New Arrival

This year has been the most dramatic year of my life so far. So many changes. Change is the only constant thing of life nnu padichathu ivvalavu applicable aagumnu nenaikkala.
First things first - P is the proud brother of little baby girl Pa. We have moved to our new home. P changed his school. Mothathula puthu veedu, puthu baby, puthu school, renewing of bonding with maamiyar, ore kalakkrachandru thaan. But all the more hectic. So new chronicles of Pa with existing ones of P and lots of interesting characters in apartment with over 400 houses to follow. Hope to record everything if not in order :-) 

Kiddie talks - 29

Like any other day - mean the holiday season - we were scrambled over the bed and were having our bed time talks - as usual poor aathu was glued to his laptop while we were watching television and making fun of him. There comes song sequences at 11pm usually on Sun Music. Me and aathu would be pondering over those songs - usually Illayaraja's hits - would tell P about the hero , heroine and our movie watching experiences - each our own. If it was Rajinis and you can just swear that aathu would go on his favourite ramblings of his first day first show and would mouth the dialogues with exact flair. :)Our bedtime got extended by more than 3 hours since april.

The same routine happened yesterday too . Suddenly P got up and came near me and extended his hand shaking mine saying - Happy new day. I was thrown back and got it wrong first time - somehow we always associate anything to do with Happy and day to the Birthdays and was sincerely trying to recollect the day and was thinking - Illaye yaaroda birthday vum illayennnu..... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When he wished me the second time - I got it write . He didn't stop with that and did the same thing to aathu and promptly went to the daily sheet calender and meticulously tore the date sheet. Then only i saw the time and it was 12 am.

And it was really a nice feeling and the good feel continued in the morning too. What a way to start the day!!!!!!!

Happenings

Lets say this year started on a bhakthi note. We have been to temples and doing homams , poojas and what not. Apart from the regular venduthals , we are trying to regularise our so-called-bhakthi-dosage too. In this 8 years of marriage, only recently we had this ganapathi homam at home calling only handful of people. Not that we dont like people around, but i just get jittery at the thought of calling his relatives home. The so-called pathu (procedures - dos and donts during the sacred functions) in serving and doing poojas gives me nightmares. With abundance help from his chithi we successfully crossed the first step. All i did was the basic work and basic samayal whereas she came and took over the sambar and rasam segment. Serving of food portion was unceremoniously handed over to her in order to observe the proceedings. Finally all went well. And to say about the vaathiyaar, he was exactly like the father character(jeeva) in Nanban. Only the cough was missing and also like the character in vaali where he would say to Vivek about his illness. Literally we can count the ribs and bones. Out of affection for aathu, he came and did this homam inspite of his non-commitment policy thesedays.....(aanaaalum comment adikkama irukka mudiyala). During one of the coffee break , P was asking his appa - Ennappa strategic time-out ah!!!!!!!!!!! too much cricket i say!!!!!!

P is having his whale of time with the ongoing holidays which started way earlier. Playing cricket and no classes (his amma had taken mercy and didnt put him behind the bars in the name of summer classes). This is how I used to enjoy during my hols. We would just go home for the food and sleep and nothing else. Would be always either in road or friends place. Though we played varieties of games these kids know nothing but cricket. Boys are always boys!!!!!! They dont realise how much fun they are missing......

Last but not the least......P came on TV last friday. I mean he was part of the choir group which sang on the New years days function in Centenary hall shown live on Jaya Tv. Thought we were given the pass we were unable to go inside due to heavy crowd. So we had to rush back home to catch a glimpse on TV. Though he was suffering from stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea the previous night and the morning, he went ahead with determination. And lo what did the kids get - packed veggie biryani on the d-day and biscuits, juices the previous day - rehearsal.

Thanga thaer

Long time prarthanai got fulfilled atlast. Thanga thaer at Vadapalani Murugan temple. So inime iam going to do venduthal for lesser known temples. In that way we can get some satisfaction. All the while in the temple, i felt like being in Saravana Bhavan. Enge paarthaalum their staff only. And right from the priest to the melam, thaalam and the sweepers everyone just encircle you for money. Even inside the sanctum sanctorum  they show you the harathi only after seeing the 100/- rupee note.

