Hello,
A short work week - had lots to be caught up on Tuesday. It doesn't help when a country behind us is working when we are not.
One of the days I got a call at home asking if "Jasmine Natarajan" is at home. I said it is a wrong number. The other guy persisted "Is this Natarajan residence? I got this number from the phone book. Is Jasmine home?" Ada paavi...kudumbathula kuzhappam undu pannaaatheengaiyya...
Had Nandha's vaccination done during the week. Realized how "sophisticated" Aussies are in their medical systems compared to the US of A. The vaccination was delivered by a general practitioner, which was not really a problem. Firstly she (an Indian lady probably 50+) wasn't well versed to give the vaccine to an infant. We had to do a bit of circus. After the vaccine (or before) she did not do any routine checkup - height weight, pulse whatever. We were used to all this in US. After a routine checkup the (qualified) paediatrician (not a GP) gives us a consultation based on the child's growth. Over here no such things were entertained. Here the response was "Oh sorry, we don't do anything like that here. The child looks ok, if you have any specific question you can ask." On insistence she did weigh Nandha and we came to know that he is slightly underweight for his age.
We had a bit of a reality show at home over the weekend. Had to prepare dinner under tremendous time pressure. We had invited a relative's family over for dinner on Saturday. I had told them couple of days ago that they could come any time after 6 PM. Our planning went for a toss a little bit. The guests arrived at around 6.30 and dinner was yet to be prepared - I was just chopping onions. The kitchen was in a mess. Thankfully they were quite understanding so not a whole lot of formality was involved. We had made bhindi masala (my contribution), peas pulao and carrot phulka. The kitchen was in a mess with so many unwashed vessels. Oh well...got through it somehow.
Alrighty, more next week.
Have a great week.
Chetty
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