Children's Day 2006
 | Nov 14th, 2006 - Today is November 14th which is celebrated as Children's Day in India. This is also Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday and he loved children which is why its Children's Day. I have not had much of a Children's day so far. Seems like I have caught some kind of mild fever and I throw up my food once in a while. I was unwell for most of the night and kept waking up and crying. I seemed to be getting better as the day has progressed. By the end of the day I was much better. I threw up one last time at around 8 PM, |
InOrbit Mall Malad
 | Oct 13th, 2006 - Its my first week in Mumbai and I started the day with a good sleep. I slept until 7 AM and my parents were also happy. Looks like my jetlag is gone. I spent most of the day playing in the living room. I met Doris and Philomena today and they gave them a big smile which made them very happy. In the evening, we went to the InOrbit Mall in Malad. This is one of the most popular malls in Mumbai and is built to international standards. The ground floor has some general stores while most of the first floor is dedicated to clothes. There are many designer clothing stores like Sheetal, Wills Fashion, Biba, Provogue etc. There is a small section dedicated to children's clothing too. The third floor is the food court. There are plenty of eating options starting from South Indian to North India, Chinese, American and my father's favorite food, the Tibbs Frankie. My father had 2 Mutton frankies. He was reminiscing the times when he used to pay Rs 7 for it and how it now costs Rs 35. It will probably |
I did not have a good time though, I felt sick for some reason and threw up quite
a lot. I still don't know why I feel sick. Maybe its something in the air. Hope
I feel better tomorrow.
My first flight on Kingfisher Airlines
 | Nov 9th, 2006 - Today I am going to Hyderabad, which is the city where my father's side of the family lives. My great-grandmother, yes great-grandmother, lives there and is longing to see me. My seeing her was one of the biggest reasons we came to India. I was up early at 5 AM and so we were able to go to the airport well in time. My father had booked the tickets on Kingfisher Airlines, which is one of the new low cost airlines in India. My parents were surprised that there was no baggage allowance for babies, but the nice lady waived the excedd baggage fee. The flight was nice and smooth and I seemed to have a good time on the flight. I did not fall asleep and was very excited during the flight. |
My grandmother's brother (so technically my grandfather) Kamanu-ajja
had come to receive us at the airport. Their home is very close to the airport
and we reached home in a few minutes. Although my grandmother wanted to see me, she
cannot see me right away because a certain function had to be completed before she can
see me. The function was at 5 PM and we reached at noon, so she and I sat in separate
rooms till the function.
Learning to Crawl
 | Nov 8th, 2006 - Looks like I am getting used to the Indian Standard Time (IST) (it does not mean that I will be late). I woke up at around 7 AM and spent the day doing masti. I have started crawling today. There is plenty of space in the house and I have slowly started crawling. In the evening, my father's friend Amiya came to visit me. He bought me this big softtoy dog, called ChiChi. I was more interested in playing with the gift-wrap than play with the toy. I am sure eventually I will like the toy. Also, later in the evening, my father's friend Parag's wife Laaj came to visit us. She came to Bangalore for some training and stopped over to visit us. Unfortunately, I fell asleep by the time she came so I could not play with her. I will probably play with her when I get to Mumbai. Tomorrow morning, I will be going to visit my great grandmother in Hyderabad. |
A quiet day at home
 | Nov 7th, 2006 - Seems like my body is somewhere between the Pacific Time Zone and Singapore. I was up early once again at around 4 AM. As usual, I started kicking my legs and woke my parents up. I had my early morning feed and started my masti. For some reason, I was in a really good mood early and I was screaming and kicking my legs all morning. I took a few short naps during the day. After the long flights and the hectic journey, it was nice and relaxing day at home with my parents and my grandmother. In the morning, I met Mr and Mrs Miranda who are my grandmother's neighbor. |
Namaskara Bengaluru
 | Nov 5th, 2006 - We left for the airport at around 5:30. The cab ride took us about 20 minutes. Once we reached the airport, we realized that the flight time had changed to an hour earlier. Luckily we had plenty of time. We went through immigration, went throughsecurity check and boarded the flight. The person who was boarding the flight did a poor job of it and did not pre-board families who had babies. Anyway, I had a special seat once again with the bassinet. Once the flight took off, I promptly fell asleep. The flight was fairly smooth but I had some pain in my ears when the flight descended into Bangalore.
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