Monday, March 21, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
And then...
I am back...
No it's not got to do with nothing to write. Is that a possibility at all? With 2 kids at home, tough time at work, marriages in the extended family..
It's just that I was not very inclined to do this. And this has been the case with me for a while.
And then...I went to Dhriti's school over the weekend and they were having yet another program called "Rendezvous with Parents"...One nice little party/get-together for all the parents.
On top of that, they played "old English pop songs" there. It kinda transformed me to my college days..
When they started playing "Heal the World"...I was so shocked that I could still recollect every single thing that we did back then in college, the farewell that we gave, the candles, the formations that we made, everything came back as if it were just yesterday.
It took a lot of will (and ofcourse Dhruv's tantrums!) to get back to the current day and time :)
Yes, I still love my college days, I still think they are the best days of my life.
And I love my kids, I think I'm in a good place in my life now...
While on the kids...they've been growing up and growing up fast too...
Dhruv is developing an extremly strong vocabulary and is in that innocent and cute but naughty phase.
Dhriti is more like a grown up girl now, except when it comes to sharing toys with Dhruv or going to school on a Monday morning :)
Now that I've done some sort of rambling here and also becoz the chaos will never really stop...I am hoping I'll come back here again...and soon.
No it's not got to do with nothing to write. Is that a possibility at all? With 2 kids at home, tough time at work, marriages in the extended family..
It's just that I was not very inclined to do this. And this has been the case with me for a while.
And then...I went to Dhriti's school over the weekend and they were having yet another program called "Rendezvous with Parents"...One nice little party/get-together for all the parents.
On top of that, they played "old English pop songs" there. It kinda transformed me to my college days..
When they started playing "Heal the World"...I was so shocked that I could still recollect every single thing that we did back then in college, the farewell that we gave, the candles, the formations that we made, everything came back as if it were just yesterday.
It took a lot of will (and ofcourse Dhruv's tantrums!) to get back to the current day and time :)
Yes, I still love my college days, I still think they are the best days of my life.
And I love my kids, I think I'm in a good place in my life now...
While on the kids...they've been growing up and growing up fast too...
Dhruv is developing an extremly strong vocabulary and is in that innocent and cute but naughty phase.
Dhriti is more like a grown up girl now, except when it comes to sharing toys with Dhruv or going to school on a Monday morning :)
Now that I've done some sort of rambling here and also becoz the chaos will never really stop...I am hoping I'll come back here again...and soon.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Give me another chance...
wanna grow up once again...
That's exactly how I felt when we visitied Dhriti in her school today..
They had a session called "Koffee with Kids"...awesome concept...
All the parents were asked to come to school...get introduced to the rest of the kids...play a game, listen to the kids sing for them and then have coffee
It was so much fun...so enjoyable...the kids were sooo adorable...
There was a "mock" ramp created in their classroom...and both Shiva & me were asked to walk down the ramp with Dhriti...she then said..
Hi...good morning everybody, I am Dhriti. Meet my mom Sirisha and meet my Dad Shiva!
I literally had tears in my eyes...I was so proud of her...and I didn't want her to grow up, lose all that innocence...
There were a set of adjectives on the board and we had to pick one that suited the kid..
we picked "Gorgeous Dhriti!!"
she was truly that...and I am extremely thankful, blessed and all that for getting a chance to re-live my days as a kid...
That's exactly how I felt when we visitied Dhriti in her school today..
They had a session called "Koffee with Kids"...awesome concept...
All the parents were asked to come to school...get introduced to the rest of the kids...play a game, listen to the kids sing for them and then have coffee
It was so much fun...so enjoyable...the kids were sooo adorable...
There was a "mock" ramp created in their classroom...and both Shiva & me were asked to walk down the ramp with Dhriti...she then said..
Hi...good morning everybody, I am Dhriti. Meet my mom Sirisha and meet my Dad Shiva!
I literally had tears in my eyes...I was so proud of her...and I didn't want her to grow up, lose all that innocence...
There were a set of adjectives on the board and we had to pick one that suited the kid..
we picked "Gorgeous Dhriti!!"
she was truly that...and I am extremely thankful, blessed and all that for getting a chance to re-live my days as a kid...
