Tuesday, August 24, 2010
onam 2010
oh yes... forgot to mention , this time it was a bangalorean onam for me since im in the kangaroo mode. managed three days of pookalam, a grand sadya and my first ever ada pradhaman ( errr...something similar)!!!
am a kangaroo!
New phase of life is just round the corner i guess...Though mentally i'm still miles and miles away from feeling motherhood, physically i have bloated up into a big inflated balloon and am supposedly carrying a tiny life inside me that pops up on the scan monitor every time i go for a check up! :D
Luckily for me, my baby has not given me any hassles of morning sickness or tiredness till now. The only "trouble" is the extra time i devote to kumbhakarna seva ; but who has complaints about it! :D
One good relief is the freedom from the googly question " no good news?" by every uncle and aunty i meet at weddings and social gatherings :) . Interestingly its only directed to me ..always! It is strange that first people are concerned about your 10th score, then about 12th marks , and then the entrance ranks, then about which college we join, then campus selection, then job, then about why we are still unmarried, and then once u think marriage solves it all...the next question pops up. Funny....
So while i wait for another five months nearly to see the lil one , i have noticed two interesting observations. All these uncles and aunties want it to be a BOY! Secondly, a FAIR boy at that. For the first one there are umpteen prayers and blessings, for the second there is always milk with saffron!
It seems that at 2010 there are still so many educated souls roaming around thinking that the Y chromosome is the "heir" to the family tree ("vamsham"). I feed them back with my age old line... i am still my dad's daughter and will remain so forever.
As for me, i think a healthy baby would be just fine...it would be an added bonus if its XX! a daddy princess like me :) Raj i guess is not on any sides as yet though i have a feeling we both share a like for baby girls. Anyways... until Dec 20 its gonna be a sweet pleasant wait.
Luckily for me, my baby has not given me any hassles of morning sickness or tiredness till now. The only "trouble" is the extra time i devote to kumbhakarna seva ; but who has complaints about it! :D
One good relief is the freedom from the googly question " no good news?" by every uncle and aunty i meet at weddings and social gatherings :) . Interestingly its only directed to me ..always! It is strange that first people are concerned about your 10th score, then about 12th marks , and then the entrance ranks, then about which college we join, then campus selection, then job, then about why we are still unmarried, and then once u think marriage solves it all...the next question pops up. Funny....
So while i wait for another five months nearly to see the lil one , i have noticed two interesting observations. All these uncles and aunties want it to be a BOY! Secondly, a FAIR boy at that. For the first one there are umpteen prayers and blessings, for the second there is always milk with saffron!
It seems that at 2010 there are still so many educated souls roaming around thinking that the Y chromosome is the "heir" to the family tree ("vamsham"). I feed them back with my age old line... i am still my dad's daughter and will remain so forever.
As for me, i think a healthy baby would be just fine...it would be an added bonus if its XX! a daddy princess like me :) Raj i guess is not on any sides as yet though i have a feeling we both share a like for baby girls. Anyways... until Dec 20 its gonna be a sweet pleasant wait.
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