Noon Nap!!!

Continuing on my childhood posts.... Just reminded of a small thing I did as a kid..

I guess I was in the 3rd Std... It was a nice Sunday afternoon.. Had a yummy Bisibele anna with papad and other fries (makes me feel... go back home).. I usually never sleep in afternoons.. So was just playing around with my stuff... Dad was watching some match and later went of to sleep...
I sometimes used to go and comb my mom's hair when she sleeps in afternoon... so i thought y not do it for dad!!!

He was also fine with it...I was there with him for 15-20 mins then went off to my room to play with my stuff... Now after some time the calling bell rang. My dad came to open the door.. It was my neighbour. Uncle had come to return some screwdriver or something like that... But as soon as dad opened the door he was laughing....

Now this is what made him laugh... My dad had a pony tail. not even that... it looked like a fountain on his head... then he had a designer bindi on his forehead... and ofcourse lot of powder too.... He did look like a cartoon :)
Well everybody knew it was my mischief, but they also knew that it was a innocent one... So I did not get any scoldings, no spankings... just laughter :)
But yes after this my dad always made it a point to look into the mirror once he wakes up... esp after a noon nap :)

My childhood days

Was reading Prakash's post on how society has changed... And my whole focus went on kids...

Me as a kid... loved to play... and yes i wasnt picky(but somehow tried to avoid carrom).. outdoor indoor, anything would be fine.
How much I used to run around in the hot sun with all my friends( was in Chennai for 4 years)
how much i loved building castles with mud(this was when i used to play alone)

My bro was just few months old.. so couldnt play with him outside.. but yes I remember how much mom used to pester me to wash my hands legs face befoe i could even touch my bro... He was such a darling ( or delicate darling)... ok ok all kids are.. moreover i dint want to paas on germs to my 6-7 months old baby bro... I used to be so careful... I was so scared to touch him...( what if i hurt him)... I still am scared to touch small kids...

Ok now back to the topic...
We always had a group of atleast 4, so we could play so many things... My immediate neighbours and friends, were elder to me...I never called those 2 akka or anna though... they taught me badminton... They never let me lose hope (i have a big starting problem)
We used to play cricket, though she dint like it all other friends had no probs so we used to play... And sometimes we used to play Monopoly ( or business in those times).. We used to sit near the gate and play...Our neighbour aunty used to come n tell us to go inside and sit in shade.... in that case we used to go under a tree or so.. We liked to be outside... Going inside means... anytime moms could say "Study......" and we never liked those words " I still dont like" and dont tell bro also, unless I want to watch my channel **wicked**

Ok I deviated again from the topic and i wrote a lot.... So let me try to write on that topic some other time...

Friends...

Ok... now this is really bad... Past 5 mins I have this page open, trying to type something atleast...

Just remembering about the initial days when we joined the company... we were a big group of 15-16.... We used to have nice fun daily...Even for lunch, all of used to go together and join 3-4 tables in the foodcourt and keep pulling each otherr's leg. Having fun....

Now as time passed by, people have gone far away to places.. Few in India, few in US, few in UK... But distance shouldn't come between friends... But then along with that the feelings have also changed... Now we no longer have the same friendship...

Its just become the hi-bye, how r u I am fine kind of acknowledging stuff :)
But I am happy that even though we dont have the same friendship, atleast we are still in position that we recognize each other.. and acknowledge each other.. and when we actually sit n talk we go back to those good old days... and its nice to know that they also relish those moments...

Well started writing something, ended up with something else...
Anyways...

Friendship is a like a thread of pearls... Everybody is a pearl... But we just need to make sure the thread doesnt break... What if one of the pearls gets lost...

Happy Valentines Day

Picture courtesy: Internet (dont remember the site)

Life so sweet n innocent...

Last weekend, just went to do my Laundry... Near that place is the tennis court, basket ball court...

I saw 2 kids playing there..with their dad. Wow!!! it was such an amazing sight... Just remembered the moments, when me dad and bro played cricket... It was fun.. :)

Even before, when my bro was too small.... dad taught me chess, checkers, carom.... Used to hate carom - still do... Dad always used to hit nice shots.. and I could never.. I even had the exception of using thumb backwards....But I was too bad at it too... :)
But Chess and checkers were a little better... Atleast I used to win a few times... Dad never used that she is young so let her win.. So if I won it was a real win :)

As time went by, I got more friends..so used to go out and play with them...but some Sundays used to pester dad to play with me. Inspite of his hectic week, he never complained that he needed rest [I do it sometimes, when mom tells me to do some cooking ;) ]

He used to help me out in Maths sometimes.. :), but I never got a spanking from my Dad...