Aathu went on a trip to thirupathi after a long time by walk , i mean only from thiruthpathi to thirumala. Was boasting all the time about his 2.00 A M idli which was soft and divine. It seems Nagarjuna heads the kalyan puratchi porattam there....;)

P successfully took off his side wheels in his bicycle and learned to balance all by himself. So for the past 10 days only cycle stories - how i and his appa learned , where did we get our bicycles from and showing all the veera thazhumpugal which we got and making it up as the ones we got while cycling to motivate and encourage him. (hmmm... evvalavu poi solla vendi irukku). Now he is eagerly awaiting his annual holidays for his new cycle.

Of late, iam watching lots of movies. Athuvum i wouldnt wait for the plot to unfold, but would read the plot in wikipedia then would happily watch the movie. I found that iam more into animated movies, rom-com and sci-fic category. Iam so used to the sub-titles that i find something lacking while watching it without them.

As is the practice, i just ask P not only about the class but also about the lunch break and the snack break. Would ask him whom he ate with and about their menu. So on that particular day as usual was probing him about the snack break, and when i asked him about the sharing issue, he replied that he didnt share with anyone on that day.

Me : Y da P, why didnt u share today?

P : Amma, thats my problem, why do u worry at all

Me : !@#$$%%^ (better to keep mum - didnt expect this answer so soon , was waiting for min 10 yrs)

Kiddie talks - 28

Whenever P comes from school my first question would be -

Did you finish your lunch? Since i would be waiting at the gate for him (as he stepped into std 2 he told me not to wait and would throw tantrums if i did so, now it has become a practice - I would always love to greet whether it is P or aathu when they return home ) i would immediately judge from the weight of the bag. If the answer is no - then he would get an earful.

That particular day was his last working day after completing his exams(ippothan puthusu puthusa FA1 FA2 appadinnellam irukke - i like this old one simply monthly , quarterly , half-yearly , annual - how easy to remember) so was busy preparing his favourite paneer butter masala . He came bit early and so i missed out his van. I was in a jubilant mood since he kept up his promise of studying and doing his exams well. That day too he didnt finish his lunch and when he announced that rather meekly , i said "Its ok. But dont repeat it ever"

He got suspicious.

P : " Amma are you having throat pain"

Me: Illaye iam fine en kekkara

P : Illa romba polite ah pesariye athaaan kekkaren unakku udambu seri illaya.

Me : Cannot help but laugh shamelessly ;p

Now this has become our kudumba dialogue for ottufying when we behave strangely (i mean politely of course)

Its been raining Birthdays

We have been going left and right to birthday parties and having said that i should also say that "I just love it". Its like refreshing apart from the family functions or religious functions where you are required to maintain the decorum and the gossip mills going.... And its all ladies meet with an exception of two or three fathers who look like lost bakras in the midst of the chattering ladies. (Aathu is extra cautious and after one incident of the same kind avoids them altogether hehehee...) . Now-a-days birthday parties start with cakes and ends with dinner (no cooking yeh....) All i have to do is deck up myself and P nicely , get a gift (ithuthaan romba kashtamana part-to get appropriate gift-cos kids just tear then and there and react instantly) and reach the house/party place. Kids instantly fleece and abandon us. There greetings are just awesome. All 7 yr olds hugging and greeting each other calling machaan etc...... All the parents were starring like aaawwwwwwww.......Hmmmm time is running fast like the japanese metros......
Next comes the welcome drink...i sincerely hope they give us choices in this regard except for the poochi kolli marunthu - then starters they range from french fries - cutlet - chips.
Apparam the main attraction cake cutting - Inge ore senti oh senti thaaaan - these kids know how to hog the limelight - calling their best friends and asking them to stand next to them and hugging each other - birthday song - cake cutting - ippo ore oottti vidals thaaan they forget their parents also . Now starts the sole purpose of party - athaanga dinner......Ending la vethala paakku and beeda mattum and thamboolam thaan missing or else all the ingredients of marriage are present. But that too is taken care of with the return gifts. Host kku main test eh ingathaaan irukku , i mean the success of the party lies with the return gift. You got to make right choice or else ella effort um bulb thaaaan. Best choice would be pencil box or the latest cartoon sensations. They never get aluthufied to our kutti chatthans. ;)
Finally we hit the sack at 10 -10.30 , so it is best to plan the day accordingly with no samayal and no padippu on the particular day and not to mention no saapadu to aathu or only neer mor ;p

