(Pictures) Sept-Oct-2012

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My timeline :)

I have come a long way as a performer :)  From being shy and running away to standing right in front improvising to the songs :) Looking at these videos, my ammA is getting all nostalgic and  cannot believe that her little girl is growing so fast ! So to help I throw a tantrum to make her feel that I am still a little girl but she gets frustrated and asks me to behave like a big girl! I really don't know what to do..

Here is how I have progressed -

Stage 1 - "I did not know that people will watch when we sing :) Running to safety "

Stage 2 - "Follow the teachers, stay in place, sing and dance." 

Stage 3 - "Stand in front, dance, sing, enjoy and improvise to get attention. :)"

So many ammA-s

I am so confused by the concept of people aging, babies being born and so on. My ammA is even more confused. Here is why I think so

While driving to a shop -

Me - ammA, appA thoppai lerndhu pAppA varumA? (will a baby come out of appA's tummy?)

ammA - no, pAppA appA thoppai lerndhu varAdhu? (no, baby will not come out of appA's tummy?)

Me - yen? (why?)

ammA - appA girl ilai (appA is not a girl)

Me - appo yen thoppai lerndhu varummA (so, will a baby come out of my thoppai?)

ammA - nee big girl-a Anapparam (after you become a big girl)

Me - big girl kalyanam apparam-a? (after I am a married big girl?)

ammA - yes correct

Me - appo yen thoppai lerndhu pAppA, madhura thoppai lerndhu pAppa, madhurA, nAn ellarum serndhu vilaiyAdalAm la? (baby from my tummy, baby from madhurA's tummy, madhurA and I can all play together, right?)

ammA (not answering) - hmmm..??

Me - ilai ammA, appo naraiya ammA vA iruppA. (then there will be so many ammA-s)

ammA - nAn dhAn onnoda madhurA oda ammA evalavu vayasu AnAlum (I am your and madhurA's ammA however old you might be)

Me - yen thoppai lerndhu pAppA vandhA, nAn ammA dhAne, madhurA thoppai lerndhu pAppA vandhA madhurA ammA dhAne? (If a baby comes out of my tummy, I am a ammA and madhurA will be a ammA when a baby comes out of her thoppai)

ammA - (not answering)

Me - appo neraiya ammA dhaane iruppA? (then there will be so many ammA-s?)

ammA - AmAm! (yes) pAdukA, vera edhAvadhu kelu. (ask about something else)

Me - (hmmm... she is as confused as I am. So let me ask something she knows about;) ammA kadaila ennaku edAvadhu vAngithA (ammA please buy something for me in the shop)

(Pictures)July-August-2012

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No smoking

pAdukA gets back from her first day at her summer camp.

pAdukA - ammA, you cannot smoke near me.Go away... smoke away from me!
ammA - uh?
pAdukA - My teacher has told me to tell mommy and daddy to smoke in a corner and not near me.
ammA - enna? (What?)
ammA - smoking na enna theriyumA? (Do you know what smoking is?)
pAdukA gesturing breathing says - idhu dhaan (This is it)
ammA - That's breathing.
ammA thinking to herself  - I thought I had a long time but I have to get ready in a hurry to answer many things starting with smoking!

Argue with me!

I was reading "beginning reader" books. I came across the word "SIGHT". ammA tells me the letters "G" and "H" are silent and I should not say their sound.
pAdukA - appo, yen G and H irukku. eduthudalAme? (then we can remove G and H)
ammA - G and H eduthuttA SIT aagum. ( If we remove G and H it will be SIT)
pAdukA - yes. adhunAla yenna? (so what?)
ammA - appo S,I,T na enna solluva? (then how will you pronounce S,I,T?)
padukA -  SIT
ammA - SIT vera SIGHT vera ( SIT and SIGHT are different)
pAdukA - SIT na okAradhu (SIT means to sit down)
pAdukA - SIGHT na enna?(What is the meaning of SIGHT)
ammA - enna pArkarayo adhu SIGHT (What you see is SIGHT)
pAdukA - appo G and H vendAm (then G and H are not needed)
ammA does not agree.
pAdukA (Exasperated) - SIT panna dhaan nanna (SIGHT )theriyum (only if you sit down you can see well) adhudhaan G and H vendaam nnu sollaren (that's why I am saying we don't need G and H)
ammA (thinking to herself) - good logic but what was the argument about?
                                 

(Pictures) May 2012

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