Words That Are Part Of.......

.......my lingo-
Dada, Dadee, Papa, Mumma, Nanee, Nana, Mama, Chacha, Chachee, Jeenu, Didi, Eyiee-kream (Ice-cream), Doggie (Dog), Horsie (Horse), Katt (Cat), Chimpzee (Chimpanzee), Nion (Lion), Hippo, Auto, Tuck (Truck), Bus, Balloon, Plane (Aero plane), Fitch (Fish), Watch, Aappul (Apple), Aappu-Aappu (I will do it myself), Rudru (Rudra), Chutku, Shikha, Aaa-lote (Alok), Poon (Spoon), Taa-nee (Water), Cartoon (for my water bottle as it has a cartoon), Geela Kapdaa (Give me a cloth to wipe off the surface), Jaa-na (I want to go out), Bna-naaa (banana), Office, Cream (for moisturizer that I apply every-time I see an injury on anyone), Bank (for Piggy bank), Chhi-chee (for pig), Ickshaw (for Rickshaw), Car, Tank, Nahayee-nahayee (asking for a bath), garbage, dust-bin, book, mirchee (when I eat something hot), wallet, bag, phone, photo, dorey-mon (cartoon character), jeans, rolling-pin (for belan), hand-wash (I want to wash my hands), chayee-kal (cycle), music (for songs that my cycle plays), baitho (meaning-sit here next to me), jaa-oo (go there), aa-oo ( come here), cow, fidge (fridge), TV, shoes, slippers, sandals, cup, stick (for hockey stick), ball, doll, nika-lo (for taking something out), ye taa hai (meaning what is this), ant, lizard, phant (for elephant), ooo-yee (for injury), baal (hairs) and few others that I can’t think of…..

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Eiyeekrim!

I don't want you to scratch your head to figure out the meaning of the title of today's post.....It is nothing but my version of good old "icecream" that you seniors eat.....I got to taste it for the first time yesterday.....and boy..... what an experience it was!

Initially, I wasn't sure as to what am I supposed to do with it....my first reaction was that it's a toy that you got to hold in your hand and walk/run. Clueless & curious me was staring at it while holding it tight in my right hand, when my mom told me to use my tongue and lips to taste it instead.....Picky person that I am about things that I eat, wasn't sure about it....but then did it hesitatingly.......developed an instant liking for it and rest you can see via following pictures.......





I love eiyeekrim!

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What Will You.....

........do when you are a 1 year 5 months old inside a moving car with mom and dad arguing over something? Well I don't know about you but what I thought best to do in that situation was to turn on the car music system (it was off), increase the volume and let the FM channel do the rest....... it took no time for them to end the argument and enjoy what their daughter did!

While my papa was busy lending his words to this post of mine, I was sleeping. My Rudra bhai entered inside to check on whether I am awake or not. He found me lying on bed with stomach uncovered as my tee shirt had moved up........He came up to me and pulling my tee shirt down, he said-" Behan apna mota pet dhako" meaning sister cover your fat tummy...... his touch was enough to wake me up which brought smile to his face and that of mine as well........As soon as i got down from my bed, smilingly so.........he further ordered- "behan chappal pehno" meaning sister wear your shoes.....and the fun began........we began playing with tanker/truck toys......It was then I noticed our prayer area and, with my folded hands touching my forehead and eyes closed, I said "jaiiiii"- my way of saying prayers.......My Rudra bhai too joined in.....and with his folded hands touching his forehead; he said ....."bhagwanjee meri behan to theek rakhna" meaning Lord, please take care of my sister.....

My watching father couldn't believe his eyes and ears!

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Yesterday I Went.....

......to my papa's old office, MPS Tech as he wanted to meet his friends there....As soon as he entered inside, he took me into the cabins of his waiting friends telling me to say hello to them..... He also showed me his cabin where he used to sit....I was visibly happy and did lot of running around......pushed chairs.....turned switches on and off and made faces to watching Satya uncle........I also made it a point to use their rest-room and left my diaper there as a momento.....For my papa, going to MPS offices is always a homecoming of sorts.....that was the office he had joined when he was about to tie the knot with my mother- April 4th was his joining date and May 5th was their marriage.....It was really nice to go back to a place which my papa feels as his own even after leaving it 2 years ago.

