I was both shocked and surprised, when I got an email from my American colleague calling me "Mammootty" as above. I ran to his office and he really did know about Mammootty. Wow...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Manojootty!!!
I was both shocked and surprised, when I got an email from my American colleague calling me "Mammootty" as above. I ran to his office and he really did know about Mammootty. Wow...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Deck Building by Julio
This video is a 48hr footage compressed into a 10 mt video of Julio helping out his brother in San Diego build a deck - they put in 80hours together to complete this in 4 days -WOW....
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Long Weekend in Bend
Krishna and Suja took me along with Sidharth to Bend for the long weekend, as I was depressed when my family was gone - Thanks and really appreciate you taking care of me guys!!!!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Vavas Indian vacation
I had reserved my tickets to drop them off at San Francisco, and after the tedious process of getting the boarding pass and the security screening with all the baby food - yes we had to open all our cabin bags to show the baby food, but as the security person who inspected us was a lady, she passed us through without much of a problem as they were twins and the travel being international. We were near the gate and achan and I had some lunch and bought something back for Anju and amma, while they were feeding and taking care of the babies. Suddenly the united flight showed that it was delayed and then canceled. They pulled our plane, which was underbooked with just 75 passengers and swapped with a Chicago plane which had technical problems. Yep, thats the perfection of airline industry, they do whatever they want based on their profits with no consideration of the elderly or the infants...SUCKS....But there is something called Karma, as after the Chicago passengers boarded "our" plane, it had technical problems too.
So after hours of running behind United officials we got re-booked and re routed through Washington DC on United for the 27th. I was fuming and told them that I was not interested in this and I wanted Emirates reservation. Couple of months back when I was doing the reservation, United was around $1000 compared to $2500 for Emirates and I booked Emirates due to Achans health and comfort for the babies as they will get Bassinet and more than anything it was a shorter flight close to 24-26 hours from Portland to Trivandrum. Called up Emirates with my frustration and they were of no help.. So I told Anju to hold on her travel plans, for which she agreed and then wanted to go as she was more concerned about her parents....
27 May
t Krishnan came at 4am to pick us up. He was of such a great help in the last 3 days, helping us take care of all the luggage, due to my back pain, and dropping off parents at the airport. We reached the airport at 445 am, as we had to pick the baggage from the claim area and had to re checkin on the new flight. The baggage attendant said that our baggage was gone to X Ray screening, and she assured that she will take care of it, and we dont need to do anything..that was a great relief, eventhough we were not sure..There were all sorts of problems at the checkin area, due to the confusion on attaching the babies.. Finally she resolved all the issues and printed us tickets after an hour wait. I went to the security area and told the agent that I am not travelling, bt was trying to help my family and she was fine with that, bt she wont let me enter the security area..she told me to get a special access pass by asking United. So I ran back to the United counter and requested our same agent bypassing all the queue..She verified my drivers license and gave me special access---wow I never knew that you could get something like this in US, but this really helped, as I could help with the security check and then with the seat assignments at the gate... I was in tears when they were about to board the plane, as I already started missing my babies....I sincerely wish that this is the last time I am going to stay away from my family..Its depressing...
They all reached DC on time, bt when the boarded the plane to Dubai, there were thunderstorms and the plane was delayed by 2 hours..I almost knew that they were going to miss the plane from Dubai to Trivandrum as it was only a 2hour gap there..As expected they missed the plane and they had to run around the gates to finally get a ticket for the 330am flight...
Finally, after one of the worst journeys to remember they all reached safely in India, after 48 hours of travel....
The above photos are of the First plane my babies traveled - From Portland to Washington DC.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Guitar Hero
Josh got me excited about learning Guitar. I was discussing about how bored and depressed I will be when Anju and kids leave and this was one of his better suggestions. So we went out and shopped around for a Guitar and I started my classes with Josh...Lets see how long will it last.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
NEW HERO of the World
On of my colleagues made this video of the world's new Hero. Its definitely worth watching with some patience ;-)
Friday, March 19, 2010
Friday, October 16, 2009
2 ANGELS ENTERING OUR SMALL WORLD!!!!
Devanshi and Ishanvi First 6 months 
Tensed few minutes and Anju was shaking a little bit and I heard our Doctor saying.."Here comes the first one..and she is pooping all over my hands".. I was in tears and I saw our cute little one at 8:11am..DEVANSHI( we had decided to name the first one out to be Devanshi)..They showed her to Anju as well and took her for cleaning... Then Anju's body starting shaking like crazy and the anesthetologist said thats normal, and Anju told that she might throw up.. A minute later..there came our sweet little 2nd one at 8:12am..ISHANVI, she was covered with blood, when they first showed her to us..
