Indian Ameri
Friday
The return of Chota Bheem from India
Age: 2 yrs and a few days.
Weight: 68 lbs (3 months back was 47 lbs - Is cholesterol the major content of my mum's/his grandmum's love?)
Name: No longer goes with "Jay". Responds to only "Babu Jayanth" (Thanks to G2 (gradnpa 2 - dad's elder bro)! Only he can induce such localization).
Favorite food: Anything that has chocolate in it (Asked for chocolate syrup over chocolate cake for the few minutes he spent time with me)
Hobby: Asking repetitive questions (Ex: Daddy, what are you doing? - like 10 times. Uncle Haarii, what is that?, etc)
Often used Punch dialogue: Chota Bheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeem will save you (and then goes pow pow pow on everyone except me... :D - Thanks to Pogo channel back in India - he knows mahabarath more than me.)
Biggest achievement in life so far: Voluntarily tonsured in Krishna's house (Tirupathi for him) and has been more than happy being that way.
Favorite music instrument: His dad's tonsured head. I hope that knocks some sense into his brain... :P
Image when he was in India with me
Labels: baldy logs, dad-grandson, India, nephew
Monday
Back to School
When your peripheral line of vision is enslaved by a huddle of coffee mug'ed, veteran-experienced, thickly four-eyed, and 90% of the opposite sex in a class room where 'rap-headed-version' of mugging biology is the key to understand the principles behind 'what I learn now governs my future', then all I can do is "Work harder than before". And this is just the definition of one of my five classes. While the adjustment with settling back into the study section of school has been tending at the speed of light, the havoc that's been kinked along with the addendum meetings, collaborative lab works, multiple projects and the TA job, has precariously kept me in the bee's line effort to reach goals (and most times home-works). Only a 'raining cats and dogs weekend leads to cancellation of the game' reason helped me to recuperate with 14 hrs of a 3-cycle added sleep and here I am sailing back into the bloggers bay.
Many a thing happened over a period of 30+ days that could have efficiently highlighted the color of the blog, if posted at those specific dates. But with the muscle spanning 6" between my ears failing to progress in the database management side, I guess I'll refrain from detailing 'em out and just stick to the highlights version.
Many a thing happened over a period of 30+ days that could have efficiently highlighted the color of the blog, if posted at those specific dates. But with the muscle spanning 6" between my ears failing to progress in the database management side, I guess I'll refrain from detailing 'em out and just stick to the highlights version.
- Climbed red-river gorge rocks with a bleeding wrist and realized that I love the activity not coz of pheromones or muscle building or even running away from life (as some oddly and technically put), but merely coz of the absolute simplicity of achieving peace as you climb. Nothing intrudes the mind or the heart when you hang for your life.
- Celebrated a promise of not buckling to a certain childhood picked and habituated temptation by having a sip of a 130 year old wine with a very old friend. PS - That was the only few ml of alcohol that went into the blood in the entire month and a half.
- Had a 30 second quick-gun encounter with an unknown child in the street. He killed me by throwing an invisible grenade as I crossed the street. The after-effects of the childish war cascaded to prove that I wasn't bad as I self-contemplated into.
- Enjoyed the brawl between the white and red conscience as I sms'ed, gamed, browsed, sudoku'ed with the under grads in the last bench while doing TA (It was bad of me being the TA, but I was also bored with the history of nanotechnology).
- Understood that certain things are left not to be understood.
- Yesterday dad spoke the first words after a month long angry hiatus and all he spoke was how much he missed his grandson in a span of 3 hrs (J should be landing anytime soon). While it hurt like hell initially as he spoke only about his grandson, at the end I was content about the fact that he spoke to me finally. Guess, at times one has to break the friendship link with a parent and be a silent son. Things might not be the same again. Only time can prove it wrong.
- Missed the drama in the airport, as J wailed out of security back into his grand's arms. The only thing that is holding the little guy from missing his grands is the fact that he is going to meet his uncle and have some fun. Balancing thinly on the wire between 'complete isolation' and 'complete care'. Mom's sobbing on missing the little champ, but wants me to be on her side as consolation. (For the umpteenth time I miss being a kid..... :( )
- In two days my memorable mind has every right to celebrate a three year period of fun and longevity, although both are on hold now. Had some failed attempts on photography for this cause, but learned a new trick that could modify the way I look into pictures as a whole. Excited, but schedule looks gay'ly tight fit.
- Acted smart and simply Desi enough to go $0 fined on the license suspension issue.
- Did my first night out in ages and ended up dozing on the Engineering quadrangle under the hot sun. Woke up to see free pizza being given to anyone who is around the area and had my tummy filled.
- Getting content with every moment and decision of being in the savings mode.
- I am missing a lot of things here, coz my brain jerked back into busy mode three bullets before. I have no other option but to quit from continuing further...... Adios, Au revoir, Ciao..... Hope to pen something good in the forthcoming days.....
