Aren's blog... a few wee posts of a big seven-year-old

Check this out! Cool Indian head massage... for a five-year-old (and some laughs too)

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Chaos... at a sixth birthday

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Strumming on the guitar...

2010-11-07T21:54:00.002+05:30

I am a lobster!

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Kids TV: The rocket science of learning cycling

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Software for kids... tutorial from Aren

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Aren, at 6, learning to read

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Tux Math... with Aren (5) and Riza (9)

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Aren is five...

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Tux Math... from a five-year-old (sometimes impatient) teacher

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Aren and Maths ... and a gazillion distractions

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The secrets of drawing....

2010-11-07T20:57:00.004+05:30

My first drawing was not so good. My second drawing was little better. My third drawing, I improved.

Now I like drawing because I'm used it, and it comes out really nice.

My favourite things to draw are volcanoes, outer space, faces (cartoon faces I mean), cars and buses. Of all the drawings I like to draw cartoon faces the best. I like drawing cartoon faces because they are funny.

First I didn't know that shading the drawing would make it look better. Now, sometimes, I shade it. My grandfather told me that if I shade it, the drawing would look better.

My favourite colours are sunset orange and red, and yellow, black and brown. Purple too. I like using pencil colours, because they come light and it looks a little better. It takes a long time to colour a big drawing, but when the drawing is small it's easier.

When a drawing is coloured, it looks much better.

Pygmy blue whales...

2010-10-01T21:44:00.003+05:30

This is the first time I saw a photo of a pygmy blue whale. I saw it on the Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a website that gives you free information about anything you want to search out. Wikipedia allows you to use their photos on your blog, etc.

I like whales because they are beautiful and huge, and they are very big.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_blue_whale

Origami animals

2010-09-29T21:25:00.002+05:30

Today, I brought home three friends, and I thought them origami. I taught them how to make an animal face. My friends are Yash, Vaman and Raj.

Origami is my favourite hobby.

Origami (折り紙^?, from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper") is the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD and was popularized in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form. The goal of this art is to transform a flat sheet of material into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques, and as such the use of cuts or glue are not considered to be origami. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origami

Military planes

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How the volcano works

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How the volcano works

A plane

2009-11-29T20:12:00.002+05:30

This is a military air-force plane. It goes really fast. I like my drawing.

I did it nicely, by looking at my book Transportation. In my collection, I have 6 toy planes.

I like planes because they can fly. They can fly because they have powerful motor (engine) and they have wings.

This is a leaf

2009-11-29T20:07:00.002+05:30

This is a leaf. L-e-a-f. It is a tracing.

You take a leaf, and you put it underneath the paper. And then just s-h-a-d-e it.

And, it's ready!

And, I like it!

And it's really g-o-o-d.

I learnt how to do this from my class. Miss Abeenia taught me how to do it.

Roman numbers

2009-11-29T14:05:00.004+05:30

Eaoooya. Roman numbers are too difficult. But I like them.

There are Arabic numbers and there are Roman numbers. India has given the world zero number. India is famous because it gave the number zero. And zero plus zero is how-much?

In the Roman number system, I is one, II is two, and III is three.

IV is four, because it is one less than V (five). V is five. VI is six (one more than five). VII is seven. VIII is eight. IX (one less than ten) is nine. X is ten.

Now we'll go further: XI is eleven. XX is twenty. XXX is thirty. XL is forty. L is fifty. LX is sixty. LXX is seventy. XC is ninty. And C is hundred.

Now we'll carry on to two hundred, and three hundred, four hundred and five hundred: two hundred is CC, three hundred is CCC, four hundred is CD, and five hundred is D.

Six hundred is DC. Seven hundred is DCC. Eight hundred is DCCC. Nine hundred is MC. One thousand is M. One thousand one hundred (eleven hundred) is MC. Fourteen hundred is MCD. Fifteen hundred is MD.

Sixteen hundred is MDC. Sixteen hundred six hundred sixty-six is MDCLXVI. And eighteen hundred eight hundred and eighty-eight is MDCCCLXXXVIII.

I like these numbers. Because they are n-i-c-e!