After they cleaned both up, they were handed over to me and the anesthetologist(she was a big help, consoling me and Anju all through the process..). We showed both the babies to Anju and she was very happy. Doctor told me to take the babies along with another nurse to the recovery room and she told the nurse not to trust me for the size, I might fall down. They confirmed that I was fine and we took the babies to the recovery room where Vijayan Uncle and Sudha Aunty were waiting.. They were so excited to see their grandchildren.
Anju was bought in a little later and the nurses asked both of the parents to leave. I was talking to achan and amma and text’d Julio, Kirk, George and others..
They took the vital stats of the babies and moved us to a permanent room after a few hours.
Krishnan, Suja and Sidharth came to visit us later in the evening.
I was so tired by night and we requested to take the babies to the nursery. Vijayan Uncle and Aunty decided to stay there with Anju and I left for home. I was in a totally upset mood for leaving all of them there, seeing Anju so tired and all…
Next couple of days in hospital was good. We had nurses to help for everything, be it feeding or help changing diapers. But there was too much work for anyone who was there. Both of them were good, were sleeping most of the time.
We had visits from Julio and Family, Kirk and family, Maya and Sanju and George. They were all excited to see the babies.
The stay in the hospital was always busy with babies crying and trying to calm them down with formula or milk. Vijayan Uncle and Sudha Aunty stayed during nights and I covered days in the hospital. I learned changing diapers and burping the little ones( oh my, that was the most difficult one). Devu always used to be easy to burp and Ishu never had a burp. She had to be put back in the crib and then take back to burp. The nurses were the biggest help all during the stay and were so nice. The pediatrician we selected visited the babies and gave good reports for both of them,
We were about to be discharged on the 16th , but due to Anju not keeping well, it was postponed to the 17th.
We got discharged on the 17th and I had all the concerns in the world to take them home, worried about the heat, AC situation, apartment size, cooking, noise etc., etc.,
Krishnan came from office around noon and we got discharged. I took Anju and Kids along with me, while Krishnan took Anju’s parents home.
The following days were extremely stressful and tensed as both Anju and I were freaking out. The only reason we could survive that was due to the efficient support from Anju’s parents.
Krishnan and Suja visited us a couple of times. Maya and Sanju also visited us along with Ramaprasad Uncle and aunty.
I got all the birth certificates ready on the second week after going to the county office and took pictures of the kids and applied for their passports.
Every single day was a new learning curve for all of us. They acted differently and Anju’s parents took care of them during the nights. Vijayan uncle used to sleep during days to compensate for the loss of sleep at night. It was really tough for them and slowly they got used to it.
On the 3rd week of coming home, Devanshi spit up during sleep and milk came all through her nose. We were about to take her to the emergency room and She was crying like crazy ,but fortunately Sudha aunty made her sneeze by her "nadan" techniques. She was fine after a while.
We celebrated their 28th along with the Noolukettu on the 16th Of August. We had a few guests and Vijayan Uncle and Sudha Aunty worked really hard to cook food for all of them. Hats off to them on pulling everything together and taking care of the kids!!!!
13July09:
July 13,2009..One of the most important days of our lives.We welcomed our fraternal twin girls into this world.
Anju, Sudha aunty and Vijayan Uncle and I reached the Providence St.Vincent Hospital at around 530am for Anjus scheduled C-section. I was freaking out, but she was totally cool, excited and eager to see the babies. After checking in at the maternity section, a nurse showed us our temporary room and took Anju's vitals followed by the anestheologist who explained all the procedures and Our Doctor came after that and confirmed that everything was going on fine.
Anju was wheeled in to operation theater around 730. I was asked to put on some scrubs and and wait outside the Operating room. I was in tears as I was so freaked out and concerned about Anju and our kids, and sweared that I dont want to be in this situation again..ever...
