This Global Village

Earlier this summer, I posted a status on the facebook about how highly irritated I was with mosquitoes.. A lot of my friends and family from India who read it were very amused by that. Some of them even mentioned that it was the first time they heard about mosquitoes in USA... Seriously... no kidding here ...who knew.... right? even I wasn't aware of them 10+ years ago before making US of A my home... Afterall, its the poor developing third world nations problem.. right ? Talk about America's solid image building .....Now that I think about it, if we were to poll americans , a large majority probably still thinks of India as land of cows, snakes , elephants and what not...Yeah right they handle a vast majority of your outsourced work while herding the cows..... Anyway, good learning lesson on smart and savvy marketing though...... So anyway, we had load and loads of mosquitoes this summer and it sure seemed they multiplied faster than their Indian counterparts ;) And now just before someone thought it can't get any worse, it just did....more juicier in fact.. lately I have seen a lot of stories circulating around the web and media about the bedbug infestation in USA... So much so that its raising enough eyebrows and enough attention in prime time media coverage... My fellow friends, its Bedbugs we are talking... yaik yaik yaik.. Now I see a story that can only match the horror for Halloween maybe ;) afterall , its the house of woods that we all live in ( ok maybe a mansion but don't kid yourself, its all wooden, to the very last beam ;) and everywhere I see there is wood ... all the primo wood mahogany, cherry, maple you name it .. america got it... No wonder bedbugs like it ;) they sensed this land of opportunity ;) wisely... Take it one step further , I wonder if someone in steel and metal industry sensed this opportunity as well? A steel kingpin spreading loads of bedbugs.. attack and destroy the wood- replace with steel... ring in the dollars.. land of opportunity we are talking ;) Oh America , the land of opportunities and immigrants... everything here was suppose to be best of the best.. you may not get enough credit for your achievements but you can't skip the bad rep... no way... just look at the names.. west nile virus, asian carp infestation, asian long horn beetle... do they look indigenous to you at all ? No way.... how could they... ;) Don't get me wrong, bedbugs aren't keeping me up at night.. not yet for sure... But don't think I will be happily coexisting with them either...just sayin... we got through the mosquito, we will get through bedbugs.. Its a village afterall, albeit global, village nevertheless .... till next time happy swatting my friends !!

Paper Planes

Today K and I had wonderful wonderful time playing with our boys... We made lot and lots of paper planes and boats.... just a piece of paper folded few times so it appears as plane or boat....... racing the boats and throwing the planes that can reach the farthest.... plain, simple, easy yet very powerful......... boys had a blast and so did we.... one of those priceless moment to see those two brightly amazed faces and curious sparkling eyes.....a simple sheet of paper was clear winner in keeping them excited-holding their attention so long over anything from three roomful of expertly selected toys....who needs all those fancy, expensive toys when you can have creativity and ability to enjoy simplest things in life.... I remember having same good old time doing the exact same stuff with my father... my cherished, priceless moments....I miss you so much Baba... Thank you so much for giving me all the worldly wisdom and ability to enjoy simplest things in life to the fullest.. That's what life is all about... Boys, mommy and daddy will do a finger/shadow play some time next...