After lot many weekends, we found ourselves busy on a Saturday with grocery and other shopping. After all, it was supposed to be a good weather that day (16 degrees with sun). We made a good use of it.
It was our Ikea lunch-Saturday. From time to time, I club my Ikea shopping with lunch there. For those who know it, it isn’t a big restaurant there., just a cafeteria or even less. But I like their food and the simple salad. It is definitely worth for the Euros that you pay. The shop itself was all flooded with toys and gifts for St Nicolas day. Aka Sinterklaas Eve, it’s a day for kids here in Belgium (and in many of Europe). The kids get presents from the Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet, just like the Christmas celebrations. Except that this come couple of weeks early. It is in tradition of our company to have a party on that day to invite all the employees with their kids and gift them with the choices of their parents. I’m excited to be *qualified* for the party this year. We got for Akil the VTech Baby Walker and needless to say, he is already enjoying the music panel that comes along with it – not by playing it… but by sucking it. 
It is a pleasure seeing a kid growing in front of our eyes. Now that Akil goes to the day care, he learns something new every day. His latest lesson is spitting everything at everybody’s face. In the nights, he gets up to be on his own and keep spitting to make our bed all wet.
Women harassment in India
It was in the Vikatan today that India bags 4th place in woman harassment. Most of the cases discussed were related to women unemployment, sexual harassment, unequal pay etc. Though they form the majority of the reasons for women ill treatment, it is rather a pity that nobody discusses about the problems that even educated and well earning women still face in their families. Leave the society and your relations, as a woman do you dare to say that you would like to earn more than your husband or hold a position higher than him? Or do would you ask your husband to take a day off when your kid is ill, because you are busy at work? No. You wouldn’t. You are bound to the fear being held responsible and the so-called emotional stupidity that makes you feel guilty in some way if you have to do these. It goes unsaid that, irrespective of whatever situation you are in, you are expected to carry on such burdens, with willingness. Only the nature of problems differ when a women is employed. Till we are bound to such emotional stupidities, the so called cultural and social practices, withholding the status in the society and so on, there is no way by which India will come down in that list.
Ra.One
We saw the Hindi version of the movie this weekend. Honestly, we could not manage to stay awake till the end.
Leaving the regional and language boundaries, when I see such new “attempts” in Indian movies, I always wonder: They had decided to show something different from the regular cinema. Why not study completely and make it correct? The life of Bhodhidharma (7am arivu), Chozhas (Aayirathil Oruvan), and game characters entering real life (Ra One) were all so un-clear, dizzy and doesn’t really explain the concept properly. I just feel that the director lost interest when he was half-way through the making.
Solving Rubix Cube
Saw this awfully surprising video. I got one home a couple of years back wanting to solve it. I made scrambled it in no time. But didn’t put it back till this day. If she was really real, Hats off! :)
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