7 to 10 words daily.
23. He still drinks milk in his bottle and in his mom's lap. Likes tea, especially when his mom is drinking it.
24. He is not yet potty trained.
25. Always playing with his mom and his mom is relishing every bit of her time with him .

Though these activities are done by all kids, my mm being special to me, i cant stop admiring him..

people back home, told me that kids will annoy them by asking lots of question.. But i am waiting for the day, when he will start asking me questions. Lets see how it goes ;-)

Friday, June 27, 2008

Without laptop

Ah, days are too long... Without my laptop.
Have lots of things to share/learn, but when i have access to computer, i have other important things to do(like sleeping). So could not post. Lets see when we are going to buy a computer.. Hope that day comes soon.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

My birthday party..

We started to India on my birthday. As we had to pack the telephone and laptop, i missed every call my relatives and friends made to wish me. Thanks everyone for wishing and blessing me... I was really happy to have you all with me(though not in person, i have you all in my heart)..

As I had lots of work, I dint bother about my birthday. The previous evening MM asked me to come with him to our Friend N's home. He told he wanted to give his GPS to N, so that he can use it while we were in India.. At first, I dint feel like going, as I had work. As MM told, that it will take just a few minutes, i started. I wore an ugly top and loose dull pant as i dint feel like going. I looked awful, as i was tired.

When we went there, we started to discuss about our trip to India.. I forgot all my work and started to chat with our friends and two more friends too came and accompanied us. Suddenly I heard N's wife R screaming and i ran into kitchen. She was holding a cake with lots of candle in it and her hair got burned due to those candles... OOOpps... She should have lost a bunch of hair and the poor girl is/was pregnant too. I felt very bad. N cleaned that place and the cake was all ready for me. I dint feel like cutting the cake.. Scream of R kept echoing in my mind.
Cake was served with ice cream. R served me sweet. Sweet was prepared by my another friend A. MM gave me a pearl necklace, Chocolate and a card. I was happy but the unexpected accident got into my mind again and again.


This is the pearl necklace which my MM gave me..

When i came out from N's house, i was scolding MM for planing such a surprise, amidst such a hurry.. At least he could have asked me to wear nice clothes... Anyway its my mistake. MM is a person who always give surprises. I still remember his visits/surprises on valentines day, birthdays etc before/after marriage.. It means, lots of blogs to come to describe everything, hi hi hi...

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Me and MyLove


Our relationship..

How does it started?
I still remember the day, when my uncle brought me the snap of MM. I was shocked and i started to fight with my parents. I was doing my 2yr in college and my parents wanted me to be married. I dint eat for 3 days, i dint talk with anyone, nothing worked. No one was there to support me. The day arrived and i refused to wear good dress or jewels and i dint prepare myself for "penn parkum padalam". But when all the elders arrived and MM was there to see me, i was forced to wear things and was prepared for a show. There was a huge crowd at home, so i was not able to see him. People asked me to see him. I was irritated, depressed, pressured and what not.. In spite of everything, when i saw him for the first time(i dint see the snap), i thought "Oh this is my husband" and i started to love him from that second and still loving... marriage was fixed by our parents exactly 11 months after that day. and we utilized those day to love/know each other.

How is it going?
Its fab, Pleasing and Peaceful... God's grace.. As everyone, we too face ups and downs, i show face, he shows face, i fight with him, he fights with me, i irritate him and he irritates me etc etc etc.(note the point i do everything first) But once the fight is over, comes the interesting part, i play with him and he plays with me, i love him and he loves me again(note, here too i do everything first). hi hi. All in the walks of life.

How will it go?
Check this MAYS. Replace those 'I's with 'We' s.

Me and MyLove celebrated our 5th anniversary today. How nice it feels, when we look back at these days spent together, sharing, fighting, playing, shouting, crying, laughing... Heavenly..
Got a small boy, loving hubby and a very pleasant life(touch wood) what else do i want?

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Asparagus salad


When i was in Germany, one of my good friend S taught me a recipe for cooking asparagus. Whenever i try any other recipe with spargal(German name for asparagus, hurray i remember), it is not as good as this..
All three of us like Asparagus very much, especially the greens and i bought it yesterday. So i thought i should do a post on it.
Here is the recipe
Asparagus - a bunch
salt - a pinch
sugar - a pinch
butter - 1 table spoon
cheese - a little bit

Wash asparagus, trim the end and peel just some skin from it. If the asparagus is white, peel the skin fully, leaving the bud. Boil it in water along with a teaspoon of butter, sugar, salt and cheese. It would be done in 10 mins. Strain the water. Serve with melted butter, salt and pepper. So simple but very tasty..

This salad can also be baked with lime juice and olive oil and cheese, till the cheese melts.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

A new way to check the growth of plants?


