Daddy Rules!
An extract from my dad's scribblings...
It is a truth, widely acknowledged, that every toddler's education must begin with "Twinkle, twinkle, little star". I must admit that I, who grew up before the pre-school era, would have remained ignorant of all the must-know nursery rhymes if it was not for doting parents and their performing wards. All the world's a stage for these kids who have educated and entertained me in various living rooms, wedding halls, railway compartments and airport lounges. Listening to kids' recitations are, any day, a better pastime that discussing problems related to business and such alike or the city crime news. But I admit that sometimes, it does stretch one's patience when the kid in question buries his/her face in his mother's lap and the mother embarks upon a protracted struggle to get the child to oblige. Good that I did not have to ask my son or daughters to do such acts, but I do believe that they would come up with the best, especially my Varun known as Rishabh these days ( LOL@dad!!).
What magic could time-worn rhymes hold for the listener? I for one am ever ready for yet another presentation of twinkle,twinkle just to wonder at the multitude of variations in the lisp(wah wah wah!! Grow up dad will you??). Added to it is the observation that since children hear and interpret the words in their own unique way, every presentation is delightfully fresh, kaleidoscopic version of the worn-out lines. Once I heard Ruchi(my daughter) reel off half a dozen rhymes, one after another and conclude with a perplexing 'dakunoomishankoo' utterance. Embarrasingly, I came to know about this from Ruchi when she turned 18( LOLOLOLOL@dad!!). She translated it as , 'Good afternoon and thank you', which apparently, was the line the kids recited before dispersing. But the best one came from a chubby li'l kid [Hi to the person I am talking about;)]. Not surprisingly, his favourite rhyme was "Chubby Cheeks". The recitation was accompanied by appropriate actions. The child pinched his cheeks, touched the chin and eyes and curled the hair in the manner suggested in the poem. For the last line, 'Mother's pet, is that you?' the teacher obviously not indicated any handsign. The kid paused for a minute, decided against doing an incomplete job and did his choreography. He put both his hands on the belly, said 'mother's pate', is that you?' and signed off by patting the abdomen three times with an enthusiatic "YES!!YES!!YES!!"
The idea behind writing this was the fact that gone are those days when my kids used to do such beautiful senseless acts and make people smile. My daughters are married now and my son is doing engineering. I see them doing things which I thought I would once do. I am living my life again through my son who entertains a bunch of people by playing music, wins gaming events, does so many things that I wanted to do, the ones I did but was not as successful as he has been. The bugger doesn't like getting clicked, but he send me this pic of his playing the bass guitar. A wonderful pic where he plays "The End" by the "The Doors". Just hope that he gets whatever he wants in life and becomes a successful man.
Wonderful post dad! I still dont believe that you people did not learn twinkle twinkle hehehehe. What a shame...infact what a pity :)). Thank God you did remember my new name. You did not know about dakunoomishankoo?Tsk tsk. Psst..Ruchi told me about that also hahahahaha. Very clever indeed dad, realising that pulling your leg would be easy in a post like this. So you added that chubby cheeks version. Thu! I dont know what I was trying to do then! Worst was the fact that I was chubby then! CRAP of the highest order. Honestly Dad, I dont mind doing it again for you :). Really happy to know that I am a source of happiness and as far as music is concerned, you are my mentor. You taught me how to play the guitar. I shifted to bass, thats a different story. Hey for everyone's knowledge, my Dad plays awesome piano. He even has his very own Yamaha Grand piano and he plays it wonderfully well! Dad introduced me to this section of music called Rock and Roll. Not forgetting about Floyd and the blues and what not! Dont worry dad, even if I dont get whatever I want, we will always be happy...
It is a truth, widely acknowledged, that every toddler's education must begin with "Twinkle, twinkle, little star". I must admit that I, who grew up before the pre-school era, would have remained ignorant of all the must-know nursery rhymes if it was not for doting parents and their performing wards. All the world's a stage for these kids who have educated and entertained me in various living rooms, wedding halls, railway compartments and airport lounges. Listening to kids' recitations are, any day, a better pastime that discussing problems related to business and such alike or the city crime news. But I admit that sometimes, it does stretch one's patience when the kid in question buries his/her face in his mother's lap and the mother embarks upon a protracted struggle to get the child to oblige. Good that I did not have to ask my son or daughters to do such acts, but I do believe that they would come up with the best, especially my Varun known as Rishabh these days ( LOL@dad!!).
What magic could time-worn rhymes hold for the listener? I for one am ever ready for yet another presentation of twinkle,twinkle just to wonder at the multitude of variations in the lisp(wah wah wah!! Grow up dad will you??). Added to it is the observation that since children hear and interpret the words in their own unique way, every presentation is delightfully fresh, kaleidoscopic version of the worn-out lines. Once I heard Ruchi(my daughter) reel off half a dozen rhymes, one after another and conclude with a perplexing 'dakunoomishankoo' utterance. Embarrasingly, I came to know about this from Ruchi when she turned 18( LOLOLOLOL@dad!!). She translated it as , 'Good afternoon and thank you', which apparently, was the line the kids recited before dispersing. But the best one came from a chubby li'l kid [Hi to the person I am talking about;)]. Not surprisingly, his favourite rhyme was "Chubby Cheeks". The recitation was accompanied by appropriate actions. The child pinched his cheeks, touched the chin and eyes and curled the hair in the manner suggested in the poem. For the last line, 'Mother's pet, is that you?' the teacher obviously not indicated any handsign. The kid paused for a minute, decided against doing an incomplete job and did his choreography. He put both his hands on the belly, said 'mother's pate', is that you?' and signed off by patting the abdomen three times with an enthusiatic "YES!!YES!!YES!!"
The idea behind writing this was the fact that gone are those days when my kids used to do such beautiful senseless acts and make people smile. My daughters are married now and my son is doing engineering. I see them doing things which I thought I would once do. I am living my life again through my son who entertains a bunch of people by playing music, wins gaming events, does so many things that I wanted to do, the ones I did but was not as successful as he has been. The bugger doesn't like getting clicked, but he send me this pic of his playing the bass guitar. A wonderful pic where he plays "The End" by the "The Doors". Just hope that he gets whatever he wants in life and becomes a successful man.
Wonderful post dad! I still dont believe that you people did not learn twinkle twinkle hehehehe. What a shame...infact what a pity :)). Thank God you did remember my new name. You did not know about dakunoomishankoo?Tsk tsk. Psst..Ruchi told me about that also hahahahaha. Very clever indeed dad, realising that pulling your leg would be easy in a post like this. So you added that chubby cheeks version. Thu! I dont know what I was trying to do then! Worst was the fact that I was chubby then! CRAP of the highest order. Honestly Dad, I dont mind doing it again for you :). Really happy to know that I am a source of happiness and as far as music is concerned, you are my mentor. You taught me how to play the guitar. I shifted to bass, thats a different story. Hey for everyone's knowledge, my Dad plays awesome piano. He even has his very own Yamaha Grand piano and he plays it wonderfully well! Dad introduced me to this section of music called Rock and Roll. Not forgetting about Floyd and the blues and what not! Dont worry dad, even if I dont get whatever I want, we will always be happy...
posted by Blunt at 3/12/2006 08:56:00 PM
3 Comments:
NICE.
Dads rule! So do moms :D.
Absolutely right saar!
Yes yes....when I was a baccha ;)
My nick suggested that wonly :PPPPP
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