Ramani - 40

 

1. Friendly.

2. Caring.

3. Talented.

The above three are the primary qualities of my friend.

4. 007 - Was her Employee number. But she is a fan of Sherlock Holmes.

5. Became a watch enthusiast - A habit that she caught from me.

6. Not a movie buff, but wishes to know the story of all movies.

7. Believes that black-colored sweets are also sweet.

8. Fitness Enthusiast - A habit that she caught from me.

9. Good at programming - Something that I had noticed even while at college, tough she underestimates herself on this.

10. A story teller - Good at narrating stories of her childhood.

11. Fitness Trainer for kids - Guides our little friends on fitness.

12 .A to getter  As evident when she made our little friends into CBSE schools and making the dream of having our own home come true.

13. An achiever - Achieves everything that she sets her mind on.

14. A good cook - The first difference that I noticed after my wedding was that the food I ate became very tasty - probably because that was different from what I ate until that time.

15. A poet - Has written many poems, reading which, made even me to understand poetry.

16. A Rule-Creator - She became the reason for the birth of many rules in her office, like, no one should use knife in office, after she cut finger(a minor cut), when she attempted to cut apply in office. Another famous E-Mail from her Manager took rounds, asking people to reduce the amount of time spent on personal calls.

17. A good host - In college events.

18. A classical dancer.

19. A caring Mm - A lovable and caring Mom.

20. A combination of friendly and strict Mom.

21. Hard-Worker - Has spent endless hours to create many works of art.

22. A studious and talented person - As evident from being a Gold medalist and topper in both UG & PG. 

23. A bold person - As evident from all her actions. 

24. A right hand watch wearer.

25. Fond of costumes - Wishes to wear a variety of dresses - the style in which she drapes traditional saree in un-matching.

26. Learnt cursive writing with determination.

27. Learnt car driving with determination and able to drive on highway.

28. Leant playing flute - caught from me.

29. Video game player - But came out of that as her friend doesn't like it. 

30. Learnt Hindi along with her little friends, knowing when her Dad got surprised, as asked her "Do you know Hindi?".

31. Artwork Expert - Lot of Artzooka items in our home. 

32. Interested in nature, especially birds. I got to know the name of many birds from her.

33. Interested in taking and preserving hard-copies of photos.

34. Coin collector - Has a good collection of Local and International coins.

35. Stamp collector - Which she had done in her childhood.

36. An expert in cooking Biriyani - Leant form my Mom.

37. A writer - As evident form her blog posts and the stories that she attempted to write.

38. Interested in knitting - Has woven many woolen caps and items.

39. A Director - A skill that she developed, and directed our dance videos.

40. A firm believer of "Right is right, even is one person does it, Wrong is wrong, even if everyone does it."

        ***HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM - LOVING AND CARING*** Dhanesh

        ***HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM - LIVE HAPPILY *** Deepak

Happy Birthday to my Dear... Life is Beautiful, with you, because of you... 

--- Yours Every Loving...

--- Pavala...

A budding Manager in the making

Last Saturday I was very busy in my laptop, when my little friend Dhanu came to and kept asking for this or that most of the time. At that time, the movie "Ninaithale Inikum" was put up in TV, though the TV was running & nobody was watching it, which is normally the scenario in our home. In order to keep Dhanu busy for sometime, I asked him to watch the movie and tell me when a girl with a black glass and a handbag appears on the screen. I am not sure whether such a lady will ever come in that movie, but I thought this will make my little friend to carefully follow the movie till I complete my work on laptop and distract him with some other task or game after that.

Dhanu went and started watching the movie, sitting in a chair. After 5 minutes, he went to our baby-care-taker, who takes care of his little brother Deepak and said:
"Aunty... come here for a minute..."
Once she came, he told "Aunty, keep watching this movie, and tell me when a girl with black glass and a handbag comes... I will be near Appa..."

Having delegated his work to her, he came to me and started with his pesterings again... Had I been like my little friend, I would have reached the peak of my career by now... I saw a budding Manager in the making... :-)...

