Tuesday, April 7, 2009

HOWZAT!!!!

The first day of school went off smoothly...new textbooks, new notebooks, new timetables...everything seems exciting and interesting, and its worth waiting till evening just to hear about who sat with whom and how many new children were there this time...

So the evening saw each child sharing some tidbit, the 11 yrold has a cricket tournament coming up where he is playing in 6 matches and of course very thrilled about it...while i see myself the only candidate for grabbing the hat of the cricket mum, soccer mum and keeping 6 yrold occupied well enough mum during the next 10 days. I'm also currently feeling very pleased with myself for having got through 2 weeks of holidays in one piece and more importantly having had fun all the way.

and then the 11 yrold says: 'amma, the princi is our english teacher'

me(pleasantly surprised) : 'Really? that's good news, she's an excellent english teacher"

11 yrold(contemplative): 'you know, she reminds me of you'

me(considerably elated and resembling a balloon, so puffed up with pride was I) trying to be nonchalant: "Why?"

11yrold : 'I can't read her handwriting on the board'

Tooooosh, that was the fastest a balloon ever deflated into oblivion!

And as you can see, the 11 yrold is good in delivering a yorker! (or whatever you call it)

31 comments:

~nm said...

Hahaha..your kids are so cute and so smart..

But why only 2 weeks of holiday Don't they have longer summer breaks? Or will they happen later?

mindspace said...

good start :))

Neera said...

:) THE most fun part abt reading ur posts is a smiling insight into the future. I end up bracing myself :)

aMus said...

nm...
this was the spring break, just before they start the new school year...they have summer vacations later on in June...

aMus said...

mindspace::
so it was...LOl :D


Neera::
am i a good role model or what? :)
cheekiness is the new mantra, btw...

--xh-- said...

wow, that was a googly well delivered :-D he is a smart kid :-D

manuscrypts said...

thank god we have a typecast ;)

Sumana said...

LOL was a good one. Sight to have captured ;)

rayshma said...

LOL!!!
hilarious! :D
first day for YOU would go well... given that you were prepared a day in advance! ;)

when're the matches... keep us posted!

Pavi!!!! said...

ahaha ! n that implies u cant ask him to improve his handwriting i guess :)

pink dogwood said...

that's hilarious - don't worry, I can read your typing just fine :)

Rambler said...

he got you clean bowled :)

Mama - Mia said...

oh well! you have your cheekiness to blame! its the genes i tell ya!

i so so love your writing! i said it before? oh well! will say it again too!

hugs

abha

broca's area said...

thats called "shape tigiyodu"..right?...lol;)

aMus said...

xh::
is that what a googly feels like? GREAT!


manu::
oh yeah! aren't you all lucky...tho i could play with the font a bit

Just Like That said...

ROFL! poor Suma! :-D There there... your English IS good, honey, don't be totally deflated. That son of yours is absolutely humorous!

Preeti Shenoy said...

heh heh heh..I know where he inherit his sense of humour from!
Cheers
preeti

Guruprasad said...

hey... that's a smart alec you've got there! i recognise the kind... he'll be a lot of fun later on in life as well... not always fun for you though! :P

read the previous post too... reminded me of a couple of times i've landed up in school/college/office only to be told by the guard/security that it was a holiday! :)

Kavi said...

Great start. Especially after the false start a few days back !!

My teacher used to tell me that i had to spell my 'hand writing' as 'hen writing' !

So there !

aMus said...

Sumana::
laugh away! your day's not too far...:))


raysh:
yeah, yeah...and they won the first match ...5 more to go.


Pavi!!!!
oh but i can, i have my ways...

pink dogwood...
thank you for that vote of confidence :))
enjoy your break!


rambler::
clean bowled! good one, rambler, why didn't i think of that?


mama mia::
sigh...now i can't even hate him can i?

and do, do keep saying such nice things, does wonders for my ego :)

brocas::
right! :D

aMus said...

JLT::
laugh, laugh my dear, sonny boy'll get there soon enough!



preeti::
LOL...my son does share my dry sense of humor, i guess


guru::
i hope he does not lose it fast enough!
and LOl at the going to office when its a holiday! that truly would be a sight to remember



Kavi!
hen writing? hehe..now that i must see...

Pesto Sauce said...

Kids can be good critics at times, they always keep us on toes

Jaya said...

That's a bouncer :) Smart kid... I wish I could have seen you at that moment :) :)

Ugich Konitari said...

Smart little fellow.And certainly a yorker... But what amazes me is how times have changed. Kids are so free with their parents. In my time, I probably had opinions about my teachers handwriting as well as my mothers, but it was never ever enunciated...

But seriously, I have a suggestion. Have you had your son undergo an eye checkup? From my own childrens' experience I can tell you, that when they cannot makeout whats written on the blackboard, thats the time to check it out. ...

aMus said...

Pesto sauce::
that's right..they take potshots at us and know when to do it too...


Joy::
:))
actually i couldn't help laughing and replying that he's had enough practice reading my handwriting, it shouldn't be too difficult to read hers...

ugich...
yes times have changed, more importantly i've changed...besides he knows when to take his potshots and has my sense of humor, so i couldn't possibly take offence...

and thanks for that very valid suggestion...we know a great eye surgeon, who in his free hours masquerades as our bro-in-law :))..so no problem there, thankfully.

Vaidegi J said...

enjoyed the part about (you) sharing the child's entire day, not wanting to miss a single thing! THAT's exciting, no matter what the age is...i guess!

Solilo said...

Hopped over from somewhere and laughed out loud at you getting stumped.

Kids can be so brutally honest. I have my own experiences :))

Keshi said...

Kids r always honest. And thats a good thing :)

LOL Suma!

Keshi.

Serendipity said...

hhaha!! how cuteee :D
at least the response was not ' because shes as stuffy and strict as you'
:D

roop said...

roflmao!!! i needed this laugh!! :D

Meira said...

Oh ha ha ha :))