Aasim’s First Roza.

Yesterday Aasim successfully observed his first Roza.

This was not done by us OR Aasim out of any religious conviction but as a part of the growing up experience for Aasim. Aasim completed it for the sheer fact that he had given his word to his parents.

For a 6 year old who has never really known “hunger” in his entire life this was indeed a creditable feat to go from sunrise to sunset without a drop of water or a morsel of food. He did it in an admirable way. The only sign he showed of real discomfort was that after 1pm he would now and then ask how much more longer…

No promises of gifts / blessing / great food / after life was made to him like are done by several parents – but – that he got cash gifts in the evening after Iftar at my Khala’s place made him feel very happy.

From his 6th B’day we have also introduced him to money management – he gets to keep all the cash he gets as gifts till the sum reaches more than Rs1000/- after which He exchanges it with Swati for an entry in his diary…

Plus daily he is given a Rs1 coin….

IDRBT – Great Show

Returned today morning from Hyderabad. It is seldom that in India one is impressed by a Govt sponsored setup and more importantly the organization of a Govt sponsored program. At least for me IDRBT was a pleasant change. I arrived in Hyderabad 6am by bus – there was a car waiting for me and I

Speaking in IDRBT Hyderabad tommorow

Am scheduled for two back to back talks at IDRBT tomorrow in this program of theirs. I am talking on “PHP best practices” and “PHP libraries for Rapid Development” Thanks to all of you who have congratulated me on my acquisition of Nikon5700, Much to my frustration I have not had any time to experiment

Before the Monday Mania hits….

Should document the Sunday before it gets lost in the melee of Monday…. Woke up late… browsed the morning news, played some matches which Aasim. At around 12 we decided it was time to move out, Aasim had been promised that we will go to “Fun and Food” water and amusement park about 35 kms

Big Guns at LB/2003

writes here that Jeremy MySQL Zawodny and Ramus PHP Lerdorf are going to be speakers at LB/2003 WOW!! This year promises to be one hell of a show… It feels great to have been part of the team which has made the event possible not just once, twice BUT three times in a row. More

Pictures from Aasim’s B’day

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The Morning After

30 odd 6 year olds, about that many parents, 3 teachers, lots of good food, children’s music = Aasim’s 6th birthday party. It was yesterday evening – amazingly we are still perfectly sane and unhurt 🙂 I did start with taking pictures but soon realized that I was more needed to attend to guests so

Unchained Melody!

Amidst the increasing madness and chaos we decided to grab on to that last grain of Fantasia and elope for the afternoon…. We forsake the car in lieu of my Scooter!! The early winter breeze and the still warm afternoon sun was soothing… We quickly finalised a larger bicycle for Aasim’s sixth birthday and then

No email All joy

Two days without receiving a single email – I am not missing anything 😀