This happened when i was doing my schooling...
We lived in a rented house. It was a small house and was surrounded by a small area. As it was newly built, the soil was covered by cement, stone and other building material. When we first went there, my mom, me and my sister dint like the place, as we hardly find any greens there. So we three worked very hard and cleared all building materials and manured the soil and planted lots of small flowering plants. Within 2 months, the place became very beautiful and cool, due to plants. Our house owner appreciated our work. He was very happy, as he too could see some greens and colors around.

After few weeks, we started noticing that a few of our plants were missing daily. One day we caught the thief too. It was the house owner's grandson. He was 5 or 6 yrs old by then. One day, we saw him, plucking the plant and running. Another day when we asked him, he replied, he too wants to grow plants. So we gave him some plants to grow. 2 weeks went and the plant died. We gave some more plants and within a week, it died too. We asked him to water the plant properly and place it in a sunny place, gave him the plants again. It was placed in a sunny, airy place and watered properly. We started to notice the plants and him. The next day we saw that. He was examining the roots of the plant. He shook the plant and took off all the soil from the root and poured some water in the root and then he planted it again. When we caught him, he told, "roots valaruthannu parkurein?" The silly boy was plucking the whole plant from the sand daily and examining the roots, to know its growth. ha ha ha.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Always will be with you..


Hey, i am your shell
Will cover you, my pearl..

Hey, i am your lids
Will save you, my eye..

Hey, i am your road
Will lead you, my dear..

-- Will be with you, in every step..



The above is the literal translation of my tamil poem, which i wrote long ago..

Tamil version written in english:

Naan vundhan sippi,
Muthey vunnai mudiduven.

Naan vundhan emai,
Kanney vunnai kathiduven.

Naan vundhan pathai,
Nalvazhiyil nadathiduven..

-- Enrum vunnudan

Friday, June 6, 2008

En kutty kurunji


This happened long ago..
I was feeding mm and he started to say something. I could not understand anything. He said ki ki ki ki. I was thinking, what does this ki ki means. suddenly i saw the birds in the window. Oh man, my son wanted to introduce his new spring friends to me.

This happens daily..
mm got a bad appetite. He eats just 2 spoon of anything. Whatever we give, he will eat 2 spoons and will start to play with the food. Usually he spill the food, all over his dinning chair and that day, he tried to reach to my face. I thought he is going to throw the food on my face. Instead my dear chellam, tried to feed me. Heavenly, like valluvar said..

This happened in India..
For the first few days, mm used to be fine with everyone. When we go for shopping, he even stays with people(when they play and entertain him). Suddenly, he changed and started to cry when we me/MM leave. he was not scared and even likes them all still he wanted me/MM to be with him. He plays all the day with everyone, in between he will come and have a soft snuggle with us.

This happened when we came back from India..
I was playing with him and he pointed to T.V remote. He switched on the T.V and started to watch it. Sometimes he even demands me to switch on. He used to watch T.V, but he will never demand us to switch it on. In India, T.V will be 'on' even there is no one to watch. I hope he forgets this habit.

This happened when mm behaved as a Daddy boy..
I was playing with mm/ watching a show in T.V. my concentration was 50/50. mm was saying something.(Really i dont understand his mazhazhai) i heard it partially and i went deeply into the show. Suddenly he got on me and pinched me strongly. As is the father, so is the son.. (it means mm likes me to concentrate on him and not that MM pinches me)

my tiny superman has become a big boy, i mean toddler. he knows a lot and understands when we talk. My future blogs will contain all his chettais and kurumbhus and vishamams...

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Bye to India, Hi to US..




Though i am back 5 days before, could not come back to my usual life..
Left our laptop in chennai and without land line connection, i am totally cut off from the world.
mm is not feeling well. First he misses all his audience, who claps, enjoys and laughs even for his silly activities. He is feeling lonely, he is getting bored. he is tired due to jet lag. He is having stomach upset and running nose along with cough..
After 4 weeks of toiling('work at home'), MM is having a nice time at office.
Will explain everything, once i am free ie when mm is fine and i get a computer.
Lots of interesting/funny things to write. I hope, i get the computer/free time before i forget any of them.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Hurray, I am in India..

We had a pleasant journey and we reached India safely on 27th morning. In spite of the few difficult moments, mm was really cooperative all through the journey.

We wanted to give a surprise to everyone here. Instead, we had a shock when we saw our locked home and also our surprise was partially broken by MM's cousin brother.. We left our luggage at our relatives house(MM's cousin). First, we went to my mom's place. Then we went to my another aunt's place in search of my in-laws..They had a pooja at a temple. So everyone in our family were there. So we had an oppurtunity to see everyone. Everyone were happy to see us before the expected date. My mom, dad, MIL, FIL,..... were really happy to have us with them.