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Long..long ago
Looks like it's been ages since I've come here. Life generally has been "busy".
I wanted to do a typical year end blog post, but then when I sat down to think about it everything was a blur....
Jan, Feb, March - totally lost, don't even know how I coped up after Dhruv was born. Things that I can remember VERY vividly -
The day we brought him home from the hospital. Seeing this very small kid right next to Dhriti, I was literally in tears. When will this guy grow-up, how will I ever live through the next 3 years and see him become his "own-self"
The panic and the "hyper-tension" when Dhruv was diagnosed with Jaundice. Yeah, I know it's very common and all that. But seeing a 3 day old baby in that state was just not something I could take.
April, May, June - whatever happened to these months?
July, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec - yes I could have simply said - rest of the year, but the "effect" is lost right? :) So, rest of the year was like "what home"? I was literally working round the clock.
Oh by the way, this year marks the beginning of being connected always. I now have a blackberry and it is addictive!
To sum it up, the year's gone by in a blur, I can't even claim that I've done decently well. Probably saying I scraped through and somehow managed would be appropriate
No, I don't have any new year resolutions but then I want the next year to be a little peaceful, I want atleast a few days off (or few evenings off), I want to see the kids grow up, I want to move to a own house (which means I need lots of money, which again means I need to save :)) )
And most importantly, I want the kids and the family and everybody generally to be healthy.
Looking forward to a rocking 2010!!
I wanted to do a typical year end blog post, but then when I sat down to think about it everything was a blur....
Jan, Feb, March - totally lost, don't even know how I coped up after Dhruv was born. Things that I can remember VERY vividly -
The day we brought him home from the hospital. Seeing this very small kid right next to Dhriti, I was literally in tears. When will this guy grow-up, how will I ever live through the next 3 years and see him become his "own-self"
The panic and the "hyper-tension" when Dhruv was diagnosed with Jaundice. Yeah, I know it's very common and all that. But seeing a 3 day old baby in that state was just not something I could take.
April, May, June - whatever happened to these months?
July, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec - yes I could have simply said - rest of the year, but the "effect" is lost right? :) So, rest of the year was like "what home"? I was literally working round the clock.
Oh by the way, this year marks the beginning of being connected always. I now have a blackberry and it is addictive!
To sum it up, the year's gone by in a blur, I can't even claim that I've done decently well. Probably saying I scraped through and somehow managed would be appropriate
No, I don't have any new year resolutions but then I want the next year to be a little peaceful, I want atleast a few days off (or few evenings off), I want to see the kids grow up, I want to move to a own house (which means I need lots of money, which again means I need to save :)) )
And most importantly, I want the kids and the family and everybody generally to be healthy.
Looking forward to a rocking 2010!!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Mustafa....Mustafa...
....been to Jai Ho concert....unique one-of-its-kind experience.
Truly a genius...Rahman
and then there's that digital screen that someone designed...don't know who but mind-blowing work!
Having said that the arrangements done by GMR for the concert itself were pathetic...eekss...
but then what we took away from the show was a fantabulous...super experience.
The songs...most of the songs from Rahman movies that he himself sung featured predominently...all most all songs from Jodha Akbar...
and then ofcourse all his famous numbers...
There's something magical with music...I mean...years...ages after we passed out from B.Tech...I can still instantly connect...and go back as if it was just yesterday whenever I hear that Mustafa song...that one song was were ragging anthem...can't forget those days when we helped the non-telugu gang to learn the lyrics and sing (all of us together) EVERY night as an anthem....
And then now years later I heard that song from Rahman himself...and I missed them all...ALL OF THEM...I want my friends back...:(
The concert itself closed with Jai Ho and Vande Mataram...the entire public stood up...joined the song...shouted...and actually felt that pride when they said Jai Ho and Vandemataram...
That was ONE concert...
Truly a genius...Rahman
and then there's that digital screen that someone designed...don't know who but mind-blowing work!
Having said that the arrangements done by GMR for the concert itself were pathetic...eekss...
but then what we took away from the show was a fantabulous...super experience.
