Funny pictures, fond memories

When it came to emails for Akshay, it was strictly fun and fun only. I would send these funny pictures to Akshay and he would love them. I remember what he said on a visit to Hyderabad, "Have you got some more of those funny pictures, you have so many of them. I want them." Posted here are a few that Akshay loved. This is to mark his ninth month.

Touch down on Mars

Curiosity has been sending curious pictures from Bradbury Landing on Mars. These are being interpreted in even more curious ways by scientists. Akshay would have found this amusing. One of his dreams was to be an astronomer and strangely enough he had written a poem on Mars a year back. He would use Arial Black for his poems and use Word art for the title and his name at the bottom.

Mars 

Mars is such a rocky planet.

If there were aliens on Mars

I would make friends with them

and claim Mars for Canada.

Americans will come and see

that Canada has already claimed

Mars.

On the way home

Eight months have passed. On the way back from school one day Akshay took some pictures of the Bahrain skyline.

Mother's Special

Akshay's school essay on his mother

     

My Loving Mom

 Every day when I come home from school, my mom gives me a big hug and there is always a surprise waiting for me. My mom has brown hair, black eyes and wears specks. She acts confidently and intelligently in any situation. She is friendly and greets everybody with a smile. She is fun loving too and we have a great time together.

      My mom speaks confidently and clearly all the time. She can give a speech in front of a huge audience too!! She speaks cheerfully too and everybody loves to listen to her. One day there was a surprise waiting for me which was better than anything in the world; there was a white, fluffy dog waiting for me. I love my mom and I hope when I grow up I will be close to her as much as I am close to her now.

Bon petit

Akshay would have finished his grade five this summer. We have seen his score keeping skills in games and sports. He displayed the same interest in studies and kept close track of his academic progress in the Excel sheet progress card with remarks like - same , progress, decrease.
He was particularly good at mental math and French.

Feels like yesterday

Feels like yesterday...it's already six months

Akshay's birth star was Dhanishta.They say this star is governed by Vasu, the God of the Flute. This star is known to bring symphony into the lives of others. He sure did bring a lot of music into all our lives. But his song was gone before we could learn the tune.

He used to be shy as a small child of about four or five. We would go to receive him at the Begumpet airport. On spotting us he would make eye contact and smile sweetly and hide behind his mother with his head down. That was only briefly till he was scooped up into our arms and hugged and kissed.

Dhanishta borns are known to have an inherent musical ability and athletic skills. We all have seen his skill in Taekwondo and heard him play Beethoven.

 On his holiday in India he would love spending time at home, busy with his Gameboy, the cartoons and sports channels. He loved Nanima's 'shakkar paras'. On a visit in 2010, Nanima had made a special 'Tricolour' paratha for him.
He was a confident child, mature beyond his age. You can see it in his eyes.

A cosy room

Akshay's room in his Bahrain home, where a few of his friends gathered to remember him