About a scenery

2009-11-29T13:59:00.002+05:30

There are many birds (here) and there are also many mountaints. (The sun) is setting, and this all is the reflection of the sun in the water. There is a coconut tree, and a boat.

I saw such a picture in the school, painted by someone from the second standard.

In Goa, there are a lot of coconut trees and hills, I like the coconut trees because they give us water and shade. I know an uncle who is writing a book about coconut craft and it will be released in 2009 (I don't know which month).

Showing (off) my cars

2009-11-26T19:38:00.000+05:30

These are my photos when I went to the Museum of Christian Art. I went because I wanted to show my cars. They called me. I had a nice time.

Some other children were showing their Ben10 things and their cars. Coin-collections and key-chains. It was a Young Collectors' Day.

About a helicopter and a motorcycle

2009-11-26T19:20:00.000+05:30

It is about a two different drawings, about a motorcycle and a helicopter. I was sitting down, and I drew it today evening (Nov 26, 2009 or 26.11.2009) and I am very happy about my helicopter.

This evening, I saw a parashute gliding (paragliding) in the sky. And then it was really amazing. I wanted to see it again, but I didn't see it. I called my grandpa, to tell him that it was there, but he didn't see it. He only heard it.

About my 69 cars

2009-10-15T16:35:00.000+05:30

I have many cars
They come out of my ears
And none of them are Riza's

I have no fears
And no any tears
For when I lose any
I just find 'em

Written with help from Dada, Riza, Mama.

A drawing... from a teacher

2009-07-21T14:16:00.001+05:30

Match-box? Like Hot Wheels?

2009-05-22T03:41:00.002+05:30

Aren went for a longish, Std I interview for admission to school. There, he was asked about the price of a matchbox (to do a simple math sum).

"Matchbox? Is that like Hot Wheels?" he asked!

PS: He's also very much caught up with the Pterodactyl these days.

Blue-whales, volcanoes...

2009-05-22T03:36:00.001+05:30

... and other things that keep me busy these days. Drawing by Aren, May 2009.

Aren, by Riza 2008... or 2009

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Look here, boy!

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Oh, that's how a film is made!

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With Riza (right). Circa 2007-8.

Houses... and the building

2008-10-05T02:02:00.001+05:30

"Look at those houses popping out of the building," Aren on seeing an ugly cement construction at Porvorim, Oct 2008.

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October 2008

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Aren's drawings... 2008

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All subs went together ... by Aren

2008-03-30T00:24:00.001+05:30

Obviously influenced by the submarine game from Gcompris. "Grandpa told me the spellings."

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My sister's poem

2008-01-22T12:58:00.000+05:30

This is a good, beautiful picture. It is... I don't know. Hills I could see. Sun. Trees. Ducks. Then, one duck swimming in a small pool. Two. Two girls. Birds. Two. I cannot read the beautiful poem. I don't know why.

Me and Riza...

2007-11-06T14:02:00.001+05:30

Because she's not brushing her teeth. Yes (I brush). I said "Don't take of me". Now let me take of you and show everyone. Never (I don't like this photo).

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For a kid who is 4 today

2007-08-11T17:13:00.001+05:30

Darling Aren, Birthday balloons,
birthday cake and song,
presents, too...
Lots of birthday wishes
for a special 4 year old kid...
That is you! Aren!
Have a Terrific
Birthday!!

And
Lots of fun with Riza and your dad, mom, grandpa and nana.
Love from Grandmee and U JOcelyn

10th August 2007

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In June, July...

2007-07-23T14:52:00.001+05:30

My birthday is coming (in July, July). August my birthday is coming. August 10 my birthday is coming from. I will cut the cake and blow the candles, and I will give pieces of cake for everyone to each. And then, do you know what surprise I'll get? I want a crane-toy for my birthday.

Nothing else... I'll call Riza. And I'll call.... hmmmmmmmm, I can't say properly. I'll call Abby, then Riza, then Heidi, then Saachi I'll call, then I'll call Simmi and Simron (they're twins), and then nobody else...