Random thoughts

Yesterday was P's Birthday. So before proceeding, " Happy Birthday P"
The whole week was hectic and my mood was like a roller-coaster. The swing was to the extremes and even the birthday didnt do any good to it. Main reason - aathu is not in station. Of late i have been having mood swings and does it mean iam getting old.
Yesterday was also the birthday of P's one of the best friend. So went to his birthday party and since aathu is not in station we are planning for one on Sunday. And P suddenly had this doubt.
P - " Amma naanum Pa(wooh his name also starts with P) vum twins ah maaa"
Me - muzhichifying "Illaye, en kekkara"
P - " We were born on same date illaya."
Me - (ithukkuthaaan ethaanum explain panrache ozhunga pannanum, ara koraiya panna koodathu) - same date but different parents illaya so no you are not twins.

The highlight was even in the party one of the kid had same doubt.
P was elated when his friend called him and asked him to stand beside him while he cut the cake and obviously the first bite was given to P and he was all the more happy on the attention showered. Though he is waiting for the D-day for all the undivided attention.

Kiddie talks- 26

I have been toying with the title for about 10 minutes. Whether to name it as Kiddie talks or to change the topics henceforth. Such is the alarm set by P.

First instance

P has this strange habit of immediately not doing anything or everything i say. He would counter with some excuse and would ask for 5 minutes. Whether it is closing the door, getting up in the morning or night time ritual of relieving himself. He would say amma you do this , then i would do.

Once during bed time when i asked him to go to toilet , he said amma u tell me this story then i would go. then i started yelling him since i was in a bad mood (eppothaaan illennu aathu solluvar)

Immediately P retorted,

Amma intha 6 yrs ah nee solrathathaaana naaan kekkaren inimeyaaanum atleast naaaan solrathaaa kelu

(All these six years i was listening to you atleast from today u listen to me)

Ithukku enna solrathu........

Second one

Was giving him bath and as usual he was playing with the soap and water and instead of putting the soap in the case he would put it in the mug full of water. Here again i yelled at him.......

Me : P u keep the soap down and let me wash ur face.

P : Illammmaa i am going to wash

Me : No, u dont know let me do it (along with my famous stare)

P : Ammaaa nee kulikkariyaaa illa naaan kulikkarenaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Third

Aathu was working in his laptop. P was just lying on the bed and aathu had his laptop on the bed. P while just moving from side to side accidentally pushed the laptop.

A : P , kaala edu, see u r going to break the laptop.

P : Appa, iru naaan antha laptop ah kaalaala odaikka poren.

A : got miffed.... P intha maathiri ellam sollalaama, appa evvalavu kashta pattu work panren, night ellam muzhichindu velai pannren, nee ippadi ellam pesariye......

P : Appa just oru joke kkukku sonnathukku ivvalavu pesariye appa...............

A : !@#$#$%%###

Kiddie Talks - 25

As always iam taken back by the presence of mind the gen-x kids show now-a-days. Not only P but iam seeing it all around. Now back to the business...

Its been raining birthdays all around. Be it school or office colleagues or neighbors. So the night talks goes as follows:

P : Amma can i also have a birthday this week.

Me : Its already over and ur mam knows all about ur date of birth.

P : Amma please ma...

Me: Ur mam has the record of all the students , so u cannot fool her.

P : Then lets say its my star birthday.

Me : !@#$%%

As you all are aware we have a small library for P at home. Whenever we go shopping, we get couple of books for him. One such book is Spelling activity.

P was doing the book yesterday since his assessment got over last week. It had series of headings like class teacher, books, hobbies, best friends etc. under which 4 examples of each to be given. One such heading is insects.

Guess what he had written...

Rangooschi (the exact spelling which he wrote)

We were all literally ROTFL reading that and with the explanation given.

Latest humming tunes of P.... One cannot but swell with pride when u hear him singing these..

Then pandi seemaiyile from Nayagan

Ninnukkori varanum from Agni natchathiram

Chinna chinna asai from Roja

Meenkudi theril - no idea of the movie

All effects of FM.......

Kiddie Talks - 24

P has been learning about Water for the past one week. Sources , usage and about the pollution.
Sometime last week we were doing his homework which required him to write in a tabular column about the things that float/ sink in water.
He came up with some answers like spoon, ball , leaf etc. So now we gave him some choices ..
Me : Paper
P : Float
Me : Blocks
P : Float
Me :No. Both sink and Float
P : How?
Me : Wooden means sink and Plastic means float
P : Ok
Me : Stone.
P : If it is written Jai Shri Ram it would float others would sink
Me : (took few seconds to react) then both me and aathu ROTFL...........

