Fun At The Fair

Yesterday, after long time, we all went out together. Appa, Amma,(my in-laws) Shankar, Samhith and myself. The last time we all went out was to the circus, and this time it was to a Fair. We had been wanting to see this handloom fair,which comes every december to Bombay. They have good stuff , especially clothes, slippers, bangles, etc. at decent prices, and my son has quite a lot to keep him occupied -there are a number of rides, merry-go-rounds, etc. Last year we had returned disappointed, as Samhith was just showing an interest to ride in them, but the quality of the merry go rounds was awful Shankar was rather skeptical about going there this year, but he gave in to our demands, and finally joined us.. And I must appreciate that. He had participated in the Mumbai Marathon- the 21 Kms Half Marathon, just that morning, but he stil came, just to please Samhith…. A good Dad, isn’t he?

Well, anyway, we were in for a pleasant surprise. The rides were excellent, brand new ones, and lots of them! Samhith enoyed himself.

And this year there was a bonus…. They had made a replica of the famous Amarnath Shrine ( For those in the dark, Amarnath is a cave in the himalayas where a natural Lingam is formed of ice every year, and is a popular pilgrim spot, to which thousands of people trek every year) They had made a path apearing to be a mountain path, with small temples dotting the path, going through water along the way, and finally a cave inside which a white lingam was kept. Not very original perhaps but interesting to the multitudes of Indians who yearn to make the Amarnath yatra, but are not able to make it for various reasons. We all enjoyed it, and hope to make it to the original shrine at least once in our lifetime.

We had lots of fun, ate lots and lots of junk food  while Samhith went from one ride to another. We had anticipated spending about an hour there, but ended up spending three, and returned home close to midnight. And whats more, I have already made plans to take my sister Kanthi there when she has a day off from her busy college life.

For now, you can see the photos I took there.. For more, wait and watch !!!

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Getting Older…

I just read a post today, You know you are getting older when…   and it really struck a chord….. Especially the  one about renewing friendships on facebook, and then not being able to keep it up…… getting on with one’s own life…..how  true!! Just today, I met  an old friend online, after ages…… and we started chatting…About 5 years back when we were studying together, we would talk for hours on the phone, meet up at someone’s place and study together, but today, we spoke for harly a few minutes before he got a call and my son started demanding my attention… we had to both sign out. We  have promised to keep in touch, but then with the kind of hectic life that we have, i dont know when we are going to be able to talk………….

About books, thankfully I havent reached that stage yet…many of my friends still have threir comics stacked up carefully……………..of course no one has the time to read them…….

Personally, I still love to read Harry Potter, and given the chance, enjoy re-reading all the Enid Blyton books tooo…..but when I tell  anyone about reading these books, the look I get staggers me…..people ask me why i a reading books that my son will soon be reading…… it makes me feel so, so old……i have stopped telling anyone what i read these days…..