To say about MM and mm, MM is/was struggling between 'work at home' and 'SILs marriage' and is/was deprived of time... mm is/was having a great time, but is/was having slight cold and stomach upset like his mother.

Next comes, the theme of our vacation. My SIL's marriage(will write abt it later). Shopping, shopping, shopping, busy doing shopping for the marriage. I dint even find time to update my blog or call my friends and family members. . But today i am free as the mission of our vacation was accomplished yesterday...

Now time for me to blah, how i am enjoying India..

Pleasant but little Tiring
Cool but Very hot
Ganged but exposed

cost of living, population, pollution, vehicle population has shot up beyond my wild imagination..I feel, at this rate 8% economic growth is not enough.

I have lots of things to write but i lack time. Though marriage is over, we have other responsibilities here.

Will again pen things once i find time..

Thursday, April 24, 2008

India, after a long time

Finally, the day has come.
After one long year, we are going to India. We are leaving to India on 25, ie tomorrow. We dint tell our folks there, as we want to give everyone a surprise visit. My mom and dad, atai and mama, sis, brother and sis-in-law are going to be excited when they see us there before one week. Ha ha ha. It would be fun to see their face. In case, if you happened to meet any of them, don't leak out..

We will be in India for 5 weeks. Out of 5 weeks, MM has taken 1 week holiday(during my sis-in-law's marriage) and 4 weeks "work at home" so that we may not loose any salary. During weekends we have planned to visit our people. We dream to get such "work at home" all the time, so that we can be with our loved ones forever. But MM's company needs our presence here in this country. May be for a while, we can enjoy such comforts.

mm was 5 months, when we came here. Now he is 17 months old. My parents and in-laws are eagerly waiting to see all the changes undergone by their only grandson.. I still could remember my mom and atai shedding tears for mm when we started. What to do, "we have to give up something, in order to get something"..

Catch u all from India and bye bye for now..

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Everything happens for a reason..

It was a sunny day and I was walking with mm in his stroller, the place was near library(US). I saw a church. Suddenly i felt like geting in. So i went inside. I was praying there and the church father came near me. He should be an Indian. He started to talk with me in Tamil. He was asking, what I am doing at home all the day and asked me to come to Church daily. I was telling him that i have a kid and i don't find time. He said, that there are lots of churches nearby and started suggesting me that i can find time during AFTERNOON and asked me to visit churches. I said, Ok. i asked him to take a picture of us in the church and he helped us out. When i came out, i was in a beautiful beach with lots of trees and plants with blooms. I felt heavenly.

Hmm..,AFTERNOON naps leads to such kind of dreams ;-)

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Oldies are Goldies


I feel like going back to my singles life. How blissful my life was. Like a free bird, i used to roam around, playing, reading, laughing. No one to control me, independent and i was flying like a carefree butterfly without any responsibility. Wow wonderful days those are...

I used to get up by 8 am. have food, catch the bus, college, minimal studies and lots of aratai, snacks at road side shops, group study at friend's house, late to home, eating, T.V, sleeping, again the routine.... ha ha ha, fantastic moments of my life.. If my in-laws had known this, they wont have chosen me..

I love both MM and mm, they both are my life and my everything.. I am fully taken care, supported by MM and enjoying innocent and pure love by mm. What else do i want? Most of the time, i enjoy being like this. but a few times, i miss my old days(very old days)...

Sunday, April 20, 2008

14 lb

Hurray, I did it..
I lost 14 lb(6 kg) in 4 months.. People told me that i can loose 1 lb per week. But when i started to do dieting and exercise, i was very tired and frustrated. But if i don't control my weight now, then the next baby will add another 20 lb to me, ending me into a nice fat old aunt.. Not only that, a slim/moderate figure gives a healthy life and lots of confidence and boldness.

Whenever i do some tasty dish, i felt miserable and used to think, "Is this diet really necessary?", "Who is going to appoint me as a model", silly me. But, when i see my hard earned outcome, i am too glad now.. The things which i did for the past 4 months to control my weight were
1. Yoga, early in the morning.
2. Water therapy, early in the morning.
3. Walking with mm, in the evening.
4. Black chai, at any time, preferably while mm is sleeping.
5. 1200 Calorie diet.
6. Gym, Jogging in treadmill.

One thing i could not change, my shoulders became broad and also my hips. Do any other mother have this same effect on your body? or am i still fat ? ;-)

Saturday, April 19, 2008

To do list


After coming back from India, i have a list of things to do. They are

1. To learn about Stock Markets.
One of our relative told that he used to invest in stocks. I was little curious about that and tried to know about it, but i could not. So should try it again after coming from India. If anyone reading this blog know something about it, I would welcome any kind of information from you.

