Pondering Aloud

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Life with Akshay: A Comedy of Chaos and Cuteness

If there were ever an Olympic sport for mischief, my little guy Akshay would have a gold medal, a sponsorship deal, and probably a few “accidental” rule violations along the way.

From the day he discovered color, my bathroom became his first art gallery. Toilet seats, walls, even himself — nothing escaped his creative streak. Move over Picasso, we have Akshay, the abstract artist of porcelain surfaces!


Then came the day of “Operation Iron Carpet.” Most kids iron clothes. Akshay ironed the carpet. Let’s just say the carpet didn’t survive, and we now have a permanent reminder of his fiery curiosity.

He once decided to “landscape” a friend’s front entrance by tossing dirt everywhere. We still don’t know why, but he seemed very proud of his work. Environmentalist in training, maybe?


His next mission involved emotional damage — to himself. He tore up all his Pokémon cards, probably to test our love. (We still love him. Barely.)

Then there was the Great Credit Card Mystery. Dad’s card went missing, we panicked, cancelled it, and a week later found it… in Akshay’s toy bin. “I just wanted to play shopping,” he said, completely unfazed.


Toys? Oh, he’s broken more than we can count — each one sacrificed with that same cheeky grin that could melt the sternest mom heart.

And just when we thought we’d seen it all, he trashed a working folder in the laptop and permanently deleted it. (RIP, Dad’s patience.)

Walls? He’s scribbled on them. Games? He and his friend once spent $150 online — we’re still recovering from that digital disaster.

Life with Akshay is a whirlwind of noise, naughtiness, and non-stop surprises. Time-outs, no-screen rules, heartfelt lectures — none of it sticks. He forgets, flashes that smile, and the next adventure begins.

And me? I’m caught between wanting to scream and wanting to scoop him up and kiss those mischievous cheeks. Because that’s Akshay — my sweet, naughty tornado. Life would be boring without him.

Thursday, January 05, 2023

My trip to downtown Calgary

My cousin from Sherbrooke came for vacation. We had planned to go to Calgary tower, central library and the Devonian gardens. I stared by getting dropped off entrance. We saw a full panoramic view of the city and mountain range. It felt like the cars were ants and people were specs of dirt. The buildings looked like tall trees. After that we walked to the public library and got books. In the library there was a play area and a place to build Legos. There were 4 floors and I explored all the floors. 

After that went on train to the Devonian gardens in the Core mall. The devonian gardens are indoor gardens full of tropical plants and fish. I saw a big red fish and a small white fish. There were also fruit trees (figs) and flowers from different parts of the world. 

After the devonian gardens we went to Tim Hortans and left to home on the bus. I had a great time and I took lots of pictures. 

Tuesday, August 04, 2020

My Summer Camping Trip!

Hey guys!

This summer I went to Outwest Campgrounds with my friends. This place is close to Banff and is also close to Red Deer. We took Tents from home and our dads set them up for us. Every day we stayed in the same tent and always play games and suddenly sleep off.. we rode the bikes as well. We saw fireworks too.

The first day on the way to Crimson Lake we saw 3 deers that had spotted backs and then we saw a blue dragon fly and it was a big one. We also saw a small, small frog. 

Here my friends and I are exploring...
We went to a petting zoo. We saw a cross of a pony and a zebra and he was called a Zony. Then we saw pigs, goats, lambs, bunnies, donkey, turkey, macaw and llamas. Here is a picture of me petting a Zony and my brother near a llama.

We then hiked down to see Ram falls. The walk down the stairs was pretty steep.

We then drove an hour to go to Crescent falls. This falls had stream where I found cool rocks for my rock collection. 
In this camping I liked the fireworks the best and the fun times with my friends. I want to do more camping next summer.



Thursday, June 18, 2020

My Garden Journal

Here is my Garden Journal. I am growing spinach and lettuce and I planted them the first week on June. Look how much they have grown. In this space I will update my videos and pictures to journal the growth of my plants.





Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Miniature Volvano

The miniature volcano is a prototype of how a normal volcano will look like.


