Yet ANOTHER Surprise!

Before Mrs. Wolfe and Ms. Vandor had come by, I was chatting with my dad on gmail. He said he had a surprise for me for Diwali, and told me to guess what it was, but still would not tell me. He said I would have to wait. I expected something like cucumber ot tomato, but turn s out, he got me a Sony VAIO!!!!!!!!! I knew that he was going to fix the laptop conflict between Mama and me, and I heard my mom say something about a Sony VAIO, and that she had liked the one she had 7 years back and my dad he said he would get one, but I thought it would be for Mama! When I first saw the VAIO, I thought it was for mama, until papa said it was for me! I was so surprised! He even got Microsoft Office and Student 2010 along with a wireless Bluetooth mouse! The laptop even has an HD screen and built in HD webcam with a light up keyboard! I could not have asked for a better Diwali gift (Except maybe to be rid of all this cancer and SCT transplant mess, but some things must be borne through)!

Surprise!

Today, after I came back from clinic after my platelet transfusion, (I am not in the hospital anymore, I am in the Ronald McDonald House), I was lying in my room wondering waht to do when I get a call from the front desk. The woman asked my name, and when I said Harindra Rathi, she said I had a visitor. I asked who it was, and when she replied Katherine Wolfe, I mentally short-circuited for a minute. Mrs. Wolfe was my 2nd grade teacher! I said that I would have my mom pick her up. I quickly got up and went to the lounge, where my mom was working on her laptop. She went to get Mrs. Wolfe immediately. As an even bigger surprise, Ms. Vandor, my 4th grade teacher, walked in too!! I was so excited! When I hugged them, I was only a few inches short of their height. They commented on my growth, and it felt quite weird to be standing eye-level with your 4th grade teacher. We sat down and talked a bit, and they told us about everything going on at school and how things had changed a lot since I left. Mrs. Wolfe said that she she only had a two siblings (of her previous students) in her class, and how "a new wave" was beginning. In all, we had a very good time. I have their emails, so I can keep in touch with them, which is a big relief. They said that they would visit soon, and I would really like that. I hope to see them very soon, as they were very good teachers, and my education would be a mess without them. They are probably two of the most memorable teachers I will ever have.

Cool Links

Hello everyone,
Here are some cool links that the adults as well as
the kids will like.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/3-million-luxury-camper-40-mobile-mansion-220233175.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Toilet-Motorcycle-Hybrid-Biofuel-Waste,news-12851.html



The first one is about a $3 million RV, the second one is about the fastest street-legal car in the world, and the last is about a toilet-powered, yes, toilet-powered, motorcycle.

Have fun,
Harindra

Showers

One day, when papa got back from work, he noticed black stuff around my nose, and,
thinking it was dirt, gave me a lecture on how I should shower. The next day, I scrubbed unbelievably hard at that spot, but nothing came off, and it burned a LOT. Later, when papa looked more closely at my face, turns out the black stuff is hair! One of my medicines makes more hair grow, so what used to be a trace of a mustache can now be seen from a good distance, and I have a lot of hair where I will have a beard. It looks really weird, and my nose is all fuzzy. To add to that my face is puffy too.
Yesterday, when I video chatted with Gauri Mausi, she said I looked grown up, and Rustom Chacha (Gauri Mausi's husband) said I looked like Salman Khan. When I take a shower, now I have a stool, so I can really scrub areas good while sitting down. The other day, when I was quite exhausted and just wanted to sit in the shower without scrubbing, I just lifted my arm, and a mountain of dirt washed out of my armpits, which I find very confusing, as I had been scrubbing my armpits for the past week to no avail. Then, out of the blue, I don't even touch my armpits, and out comes the loot! This was a very weird feeling, but then I just cleaned my armpits and sat down for the shower.

Farts and Aveeno

Yesterday I was farting a lot! When the nursing assistant, Elizabeth, came in, I farted once. And I was talking about farting with Manimau and of all people, mamma! So Elizabeth told us a story. Here's how it went.

Elizabeth is from Mexico. This is a story about her once upon a time boyfriend and her mother. He came to Mexico city to meet her mom for the first time. He came to pick up Elizabeth and her mom, who were shopping. They got into his car and before any words could be exchanged, Elizabeth's mother let out a loud, wet - this is my own imagination - fart. This was followed by a series of more farts. Elizabeth was very embarrassed. Her boyfriend was red and speechless. And her mother was laughing!
Elizabeth let out a complaining, "MOM!!!!" Her mother said, still laughing, "I couldn't help it!"

I like her. You should take pride in your farts like me! This is especially for Saahil, Arnav, Siddharth and Harman.

And now about Aveeno! My mom uses Aveeno cream on me. Beware! If any cream is in a tube, take it out carefully as it may make a farting sound, or a sound very much like you would imagine that a person stepping in and out of fresh, wet poo would make. This is almost always hugely satisfying for your kids and irritating for you! Also it comes out like a very disgusting blob of poo. So beware again! (Feel blessed I am warning you even though this is one of my favorite sounds on earth)