Have you ever looked at your name and regretted that you were called by that name? Probably no!Let me introduce you to a person who feels that way and also a phenomenon you hoped never existed. She is Pothumponnu and her frail, preterm baby is right now in our nursery getting stronger everyday. So what does her name mean? Pothumponnu, in tamil, means “Enough girl”. She was called that because she was the third girl born to her mother and the family regretted it as they wanted a boy and they felt naming her that would put an end to their chances of getting another girl child. She has lived 20 years with that name – 20 years of waking…

Most baby clothes have sweet, cute things written on them like “Angel”, “cute baby”, etc etc. Today was a little different experience in OPD for me. There was this cute baby wearing a cute T-shirt and I couldnt help noticing the message it blared out: “The Nature is beautiful. We protect it!” Now that is a tender age to pass on such a relevant message! But its never too early to start. You can see the full picture by clicking on the thumbnail…. wonder when you or I wore a T-shirt with a social/eco-friendly message! Is it that we feel its not relevant or the fear that people may laugh at us? Do leave your comments!

Yup…. Trichy has quite a bit of those signs that leave you scratching your head and making you wonder if you ever knew english! Try this image that I’ve put on this blog. After scores of times of looking at it I still cant figure it out. It says “Say in to Healths!”. The tamil slogan below that says, “Do not get addicted to drugs”Absolutely no connection or sense – unless the dude who painted it was doped or delirious. What do you think. Did you achieve any enlightenment after reading this eye-stopping, brain-numbing scene in Trichy.As usual….. life goes on!

How romantic and refreshing! The very thought of waking up in the morning or coming back home after a tired days work – and throwing open the bedroom curtains and gaze out of the windows; sipping on a cup of hot coffee with soft music floating down from the speakers. To dream and plan your day, your future and your life. It should‘ve been that way – but one look at the album here which shows the view out of our bedroom window and you’ll understand why the above thoughts are just a figment of my imagination!!Its gut wrenching – the window looks onto a garbage pile across the road and there are usually a set of eager animals feasting…

Yup…. I actually found someone who blogs about Trichy – the city I thought was dull and drab and lifeless!! And the blog is sensible, informative, balanced, honest and refreshing! Its called “Tiruchian – About Trichy from someone who loves it” and I’m gonna rave about it to everyone I meet now.Its quite popular too judging from the amount of comments on the blog. So theres a lot more happening in the city I stay in than I thought. You gotta read it too….. but first read EVERY entry in MY blog… or else…… (oh yeah…. I can be selfish at times!)

Today was the Bank Day. I finally got the time to go to the bank to deposit our salaries. No problems. Took the cash, kick-started my bike, took the short trip to the bank and deposited the amount and got my passbook updated. I also spoke to the manager about an option called SBplus which would earn better interest rates for my money and will probably shift to that option soon. Feeling like I’d done a good job I rode back home, climbed up the stairs and was about to ring the doorbell when I saw it….. I had locked Becky inside the house! It was by force of habit – most times when I leave the house I lock…

Everyday I zoom into my ‘garage’ on my bike and park it there. Its nothing spectacular. My Kinetic Honda just lines up with a few other macho bikes in the common shed/garage in front of the apartment. A total of 6 of us use up the space efficiently with a kids bike thrown in usually! The floor is as messy as it can be. The shed does not have a door so it gets very dusty and has a lot of leaves and cobwebs around. Luckily the bikes are in pretty good shake – so theres not much oil on the floor and it does not have the oil-leak smell on it! But I wonder how I can ever clean…

This morning when I went to receive the baby after a C-section, as is not unexpected the baby shot out a great stream of urine straight at me. The nurse who saw it said, “Doctor, if a newborn baby pees on you it means that you are getting married soon!” How true – I’m getting married in less than 2 months!! But is it true??! You see – the babys stream was good but his aim was bad – so he actually missed me by an inch! I hope that has no significance!!!!

I’m not much of an astronomer. In fact I’m quite knowledgeless when it comes to anything beyond planet earth. Guess I’ve forgotten all the Physics I learnt in school. But recent debates about whether or not Pluto is a planet caught my attention. Ok, even now I can rattle off the nine planets in a row in one breath. And now I may have to remove that list etched in my permanent memory cells and relearn a different set it seems. It doesnt seem to be a new debate though. I picked up these links from 1999 about Pluto: 1. Is Pluto A Planet? Copyright 1998, John A. Stansberry 2. Ask an Astrophycisist (or however you spell that word!) I…