Tarangam tarangam, On singing this Rohan has learnt to move his hands in a particular way. This he has learnt from his great grandmother. He loves to play with the fragile old lady. Poor woman is 92, cannot take him in her lap or hold him herself. But when we sit with Ro in our arms next to her they both play. She sings to him and he laughs , smiles and observes how she moves her hands, that’s how he has learnt it. Rohan has no understanding how fragile she is, he plays with equal enthu and energy as he plays with us. He has even pulled her hair and specs one day before I could react. Since he used to see his grandparents and his great grandmother from the day he was born, Rohan is very comfortable with old people, rather I would say he knows how to make them happy. He will smile at them, give them “kissy” and even agree to be in their arms for sometime.
He is now entering the “Throw Tantrums” phase. If he wants something and he is already a lil annoyed , and then you don’t give him or take away that thing…. All hell breaks loose! It can be anything. Today he wanted to start playing with water as soon as I took him for his eve bath. But since the water was a lil cool I decide to add some more hot water. Knowing him that as soon as I open the tap he will put his hand in the flowing water , I took him out of the bathroom…. That’s it… he cried and cried till I took him back. So he was already in lousy mood, then he wanted the bottle of the liquid soap.. I didn’t realize what he wanted…. One should have seen him crying… as if his mother has beaten him black and blue…. :) somehow I figured out what he wanted and calmed him down so that he let me finish his bath!
When do kids start waking up at a little more humanly time… 4:45 am is NOT HUMANLY TIME!!!! Rohan thinks it’s the right time to start the day!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Rohan Dude is growing up!
Rohan has entered in the phase where he will follow me around while crawling but as soon as he chances upon something which interesting he stops and plays with it.. then it doesn’t matter where amma is…. So now if he is not within my site I better go and check what the dude is upto. So far he was found playing with radish leaves that I had discarded in an open dry trash can which was not placed in the utility as yet by the maid, other time he found th wire of the mobile charger hanging low enough to catch hold of it and play with it as if he was flying a kite, yet another time he found his way to the table where our laptops are and started fiddling with the wires. His favorite is to scramble to the puja room and take the diya and agarbatti stand from the stool where they are kept to dry after washing by the maid, then he takes the two of these and bangs them against each other or scratches them on the floor. However the kapoor aarti piece is big and sharp and we have to remove it from his hand lest he hurts himself or someone else.
Rohan has definitely got the chid chid gene from me. Chid chid means this constant irritation on small small happenings , its called chirag chirag in telugu. I still have this outburst of chid chid… now its mainly when Rohan doesn’t conform to what I expect from him (ha ha ha ha abhi se sala baache se expectations)… things like not peeing on floor when I have not put a diaper or finishing his meals a lilttle faster….
On other hand Rohan I guess gets chid chid pangs when amma and daddy do not conform to his wishes :) ha ha ha ha!
And the list of wishes is nice and long:
1. He has eaten ¾ of his meal.. he is bored to sit and eat the remaining!
2. He is drowsy but still wants to be outside
3. He doesn’t want to pee when amma takes him to the loo!
4. He has woken up at 4:45 am.. he is sleepy but he is not ready to sleep on the bed.. he wants you to carry him around with his head on ur shoulders…. This one gives him a lousy mood for the whole morning till he sleeps again after his breakfast!
I can go on….. guess you get the picture!
Rohan loves to play in a specific way with both of us…the games goes like this… I have to take him in my lap or arms and ramesh has to tickle Rohan or run towards him as a mock “ I will ctach u”… or laugh while making faces.. Rohan then squeals with laughter and runs towards me or hide himself in my arms.. then again he will look at ramesh and ramesh has to repeat the act! He can go on playing this game.. but eventually he gets so excited and hoarse screaming that we stop else he ends up throwing up! Its so endearing to watch him laugh and gurgle that even we get carried away and forget to stop at times!
Ro is becoming one hell of a drama king….. specially when his grandfather is around.. he will cling to gramps when we try to bring him back upstairs (my in-laws stay on the ground floor while we stay on level 1) as if we will throw him to the lions upstairs. The other day he was nicely playing in the hall with them as soon as Ramesh went to get him the dude crawled and hid behind his gramps… ha ha ha ha.. ramesh was telling me that next time I should get him lest he brands daddy as the villain who takes him way from gramps! :)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Assorted Thoughts!
