What you want to dream about?

Every night, I would kiss Champion goodnight.. saying, “Goodnight sayang”. He replies, “Goodnight amma”. Then I will tell him, “I love you, sayang” and he will reply “I love you, amma” Then, I will whisper to him, “Sweet dreams..” and he will whisper back.

Recently, I started asking him, “What you want to dream about?” and he would usually say sweets and sometimes, other simple stuffs, like balloon, ball, etc.

As usual, last night I asked him, “What you want to dream about tonight?”

He thought hard and answered, “Thosai!”

“Huh?! Why thosai?” I exclaimed.

“Yes, I want to dream about thosai” he said.

Okay.. giving in to his dream topic, I asked him, “So, who made the thosai?”

“Amma make..”

“How many thosai you want to eat?”

“2!” (his favourite number)

“Who are you eating with?”

“Appa!”

“So, what is thambhi doing?”

“Throwing the food..”

I couldn’t believe my ears.. I asked him again, “What is thambhi doing?”

“He is throwing the food!”

My, my! He actually pictured our meal time real well!

I didn't bother..

.. but he did!

I didn't bother getting up in the middle of the night to take my 5 hourly medication to reduce to effect of the chicken pox virus, but he did! He set the alarm, and woke me up with the medicines and water in hand for me to take.

Since I was not allowed to cook, due to some 'pantang' of using oil on the pan when someone in the house has chicken pox, I only resorted to eating food stored in the fridge (usually the food from the day before). Before I could dig myself into those food, my lovely husband rushes home lunch time, with fresh food for the first 2 days that I am down with chicken pox! *melting sigh*

I love you, apps!

When I told Champion I was not feeling well, he insisted on feeding me my tablets.. He asked if he could see where it was hurting. When I showed him some spots, he said, "I won't touch, amma.." with such pitiful eyes.

My parents delivered to me green peas dhall (good for cooling the body) before they left for their vacation in Australia. Amms made enough for two days..

I am so touched with all the loving people around me. With all these pampering, how can I not help feeling better already?

Purshan & Pondatti

It means 'Husband & Wife'.

16 October 2002, is the day we were legally anounced as Husband & Wife.

Apps and I got registered at the Registrar's Office in Petaling Jaya. Apps chose this date as it is exactly 6 months from/to his birthday.

We were gathered with our family of at least 30 people about 9.00 a.m. After the ceremony, we headed for brunch at the Lotus Restaurant, Jalan Gasing.

When we arrived home at my parents place, they told me to step my right foot into the house.. Aaah, just like the Tamil movies, I thought. Karu uncle told me, "You are now stepping in as a Mrs., no more a Ms."

Later that night, both families gathered at my parents house for the 'nichiyum' ceremony (a ceremony for both elders to formally agree to take their son/daughter as their son-in-law/daughter-in-law respectively).

Hehehe.. a bit funny huh? Got registered and then had the 'nichiyum'. But we had to look at the convenience of others.

To oficiate this day, apps sent me a sweet SMS that started like this..

Hi Pondatti..

I was beaming when I read the message, calling me 'pondatti'.. It reminded me that I have another role from that day onwards ;P
___________________________________
Karu uncle - my babysitter

What a timing?

I am down with chicken pox!

Arrggh! I won't be able to attend all the open houses that we were invited to and celebrate together with them :(

My only consolation is that I would be able to watch the Deepavali shows on TV which I usually miss while visiting family and friends.. Hmmm, but this depending on the availability.. considering that I have to share the TV with Champion!

I'm just starting off.. so I don't know whether the boys have got the virus from me or not. If they do, I din't know how they are going to handle it *sigh*

What all this means?

Now that I am tagged by Mind Curry to describe my opinion on blogsphere,

Hmm, I believe it is about time I created a profile picture for myself ;)

1. Are you happy/satisfied with your blog, with its content and look? Does your family know about your blog?

I am happy and satisfied with my blog, for both the contents and look. I write my own post and I created my own template.. so I must be happy ;)

I didn’t really think that I would go this far in my blog when I just started one. I didn’t have much expectations of it other than expressing myself. As I went along, I found that this was a good platform to keep a journal of my reminiscence. Now, I find great pleasure in sharing my thoughts and dailies with fellow bloggers whom I share a similar excitements in life.

Yes, my parents, my brother and my husband knows and reads my blog. I notice that they have made it a point to read my blog!

2. Do you feel embarrassed to let your friends know about your blog or you just consider it as a private thing?

No, I am not embarrassed. There is nothing to hide.. They know it is the real me.

