Posted by wannabauthor on December 22, 2010 · 4 Comments
Remember that time when it was considered cool to have the lady-in-the-Renaissance-painting figure? (Sometime when Da Vinci’s beard was still the “in thing“) I wouldn’t necessarily call that figure an hourglass. It was more like an hourglass which was left near the fire too long and melted and sagged and clumped a bit in ALL the … Read more
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Posted by wannabauthor on December 21, 2010 · 13 Comments
It’s called Generation Gap Ten Years. The number of years between kindergarten and high school. The average time that it takes for an apple tree to grow from seed to tree. Ten Years. The age gap between me and my eldest sister. That’s a long time. Guess who is coming? While I was still struggling … Read more
Filed under Stuff I took part in and never won a thing, Stuff which I notice and more often don't, Stuff which made me feel sappy · Tagged with chicken soup, child, close, elder, family, fights, High school, home, love, parent, platform, Pregnancy, quarrels, shopping, Sibling, sister, Television, ten, ten years, time, train, understand, years, younger
Posted by wannabauthor on December 16, 2010 · 3 Comments
Questions lead to Answers. Answers lead to Opinions. And Opinions are Problematic, to say the least.
Find out the questions that plague me and leave me with no ‘correct’ answer.
Filed under NRI, Stuff which I notice and more often don't · Tagged with answer, blue, colour, country, female infanticide, flag, foreigner, gree, India, NRI, questions, saffron, slum, Slum Dog Millionaire, white
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Posted by wannabauthor on December 14, 2010 · 12 Comments
A teensy-weensy story.
Posted by wannabauthor on December 8, 2010 · 12 Comments
Dearest Ryan, You turned One today. I swear Mommy tried to hold that hourglass horizontal so that time wouldn’t go by. But the months managed to slip past anyway. And the day is here. So I wrote a little celebratory post. Mommy’s way of showing you how special you are (In case, the countless kisses … Read more
Filed under Mommy knows best, Stuff which I notice and more often don't · Tagged with baby, Bahasa, birthday, child, emotions, English, Indonesian, Language, love, maid, Malayalam, mommy, mother, motherhood, NRI, one, parent, son, year
Posted by wannabauthor on December 8, 2010 · 2 Comments
If you thought hired help was all about cleaning and tidying, think again.
Filed under NRI, People say I have a dry humour. Perhaps. · Tagged with bathroom, cleaning, cooking, dust, employer, Furniture, help, hire, house-wife, India, kitchen, maid, money, NRI, People say I have a dry humour. Perhaps., room, salary, serials, servant, sweep, tea, tidying, wipe
