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nicknames

Posted on November 17th, 2008 in imagination, just for fun, movies, rabad by meetu

every once in a while, rabad comes up to me, extremely dissatisfied with life, “why didn’t you give me two names, why do i have only one?”

me: of course, you have two…the other one is rabad, see…

rabad (in full form - curled brows, the hint of a tear in left eye, and all): i don’t like rabad…

me: well, i think it is sweet

rabad (letting go of all dignity, wailing away): you never give me what i like…

navin: ok, i have one for you - “bollywood” and abu can be “hollywood”

rabad (instantly reducing the decibel level of the room): huh?

me: don’t like that either? how about “melodrama” for you and “drama” for bhaiyya (older brother)?
(you cannot imagine the sinister, sadistic, and completely satisfied grin on my face)

rabad is puzzled.

me: see, you asked for two we gave you four!

aren’t we the bestest parents ever?

hot girl na

Posted on January 30th, 2008 in meetu, movies, rabad by meetu

this was when we went to watch om shanti om. during the “31 star” song, rabad started screaming “om shanti om” at the top of her voice, every time they said it - which is like 256 times.

anyways, i tried to “shhhhushhh” her.

“mumma, they are shouting “om shanti om”, i am only copying them”

i think i should just be happy that she didn’t say, “i am hot girl na…”

(for the uninitiated, the song goes “all the hot girls, put your hand in the air and say om shanti om”)

a mighty heart

Posted on January 30th, 2008 in abu, meetu, movies by meetu

we usually watch violent movies or movies that are too serious for the kids, when the kids are sleeping. so, it turns out that the movies that we’d like to catch in the theater are seen with two seats reserved for the two sleeping babies. and most times they sleep through the movie

one morning, abu saw some used movie ticket stubs outside my purse, “maa, which movie are these for?”

me - “a mighty heart, you slept when we were watching it yesterday”

abu - “what was it about?”

me - “about an aunty who lost her husband and she was looking for him”

abu - “did she sing a sad song?”

yeah-yeah-yeah, it is time to introduce the kids to non-hindi movies.