My first overseas vacation

What a vacation it was! Lets start at the very beginning. I and Maa went off to Nani's place near Kanpur. As always, it was fun meeting cousins, especially Bulbul. It was a rather relaxing vacation with time spent mostly playing indoors and wandering around in big open fields. I also learnt a new craft activity every day and loved it. Papa also joined us for a week but I think he enjoyed more when he was alone in Delhi :)

We were now scheduled to go to Hong Kong and I was really looking forward to it. I'd been planning for it for the longest time and had my own shopping list. My excitement grew as the day came closer. But exactly one day before the travel date, Papa realized my passport had expired. Everyone was like hugely disappointed. Initially I didn't know what the big deal was about and I kept telling papa that I can make my own passport using paper from his printer. Anyways, we all (with dadaji) went to the passport office and pleaded our case with the big boss there. Initially he refused - he said he can't issue a new passport in one day even for the PM. But then he saw my sad face and asked us to come back in the morning (the day we were to travel).

Next morning, armed with all kinds of documents, we went back to the passport office. Anyways, to cut the long story short, we managed to get the passport in just one day. Thanks to Dadaji - he was so persistent and to the passport officer who helped us.

After quickly packing, we were off to my ever overseas vacation and it was totally amazing. All  of us - Papa, Maa, Dadaji, Dadiji, Garima Bua, Amit Uncle and I had a great time there. I loved the rides in Ocean Park and statues in Madame Tussauds. I also enjoyed the shows in Disneyland but I think it is a bit over hyped. Ocean Park was far better. I also saw a beach for the first time and then loved the symphony of lights at Victoria Harbor. Maa also bought me a lot of stuff and those Disney toys are my prized possessions.

Like all good things, this trip also came to an end. The good thing though is that my vacation has been extended by another week due to heat wave. But i'm not complaining. I now have my own tablet and I can search YouTube for interesting videos and learn new things. I've already made many Origami toys and learnt Hoop from these Videos. The only problem is YouTube doesn't always work on my tablet but I think that's because papa does something in the settings. I will soon find that out.

Our Keyboard performance

Hello people, its been a long time. My summer vacations just started and i'm looking forward to visiting relatives as well as visiting some exotic holiday destination that papa has been planning for ages now.

Last few months have been eventful. First, I got an award for "most amicable person" on our annual prize distribution day. I also participated as narrator in quite a few events. It appears i'm the default one for that role now and i have to get out of it. Ma will talk to my teacher in our next PTM.

I've been learning to play keyboard for some days now. I practice with my friends - Munchi, Parsava and Ashish - and Anirudh sir. Last week, we performed in front of a packed audience. We played two famous songs and i'm sure you'd be able to identify those.

Besides, i'm also getting better at skating. Papa got me new inliners recently and he also practices with me. I've heard stories of his glorious days when he was a skater but we'll soon know if there's any truth in those :)

Oh and i'm also trying my hands at poetry. But that's another post.

Bye bye Badi Nani Maa

There's a sad news. My great grandma (Ma's nani) passed away. She had not been keeping well for quite some time and was in a hospital for a few days. In a way it was good for her. I am happy though that we were there to see her before she passed away.

May her soul rest in peace. Goodbye Nani Maa.

Garima weds Amit

Okay so Garima bua got married to Amit uncle. Amit uncle is a Pediatrician. And that's good for me and all my friends.
November was a hectic month because of the wedding. I took full week off and went to stay with bua. There was too much of work to be done. I got my lehnga done from Farrukhabad which is famous for all this Lehnga work. There was tonnes of other work too and I was just too busy.
A few days before the wedding date, relatives started coming in and I had a great time playing with all my cousins. The engagement happened on Nov 25th. The couple exchanged rings and there were some other ceremonies. We had Mehandi in the evening.
Finally, the d-day arrived on 26th November.  Amit uncle came with the baraat and there was so much dance and music. The wedding function was superb and everything went off pretty well.
I was a bit sad because I won't get to meet bua as often as I used to. She will go to a different house too. But i'm also happy for her. Many congratulations to both of them and here's wishing them a great life.
Btw, I know, I'm quite late in posting this. Its already past Christmas. Like last year, I got my report card from Santa and some amazing gifts. While most of the comments in the report card are good, I know I need to improve on a few parameters. We'll see.
My holidays are on and I'm planning to go to Nani's place next week. Hope you are having a great time too. Happy New Year.

