Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The academic year starteth

Jun has started his UKG in the fourth school of his academic life till date. I suspect he thinks it is normal for everybody to move schools every six months.

Since we wanted him to go to a regular school and not an 'international' one as is the latest fad here in hyd, we smartly ended up putting him in a very reputed school that is ONLY about ten kilometers away!!! The School Bus takes more than an hour for a drive which is only twenty minutes so guess who gets to drive all those ten km back and forth twice a day for five days a week?? HA!

The good part is that since school starts a little early, and the roads are so beautiful, i love the whole experience. No sign of the infamous hyd traffic in this time zone...whooopeee. So the pick up is not so smooth but am managing. For now.

It is inevitable that we move closer to the school so i have blind dates with exciting brokers along the following lines : " pl come to x place at x time" At the designated time and place, my phone rings and i look around to see atleast five people have their phones near their ears and are looking around. So now, i very explicitly take my phone out and look around. Our eyes meet and a nod and i know - HE is the one!!

The HE(s) will invariably speak to me in hindi and then i enjoy watching their jaws drop as i respond in almost proper telugu. Cheap thrills, so what.

Jun still limps around but that doesn't stop him from doing anything. He still fakes illness when its time to go to school. Some day soon, he will figure out that maddy and i have been there, done dat. As of now, we have resorted to tried and tested bribery and corruption. As we suspected, it still works. Some shop is going to sell one of its remote controlled cars this weekend.

Money cant buy you love? Maybe, but it sure can send a weepy kid to school with a smile!! Who wants love when you can have relief!!! ;)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

LOL! Again, a lovely lovely post. So do you catch up on music or books during your 10-km-drives?

Zak said...

Ah, an update. I was a step away from saying I had my boxers for sale too after the last post brought in a long period of silence !
Ok. Sorry.

Good on you for enjoying the mundane with such gusto. That is what life is about ain't it?

Ok. Pop psychology aside.. What are some reputable schools near Madhapur in Hyd? This is for a friend who has a young daughter. And what is the kind of donation required for LKG? Much appreciated!!

-Zak

Arch said...

writer...i do the driving!! :) :)

zak - am not very familiar with madhapur myself but meridian, chirec, bhavans, jubilee hills public school, oakridge...i think are situated around there. Donation/Admission fees/ Building Fund etc...would be anywhere from Rs 15k to 4 or 7 lakhs apparently!!

Zak said...

hey thanks Arch! :)