3. Did blogs cause positive changes in your thoughts?

Yes! Every now and then, when I read what I have written, it makes me smile. Blogging makes me happy. It opens my world to a whole lots of friends whom I have not seen or known very long, but when we are able to share common enthusiasm, blogging gives me great pleasure.

4. Do you only open the blogs of those who comment on your blog or you love to go and discover more by yourself?

When I have the time, I love to explore blogs, more than those who leaves a comments on my blog. I wish I had more time for that :P

5.What does visitors counter mean to you? Do you care about putting it in your blog?

It has to mean something, since I have put it on my blog :)
It makes me realize that there are fellow bloggers out there who loves to keep in touch with my thoughts. I know, that there are actually more people who read my blog than just those who leave a comment.

It keeps me going ;)

6. Did you try to imagine your fellow bloggers and give them real pictures?

Of course..
My imagination could be a whole lot different, but it give me a face to those names.. can be fun too ;)

7. Admit. Do you think there is a real benefit for blogging?

YES! I find myself less stressful when I blog and I find myself educated (belive me or not) when I read other’s blogs.

8. Do you think that bloggers society is isolated from real world or interacts with events?

Nope.. we share our thoughts with the whole world when we blog! We may not be doing it verbally, but we do great in words :)

9. Does criticism annoy you or do you feel it's a normal thing?

It may, or it may not.. it depends on the situation. If the person has just stated his view, it is okay. But he says what I should think/feel, he has no right.
Luckily, I haven’t experience such criticisms.

10. Do you fear some political blogs and avoid them?

Politics is not my favourite, so I usually skip it :)

11. Did you get shocked by the arrest of some bloggers?

I did at first, as I was ignorant of those political and racism blogs. Now I am not.

12. Did you think about what will happen to your blog after you die?

Aaah.. don’t make me think about that just yet!

I really hope that my blog (as well as my sons blogs) remain there .. forever. I started blogging mainly for them.. so that they can read about me, apps, the rest of the family and themselves in their own blogs.

I just hope Google doesn’t remove inactive blogs *sigh*

13. What do you like to hear? What's the song you might like to put a link to in your blog?

Anything that keeps me smiling is good.
Anything that brings me to my childhood is good.
Anything that makes me thinks of apps is good.
Anything that makes think of the boys is good..

Let’s see.. what do Zara’s Mama, Visithra, Jazzmint and Starry Nights think about blogging?

Just perfect

Many things that happen - have rang a bell in my head, that I have made the right choice and have got the best!

When asked, “What kind of a person you like?”, “How you like your husband to be?”, “What kind of characteristics do you look for in him?” etc.. lots of girls will come up with all kinds of descriptions and requirements.

For me, the perfect answer would be.. “I want someone just like appa” and I know that this would have been the same kind of answer for many girls ;)

Yes, I wanted someone just like appa and I got one!

Appa is loving, he is too;
Appa is patient, he is too;
Appa is thoughtful, he is too;
Appa is supportive, he is too;
Appa is understanding, he is too.

When she has got best of both,
What more can a girl ask?

Last weekend we attended a relative’s engagement. Apps had to leave for another function, so, thambhi was helping me out with lil’ President while I watch Champion during dinner. Thambhi didn’t really feel like eating.. and just stood with us. After dinner, appa got himself fruits and sweet pastries. He started feeding thambhi..

Just then, I remembered..

Apps and I were attending a friend’s engagement with the boys. As it was handful to eat with both the boys within the crowd, we decided we should take turns to eat. Apps came back with his plate and fed me in between the children and his mouths..

He is so sweet.. just like appa :)

Little tongue twister

Comparison of development and milestone between siblings is common. We can do it as a healthy comparison.. just to make sure each child is growing up in the right pace and we are doing the right thing to guide them in each of their milestones.

Just as we were discussing when did Champion start speaking real words, we were passing the ‘ketupat’ deco along the road. I remember teaching Champion to say ‘ketupat’ the same time last year at about 19 months. He said "pat" for ‘ketupat’.

So, I tried it on lil’ President, now at 17 months.. I pointed to the ‘ketupat’ and said “Ketupat” and he said “pat-tu-tu-put-tu-pat” with the saliva spitting out. He said it just as if it was a tongue twister. It sounded real funny.

As long as he is still tongue twisting his ‘ketupat’, we are asking him to say the word. It still makes us laugh when we ask him to say ‘ketupat’..