2. To learn driving.
i learned to drive in India, but here i don't know most of the rule and i am scared too. So i feel like learning it again.

3. To potty train mm.
This isn't easy as i thought. Will post about this later.

4. To join some dance class.
I always like to dance. When i was small, i used to ask my mom to allow me to join some dance class. I was never entertained. Now MM, merrily waved a green flag to my interest. So a great dancer is on her way to rock you all ;-)

5. To learn and play squash.
I don't know even A,B,C s of this game, somehow, i like it and i want to learn it too.

6. To continue with swimming.
During winter, as it was very cold, i dint feel like going to pool. As it is warm now, i should start my swimming again.

7. To roam around US.
I have lots of places to see here. It is spring now, when i come back from India, it would be summer here. What is summer here for ;-) jus to roam around.

The list is long enough to keep me busy for a year. Isn't it?

Friday, April 18, 2008

Wagh bakri - Addicted to its taste

I really wanted to do a post on this tea.
I got this pack from an Indian store here in US. I like tea with milk so, i first tried it with milk and sugar. It was great. My neighbor suggested me to try it as a black tea. when i tried it with hot water, honey and lemon, i got addicted to its taste .. Really refreshing and has a strong flavor with nice aroma. After tasting this tea, i don't find any other tea which is as good as this. This chai tastes deliciously different.

When MM tried this tea(for the first time), i made it and gave it to him at once. I dint let the tea bag to fully infuse. He dint like it. I asked him to give another try but he refused. What to do, he is missing an excellent drink in life.

I actually shifted to tea, when i wanted to reduce my weight(otherwise i am always a coffee fan). Apart from reducing weight, tea has lot of other benefits too, which one should know.
Check them out here - http://www.waghbakritea.com/tea_health.html

Monday, April 14, 2008

The first five things

So Tagging started!!!

I am tagged by Shakti, to write about the first five things i do, when i enter home. I am at home mom and the places i go are library, YMCA Gym and Shopping or friend's place.. Whenever i come back from these places, mm would have been slept. So here goes my first five things to do.

1. I will put mm in bed and will remove his shoes.
2. Remove my shoes and change my dress.
3. Make a cup of black tea(My favorite. will post about this later) while booting my laptop.
5. Do my Thyanam.
6. Now time to enjoy- will read/write my mails, blogging and browsing along with tea(Heavenly).

If MM is with me, he will occupy the laptop before me.. So at those time, i will pick some book and will start to read..

Friday, April 11, 2008

Busy...

I am really busy now-a-days..
mm is little ill and he needs me always with him. While sleeping too he is holding me or lying on me. I think, he should be getting nightmares(like his mom). So could not find time to post.
And also, as we are going to India, we are organizing things and buying gifts for our folks back home. So couldn't find quality time.


In the back of my mind, i have this:
I should not be saying this. ("BUSY?") Being at home, no work other than taking care of my calf.. I really don't like to say that word to my friends(of course, they won't mind), Everyone of them are working, taking care of their kids and also managing their household works. I am finding reason for my laziness. Shame on me. What to do? A few(lot) are really talented..

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Who said thinking is good >:-(

It was during my college days. I was just married to MM. We were in a small house in ECR. I had to go to college and do all household works. Being a gal, who never helped my mom, i found that very difficult. I was working all day without rest. The travel time(to my college) alone was 3 hrs. Besides, i had to wash, cook, clean, sweep, mop, shop and the list continued.... I used to curse my mom for anything and everything. Whenever i meet her(it happens once in a week) i used to say, u ruined my life, studies, career and everything.. She often laughs at me. I organized things, Like at this time, i will do washing, and during this hr, i will clean home, and during this time, i can study something like that. After coming from college, i feel like sleeping, but will have a load of cloth to wash and vessels to clean. My eyelids beg for a shut down..But i cant give up.. I had to do them. I needed the very important and precious thing, "TIME". I always was short of time. Those are my toughest time.One day i was washing the cloths(cleaning vessel, writing assignments and cooking were the list of work after that) and the house owner's son knocked the door(No not now, Please god, no relatives now!!). As he was knocking the door continuously, i opened the door(Aiyoda, neeya... don't come in), he smiled and came in. (Don't ask me anything) He asked for a glass of water. ("don't you have water at your home").. i gave him the water and he drank. (Go soon, i have lot of work to do) He sat down slowly and idling. (Dont waste my time, I don't even have time to breath") I was little irritated & asked him, what are you doing??? He told me, "Enna pannalamnu yosichitu eruken akka"....P.S1:- That buddhu was 18 yrs old when this happened...

P.S2:- MM is a person, who will always help me in every way. But those days, he was forced to work in his company from morning 7.30 to night 11.30.. So i never felt like sharing work with a person who is fully squeezed already by a MNC..

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Voodal ;-)

Hm, No reply from MM till now.