The songs...most of the songs from Rahman movies that he himself sung featured predominently...all most all songs from Jodha Akbar...
and then ofcourse all his famous numbers...
There's something magical with music...I mean...years...ages after we passed out from B.Tech...I can still instantly connect...and go back as if it was just yesterday whenever I hear that Mustafa song...that one song was were ragging anthem...can't forget those days when we helped the non-telugu gang to learn the lyrics and sing (all of us together) EVERY night as an anthem....
And then now years later I heard that song from Rahman himself...and I missed them all...ALL OF THEM...I want my friends back...:(
The concert itself closed with Jai Ho and Vande Mataram...the entire public stood up...joined the song...shouted...and actually felt that pride when they said Jai Ho and Vandemataram...
That was ONE concert...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
List...
Yeah...I couldn't think of a better way of doing this - Updates..!
1. Went to Shirdi last week, can't recollect much except the 2 (TWO WHOLE DAYS) spent travelling. There has to be a better way, better roads, faster travel, better weather...
2. Kids are doing fine. Both of them were sick but recovered now. Dhriti still has problem with her tongue...don't even know what the "name" is, but something akin to mouth ulcers...(just that it is 10...no 100 times worse than that)
3. Dhruv has become very very naughty. He CANNOT stay calm, stable for more than a minute. Good news is he is sleeping patterns are slightly better
4. Plan was to go to Tirupathi also this month (for Dhruv's gundu), but postponed it to Dec. Too many travels in a month, leave, finances, Diwali and many more reasons to it. So, bottom-line: He'll probably have a "gundu" for his birthday.
Oh my god, it's already almost one year!!!!Yipeeee...
5. Oh, somewhere down the line last month I realised a very simple reason for belief in GOD. Can't recollect what it is now, but it made a loooot of sense. And I've also realised that I am not a very "religious" person inspite of the family that I was born into. And the best part is there are many people now who are into rituals, why...why the sudden interest?
6. And swine flu. I am scared, very scared. But it is passing. I mean the scare. And I think it's a media thing also. For a few weeks everyday it was the headline. In between we had YSR tragedy and then now recently the floods and swine flu has taken a back seat. By the way, the floods are TERRIBLE.
7. Shiva is still travelling. In and out of Hyderabad. Right now in Dubai. Do I want to go also? Yes, ofcourse!!!
8. Aps has another baby girl, Ruchika....congrats Aps...for the baby, for the no-drugs delivery and ALL THE BEST. You need it :)
To end this all...
1. Went to Shirdi last week, can't recollect much except the 2 (TWO WHOLE DAYS) spent travelling. There has to be a better way, better roads, faster travel, better weather...
2. Kids are doing fine. Both of them were sick but recovered now. Dhriti still has problem with her tongue...don't even know what the "name" is, but something akin to mouth ulcers...(just that it is 10...no 100 times worse than that)
3. Dhruv has become very very naughty. He CANNOT stay calm, stable for more than a minute. Good news is he is sleeping patterns are slightly better
4. Plan was to go to Tirupathi also this month (for Dhruv's gundu), but postponed it to Dec. Too many travels in a month, leave, finances, Diwali and many more reasons to it. So, bottom-line: He'll probably have a "gundu" for his birthday.
Oh my god, it's already almost one year!!!!Yipeeee...
5. Oh, somewhere down the line last month I realised a very simple reason for belief in GOD. Can't recollect what it is now, but it made a loooot of sense. And I've also realised that I am not a very "religious" person inspite of the family that I was born into. And the best part is there are many people now who are into rituals, why...why the sudden interest?
6. And swine flu. I am scared, very scared. But it is passing. I mean the scare. And I think it's a media thing also. For a few weeks everyday it was the headline. In between we had YSR tragedy and then now recently the floods and swine flu has taken a back seat. By the way, the floods are TERRIBLE.
7. Shiva is still travelling. In and out of Hyderabad. Right now in Dubai. Do I want to go also? Yes, ofcourse!!!
8. Aps has another baby girl, Ruchika....congrats Aps...for the baby, for the no-drugs delivery and ALL THE BEST. You need it :)
To end this all...
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