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Archive for September, 2008

Reasons why men and women get along … or have to

Posted by Phoenixritu September 30, 2008, under Uncategorized | 12 Comments
Reasons why men and women get along … or have to

Today is a wonderful day.  The Accounts are busy – so no one’s bothering me for obscure data.  My Boss aka Mogambo has not come in and not called me even once.  Sure gives me an unflattering estimate of my importance in the company – but WTF, the pay is good.  So I am doing what [...]

A blast from the past

Posted by Phoenixritu September 29, 2008, under Uncategorized | 12 Comments
A blast from the past

Gems I discovered while cleaning old suitcases … God rewards people who clean old stuff in un-expected ways.  I got these photos as a reward  Kid#1 was a smiley kid, chubby and active.  He loved to hunt and decimate the population of the insect world ….. with his bare hands and with any footwear he could [...]

Some Indian Women I admire

Posted by Phoenixritu September 26, 2008, under Uncategorized | 7 Comments
Some Indian Women I admire

You’ve come a long way Baby!!! Or have you? Sati Savitri : The courageous and determined lady who won back her dead husband from Yama Draupadi : The princess who got to marry five most eligible princes of her time – and when humiliated instigated a war, echoes of which reverberate through time Sita : [...]

Early Morning Family Craziness

Posted by Phoenixritu September 25, 2008, under Uncategorized | 8 Comments
Early Morning Family Craziness

ME In the morning, rummaging the fridge) I love having dinner for breakfast DIL : EWWWWW, cant bear to see food in the morning KID#2 : I do that all the time – have dinner for breakfast ME : You are the leftover king in the morning (wandering off singing Kid#2 is King, Kid#2 is [...]

Cartoon Network and Life

Posted by Phoenixritu September 24, 2008, under Uncategorized | 16 Comments
Cartoon Network and Life

You must have seen those old cartoons – the ones in which a character runs off a cliff and keeps running?  He doesnt fall and keeps going on until he looks down.  And then he plummets to the ground screaming.  That, people, is the perfect depiction of life in general, and parenting of grown children [...]

Fou

Posted by Phoenixritu September 23, 2008, under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Fou

For sleep I had some lovely company I went to bed with the English dictionary Because I have decided I’ll be Ninja Master Of Crosswords – Enough now, cut the laughter I chanced upon a lovely word Fou It means drunk, it also means foolish, crazy I think I like to be in the state [...]

Bloggie Love

Posted by Phoenixritu September 22, 2008, under Uncategorized | 7 Comments
Bloggie Love

There is a saying in Hindi which doesnt come through so well when translated “Bhagwan jab deta hai, chappar phar ke deta hai” or When God gives – the bounty breaks the thatched roof.  I guess in these times when the roofs are cemented, the bounty breaks the doors and cracks window panes and pours [...]

If ………… a tag

Posted by Phoenixritu September 20, 2008, under Uncategorized | 14 Comments
If ………… a tag

I have been tagged by The Life and Times of an Indian Homemaker aka IHM The rules for the tag are: RULE #1 People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves. RULE #2 Tag 6 people to [...]

Mirror Mirror On the Wall

Posted by Phoenixritu September 19, 2008, under Uncategorized | 11 Comments
Mirror Mirror On the Wall

I do have a bit of an ego trip that I’m trying to find professional help for. I have this thing where I like to look in the mirror and make these sexy faces at myself and say “I look good, huh?” I’m lucky that I dont have a spouse who would just roll his eyes, say [...]

Adult kids and the Art of War

Posted by Phoenixritu September 18, 2008, under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Adult kids and the Art of War

Kid#2 can’t wait to taste freedom.  I am not an interfering parent – am at work the whole day so have given it up – but he would love to be out there in the world and keeps pointing out – charmingly – that he has one foot out of the door.  He has four [...]

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