What to say? (You shut up)
Why did i msg him?? (As you are so stupid)
Was that really necessary? (Necessary for your fate)
Who will entertain a silly msg in between work especially between meetings? (You may, if u ever get a job)
Have I seen him free any time? (Yeah, most of the time, while he is sleeping)
Will you ever talk with your spouse, when he/she react impatiently? (Yeah, Obviously will talk with the ceiling)

People, who know me feels that "She don't deserve him". People, who know MM feels that "She should be lucky to get him". People, who are seeing us for the first time, feel we are made for each other. Obviously, we are made for each other. I have seen lot of couple, who think alike in every way. Their love or marriage will obviously succeed. Considering Me and MM, we two belong to two different poles. Our thoughts never meet at all. As told he is made up of "snips and snails and puppy dog's tail", while i am made up of "sugar and spice and everything nice"(Ethuku onnum korachal ella). But we share one thing in common, nothing but love...

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Fed up

I was sweeping the kitchen, when i heard continuous blow of horn. I peeked via the window and saw a fedex van making that horn. I was thinking that there should be some problem with the horn and as i was about to turn, a man from the van came running towards our window. I was little shocked. And he asked me, "Are you appartment no A9??" and I told "Yes". He was little irritated and told, " I am ringing your bell for the past 5 mins".

I came to the laptop and wrote this to MM(to his messenger)...
your ipod nano is delivered and also the gift for V mama and atai's needle.
The fedex guy was blowing his horn to call me. When i went down, he told me to do something to fix the calling bell. This is the third time with him. Do not order anything till u fix the calling bell or at least let me know, when they will deliver, so that i can wait by the window.

No reply from MM till now..

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Memories and Dreams...

I have lots of memories. I do not want them to fade away with me. Nothing very important, exciting or knowledgeable. I feel they are funny and interesting.
And I get lots of dreams. I like to pen them too. I even get full movie dream, nightmares, comedies, etc. Sometimes i feel like giving those stories to someone to make movies out of them. Silly me ;-) These dreams will be in my memories only for a few days. When i was doing my schooling, i feel like writing them. Those days, i was shy, so i dint do that. Now being a grown up and a blogger, i got a way to remember my dreams.
Lets see how it goes...

Friday, March 28, 2008

Siru thuli peru vellam.... Isn't it true???


Savings... It is a very good habit. I feel, one should save at least 1/10 of his/her salary for the future. But the problem is, i do not earn, how can i save? i can save MM's earning. But MM is against savings. He does not want to save. He hates savings. Here comes the problem between husband and wife... Oh man, what are you going to do after your retirement?? He says lots of plane, but he does nothing but spending every penny in latest gadgets and other like etc...

As usual, like all the women, i too use to compare MM with my dad.

My dad used to save 1/5 of his earning. He decently supported our education, financially (all three of us me, my sis, my brother) and we had a nice life and childhood. He bought 5 houses(1 in chennai and others in our native town). So he can comfortably retire now. He is waiting for my brother to take the responsibility. Once my brother starts to earn he will retire peacefully. I would not say, that he invested his money properly. but considering his free time, knowledge about investment, amount he saved, the way he invested was excellent. But he never had time to enjoy this world. He never even goes to cinema or a hotel or to beach. No enjoyment at all. He knows how to run his business. thats it. Anyway, he is going to retire soon. He even got ideas to visit US and North India. Lets see how it goes.

Coming to my husband, He was/is never taught to save. And it is hereditary(his father, grandfather, the list goes). So he never believes in savings and investing. I do not want him to save 1/10 of his earning.. At least, 1/20 or 1/30 or 1/40. ha ha ha. If he is willing, i will even reduce to, like 1/100th :P I want MM to enjoy this world, see places, buy new gadgets, gift people but at the same time, i want him to save too. Lets see how it goes.

Like everyone, my dad is my superhero and for MM too, his dad is his superhero. I try to follow my dad and he try to follow his dad. Both the dads, did their duties properly and are happy now, leaving us fighting with each other ;-)

By the way, my Dad own a potty shop, where he sells banana and vethalai pakku and MM's Dad used to do brokerage(he is retired now).

Wednesday, March 26, 2008


"There is time for everything" It is a quote introduced by my best friend J. I try to follow it, but most of the time, I fail.. I am here in US with my kid and She is in India, newly married and conceived. I could not find the best time to call her. When i am free to call her, it becomes an odd time for her and vice versa. I think she too would have stopped following that quote, otherwise, she would have called me ;-)

Anyway this quote was originally by Thomas Alva Edison..