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Money box

2007-07-23T14:48:00.001+05:30

FIrst I made a hole and then I put the money in, and then it was ready, and I showed Grandpa. He didn't say anything, he kept quiet, when he was sitting on the red bench.

Then I went to Nana's room and I showed her, and she saw, and then she also saw it.

Afters I took it out and made it into a moneybox. Not again, not again....

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I'm eating

2007-07-04T17:52:00.001+05:30

Chitos. Mmmm. Yes, I like Cheetos. Because butter is in it. Because they made it out of butter... see. Butter h ere. It's junk food. Good for health. It's good for health I'm telling you. It's good for health. Because really. Yes, I know how to spell Cheetos. B-i-l-e... Why you're keeping my Cheetos packet for a long time inside there (in the scanner)? All the crumbs will come inside there. Yes.

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Me

2007-06-15T22:11:00.001+05:30

I am there. When I was a baby.

I was to look small.

I was to wear nappy.

My face look small.

I used to go to dada.

I was to sleep when I was a baby.

Dada took a photo.

He kept them on the computer.

Now we are putting it on the blog.

Everybody wants to see it.

Nothing else.

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I don't know...

2007-06-15T22:07:00.001+05:30

In the picture, there is grandpa there, there is me there ... and the avocados. And the tiles. And the coconut tree branch. And the table. And the avocado tree.

Then all the other flower tree is there. Gauva tree. Mango tree. Chikoo tree. What other fruits we have, dada? We have ... eh... badam tree. And then we have the avocado tree.

It's too heavy; avocados fall down in the mud.

Grandpa's slippers always come out. He take them out to wash his feet in the dirty mud water. In the rain water. I also do that. He takes a dip. One dip.

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I coloured the crab a black colour ...

2007-06-15T20:38:00.001+05:30

Next one, I coloured the sea-horse red colour, and I coloured the sea-horse different colours. Riza helped me and showed, then I drawed the fish.

Blue. And so then I put some of the colours, and then I put no other colours.

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I was putting the same colour what I did...

2007-06-15T20:36:00.001+05:30

And so then, I coloured the bag also red. This is my new water bottle. Here.

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Look up, boy!

2006-10-03T16:16:00.000+05:30

Look up, boy!
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They are in the basket? Where they are?

Why?

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Why you didn't put me in the other boat, afterwards, which is going? Why when the boat is in the water it rocks like this? Yeah... You tell. You teeeellll!

My friends...

2006-08-16T14:00:00.000+05:30

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Nora, Sachi, Aren... aaaaahhh!

My birthday

2006-08-16T13:58:00.000+05:30

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Thomas the Engine... ah ha, upside down?

What's a truck?

2006-06-19T01:10:00.001+05:30

Do you think the convent is a truck? Do you think a colddrink is a truck? (Comparing various concepts with a 'truck'...)

The Club road...

2006-06-19T01:10:00.000+05:30

The Club road makes you go to the church. (While pointing out which direction he would like to take a cycleride on, June 18, 2006.)

My money...

2006-06-18T17:42:00.000+05:30

Granpa gave me money. Too much. Nobody (else) gave me money. I'm putting it inside the tractor. I want to buy... I want to buy... some bubble gum. Some bubble gum and a cycle bell.

We and we... on a rainy night

2006-05-31T22:52:00.000+05:30

How we will cover we, and how we will cover the dog also? (Aren, worried about how the dog Banshi aka Bashin will come with him and Dada for a walk on a rainy night, with all sharing a single umbrella.) She (the dog) can't carry an umbrella. She doesn't have any hands.

Poem

2006-05-26T02:06:00.000+05:30

Me no deaf, me no dumb,
I take nappie off my bumb

My sister

2006-04-14T14:44:00.000+05:30

Riza. Not Reeza, Ri-zah!

My pussycat

2006-03-04T22:41:00.001+05:30

Tell her name. Spotty. And Tigger. Mama write. I beat them and play with them, and squeeze them. I'm a naught boy but. They don't like me.

My school

2006-03-04T22:40:00.000+05:30

Teacher Cherrie's schools. Riza's school. Nana's school also. Money also.