Past two days...

Here I am, this is me
There's no place else on earth that i wanna be!!

Well there are places on earth that I sure wanna grace with my presence, but I just wanted to give a melodramatic comeback to posting after a considerably long time. Exams were not the reason for this temporary farce in posts. I just did not feel like blogging because of the following reasons.

• I was totally involved in my mini project.
• Got three awesome books to read.
• Hung out at ARC
• Played counterstrike
• Saw a movie.
• Watched F.R.I.E.N.D.S
• Saw another movie[:P]
• Sat simply and stared at the wall.
• Listened to a few songs which I recently downloaded using my "suddenly-OMG-turbocharged" Limewire.
• Ate extremely exquisite food in the past two days.

And that is why I start off about the past two days. The rest later, after some time. At the most this farce will continue till december 22nd.

Sunday the 1oth of december, 2006

Woke up late after a long time. Man, it sure did feel great to get the pleasure of getting up late after more than two weeks. I woke up and applied oil to my hair. Something which I usually don't do. After a nice warm bath (which I took time taking), I settled down to check how much "THe godfather" had finished downloading. 100 %. Excellent news. That meant I had another movie to watch!! Then my dad asked " Patti aathukku polama da?? Or is your highness busy??"
I, also equally sarcastic, replied" Hmmm...let me see...." and let it hang. Thus it started. The trip to my grandmother's house. I took my pen drive which had a few songs in it with me. After all the his and how-are - yous and the much awaited grandson-grandpa talk, I was invited to play cricket by my cousins.

The wily critters had half-early exams the next day. But that did not stop them from playing. Neither did they allow their mom and dad stop them. The game was called " INDOOR SPONGE BALL CRICKET". Little did I know that they were masters of this very little known game. However, Neophite's serendipity (for everyone except the dictionary nithya....this means beginner's luck) was by my side. First match saw me score a mammoth 78 with 5 sixes and 12 fours. But..er... the boundary was just 25 feet away from me. Nevertheless, That was the high score. I won the first match. I was beginning to feel at home with this. It all came crashing down. I just won another match after that. The rest either of the two won. tut tut!!. If you think I suck at it, you try playing with them.

That evening somehow my mom and her sister thought of cooking up something special for all of us. Cool. They finally settled on, or were made to settle on, fried rice and pulao. It was then that the two guys started to study and I indulged myself in some music and preparing the project report. After some time dinner was served. Delightful affair! my dad also decided to chip in. he made wonderful "thavala vadai"...You wanna know more ask him, not me! After that dinner I thought I could never be more sated after a meal. I was wrong, wasn't I?...Yea, I was. After watching th arsenal and chelsea match, I was happy it ended in a draw and grabbed some shut eye


Monday the 11th of December, 2006

The day dawned. A momentous day in the offing. The 23rd wedding anniversary of my mom and dad. I was made to get up really early. I mean really early. 5 AM. We were supposed to go to "then thirupathi". We started our journey by 5 30 AM. We reached there after a long ride peppered with talks about " All these years". I love these talks. Finally I was about to meet THE ONE. The only person whose existence I refuse to believe. Wait. Refuse is a tad strong. I'd rephrase that "The only person whose existence I choose not to believe." This time we were within one and a half meters of Him. I could not stop myself from being awed by the elaborate decorations. Faith is costly! He seemed to radiate such power. "It was a good darshan. Not every day do you get to see Him at this distance" said my mom. After that and a good long talk with our friend who worked there, we were about to leave. The gentleman asked if we could drop his daughter off at gandhipuram. From what he said we gathered she was in psg arts doing her second year. I dunno why brahmin girls seem to be so beautiful. She was nice company too. After dropping her off, we went to one of my favorite places in coimbatore--> ALANKAR GRANDE for the anniversary breakfast! It was a buffet. I was wearing black trousers and white slacks that day. So it was not unimaginable to be mistaken for a waiter. It happened when I went for my third serving. I piled up two slices of bread on my plate and two blobs of different flavoured jam on the little plate. Suddenly a cute northy girl walked up and asked,"Can you give me two slices too??". I stopped myself from laughing just in time to answer,"Well, I could, but unfortunately I'm not the waiter". She was flushed and muttered a few hurried sorries before leaving. Another old lady(Think it was her mom) came up and asked me where the plates were. I saved her the embarrassment and showed her the way.

After that fiasco, I went and narrated it to my mom who burst laughing. So much for the elegant white shirt! After some chit chat and a lot of eating, including a few new stuff my dad gave me, we were through. This is what I had.

• Two slices of French toast
• 4 pieces of omelette
• Three slices of bread-->one each with honey, mixed jam, and orange marmalade
• A single podi dosa
• A cube of butter
• A few pieces of papaya
• And a sip of grape essence

That was how hungry we were. Then we came home and I finished my report on the project. Then we all had a nice long chat with my brother in USA. He had waited up till 1 30 AM (for him) just to wish mom and dad. Great guy!!Mom and dad cooked up the lunch which was also special because it was typically south indian and was liked by all of us. On the menu was "Keerai koottu, All veggie sambar, And appalams".

While that was getting ready, I called up my good friend and sister(Sob Sob...senti..:P)Niveditha to wish her on her birthday. The lazy girl had woken up at 11 30 AM for crying out loud. Her dad was on the way there. She had felt lonely for the past few days, it seems. Poor thing!!! So I hung up after some time assured of a treat on or after December 22!! Then at 3 we again went out to my granny's for their aashirwad on the Marriage day. After that and kicking the opponent's ass a long way, in stage 11 of WORMS FORT WORLD WAR on my cousin sisters W550 i, we returned home. On the way we got a few sweets to distribute to colleagues and other people.

Evening somehow got hectic. I suddenly got to know that the report had to have a bona fide page. I hadn't done that. And I hadn't taken a print out. So I went out, did all the necessary stuff then marveled at how the snapshots had turned out.I made a makeshift game manual from it. I turned out pretty well. I tried out the game with the new cheat codes and it worked like a charm!!. I called it quits for the day at 10 and turned in.

Nice day it turned out to be. It would be fun if the entire world were a family. everyday would be someone's birthday or wedding day. But naah. That would be too monotonous and what's the fun in that? What makes these days special is that they come but once a year. 23 years of marriage gone by like dust a wind(I'm listening to Scorpions' Dust in the wind now). But this dust somehow has etched itself on the stones. 18 years have breezed by after being born, and she faces her first semester!!. Man i can't wait for march 20!!. Life does rock, doesn't it???

I leave you with these words of Scorpions resounding in my head.

Dust In The Wind

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone.
All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity.
Dust in the Wind.
All they are is dust in the wind.

Same old song.
Just a drop of water in an endless sea.
All we do crumbles to the ground.
Though we refuse to see.
Dust in the wind. All we are is dust in the wind.

Now don't hang on, nothing lasts forever except the earth and sky.
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.
Dust in the wind.
All we are is dust in the wind.
Dust in the wind.
Everything is dust in the wind.
In the wind.