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Well, iam neither busy nor sick. A phase where everything seems dull nevertheless it was a learning phase. The other day while commuting through the rangarajapuram bridge i had the same feeling which i experienced on one of the rides in MGM. Thank god it is one-way. How they get these marvellous ideas - God only knows. And to think P comes through that daily in his VAN gives me enough shudders that i shut the thought immediately. And another thing i noticed was the posters on the wall of the Government hostel next to the Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam. Invariably it was a gratitude to god for saving Rajinikanth. Appadi paartha it would serve the purpose only if it adorns the walls of the kalyana Mandapam thaane?!!!!!!!!! But the walls were clean without even a bit notice while they found place on every other available space!!!!!!!!!!!! Hmmm....

After a long time went to bessi and this time we just few feet away from waves and was just gazing the sea. P got busier with panju mittai and the sand castle while all that i did was just simply watch the horizon. It felt so nice and the only spoilsport was the frankie which we had in the shop next to cozee. Itukku ennoda  chappathi ye better nu certificate from P.... All times of India...........

Children are growing in leaps and bounds. The other day Ps class girls were complaining to me that he was teasing everyone and once a girl just hit him in the head. While i was relaying the same to aathu , he said, Paavam girls ,its okay da P , namba ellam thiruppi adikka maattom illa avanga bayangara weak.

Immediately he retorted, Illa naa adippen avala.

Hmmm... ennatha solla.

 And ippove the war started. Boys Girls nnnu.

As i have already told we live in the quiet neighbourhood which is the favourite destination of all the chain snatchers, stray dogs and not the least Lovers (most of the girls from nearby girls school) . Antha ponnungala paakarche , i just have this urge to go and advice them (vayasaiduchoonnu pala samayam thonum). Its very difficult to control myself and return. Iam not against love or something but sometimes i would feel not everyone would have the luck as mine. So better to wait atleast till u finish your schooling. And all the guys invariably look like some adiyaals in tamil cinema (no offence) and i feel such a pity towards those girls. Though girls are smarter these days some exceptions are still there.

And  i saw both 7th sense (Ps version) and Velayudham. Onnum solrathukkilla. I think comparison la Velayudam sumaranatha ayiduthu otherwise thaniya release aagi iruntha it would have been worse. 

In the pipeline - Tintin, Puss in the boots, Mayakkam enna and Osthe (just to have hearty laugh kalachufying both heroes in theatre along with aathu while P would reminisce both)

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.

Gulmohar

While studying in school we had textbooks from Gulmohar but wait i am not going to talk about books. Antha alavukku innum pogala. But the literal tree which i love so much. This picture shows the tree in its full josh during spring. I think its like first love, i like everything about this tree. The small oval leaves in the form of samaram and the bright red flowers , big trunk and the buds greener outside and tiny red petals inside. What a combination. Aren't we lucky to have this tree right at our door step and seeing it day after day really makes my day.
Our first intro was way back 2 decades ago. Those days while returning from school from rickshaw we were forced to take a circular route to West Mambalam via Doraisamy subway cos of the Madley railway crossing. Doraisamy road was a very wide road those days and we kids used to fight for the top of the rickshaw. I need not say about the winner though. The top spot was favoured because then we would be able to pluck the leaves from this tree and continue to mark a trial through out the route with the leaves.
Second was the trip to bangalore. I was brimming with joy when i found that bangalore was the hub of these trees with colourful flowers all over the city. Throughout my stay in bangalore i was content in watching the trees standing like guards as well people who throng to see the politicians on a whirlwind tour. I would feel like a princess being welcomed by different coloured uniformed guards. The same feel i would get in Ashok nagar, Sardar patel road and some parts of Anna nagar in chennai.
I was overwhelmed when i entered the high school. We had a huge space which served as playground, assembly as well parking lot. The perimeter was guarded by none other than my first love. How long i had been longing to get into high school just to have a glimpse of this. The ground played an important part almost in every students life. http://oreponnu.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-school.html
For this aspect alone i badly wanted to settle in Ashok Nagar/KK nagar. we r still looking for proper T-house but thats a side story. My wish was temporarily granted when we stepped into this house (present one). After moving here, P started his proper school i mean LKG and how i remember the second day of his school (first day we dropped him). Waiting for the van near the gate under the tree shade at 7.45 in the morning with flowers strewn all over the ground and huge umbrella like branch overhead full of red flowers in its full bloom. Wowww what a sight it was. From that day i relish the morning and evening wait for the van admiring the red flowers and the yellow ones at the street corner. This is the fourth year and still i cant get over the feel which i got the first day , sorry, second day of his school. Looking back both P and the tree had grown much older.

Tit-bits

Well its been long time.... Ps school starts tomorrow. We have been used to being at home at leisurely pace for the past 2.5 months. So much so for the holidays, he had been dying to go to school, away from me (this is the curse of new-x-gen, how i used to wish for some political leaders death or to the correspondents family on the first day). So the routine would set from tomorrow morn and aathu has been jumping with joy - with a long sigh - appaaada, hereafter i need not wake u after setting off the alarm (set by you with your own hands the previous night with an oath to get up early in the morning) and despite that you would exactly wake after 1/2 hour of the stipulated time only to give me coffee and breakfast of idly with rasam (of the previous night). The clockwork routine would begin and i would get decent meal hereafter... What an ungracious man!!!!!!!!!!!! After i take all the trouble to provide him a healthy breakfast and not to mention the steaming filter coffee.....
Too much of cricket makes me to shut my eyes even at the ads with the cricketers. And P has been fully dissolved into the pool. He refuses to come to bed half way through the match. Believe me the ongoing West Indies tour has been hitting me right and left. He is through all the players in the IPL and quizzes me about their franchise for which my ultimate answer would be a blank stare.... And not to mention his questions.....
P:Amma why Virat kohli is not the captain of RCB , he is an Indian rite? Why should Vettori be the captain?
Me:Because Vettori is more experienced than Kohli!!!!
P: Even Sachin is experienced but Dhoni is only the captain rite!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So why not Kohli?!!!!
Me: Blinking profusely and without knowing how to answer changes the topic.............
Aaathu has got the new Iphone4. This man who refuses to get a new jean and t-shirt indulges himself with new mobiles costing about20 times more than a new pair of jean. Odd indulgence i should say... But i really like the clarity of pictures and the new feature of google maps on that.
Saw Kung fu panda 2 at AGS Villivakkam , i liked the interior but it took solid half-an-hour to spot the theater. We had been missing the street and going to and fro through the same road for about 20 minutes ignoring the narrow street. Then went on to find the bus stand behind which the theatre stood not holding to its image projected. Nevertheless, we enjoyed the movie and was surprised to find more adults than children and equal number of thatha paatties.
Who would have thought of Peacock as an evil creature - rather odd i say. Aaathu felt extremely patriotic and was cringing that our national bird was portrayed as evil. Strange man i say!!!!!

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