Nov 14th, 2006 - Today is November 14th which is celebrated as Children's Day in India. This is also Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday and he loved children which is why its Children's  Day. I have not had much of a Children's day so far. Seems like I have caught some kind of mild fever and I throw up my food once in a while. I was unwell for most of the night and kept waking up and crying. I seemed to be getting better as the day has progressed.

By the end of the day I was much better. I threw up one last time at around 8 PM,
had some milk and fell fast asleep. Oh well, guess I cannot handle the air
in Mumbai too well. :-(

Oct 13th, 2006 -  Its my first week in Mumbai and I started the day with a good sleep. I slept until 7 AM and my parents were also happy. Looks like my jetlag is gone. I spent most of the day playing in the living room. I met Doris and Philomena today and they gave them a big smile which made them very happy.

In the evening, we went to the InOrbit Mall in Malad. This is one of the most popular malls in Mumbai and is built to international standards. The ground floor has some general stores while most of the first floor is dedicated to  clothes. There are many designer clothing stores like Sheetal, Wills Fashion,  Biba, Provogue etc. There is a small section dedicated to children's clothing too. The third floor is the food court. There are plenty of eating options starting from South Indian to North India, Chinese, American and my father's favorite food, the Tibbs Frankie. My father had 2 Mutton frankies. He was reminiscing the times when he used to pay Rs 7 for it and how it now costs Rs 35. It will probably
cost Rs 100 by the time I grow up.

 Nov 9th, 2006 - My great-grandmother waited patiently for about 5 hours in order to perform the Ponti Vaath function. The literal translation of the term Ponti Vaath is seeing the great grandchild under the light of a sacred flame. My uncle had arranged for  a small function for our very close family so most of my grandmother's cousins and their children had come to attend. A Hindu priest commenced the function by first creating darkness in the room and then he recited some sacred chants. Once that was completed, he put a cloth in front of my great grandmother so that she could not see me. My mother brought me out without any clothes, apparently that is how its to be done. I did not seem to care much even though there were 25 people watching my strip-tease.

 Nov 8th, 2006  - Looks like I am getting used to the Indian Standard Time (IST) (it does not mean that I will be late). I woke up at around 7 AM and spent the day doing masti. I  have started crawling today. There is plenty of space in the house and I have slowly started crawling.

In the evening, my father's friend Amiya came to visit me. He bought me this big softtoy dog, called ChiChi. I was more interested in playing with the gift-wrap than play with the toy. I am sure eventually I will like the toy. Also, later in the evening, my father's friend Parag's wife Laaj came to visit us. She came to Bangalore for some training and stopped over to visit us. Unfortunately, I fell asleep by the time she came so I could not play with her. I will probably play with her when I get to Mumbai. Tomorrow morning, I will be going to visit my great grandmother in Hyderabad. 

Nov 7th, 2006 - Seems like my body is somewhere between the Pacific Time Zone and Singapore. I was up early once again at around 4 AM. As usual, I started kicking my legs and woke my parents up. I had my early morning feed and started my masti. For some reason, I was in a really good mood early and I was screaming and kicking my legs all morning. I took a few short naps during the day. After the long flights and the hectic journey, it was nice and relaxing day at home with my parents and my grandmother.

In the morning, I met Mr and Mrs Miranda who are my grandmother's neighbor.

 Nov 5th, 2006 - We left for the airport at around 5:30. The cab ride took us about 20 minutes. Once we reached the airport, we realized that the flight time had changed to an hour earlier. Luckily we had plenty of time. We went through immigration, went throughsecurity check and boarded the flight. The person who was boarding the flight did a poor job of it and did not pre-board families who had babies. Anyway, I had a  special seat once again with the  bassinet. Once the flight took off, I promptly fell asleep. The flight was fairly smooth but I had some pain in my ears when the flight descended into Bangalore.