Yaavarum Nalam

While i was in India, after my sis's marriage,
After a very long time, we had a getogether of family members and we went to this movie. There was a lunch at my sister's in-laws place. There my sis and her husband planned for this movie. My family members started to home(along with mm) and we started to the theater. Most of the youngsters in our family were present, leaving all the old people back to chat at home. We were really excited and were in time to movie. When the movie started, i was shocked. It is a horror movie. Aiyayooo. (Naan oru bhayanthangolly) I was comfortably hiding my face behind MM, when my mobile rang. My mom called up and said that the house keys are with me. Ooops... All my excitement went off. We were 30 mins away from our home. And it will at least take 1 hr to drop the key at home. hmm. I told my brother... he started and in a while called back and asked for parking ticket, as the bike was parked. Ooops. Again my cousin brother went to give him the parking ticket. He came back after some 10 min.

All due to my silly mistake. It was me, who locked and was keeping the keys. Some 20 members were standing outside for 40 min, due to me.
My brother came back after 1 hr. He told that the movie seemed greek and latin to him. I was telling him the story, during the songs and in interval. Still, he lost the real pleasure of watching the movie continuously.

But the whole movie plan was memorable. As we, the next generation in our family started to roam around the city without the elders in a group. I still remember the days, when my mom, chithis and mamas and atais leaving, all of us at home, when we were kids and going to movies and shopping.

Simple memories to treasure....

Hungry...

This post was written by me during my eighth week of pregnancy. I had enough energy to write it. but could not publish it as i dint feel well suddenly. Dreadful days were those....

Hungry, but cant eat...

Idli and thengai chutney
Pazhaya sadam and sundakaai puli kozhambhu
Puli sadam and thovayal
Neeez thanni
Noongu
Karumbhu
Illaneer and vazhukai
Mutton soup and bone fry
Killimukku maangai

hmm.. I wont get any of them here. I miss them all and most of all, I really miss all my people here. I am hungry but could not eat normally. Its my eighth week of pregnancy. continuous throw ups and morning sickness and giddiness is there. I am taking some tablet to stop vomit but most of the times, it doesn't work. Poor MM, had to cook, wash, clean and take care of mm along with his regular chores. Poor mm, had to adjust with the sleeping time, play time and denied outings by his unfit mom.
Next week, me and mm are traveling to India. Let God give all the power during the travel.

After a very long time

After a very long time, i am hear with my computer, ready to write something.
Lots of things to say..

We happily said bye to 2008 and embraced 2009
I became pregnant again
Was in a bad shape due to morning sickness/Nausea
MM/mm suffered a lot as their wife/mom could not take care of them
MM cooked, cleaned, washed, took care of everything /everyone
Me/mm went to India leaving MM behind
Enjoyed the Shower of love from everyone
Celebrated pongal with our people.
Blessed with Amma's food during pregnancy.
mm went to a small playschool
mm became ill (playschool, lots of kids, very obvious)
MM joined us after one month
Visited everyone in our family
Shifted our house from Kottivakkam to Pallaavaram
It was my sister marriage. Had a great time, meeting everyone, chatting, enjoying.
Was very tired, again mm became ill
Went to Kerala , visited lots and lots of temple and went to Kumarakom(Just me and MM. just like that leaving mm with my in-laws) Had fun but leaving mm behind was very disturbing
Got a hibiscus plant for my mom
My Vallaikappu was done there in my fifth month of pregnancy (Lucky me)
Had an oppurtunity to meet few of my friends
With tears we started and here in US back to our normal life...

mm/me both of us miss India very much. It is heavenly in India with our people and friends. Here it is very lonely and boring. No one is compelling us to stay here. But we got into something, from where we could not escape. To be very frank, Everything ends in money.....

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. ;-)

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..

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....

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 ;-)