Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Mickey Tale

You must be wondering where the name Mickey came from. Straight from the Cartoon Network? May be!

One mom calls her son, kukku, puppy, etc. Any name that doesn't belong to any other person in the room is the boy’s name. So this son grows up, marries and has a daughter. He carries on the legacy that his mom passed on to him. He addresses his daughter differently at different stages of her growth (I don't know what’s the connection). gumbushi, bitte, gumbshi kalla, are just a few that I can remember. Don't ask me what they mean. Finally, he settles for Mickey. It could be his love towards cartoons that Mickey stayed on for the longest and still continues to be. So that's how Sumedhaa became Mickey. :)


Thank God it’s not based on his favorite cartoon show - Tom and Jerry!!!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Preface!

Whenever I tell my mom everyday Mickey tales, I usually get an answer “Oh! You did the same thing”, “You never did that”, “Mickey’s aunt did the same thing around 6 months before Mickey did it”. Or even, “You remember how Mickey used to say ‘Appal’ when she was 9 months old.” I am like WOW! Now, with the memory of an elephant (is that the animal known for its memory?), by the time Mickey turns 20 I may not remember, my own name!

Maintaining a diary has always fancied me. On and off I wrote in the pages of the Syndicate bank diary that my father gifted me every year, sometimes months after the year began. During my later teens I got fascinated by stylish diaries and started owning them.  As the years passed, this faded. When Mickey was born, it was a good chance to start this hobby again. And I did it religiously for sometime (this will come up in some post someday in the future), sometime only :)

Whenever there is a get together, all we parents do is talk about our children. Friends who aren't parents yet get bored. For me, this is a good outlet for the minutest of all details that I want to describe that I can't do in such gatherings. A few friends who share similar feelings and maintain blogs have inspired me to start this one. My heart felt gratitude to all of you.

What if I die before Mickey even knows me well??  This could be more advanced Tina’s letter to her daughter Anjali in the famous ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’.  
HOWZZAT!!!!

I have given enough reasons for maintaining this blog let me start blogging. Not that I am great at writing, yet will try to make these posts interesting.