November 30, 2015
WhatsU(Ap)p?
November 14, 2015
Inime marappiya..marappiyaa?
October 10, 2015
Whats with the age?
When we,
- Start quoting examples from our life for different situations
- Quote an Illaiyaraja song to suit a particular situation, but the listener is not aware of that song
- Start liking “magaali” pickle
- Our niece ask us about the recipe of ONLY traditional dishes
- Start giving least importance to heat injuries (சூடு) during cooking
- Noticing children’s transition from “mom knows everything” to “mom knows nothing” (thankfully this has not arrived yet for me)
- Find Sidharth Malhothra is too handsome but as he is so younger we cannot feel the same crush like we used to have for Surya, Ajith or SRK
We behave like,
- Teens when we talk with our school/college friends/cousins
- Matured / responsible when we are with relatives
- Buddies with our children
- Kids with our parents
October 2, 2015
Niece!
She is so intelligent, very accommodative, very adjustable in nature etc etc. I can bet no children of her age can be so co-operative to their parents. Very disciplined brought up.
Here are few funny incidents I remember about her when she was just 5 years old. She came on a vacation from US when I was 7 months pregnant and she was curious to see the baby inside me. I said “darling, you cannot see the baby as it is inside my tummy.” I guess she got intimidated and immediately responded “Yuckyyy…why did you eat the baby athai?”
When she again came next year for vacation, my baby was 7 months old. I guess she would have thought she can play with the baby like she does with her friends. But she was bored in 10 mins with the baby and she said “athai, give the baby to paatti and come… lets play”.
Again another time when my baby got cold & cough, my niece asked how did the baby catch the cold. I told her may be because of the shampoo bath that I gave her. She got intimidated and asked me “Athai, why did you feed shampoo baath to baby?”
And a couple of years ago, I was telling my niece that I used to write letters in post cards or inland letters to friends and relatives when I was young like her. She innocently asked me “how did you send those letters… with the help of pigeons?”. She made me intimidated this time. I wonder what she thought of my age!
Chak de India!
She shared many things about her. As future plans she said she wants to do farming and wants to have lots of pets. When asked about wedding and having children of her own, she said she may not want a child of her own. She may adopt one or donate money to an orphanage. I think most of the Westerners think like this.
I have never heard of any western couples who lives together,
- Without an understanding between them
- Without self-respect and mutual respect for each other
- Longing to have their own children
- Feeling lost with their children's love marriage
- Saving most of the money he earns by buying property / gold and live a poor life.
- Live for today
- Don’t participate in a rat race to earn money
- Enjoy the life with the money you earn
- Go on a family/friends tour. Spend time with family/friends.
- Self-respect is important. Have it and let others also to enjoy it.
- Wedding is not compulsory.
- Having children of your own is optional. Society's pressure is more on this. The result is so many infertility clinics make huge business.
- Help others. Respect elders. Be a good human being.
Lets hope and wish for healthier generations ahead.
Chak de India!
August 1, 2015
Happy Friendships Day!
After marriage:
Learning to compromise begins. Responsibilities begin. Family and career becomes the priority - in that order. The distance from friends starts and slowly grows.
After childbirth:
Child becomes THE world. There's no “me time” at all. No time for friends. Often, no career.
When the child grows older:
The child is now busy with their own world—studies and friends. Family responsibilities are at their peak for us. It’s only at this stage that we begin to feel a void and slowly try to reconnect with lost friends. Luckily, we get back the contacts at some point. (Kids of this generation are lucky—they can never miss anybody's contacts!)
Then...
We make some time to talk to our evergreen friends frequently—to recall the past, laugh over the memories, chat about the present, the future, the silly things etc. We realise that only with friends, can we truly be our real selves.
We are sure we are never going to break these contacts again ever.
June 5, 2015
HDFC Netbanking Only for Women?
How can men remember answers for such tough questions?
April 11, 2015
Nanbenda!
You cannot expect suspense, twists & turns in such movies. But surprisingly this movie had 4-5 such scenes. Just that you have to be a bit innocent to feel such twists : D. Udayanidhi delivers the dialog, but we hear it in Santhanam’s voice. I mean those dialogs did not suit him.
When in a crazy mood, I can laugh madly even at the drop of a hat. But this movie tested MY patience. I was really amazed, when few persons from behind our row were laughing out loudly for everything, I mean for nothing.
Nayanthara was gorgeous and all her costumes & make-up were nice. The song Nayanthara was also good. Cannot digest (manasey aaralai) Sherin, in such a cheap small role opposite to Santhanam. How beautiful she used to be!
Taking Manasa to movies is so much fun. Those cinema chairs, because of her least weight goes back to its folded position. So we have to place a couple of hand bags along with Manasa to make the chair stable. And she has this special talent to whisper loudly. So when the theatre is calm (viewers get confused what reactions to show and in some stage they go silent), she whispers and all hear her loud voice. :D
The entire team has tried hard to make another OK OK (though the result was just OK) and the two heroes has also tried hard to make us laugh and in return, we should also try hard to laugh. :p
I am not sure about the reason, but when we ask about the name of the movie, Manasa says “I feel awkward (she used the tamil word ‘asingama’) to say the movie name”. May be should we take this as the movie review?