These days, me n bro trying to teach him internet... comp games...he n dad try to do this racing stuff... Poor dad he doesn't win, but he is happy that bro is all smiles coz of his victory....
Sometimes me n Bro start off with Age of Empires... Bro does all the playing, me there to give him suggestion (sometimes orders too :)

Oh I miss all these so much... Life so sweet n innocent...

Happy Valentines Day Dad!!!

A trip to remember

Always seen on TV... people skiing...wow looks so wonderful.... The white slopes and people just zooming in the slopes... Makes u feel so jealous..
And what better way to solve this jealousy, than go an a trip for skiing.. :)



So off we went to ski in Gatlinburg. [the skiing place was Ober Gatlinburg]
After so many yes and no, to go or not to go... We finally decided to go on Saturday evening and go skiing on Sunday and then back home...



Four of us were supposed to do the driving, but then policies said under 25 years, we had to pay $25/day... and 2 of us were under 25, so only 2 people were going to drive the car...[ I was not one of the drivers :( ]



We started around 5.30 or 6 finally from Macon... We had a lot of CDs with us so the journey went on with a lot of songs... then talking then teasing... then phone calls... On the whole the car was packed with people going on and on and on and on and on................. Ofcourse there are exceptions.. So at few moments there was silence from a few people.. we were having a nice time on the trip, by 10.30 we were feeling very hungry... So went to Pizza Hut!!! But then it was closed. We thought we would go to the lodge..eat bread and khakra and go to sleep.



After a fantastic sleep till 7, woke up and got ready with excitement... Came out and it looked so beautiful.. The cars were covered all white with Snow!!! It was such a beauty... We put all our stuff in the trunk.. It was again Snowing.. Soft Snowfall.. like drizzling when it rains... :)... It feels so wonderful when those tiny white balls fall on u...



All of us were all set to go and ski... We knew it would be difficult, but then had hopes that after a little bit of practice we would be able to go on top and ski from there... like how we see in movies[now, dunno about the rest but I surely felt this way :) ]



We reached the place from where we were supposed to take a tram up to the skiing place pretty soon.... We were all set with our costumes gloves, woolen caps... and what not!!!
Ok by costumes I meant the ski pants and the jackets... we obviously cant ski in jeans (we dint want to die of cold)



It was beautiful from the top, I just wondered what if the cord which held the tram just broke off (yeah!!yeah!! Pessimistic I know)... Took some beautiful pictures from the tram.... and yes finally landed safely to the part from where we would ski :)



Yippee!!! Yippee!! Finally We would be skiing!!!
Now was the turn for getting our ski equipments and to buy tickets :). We filled out a few forms and bought the tickets and off we went to get our equipment...



The shoes... they looked so big and heavy.. and they were really big n heavy!!! Wore them and felt as if somebody had tied up a heavy rock to my legs :)
We got our ski s and then off we went to the locker room where we could keep all our extra luggage... We changed and all of us looked so different... So much packed, a water proof ski pant, a jacket, woolen cap, leather gloves... only place left uncovered was our face :)



Off we went to the ski learning school with all this heavy equipment....It was a small wait... and then finally we went into the snow... :)
By now we had played in snow, throwing snowballs at each other etc....



The instructor [was bad :( according to me] showed us how to insert our shoes into the ski...and the basic things as to how we need to slide and how we need to walk(cant imagine how are we supposed to walk with those heavy stuff)



After that we started sliding and obviously started falling... We fell... nice to fall on the snow... but then how to get up, it was so difficult... Someone had to come and separate our shoes and the ski board.... and then again fix it up slide n fall... After 2 years...oops I meant 2 hrs (seemed like years to me) we just sat on the ice... and played in the ice for a while... and then decided.. .time to go... No more energy for skiing.. rather falling :)



Once we were out of our costumes, it felt like heaven :)...By now we were so hungry.. Had lunch there and were looking at the ice skating going on... We wanted to go there too... but were too tired to experiment on anything else... :) We then came back in the tram towards our car... and then started for the return journey...



And while we were just about to take the exit we happened to see helicopter rides... We did the helicopter ride... It was for 4 mins but it was amazing!!! The take off and landing were just too good...



It was fun... while coming back... we were teasing each other... remembering all those moments on the ice.... how we fell.. what we did... We were shouting,singing,dancing in the car.... It was fun... It was as if a nice ending to our nice trip. We had a dinner stop at Atlanta... went to Saravana Bhavan there had idlis,vada,uttapam... yummy dinner.. and we were off to Home Sweet Home....



We were just left with one thought... After such a wonderful day "Why do we have to go to office tom???????"