Our Doctor came out and told me it will be a couple of minutes before I can enter the room and that they will call me. There was another Old lady who was waiting for her daughter's C-section next to where I was sitting. She engaged in a conversation with me and that really helped to ease my tension. Around 755am, they called me in. Anju was wheeled in to operation theater around 730. I was asked to put on some scrubs and and wait outside the Operating room. I was in tears as I was so freaked out and concerned about Anju and our kids, and sweared that I dont want to be in this situation again..ever...
Tensed few minutes and Anju was shaking a little bit and I heard our Doctor saying.."Here comes the first one..and she is pooping all over my hands".. I was in tears and I saw our cute little one at 8:11am..DEVANSHI( we had decided to name the first one out to be Devanshi)..They showed her to Anju as well and took her for cleaning... Then Anju's body starting shaking like crazy and the anesthetologist said thats normal, and Anju told that she might throw up.. A minute later..there came our sweet little 2nd one at 8:12am..ISHANVI, she was covered with blood, when they first showed her to us..
After they cleaned both up, they were handed over to me and the anesthetologist(she was a big help, consoling me and Anju all through the process..). We showed both the babies to Anju and she was very happy. Doctor told me to take the babies along with another nurse to the recovery room and she told the nurse not to trust me for the size, I might fall down. They confirmed that I was fine and we took the babies to the recovery room where Vijayan Uncle and Sudha Aunty were waiting.. They were so excited to see their grandchildren.
Anju was bought in a little later and the nurses asked both of the parents to leave. I was talking to achan and amma and text’d Julio, Kirk, George and others..
They took the vital stats of the babies and moved us to a permanent room after a few hours.
Krishnan, Suja and Sidharth came to visit us later in the evening.
I was so tired by night and we requested to take the babies to the nursery. Vijayan Uncle and Aunty decided to stay there with Anju and I left for home. I was in a totally upset mood for leaving all of them there, seeing Anju so tired and all…
Next couple of days in hospital was good. We had nurses to help for everything, be it feeding or help changing diapers. But there was too much work for anyone who was there. Both of them were good, were sleeping most of the time.
We had visits from Julio and Family, Kirk and family, Maya and Sanju and George. They were all excited to see the babies.
The stay in the hospital was always busy with babies crying and trying to calm them down with formula or milk. Vijayan Uncle and Sudha Aunty stayed during nights and I covered days in the hospital. I learned changing diapers and burping the little ones( oh my, that was the most difficult one). Devu always used to be easy to burp and Ishu never had a burp. She had to be put back in the crib and then take back to burp. The nurses were the biggest help all during the stay and were so nice. The pediatrician we selected visited the babies and gave good reports for both of them,
We were about to be discharged on the 16th , but due to Anju not keeping well, it was postponed to the 17th.
We got discharged on the 17th and I had all the concerns in the world to take them home, worried about the heat, AC situation, apartment size, cooking, noise etc., etc.,
Krishnan came from office around noon and we got discharged. I took Anju and Kids along with me, while Krishnan took Anju’s parents home.
The following days were extremely stressful and tensed as both Anju and I were freaking out. The only reason we could survive that was due to the efficient support from Anju’s parents.
Krishnan and Suja visited us a couple of times. Maya and Sanju also visited us along with Ramaprasad Uncle and aunty.
I got all the birth certificates ready on the second week after going to the county office and took pictures of the kids and applied for their passports.
Every single day was a new learning curve for all of us. They acted differently and Anju’s parents took care of them during the nights. Vijayan uncle used to sleep during days to compensate for the loss of sleep at night. It was really tough for them and slowly they got used to it.
On the 3rd week of coming home, Devanshi spit up during sleep and milk came all through her nose. We were about to take her to the emergency room and She was crying like crazy ,but fortunately Sudha aunty made her sneeze by her "nadan" techniques. She was fine after a while.
We celebrated their 28th along with the Noolukettu on the 16th Of August. We had a few guests and Vijayan Uncle and Sudha Aunty worked really hard to cook food for all of them. Hats off to them on pulling everything together and taking care of the kids!!!!
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