Vanity
What else it can be. I do not fit in my old jeans any more. The ones that I had before lil Rohan dude became our reality. Nothing stops me from buying me a new pair. There are discount sales all around… Pepe jeans at 40% flat discount is a bargain one would not leave :)….. it’s a different issue that finding a normal somber jeans which suits my subtle dressing style is going to be a task… what’s with jeans today… all have to have this faded patches at all the wrong places….. boss I am no J’lo ok…I want a normal single color jeans.. with no low cuts (how do people wear such low cut jeans… it doesn’t fall off!!!!!!) and no cuts on knees , no extra rivets or patterns and PHLEASE no glitter ( I will wear a suit or saree bhai if I want glitter)… all said… I am still resisting buying anew pair… I am trying doing yoga for few minutes but at the current rate I am not gonna loose my tummy bulge soon enough to wear my old jeans ……. My current reason is “Let there be a Levis sale , then I will get a decent pair without having to search through zillion pairs!” :)
Barrack Obama
I have started reading “Dreams from My father” its an autobiography which “Mr. President” (thanks to Hollywood, this sound as glamorous as “ Bond! James Bond”)…. I have read almost 90 odd pages and what strikes me is that how much “kashmkash” (what’s the best English word for it… ummm… maybe “agitation within oneself”.. I still cant get one single word for it) this man has gone through merely because of his color and because of his father who was a Kenyan and never really stayed with him in his growing up years. I am yet to reach the section where he would have mentioned how and when he excepted the facts as they are and put an end to this constant “ I am black” thought. He wrote this book when he was elected some sort of president for a journal I think while doing law at Harvard … in the preface he mentions that if he were to write the book now it would be less emotional and also he has realized that he dwelled too much on a parent who was not there rather than dwelling and enjoying his life with his mother who was always around……guess it doesn’t matter if we are president of USA or just another person… we keep dwelling on what we don’t have rather than celebrating what we have.
Kaminey
The new movie of Vishal Bharadwaj. I heard the music last Friday on Rediff and boss… phew! It was awesome!
And how does gulzar do it man? I mean check out the lyrics of each and every song… just amazing!
I want this movie to do well cause I think Vishal Bharadwaj is one of the best directors and composers of our time. I know his las 2 movies (barring Makadi) were adaptation of the Bard but…. Othello in Bihar badland and Macbeth in Mumbai underworld, it takes a genius to make such an adaptation.
The last time I got really hooked to a music was Rang De Basanti.. Delhi 6 was good but Rahman has set the standard so high that I liked it also but then Rahman is always good (almost… listen to Tahzeeb, an obscure movie with the worst music ever by Rahman!)…. Kaminey is good.. listen it loud volume (Song 1 and 3 on the original CD ) and some nice soft music the second song. The “Kaminey” song is worth for the lyrics than the music!.
And Our Sotu Gaddu!
1. 28th june :We got rohan his first shoes. I am yet to see what he does on wearing them. He has worn it twice but every time he has gone out with his grandparents. He must be fine cause else he wont let the shoes stay even for a few seconds.
2. Last week Rohan managed to climb the low sitting in the living room multiple times.
3. The two upper teeth are now nicely visible and the dude is bitting everything including us.
4. he had a few morsels of idli last week.
5. Ramesh tried in vain to trim Ro’s hair on his ears. More than Ro they are annoying Ramesh.
6. Rohan screamed his heart out in the shop last eve… what was he trying to do is anybody’s guess!
I will add to these assorted thoughts soon!
