Patience is a virtue

That is one virtue that I don't have and I know it!

Jr. on the other hand seems to have been gifted with infinite patience.


As the video clearly demonstrates, she just sat there for a full 8 mins, then continued to be there for another 5 before she got all upset that the battery charger was not turning green..

Finally I took the half charged battery and put it in the camera. She now takes pictures with the old S30. Her hands shake when she finally clicks the shuttter but the pictures still come out okay.

I seem to be going through a Jinx. The Tamron lens wont autofocus when the subject is close. The Zune player's screen cracked and it was not even dropped. It cracked because of temperature fluctuation is my guess. To top things off, there is a viral infection in my eye and all this happens on Sunday.

This is one of those weeks where I just want to go close myself in a small room and shout .. no.. scream!!

Would like to think on the brighter side of life though. The manual focus ring still works and my fingers are not bandaged, so I can take pictures. The Zune dudes aka Microsoft, said that this is a most common failure mode on the player and I should be able to get this screen in any local electronics store (although they won't pay for it) and my eyes are getting better or at least the pain is gone with the drops they gave me.

It may be a day or two before I come back to blog...

Until then..

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Navarathri

Previous posts on the Golu found here and here..

Last year, we did not cover as many golus and we did not have pictures. This year with the little ones both at an age where they take great pleasure in dressing up, the weekend was hectic.

Here are some snaps from the various Golus we visited and the little ones in all their finery..



They would change their dress between visiting different golus!







The visits will keep going till next saturday!

In dire Straits!

For those of you who are catching up on the big news item in Tamilnadu,

here is an update.. Peters Sellers style.

Fact: The sethusamudhram project is high on the news list

Fact: The religious and political connotations have a big role to play in how this project gets decided..

Also Fact: Rama's monkeys threw little boulders with Ram's name written on it, into the sea to make this bridge which has apparently lasted 1.356 jillion years. Of course all agencies from NASA to the NSA will vouch for this...

Also also fact: The Government will throw bundles of rupees into the same sea with Mahatma Gandhi's picture on it to undo Ramas bridge. At which point, Gandhi will turn in his grave so much that he will churn the seas and the bridge will start to disappear!

The end goal is to revive the economy of the local Indian coastline and make Tuticorin a port that would make waves in the international port scene.

One hopes that the amount of money spent on

legal fees and courtroom battles
loss of revenue from protests, bandhs, walkouts
posters printed for and against the case

will be less than than the

total economic benefit from the port
cost savings from fuel economy for ships circling Sri Lanka

over the next 0.0000000000001356 jillion years.

Viva Politics!

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