Sparklers

Now you know all about the kid in me coming out and having fun!

Sooooooo wish that we could burst bijili vedis here. Someday, someday, we will be in Madras for Deepavali and we will show our kids the type of fun we had growing up.

After talking to relatives in India, they all said two things that are downright baffling..

1. Only my youngest cousin who is 11 and my nephew who is 3 are into bursting crackers. The rest of them are happy with the good eats and watching TV or going to the movies!

2. A box of 10 sparklers (Kambi mathaapu) costs 2$ here and it costs 3$ in Chennai!!! Velai vaasi(cost of living) has indeed risen there!

At this rate, Cupertino might become New Chennai... much like they named New York, or New Jersey a few hundred years ago..

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A very happy Deepavali to all of you

Wishing everyone a belated Happy Deepavali!!!

Hope everyone had a great time on Friday night and yesterday. Here in Cupertino, the celebration is still going on..

We did get to wear new clothes, have vadai, paayasam, bakshanam from friends, have fun with some mathaapu (sparklers), watch a new release movie(daddy was sent to the theater on a cheer up mission) and have a fun time with family.

We also had a marathon session on the phone calling/receiving calls from all relatives on the land line, the Vonage phone and two cell phones!

Diwali was much needed in this household. It cheered me up a lot, enough to bring the kid in me out to have some fun! Seeing daddy happy, mommy and the kids cheered up as well.

Have a lot of things to catch up on with what is left of the weekend. Here are some photos.

Here's to lighting up all the darkness in our lives!

ps. Watched "Aadhavan". Vadivelu was at his best, but the movie was so-so. One of those movies where you watch the first half and if you walk out of the theater in the second half, you are really not going to miss anything.

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Navarathri 2009 - The rest of the golus..

Previous golu posts on this blog...

2009 : first set of golus

2008 : Part 1 (Golumania), Part 2(padis), Part 3(Megolumaniacs)

2007 : Golus and Paavaadais, more paavadais and golus..

2006 : Don't know and don't remember why we missed the golu scene in 2006.. we had just moved to Cupertino and things seem to have been normal. But no golu posts...

2005 : The first golu post when San was still very pregnant with the little one (ah, how time flies!), stitch shots of golus

Now for the last of this years photos.. (the little one deleted two of the photos on the iPhone by mistake)

That is all folks!

The Chronicles of Navrathria continue next year.

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Golugraphy - Navarathri Golu's 2009

Wishing one and all a very happy Navarathri Golu season, Dushera, whatever other name the next ten days go by...

Golus from Bay area friends have made it to this blog for years now. This years photos do not do justice to the magnificent displays. Most of the pics were taken on the iphone instead of the canon (it will be obvious from the photos). Here are the pics from the golus we saw this weekend...

More Golu photos next week. The kids had a great time this weekend, singing, collecting eats, meeting friends, etc..

Here's to a better tomorrow!

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Ganesh Chaturthi - celebration

Here's to Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, especially when it comes to bike paths on dark roads!

We had grandma do the pooja this year. Everyone in the house, except daddy worked very hard to make it a great celebration. Daddy did enjoy the tasty treats and took a few snaps with the left hand and realized that the camera is not as light weight as one would think. Another perspective change over the last 14 days...

Here are the photos of the god, the eats and the well dressed kids. Grandma was very impressed by the speed at which daddy used the laptop with only his left(not his natural) hand and typed, did photo editing, etc.

Was seriously looking to buy the Dragon voice recognition software as it seems be the market leader and has a lots of press coverage. Many of you emailed me to tell me that I will definitely be disappointed and it is not good enough yet to meet my need. Thanks a bunch.

We all prayed that tomorrows doctors appointment end in a good note. Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers.

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