After nearly 3 weeks of grueling 18 hour days, yesterday was a day when we did not have things lined up to be completed before the day end… in fact we had nothing lined up. Aasim returned from Delhi on Saturday evening; suddenly grown-up in some ways – 20 days is the longest he has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘life’
Lots happening but nothing to write home about…
January 8th, 2007
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Most of the things are now revolving around getting a fix on the final budget for the house. We don’t want to compromise on things but at the same time the budget is not limitless and damn the things we are liking are expensive…. Saturday evening we had a barbecue party with some friends coming [...]
Update
November 18th, 2006
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My taking steroids for my arthralgia was in vain, not only in vain but detrimental, the medicine has just about been tapered off and I can feel all the aches and pains returning add to it an inch and a half around my tummy. So life goes on. We have decided that all three of [...]
Growing Up and acting ones age…
November 6th, 2006
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Like Swati wrote Aasim turned nine yesterday but he had his party on Saturday. Playing the part of host does have some benefits… A gorgeous lady to me “Aasim will soon look like your younger brother than your son” Me “Thanks for complimenting me but it is Aasim’s party!” She – starting to blush.. Me [...]
Licensed to drive
September 28th, 2006
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I learnt to drive a car when I was 14, the car was owned by my aunt (my mother’s youngest sister) who was a doctor and that was the only car amongst the near relatives our middle middle class family. One day a couple of months after my mother’s death my aunt had come with [...]
Fit at forty (aka the “Dad you got boobs” entry)
September 19th, 2006
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By the time you read this I would probably be gone… Whoa! bad choice of words, let me try again. I would be spending most of my 40th birthday travelling – Swati had had planned a nice party but a client decreed otherwise, however all is not lost – If Indian decides to reach on [...]
Reaching up
September 10th, 2006
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Today morning Aasim casually reached up and unlatched the top latch of our front door!! He is tall for a nine year old – the first image which flashed in front of my eyes was – Aasim about 15 months old would walk upto the dining table around meal times and peer very critically at [...]
September 1st, 2006
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I have been clinically diagnosed to be suffering from Chikungunya fever since last three days. It would not be so bad only if the nausea was absent – the fever and joint pains I can bear but wrenchng your guts out every half an hour or so really SUX Tweet
Taking control back!
August 21st, 2006
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After a Reality Check had forced us on starting medications, we got our latest reports yesterday and as expected every value is back to normal. Will talk to our doctor and hopefully the maintenance dose will be much lower at least for the anti-lipid drugs. The entire last week was spend taking interviews but we [...]
YAS (Yet Another Sunday)
July 9th, 2006
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It is a lovely Sunday morning, am sitting outside in the garden – Shiku, the Shikra chick we raised and release, just paid a visit – he has got into this habit of occasionally coming very low and inspecting the front yard. At times he shouts till one of us comes out… A very young [...]