Friday, March 21, 2008

Vazhi mel vizhi vaithu kathirukireen

It is 11.28 pm here and MM is not at home. He went to meet the auditor to file the tax. mm is sleeping. I am waiting for MM to come. To be honest, i am writing and reading and enjoying blogs along with some black tea.. Enjoying my loneliness hi hi. If MM would have been here, he wont have let me use the computer. I done know what this IT professionals do with their computer. From morning to midnight, he is always with his laptop. He always have some or other things to do with the sys. He even takes the laptop to bathroom. During day times, mm wont let me use the computer. But that is reasonable. what else can you expect from a 16 month kid(who is alone at home). mm slept by 9.45 and i am using the sys for the past 2 hrs(nearly) successfully after a long time(i think after my delivery). Waiting for MM???... (Naaaaaaaaaaah) ;-)

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Travel to India.

We are going to India for attending my SIL's marriage. (its a love marriage. will post about it later) Ticket costs 2400$. As an average Indian housewife, i convert it in to INR and often complain. But our friends say, that it is a good deal. Everyone in India are eagerly waiting for us( > ;-) for mm) We will be in India for 5 weeks. i am expecting lots of good time there. Lets see how it goes. If my memory dint fail me, i will post each and every bit of interesting incidents there.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Mean behaviour

I often go to library to take some books for mm and for myself. Sometimes i take dvds too.. Their services are excellent. They have a program called Story telling. The program goes like this. They have a small room for the kids. They will open the room by 10AM. The room will have lots of toys and the kids will be allowed to play with the toys. By 10.30, someone from the library will sing rhymes and tell stories to the kids. The kids can sing along with them. The program is divided in to three types ie from 12 month to 23 month, above 2 yrs and 3 to 5 yrs likewise. As mm is 16 months old, i attend the first type of program.

Today we went to library to attend the kids program for mm. Usually, two ladies comes to play the rhymes and stories. Today some other lady came. From the beginning, she behaved very mean. She was irritated when the kids get down from their parent's lap, she also asked not to feed the kid, when the kids tried to open the book, she grabbed the books from them, when the kids cried, she showed face, she was looking at the clock often to know the time to finish the program. A few parents left the room before the program ends. i was little patient as she dint show face on mm. Though, if MM was in my place, he would have given strong dosage to cure her. i still do not understand how she expected a 12 month old kid to be quiet and calm.
The program is free, but it does not mean that she is doing it for free. She is paid for everything. And we are paying tax from which she is paid. I do not know, how to complain about this to the library management. I have to find out a way, if this happens again....

Friday, March 14, 2008

Kiss


My life has become cool, interesting, meaningful and exciting after mm's arrival. I am really happy that i could not even sleep. mm is 16 months old. i never asked him to kiss me. His father asks him for a kiss and mm wont kiss him and they both will be fighting.
For the past 2 days mm gave his father some flying kisses. MM was really kicked to have them. I suddenly got the urge to ask him a kiss and told "Amma ku kiss kodu". I was thinking that he may run away or he may not feel like to kiss me or he may not understand. He slowly walked to me and gave me a kiss in my cheeks. Oh God!!!! Heavenly, i dint expect that. Those two small lips kissing me making artificial sound in the mouth.
At that instant, i am the happiest person in the world. Do i need, anything else???

Friday, March 7, 2008

Bad news!

I was talking with my friend A after a long time. She was saying all funny stories about her and about her family. While we were talking about our friends, she suddenly told that bad news. One of my best friend H's baby died due to some difficulty in the delivery. I felt very sorry for her. i could imagine her loss and the pain she would have been in. How much she would have dreamed about the kid. Oh god...
A told me that H is not picking up the calls. She should be depressed. I am praying for that bud, who was not blessed by God to bloom. Let the kid's soul rest peacefully. I hate to hear or know the news of death. It is natural, Everyone dislikes death even though all are going to die.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

My mind pattern

I saw a website where it would print our mind pattern and will list its characteristics.

The pattern given by that website --
Your mind is a firestorm - full of intensity and drama.
Your thoughts may seem scattered to you most of the time...
But they often seem strong and passionate to those around you.
You are a natural influencer. The thoughts you share are very powerful and persuading.

Lets see how others think about me. I cant ask them about my mind pattern, i am listing what they told about me.

MM -- "You are a complex creature, u will never reveal yourself, no one can understand u, even if I did, it is wrong most of the time. Like a cornered cat, u will behave irrationally. No one can predict what u do or why u do. Always demanding attention and love."

MyMom -- You are always a kid, but a matured kid. Handling your siblings, taking care of me and appa.

MyCloseFriends -- Always Smiling and Playing. Simple and Lovable and Caring. Easy going and Cool and Tension free and Sleepy and Narrative..

MyOtherFriends -- Smiley, Simple, Lovable and Cool.

MyRelatives(pirandha veedu(my parent's place)) -- Chamathu, Smiley face and a Good girl.