February 16, 2015
Boredom
After wedding, top-to-bottom chores & job kept me engaged. After baby, she became my world. Of course work from home also joined a bit later. During this phase, there was no time for friends, chatting or entertainment. Even then I was not feeling bored, as I was occupied with something or the other.
Whenever possible I used to read books, watch cinemas online, blog, twitter or face book. But even these interests kept changing. So gradually I lost interest to blogging (I was not sure what to write. In Tamil they used to call this state as “sarakku theerndhuduchchu” :D) and twittering (I had to think too much to be unique in every tweet, so obviously it did not fit me & also I cannot freely talk to people who I don’t know personally, but that is twitter’s main culture).
Now somehow I manage to allot time for everything right from job, house chores, Manasa, chatting with friends & relatives, Whatsapp & FB and youtube for movies. The only thing I need to catch-up is listening to songs, like how I used to before.
Of course I needed a break from routine several times, but when it comes to routine, I was not bored.
But why am I sharing all this now? Because of late I frequently started thinking about what would be my pass time activity in my old age.
Few elderly people, for example my mom or even my MIL, feel loneliness and boredom most of the times. Only TV or talking with someone makes them happy. And the major reason is they don’t have any responsibilities other than keeping them healthy, which is not so interesting.
As I am witnessing such persons, I started to wonder about my old age. I wish I should not feel boredom or loneliness even in my old age.
February 13, 2015
Allexperts Answer
Hello Doctor,
I am Sudha from Chennai and this is regarding my 5year old daughter.
She frequently gets cold n cough. Most of the times, with just Citrezine syrup, she is not getting cured. So I give her antibiotics also along with it. Azithromysin or amoxyline etc for 5 days, twice a day.
My doubt is is it harmful or not advisable to give anti-biotics frequently? Say I gave antibiotics last month for 5 days and again this month she got cold and can I give her antibiotics again this month?
Please advice.
Thanks
Doctor's reply:
Hi Sudha,
Yes, unnecessary use of ANY medicine, including antibiotics, should always be avoided as it does more harm than good.
Most cold and coughs in children are viral, and antibiotics have NO ROLE in viral infections. If your doctor prescribes antibiotics everytime the child has cough and cold, I would strongly advise to look for a better doctor in your area, since the doctor is not doing justice to your child.
IF, on the other hand, you are using antibiotics on your own without consulting a doctor, then I am sorry, you are not doing justice to the little one who has no choice but to trust you. You breach this trust everytime you give ANY medicine (including cough and cold medicines which are schedule "H" drugs: to be taken strictly under medical supervision) to the little one without consulting a doctor... (I have purposely said all this since I often see antibiotics and even cough and cold medicines taken very lightly by parents...it's great to hear from parents like you who have raised such an important question)
Best wishes,
Dr. Puneet Kumar,
Kumar Child Clinic, Dwarka,
New Delhi, India
February 4, 2015
மதராஸி டா!!
இங்கயே வளர்ந்தவங்க, பெரும்பாலும் வயதில் பெரியர்வர்களுடன் (maid, watchman, சில auto காரர்கள் etc), பேசும்போது, பலமுறை "ம்ம்?" "என்னது?" ன்னு "ரிப்பீட்டு" கேட்டுகிட்டே இருப்பேன். அவங்க என்னை பத்தி என்ன நினைச்சிருப்பாங்ககுறதை நீங்களே யோசிச்சிக்கோங்க. அதே சமயம் நான் "peter" பொண்ணும் இல்லை. நான் ஒரு அருமையான (!?), அஃமார்க்கான (??) சென்னை பொண்ணு (சரி..சரி..பேரிளம் பெண்'ன்னே படிங்க).
மெட்ராஸ் பாஷைதான் சுலபமா புரியுது - மெர்சல், பேஜார், கலாய்க்குறது, ஒருதபா, கப்பு, டபாய்க்குறது etc.
மதராஸி டா!!
Few Kovai terms which I came across are: Ottuka – together; Eikkumaar – broomstick; Kottu – kadaisi; and the very familiar ‘nga’ slang as in yenunga.
And one more is they use kilakke..merkke etc words to show directions. This is actually fine but for me I need to do few quick home works mentally to understand them. First I need to mentally equate it to English directions and then comes the trickiest part. When someone says turn “merku”, I get confused and I need to see sun literally to understand the directions. Left-right-straight is the only the coolest guidance which I can understand. :-D
When talking with proper Kovai based (rather elderly) people, they might think I have some hearing problems, as I keep asking them ‘hmmm?’. And my mind starts singing the Rajini song “repeattu ”. I am not a ”peter” girl either.
I am a proud Madrasi who very well knows “Madras bashai” like mersal, bejaar, kalaaikkuradhu, oru’dhaba’, andhaanda, gappu, dabaikkuradhu etc etc.:D
So what about you? :)