tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13998237837819468562024-03-08T22:36:45.017+11:00Naina IndrawatiNaina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-66075310930293480582014-12-31T16:13:00.000+11:002014-12-31T16:14:22.227+11:0040th birthday photos from PhuketMy 40th birthday party photos from Phuket. Some published previously. Phuket is highly recommended.
Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-32925057637924581272012-05-20T21:13:00.001+10:002012-05-20T21:22:21.717+10:00Naina's 4th birthdayReally, time does fly. It was Naina's 4th birthday a few weeks ago.
I've uploaded countless photos to Facebook.
Lots of screaming little girls, not much planned activity by me (my mistake - pass the parcel and statues next year for sure) and lots of great food by Deepti. Updating more regularly from now on.
Naina's 4th!
Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-7442096350975766032012-02-18T16:32:00.003+11:002012-02-18T16:34:18.473+11:00Facebook photosFacebook is easier to load photos on to that Blogger. So I've posted a whole heap here.These are our five years of marriage photos...Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-77040140718395464342012-02-18T15:49:00.002+11:002012-02-18T16:01:25.339+11:00Five years...So it was our fifth wedding anniversary a couple of weeks back.Deepti and Naina and Sarva had spent 10 days in Perth and I was on a work trip in Philippines. We got back on the Wednesday evening (my flight arrived 15 minutes before Deepti and the kids). The kids were as usual, excited, shy, un-sleepy and rowdy.All seemed to be going well. Five years is a big number. Five years of anything, five Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-82822802862546079382011-10-28T22:37:00.004+11:002011-10-28T22:51:21.946+11:00ReadingThe little guy loves books. A good book can distract him from the worst scenarios of a 15 month old's mind.On return from India, his eyes almost popped out of his head when he heard me read to Naina. He then cackled and laughed through the whole story of the Hungry Little Caterpillar. Just saying the name "Greg" is enough to distract him from eating, TV, playing, throwing balls, crying and Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-20532145215493498852011-10-28T22:10:00.005+11:002011-10-28T22:35:13.371+11:00Sarva photosHold the boy back, there's food on the tableSilenced by sisterWho doesn't like balls?Standing getting easierStarting to get bigCatching up with sister, post first stepsSuper size me?Hazard perception testNaina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-6801166499393829112011-10-28T21:36:00.002+11:002011-10-28T22:08:06.906+11:00SarvaI've been a little distracted in the last few months so blogging has not been a priority. But my mind keeps coming back to how different little boys and little girls are. Sounds obvious. But let me explain.Sarva is physically quite the specimen. There's no other way to describe it. He runs harder, he falls harder, he pinches harder and he eats... harder. His head is larger than N at the same timeNaina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-9015693903001833442011-08-14T21:32:00.004+10:002011-08-14T21:49:02.722+10:00Raksha bandhan 2011Raksha bandan is a regular festival where sisters give their brothers a small band as a reminder to protect against evil. In modern days, the brothers return with gifts, cash, jewellery or just a barbie watch from Big W.
The bands
Sarva was not impressed with N's attempt to apply tikka
He really messed it up
Band tied
The method to pacification and reminder of duties: sweets and the wiggles
Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-28434005103844723732011-08-14T21:29:00.003+10:002011-08-14T21:31:58.516+10:00After shower hubris
Naina wearing a bengali inspired coca-cola sari.
Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-18218985056325098912011-08-14T20:43:00.003+10:002011-08-14T20:59:45.433+10:00We have walkingBackground: I have a form of muscular dystrophy which is of unknown origin. As a result, my milestones as a baby were slow including lifting my head, standing up, learning to walk. Before marriage, I went and saw the Genetic Counselling Service at the Royal Children, with the aim that there would be some news on my type of dystrophy. Essentially there was no information on inheritance - autosomalNaina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-50848390792641807422011-07-23T22:37:00.002+10:002011-07-23T22:50:32.448+10:00BooksIn a eurocentric way, I always pushed reading on to Naina. She was never overtly fond of books - the very hungry caterpillar and on safari were always big hits, as was in the night garden, but attempting the gruffalo, doctor seuss or other nice books ended up with me reading the book to Deepti as Naina jumped on the bed. I kid you not.Going to India, the book reading stopped, much to my Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-19560119211425577162011-07-23T21:56:00.005+10:002011-07-23T22:36:46.430+10:00NainaNaina's changing. Not surprising. Language skills are so different now to when she left that it is almost like a new person is inside N.There's a scene in the Simpson's first season where Bart is sent on an exchange program to France and nervous Marge is told:Pr. Skinner: He'd be staying in France, in a lovely chateau in the heart of the wine country.Marge: But Bart doesn't speak French.Pr. Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-15159039108158599932011-07-23T21:25:00.006+10:002011-07-23T21:34:08.523+10:00Coming homeIt's been a while. Naina Sarva and Deepti got back around 12 May. Two months have shot past. This time the time apart seemed much shorted, more hectic. Last time, in 2009, dragged on and on. Before I knew it with gardens and handymen the time was up and there they were:Positioned in exact same spot as last time, to see how time has wearied us all. See if you can spot the differences:This timeLastNaina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-68663988783769887872011-04-17T15:50:00.003+10:002011-04-17T16:01:22.953+10:00Oddities of gasNaina had gas pains until she was two years old. It took us the best part of the first year of her life to realise why she was waking up screaming at midnight in uncontrollable pain. Doses and doses of infacol were consumed. Alternative medicine treatments were tried. Not feeding to sleep was tried. Formula was tried. No formula was tried. No medicine was tried. More medicine was tried. No luck. Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-28422024597315268702011-03-05T23:05:00.003+11:002011-03-05T23:18:27.320+11:00Relevance deprivation100 days is a long time to be alone after the joy of children has entered one's life. I cannot explain some of my feelings but others are easier.Initially, my anxieties were around male selfishiness - how will I feed myself, oh my god I have to iron my own shirts... After those initial feelings of uselessness passed, the over-riding feelings have been mainly on a sense of void.I'm so used to Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-58317784710379022312011-01-22T00:09:00.008+11:002011-02-03T20:33:48.246+11:00Swimmingly wellPerth seems so long ago now, a month has flown past. For each visit, there's a tinge of nostalgia of 90's parties and crazy hair (man) and wistful wondering if we'll ever call it home. For now though, it's the week off work town.We had gone to Perth to perform Sarva's sataysa pooja (naming ceremony) but for N, the highlight was the pool. And the iPad (sigh). Maybe the iPad first then swimming. Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-59577742008674381092011-01-22T00:08:00.005+11:002011-03-05T23:04:59.156+11:00SataysaSarva was born under Jyestha, a mool nakshatra, which is considered to be bad luck for the father's health. I found this rather dramatic explanation on the internet.There are twenty-seven constellations (Nakshatras) in all some of which are considered inauspicious. A child born in the first stage of the 'Moola Nakshatra' brings destruction to his father, In the second stage- to his motherNaina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-18003774119964682462011-01-09T22:17:00.004+11:002011-01-09T22:32:27.550+11:00PracticeSo roll up Perth trip. Xmas day didn't feel any different to a normal workday. It's strange how quickly time flies in the rush to get to a flight that will probably be late anyway. The flight over went smoothly enough; Naina watched DVDs on her new player for an hour or so, stuffed herself on icecream and any food that walked past and Sarva slept fairly contentedly. Though Qantas gave seats Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-31197554386004430962011-01-09T22:16:00.002+11:002011-01-09T22:16:46.549+11:00Attempting to make Sarva laughNaina throws the blankets. Sarva did not even attempt a laugh after the head lock.Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-23425460910122657862011-01-09T21:54:00.002+11:002011-01-09T22:15:03.388+11:00Xmas eveWith the trip to Perth booked for 25 December afternoon, there was only one thing to do. Open presents on the 24th. There were a few surprises in store.Imagine Naina's surprise when she got a vidal sasssoon hair curler!The gruffalo sound book wasn't a big hit that day, now N won't let me touch it (cries of leave it, leave it, assertively).Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-61860483337867510722010-12-16T23:01:00.004+11:002010-12-16T23:09:52.485+11:00A very chadstone XmasI took the day off for Xmas shopping. Sweet. Over work as a concept anyway. Here's the photographic evidence.Posing with shopping catalogue. She really wanted a pair of new shoes.Naina got confused between cultural traditions. Here's her doing namaste in front of a Xmas tree.And Sarva was disinterested in the whole glowing ball thing.Naina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-23945915140481101002010-12-16T22:49:00.002+11:002010-12-16T23:01:22.510+11:00Gecko OlympicsFor keen followers of the Hampton East quarterly 4 year and under Olympics, N improved her ranking this quarter from 8th to 5th.A sample!Clearly beating up on some of the smaller kidsMedal winnerIndoctrinationNaina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-54543159021514609792010-12-16T22:40:00.003+11:002010-12-16T22:47:34.171+11:00MovementsWe're coming to Perth and India.Deepti and the kids are coming to Perth on Xmas day and I'm joining them on new year's eve. I think zoo trips, swimming lessons, shopping and overeating are generally in the plans. Due to impending India trip, we're coming back on 6th of Jan.Then on Jan 21, the Naina, Sarva and Deepti are off to India. A long stopover in Bangkok will be a challenge, though the nextNaina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-38741187674358364322010-11-21T21:36:00.005+11:002010-11-21T21:48:09.937+11:00Sarva on the growSarva rolled onto his side today, for the first time. He's been attempting for the last few days. Quite graceful the second time. However, he got stuck on his side and let us know he wasn't happy. We try to get him interested in things, but he's not quite as flexible as N; for example, although he can put his big toe in his mouth, two fingers are much more tasty, or occasionally his whole fist toNaina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399823783781946856.post-66278318153435119282010-11-20T21:58:00.006+11:002010-11-20T22:11:48.414+11:00Sarva photos5 weeks oldClassic panic photo6 weeksTwo months oldNaina's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09687007753426403403noreply@blogger.com0