Wishes for ya all...
1.Happy birthday Jai and Sapna-Mar 29th,2005
2.Congratulations Madhu and Manish for your new life and good luck...
3.Nanu is sick-please get well soon...mera mann nahee lagta aise...
4.And to all of you stopping by my blog- Belated Happy Holi....
OOOO Baby...Putu,cutu,rolu-polu,gol-gappe...
Everytime I see a child I start calling him with all soughts of funny names...just subconsciously...
This is Avery...my friend Shanna's 7 month old kiddo...isnt he a cutu...
Mind exercise...
I was trying to give some exercise to my brain yesterday.Jotting down some pairs of words that are pronounced the same but spell and mean different...Got a few here...any more to add???
their/there,fair/fare,sou l/sole,some/sum,meat/meet ,soot/suit,here/hare,way/ weigh...
bus thak gaya dimaaag................
Transition...
Childhood was about playing and reading comics...different indoor and outdoor activities...as a kid,I would have no time for anything else...coming back drowned in mud or sometimes wounded...ignorant,carefree...
I am sure the games I relate to my childhood might be similar to yours or might not be....because there are some set common ones that all parents introduce to their kids...a few are their own imaginations or else taught to them by a lil elder kids who boss around...:-)man kya din the...As I write about it I can still smell the essence in the air then...I see the park in front of my house...and alot of kids playing and I am one of them...I dont want to watch this,I want to be one of them...but no...somethings are just meant to happen at THAT time and as long as you enjoyed it then...lets cherish those memories...
OK now some of the games I remember clearly-
Age 3-8:
Games: Langdi tang,Pankdam pakdaayee,Blind man,Gallery,Teacher-Stude nt,Ghar-ghar,Stapu,Galler y,Kho-kho...and many more
Age 8-15:Badminton,Cricket with a tennis ball,Throw ball,Dog in the bone,for a temperory period I remember playing with trump cards...memorize all the details of those wrestlers and then ask around...:-)
Read alot of Chacha chowdhary(ka dimaag comp se bhee tez dorta hai)aur sabu,billu,champak,then transition to agatha christies and sheldons and grishams and crichtons...
Each day is a transition from one phase to another...pre-school to school to college to masters degree to work....kept taking a step forward and there is still a long way to go...But its been a beautiful journey and thats how its gonna be...:-)
Gambling-Good or Bad...?
In India,we used to play Flash every Diwali and it wud be a family and friends affair,for fun...yet with money.Low bets,not much to win or loose but completely entertaining.
Since the last 2 times,whenever we have been to Atlantic City,its made me realize how much I like it...The whole ambience,all soughts of people,mainly rich and old...and then
there is a strange enthusiasm when you are at the table...if u are winning,u wanna win more and if u loosing u want to make up for what u have lost...As long as it doesnt get heavy on my mind...and I know I am here to have fun and 'to loose' ,my winnings are a bonus...
I love 5-card poker and roulette.This one guy on my poker table won 1900$ in one game...wont one get tempted...Its no addiction but pure temptation that makes me play...and then the excitement...will the opening card bring me money or take it...
All in all - ITS FUN...
A deep thought...
Talking about marriages,are they truly made in heaven...or are matches made in heaven but marriages go by destiny...
Do you think its all a part of destiny and fate,and what has to happen will happen...
OR
Do you think we write our own destiny and become what we do???
I think its in the moments of our decisions that we shape our destiny...
The strongest relationship on this earth is...
...that of Parent and child.
For my Ma and Pa-
Jab Kabhi chand na ho,aur ghani barsaat ho...
Dar na koyi hoga mujhko,agar tu saath ho!
My life is because of what you taught me,my actions,my attitude,my behavior is partially because of my upbringing.I am a confident,independent person today and I have learnt to be that way from you.You gave me everything I ever asked or did not ask for...when I was a child,your life revolved around my happiness,and even now,you just have to hear my voice to know if I am upset and I just have to hear yours to feel better...I look upto you Mom and Dad and want to thank you for everything.
Wish you a very happy Wedding Anniversary.