Aditi started school

And I am a happy mother !!!

Yes, Aditi has joined Play Group at Euro Kids. I am particularly happy with this branch of Euro Kids. They really have very good teachers, they take care of the kids and kids really stop crying within 2-3 days.

I have seen this with both my kids - they have just liked going to Euro Kids.

First two days, I had to go with her, stay with her through the 1 hour and then get her back home. She was comfortable because amma was with her.

Third day, she was not aware that I would drop her at the gate and go back. Once she realized this, she started howling and did not stop howling till i picked her up.

Fourty day - she was much better. She pretended to cry till she was at her class' threshold. And then curiousity took over. She had stopped crying and had started observing her surroundings.

Fifth day - she was cool as cucumber. Took her bag, went in without kicking any fuss....

Sigh... she is growing up each day... and I am growing old each day!!! LoL :)

Tale of Rings

One of my husband's cousins, who is an astrologer, suggested that I wear 2 rings made of 2 different gem stone. Now, I am one who believes "never leave an opportunity to buy gold" - so what if this can be eyed as me being superstitious....

So, off I went, purchased the stone and got the ring made. And after practicing the rituals to wear the ring, when I wore it on my right fingers, I realized I was no better than Phantom.

That evening, I was telling my son about this - and he had not heard about the Phantom story. I walked him through the fantasy of Kit Walker, who promises on his father's skull to fight piracy. I went on to talk about the skull cave, the diamond glass, phantom's rings - the "good" swastik and the "bad" skull rings.

And I added "see, next time you throw a tantrum, I am going to punch you with my right fist. This would leave 2 marks on your chin -very much like phantom.

Immediately, my son shot back "Nope, not phantom. The marks will be that of a "Fat" "Amma"

Since then, he refers to my rings as "Fat Amma" Rings!!!

Letter to the forest department

Today morning, my husband requested me to write a letter in Kannada addressing to the Forest Department Officials.

And this truly was a humbling and embarassing experience. I realized, although I am a born, brought up in karnataka person, I do not know how to write a letter in kannada.

For instance, I did not know how to write "Respected Sir" and "Sub" and "Trim the tree". It was so bad that eventually, I wrote the word "trim" in kannada alphabets and instead of "Respected Sir", I wrote "Respected Helper"....

Any person reading the letter is bound to be offended and I would not be surprised if s/he refuses to help my husband.

But - good thing is that since the letter is from my husband to the forest department officials, in all possibilities, they will believe that the letter was written by him.

If you are seeing 2 devil horns behind my head - you are correct :P

Technology Training

I am sitting in a technical training session. This did not happen by accident. After what seems ages, I enrolled, consciously with both eyes open, into a technical training course on Sharepoint 2010.

I thought - so what if I am in the management cadre? Learning and keeping updated with technology will always do me good.

And with this thought at the back of my head, I nominated myself and my manager approved.

However, while the class itself is going on well - sadest part (and the part I dislike the most) is that there is no hands-on practicals as they do not have the necessary environment.

How can I learn any technology without hands-on? If I need a theory session, I can as well read up about this on the internet or Microsoft Official site. I am so very disappointed.

Anger Management

Nope, I am not talking about the movie.

I have been taking counselling sessions on anger management. One of the tips I received was to start observing my breath when I start getting angry.

BUT - when I am truly angry - the only thing I do NOT do - is watching my breath.

How am I suppose to remember doing that when all I can do is shake in a fit of rage?

Seriously welcome any tips on this.

May be, a reading of "Power of Now" might help me - someone has vastly recommended this book. I am going to try and read this and see if I can learn a thing or two about how I can manage my anger better.

Cannot stay away

Okay, I was feigning to be very busy and did try staying away from blogging. For no apparent reason.
I just did not feel like blogging.

So, abstained myself for a period of good 3 months, I suppose.

Must say, this was a refreshing break... and now, I have so many stories to blog... Isn't it good?

But I must confess...staying away did not do me good...there were several instances when I caught myself almost logging into the blog site to share my story :P

Frustration

I am truly frustrated today. After my baby sitter went through a surgery to set right her oesophagus blockage; I have been making a conscious effort to cook soft breakfast such as Idly, Dosa, Pongal etc - which are soft to chew.

After trying out everything, today, I tried my hand at preparing cucumber kadabu. This kadabu can be made both spicy as well as sweet. The batter for the spicy kadabu became a bit thin. So, after the steaming, the top layer had become quity soggy. But it did taste good.

However, my baby sitter saw that soggy layer and refused to eat the kadabu. She adamantly prepared dosa for herself (I always keep dosa batter in the fridge for emergencies).

I was FURIOUS. Could see myself shake from head to toe.

And this is a lady who will not have anything to eat at home if she stops earning her salary. A person who is really struggling because her husband does not earn anything. Rather, whatever he earns he spents on booze...

What do I do with people like this? Should I call it ego? Should I call it "Pride"?

How do I handle this at all?