Local Transportation

I have convinced daddy to be my chair, bodyguard, local transport, and entertainer. Here he is being all 4

Winter Travel Disguised as Carnivores

Ottawa (Jan 8) - When I need to be taken out in the cold, for some reason I am disguised as a brightly colored carnivore...

I am little tan to white Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica). Also known as the Amur, Manchurian or North China tiger, it is confined completely to the Amur region in far eastern Siberia

Here I am obviously a Dom gyamuk or bright blue tiger bear of some sort. The Tibetan Blue Bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus) is a subspecies of the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) found in the eastern Tibetan plateau. It is also known as the Himalayan Blue Bear, Himalayan Snow Bear, Tibetan Brown Bear, or the Horse Bear. In Tibetan it is known as Dom gyamuk.

I am cute little powder blue panda here. Though belonging to the order Carnivora, the panda has a diet which is 99 percent bamboo.

I invariably fall asleep when disguised in this fashion, and have not been known to complain when transported by car or pram.

Happy New Year 2008

Wish you all a happy and prosperous new year! Who are you people?!!

World Events 2007, and my Reaction

Ottawa (Jan 2, 2007) - WORLD EVENTS 2007:January 17 - Protests occur in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara were alleged to have been racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.

What??! Thats funny!

July 8 - Roger Federer wins the Men's Singles, at Wimbledon for a fifth time in a row.

Great! I am a Federerer fan tooo!

September 13 - The Burj Dubai became the world's tallest free standing structure after surpassing the CN Tower in Toronto.

Really? Are you serious?

July 19 - Prathiba Patil is elected as the first female President of India.

Amazing! No really, I am impressed...

How I Get my Kissies

Jan 1 - Ottawa


Aunty Seema, can I get a kissy from you, please?


Here, let me do some bhangra for you... now can I get a kissy?

I am getting kissy

I gots me a kissy! I gots it!

My First New Year (non-alcoholic)!

Ottawa (Dec 30) - I celebrate new years dressed in my rapidly shrinking green body suit. There were no balloons, no loud music, no people of my age to hobnob with, and above all no alcoholic beverages for me.


Whats that? Can I have some?

No alcohol, no smiley.

Come on people, how can a little baby have fun without some wine...

Embarassing body parts

Dec 30 - Ottawa Aunty Seema is with us and I play with her throughout the day. Here are some embarassing pictures that draw attention to some of my body parts:

What? My butt exposed and resting against your tummy? You are a brave woman, mommy, and I shall reward you shortly...

Nice round, pink and soft petals... reminds me of something. Wait a minute... my outstanding ears!

Manyu's Perspective

Dec 27 - I wake up around 9 am and get handed over to Oni who will already be downstairs in the hall nursing her first cup of tea. I play in my colorful new gym that was given to me by aunt Seema for christmas. The hanging animals and the music box keep me entranced for several minutes. I watch them intently as I shake my hands and peddle with my legs. Then I select from a choice of activities: sleep, poop, or demand milk.
I also have to endue hicups about twice a day, and these days bloating and throwing up of curdled milk at night, but only for 7-10 days. I get rocked to sleep, and manage to get swaddled in the rapidly shrinking swaddle cloths at around 11. I mostly lie around and look at people wandering around, and listen to the strange sounds that come from all directions, emanating from every object, including two that happen to be located right on my very body.
In other world news, Benazir Bhutto was killed today. Presidential primaries are going on in the US and all candidates, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, and my look-alike - cute, cute John McCain (look at his cheeks!) - expressed shock, and convinced americans that they know foreign policy.


Here I am wearing "I love mommy" T-shirt given by Seema aunty, and generally looking around and dancing.

In perspective - Vote for John McCain, because he looks like me! But if you want world peace, and dont want to ruin my future, then.... Ron Paul?

Trip to Parliament Building... I think

Ottawa (Dec 27) - They took me to the parliament building... I think.


Posing infront of a large christas tree. Manyu status: fast asleep.

...asleep

...nice statues and items, but let me sleep...

nice things, but wake me up when its lunchy time.

Christmas with Family

Happy happy, joy, joy!

Me with family and green monkey

Me relaxing as daddy rifles through his gifts

Relaxing next to fireplace after a sumptuous christmas dinner.

Merry Christmas!

Dec 25 - My very first christmas, and aunty Seema was visiting! So I arranged for mommy to decorate the christmas tree. I had placed a request for 3 items - milkey, some clothes and a beard. Gifts arrived from as far away as Los Angeles - aunt Govindini, and uncle Jason!


Mommy and christmas tree

I in christmas shirt

Here I am counting my blessings and my gifts..

Too many gifts... I lost count after 1.

Asleep and half asleep

Dec 23 - Ottawa

When I am put in my blue cacoon, I burrow in and go to sleep


When I am pulled out I become half-asleep

Its the beard!

Ottawa Dec. 22 - There comes a point in a little baby's life that something so astonishingly cool comes along, that he throws propriety out the window and anabashedly stares at the object of his desire. In my case that point was on Dec. 21 at my very first sighting of a beard - uncle Steven's beard. Here I was bald as a shaolin monk, and I see this plethora of hair not just on uncle's head, but on his cheekies!

What is that??

Is that hair on his cheekies?

It is sooo impressive! 10 more minutes of staring and I will be done...

Hey! Where is the beard gone! I want it back... nooooooo!