Well this visit to his old office was planned as part of my evening car rides.....I was insistent on being taken out in car and that's when he decided to take us there.....you know when inside a car, I always demand that steering be handed over in my hands.....I love moving it with my both hands imitating my father.....my Ashu chacha who introduced me to this feels that my hands have lot of power as he had to push little harder to break my grip from his steering.....and you know what surprises them most is my direction sense....so when they say left, I move it towards left and likewise with right side; ofcourse they don't let me do that in a moving car.....Another notable feature of my car-rides is my ability to identity the type of vehicles that pass by us......i can identify car, bus, truck, auto with complete perfetion but one that brings ear to ear smile on my face is always a "rickshaw"......you got to see my smile to believe it as soon as I spot a rickshaw....... "Ickshaw" with finger pointing in its direction....... My love for rickshaw goes beyond sighting them as I love rickshaw rides .....and always prefer it over car; no wonder my mom uses my preference effectively every morning to make me get down from car just as my papa gets ready to leave for his office....... Another feature of my car-rides is that I always demand to be breast fed if its dark outside...... and my papa knows the trick to dissuade me from doing so midway through the feeding session- all he has to do is to say, "look look...there is something outside"......to find me up next moment just to be able to see outside.......he never fails to manufactures a story to support his move......

Enough of my car rides and now let me tell you something that I did when I saw my father enter inside after his latest Dehradun visit. With a big smile on my face, I exclaimed in excitement-"aaaalllloooooottt aaaaa gayaaaa" meaning Alok has come and started running all over the house.....he had to run behind me to pick me up....I was giggling with excitement......few hugs and pecks later, I took him inside into the bedroom to show him my new possession- my new shades.......Using hand gestures, I prodded him into sitting besides me.....to show my books and new dresses........As he was running late for work, he stood up for a quick bath.....and I was not at all ready for that rudeness......cried so hard that he was left with no option but shelve his immediate plans........played with me for next thirty minutes......sought my permission; which wasn't hard to come by now as I was happy.....My wait for car ride began as soon as I saw papa pack his laptop.......Standing on the door, I waited for him......was the first one to step out followed by my Rudra bhai and papa......mom came in later........one round of park and I let him head to office, happily so!

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My Blog Clock Is Off

My blog clock seems to have gone for the toss again as my father is busy setting up his business. As he doesn’t have the luxury of adding extra hours to his fixed quota of allotted hours to a day, everyone and everything is struggling with him for extracting their share from his 24 hours pie. However initial time demands of setting up a new business along with a current job means that it is the business that gets priority over everything else, including me and my blog. My blog posting has been erratic and so is the time that he spends with me. So much so that I had to cut my current monthly birthday cake in his absence- I completed 17 months yesterday.

The current paucity of time from my father has not deterred me from growing and adding new words/activities/habits to my ever growing repertoire of the same on daily basis…….most recent has been the way I have made up for his absence by talking to him over phone and calling him by his name- “Aaaaa-looooke…….caaar……horsie” meaning “Alok take me in your car to Leisure valley for a horse ride”……………… and he has promised to take me there on Monday. In addition to this, I have also started coming down heavily on my Rudra bhai matching him and bettering him at using my hands……most of them land on his face…..and he has few scratches over his face as a testimony of my prowess.

Well, I also want to tell you about April fool’s day celebration in our house- my Shikha chachee’s birthday- I am sure that must be her way of making fool of her parents when they might have been expecting a son…….else she could have landed few hours later for a 2nd April birth. Coming back to her birthday celebrations, she took her out for a dinner to Ikay’s at DLF Mega mall……the best thing about that restaurant is that almost everyone knows us- so entire restaurant becomes an open field for me and my Rudra bhai to do all the running……and they station one service boy with us; always. As usual my father arrived late and by that time I was already asking for “nin-neeee” meaning I want to sleep. But, my apologetic father ensured that I remained awake until dinner was served……. I didn’t get to eat the cake as I was already fast asleep by then.

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