7/5/09- 5.45 am. Normal daily chore. Keshu as usual not finishing his oats. Renu was shouting for quite sometime and at the end she called (or shouted??) me to sort the issue out. I was in toilet, having my daily shave (which I hate most) came out and started shouting at him. Slaps at his back, not one, two or three. Four slaps. The boy was weeping for quite sometime. I too cried at my heart. Before entering his school bus, he told his mother that he will sit at window seat and will wave his hand and he wants his mother to wave him back.
Asked in the evening how he felt when I beat him, he replied, “I thought you would not beat me”. Were you angry on acha at that time I asked, the poor boy replied – “I was sad” – Again I cried silently with a dry smile on my face

Footnote: And to be honest, it is indeed a very difficult procedure to finish a cup of oats in the early morning (or at any time) even for adults. Such a horrible drink to have in the morning keeps the boy so boring / irritating and he tries to delay so that he can leave some quantity back in his cup due to bus timing. I too prefer to have a black coffee in the morning. But what to do. Healthy meal preferred by the homemaker.



11.05.2009
Wife mentioned about the wedding anniversary of her friend today (my daughter’s music teacher). She met her while taking kids to bus stop in the morning. What she mentioned was that on the wedding anniversary days, she and her husband watch their wedding CD in the morning. She mentioned that at that time (while taking kids to school) in the morning, the “thalikettu” over and all are going to take lunch. Good way of celebrating wedding anniversary, Isnt?



14.05.2009

After a walk and some kind of exercise at the near by park on a weekend, we walked back home. While coming back, I was holding Keshu’s hand and he was talking continuously (He is a chatter box). In order to break that, I told him that we boys (!!) should walk with head up and with confidence (trying to improve the confidence level of that kid, which I lack). I tried to convey that to him one more time. The boy did not reply. I asked him why he is quiet. No response… I asked again, why are you quiet??
Then with a naughty smile on his face, he replied, he does not have mouth & his mouth went to India.
He might have thought that my comments do not deserve a reply. This boy is unpredictable…

Footnote: The alphonso mango that we purchased from Mega Mall that day was very sweet. I think mangoes are the best fruits. When I called amma on Friday, she mentioned that there are plenty of sweet mangoes at our home and achan distributing those to the visitors there….

14.05.2009

Started reading “The better man” by Ms. Anita Nair. Completed around 50 odd pages. Interesting novel. A look back to one’s life with a Kerala background. Infact, the cover pages of certain books attract me. I never heard about Anita Nair and her style of writing. But, once I looked at the cover page, I was impressed. I just looked at the overall tread of the story at back and thought of buying that. Very interesting so far.


16.05.2009

Election results. It was weekend off for me and I woke up early in the morning. From the first hour itself, it was quite clear that Congress is progressing well ahead of others. Good to have a stable government and a severe blow to the communists back in Kerala. I was very tense about Ernakulam results.. Finally KV Thomas won with a margin of 11K votes. Thank God! I don’t know why I hate that girl. Her body language shows that she is not suited for any form of parliamentary positions. Hopefully, Shashi Tharoor will be the External Affairs Minister and AK Anthony, Vayalar Ravi & E.Ahmad will have cabinet ranks. In the afternoon, again back to “the better man”..

28.05.2009

Completed reading ‘The better man’. Not so great, but a good book to read. Describes the thinking of a chronic bachelor. The main substance of the novel is at the last few pages. Can give 70 / 100, I guess.