Update from December 2008

The month began with a visit to IMM accompanied by Vaishnavi and Mihir to see all the Christmas decor and a Barney show.

Shreyas visited us with Nirmala perima and we had a gala time playing in the tenthouse with the multicoloured balls. Bhaskar periappa joined us later for dinner at home. Shreyas is one smart cookie. He enjoys doing to me what I used to do older kids when I was his age.. i.e. troubling them.

I continued on my quest to become a Picasso but Amma complains that my attention span is too short. What does she now? Every artist has his or her own quirks!!! Mine just happens to be a short attention span, but hey, there's some sort of output .. The paper has colour.. its got my interpretation of life on it (even its just a few lines and spots). Appa ran the Standard Chartered Marathon 10 km run for the first time. He wanted to see if he could do run the 10km and even got a medal for finishing. I even checked out some yachts from the SAF Yacht Club and did a photo session there. I'll maybe tryout yachting sometime in the future and play among starboards, sterns and keels.

The rest of the month was spent in planning our Phuket visit, executing the plan and then telling everyone in sight how memorable the trip was!! A learning during the trip was the phrase sawasdee krub!
My first jet-ski experience was wonderful. I also had the ride on an elephant. The friendly mahout (driver of the elephant) was kind of enough to offer me a mahout-ship and I had fun directing the elephant. I became a huge fan of Ramesh athimber, (or shatimber as I have named him). We went to Phuket Phantasea. The elephant show was wonderful, although what really caught my attention was the huge elephant dropping "hagggoooooooooooo!!!!" during the performance. Apart from that, the pool, beach, kids' room etc. at the resort was just fun of the highest order.
All in all a memorable trip.

Back in Singapore, we had the year-end Christmas parties that we went to. In the one organized by the CC, I had the opportunity to go on stage and play some games and get some gifts. There was another at mom's friend bhawana aunty's house where we had some riproaring fun.

The song of the month was Touch Me, Touch Me, Touch Me, Zara Zara

We signed off 2008 and ushered in 2009 with a barbeque party at the East Coast Park.

November 2008 Update

Budding painter
My cool pose
My creation
The Oranjes!!I get confused sometimes with the ways of the world..
Exhibit 1: Om, when you grow up, you can do it (it, being, anything a whole lot of fun).. You are a baby now..
Exhibit 2: Om you are a big boy now.. you should brush your teeth..
Now am I a big boy or a baby... I asked the same question to Amma..
As you can see from the above.. brushing my teeth is a major everyday drama and i think its part of growing up.. Amma is learning that slowly..

Appa told us that we will be going to Phuket in December and we have been planning it a lot..Appa brought in books of different countries from the library and I enjoy reading them and listening to Appa tell me about countries like Indonesia, Thailand, Nigeria etc.
@ WestMall library

I love doing my jigsaw puzzles. They are now puzzles with greater complexity, with different shapes to put together. Amma spends quite a bit of time trying to teach me phonics and counting. However, I dont think this is the right time for me. I love playing with play-doh and i make noodles, dosai and pasta with them. My little friend, Shreyas, came to visit me and I had great fun playing with him and Nirmala-maami.
With my jigsaw pieces

Praveen chithappa visited us and treated us to dinner at Heritage . I have taken a liking to his Hyundai Avante car. The best part of the dinner was the experience with the finger-bowl.
@ the restaurant

There was also the Diwali party at the community center. I had quite a bit of fun, dancing on the stage. It was great watching one of the sardars, Singh is King!!!
We also went to West Mall and did the horsey-horsey as well as the choo-choo train express. I also have picked up some new dance moves.
@West Mall in Bukit Batok

Appa also took me to his office and i met some of his colleagues. We then went to catch the movie Madagascar-2. I now have a new playmat from ToysRUs. I love it quite a bit but i love Tanay anna's playmat more...
My Appa's cubicle
Watching Madagascar @ Suntec
My totally cool.. completely awesome playmatAmma's dance party surprise was total fun and I had a great time getting pictures with my friends with my "Hey gals.. lets say cheese" routine!!

Hi girls.. with my friend Shreya

@ the party


The visit to Jurong Lake Park was total fun.
Rope bridge & slide @ Jurong lake park

October 2008 update

At home with Amma & Appa

Contentment

Diwali night

Navratri had begun and I enjoyed going to haldi-kumkum functions with Amma everyday to different houses. Rishabh and family had put together a navratri golu. It even had a small play zoo in addition to the dolls of God. I made a photo frame for Vaishnavi akka with Amma's help.

My vidyarambham took place on 9th October at Krishnan kovil in Bugis. During the vidyarmabham ceremony, Appa wanted to give me all the lessons, starting with Om, the numberals 1-10, 0, infinity, A-Z, the Sanskrit alphabet etc. and Amma and the priest had to ask him to take it easy. Then during the Dussehra celebration, the story of the week was that of King Ram and his war with Ravana.

We also went on a trip to KL with Vaishnavi, Mihir, Annu-aunty and Kishore uncle. I then regaled everyone with what Mihir says most of all (viz. no no no) and what Vaishnavi said most of all (viz. Om.. please don't do that...). In KL we went up the hill at Batu caves to see the Murugan temple. It was fun. Appa took me inside the cave where they had iguanas. Appa showed me how to hold an iguana in his hand. I got encouraged and tried my hand at holding an iguana. The attendant took a picture of that but unfortunately that and other pictures got deleted by chance. Amma was really distraught at all those lost pictures.
Appa and I in front of the Twin towers @ KL with a light shower on..

The royal prince of Malaysia

The Malaysian royal family @ Menara KL

Looking at Batu caves thru a telescope in Menara KL

Mihir, Appa and I in our hotel room

Then we had Diwali party with mom's friends and their families. It was great watching "Singh is King" dance at the party. I now believe every sardar with a turban is a "Singh is king". One day when i saw a sardar on a scooter.. i told Amma "King is on the scooter". Amma was surprised and asked in her inimitable way.. "Where kanna??". I pointed to the scooter and Amma burst out laughing. And she shared this with Appa and Appa was amazed at my inductive reasoning capabilities... Singh = King, Singh is on scooter, so King is on scooter..
Amma was so amused at my antic that she started sharing it with everyone who cared to listen..
Looking at Singh is King

On the morning of Deepavali, we all went to the Murugan kovil to offer our prayers. In the evening we had a party at Toh Guan with all the families. The kids performed and danced to Bum bum bole.. and agdam bagadam which was taught by Amma. Even I joined in the fun and Appa and Amma were glad to watch me performing.
Amma and I lighting the Diwali diyasBursting crackers and lighting sparklers
The next day, we did Lakshmi pujan and we had some fun bursting fireworks with Bryan and Marcus.
I can now recognize the sounds of letters and numbers from zero to nine. I was given the 3 piece jigsaw puzzles and I now enjoy solving them. Amma and Appa got me some more and we have a lot of fun solving these puzzles. I love taking bath with whale, sharks, alligators, squids and crocodiles.

The song of the month has been "Singh is king... Singh is king..."

Picasso @ work