To the thief who stole dadiji's bag: You will get what you deserve.

Happy Diwali 2011

Happy Diwali everyone. I've not updated this for a while now as i've been very busy. First I went to Nani-ji's place for Dussehra holidays. As usual it was lot of fun playing with Bulbul.

I took part in this drawing competition organized as part of Durga Puja celebrations and got a 3rd prize.

Then it was Diwali. I loved the crackers - this was the first time I actually burst them on my own instead of just watching someone else do it. All of us went to dadiji's house and had a good time.

Namrata bua's wedding happened yesterday. And now Garima Bua's wedding date too is getting closer. Good for them but who will I hang around with now when I go to dadiji's place? Anyways, all of us are very busy preparing for the wedding. I got my lehnga stitched from Farrukhabad.

Oh, and by the way, we got our mid term report card too. I think I did reasonably good.

Summer Vacations - 2011

As always, the the best part of the year was my summer vacations -  full 50 days of non stop fun. Even before the vacations started, I had decided I wanted to go to London, Chennai, Bangalore, Paschim Vihar and Fatehgarh. The last two are obvious as they are my grandparents'  places and Bangalore is where I was born. But I have no idea why I wanted to go to London and Chennai. Perhaps I heard those names from some friends and liked them.

And so it started. I made sure that I was at Paschim Vihar at my dadiji's place on the very first day of chutti. I could do whatever I wanted to do - such as watching tv non stop or playing with dadiji. To top it all, I was even treated to 1 or maybe 2 ice-creams a day. This made me feel my grandma is really rich because my parents never let me have ice-creams that frequently. I did some holidays homework too when time permitted. Maa had passed on some of the holidays homework responsibility to bua. I always wonder - why do they give homework for holidays?

After spending a few days there, we went to Fatehgarh (which is were my Nani's as well as my Maa's Nani live). I love spending time with my cousin sister bulbul. She's Rinku mama's daughter. I loved the way she copied me and snuggled with me. She's the only one I can boss around with. During the train journey, I got to use maa's phone as a music player and absolutely loved it. I also got hooked on to a Justin Beiber's song (courtesy govind mama). I also met Megha at Kunti nani's place - we played from morning till evening when my legs would give up.

All this while, papa had been busy traveling to the US. I was eagerly waiting to see him (after all, he'd taken a long shopping list from me). Finally we were back in Delhi and I loved all the stuff he'd got for me. More than anything else, I love playing with Talking Tom on his iPad.


After 3 days in Delhi, we went to Shirdi. I and ma went along with Gautam chachu and Kartik chachu. They taught me some interesting things including the famous song "Khaike Paan Banara wala" and some bits of punjabi. It was a complete different experience for me and as usual i made friends and had fun following them. Gautam chachu and kartik chachu took great care of me.We also went to water park on the last day in Shirdi. The train journey back to delhi was fun too as I got to spend some more time with my new friends. Papa came to pick us up and we were back to noida. The last few days before chutti were spent in finishing off the remaining holidays homework.

Its back to school now but I'm already looking forward to next few weeks. Next week end, i'm going with Papa to Banaras. This is the same place that appears in that song I learnt. This is also the place where papa went to school.

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day Ma.


New session in class I had been going on pretty eventless but that changed last week.
I was given an award for Star Performer for my all round performance in KG. They gave this award in a big award ceremony.

Papa was very happy. He said he's never ever won any prize like this. As always, thanks to Ma. She always prepared me for all those activities.





Other than that, its been pretty boring. Now that i'm in a big class, there's a huge change in school. They have started giving a lot of homework and assignments. They also evaluate as regularly. We had a PTM yesterday and my maam explained these changes to all the parents. She also explained how parents can help handle all this "pressure".  Papa's very upset as he thinks this is too much for 5 year olds.  But I think that's because more than my workload, it increases his workload :).

Other than school, i'm loving my music classes. The other day, music sir was teaching us Sa-re-ga-ma. Papa said sir was singing like one of those who sing in running trains but we all know how good papa's music sense is!

Here's my new summer hair cut. Much more convenient than the long hair I had earlier.

I'm looking forward to my summer vacations. As always i'm sure they'd be hectic and fun. Okay gotta go, time for swimming..