Dragons cook

Ammu had a dinosur in her sweater.

Srinidhi : "Appa, I like to fight dinosaur. I am going to fight with Ammu"

Me : "Srinidhi, I am the biggest dinosur"

Srinidhi : "Appa, I am the biggest Dragon...and I have fire in my mouth"

Me : "Very good Srinidhi, Dragons have fire in their mouth?"

Srinidhi : "Yes Appa and they cook with it"

Me : !!!

 Shan R Shanmuganathan said...

***** Anon, cool it down will you? This was a conversation with a 3 year old kid, it is not from now. Check the posting date *****

October 10, 2009 8:17 AM

Srinidhi repeatedly surprises us with his memory. In this young age, he remembers what happened 6 months and a year back. An example today. I was joking to him that I was going to school with him. He chuckled and said, "Appa, you don't go to school, you go to IBM, and they have lollipop there." I didn't understand at first, and then Veena reminded me, last time I took him to IBM was in March, he was not even 3. We went to pick up the Disney tickets from IBM Club. And he remembered the secretary gave him a lollipop!

 JM said...

Slightly irrelevant comment...

Sir, i was just browsing through you pics gallery and... wordless... wow!!! looking at the pics, i can imagine how much you and and your family would have toiled for you to be here...

hats off to you and your family

remember these thirukurals..

Eendra pozhudhum perithuvakkum than maganai sanron ena ketta thai!

and one more pura nanuru

eendru purantharuthal annaiyin kadane,
Sanron akkuthal thanthayin kadane... and it goes on...

I am into training and people development, missing reading all these lines... and i know for a fact, my kids would not even know them...

I feel in the quest of acquiring something, we loose somethings which we once cherished... like you've mentioned " happy days than when i made $100.000....

Hats off to you!

October 10, 2006 11:27 PM

 Shan R Shanmuganathan said...

Thanks Jay for those wonderful comment. Yes, I wouldn't be where I am without my family toil and the sacrifices. I owe everything to my parents and siblings.

I understand your yearning about missing the things we grew up with and that the next generation won't get to enjoy the same things. When I was a bachelor, I had this romantic idea about exposing my children to most of what I grew up with. Over time, I came to realize, I can pass on the values, but not the specifics. As long as we pass the fundamental values, they will come across and discover and grow with things they value and that will mean a lot to them. They will cherish those with an yearning to pass them to their children. And the cycle repeats. This is what Kannadasan said,

மாறுதல் என்பது மானிடத் தத்துவம்
மாறும் பொருளே மகத்துவம் பெறும்
மாறாதிருத்தல்... (மறந்துப் போச்சே :-))

October 12, 2006 9:51 AM

Old MacDonald had a What?

Old MacDonald is Srinidhi's favourite Rhyme, the next one is Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill.

He made up this extension to Old MacDonald yesterday:

...
In that farm he had a scissor E.I.E.I.O.
A 'Cut Cut' here and a 'Cut Cut' there...

In his barnyard he had a Switch E.I.E.I.O.
A 'Light On' here and a 'Light Off' there...

In that farm he had a Ammu Baby E.I.E.I.O.
A 'Baby Cry' here and 'Baby Cry' there...

 JM said...

Welcome back shan....

October 09, 2006 12:57 AM

 Shan R Shanmuganathan said...

Thanks Jay. Yes, I am hoping to keep it up this time.

October 09, 2006 2:19 PM