Sid's taste buds

This is a sheer inheritance from his dad --- super sensitive taste buds.

Like father, he doesn't like fruits. He once disclosed that he doesn't like the smell of fruits (any of them), which is d same reason his dad doesn't like to have them.

Unlike father, Sid hasn't yet started having non veg though. But I am sure he will have it all in future. Our non veg diet contains only eggs these days, which he is soooo fond of. An egg, daily once, almost. He loves it as an omelet.

So, yesterday I was at my mom's place and prepared him an omelet. As usual. What was not usual was the salt there. It was so very moist and salty. So, even though I had put very little salt, the omelet was a bit too salty. I didn't mind that and gave it to him, whatsoever. He had the first bite and pat comes the review: "amma uppu ittittindo?" (mamma, have u put salt?). I am sure he meant too much of salt. I expected some reflex out of him, but bingo, he hit the bull's eye! So even before 3, he knows what has spoiled his favorite recipe. God, save me for the rest of my life.

As for his dad, he will be happy that his food critic genes are successfully passed on to his son. As for Sid, it will be a good career option in the future if he is jobless---food reviewer. And as for me, I request you all to please wish me all the best with my cooking. 

Update: 19/3/2015: 

Sid just proved my post right. How? Read on.

Today, since there was enough left-over rice, my mom thought of managing the lunch with that rice and pressure-cooked some biriyani rice for the little Sid. Sid, after his first taste of food, "innu nalla ari aanu indaakiyadu?" Today, you made meals with good rice?

Being a Pharma Manager’s wife

Being a Pharma Manager’s wife (or for that matter, any Sales Manager’s wife) is not an easy task. Some knit-picks* from all of the critical remarks we wives might have:

* Disclaimer: Please take these points lightly with no further discussions/clarifications/pranks/nagging on any of these.

• Daily routine – What is that?

  We “used to” have a time-table type routine; a special routine for weekends. Then, we married you. And there goes the routine. Now, we get ourselves “used to” the routine that each day beholds for us. So we are always ready to get up at the hint of the dawn to help you pack, ready to make instant meals/snacks in case you turn up early, ready to wake up and serve you dinner post-midnight sometimes, and very much ready to pack our bags and go to a vacation if we get a surprise. <wink>.

• TP aka Tour Plan

  We are scared of giving you surprises. Coz each time we try to give you a surprise, we get surprised. Yeah, right. We should have discussed about our surprise first. So, it is always better to refer to THE TP and plan it one month in advance. Yes, I am still talking about the so-called ‘surprise’.

• When next? Where next? When are you coming back?

  These questions are always the ‘hot’ topics. I think these questions’ frequency surpass any other questions’ including “Have you had your food?”, “How are you feeling?”, and last but not the least, “Are you busy?” <chuckle>

• Multiple distance relationship.

  We don’t exactly come in the category of a long-distance relationship, because their workplace (read hospitals) is in the same city or perhaps just a few blocks away. But, since they have to visit the other cities’ workplaces too, we don’t get to live “with” him as well. The perk is that the newness in the relationship never ends. Famous saying is we get to love them only when we miss them. And we get to miss them a lot.

• How’s it matching???

  We are improving our skills on your clothing, “gradually”. We know exactly which dress you wore today, which you wore yesterday, which ones are for laundry, and which ones are for iron. But we still don’t know which pairs you want for tomorrow, which shirts suit which pants, which would you like to take to your tour, which ones’ zipper is defected, and which ones are failing to fit you now. Please cooperate with us on that. But yes, it is really thrilling to tell you which tie suits your shirt best.

• Closing days: The deciding factor.

  The month end, when you get to know how long can your next month’s shopping list be. We definitely pray to God a little extra during those days, if that could help.

• Shopping assistance.

  They make the best shopping companions. Oh no, not for their patience while we select, but for the negotiation powers they possess.

• Travel consultant.

  The buses and the trains and the flights and the hotel rooms would have definitely seen them more than their own houses. So they know the rarest gems of places, hotels, and a lot more provided they have worked there. Even for a new place, they have “contacts”.
  They can pack n number of clothes in a single back-pack in just one minute. Quite a task when you are just half an hour away from the bus/train you are boarding.

• Mini doctors themselves.

  “I have high fever, should I take antibiotics?”
  “Our son is throwing up, what should we do?”
  “I don’t find the medicine that the doctor prescribed. What are the other options?”
  “Do you remember which medicine we gave when our baby was last sick?”
  They have all the answers. It is best to consult them first. They are, after all, trusted and affordable health consultants and the best part is that they know exactly when to approach doctors.

• Poor their phones!!!

  There would definitely be at least one moment (if not more) when we would have envied your phone for being the attention-seeker. Most of the times, we would be in kitchen, answering the questions that you would be asking on phone to the person on the other end. Only after a few seconds through the conversation, we would realize you are talking on phone. And you would still be talking unaware of the silly thing that just happened. We, sometimes, HATE your phones but at the same time, feel sorry for that poor little thing, which, if it were possible, would have screamed of your atrocities and switched themselves off each time you try to receive or make a call. Our heartfelt sympathies to all the previous phones that you owned, and to all the future phones that you will be using. Also, (must mention) condolences to all those chargers as well.

Having said all these, we ourselves know how much we love them. We adore them for their spontaneity, understanding, management skills, and their willingness to make the most of their time when they are with us.  Kudos to all those hard-and-smart-working sales managers out there balancing work and life so passionately. Life wouldn’t be the same without you!!! :)

My little Picaso

This is to record my little one’s affinity towards arts. 

Starting from where he got this in his genes --- my great-grandfather was a painting-teacher. I remember seeing dozens of colorful divine paintings of Gods (both known and unknown Gods) hanging in the hallway of my maternal tharavadu (home).  I inherited just an iota of his talent, which I could have honed with regular practice but didn’t. Not that I didn’t like it; my fate didn’t have it. ;) I LOVE sketching. But, I think I am not very good with colors. It still remains an unexplored passion. So you see, it is quite obvious that I would love my son to sketch his heart out. Also, his paternal aunt likes drawing.

Sid is gifted with long fingers, which are believed to be artistic fingers. He had a firm grip of pens/pencils even before he was two. He has never actually scribbled frantically. I remember the first scribbles were soft-running dots, which is quite unusual for a toddler. Or so, I think. :D

He loves elephants and he always used to request me to draw elephants for him. So, obviously that’s the first thing he has ever tried to make. No flowers, no trees, no suns. I know, quite a difficult task for a beginner. I started introducing shapes to him. And he did grasp them. But the quest for an elephant shape was still on. And, finally one day, these happened:

 
And, after some days,

Gradually, he started exploring faces. So, one masterpiece is posted below. In this, he explained to me, one is him and one is amma (yep, that's me).

These days, he tries to draw various things (including sun :)). He colors not-so-perfectly, but still, has some interest. However, he has also started to write a few alphabets provided we give him dots to join. Sample of his first few alphabets:

So, here’s praying to God that if he has it in him, please inspire him to boost it up. <Fingers crossed>.

Update: 10 March, 2015

Another one from Sid. This is Sid himself, it seems. You see those big ears??? :)