Posted on October 22, 2009 by jammie
A while ago urbaniche tagged me on this post where I had to find that one accessory/piece of furniture or design element in our place that I could not live without. For a few days after I was tagged, I found myself randomly wandering my place, looking at things with a new eye, giving the question some [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2009 by jammie
Things are bad right now over here. An almost country wide school shutdown till next week. We are, as the newspapers and leaders are fond of saying, in a state of war. I could write about how I am feeling about the T’s who are bleeping bleeps for doing this to my country or I [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2009 by jammie
Nadi what do you want for lunch?
Chips and sausages.
Okaaay. Challo kitchen mein- lets make them.
Mama, when Nadi big ho jaye ga, tau Nadi make chips and sausages mama ke liye, ok?
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Posted on October 13, 2009 by jammie
Around about the time Nadi turned 13-15 months old, he started walking independently and all our hitherto pat on the back happy training of him sleeping in his cot went flying out the window as his cot suddenly grew too small for him. Logcially, of course, the transient solution was to have him in our queen sized [...]
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Posted on September 20, 2009 by jammie
“Mama dekho woh dekhooo!!” Nadi shouts in excitement pointing to the shimmering lights head. “Eid aa gayee!!“
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Posted on September 19, 2009 by jammie
After iftari we usually try to take a drive around our area, looking at the happy binky lights, showing them to Nadir, listening to music in the car, counteracting the lethargy that prevails post eating by stepping out.
I pointed out the newer lights adoring the mall to Nadi last night, commenting excitedly (as moms do [...]
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Posted on September 19, 2009 by jammie
Nadi has been excited by the “binky binky lights” that have gone up all around with Eid just around the corner.
Intially, he was super excited and asked “Mama shaadi hai?” since he loves wearing shalwar kurtas (even to sleep sometimes!) and going to weddings- all the music, dancing, colour obviously appeals to the culture/aesthetic gene [...]
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Posted on September 10, 2009 by jammie
School mornings are lovely. I love waking up early- I love the routine of knowing you have a set number of things to do before you head out. By nature, I am not a creature of habit as such and I regularly demand that the universe throw in random elements of unpredictability my way, to [...]
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Posted on September 8, 2009 by jammie
me: nadi tumhein alphabet ata hai?? (when i hear him humming the alphabet and am quite surprised at this new development!)
nadi: haaa-aannnn (sing song way)
me: abba ko sunao gaye?
nadi: (thinks about it but obviously is not quite bein able to recall how to start): umm naeeen
mama: kyoun?
nadi: mama nadi khabab ho gaya hai.
me: aww why [...]
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Posted on August 31, 2009 by jammie
On some days she is purple, the deep inky kind. And other days sunshine yellow- almost bursting out in her optimism to touch others. She is an absorbing book on a rainy day. She is laughter from the belly, the kind you cant hold back and she is that itch that just wont go away. [...]
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