Customer Response..

Ok so we thought we should visit COORG for leisure stay this year. Like wise set about making enquiries for the homestays. yes it’s a bit late for enquiries for Dec 25 weekend. But well… whats the harm in trying.

Of the many I wrote my mails to I wrote one to “Gowri NIVAS” . People who know my mail writing capabilities will vouch for the formality and detail I included and well, know what answer I got

A One Liner and that too in lower letters– “ sorry not available ”

Do these people not realize that by sending such terse one liners, they stand to lose potential customers? Or are they not bothered at all about that?

I have decided to not ever consider this homestay in the future, If the answer to a polite enquiry is a terse one liner then .. well I can wonder the quality of the hospitality they will provide!!

On Bench and Blog

Being on Bench gives you a lot of time to spare!! So as people around me are trying to find themselves a project or scratching their heads as to why their names are not appearing in certain lists, I am spending a gala time browsing through Blogs and hold your breath .. food Blogs. Ok I had written sometime back how I love to read food blogs, so this is nothing but a similar kind of post. Have I put you off already?

But well today I wanted to list out another Blog of note…

Srivalli’s Spice Up Your Life -> http://spicingyourlife.blogspot.com

She does write well, very much like BongCookbook’s Sandeepa she needles her children’s tales with the recipes and well I have copied some of her recipes now to try out (??)

Speaking of Food Blogs, Kris is supposed to launch one of his own. Now, the fotos are ready, but the posts are still to be polished. And yes, Yours Truly is gonna design the blog…

I shall share the link the day its launched.

Now the Question you ask -> Shraddha , You have so many blogs, how about a food blog?

My Answer -> Well, heard of Green fingers? Well mine are light green and Kris’s definitely are Dark Green. So he wins the battle without much ado! Stop bothering me with that question!!!!

(Sniff Sniff .. wish this Bench LAN allowed me to publish posts, I wouldn’t have to write them today and post them tomorrow!!! )

Update on 10th Dec,2010 -> I prepared pesarrattu from her blog, it turned out YUMMYYYY. thanks Sri.

Pratham, the Englishman

Ok unlike other Indian Parents, we DID NOT START SPEAKING to Pratham in English. Actually even when we were off on our recent trip to California, we did not think that we should teach him conversational English either. But the little fellow has picked up English so well… We are sure he will be perfect by the time he reached the primary section(ie grade 1 – 4 for non Indians to understand)

Today as he lisps and speaks his baby sentences, we only sometimes not not correct him (yes two nots there).

His first English sentence was “HAPPY NEW YEAR” this was taught by Kris for the New year 2009. But the teaching ended there when he shyed out and didn’t say any word to the aunties and uncles he met around the time.

But today his English is as fluent as it can be allowed.

Like the other day he asked me “ Mama, are your listening? Or are your hearing?”

Or then his favourite phrase now “ Don’t tell me Wrong!!!” he says this when we try to tell him that he did a wrong thing!

When I get him home on the scooter and overtake a four wheeler(say car) “ Mama, Our Scooter is First, Scooter is a Winner, Car is Second”

When he wants to request us anything ” Papa I Ask you to give me ----“ or “Mama can you please make me some omlette” (that she prepares well) or “ Papa Can you please repair my building block” (Yes Papa can mend anything!)

OR when he doesn’t want to wake up in the morning “ I (am) not going to school today!”

On the road he identifies the Stetter, the Tanker, the Tipper, the Bulldozer and the tempo. And yes he loves Cranes!

One more thing, The moment he steps out of the house, he speaks only in English! Now, people would think that he has been instructed to do so, but friends, no, we have not.

The moment it is someone who is not a family member , the prattle with them is in guess what – English. (Its so funny to see him speak to the house maid in English, while she talks to him in Kannada)

Well, its not just us, but many other “Aunties” and “Uncles” agree that Pratham’s English is far much polished than any other child at his age. I will update this post with more English lines from him.