Dad says..

Overheard Mr. Really Loud Guy in the next cubicle talking to his teenage son.."Listen, I want you to do whatever your Mom asks you to do..I don't care whether you like it or not. Or if you want to do it or not...Just do whatever she says. And Don't ever argue with her, Okay?!"

Aww...sooo sweet! This actually reminded me of my teenage days, when Ma used to threaten me and sis that she would tell Dad if we didn't listen to anything she said...Not that my Dad used to say anything but somehow, it always worked! I sooo miss those days...SIGH!! WHY DO WE GROW UP???!!!!!

P.S: I just realized I assumed the guy was talking to his son and not his daughter...Well, I guess dads ( or for that matter parents) don't use such tone with girls...At least mine never did :)

This is NO art!!

I feel the most difficult thing anyone ever has to do is to say NO...I sometimes find it so hard to say no that I end up saying yes and suffering, rather than saying no and hurting others...But I know someone who has mastered the art of saying no...and this person is not some very wise uncle or some know-it-all grandma/grandpa, but a three year old nephew of mine. He so diplomatically answers when asked for something he doesnt want to do, its just so adorable...

Mom: Hey what is it that u're eating
Kid: Ice cream
Mom (just to see his reaction): Can I have a bite?
Kid: Oh I would've given it to u, but it tastes so bad..I know you wouldn't like it one bit...In fact, this would even hurt ur stomach...so I guess I'll just finish it

In another instance, his grandpa who meditates every day asked the kid to join him

Grandpa: why dont you sit here and meditate with me?
Kid: Sure.
After a minute or two...
Kid: Grandpa, I'll just go have some water. Will come back after that.

And his grandpa wont see him for another hour or so :/ And this happens every single day!!
Well, I should probably take a lesson or two from him!!

ABCD...

I always wondered why Indian kids born in the US were called confused desis till I met this real cute cousin of mine...this two year old kid goes to an American play school where she spends most of her day and after she comes back from school her parents only talk to her in telugu, her mother tongue, so that she could learn the language right from the beginning...sammy (the American version of her traditional Indian name :)) , is so confused that she doesn't know which language to use.....this little one answers in only an accented "yeah" or "no" whenever we talk to her based on the tone of our sentence and the direction in which we nod our head...and to add to her woes they even teach spanish in her play school :)
hope this confused desi would soon learn some language so that we could atleast understand what her baby talk is all about :)