Made in America!

Conversation between me and my mommy todaytoday.

Me : mommy where is this car made?
Mommy : Made in Taiwan
Me : mommy where is this car made?

Mommy : Made in China
Me : mommy where is this car made?

Mommy : Made in Thailand
Me : Mommy, do you know that I am MADE IN AMERICA?
Mommy : Oh really? Who made you ?
Me : It was you mommy.. you silly mommy!!

Mommy thinks I talk too much now..

Mommy : We are going to the downtown square this evening
Me : When can we go to the downtown RECTANGLE!

Me : When can I become an astronaut?
Mommy : When you grow up and get taller than me
Me : Mommy see, I am standing on the couch and now I am taller than you!

and the best for the last..

Mommy : I am tired of doing the grinder every week
Daddy : I can do it for you and you can take a break
Me : Mommy, Is Daddy a boy or a girl? Daddy, Are you a house wife??

well mommy says, I show typical Indian men traits already :)

My Name is Chapathi !!!

For the past few days, both ammamma and thatha have been fervidly trying to make me answer all sorts of simple questions they would ask in the three different languages I am learning.

One such question was, What is your name ? "Noo peru emmi ? " in Telugu and " Unnoda Peru enna ? " in Tamil. I refer myself as Nanu ( Vickram is quite a long name to say yet ;) ) so I was saying Naonu when they shooted one of the above questions at me. My ammamma was so very proud of my accomplishment and she keeps saying that nobody pronounces " Nanu " better than me. PS., I say " Naonu " It is more of a Nonu :D

Thus the game began, I was answering so very politely whenever I heard the name question, be it any language, the answer was the same..so it was fun playing the name game. " Naonu..Naonu..naonu " I kept saying it over and over as they were not getting tired of the same question...But I got too tired calling myself Naonu.. One time Amma called out, Vickram noo peru emmi ?? I said with the best cutest airs - " Chapaatheeeeeeeeeee "

So there you go guys, my mom is calling me as Chapathi now.. I am what she says I am ;) , so my name is Chapaatheeeeeee !!!! How do you like my new name ? pass on your comments.

Adra adra adra sakka - Adi is my word for the week !!

The last one week had been one of my busiest week ever after coming to Thanjavur. Thatha and ammamma took me and aama to lots of temples and to one of their friend's house too. The one thing I love about temples is I am allowed to walk barefoot.As you can see, wearing shoes/sandals has always been in my " I detest it forever " list.

I was excited to go to the temples. Lots has to be done, it all starts with mommy packing my bag with all sorts of toys, outfits, diapers and snacks. And into the trip, I make sure I drive her crazy by asking her for THE TOY that she didn't bring that day ( Here "THE TOY" changes according to my many moods :) ) Also ammamma packs a huge basket for the temple with flowers, coconuts etc. I tried carrying it for her and tell you what, thats one heavy thing..woof !! Not forgetting to mention, mommy and ammamma always make a big fuss over me, dressing me up in all colors of kurtas and pajamaas. Aama thinks I always walk a different walk with the pajamaa n kurta on me. I don't really mind the outfit as long as I am allowed to run around and explore all by myself. Then comes the best part - The car drive. I am allowed to sit in the front passenger seat along with aama. I feel special sitting next to thatha as he allows me to try my hand at all kinds of knobs-I can honk, turn the steering, change the CD in the player, open the dash box, change the temperature settings etc..Man, there are lots of stuff to try that I could spend a whole day in there.

Of the many temples that we went, I was awed by angaalamman temple in particular..It had a huge flight of steps..Steps always allure me. I never get bored going up and down, over and over and over and.. adding to the fun, this steps had no side rails

Delighted at my prospective of trying many different ways at scaling the steps, I freed myself from mommy's tight grip and there I was already up two steps, shouting with glee my usual " Aaatam, paaatam ".. I was fully engrossed with my stair climbing , I didnt notice aama signalling to some one and thats when came the word " Adi ( I will beat you in tamil ) " It was not my mommy or ammamma trying to control me.. with mounds of surprise, I turned around to see who it was and there she was, sitting by the side of the steps with a prayer book - a maami who instead of praying had been busy watching me.Once we made eye contact, she said "Adi " again signalling me to be quiet..what do you think I would have done ??

a) cry and run to mommy
b) stare at her
c)Ignore her
d) laugh at her

You are right !!! - she got me laughing.. I was laughing my usual continuous noisy laugh and indeed I have a very infectious laugh, everyone at the temple were smiling and laughing. Mommy's wasted try to get me under control through someone we don't even know.. Better luck next time mommy :)

Adi - This word caught me right away. Adi Adi adiiiiiiii...I was continuously saying it inbetween my laughing and from then on thats my word all the time. When mommy asked me " what do you mean by adi ? " I gave her one quick adi , shouting at the top of my voice "Addddddddiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii "

who wants an Adddiiiiiiiiii from me ?? anybody ?? :)

Got a new friend - A grasshopper to play with :))

you are not gonna believe me what I got for a friend today -A grasshopper...Yippie !!!

I was as usual very busy this morning exploring around our house with thatha and he showed me a very beautiful green color friendly looking thing.. it was moving very very slowly unlike me ;p. The first thought that struck me was to pick him up and pet him.. My mommy got too scared that she was trying all tricks to distract me away from the hopping mate..but If you guys know me then you would have by now guessed my next action.. Yup.. you are right..my new friend Mr.Grasshopper was struggling to set himself free from my tight grip..My mommy always says that I have a strong hold onto everything.. and now I didnt want to prove her wrong :)

It felt kind of funny to let the greenbug move around me..It was as If I was playing "This little piggie " with my daddy..I liked the tickling caused by the hopper..I wanted mommy to feel the tickle and when I said "aama " and gave my friend to her, she was already 10 feet away..I dont understand elders, they miss the best fun around always..

Then I wanted to do my "Quality testing" - my way of finding out whether I like an object thoroughly or not.. it is very very simple.. I put everything in my mouth, If it feels Ok, then they are mine forever and I pile it up in my huge blue basket- my collection includes wires from thatha's electronic gizmos, utensils from ammama's kitchen, mommy's hairclips, a huge mango seed that I got from my udutha friend, a big fern leaf, batteries, a ten rupee note and what not !!

Okie.. coming to my testing today.. I was waiting for the right moment when I could distract mommy and thatha with my sweetest smiles..I pulled a prank of running so fast and while doing so.. I put my hoppermate in my mouth.. or should I say closer to my mouth..thatha was so quick that he took my friend away in one quick action that I could hardly get any taste of my buddy..another wasted trial of trying to eat animal protein..phew !!!

The next thing I knew..Mr.Hopper was perched way too high on a tree branch.. I did my pretense crying with the usual.." hmm hmm aama.. hmm hmm aama " but nothing helped, he just wouldnt come down nor would mommy get him for me..

Oh dear friend.. I miss you..Do come and play with me another day.. I promise I will handle you with care the next time I see you.. definitely no chewng you or crushing you !

Gotta go now..I hear mommy saying " Munnu time to eat now " The one thing I detest more than taking a head shower is this..I am still trying to find a way out of eating.. If anyone knows it, dont hesitate to ping me anytime of the day.." Aamaa, nana cuming " !!