Feeling very low from yesterday. It is about an 8-year old. She is being treated for blood cancer for the past 40days. She is a distant relative of Hubby's(R) and we are searching very badly for a platelet donor. The process is much more painful than the normal blood donation process. Me,R and his cousin are trying to get some donors. We have 2 volunteers from Infy. Thanks to the BB that we have in Infosys.
Life is very unfair I say.. On one side we have 80+ aged people who have no one to take care of, counting their days and on the other end we have these little ones struggling for life... From the time I heard this news, for some reason whenever I see my daughter my eyes become moist.I have always sympathised with people who are suffering but for the first time, it is empathy.. What can I do to make my daughter's life better? I have reduced the usage of plastic for her (Not used much from day one) and have never given her any tin food hoping all these will safeguard her from the most dreaded C disease. I take each day as bonus. My hubby says I am overreacting but he looks shaken too.
Why is that mankind still cannot find a cure for this? Are we doomed to be like this? Atleast let it spare the kids......
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Neha's vocabulary
My daughter surprised me more than once in the last 3 days...
On Sunday afternoon, Baby N(1 Year old) was playing with the a.c remote. I was just watching her with a water bottle in my hand. Suddenly I had this urge to ask her what it was... Prompt came the reply "bottle". I had the shock of my life. I never expected her to tell that. She can say "paatti" (meaning grandma) and "maadu" (meaning cow) too. My daughter who still cannot say "amma" can say bottle, maadu and paatti. How cool is that? (It is not that cool after all *sigh*).
Yesterday after I reached home from office, she wanted me to take her out for a short walk. Any guesses what she did?? She ran and fetched my dupatta so I can take her out and said "bye" pointing to the door... (*urgh* So my mom is not the only one who will behind me to make sure I get properly dressed)May be it is not such a great thing but it made me think we have parented a child prodigy for a second. Right after we came back I gave her her evening meal. All the usual tantrums, me losing out on her and finally giving up and she eating from my mom's plate... She is definitely a NORMAL Child...
Updated: Some more words .. bag,watch,apple,sattai...
On Sunday afternoon, Baby N(1 Year old) was playing with the a.c remote. I was just watching her with a water bottle in my hand. Suddenly I had this urge to ask her what it was... Prompt came the reply "bottle". I had the shock of my life. I never expected her to tell that. She can say "paatti" (meaning grandma) and "maadu" (meaning cow) too. My daughter who still cannot say "amma" can say bottle, maadu and paatti. How cool is that? (It is not that cool after all *sigh*).
Yesterday after I reached home from office, she wanted me to take her out for a short walk. Any guesses what she did?? She ran and fetched my dupatta so I can take her out and said "bye" pointing to the door... (*urgh* So my mom is not the only one who will behind me to make sure I get properly dressed)May be it is not such a great thing but it made me think we have parented a child prodigy for a second. Right after we came back I gave her her evening meal. All the usual tantrums, me losing out on her and finally giving up and she eating from my mom's plate... She is definitely a NORMAL Child...
Updated: Some more words .. bag,watch,apple,sattai...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
An interesting autodriver
I had been to Kumaran Stores to buy blouse pieces to be given as gifts for the women folk on the day of Neha's ayushhomam. On my way back I got into this brand new auto. The driver did not know the route to my place. I thought to myself that he must be new to Chennai. I asked him about this and pat came the reply "I was a manager in a jewellery mart for 15 yrs. I developed stomach ulcer and changed profession to get back in shape". Jumping into the fire from frying pan I guess.. Neways that is not what I wanted to write about... He gave me some gyan about the jewellery business. He is also planning to open up a jewellery shop on his own next year. A kg of gold costs 15lakhs as of today (or yesterday). He is waiting for the gold price to come down. He also said that Saravana stores gold jewellery (useful info) is quite good and also the best place to get diamonds is Rajmandir in Cathedral Road (useful at the cost of a big dent in hubby's purse).Interesting guy but a typical autodriver too in that he did not accept the fare I was willing though he did not know much about the distance/autofares in Chennai.
