{"id":3412,"date":"2015-11-05T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T23:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/?p=3412"},"modified":"2015-11-05T10:58:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T05:28:38","slug":"aasim-is-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/05\/aasim-is-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Aasim is 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--NoAds--><\/p>\n<p>It has been 18 years\u00a0 &#8211; I look back and remember the day when the tiny bundle of joy had finally arrived. Since this wasn&#8217;t a child who cried too much I can&#8217;t say wailing, screaming bundle, but a bundle of joy nevertheless.\u00a0 Although like most new borns, he did keep us awake at night &#8211; when the world slept, and I could barely keep my eyes open, this little one wanted to play. So it wasn&#8217;t a surprise when as a teenager he preferred working\/studying at night instead of day time.<\/p>\n<p>Aasim is 18 today and has stepped into adulthood. While I was going through the pictures to make this photo collage and had no idea how much time I spent doing it,\u00a0 I felt the time was frozen. In Aasim&#8217;s words, when he was ten,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/2007\/10\/05\/aasim-and-his-one-liners\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;the clock was randomly browsing through time&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Happy birthday, betu. 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