ONwards!! packing for chennai AGAIN!!! This year I've visited chennai a lot of times and though I find this city extremely hot and sultry and maybe a danger zone for my poor face, I feel kinda attatched to this city... I certainly dont have any basic sort of knowledge about this place.. yet whenever my relatives start off naming some million areas in Madras I lend my ears keenly to the conversation...This time the occasion for the trip turned out to be my sister/aunt's wedding (long story).. Anyways..So i hope this trip turns out more fabulous than before..
(The above passage was written before the chennai trip)
AND IT DID!!!!! These days were few of the best days of my life.. because I realised literally a lottt of things about relations and had hell a lot of fun! So I dedicate this post to all my sisters and brothers who showered upon me.. loads of love and affection .. giving me this bountiful experience that I'll never forget... Rammu. Vaishu. Abhijeet. Abhishek. N how can i forget darlings Mahathi, Ananya, Adhithi, Vardhu... You guys made these 2 days of mine rockin awesome!!!!
Starting with ramya.. What to say yaar.. I always have cartloads of fun with you everytime! Having the usual girl gossip and listening to funny tales! This time I understood the sisterly bond we share.. The amazing berth to berth chats..
Vaishu! Was a pleasure meeting you.. Honestly speaking I have never seen a person so warm hearted like you. Our tastes match a lot and looking at you makes me crave for an elder sister!
Jeet and Shek.. You guys are a package of fun and the most kindhearted guys i've ever seen! Thank u so much for being so welcoming and treating me like your sister. Will never forget those scooty rides to palwanthangal station and around nanganallur..
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"Who likes watching sarabhai vs sarabahi?", abhijeet piped in enthusiastically.. We (ramya, vaishu and myself) were leaning on the staircase and chatting after finishing our lunch "the heavy tamizh kalyanam food".. I raised my hand in response to his so called casual question. " Then come home! We'll all watch it together!" This gave me a sudden jerk! "How'll I come to your house? I need to go and change first and there's no one to drop me!" I replied. I was excited at the prospect of being with my cousins but then, troubling people was the last thing I wanted to do. Somehow, Jeet agreed to take me to mami's home and then to watch sarabhai vs sarabhai. Meanwhile we had to wait for mami who was inturn waiting for my mom to finish her lunch!
"phew! this is gonna take a while!" I sighed shaking my head. Jeet grinned.
" Ol' Mcdonald had a FAARM EE YAA E YAA OO!!", mami sang in her melodious voice looking after 5 kids all clad in beautiful pattu pavadais. I watched her play with the kiddies without getting bored . Like she was a universal mommy! "ANd In HIs FaRm He......" that went on for a while until mahathi yelled " Amma!! moochaaaaaaa!!" Mami stopped singing and said earnestly " Will you watch them? I'll take mahathi upstairs." I shuddered at the thought of managing 4 kids demanding nursery rhymes. I didnt have the universal mom thing in me, I knew that! " NO NO NO I'll take mahathi instead!" I said.
Mahathi walked beautifully with me asking sweet questions, talking in her cute higgeldy piggeldy accent! I "hmm hmm - ed" at her answers and replied to her questions until we reached our destination.. washroom. Taking a toddler to bathroom was something I didnot do regularly. So, I was pretty hoping that she would finish her job.. 2 mins, 3 mins.. My baby sis sat for a while.. "Are u done darling?" She looked at me and grinned.. "I pooped geethu!"
"Oh my god!!" I felt like laughing at mahathi's expression and also felt like banging my head against the door at the same time.. How am I gonna complete my "after poop formalities" with my baby sis with people waiting for me out there! I tied my skirt tightly like tamil men tied their "veshtis" and got to my work. Adjusting her silk, I put in as much efforts as I could and somehow did my job satisfactorily!
We both came out looking pleasant. At least mahathi did. "Done?" Jeet asked. " Ya! done!" I said with the "Oh-yeah-it-was-such-a-cakewalk-that-my-skirt's-gonna-fall-off-any-moment" expression.
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