MyRelatives(pugundha veedu(in-laws place)) -- Sleepy, Sombheri, Friendly and a Nice girl.

Manjari --
The pattern given by website is correct according to me. i done know how the others feel.
Actually speaking i am a dreamer. I will have some or other thing in my mind always. I dream a lot or plan a lot but if i find a single block in my path, thats it. i am done. I will pack the plans in my stack and will concentrate on the block...
I will react to everything and anything. I can never act to my loved ones. And also i done know what i am. I never planned my life or my studies or my career. I let my life to go on its way. I am cool and tension free most of the time. I am a learner always. I love people around me but not all the time. i will listen to people when they want to talk. I like to tell all the stories(which happened in my life ie frustrating moments and sad stories) to people i love.
I am afraid of dark and my nightmares and a lot of other things too. I have a very sensitive heart, which cannot take shocks. I am little careless. I can never tolerate humiliations, will react vigorously to it.. I am patient but will give 'tit for tat' after a few 'tit's. I can do only one job at a time. ie i cant do multiprogramming.
Normally i will be a nice girl to be with. I am simple, ain't I? ;-)

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Gayathri mantra


I done know why now-a-days my mind goes spiritually. When i tell about this to MM, he is laughing at me saying, you are getting old.
It was before 4 yrs, I went to an Yoga class when I was compelled to join by my in-laws. So i never concentrated in the class. Just like that i completed it. But now i am doing all the things told by my guru. No one asked me to do. I am saying "OM" the sacred mantra. I am doing all asanas and pranayamas taught by my guru. My guru dint taught me the gayathri mantra but i browsed the net and got it. And i am reciting it in the mornings...

I am giving the mantra here:

"Om Bhoor Bhuva swaha
Tat savitur varennyam
Bhargo Dhevasya Dheemahee
Dhiyo yo nah pracodayat"

It has to be recited 3 times in the morning and 3 times in the noon and 3 times before the sun sets. Or else we can recite it for 108 times if time permits.

26 yrs is not an age to say prayers and meditation. But now-a-days my mind always revolve around meditation and prayer. It gives a different feeling, a peace of mind and happiness. A few times, i feel that MM may be right, I may be old.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Oh God!!! mm lost his bracelet..

Last weekend we were about to leave for shopping, i noticed mm's hand. His golden bracelet was missing. I searched the whole house and car. i could not find it. I would have missed it the day before when we went out for dinner. It was a gift from my atai(aunt). it weighs 4 gm. Oh god... I was very sad. And MM told me to forget about that. For me or MM, it is nothing. Being in US, earning in dollars, it just costs me 120 dollars to buy another one. But when i consider the love, with which my atai gifted me and all the costs she would have cut so as to buy that bracelet, made me feel very bad..

Ooops..

hmm.. It was 3 in the evening. I was busy, sorting out the things to do and was trying to make mm sleep, while someone opened the main door and entered our home. I was shocked, lot of horror movie scene came to my mind. I called out, "MM is that u?". The reply was a quiet "hmm". O god!!! all my plans are spoiled. hmm. Man proposes but god disposes.
I asked him, why he came so soon. He told that he is having some head ache, dint feel like working. He straight away went to bedroom and slept.. Still i had chances to surprise him. but mm, seeing his father refused to sleep.. O god! how would i roll the gulab jamuns having mm with me. so i dropped gulab jamuns from my list. Then i made this cake. MM does not like cream cake. So i selected this plain cake.While i was making the cake, mm was holding my knees, crying and talking with me. So i went to entertain him. i took some paper and crayons and we started to draw and paint. Some idea came into my mind and we made this..At that time, MM wake up from his nap and came out. I asked him, whether he needs some coffee or tea. he said a NO. He started to play with mm. He could smell the cake. he peeked inside the kitchen but dint ask me anything. i asked him to have some cake. His face was bright. He told me that the cake was good. I was happy, but i dint show it. ;-)
I started to prepare the dinner. And it was this.
When u see this, u may feel to eat it. But all that glitters is not gold. I dont know whether it is a rava idli or a rava stone. i cursed myself for selecting this dish. hmmm.. As MM was very hungry, i gave this to him. MM is a man, who lives to eat and wants to enjoy all different types of foods. he always likes me when i try out something new. He often ask me to join some cooking course to learn different type of food. But i used to say, Google bagawan is there to help me to learn, why waste money. ;-) evil Manjari. I will try out all new type of food(Obviously googling), how bad the new thing be, he will eat without saying a word. Samething happened.. Then i gave the greeting sheet to mm and asked him to give it to his dad. he tried to tare it. While MM, got it from him, a small smile in his face. yeeeeee hop, hop hippadi hop.... This is what i want ;-) hi hi ho ho ha ha... Thus our day got over.

