School Bus Experience!

Both Mihika and Saanjh have started going to School in a School Bus. Mihika takes good care of her sister, she first drops Saanjh to her class before going to her class.

As far as school buses are concerned each of them have a Driver, Conductor and a Maushi. Maushi is responsible for picking up and dropping off younger kids from their respective classrooms. She is then responsible for making sure that all kids are dropped-off at the correct location. Also, she makes sure that all kids are safely seated in the bus and maintain discipline. It gives us a real piece of mind knowing that there are 2 adults (Conductor and Maushi) taking care of their safety and making sure that they are dropped at the correct location.

So far, we are happy with the school buses in India.

Singh is Kingg!

On Aug 9th we had our first movie going experience since we moved to Pune. It was an eventful day, it was raining all day and there was no power in our apartment since morning. Rather than getting bored we decided to take kids for a movie. We saw this movie at E-Square by the Pune University. The interesting part was when everyone was rushing through the door to watch the movie and made me ask the question “Doesn’t everyone realize that they already have seats assigned?” It was a herd mentality and was just crazy. But overall we had a great experience. Mihika and Saanjh really enjoyed watching movie in India.

Daily Routine so far…

Now that it has been a month since we returned to the mother land, how are we doing in India is the most common question that gets asked to us. We are still settling but we sort of have a daily routine set.

Waking Up:

We all wakeup by 6:45AM. Kids and I get ready for school and work respectively and have a healthy breakfast. Rinu gets ready to drop kids to school. Since we have limited mobility we have hired an auto rickshaw to pick-up and drop kids from school. Since kids are not use to this process Rinu is currently accompanying kids to the school.

School:

Both Mihika and Saanjh have finally adjusted to the school environment. Their school is only 2.5km from our apartment. For first two weeks they cried almost every day while getting dropped. For Saanjh going to school every day is a new concept but she has adjusted well. Their school starts at 8:30am, Saanjh returns home by early afternoon Mihika returns home by late afternoon.

Work:

I leave for work at around 8:50am. I have currently borrowed a motorcycle from a friend, since my work is only 3km away it takes me only 7-10min to get to work. I return home based on my meetings but usually around 7pm.

Homework and Playtime:

Once Mihika has returned from school Rinu makes sure that she takes care of her homework… ohhh yes she gets homework! Man I remember dreading those days. Once she is done with her homework she either watches some TV or goes down to play if it's not raining.

Dinner Time:

We have hired a Cooking lady that comes every day in the evening and prepares dinner for all of us. We all try to have dinner by 8:30pm so that kids can be put to bed and be ready for school next day. Currently we are all sleeping on just mattresses in the master bedroom. Kids are getting really used to sleeping with us, need to break that habit soon J.

That's all for now… stay tuned!