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April 19, 2009 at 1:13 pm
· Filed under emotions ·Tagged foolish crow, skype, varan varan poochandi
Inspite of the ankle fracture still had loads of fun in Boodom. No matter what Antu was doing, she will stop that and dance/clap whenever she hears one of us sing Brindhavanamum Nandha Kumaranum song or the ABCD song. It was a delight watching her. She saved her special smiles and jumps for her periappa. Ashu was having a ball making me read stories from her new happily ever after book. She kept my creative side of the brain busy by asking me to make up story from any props she might show me (From 2 poodles to bear/jackal to snowwhite/shoes to birdhouse/car). Man, it is tough making up stories. After watching the foolish crow with her for the umpteenth time, now all I hum is Saa sing the sun flower in the crow’s voice that I have. Also both of us loved the Varan Varan Poochandi silly song from youtube as well. Didn’t feel like coming back leaving the kids. Ashu wanted her periappa and periamma to stay every day at her house. Wish we could do that!
Now we are back home and missing them! But the story telling to Ashu is continuing via Skype 
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April 7, 2009 at 2:16 pm
· Filed under emotions ·Tagged ankle fracture, surprise visit
Came to Zurich to visit Ashu and Antu and to give surprise to Boo. It was worth it. Only Boo’s husband knew about my trip. Boo was totally surprised. Ashu was super thrilled. Antu was puzzled seeing the hangama.. It was worth it. The plan was to work from here until the 13th of April and leave from here. The kids are a riot and I am having fun.
Yesterday went to Hiltl for lunch. It was awesome. Then went to a birthday party with Boo and family. The birthday party was at a Kids play area with inflated structures. I jumped from a structure(don’t laugh) and broke my leg. Broke the bone near my ankle. More details about it in my new blog dedicated to my ankle woes.
Came to help Boo on the Easter break for kids. Now she has one more to take care of. Still planning to back to the US on next week. Husband is coming here tomorrow to escort me back next week.
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March 30, 2009 at 6:26 pm
· Filed under emotions ·Tagged eathquake, rainbow, sharing
Encountered a small tremor when I was in a meeting 30 minutes back! These small earthquakes are really fun. I still get excited even after encountering these from time to time for the past 11 years. Saw this big band of rainbow a month back on my morning commute and got excited.
These excitements turn to happiness only after I share this with a friend/family. Is it the same for everyone or am I alone here? Everytime I see something cool or encounter anything slightly interesting, I MUST share it with someone. If not it is not complete?
For the earthquake, called and left a message for the other half and waited until he called back. Tried calling Boo, but the call didn’t go through. The other half just called, now it is complete. For the rainbow, called husband and Boo, couldn’t reach them. Finally shared it with sister in law! If I got to a restaurant and like it, must take friends/family there. Until then I don’t rest. And the list goes on…
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March 21, 2009 at 4:50 pm
· Filed under emotions ·Tagged green hills, jack rabbits, money, mustard fields, rainbow, work
Work! Hmm.. Whenever I get bored of my work, this is what keeps me going back?
- Rolling green (so green that one would think that it is not real) hills in spring and brown hills in summer
- Cows on the hills and their Moos
- Pink almond blossoms in the field of mustard yellow flowers, one has to see it to appreciate it
- Occasional 7 coloured rainbows over the hills
- Rare snow covered peaks
- Peeking of the full moon from behind the hills
- Jack rabbits and squirrels on the hiking trail behind the campus
- Occassional Cayote
- Hike in the hills watching the lizards, squirrels and looking out for the snakes
- 22 mile commute which takes only 25 minutes on car
- Last but not the least, the colourful human interaction
So what makes you go back?
P.S. I have not mentioned the all important MONEY that keeps me motivated to go back since that is the most common reason for the most.
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March 13, 2009 at 7:27 am
· Filed under emotions ·Tagged Happy Birthday Sis!
Happy Birthday Boo!
Happy Birthday Boo! Here is wishing you that your wish(A & A eating well) comes true!
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July 12, 2008 at 11:17 pm
· Filed under emotions, fauna ·Tagged mourning doves, mourning doves in backyard, mourning doves nesting
We have a history of mourning doves in our backyard. A couple of years ago a couple of mourning doves made the lampshade in our backyard their home. We were glad to see them build their nest and tend their eggs. The mom and dad dove used to take turns in keeping the eggs warm. It was so beautiful to see. And one fine morning, the doves went missing, abandoning the eggs. There is no way to explaning the grief it caused us and husband/I were feeling guilty wondering if we chased them away without our knowledge.
Then this year, another couple(maybe the same), came and laid their eggs and tended their eggs and produced two beautiful offsprings. We were glad to see the babies learn to feed, walk and fly out of the nest one fine morning.
Morningdovenesting
Then a month back, another couple(maybe the same) made the nest their home. Maybe word has spread that our backyard is the moaning dove maternity ward. The babies were born 10 days back.
The little baby doves
This morning, they had flown down from their nest to our workbench and the babies were practicing walking and flying. They were alone all morning.
At around 2pm, I felt bad for them and made one of the mistakes of my life. Went to leave some grains near them. One of them(the elder one) got scared and flew away. It is around 4pm and it hasn’t returned 
. So I am in mourning.
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February 21, 2008 at 11:45 pm
· Filed under emotions ·Tagged children, unconditional love
When I was between 5 – 15, when I think back what made me smile, it was chocolates and ice creams. When I was 15 – 25, it was friends. Now the above make me smile but not as much as the little ones that surround me with their unconditional love. Boo’s Ashu, utbt’s chula and meija, ddmom’s DDidi and Dlittle to name a few. Whenever I go to utbt’s house, I am overwhelmed by the happy squeals of Chula and Meija the minute they see me. They are just so adorable. They just steal my heart away every time I see them. I just don’t get tired of the happy sound of “Pemma” everytime I speak to Ashu over phone or Skype. Everytime I look at the sweet little picture made by DDidi and DLittle, it just warms my heart! Yesterday I was walking in the corridor at work and the thought of Meija just made me smile, that is when I realized how greatful I am to UTBT, Boo and ddmom for making these beautiful little babygirls. And of course it is pays to be this cool aunt to all these little ankle biters!
Waiting for Boo’s visit so that I can have all these little ones together at one place and have fun!
Thank you little angels for brightening my life and the ladies who made these little ones! What a blessing to have you all in my life!
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August 15, 2007 at 3:58 am
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Is there any deed that we do that is selfless? I help someone and I feel happy that I did something nice. That’s what motivates me to do something nice. I give someone a surprise visit, the whole planning, and seeing the surprised look on the someone’s face is my reward. So in each every good deed I do, there is definitely something in it for me. So am I being selffish? What is a selfless act then? I am wondering like Phoebe in Friends.
Ok. Why am I having the above thoughts? If I do something nice like get a surprise gift to a friend and if I expect him/her to be grateful, is that right? I don’t think so, I got the gift so that I can see the happy face. But sometimes, we develop these expectations which upsets us and we lose all the happiness. So what I am trying to tell here is, when you do something nice to others, ask yourself why you are doing it? 100% of the time, it will be for your happiness. So lose those expectations and be happy.
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