Me and mm went to sleep while MM was watching TV. He still dint talk with me. I was not much happy. Still i started to sleep. While i was sleeping, suddenly i felt someone kissing softly in my forehead saying "I love you dear".. You know who it would be.. It was an awesome feeling and i jumped to sky but i dint reveal it... Evil Manjari ;-)

Friday, February 15, 2008

Book reading


Book Reading is a skill. Only a few like to read book. My sister who holds a PG in Botany and a Management degree holder, who supervise some 15 members in office does not like to read book. I used to wonder, how someone do not like to read book. how she did her studies(God only knows). When she tells me that she is getting bored, i used to tell her to use the library nearby. She listens to me, uninterestingly.
i want mm to read book. I can train him to read books but nothing is in our hands. Lets see..

Daily Work

Me and mm are always playing at home. No other work to do.

Whenever i call him(mm), he will never listen to me. But if i say, "Amma kaanom, kandupudi parpoom" (mummy is hiding, try to seek) he will search the whole house and will come running to me..

Teaching A,B,Cs to mm is a fun. He can say A, E, I, G thats it. But whatever i say, he will say any of this 4 letters to repeat the letter. Likewise, he can say only 2 and 3. So whatever i say, he will just say 2 or 3 to repeat the number.

I feel drawing will lead to an imaginative mind. I will draw small pics(like apple, ball, cat, doll etc) to him and will make him watch me. Now he knows how to hold a color pencil or a crayons. He will just scribble using them.

I like reading books to mm. He like to say A, B, C pointing to the pictures in the book. Now-a-days, he brings books to me to read for him. He even says a, AA, e, EE(tamil alphabets) pointing to pictures.

mm likes to hear music. He enjoys music. He even dances to them. When he disturbs me, while i am working, MM will make small music with his hand, mm at once runs to his father, dancing. MM used to call him "kalakuthadi" which means one who dances in the road.

We got lots of educational cd for mm. They are attractive, educational and colorful. I donot know about mm, i like them a lot. When mm refuses to eat, i will play some video cds. Automatically, everything will go in..

We go for a walk in the afternoon, its fun to show mm all the things in our locality. he likes to see cars. so i will wait, if any car passes.

We go to library. There we have a lapsit program. They will tell stories and rhymes and will let the kids to play with toys. he meets kids of this age. So mm loves to go there.

We go to YMCA. I will leave mm with the babysitter. he plays there with other kids, while i use the Gym.

Our time goes like this... People in India(my fellows) feel that i am toiling with mm. But i am enjoying my time here. Recording each and every moment of my time spent with my kutty.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Valentines day special

Me and MM are having cold war for the past few days. hmm may be for a week...(Dont ask reason.. they will be silly as I) Today being a special day, I tried to wish him, when he was about to leave the home. As i called his name, he coldly went away, without seeing me..
Hmm.. I know how to please a man.. Normally people tell, if u cook well your hubby will be in ur pocket. That too, MM being a person who lives to eat ;-)
Today i am going to prepare Rava idli, Sambhar, Coconut chutney, Gulab Jamun and a cake. Let see how MM responds. Will definitely update on this.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Hmm....

Hereafter i will mention MM instead of MYMAN and mm instead of my son. No reason behind except being a lazy goose. hi hi...

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Could not find time to blog. Will write, whenever i am free...

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Banana bread


We went to a temple in New Jersey, along with some of our friends. There, in one of the temple, they gave banana as prasatham. My friend was telling that she is going to make banana bread out of it. I never heard the name banana bread before, so i started to Google. And mixing all the recipe, i could find in the Net, i made banana bread. Yummy, it was tasty. MYMAN was really happy to have it. (he would have thought, banana bread is better than the chappathi and palak dal)
Here is the recipe for banana bread..

ripe bananas, mashed -2
soft butter -1/3 cup
sugar -1/2 cup
egg, beaten -1
vanilla -1 teaspoon
baking powder -1 teaspoon
Pinch of salt
all-purpose flour - 1 cup


Preheat the oven to 350°F. Mash the bananas, add the softened butter to it. mix them. Now add sugar, egg and vanilla essence to them. Mix well. Add baking powder and a pinch of salt and mix well. At last, add the all purpose flour and mix. Pour the mixture in a loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour in a preheated oven(350°F). when the bread become brown in color, take it out and cool them. Slice them to serve. It can be served along with freshly prepared cream and fruits.

Monday, January 14, 2008

A few can!!!

I was thinking about my problems and why i was given them? All these things came into my mind..

Why a few are challenged while others are normal?
Why a few are poor while others are rich?
Why a few are cursed while others are lucky?
Why a few are in tragedy while others enjoy?
The only reason given by nature is "A few can handle anything while others cannot"....

Thats true, I can handle anything >;-)