Aloha Bumi Matha

I was born on the 15th of July at 11.37 p.m. Amma had exactly 24 hours of labour, but gosh, I was more exhausted after all the work I did.


When I came squealing out, the doctor who delivered me, Dr Fong, showed me to Amma. The nurses took me away to clean me and then Amma nursed me. I don’t have much recollection of what happened after that because I think I must have fallen asleep. Appa said he held me in his arms and whispered “Om Nama Shivaya” in my ears three times. Then I was bathed and wrapped and I spent my first night outside the comfort of Amma’s womb sleeping by her side in a glass cot.

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Next morning, I was still sleeping, but then I was rudely awakened by a nurse who jabbed me with a sharp object. I cried, but fell asleep again because I guess when you’re tiny, sleep prevails even pain =). Amma and I were discharged after the pediatrician checked me. I remember her comments, “He’s fast asleep.”
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I came home to my Ammama’s house in a red suit that Appa bought for me. The suit will only fit me perfectly only when I was about 5 weeks old, so when Amma put it on me when I was hardly a day’s old, I was floating in it. I slept in the car, naturally, on the way to Ammama’s house. Appa’s car is a big, big, black car.

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Amma said I slept a lot the first two days. In fact I was sleeping through all my feeds and I was very grumpy when I was awakened to feed. I was bathed once a day, and then they smoked me over sambrani. I knew I smelled good because everyone kept sniffing my hair.

Oh, did I mention that I was born with a head full of hair! The first hair was curly, according to Amma. People who came to see me would ask Appa if I was delivered through vacuum because I had a longish head. Appa bought me a baby rocker to shape my head again, and I loved sleeping in the rocker.

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Over the next 60 days, Amma and Appa came to learn that I had inherited Amma’s short-temperedness and Appa’s impatience. Amma said that I would drink noisily after wailing long and hard whenever I was hungry. Hey, what’s a baby to? I need milk when I need milk!

Life in Ammama’s house was bliss. Whenever I was sleepy, Ammama would rock me and so would Tata. Ammama was always singing incomprehensible songs to me, but Tata’s one song was a lot of “dodododo” in the Jingle Bells tune! Then there was my Nithi Mama and my Loshini Chinnama who adore me.

Bless me because Ammama said I was the Prince. And I was the new Appu……..

muahahahaha Mama........your Appu days are OVER!

May we present to you......Sakkti Velan

To my darling first born,

This site, Colossal Adventures by Sakkti Velan is especially dedicated to you, so that you will know how you grew, and your childhood will forever remain in Amma's and Appa's hearts.

We'll record your my everyday adventures. I guess since you're soooo small (or tiny even!), every thing you do is COLOSSAL to Amma and Appa. Hence the name of the blogpage, Colossal Adventures.

Welcome to the family, son.