Honest Scrap and Tag - Combination

I have been tagged by TheUncanny - Honest Scrap and by lavanya and Jayashree - 7 things which is not known to the blogosphere.Here folks, iam combining both the tags and doing it as one.

1. I was an introvert .(includes school and professional study) Always comfortable with a small circle of friends and would be mere spectator. But, later changed myself once i came in contact with B and family who were our neighbours. (precisely after P's birth)

2. Iam extremely possessive. Lost my then best friends thrice during various stages. All due to this trait. Though it peeps at times, now i have gained control.

3. During my 3rd standard Mid term i secured low marks and i forged my paattis signature. Ennoda poraatha neram one classmate saw the process and complained to the teacher. Got a nice pinch from that teacher and her face is still fresh in my memory. Apparam enna veetukku therinju ore advice mazhaithaan(apponnu relatives ellam veetla irunthanga)

4. I lose my handkerchief invariably whenever i carry them. But my aathukarar is just opposite to me. He strictly prohibits me from taking his things especially handkeys. He treasures them.

5. I was very thin during my school days and people would literally make fun of me. There was an aunt in our family and she would be large , seeing her school photograph (where she was like a stick literally) i would wonder, how come one can grow at this rate. Now, i know the answer and desperately would like to get my then physique.

6. I went sugarless for about a month during my pregnancy period. Since i was diagnosed with gestational diabetes was on a strict diet. Its a world known fact that i have a sweet tooth. Would always take half-a-spoon extra sugar in excess of normal qty. Considering the above facts, it was a feat - sugarless milk(that was the first time i had milk-that too sugarless). Krishna sweets was just a stones throw from our home and i had to literally pass without peeping in.

7. Iam allergic to pets and not just allergy iam afraid too ( cats or dogs no partiality). During my 7 th standard my uncles family shifted and came to live as a whole joint one. They brought a Pomeranian too with them. Once we cousins along with few friends were playing in the terrace and at that time the dog came there. It came near me and avvalavuthaan i just climbed a ladder which was placed there and was screaming at the top of my voice. Angeye was standing for about 15 min till my aunt came and took the dog after scolding my cousins. And all the while they were standing and making fun of me. paavam me :(

8. I just love reading, sometimes i get so hooked to the book that i carry it along with me to the bathroom and in the pretense of having bath would sit there and read. Ennada aalaye kaanom nu yaaranum vanthu thattinaathaan kulikkanumennu nenaippe varum. Then wat, jus oru kakka kuliyal pottu vanthuduven. It continues till today ;)

9. I have travelled once from Mambalam station to Egmore in the footboard. The train was so crowded and got to be there in the client place at 9.00 , so vera vazhi theriyama took the risk. And all the while it crossed the nungambakkam bridge i was sincerely praying without looking down. Even if i think now, i shudder once. appo athu prestige issue too when travelling with friends.

10. I visit my blog atleast 10 times. Chummavaanum even i had not posted anything. So, inorder to impose self-control iam taking a small break from blogging. And this applies to posts only and not comments. This self-impossed hibernation is to regain my control and spend some quality time with P in the vacation. Would visit the blogs and comment as usual. When i return i have planned to shed my anonymity. Actually i thot of taking a break without a notice, bt then re-considered and wanted to bid you all adieu.

100 not out!!!!!!!!

Hey know wat?????!!!!!!! This isssss my 100th post. Cannot believe , i wrote all these posts. Was just browsing through all my posts and woah wat did i find????
This blog cannot be categorised at all. Its a bhelpuri blog in the following order;
Kiddie Talks
Ramblings
Personal
Reviews
General
And i thank all my blogger friends for the continuous support and encouragement and especially Satish who withstood all my mokkai posts for a long time :). I think the momentum picked up from last December and previously it was just 1 or 2 posts per month.