Kiddie Talks-23

Actually this blog has become like a scrapbook sort for me. Recording all the happenings and the fun , anger and embarrassment associated with P as well our life as a whole. Sometimes i just read from the beginning and would experience them once more. Wish i had started earlier. At times i would feel, am i boring everybody or bragging too much. Cos for every parent whatever a child does or speaks becomes more important but i haven't updated everything only things which i consider worth recording have been posted. (in the sense it should not sound ordinary when i turn later or brag sort of thing).
Earlier i said P wanted to become a fire-fighter someday now the ambition had undergone a change once more.
Want to know what it is? DIRECTOR . Yes u got it rite. Its film director only.
Whenever a movie or a song comes,
P would ask me , Amma ithu enna padam, yaar hero and yaar heroine?
Now two more addition to the above question - Yaaru director and music director. I think ithu endhiran oda effect nnu.
So when he was having a bath he asked amma singam padathoda director yaaru, i replied saying "Hari" (nalla vela Vijaykumar ellam theriyaathu, apparam avanga family history ellam solli irukkanum, and thank god we dont watch the sun news)
After few seconds he said, Amma naan director aaga poren.
I kept quiet for some time and thought he got confused between actor and director and asked him again, R u sure. Do u want to become actor or director?
P : Yes, i want to become Director only and not actor.
Me : Do u know what a director does?
P : Avar thaan ellarukkum solli kuduppar enna pannanum , eppadi pannanumnu?
Me : hmm (thelivaathaaan irukkanga)

Now during bed time,
P : Amma naaan Raja aaga mudiyumaaa?
Me : Oh yes aagalaame. Prime Minister, Chief Minister ellarume raaja thaaan (Naan raasa va sollalainga)
P : Athukku naan enna pannanum.
Me : (Unmaiya sollanumaanu ore confusion - athaanga onnum panna vendamnu) Nee good ah padikkanum, padicha mattum porathu good ah nadanthukkanum (athukku mela theriyala)

Waiting for next thing in the list....

Double dhamaka

Day before yesterday night , some professional has gained entry into our office and created a mayhem in the process of looting our office. Luckily not much cash was there but around 7k.(No,no this didnt make it to the 2/3 page of The Hindu, cos Rasa and 26/11 occupied them) In the process he had destroyed all the locked cupboards and threw all the papers and documents with the help of a candle and few match sticks. How iam able to acknowledge his professionalism is due to the fact that he gained entry through the grill of the window by unlocking the nails.

Since my patti got scared hearing the news i had to stay put at home. My aathu described the scene of crime as straight out of some cinema. And the process which followed like giving complaint and arrival of the inspector, sub-inspector and each one of the staff (incl tea-shop man i suppose) , forensic team to record the finger-print (how much i missed being part of the mess "sigh" all things replica of "Krotham" Prem's thriller movie). As always, the policemen have assured us the best. :)

As i was hearing running commentary from aathu, i was constantly on my mobile. And this news just reached us after sending P to school (poor him goes to school at 7.30), so he didnt have a chance of hearing this. When he came home i was speaking with aathu and was just giving pep talks and assuring that everything would be all right. The conversation had phrases like "its okay da, seri daa etc"
P came and asked me " Yaar kittaa pesindu irukka"
I replied " appa kittaa" (normally he would fuss demanding that he should have spoken to him first, but that day kept quiet and went about his routine)
After some time he came.
P : Nee pesarche "daa" sonniye.
Me: Aamam unna solven illa antha maathiri thaan sonnen.
P : Nee enna sollalaaam , aanaaa, appava solla koodathu. Respect kudukkanum seriyaaa
Me: dumb struck...... Ennatha sollaaa :(

Two lessons in one day. What u say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pic courtesy: Google images - Cartoon stock

