We had a tiny little black bird as a surprise guest while there was a heavy rain in Hyderabad during the last week. It would have come inside to guard it from the heavy rain but we were worried seeing the confusion it has...We thought it would hurt itself somehow. The poor bird did not know the way out and struggled a lot with the lights on in my home...

We had to switch off the lights and make the light from outside visible properly so it can make its way out... and it worked...

Sid enjoyed the stay of the little guest a lot...!!

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Sid joined Oi (Oak Ridge International’s play school) at Nizampet. Yesterday (13^th of June 2012) is the first day for him in there.

We accompanied him to the school in the car and spoke to HimaBindu Madam for some time, met the teachers and I came back but Rupu stayed there for an hour or so completing the formalities and being there for Sid, enjoyed the first day celebrations of the play school.

We joined him in PP1 but in afternoon, As a result of my R&D and spoke to the people, I took my decision back and joined him to Nursery by evening considering his age.

I had to change the play school for Sid from the earlier one to this coz the earlier one did not concentrate on the communication skills of the student, which made me disappointed a lot. This time, I made it clear to HimaBindu madam my point that the emphasis should be given on the communication skills of the kid but not by force.

We opted for the transport for Sid for pick-up and drop.

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On 13^th June, the very next day we visited the exhibition at Kukatpally, we were shocked to see the live telecasting of the news that showed the exhibition being burnt.

As per the news, there was nothing that was left after the fire-accident that had happened due to some reasons (??) in the early morning around 07:45 on 13^th June 2012.

The smoke could be seen from the distance of 4 KM when it was being burnt.

We were shocked and could not believe the fact that the place where we enjoyed is no more.

I can still remember the shop where we bought Kurtha for Sid and some ceramic tea cups, bangles and the place where Sid had Chocolate cake, popcorn and cool drink and the play area.

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I had been to Balanagar for my car repair at Mahindra First Choice sometime in the last week. On the way, I happened to see the exhibition running at Kukatpally, next to Metro.

As I know that Sid has been feeling bored of late because, he is into his holidays and none except his mom is there to play with him, I thought this can be the place that can bring a bit relaxation for him.

We decided to visit the place on 12^th June, 2012 (Tuesday) in the evening. I started from office by 06:30 and reached home by 07 and we started by 07:05 PM, reached the place by 07:20PM.

Sid especially was happy seeing the big Giant Wheel and the revolvers over there. He had a nice time seeing all the items, having chocolate cake, having Maaza and having his most favorite pop-corn.

We had been to the play area once we were done with the shopping.

Sid and Rupu enjoyed a ride on a jeep revolver. I took some beautiful photographs while they were on ride. I took some videos in Rupu’s mobile but the fun part was that I never was on the recording mode.

We started back by 09PM. We had been to Umi’s home, where Sid had some nice time with Chutki and Priyanshi. We reached home by 11 (approx.)

Here are those pics, that I took at the exhibition.

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The trip details are at http://www.kokkula.com/2012/06/trip-to-srisailam.html and pics are here.

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