http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:46:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My mam told.. My teacher told.. I am forced to hear this statement every so often in various tones, context and decibel levels that it has now become synonymous with noise. D considers her mother, that is me :) , the best in the whole world, just like any ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2010/03/11/my-teacher-told/ This piece of news just blew me off. [caption id="attachment_422" align="alignleft" width="482" caption="South Korean parents starve 3 month old baby to death over raising a virtual child. "][/caption] Read the complete news here Call me old school and old! As I completely fail to understand the Farmville / Fishville addiction and the ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2010/03/08/where-are-we-headed/ September 2007: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="292" caption="D's First Day to School"][/caption]   February 2010: [caption id="attachment_407" align="alignleft" width="363" caption="Dlittle\'s First Day to School"][/caption] http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2010/02/17/2-5-years-later/ The resident 5 year old hears me sing this throughout the day and ends up asking the meaning of Dil, Thoda and Kachcha. With the forever preoccupied mind, I say Heart, Little and Raw without realizing the context. 2 minutes later I get questioned - Heart is little raw? Like ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2010/01/28/dil-to-bachcha-hai-ji-thoda-kachcha-hai-ji/ Yesterday night, D wanted a new real story to be told, real like in Greg Mortenson uncle's school stories (Three cups of tea). The father surrenders to the request and barely manages to keep his eyes open while churning out some African on-the-spot tale set in Serengeti. They ended up ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2010/01/27/smile-please/ We have become a Bangalorean. Almost. We own a nebulizer, a hot water bag, a steamer, a vial of asthalin. We started the kids on homeopathy. I can understand a teeny bit of Kannada and speak butler Kannada aka Hindi /English /Tamil suffixed with a maadi. Like bargaining - ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/12/30/2009-in-a-snapshot-the-hundredth-post/ It helps me to stay grounded and constantly r e m i n d s me to appreciate whatever I have. This post is not about patriotism or an NRI flaunting their long lost love for their home country, which I am not and choose not to indulge. I ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/10/01/i-love-india/ The newest thought process in D's world has been "poor", "why some people are poor", "why they don't have money", "their mother and father don't work?", "poor people are bad or good people" and the likes. I have been trying to explain this to her without labeling a class of ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/09/25/from-one-child-to-another/ She is lying on the bed with welled up eyes over a painful argument with her husband. After a really long day, juggling with the many responsibilities, an otherwise casual question on priority broke the camel's back. The littlest one is cuddled up with her, while the rest of ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/09/16/the-sentimental-fool/ When we moved to Bangalore less than a year back, the husband was pretty adamant on not buying the TV. The LH is a man of his own values, and adheres to them earnestly, no matter what the world makes of him. Me, on the other hand, lives by the ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/09/13/the-idiot-box-substituted/ When the two girls end up in a fight over the same paint brush. Mother tells the older one, God has given her a mouth to talk. Use that before using the fist. While she is attempting to listen by looking into the mother's eyes, the younger one punches her, ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/09/07/what-do-you-do/ It makes me wonder if it is typical of a 4-6 year old, to show interest in topics related to life, death and spirituality. I have read at least 5 blogs related to this topic in the past month, all of them having kids in this age group. The email ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/09/06/life-old-age-staying-fit-and-the-likes/ Back in January, we had a parent-teacher meeting at D's school. The meeting was organized in to 15 minute slots. The teacher -K, was talking to this parent, while I was waiting for my turn. K was telling this parent that their daughter was an all-rounder. That there isn't a ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/08/18/my-kid-is-the-best-no/ Monday morning blues? Beat it with some laughter ;) Courtesy: Mail Forward I don't recall writing anything as crazy as the above ones, though I am definite I had those moments, specifically the second one. Just never had the guts to do so. The closest I got is this 8085 Microprocessor paper, ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/08/17/intellectual-relaxation/ 10 years of marriage, 11.5 years of togetherness, 1 failed production, 2 successful productions. Pretty good. What say? There has been many ups and downs in the journey so far. Still, at the end of 10 years, it makes the journey worth while.. wanting more of the same.. When the sight ... http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/06/23/ten-years-and-counting/