Kiddie talks - 22

If given an opportunity, we never fail to remind P that he is privileged to have the comforts and luxury which other under-privileged children are deprived of. Whenever he refuses to wear any particular dress, or finish of his food , we gently start the topic and vitta pothumnu he would comply ;) (such is our tactics , donot know how long we can use this )
Today while returning from class following conversation took place -
P : Amma innaikku naan school porache rendu kids paarthen , they were puppy shame.
Me : Oh, paavam avangalukku dress eh irunthirukkathu, athanaalathaan pola irukku.
P : Illamma avangulukku neraiya dress irukku.
Me : Unakku eppadi theriyum ?
P : Avanga amma dress potrunthaangale !!!!!!!!!! And avanga iron pannindu irunthaanga, so avanga ella dress um thoikka pottu , athu dry aagathathaala podale. Avanga kitta ellame irukku.
Me : @#$%$%^&^ muzhichufying for a repartee

Movies

Watched both BEB and Endhiran. Two very contrast films. Where do i begin first?
BEB - Out and out entertainment. Even if i turn around to get the water bottle i miss a one-liner and deprived of the joke which P and aathukarar share. Surprise! Surprise! Nayanthara can humour us with her expressions rather with her costumes. She attempted similar in a sarathkumar movie and vishals satyam. Both cannot be sagichufied merely for the reason she tried to copy other heroines. This one was really original. Story - Why do we need one when you can laugh non-stop? Did we have any thing of that sort in Thillumullu or MMKR? All we had to do was laugh our lungs out.


Endhiran - Aathu being a hardcore rajini fan didnt like the film. He expected sort of - singa mugam, singam thaniyaathaan varum, bajji venuma sort of dialogues. And saying all this he saw the movie on first day first night show paying Rs.1000/- along with his brother.
Avaroda complaint ennannaaaa Rajini padam how do you suppose to hear the dialogues and that too first day athuvumaaaa people were quiet and at the end of the film everyone stood up and started clapping ... grrr.... is this the sort of response u give a rajini film.....Die hard fans are unable to accept in any other roles......His verdict was this is not chitti chitti robot film but chutti Tv robot film......
On the other hand, i liked the film. The thing is iam not able to appreciate the acting of Robot Rajini simply for the fact that i was not able to relate him to rajini or a character. I just saw him as robot. It is evident in the scene when he intends to find the black sheep in the fleet of robots. Your heart skips a beat when he slashes the robots trying to find the scientist. P enjoyed the film but said at the end of the movie that -Amma i liked the good robot only not the bad one.


P.S - A robot drawn by P while i was doing his holiday homework ;)

P's art corner

First, third and fourth pictures were drawn from a coloring book. Second one own imagination - influence -FAQ on POGO - After drawing he said amma see the chemicals it is an experiment.

I was really taken aback by the observation and the table beneath.

The first one was really a surprise for me. He got the curves and eyes right. I think in any picture the eyes and the nose had to be in its place and proper to get the entire face. It came as a sweet shock to me.

Shock of the life

While returning from a trip following conversation took place between father and son..
Before proceeding a snippet of an evening...
P : Amma oru vishayam sollava... enna thitta maatta illa apparam yaar kitteyum solla koodathu.
Me : Illa thitta maatten onnum solla maatten (as if enkitta romba bayam irukkara maathiri)
P : Amma S illa L ah love panraaaan
Me : (suddenly became alert and trying hard to sound casual all the time with two bulbs burning brightly) oh appadiya hmmm L is studying in ur class ist?
P : Illa maaa last yr S was in X sec and L kooda athe class thaaaan bt ippo ava Y
Me : hmm.. good we should all love each other, see i love u and appa and paatti and same way u should also love everyone seriyaaa (definitely was muzhichifying for a proper answer and even now not sure whether i did my part right)

Now to the current situation....
P : appa S illa L ah kaathalikkaraaanaaa
Aathu : (was driving and was shocked bt all the more disguised ) hmmmm....
P : avan sollraaan ava oru devathai yaaan
(ippo both were perplexed at the direction the conversation was steering )
P : Enaaakum kathalikkanumnu aasaiyaaa irukku paaaa
Aaathu : P nee enna padikkkara ippo
P : I std
Aathu : so ippo unnoda vela padikkanum apparam vera enna sollu
P : (jus that day we were lookin at various houses) hmm veedu vaanganum velai pannanum
Aathu : correct appa paar hard work panren illaya so nee nalla padichuttu atha pathi think pannalaaam okay.
I thought i should save these things for teen age , but at the jet speed think i should be well-prepared for the unexpected. Donot know whether i would be able to do justice or we were right in talking to him in this. I know some might disagree saying these are all unwarranted thinkings and fears but with the Cartoon shows shown now-a-days and the exposure the kids have these days it is wise to be frank with them rather putting aside everything as childish. Do correct me if iam wrong.... Still thinkin of thousand other ways we could have handled the aforesaid conversation but nothing seems to be appropriate.

