Rock stars

The whole weekend was a wash for me. Multiple packets of Theraflu on Friday, 19 hours of sleeping in a 26 hour period, a brief uptick and rush to form on Saturday night and early Sunday morning only to get down again this afternoon. . .

The body is simply lost in trying to find a safe zone. So it now up to some quality "thachi mummum" and more sleep before the week begins again.

In all of this sleeping, I missed a great birthday party the kids attended. They did makeovers for all the kids and dressed them up like "Rock Stars"..

Haven't seen them this happy to be dressed up. My daughter tried to give me a crash course on who Justin Bieber was and was upset with my IQ. She said "never mind. he sings songs and you are too old to listen to his songs anyways"

It is true that I know he is a singer because his name keeps popping up in the entertainment news and I am yet to hear him sing!

Too old?! When was I too old to hear a song?! Will listen today and see what all this hoopla is about.

Last week had put an old Scorpions CD in the Van (had been playing RIF's from Big City Nights on the guitar the previous week) and the kids were amused by me singing along. They could not understand the lyrics..

LO to Jr.: They are not singing in English jr. ! they are singing in Scorpion. That is why we are not able to understand..

Jr.: No. I think they are singing in some old English or something..

LO : Scorpion is a language by itself, right daddy?

Me : NO! they are singing in English. these are German guys singing in English with a German accent so it is slightly difficult to follow..also the guy who is singing had throat surgery.. but he sings well..

Jr.: this music is too noisy. switch it off! it is very confusing!

I was thinking "there goes my intro to rock music to the kids"..

Did take some photos of the kids after they came home today before catching some more beauty sleep.

A different generation, a different type of rock stars, with eclectic glitters instead of electric guitars!!!!

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The Indian Flag

In middle school we were taught that the three colors in the Indian flag stood for courage, peace and prosperity...

Recently watched "Chak De India" on DVD and maybe I misinterpreted a song or misread the subtitles but there I was thinking that somehow the green had to do with the green so favoured by Muslims and the mind wandered..the Saffron for the Kar Sevaks and the Sangh Parivar? and the white for the Christian brotherhood?

A sign of religious unity perhaps put together by the wise men of the late 1940's to sow a subconscious sense of secularism?

Have been sick and the meds could be playing tricks on my mind, but then again, it is no coincidence no?

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Before and after

A conversation with the little one just before bedtime a couple of days ago

LO: appa (daddy), look up at the barbie jewel box

Me: Yeah I see it above the bed on the shelf

LO: look again now

Me: Yeah! I see it.

LO: did you see how it became brighter?

Me: Yeah, what is it? (I actually thought it was because the hallway lights reflecting better as mom was moving around)..

LO : I smiled !

Me : (she smiled and it got brighter.. I must have said something)

LO : You remember how you said that everytime I smile, the whole room lights up? I was just checking..

Me : you always light up the room with your smile kuttyma!

She always always knows how to make my day!

and yes, she did light up that room with that innocent smile of hers!

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