The weasel and the ermine are the same animal. This mammal’s coat changes with the season ? in its white winter coat, it is known as an ermine, in its brown coat, it is a weasel.

Today for no real reason I shaved off my mushtache, Swati was happy, no more prickly kisses after nearly 9 years of having put up with it (before marriage, some how it did not matter! ).

Sid was amused and Aasim cried bitterly saying how will I recognise my father now!!

Aasim basically resists change, I remember he had cried when Swati wore a saree for the first time in front of him. He creates a fuss if Swati puts mendhi on her hands. But I have never thought that he will mind my cutting my mushtache so much.

I have had this mushtache since past 13 years, basically had grown it when I started my clinic and people said that I looked too young to be a doctor!!!

Swati has taken some pictures and might put it up soon.

Later in the evening we went out for ice creams Aasim was alright after a while 🙂

To sux or not to sux!!!

“Encourage oral sex among under 16s to prevent teenage pregnancies!!” Believe me this is not some teenager joke but a British Government sponsored sex education course pioneered by Exeter University called A PAUSE. I don’t know what enlightened soul got this idea but as expected the whole thing has backfired and the parents are complaining

Situation:

You are a middle class 45 year old woman, you and your husband have been slogging for as long as you remember to create some decent saving. You have a 15 year old son who aspires to study in US of A. Suddenly one fine morning your mother calls up and says cousin ABCD had

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one.

I wouldn’t do it ever – I love myself more than I can ever love anyone else. Leaving a stable job, a nice city just because a girl refused your proposal!! Its so frustratingly stupid. Hey if she refused you she didn’t deserve you for good OR for bad, but making your own life hell

Swati to me sometime today afternoon : “You start a relationship based on trusting people, I do it based on not trusting them. That to me makes great business sense’ Proved right once again. Only can wish that it was not true.. ..

What is this life so full of care, we have no time to stand and stare… …

drove his mobike from Hyderabad to Nagpur yesterday. Some pictures are here. Reminded me of the similar stunt that I had pulled with my brother when I was his age. We drove from Nagpur to Hyderabad to Vizag to Chennai to Bangalore to Hyderabad to Nagpur. That too on my 100cc Hero Honda, Thinking back

When people are relaxed, they inhale about 12 times every minute.

A nice Sunday! Began with Swati waking up late, well not very 9am, and I was to blame atleast partially 😉 Then we cooked a lunch of Chinese Fried Rice, Noodles, Chicken in Dark Soya and Wine Sauce and some soup. Except for the soup which was a bit too salty everything else turned out

“Brevity is achieved by selection rather than compression.”– Donald M. Murray

After exactly a gap of one year yesterday I impulsively picked up a copy of PC Quest from the newsstand – $Deity knows what I was intending to prove. The magazine is now more direction-less than ever before. One thing which has prompted me to pick up the copy was a review of Xara Webstyle

Aasim started it all!! Usually we dont exchange gifts on Valentine’s day BUT this time Aasim wanted to give his mother a secret present on Valentine. He had seleted this wrist watch before we went to Delhi and had made me promise that we will buy it when we get back. Yesterday when I asked

I am related to people I don’t relate to!! – Calvin to Hobbes

I underestimated the power of my puny dial-up, I was indeed able to upload all the pictures yesterday but then I had no time to write about it. The pictures are in a chronological order, I am writing below “what was what” as much for my reference as for anyone else 😉 The complete picture