Tit bits - 2

Ravanan - Padam pudichatha illayannu enakke theriyala. Dialogues onnume puriyala, maybe theatre la paarthaa purinjirukkumo ennamo. Or iam not intellectual enough to understand the movie.
Singam - Enakku pudichirunthathu - all masala movies iam liking now-a-days infact singam and paiyaa i saw more than 3 times. Theatrela effect innum nalla irunthathu - Singam, but the costumes esp in the songs could have been better - esp family yoda paarka kashtama irunthathu esp big screen.
Karate kid - The first Jackie Chan movie which i saw was - Police Story - esp antha lights odachindu , he would jump from the top floor to the ground - arjun would have attempted the same in some movie. But in this movie he underplayed and that deserves a special mention. Mathabadi usual tamil film story - ella padathilaiyum even if it is cartoon or kids movie athu jealousy due to a girl thaaan pola. Universal formula.
No maid for the past one month - so its like always busy doing something or the other - half-brother at home preparing for his exams - the thing is ennoda aathukararkke i dont do things much - bt menakkedufying for my brother - ithuthaaan fate appadeengarthu.
P got his yellow belt successfully - i think its more of steps and they are not strict with respect to the kids. But i should say thrice a week class has its own effect with 1 hr being full of physical exercises and the rest 45 minutes for the actual karate steps. P actually like his classes but would almost oppethufy all the grueling exercises. He would just bend his neck for the steps requiring him to bend forward fully. And regarding the roll-ons he would coolly say, sir enakku varaathu.
Went to landmark for purchasing books for P - spent almost close to 2.5 hrs in just kids section still ennamo time poraatha maathiri irunthathu. Staff need to arrange the books according to the titles or publications. Its difficult considering the people who just place the books wherever they feel like, still they can follow some sort of discipline. I would like to spend a whole day there without bothering about school van or lunch or other chores. I just love browsing especially books.
Went to Mahamudra, a restaurant from isha life - i just loved the mysore masala dosai there - yummy wheat pongal and the idly - perfect sambar and chutney and they give karuvepilai thogayal there. Vadai and the dosa - amazing with just literally no oil oozing out of it. It was just me and aathukarar after dropping P in his school - just saw a board and went inside to explore. I liked the decor and the ambiance, they have spa and fitness centre, and also a small boutique . I would like to purchase the various bathing oils and candles sometime. Worth trying.
Last but not the least,
Was giving food to P, he was continuously drinking water
Me : P pothum thanni kudichathu, apparam mammu saapda maatta.
P : Illama naan thanni kudikkala jus sip thaan panren (all the while sipping the water )
Me : P poi sollathaa, sonnatha kelu.
P : P kku poi solla theriyaathu (with right modulation and the expression)
LOL................ Vijay padam paakkarthaala vantha punch dialogue mania nnu nenaikkaren

Kiddie Scoop

Scene - 1
P's new adventure into ishinryu started on June 1st. So, over-enthusiastic mom took him early to the class. Since no one was around we decided to kill time by getting into Sathyanarayana koil. But P had other plans of visiting his cousin (daily pona nalla irukkathu illaya). He came without any enthusiasm and when we were praying lord lakshmi narasimhar, he started to climb the iron bars there. Mama asked him not to do . So he was all the more cranky.
" Enakku ummachi ye theriyala eppadi paakarthu?"
Next we were doing prathakshanam for anjaneyar. He was parakku pathufying (appadiye ammava kondu irukkaaan) So i told him to pray. Immediately his retort was,
"Ummachi sevichukko sevichukkonnu solra aaana anga ummachi enga irukku, verum statues thaane irukku" " En antha statues ellam decorate panni irukka?"
One moment shock , and after regaining said control told him that ummachi is worshipped in that form and asked him to recollect narasimhar story of " thunilum iruppar and thurumbilum iruppar"
Aaanaaalum avan ennavo convince aaana maathiri theriyala.

