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Message to D : well your old man, is not just a couch potato and a tv sports fanatic. What do you know I can still beat folks 7 /10 years younger than me at bowling
And D remind me to remind you to tease Mohana about the day he lost to Shruti :)
(Mohana, this is too precious to miss out on)


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Pretty happy with the results, and I can claim full credit for the Numerical skills A+ :)


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If anyone knows me, they would know one thing, I am a foodie, well my daughter has kept the flag flying high
this was taken on 28July2007, making D just a little more than 2 years

She remains a foodie till date :)

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Taken at Yercaud, Nov 2005, near Diwali
camera had incorrect date :(
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D is now old enough- as her to play online games.
She is into creating and decorating cakes!
This one she created all on her own, and am impressed as it is quite complicated, check it out at
http://www.didigames.com/fun-cake-creation.html





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D is really into clay modeling and makes sure that the whole family participates too
Of the 6 "mermaids" were 3 were made by D, 1 by me, 1 by D's mom and 1 by Ds Dadi (my mother)
Guess which ones is which



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Ds great grandfather - Bauji (Chander Bhan Sikka) and Biji (Sheelawanti Sikka)
The photograph was taken at Canada, when they were visiting their sons, around late 1980s

Bauji is my maternal grandfather and was happy to see him last weekend.
Biji passed away on 9-Jan-2007, after a protracted illness


PS Bauji means father in Punjabi

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D's Dadu and Dadi, looking dapper and beautiful


Photograph taken from my grandfathers collection at Ludhiana, had to take a snap of the existing photograph in absence of a scanner

Dharam Veer Verma, D's Dadu and boy did he live up to his first and middle name
Generous to a fault and brave like they dont make them anymore
Seen below receiving the Shaura Chakrya from R. Venkataraman, the eighth president of India


To help D know her Dadu a bit better , will update in future posts as unfortunately D never got to meet her Dadu
He passed away on 12th Feb 1991 in a car accident, Ds father me was 14 years old...

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D's depiction of her class
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I nailed all three !!!




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D's paws :)

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The current hot favorite cartoon show is Oggy and Cockroaches
Thankfully it comes at 7am nowadays, and is one incentive for D to get up from bed

Today D drew and colored the below drawings - ALL on her own, without any supervision
Boy were we impressed :)


Oggy and Jack (uska cousin - in hindi the voice over copies sunny deol - BHAI!! )


three pesky roaches in the household: Joey, Dee Dee and Marky
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D created this watering hole for her zoo yesterday...
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Taken by D, am looking quite dapper, even if I say so myslef
Landscape view taken by D, near Kabini
First Sunset by D ( I quite like the silhouettes)



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On our last weekend trip to Wayanad, D commandeered the older camer, Cannon A620 powershot and all snaps below are taken by her

Phantom Rock
We have now someone to take our group photos
D's favorite aunty, plays lots of T parties with her
Nice perspective



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Just had to reproduce this photo on this blog too, taken by Arvind while me and D were walking back from Eddakal caves. D managed to travel the whole distance with a little help without complaining once, I was so proud of her.

What I loved about this photograph was that both me and D are walking in step too :)


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I guess its apparent by now that D loves her dolls and specifically barbies

with her bday over, the collection got a boost and now its
32!!


The ladder was not enough to hold all of them :)



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