A step forward...No a leap actually!!

Enrolled Dhriti in Meridian school just now...
This was by far the toughest decision that we made...which school?
The fact that there are just too many options all around...the fact that there is nothing that matches all the criteria that you want....the fact that there are "values" and "money" involved...all this added up to a lot of debate...discussions...recommendations...and finally...all we needed was to convince ourselves...

Okay....later in life just incase I forget why we choose this school in the first place...
1. It is nearer to where we stay right now...the schools normally start @ 8AM and I didn't want to wake up @ 5 everyday and I didn't want Dhriti to wake up early either....coz I know for sure that we won't be able to wind-up for the day before 10 PM.

2. The school is "generally" considered good...might not have the brand value that something like Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has...but is amongst the good schools in town...

3. There is no homework. I never understood the concept of writing the same thing over and over again 10 times resulting in any sort of benefit. I am really hoping that Dhriti need not go through all that. She might not be a child prodigy, superlatively brilliant...but yes, she is an intelligent girl. I seriously would not want to insult her by getting her to do these kind of homeworks. And no, I don't have the patience and time for that either...!!

4. You have food provided in the school premises along with all the children. You get to eat the same food WITH everybody. Gives Dhriti that "commonality" and saves me the additional effort of rushing through things every morning...

5. I didn't want Dhriti to be in any sort of pressure during her schooling days. As far as possible tension-free. And this turned out to be one school that has exams and all that (not too modern like not having exams at all) but still has time for extra and co-circular activities

6. And finally, one last thing that was stopping us...(its me actually) - THE FEES. I've had to accept the fact that we've "really" moved out of that "middle-class bracket" and can afford the sort of fees these schools demand.

And afterall I wanted my daughter to have the best!!

Just like any other decision I've made so far in my life...how sure am I about this??...not sure at all...but all along things just worked the right way...this one will too....:)

Hmmm...nothing much...just lazing around..

so...a year that's gone by...I have been reading the lists- the best, the worst of 2007 all over the place...well actually not all over the place...just all over rediff :))
some people can't change...I mean I can never bring myself to get interested in economics, changing dollar values, the greatest CEOs' of our times...I am interested only in movies...what are the films to look forward to in 2008 (and BTW and good compilation on rediff about that!!)

So, how do I sum up 2007, quite good actually, on the personal front, we came back to India, we've settled down in India, I've been to my parents, my in-laws, relatives and all that...
Downsides of coming back to India, Dhriti has been unwell quite frequently, maybe 'coz of climate change or whatever, but she is fine, quite a brave girl that one.

But in general not a great year for the world all over. I thought terrorism was something that was restricted to certain areas/parts of the world only. Bomb blasts in Hyderabad shook the hell out of me.
If someone now predicts that the human race will end by so-and-so year, maybe I'll believe them (looking at the gory acts happening all over the world)
Add to that the fact that we've lost a colleague of ours (quite an young guy actually, all of 38) to heart attack.
I mean, can this really be happening???!!!!

Things like this make life very uncertain, unpredictable.

SO...now for some gyaaan:
Let's make merry, have loads of fun and yes most importantly take GOOD CARE of ourselves.
Go get those regular check-ups done, eat regularly, exercise.

Live life to fullest.

Here's wishing everybody a more peaceful and safe and healthy and happy new year!!!