Titan Base

This base is one of the most complicated construction made for war and to secure superheroes. It has 9 superheroes gaurding from the roof. It has 1 trap door, a motivation bike, repeller, slicer, black sword, red sword, 1 electric shock tree, several security cameras and a data hacker. If a person who tries to hack into the superhero's database it will bounce back letting the superheroes know the bad guy's data. The motivation bike is used for anyone that tries to get in super sneakily he will see it and he will do a big tug and everyone will know and they will act like they do not know he is there and when the bad guy gets in the superheroes jump in.













Inside the base I have made a place to cook pancakes and waffles. There are 12 vents in the base. There is an entertainment centre, a gym and a play station. The crystal holder is a holder for any type of crystals. It can handle the power of any type of crystals.

On the floor there is a red button and when you press it on the top 2 diamonds fall right on you. This is to protect the base from bad guys. There is a stair that is lowered down if anyone needs to climb out of the roof.

Walk the plank is used to send people down from the sky to the ground (from pirates). The tall black antenna like thing is the weapon launcher. It is used when bag guys come straight at the base, the weapon launcher moves down hitting 2 lasers, making them shoot towards the bad guys.

If a bad guy thinks the electro shock tree is a normal tree he is wrong. When the bad guy touches the tree he gets electrocuted. The black sword is used to cut black things and the red sword is used to cut red things. 

If a bad guy gets inside the base the Kai's logo will put them up on flames and the Hot Wheels logo will electrocute them. 

 



Saturday, May 02, 2020

Charizard

The Charizard is a pokemon. His type is fire. Charizard has been mistaken as dragons. Charizard has 3 evolves. I made the 2nd evolve. 

Air Hover

The air hover has 4 guns, 2 ultimate weapons, one holder for a bullet and has a blaze of fire at the back. It has a 200 horsepower engine and can go upto 190 km per hour. 

Zane's Ice Mobile

This ice mobile can go on ice, snow and other places too. It is an all terrain bike. It can transform into a surf board, ski board or a hover board. It can do a wheelie and do a spin. It has a strong 191 horsepower engine. The maximum people can be on this bike is 5. 

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

RB8

The RB8 is a flying robot. It does not go on the ground. The RB8 is made from the company called KRE-O. In the back of the flying robot there is a blade that rotates and cuts the wind energy making it go faster. It has 2 lasers at the top and has a big flame of fire at the bottom. The lasers are stored with 50 horse power. 

Rock Monster

Rock Monster is a monster made out of rocks and only rocks. This body is made out of 2 mountains and his eyes are made out of pebbles. His legs are made out of desert rock. Rock Monster is a ferocious creature. It is very rare and heroic. 

RV9 Express

The RV9 Express is an underwater marine vessel. This vessel is a full charged boat that keeps on generating energy from a crystal so it does not need to wait to power up. On the back there is a big claw of the great devour (from Ninjago). It also has a mega fire on the back helping it move very fast on the water. But the fire runs off quickly from the water. The crystal is attached on the great devour tooth with a ball on the end that has a laser strike on the fire tank making it never stop burning. On the sides there are arrows and on the front there is a big trunk.  On the side of the ship there is a small light that lights fire in it saying how fast the waves and water are. There is a big cover on top of the flame making it not burn out. It also has a tiny hole letting the water pressure go through to see the flame to check the pressure. 



The Stone Warrior

The stone warrior is strong enough to defeat 18 dimensions in one pinch on the ground. For that he has a mega shield on this head, laser eyes and a mega crystal on the side of his body that powers him up. He also has a big Gold glove with a sword on top of it. On the other hand he has a lasso. He also has a red leg that has spikes on front and back. 

RV 8 Express

RV8 express is an all terrain jeep. In the back there are 2 holders for any official items. Also all of the back is a big trunk. It has a 2 blade gliders on the top. A blade glider has 3 reasons. The first one is a drone, the second one is a protection shield and the third one slices the things around that try to disrupt the RV8 Express. 

The back of the RV8 Express