What else it can be. I do not fit in my old jeans any more. The ones that I had before lil Rohan dude became our reality. Nothing stops me from buying me a new pair. There are discount sales all around… Pepe jeans at 40% flat discount is a bargain one would not leave :)….. it’s a different issue that finding a normal somber jeans which suits my subtle dressing style is going to be a task… what’s with jeans today… all have to have this faded patches at all the wrong places….. boss I am no J’lo ok…I want a normal single color jeans.. with no low cuts (how do people wear such low cut jeans… it doesn’t fall off!!!!!!) and no cuts on knees , no extra rivets or patterns and PHLEASE no glitter ( I will wear a suit or saree bhai if I want glitter)… all said… I am still resisting buying anew pair… I am trying doing yoga for few minutes but at the current rate I am not gonna loose my tummy bulge soon enough to wear my old jeans ……. My current reason is “Let there be a Levis sale , then I will get a decent pair without having to search through zillion pairs!” :)
Barrack Obama
I have started reading “Dreams from My father” its an autobiography which “Mr. President” (thanks to Hollywood, this sound as glamorous as “ Bond! James Bond”)…. I have read almost 90 odd pages and what strikes me is that how much “kashmkash” (what’s the best English word for it… ummm… maybe “agitation within oneself”.. I still cant get one single word for it) this man has gone through merely because of his color and because of his father who was a Kenyan and never really stayed with him in his growing up years. I am yet to reach the section where he would have mentioned how and when he excepted the facts as they are and put an end to this constant “ I am black” thought. He wrote this book when he was elected some sort of president for a journal I think while doing law at Harvard … in the preface he mentions that if he were to write the book now it would be less emotional and also he has realized that he dwelled too much on a parent who was not there rather than dwelling and enjoying his life with his mother who was always around……guess it doesn’t matter if we are president of USA or just another person… we keep dwelling on what we don’t have rather than celebrating what we have.
Kaminey
The new movie of Vishal Bharadwaj. I heard the music last Friday on Rediff and boss… phew! It was awesome!
And how does gulzar do it man? I mean check out the lyrics of each and every song… just amazing!
I want this movie to do well cause I think Vishal Bharadwaj is one of the best directors and composers of our time. I know his las 2 movies (barring Makadi) were adaptation of the Bard but…. Othello in Bihar badland and Macbeth in Mumbai underworld, it takes a genius to make such an adaptation.
The last time I got really hooked to a music was Rang De Basanti.. Delhi 6 was good but Rahman has set the standard so high that I liked it also but then Rahman is always good (almost… listen to Tahzeeb, an obscure movie with the worst music ever by Rahman!)…. Kaminey is good.. listen it loud volume (Song 1 and 3 on the original CD ) and some nice soft music the second song. The “Kaminey” song is worth for the lyrics than the music!.
And Our Sotu Gaddu!
1. 28th june :We got rohan his first shoes. I am yet to see what he does on wearing them. He has worn it twice but every time he has gone out with his grandparents. He must be fine cause else he wont let the shoes stay even for a few seconds.
2. Last week Rohan managed to climb the low sitting in the living room multiple times.
3. The two upper teeth are now nicely visible and the dude is bitting everything including us.
4. he had a few morsels of idli last week.
5. Ramesh tried in vain to trim Ro’s hair on his ears. More than Ro they are annoying Ramesh.
6. Rohan screamed his heart out in the shop last eve… what was he trying to do is anybody’s guess!
I will add to these assorted thoughts soon!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
What's with me!
I have a profile on orkut and i have a profile on facebook too! And that's where it stops!Friends who see my profile there laugh at the paltry number of contacts or friends it shows! But that's how i am. My contact list on gmail has all my friends and acquaintances i care to be in touch with , but i just cant bring myself to add them on either of these social networking sites!
I don't feel the need of the same. I am not comfortable with the open style of these forums! Anyone can read anyone's comments / scraps. Yeah i know there are settings to prevent the same. But then whats so difficult in dropping a mail to each other.
Yeah one good thing that these sites help is in finding people whom one has lost touch with. Recently i found a few batchmates from engineering and also from my b-school! That was good, though after we shared a few scraps i got their mail ids and prefer to be in touch on mails!.....yeah you can call me old economy!
I also made on profile on twitter... just to know whats twitter and can you belive i dont remember the password now! :) some of you will call me hopeless !
Lets see when i get hooked to ial networking site now!
I don't feel the need of the same. I am not comfortable with the open style of these forums! Anyone can read anyone's comments / scraps. Yeah i know there are settings to prevent the same. But then whats so difficult in dropping a mail to each other.
Yeah one good thing that these sites help is in finding people whom one has lost touch with. Recently i found a few batchmates from engineering and also from my b-school! That was good, though after we shared a few scraps i got their mail ids and prefer to be in touch on mails!.....yeah you can call me old economy!
I also made on profile on twitter... just to know whats twitter and can you belive i dont remember the password now! :) some of you will call me hopeless !
Lets see when i get hooked to ial networking site now!
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