Kidsclub Annual Sports Day 2007

By the Blessings of the Uperwala and the Dua of the Neechwale we had a jolly good time in Suomenlina for the very first Annual Sports day of our Kidsclub !!

Here are the snippets of what we did...

- Congrats !! All were at 1 PM sharp at the Ferry stop and we took the 1:15 Ferry this is one thing which makes things happen..your support

- Reached spot 25 in Suomenline opposite the Church around 1:45 I guess

- Games on

3-Legged Race... Kids and parents showed great enthu in participating and the event was fun specially watching parents running like crazy kids forgetting that they were running with little kids..but good spirit ;-)

Suvi-Dhagaa Race.... Ladies please go for a training session as the men put the Thaaga first .. some say it was match-fixing but after setting up a Review committee
the accusations have been cleared and indeed the men who were the fastest Suvi-mein Dhagaa putter ;-)

Straw Race.. The impatient crowd made my life miserable so I had to put straw in their mouth and finally there was some silence but some (batuni) parents did continue talking but finally the race started with Shahenshah tking a big lead but Badshahs came back strong and won the race with a 1.3 second lead..

There was a 15 minutes break while i dunno wat the kids did but some kind ladies helped me tie Jalebis(Finnish ones)to the rope and finally the last event was put into place with a warning sign of the Seaguls attacking our Jalebis and uperwala
showering a few drops of amrit jal.. It was fun again to to see kids trying to finish the jalebis and parents forcing their little ones to finnish theirs by hanging them upside down....

Well you might think it was over but we did manage to play the ball game where the kids gave parents a tough time inside the ring and I saw many many parents re-entering the kids into the rings--saying a standard lines ' Abhi kahan shuru hua hai games aur mera bachaa out nahee hua hai abhi..khel beta khel...' all adding to the fun....

Finally the Uperwala decided to call it a day we all went running under cover and continued the presentation ceremony where kids got a standing ovation for the wonderful job they did and some deserving gifts and goodies...sadly few parents decide to skip it and play some of their own sport which was against kidsclub rules..

To end with the thankyou(s)

- For supporting the idea of the Sports day and following it up
- For helping me co-ordinating the games
- Ladies for helping in the games
- Parents for an active participation in the games

Here is the same report in pictures:


This is me reporting, a Freelance reporter from KidsClub-TV ..all the views expressed are personal and are not liable for judicial enquiry !!

Samachar Samapth hue !!

Helsinki Samba Carnival 2007

On June 9th, 2007, the XVII Helsinki Samba Carnival event takes over downtown Helsinki. This street carnival is expected to draw tens of thousands of spectators. The weather was perfect so we decide to take a trip to downtown to see what this festival is all about. The colors we saw were awesome. I must say they color is the one thing that attracts you the most and the second thing is the energy the participants show and potray..For all those who have not had a chance to be there I will recommend you to be there next time and I am sure you will love it too...Its so unlike Helsinki .. Salute to all the paritipant who inspite the hot weather gave their best to make the event more amazing...Cheers me !!

The first steps !!

Its always a joy to be able to witness the first steps of a baby and our little one just did that last week we have captured those moment.....just for you

Soon it will be tough keeping track of her whereabouts in the house :-)

Our Holidays to India

We had our vacations to India just completed and before we start enjoying the beautiful Finnish Summer here are few thoughts on our Summer Holidays to India..May is one of the hottest months back in India with the temperatures touching a max of 44C in the regions we visited namely Gurgaon in the North, Hyderabad, Bidar and Bangalore in the south. It was a maiden trip for our little girl who celebrated her 1st Birthday in India with all her dear relatives and we managed to capture most of our vacations in pictures...
To start with Gurgaon who the caby mentioned is the new Japan of India..I met my very dear and Old friend who i knew during my School days. We had a great time with his family and spent lot of time in the ever so crowded mals of the new metros of India...

My wife's home town Bidar is a very historic place and it was great to get back there as things are pretty much the same there and I love the atmosphere there..kids had a rocking time playing in the water tub and also the Birthday party we had for my little one was not less than a wedding you have here in Finland :-)


Finally we docked on to the IT capital of India ie Bangalore and met lots of our relatives and few of our friends though we missed meeting lots of my friends as kids were suffering form flu and fever...since it was a re-uniting of family it was good being home with Dad Mum and my little Sister with her little bundle of joy who had traveled all the way from Melbourne to have sort of family re-union minus my brother-in-law who could not make it as he had no holidays...


Finally, I have put together some picture which I thought were pretty amazing and which captured our holidays and the mood of India which we so cherish and enjoyed...


I would like to thank all my friends and relatives who made this holiday ever so wonderful and I am sure we will have many more fun filled holidays in future...

This is Deepak reporting to you live from Helsinki :D