Spider-Man movie watching experience with My Little Friend

Dhanu was amazed when he received the 3D glasses in hand. We were entering into the movie hall where "The Amazing Spider Man" was put up.


Dhanu started firing his questions. "Appa, why they are giving this glass".
"I will tell you once we are seated".
We found out seats and settled.

He enquired again "Then only it will come near us?". He already has the experience of seeing through a 3D glass, when we tried a 3D television in show-room during out hunt for buying a TV.
"Appa", Dhanu started again "What is this glass?"
"This is 3D glass"
"Why is this glass like this and why we have to wear this?"
"This is a 3D movie, and in a 3D movie, only when we wear this glass, the objects will come near us."
This time I want to keep things simple.

The movie started and so do the questions from my little friend.
"Appa... Why this big TV"
"That is not TV Thambi... That is screen..."
"Appa... Where is the spider-man"
"He will come shortly"
When the spider-man Peter Parker came I told Dhanu that he is the spider-man.

"Appa... Why is he not wearing the spider-man dress.."
"He will wear it after sometime"
"Where is his spider-man dress.."
"It is in his home..."
"Then where is he now..."
"He is in his school..."
He said "ok" and started watching the movie.

When Peter Parker found and took his dad's old briefcase, my little friend started again..
"Appa"
"Yes"
"Is his spider-man dress in that box"
"No Thambi. It is in his room."
"When will he wear it"
"He will wear it after sometime"

By this time, his Mom got busy in watching the movie.
Peter Parker went to the OSCORP labs and entered a room where lot of spiders were there.
I got scared whether Dhanu's Mom will head to the screen with a Mop or a Ottadai Kuchi (Spider Web remover) to the screen and remove all those webs. She never likes the Spider Webs and removes them then and there in home.
But, thank God, nothing of that sort happend :-).

Peter Parker got bitten by Spider.
"Appa"
"Yes Thambi"
"Will I also become Spider-man, if a spider bites me???"
"No Thambi"
"Then why spider-man alone becomes spider-man(?!?!?) when a spider bites him".
As a avid viewer of chutti TV and other cartoons, he is aware of the background of spider-man.
"This is just a movie Thambi... They have just taken like that..."
Though this answer was not convincing him, he kept quiet.

Suddenly a scene came when Peter Parker started kissing his girl-friend.
I got sort of embarassed and got ready to face any question from my little friend Dhanu.
"Appa"
"Yes Thambi."
"She is his friend..." he declared.
"Oh!!! Is it..."
"Yes... she is his friend..."
Hmmm... Kids these days got used to those scenes :-). So, no need to get embarassed from now on :-).

At a moment Dhanu turned back. Then he asked "Appa, why the movie is running there is a small TV"
"That is the the projector"
"Then, why is it running in this big TV"
"That is not TV Thambi... That is screen... The movie is actually running in that projector... It is projected to the screen and we are seeing on the screen..."
"How is the movie is coming from the projecter to the screen?"
I thought for a momement, whether I should take the help of particle theory (or) Brownian Movement (or) traversal of light.
But I wanted to keep things simple and said "It is coming through the smoke that you see there"
Undaunted Dhanu continued "How it is coming through the smoke..."
"You will understand when you grow up..."
"Ok"

For some reason Dhanu didnt like the girl, the heroine, spider-man's girl friend. So do I. But everyone in the movie claim her to be pretty.
"Appa"
"I dont like that girl..."
"I too Thambi"
"Shall we take her out and keep some other girl"
"No Thambi, its not possible... May be we can tell the authorities to change her in the next spider-man movie..."
"Ok"

Since I had told Dhanu in advance that we have to return the glass after the movie, he gave the 3D glass back to me when the end credits started rolling.

When my friend asked a question about a doubt in that movie, I replied "Who knows... Who watched the movie... I was busy with my little friend Dhanu..."

- spgr.

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வரைந்து விட்டு தானேஷ் - இது அப்பா, இது அம்மா...

I was so happy to see his creative skills at 3 years...

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அம்மா.... அழாதே...
குழந்தை தாய் ஆகும் தருணம் அது...
- எஸ் பி ஜி ஆர்.