This past weekend was quite eventful. We celebrated “Independence Day” and “Raksha Bandhan”. 61st Independence Day was Friday, August 16th. Our neighborhood had a “flag hoisting” ceremony. It was a pretty big deal. There were lots of flags, speakers, police officials, kids singing, and a lot of “thank yous”. We also got to meet our neighbors, which was really nice. During the summer months a lot of families go on long vacations, so it’s hard to meet a lot of people right now (oh and it doesn't help that no one hangs out past dark because of the mosquitoes). The kids had a blast. They met some kids and went over to the water fountains. And of course, before I knew it they were in the water and soaked. AND of course, I found right then that the water that is used is recycled toilet water – NICE! Needless to say, we had a good washing after. But hey, they had fun and didn’t get sick, so it’s all good.
The other holiday that was celebrated was Raksha Bandhan. I pulled some info off the internet (you can see the source in the bibliography) - Raksha Bandhan festival is associated with the very special relationship between brothers and sisters, on this day sisters tie a rakhi or decorative thread on the wrist of their brothers and in return brothers pledge to protect their sisters when the need arises. ‘Raksha’ means protection, ‘bandhan’ means obliged or bind. So, we tried to have Veda tie the thread around Rohin’s wrist….what really happened was Veda wanted it tied around her wrist and Rohin didn’t want it at all. BUT for a minute Rohin agreed and we were able to do the ceremony, kind of – yahoo! It was cute. I was able to see my cousin, so I was able to celebrate with him which was really awesome. The holiday is a big deal here, so of course I thought about and missed Rishi a lot.
Side Note: If Lori at Pallozzlo in Royal Oak is reading this…sorry in advance. I got my haircut. It’s not that short, but it’s short for me. Drying your hair day after day just wasn’t working, so I got it cut. I asked my driver to take me to a place he knew in town. Long story short, we stopped in front of this random restaurant and I went upstairs to this salon and for $9 US I got a new do. It’s great and definitely is better than drying my hair for a long time.
So, I got a call from Martin in the kitchen “Umm….Char….you need to come in here.” As I turned the corner to the kitchen, I saw my almost two year old on the kitchen counter. We had no idea how she got up there! We took her off the counter and then watched my daughter climb up the drawer handles and make her way up the counter – pretty impressive little monkey if you ask me. Oh and yes, that is a case of Kingfisher :-)
The other holiday that was celebrated was Raksha Bandhan. I pulled some info off the internet (you can see the source in the bibliography) - Raksha Bandhan festival is associated with the very special relationship between brothers and sisters, on this day sisters tie a rakhi or decorative thread on the wrist of their brothers and in return brothers pledge to protect their sisters when the need arises. ‘Raksha’ means protection, ‘bandhan’ means obliged or bind. So, we tried to have Veda tie the thread around Rohin’s wrist….what really happened was Veda wanted it tied around her wrist and Rohin didn’t want it at all. BUT for a minute Rohin agreed and we were able to do the ceremony, kind of – yahoo! It was cute. I was able to see my cousin, so I was able to celebrate with him which was really awesome. The holiday is a big deal here, so of course I thought about and missed Rishi a lot.
Side Note: If Lori at Pallozzlo in Royal Oak is reading this…sorry in advance. I got my haircut. It’s not that short, but it’s short for me. Drying your hair day after day just wasn’t working, so I got it cut. I asked my driver to take me to a place he knew in town. Long story short, we stopped in front of this random restaurant and I went upstairs to this salon and for $9 US I got a new do. It’s great and definitely is better than drying my hair for a long time.
So, I got a call from Martin in the kitchen “Umm….Char….you need to come in here.” As I turned the corner to the kitchen, I saw my almost two year old on the kitchen counter. We had no idea how she got up there! We took her off the counter and then watched my daughter climb up the drawer handles and make her way up the counter – pretty impressive little monkey if you ask me. Oh and yes, that is a case of Kingfisher :-)
2 comments:
My little brother, at 3, climbed up to the counter, up the cabinets, and then reached out and climbed onto a basket hanging on the ceiling -- just to get the candy hidden there!
My mom had been accusing ME of stealing the candy until she caught him in the act!
I love the new 'do!
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