Cataract

Today Rukku and I went to the Sankara Eye Centre for post-operative review and all was said to be well. The doc asked me when I would like to get the second eye done and I said after some time. But then he said it would not be advisable for me to wear the old lens for the unoperated eye when going out. So I decided to get the surgery for the second eye also done with. It will be tomorrow.

Jayaraman

From Ramu

1. Vaishnavi`s school Annual Day functions ( her convocation etc) were better than last years but need much improvement. To limit the crowd, the function was split to two days and Vaishnavi`s was on the first day.
2. Our K.Nagar house was shown in SUN News, sometime back, in connection with the court case against that doctor of Thiruvangur Vaidyasalai.
Ramu

Cataract/graduation

Akila, from what your father told me earlier, the graduation ceremony must have been quite an experience. Was there a valedictorian as well? It is quite likely that soon we will have freshmen, sophomores etc. in our schools. Schools will be called colleges and vice versa. Vive les Etats Unis!

To extract part of a video. I have no clue but a suggestion. Make a copy and cut out the unwanted part.

Cataract - the surgery was painless and short. But the post-operative restrictions have made life more than a little difficult. Tomorrow Rukku and I will see the surgeon for a review and possibly prescript ions for new glasses.

Cataract also means a succession of steep waterfalls within a river. The word is derived from a Greek word meaning 'waterfall'.

KG Graduate(?)!!

Ever heard of a KG graduate?? Well, now Vaishnavi is a graduate in KG!! She had her "Convocation" yesterday and also her annual day. She also participated in a dance.

Here is the graduate

That's her collecting the certificate, unfortunately she's not facing us. This is her in her costume right after her dance. Will try to upload a video of her dance once I am able to extract just her portion from the bigger one.

Perippa, any idea how to extract a small part from a long video?

Cataract! Hope it was easy & chittappa & athai are both doing fine now. When was it? My orpadi Vasantha manni had hers yesterday & I went & saw her today. She looked "cooool" with the dark glasses!

My concert at Chembur went off well - thank God! Rajiv on the mridangam & Harish on the harmonium, Nachiket on the tabla, & Aishwarya doing the ching-chak & refrains were real darlings, which made me so comfortable, I could sing freely & relaxed. I felt really satisfied after a pgm in a long while!

Will be back in Madras on Friday night.
Hare Ram
Gayathri

From Ramu

1. I also went to see the Project work at Vaishnavi`s school. There were many KG students in that room and many visitors too. That kid in Krishna`s costume beside Vaishnavi, teased her and Vaishnavi shouted, " thatha, paaru thatha, ivan ennai adikkiraan"!
2. Hope Jayaramanna and Rukku are progressing well after their cataract surgery.
Ramu

Am still around

I can't believe that I've not checked the blog this whole month!!! Belated wishes to everybody.

Vaishnavi took part in a school project this month. The overall topic was how education imparts value to our daily life. The sub-topic for KG students was A-M of Life skills.

Vaishnavi's team spoke on alphabet "G" and she spoke about God.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MALA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mala.

From Ramu

I attended the marriage of Appalai`s second daughter today ( 19 March) in a mandapam near Guindy Race Cource. Mani, Bhuvana manni and Sundar were there. I was happy to see Rukmani manni ( Chuppuni`s wife), Rukku, Jayaraman`s wife, Kalyanam, Gopu, Kannan, Parvathi, etc.
Mani was telling me , after Jayaramanna`s marriage was over in Kumbakonam, Ramakrishnan found a pair of new chappal left behind by someone. So, Ramki brought it to Chennai. When there was a return dinner at Chennai, that someone had come for dinner and said he missed his brand new chappal in the marriage. Then Ramki showed that chappal and the owner was very happy to get it back.
Ramu

From Ramu

1. Best wishes to Arvind ( sorry, I am late) .Many happy returns of the day,Arvind.
2. The get-together at Ashok`s house for Thambi anna`s earlier birthday, was on 12th March 2009. I remember well because we were shifting house at 7 AM on 13th March 2009 and so none of us could attend.
3. We had a good trip to Kumbakonam temples and had good dharshan in many temples.
Ramu

Birthday greetings

Best wishes to Arvind on his birthday on 17th March. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

The Family extends its very best wises to Thambi who had his birthday yesterday and wishes him many happy returns. It is nice to recall now the very pleasant party that Ashok had organised on an earlier birthday of Thambi. Many of us were present, as can be seen from the picture above. Happy birthday, Thambi!

Happy birthday

 

 

Best wishes to Srilakshmi on her birthday, 5th March. And to Rajiv, 8th March.
Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

1. Happy Birthday, Rajiv. Wish you all the best and many happy returns of the day.
2. Sarada and I are going to Kumbakonam tomorrow by Rockfort Express .We will be there on 10th & 11th in ARK Hotel and visit mainly Uppiliappan Koil and some more temples. On 11th night, we will reach Srirangam by RF Express . We will be returning to Chennai on 14th by Vaigai Express.
Ramu

From Ramu

Best wishes to Ashok, Krishnakumar and Srilakshmi on their birthday. Many happy returns to them.
Ramu Sarada

Happy birthday

 

Birthday greetings to Ashok (3rd March) and Krishnakumar (4th March). Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

From Ramu

When I was in 2nd or 3rd standard, there was a chapter on road rules.
Rule for crossing the road was = " Look to the right, look to the left, walk across when there is no vehicle".
The same rule in the year 2000 = " Look to the right, look to the left, walk across very fast seeing all around you to escape ".
The rule now = " Stand at the point where you want to cross the road. Close your eyes and run. Thank God after crossing "!!!!
Ramu