Going Home!

After almost 3 months I am finally going back to my parents' home for a long weekend. I've been craving for Amma's hugs and cuddles, Appa's horribly stereotypical "dad" jokes, family prayer times, singing, meal times, Rengi Akka's (our maid for years) rasam and rice, Amma's beef samosas, (slurp!), her chocolate cake, the neighbour kids incessant chatter, smiles all around, hearing "Paapa eppa ma vandhe?" from the hospital workers, Amma moaning about my hair loss, Appa's worry that im not making a conscious effort to stop slouching,.... hmm... I love the way my parents adore Ashwin (my husband). And though I make loud protests that they have forgotten their only daughter after he came in, secretly, I am thrilled! I love that look on my mother's face when she wants to baby him, but cant thanks to "What will people think"....
SIGH!
I love going back home! and now I have only 4 days more to go!!!!
Yayyyyyy!!!

A Tag from Mac

Upon the valuable advice i received from my blog guru, I decided to tag one of his posts. But i have not been faithful to the instructions given and have taken liberties changing things a bit. Hope it makes interesting reading tho!

10 things I wish I could say to people right now:

1. Come visit me at my new house!
2. I want to help, but i have no idea what to do.
3. Why are you so meddlesome?
4. Shouldn't you have retired by now?
5. You cant be taking decisions on behalf of everyone.
6. Why don't you just give up your problems into Jesus' hands? He sure can handle it better than you or I can.
7. Just show what you feel. Be brave. Take the plunge.
8. Where's the self control you boast about?
9. Go throw your weight around somewhere else
10. Be nice!

Nine things about myself

1. I am a Christian
2. I am the perfect example of the proverbial "absent minded professor"
3. I am terrible at controlling my emotions. Laughter and tears come to me very easily.
4. I dream a lot and tend to build castles in the air at the smallest chance.
5. I love meeting people and making friends.
6. I am easily excited and have to be constantly told to mind my behaviour in public.
7. It is very rarely that i eat without spilling food on my clothes or the table (believe me, this is NOT a result of poor upbringing but a wandering mind!)
8. I am well known for going off on a tangent in the middle of a conversation and everyone who has met me has heard a lot about my hometown -Oddanchatram.
9. I cannot keep quiet or stay in one place for too long.

Eight ways to win my heart:

1. Bring me flowers.
2. Sing me a song
3. Have a wild imagination.
4. Compliment me on my cooking.
5. Give me a hug
6. Love my family
7. Write me a note... just out of the blue!
8. Give me something handmade even if its a squiggle on scrap paper!

Seven things that cross my mind a lot.

1. My husband's safety, health and work pressure.
2. My unborn children and my best friend's unborn children!! (ya... building castles in the air... i know... but....)
3. My parents missing us.
4. Future plans
5. What to cook for dinner
6. My clothes
7. work

Six Things I wish I had done differently:

This is hard because as I look back on my life, even my regrets, I see a purpose behind it all.... even unpleasant experiences, the worst relationships, all of these have lead me to be what i am today! I love my life as it is now and i know my past has a LOT to do with it! I have made a lot of mistakes and faced their consequences, but now I am a different person thanks to that! And when I see someone else do the same shit, I cannot be judgemental!

Five turn offs:

1. Lecherous men
2. Boasting
3. A 'Holier Than Thou' attitude
4. Bossy people
5. Overly clingy people

Four turn ons'

1. Toothy smiles and open laughter
2. people with lots of stories to tell
3. good food
4. adventure

Three smileys that describe me :
:D ;) :0

Two things i want to do before i die:

1. Go bungee jumping or paragliding (basically something soooooperly adventurous)
2. Get to see my grandchildren!

One confession:
As a kid, I hated eating healthy food. So soups were poured into the potted plants, boiled eggs were used for target practice to see if i could make the perfect "plonk" in the neighbour's well and milk was either flushed down the toilet or poured down the kitchen sink. Ive only been caught throwing the egg one day by my neighbour but he hasn't told mom yet. The others still remain a secret from my parents...
.... oh and i also used to snoop around my parents cupboard to find what i was going to get as a birthday present!

Writing Reports

I've spent the past three days working on my student's reports for their 3rd quarter at school. Any teacher would agree with me that this is probably the most tedious job a teacher has to do. Not only do we have to grade them based on their performance, we have to write a short paragraph commenting on their behaviour as well.

After 3 days of raking through the cluttered mess i have in my mind's passive vocabulary store, I am finally done. Phew! Mean phrases i am tempted to use like "the little devil", "slow coach" and "conniving crook" and not so mean but negative words like "unable", "can't", "won't" and "always" are banned from reports.

So what do you do when you want to say "Your little devil of a son has been sitting with me during recess for bad behaviour. He is capable but chooses to do as little writing as possible. What he needs is one solid whack which only you can give. He is only motivated in being the class clown and I am almost fed up having him in my class."

Well, obviously! You just can't say that! Not if you want to keep your job! so you say.... "-----'s contribution to class discussions this quarter shows that he is a very capable learner with potential to produce quality work with much greater effort. As he takes responsibility for his learning and makes wise choices regarding classroom behavior, he will achieve greater success."

And what do you do with the comments you actually wanted to say? Put them on your blog of course!

What a man - Habakuk!

Habakkuk 3:17-19 (The Message)

Though the cherry trees don't blossom
And the strawberries don't ripen,
Though the apples are worm-eaten
And the wheat fields stunted,
Though the sheep pens are sheepless
And the cattle barns empty,
I'm singing joyful praise to God.
I'm turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God.
Counting on God's Rule to prevail,
I take heart and gain strength.
I run like a deer. I feel like I'm king of the mountain!
(For congregational use, with a full orchestra.)

The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson

ECR weekend!

Just back to another long week at work after an awesome weekend on the East Coast Road. What was it like? Here's my list of adjectives- It was an exciting, fun, frustrating, energising, hilarious, scrumptious, beautiful, hot, sultry, splashy, hungry, thirsty, romantic, eventful, vibrant, thrilling, laughter filled, riotous, rowdy, winding weekend!