Sunday, September 21, 2014

My first Half Haircut

After my first birthday, my elders decided to take away all my hair - my first Full Haircut.
Today, my amma took me to my first Half Haircut. After I came back, I had an interview with my appa.



<In thamizh mostly>
Appa:           Madhura, enga ponai? (Where did you go?)
Madhura:   muDi cut paNNa ponen (Went for a hair cut)
Appa:           kaDai pEru enna? (What is the name of the shop?)
Madhura:   <after some thinking.. and with a tinkle in her eye indicating she is making something up>  Mysore!
Appa:           yaaru veTTinaa? (Who cut?)
Madhura:   yedho oru girl (some girl)
Appa:           girl-a? unna maadhiri oru chinna poNNaa? (girl? a small one like you?)
Madhura:   appa, naa big girl; ava ennoda big (I am a big girl. She was bigger than me)
Appa:           enna paNNinaa? (What did she do?)
Madhura:   ava kathiri vecchu cut paNNinaa.. naa "calm"aa irundhen.. (She did the cutting with scissors, and I sat calmly)
Appa:           "calm"naa enna madhura? (What is "calm?")
Madhura:   (with lots of action) appaDiye silent-aa okaaNDen.. naa satthame poDalai (Made no noise)
Appa:           Evalo paisa kuDuthai (How much did you pay?)
Madhura:   5
Appa:           5 enna? (5 of what?)
Madhura:   5 dhaan.. amma kuDuthaa (Just 5. Amma gave)
Appa:           5 Rupees-aa? nee yen kuDukkalai? (Why did you not give?)
Madhura:   naa periyavaalaa? periyaavalukku dhaan paisa irukkum (Am I an elder? Only they have money)
Appa:           onakku eppo paisa varum? (When will you get money?)
Madhura:   enakku paisave varaadhu. neeyum ammavum dhaan enakku kuDuppel (I will never get money. Mom and you will give me. no?)

...and they lived happily ever after :)

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for sharing this.. I am looking forward to seeing her..

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