I always had this inferiority complex about my English. My mom was the first generation learner and since she passed away early, the burden fell on yours truly.(enna oru modesty..ahem ahem).
I grew up literally at the mercy of tuition teachers, and that is one reason for my verithanamanaa teaching for my kid P. Whatever it is, i try to equip myself with the help of books and the added tool "search engines". Being the only child, my solace were the newspapers and the magazines. First few years, uncles and aunts were living in different cities and other uncles were unmarried, so this helped me to hang on to the reading habit.
Those days, even if it was not for my age, i woud read thuklak (grandpas fav), manjari, kalkandu, junior vikadan and the old reliable Dhinamani..It all contributed to my flawless tamil. Though telugu by birth, iam more comfortable and fluent in tamil. After few years , caught hold of siruvar malar from an acquaintance.
"The Hindu" came into our household only during my 10th standard and only through my compulsion. There was a friend P whose parents were doctors and she was their only child. And she would be having a whole golu rack of books with tinkle, readers digest and wisdom and archies. It was my first dose of English books and i slowly cultivated the habit with the help of local library.
English Grammar was like "pavakkai" for me. Even today i am uncomfortable with adverb, pronoun etc., (Got a book on grammar already to learn and teach P and they have already started nouns and verb for P - UKG- enna kodumai ithu). But, CBSE nngarthnaala punctuation, correct the sentence appadithaan kuduppanga, so grammar part lernthu thappichu common sense use panni score panniduven. But still inferiority complex ruled to the core.
And VP was our English teacher during our 12 th std. I was more tensed, adaadaaa ivvalavu naal oppethiyaachu, ippo maattippomennu nenachinde irunthen. I mid term got over and the mark sheets came. And to my shock, surprise and call it by whatever name you want, i scored the first mark and that is 67. Hahahahaaa.... LOL. And the guy who was more proficient in English and the class rep scored 66. I was actually confused, and confirmed my name in the paper and the total again. Serinnu appothaaan , okie namba english kooda better nnu oru confidence eh vanthathu....
Adaadaa 100th post sontha kathai , soga kathai maathiri aaache.....


So one more kiddie thing...

P daily follows this ritual of sending me a sms from his fathers mobile and the exact replica of the content goes as follows:
CG is a bad girl. She always puts me to sleep in the afternoon. She not allows me to watch TV , monster kid , new adventure of hanuman, chotta bheem. She always ask me to read.

Hurray!

Hurray!! This is my 50th post. Though people wanted to celebrate ;)))) in a big way by putting up banners and poster like the one which held in kancheepuram ( pls dont ask what it is , i expect everyone to be well-informed, athukkum mela engathukku auto llam varappadathu illayonno ) i modestly discouraged them . Ennatha irunthalum enakku tharpugazhchillam pidikkathu.

So, iam giving myself a pat on the cheek and a big hug........(cos iam a lazy one, so 50 post ezhuthinathe periya vishayam illaya). I know there are people who have been blogging for years together, aana avalta ellam naama kittaye poga mudiyaathu, etho nammala mudinjathu.

Went to the landmark sale, but i was unable to find good books ( to be true books at all) on phonics . Now-a-days these schools follow the curriculum based on the phonics, but publishers are yet to come out with good books on the subject. The ones which i found were just the name-sake ones. But, i picked few story books for my kid and a book on "facts".
I also picked few R.K.Narayan books , though read them in library i always wanted to own them.
Always i wanted to own a huge library, and i have just started to pursue it in a small way. Whenever i go out i just pick out books for my kids. Now, i have close to around 100 books. Needless , to say it occupies major space in my house. About 90% are story books for my kid which are in easy to read language. Rest of them are my collections. This is apart from our professional books which constitutes 3 sacks. I hate to keep them in sacks but lack of space forces us to keep them. I always wanted to have my own study room with huge display racks as in libraries.

Wish all of you a happy and safe deepavali.

P.S - Still deepavali purchase is pending . Enga aathukarar atleast saturday kku munnadiyavathu vaangi kudupparunnu nenaikkiren. (I already have a pattu saree from my father , but paavam my kid)