I haven’t shaved for a month now and have a thick beard. It’s not the sexiest of sights; I don’t want to shave it either. It keeps reminding me of what I have grown up into. Notice the choice of words.
I was browsing through some of the old family snaps, and I can’t believe, it was me. I had a stuffed dog when I was a year old. It was called ‘assa nai’ (pee dog in English). Yeah, it was a cute pink dog without a nose, one eye and a half eaten ear. Pee dog also served as an emergency download service, hence the name. I miss him.
Me and with aunty and the pee dog
I was a milk freak. Whenever my mom tried to put me to sleep, I would always go, ‘paal kuduchuttu toongaporen’ (I’ll go to sleep after drinking milk). Mom soon became smart, and all I got when I asked for milk was water flavored with milk. I mean one should not have 5 liters of milk in a day in any case.
I was very fond of eating raw vegetables. I used to pull out all the vegetables and nibble on them to no end. You could call me a pure vegetarian then. Now, I’ll eat anything that moves or used to move. Here’s a photo for proof – I was vegetarian once.
Eating vegetables. (Proof)
As a kid I was also good at poetry. I was 3 years old then. Listen to this.
chanda mama paalu,
Chanda mama paten,
Bayande ponnne,
Nanna irruke
Which translates to
Oh! Look at the moon,
Yeah! I saw the moon,
I got very scared
I’m ok, I was spared.
I was a talker. I used to talk for hours with my uncle. After a while my throat would go all dry and I would need some water. I would tell my uncle – “You keep talking, I’ll be right back after having some water”. My poor uncle would have no option, not even to run or hide.
I liked to mop and sweep the floor as a kid. I would end up using all the washed clothes including towels to make the floor shine. We had a maid servant but I was a weird kid.
Have you noticed some of the newly borns these days. I feel so sorry for them when I look at the things they wear. One little girl, perhaps not more than 2 years old (and not too fair) was wearing this bright pink dress. But nothing comes close to the boy who was wearing a shirt with mirrors and his elastic trousers read: ‘Mummy’s Boy’.
I look at myself in the mirror now, and ask myself: What the heck went wrong!
When I look at my childhood snaps, I am so grateful to my parents. I still wear mostly blue or white.
I remember my brother used to read a lot of comics. He would often laugh out loud. I was two years old then and all I could understand was that you’re supposed to laugh at comics. So when my brother was not around, I would be flipping pages and laughing out loud. I just thought it was cool. My brother soon caught me and the story is still a legend in the household. I still feel weird when I read comics; I just make sure I laugh genuinely.
We were all cute and innocent once, and then biological clock just goes wild. They say, there’s a kid in every one of us. I only wonder who put it inside us in the first place? Once in a while we should all let go and stop acting like adults! So what’s yours story?
ur post makes me nostalgic about my childhood …….
i remember me, my bro and my dad playing cricket together……….it was fun……….
Nice post da.
Something everyone can relate to.
Awwwwwwww!!!
Nice one Vinni…unexpected specially after the last post… he hehe
Well its really sweet n u look so damn cute in the pics… Childhood no doubt is the very best time of our lives… Wish I could stay that ways for the rest of my life… no tension, no pretence, no inhibtions, no prejudices, nthing at all
Once again, lovely post
U r making my day nostalgic..Good innocent childhood..paradise lost
Very very sweet
…really enjoyed reading this one and remembering my childhood too. The pics are even more fun!
@divkiran, u just wait. angel is going to strike back very soon! oh then there will be fireworks!
So after getting us to bash his MCP fundas, Vinni wants us to go Awww..
So here you have it Awwwwwwwwwwwwww….
But how come no stories about your gullibility? 
I heard you had loads of it. But seriously speaking, really made me nostalgic. And you dont worry about losing your childhood.. As they say, boys will always be boys. 
Interesting to see Vinni the Vegetarian, who used his stuffed dog as a porta-potty
Well.. u had a thing for dogs from then..
they have been a constant companions.. well stuffed or real ones..
i liked ur expression in the first pic..
so cute
Oh i so wish that I could post a similar post… but I dont have the snaps with me right now…:-(
You are the only one who would believe me apart from my ex girl friend that I also used to be a cute kid.
Awww.. I had an imaginary playmate called Moti! Loved her..
haven’t spoken to her some years now. Miss her sometimes
Damn cute pics… u are a really weird kid…
pee dog!!!! mannnnnn!!!
keep tat veggie foto for the rest of your life.. u ain’t gonna get another one ever!! [:P]
I noticed, you almost always had something in your mouth.
Nice post mate!
it’s like the perfect antidote after the ivy poison..
neverthless, the pictures are so darn cute, that one forgets what an mcp you were in ya earlier post- where did this lil’ kid with a piss-dawg run away while writing the last post
;)
i used to monkey around with a monkey as a kid- the first guy who slept with me
he still lives in my room in oman.. i guess ma dad, who is in oman even today, looks at him, when he thinks of me 
veggie wen ya were young, now ya eat nethyn thta ‘used to move’ haaaaa..we’re in the same league man!!
a full-GROWN beard reminds ya of what ya’ve GROWN into..
the razor is at ya disposal, ya can still shave yarself clean off things; just the same way, things are in our hands, what we grow in2 is wat we choose ourselves to grow into..
@poli: you have not heard the last of me yet. i used to hate ur guts then, i hate it still! i shall strike back with vengeance!
thanks u guys!
even smarter!
such an interesting post.. we were really “cute” as children, though! heeheehe
become pretty much monsters now!
i was less than 3 yrs and mumma says that i used to grab my sister’s school text book and start screaming “ablaaabaaablaa erahtuwjhjf” proving to everyone that i was able to read english too!! .. such a kiddo!
Absolutely love your site! I bumped into it by mistake, and boy am I glad !!
This post is filled with honesty and innocence… I like the way u write, even admire it!
Count me in as a regular!
We were all cute and innocent once, and then biological clock just goes wild.
and that was a nalla poem.
Hope the Kavigan in u is still there
Me going nostalgic
I’m all teary-eyed. Thanks to this post. I remember, as a kid I kept weird names for my body parts. For example:
Earlobe: Moon-moon
Tummy: Haaye haaye
Water: Pum-pum
and the funniest was,
Nipples: Tick-tick
(Came across your blog by chance. Very nice one. Kabhi aana tum meri gully
)
Hey Vinni,
I liked the last picture the most. Some of my fondest memories of me when I was a child “I used to bump into anybody’s wedding in our locality” Wud roam around and savor icecream and wud come back home happily. Mind it I never got caught! I was a confident child you c;)
Where is this kid….
who used to drink only milk,
who used to like eating raw vegetables
Can u find him for me ?
bhavya, u have to find him. I am only trying to rediscover myself.