(M)Ad sense
The Hamam soap ad is really disturbing. The ad goes like this. A mom asks her daughter to buy a soap. In her hurry she forgets to tell her what soap to buy. She starts panicking and runs behind her daughter thinking about all the bad things in the world that would happen to her daughter if she got the wrong soap. That she would develop skin allergy and pimples, people will stay from her in school and she will become the object of ridicule in class and eventually lose all confidence in self. WTF? Who comes up with nasty ideas for a soap ad? It is the responsibility of the parents to make the child understand that it is ok to get pimples in the adolescent age and it is just a passing phase.It is nature's own way to say that the child is growing up. And who says Hamam can prevent all these skin problems?? It is not a even classified as a medicated soap for that matter.And the second thing is why should this ad feature a mom and daughter and not a mom and son?? Dont boys get pimples? This ad is aimed at girls/women and it will definitely spoil their minds. Women are achieving great heights and here we have this ad which says you need to look beautiful to make friends and to be recognised among your own folk.. A.T.R.O.C.I.O.U.S is all I can say. Is there a forum where we can opine our views on this??
Rasagulla made easy!
Disclaimer: I am no expert in cooking...
Makes 30 medium sized rasagullas
For the Paneer:
1 litre milk
1 lemon
For rasagulla:
4 cups(1 cup= 250 ml) water
2 cups sugar
cardomom powder
saffron if available
Procedure:
Boil milk without adding water. When it is about to boil add the lemon juice. Stir well and wait till all the milk is curdled. Once this is done strain it and wash the paneer in cold water to remove the lemony flavor. Now transfer the panner to a clean cotton cloth and keeps something heavy on top of it to get rid of the excess water(Preferably a big pan filled with water). Keep aside for 3-4 hours.
After the paneer has hardened, take it and knead it well until you can small balls with the paneer. Make very small balls about the size of a blueberry and keep aside.
Add sugar to water and heat it in a pressure cooker. Add little cardamom powder and little saffron to it. Bring this mixture to a boil. Leave it on high flame for 5 mins. Add the paneer balls one by one. Cover the cooker with the lid and cook on low flame for 20 mins. You might want to put the weight but allow no whistle. Once it is done, take the rasagulla out, refrigerate and serve it cold.
Makes 30 medium sized rasagullas
For the Paneer:
1 litre milk
1 lemon
For rasagulla:
4 cups(1 cup= 250 ml) water
2 cups sugar
cardomom powder
saffron if available
Procedure:
Boil milk without adding water. When it is about to boil add the lemon juice. Stir well and wait till all the milk is curdled. Once this is done strain it and wash the paneer in cold water to remove the lemony flavor. Now transfer the panner to a clean cotton cloth and keeps something heavy on top of it to get rid of the excess water(Preferably a big pan filled with water). Keep aside for 3-4 hours.
After the paneer has hardened, take it and knead it well until you can small balls with the paneer. Make very small balls about the size of a blueberry and keep aside.
Add sugar to water and heat it in a pressure cooker. Add little cardamom powder and little saffron to it. Bring this mixture to a boil. Leave it on high flame for 5 mins. Add the paneer balls one by one. Cover the cooker with the lid and cook on low flame for 20 mins. You might want to put the weight but allow no whistle. Once it is done, take the rasagulla out, refrigerate and serve it cold.
Ilam kandrum bayamarium....
I have been thinking to write a post on Baby N's fears. Today i get to write it finally. I have listed the things that she fears the most in that order
.... Cooker whistle
.... Mixie
.... Door bell
.... Bottle cleaning brush
.... Anything that moves unexpectantly
she is not afraid of darkness. I dont know if it is good or bad. That is the end of the list for now.
.... Cooker whistle
.... Mixie
.... Door bell
.... Bottle cleaning brush
.... Anything that moves unexpectantly
she is not afraid of darkness. I dont know if it is good or bad. That is the end of the list for now.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
How possesive can someone get
The other day my father had bought a big suraikai(dont know the english equivalent for this vegetable). I held this in my hand and sang the usual jho jho and guess wat?? Baby N started crying thinking that I am carrying a baby and singing to her.. She doesnt like it when I lift other babies or even go near them right from she was 8months but this was heights.One part of me felt proud and another part a little worried.....At least there is someone who is real possesive about me..Worth all the pain.
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