Monday, September 6, 2010

Reporting from undisclosed location..

Why am I reporting from a secret location?
Because Punch spared no efforts to make my izzat ka falooda..

We took the biggest risk of taking a one week trip to 5 places in Karnataka/Andhra Pradesh alongwith Punch. Daily showdowns were an integral part of the trip. some izzat ka falooda moments were:

Punch refused to get down from the train..we travelled only through train and boarded 5 trains and each time she shouted and screamed and refused to get down

If you happened to see a screaming toddler at Bangalore's Total Mall and Forum (Whitefield) mall last week, it was Punch of course..she refused to come home from both malls, Total Mall witnessing more footfalls that day due to Punch's free tamasha of rolling on the ground and screaming and refusing to come out of the play area..upar se since it was raining, more people took shelter in the mall and got to see free tamasha

We were on the a 3 hour train journey to Hospet and Punch had skipped her afternoon nap, so it was tantrum time..she screamed and cried and jumped so much for so long that finally a co-passenger told me to console her somehow and make her quiet since it was causing disturbance to all others..this was my izzat ka falooda moment.. thank god myself and the Mr did not react otherwise and many many thanks that my father was not accompanying us! that's because had he joined us that day, we would have witnessed a murder in that compartment!! how can anyone dare to say this about his dearest grandchild..

The only good things being a peaceful and long pending pilgrimage (inspite of bad weather and high water levels in Tungabhadra river) and a visit to my birth place.

11 comments:

R's Mom said...

Awww! come on poor baby ya....and that stupid passenger!! how dare he say that..doesnt he have kids or what...I bet when he has few of his own..he will realise..any kid would get bored sitting in a train for 3 hours and missing the afternoon nap..what does he expect!!! infact you should have sunaoed him!!!

DC said...

ok, so that is why i didn't hear from you... i can visualize punch doing all that you have written... since baby S follows so much as punch.. is this what i am to expect ;-)

AM said...

Isnt that passenger a mean one...i hate to travel with Madhu..hats off to u for travelling 5 days that too on a train...

Pooh! said...

Poor you! Tell me all about traveling with a kid. Just came back and it is been a journey. Hugs!

Lavanya Seetharaman said...

Yaay ! I have company..We too went on a trip last week and Kavya was just like Punch !! I wudnt dare to take another trip with Kavya atleast for a month :-)

Uma said...

I know exactly what you're talking about. It is idiotic to complain about a toddler's behaviour - some adults are even worse and are absolutely blind to public sentiments and no one will dare say anything to them!

Swaram said...

That ws a stupid stupid co-traveller. I hereby bless/ curse that he have 100 wailing babies :grrrrrrr

Andhra? Dnt u dare say u were in Hyd nw :P :P

Aryan-Arjun said...

It happens....and we feel so ashamed...but we can't help. Toddlers don't understand dear..even now Aryan cries......

Anonymous said...

happy to find you again, visit my blog too, iam back to the fun world again :)

AA_Mom said...

where are you? Long time no read

Anonymous said...

Read your posts after so long. Its such fun to read about Punch, she seems to be a very active toddler just like Ash. I guess people who haven't been around kids can't really tolerate tantrums :)