Scene - 2

While visiting the library usually i make it my point to get one book for P as well. So this time it was " Stories of Pirates". I got this book just yesterday. Today i had some work so left him with paatti and went ahead. While i was leaving he asked me about the library book and once i gave it to him he started reading it. I left him as such and went without disturbing him.
On my return, my paatti called me and told me in a hush tone,

Patti -" Nee oru book kuduthiye athu enna book"
Me - Story book maaa, childrens story book , pirates book ,en kekkara?
Patti - Illa antha book avan full ah padichaaan
Me - Oh good very good
Patti - Illa kelu, athu padichuttu enakku katha sonnan, ithu hero villain ,avan sanda poduvaaan, ellaaraiyum kaapathuvaan appadinnu
( then her tone became more of concerned sort and with lots of kavalai)
Apparam etho oruthan oru ponna rope pannuvaaan nnu sonnan athu nalla book thaaane?
Me - Couldnt control laughter at the expression and more of the understanding .... ROFL non-stop .......
The story goes as follows the pirates tie the girl with the rope and P in his enthusiasm explained to her in this format as - avan avala rope la katti poduvaaan nnu solrathukku bathil rope panniduvaaan nnu solli irukkan :)
LOL..............
Apparam avangalukku explain senju mudikkarthukkulla bayangara comedy ya pochu...

Kiddie Talk - 21

Yesterday, we were returning home at night after watching SHREK (will post a review abt this and singam as well - and also abt the urchavam at kaancheepuram) at Satyam. Iam stepping into Satyam exactly after 6 years. What a change!!! Last movie i watched at Satyam was "Aayitha Ezhuthu" ( oooo madhavan and Surya, somehow sidharth didnt impresss me much) . Once i had fallen sick and was just lying down, when aathukarar asked for something gave answer in a feeble voice and again continued my trepedition. Without any conscious effort i was watching and rejoicing"minnale" the moment he switched on the TV. (annaikku film athuthaaan). Naan kettaaa bathile illa, odambu seriyillainnu saakku aaana madhavan TV la vantha mattum ellame paranthu pochaa.. purushan kannukku theriyala madhavan theriyaranaaannu ore otttu thaaan annailernthu ;)
Okie now on to the crux....
Me : 7 yrs aagaporathu illa (anniversary approaching)
Aath: hmm atha en nyabaga paduthara
Me : haaaan ennathu?:
Aathu: Onnum illa, unakku rombavum easy yaaa pazhagiduchu illa
Me : Ennathu pazhagiduchu?
Aathu : Ellathukkum XX nnu ennaiye kooptu (In theatre also he went outside and came 5 times - popcorn, veg puff, water, cake, water again - the moment P calls amma i would say XX ) ellathaiyum pannidra illa. Too much dependency... Athu thappu theriyuma , u should learn to be on your own.
Me : Nee kooda thaaan morning Coffee naan thaan tharanum, and daily atleast 10 calls from the office. (kooda ellathaiyum sethukka vendamaaaa). Iam depending on you naaa , u are also emotionally dependent on me, and you know iam the driving force for you.
All the while P was silent and was listening...
P : Amma neee driving force naaa naaan ALIEN FORCE (ben 10 la alien force nnu oru brigade of characters varum)
Me and Aathu : ROTFL .........Non stop

Kiddie Talks - 20

As usual, we were listening to FM. This time it was Radio City's - Sugamana Ragangal. Aathukarar was held up somewhere , so we were waiting and chatting in the meanwhile.
First they played a song from Roja - kadhal rojave...And i was singing along,
P - Unakku eppadi intha paattu ellam theriyarthu?
Me - Appadiye theriyum, naan chinnatha irukkarche vanthathu athanaale theriyum
P - Yaar hero and padam peru enna?
Me - Arvindswamy (drooling thinking of roja) and padam peru ROJA

Next song - Thalapathi - Sundari song...
P - Yaar hero maa, padam peru sollu
Me - Rajini da , padam peru thalapathi

Next song - Puthiya mugam - Netru illatha maatram
P repeats same question and i answer

Next song - Shahjahan - Mellisaiye
P - Same question repeats
Me - Hero Vijay padam peru nyabagam illa (seriously forgot the name of the movie, and didnt try twice to recollect)
P - (started scolding me , like elders do when kids forget their academic lessons)
Mathathellam mattum theriyumaaa, aana unakku ithu mattum theriyaatha (athuvum vijay padam ngarthaala extra tension aayittan)
Me - awwwwww (muzhichifying open-mouthed )