Kingdom 38!

There is no place on the planet
That is as beautiful and as great
It's Kingdom 38, it's Kingdom 38
It's Kingdom 38, it's Kingdom 38!

In our kingdom there is no theft
Whether you look right or you look left
In our kingdom there are no cops
In our kingdom there are no locks on shops!



Those are lyrics of the first-ever song composed (but not yet recorded) by Aditya. 

This happened over the last weekend when we sat in Aditya's room with him on the guitar and me with a pen and paper.


Oh, what is Kingdom 38?  It is the first ever movie he is thinking of making when he grows up.  It has the king and the prince of Kingdom 38 waging a war against the king and the prince of Kingdom 43, and eventually winning it. 

The war is over "who should the princess of Kingdom 38 marry?" 

The prince of kingdom 43 wants to marry her.  But Kingdom 38 folks (including the princess) want her to marry some poor prince from a kingdom with a number smaller than 10!

Bollywood, hold your breath!  Aditya is coming!!!

One day... he will go to "basketball classes"!

It’s Tuesday.  I pick up my daughter from school at 2pm.  I bring her home.  She grabs a banana for a snack.  She asks me, “What else can I eat?” I give her two blocks of cheese and some chiwda.  She finishes it while I finish my perfectly hot cup of tea. She prepares her water bottle while I use the restroom.  Together, we leave for basketball class.

She is one of the first few kids to get there.  She starts practicing the hoops.  She proudly tells the coach she got 6 hoops.  The coach celebrates her and asks her to keep going. 

Slowly the other kids start coming in.  Realizing that they are shooting the same hoop, she starts taking turns with them.  When it’s too crowded she runs to the other side of the court and shoots the hoop at that end.  After a while she goes and tells the coach she has done 17 hoops.  The coach celebrates her and asks her to keep going.

In a few minutes the class begins.  The coach gets this highly energetic group of 20 or so kids to do lots of different exercises!  She does most of her exercises correctly, some not. But she tries to do all.    She is an average runner.  You could say she is in the 40th percentile.

Soon, the group is divided into two teams.  A friendly contest is setup-- -something like a relay race.  Our group wins!  Our kid runs a little slower, but does not become a liability for the group.

The only problem… there is no wifi here.  So I cannot work while I am watching all this. 

Okay, I made that up.  I do not want to work while watching him… I mean… her… play!

Oops… I gave it away!  But if you stayed with me,  congratulations!

Now find and replace all of the occurrences of ”she” and “her” with “he” and “him”.

You got that right!

It is in fact Aditya who is attending the second session of his first ever basketball class!  No need to pinch me.  I am wide awake, and taking it in:)