Maggi @ 2.30 A.M

Life is getting miserable day by day….over the past 5 months, after I’ve scribbled my last blog, a lot more things have happened in my life ,those changed the way of living and even my way of thinking too….some irreversible changes made me to be bold to make some strong decisions which eventually made me broken down…but I know I have to be strong ,else I’m gonna lose my life forever…..so better to be bold now rather go mad later…most paining part is, the things which are happening in my life, exactly opposite to the way I wanted for…so very difficult to get along with them…. But I know it’s all the part of this game…I’ve to move on by letting the painful memories to be dipped down in the past….and I do….

But I have to tell, I do get a few smiles too in my life. Those I cherished for my life time…with all love and affection….try to keep them close to my heart…. after the ridiculous shift ,which am got into now, I used to get back to my bed by 5’o clock in the morning….by the time I get up, my roomies won’t come back after their work..So though live in a single room, I do meet my friends only at the weekend… so we get fewer time frames to spend together…

Yesterday, after my shift, I went to bed by 5’o in the morning and slept for the whole day...After getting up, had a lot more stuff to finish so that I can sit aside for a while freely….but yesterday, we all set for DanceIndiadance grand finale in the late eve, again 3 hrs television took away…

In room, Deepa is completely engaged with her MBA exams (and if I write about her preparations, it will take another 2-3 pages...so better later) and Soumya is in the middle of “Twilight”, I forced myself to join the vampire wedding ceremony ….by the time Dachu has reached, I was on the dance floor with Edward…Seconds were being counted by heartbeats..and I started to feel hungry as I haven’t had my food properly for the whole day…at almost 2.30 I couldn’t control myself and started to search the boxes in cupboards….no way…not even some chips which I always deny to have… :( a fire started to burn in my stomach..Soon Soumya joined with me as she was also hungry…we were thinking of various possibilities of getting food at 2.30 in the morning…all restaurants must be closed…so what to do?? I guess feeling hungry is a kind of epidemic coz soon Deepa and Dachu also joined the group….

Suddenly bulb turned on...Maggi…….2 min wonder….but how to prepare?? No methods to boil the water…at last we got the vaporizer...But it was very tough to get proper boiled water….somehow we managed… poured water to the steel plate and put Maggi too…and at last Maggi was ready but due to the improperly boiled water, it was not too tasty to have…but due to the exaggeration of hungry, we never mind..We all had with loads of comments as the side dishes...Those I can’t pen down here :) …but it was a very lively atmosphere with hot Maggi and cold water…

If you ask me whether my stomach got full, I would say no...But if you ask me “are you satisfied”, I would surely say “yeah, I’m”….coz the Maggi was prepared by adding the taste of friendship and beauty of togetherness and the sweetness of the moments when I smile from my heart with my buddies….Although all of us now going through a very tough time in our office, we do keep all the worries there and celebrating each and every moments like we have never experienced….friendship is something like that..it’s not just calling/chatting with “hi ,hello”…it is something by which we do touch someone else’s heart with love…the feeling of having someone to share the smiles and tears….Dear friends,I love you all… :)

After all the hungamas, Deepa went back to her books, Soumya joined back to Bella’s team, Dachu gone for bed and I joined back to Edward on the dance floor in his happy place…. :)

Unforgettable breakfast...

It is our routine in every Sunday to go to Kairali (a hotel near to our hostel) for breakfast.’Coz I think, we will get better food even in the refugee camps in Somalia than the food in our hostel on Sunday. As usual, today morning also, we went. Most of the days, it’s not necessary that all will have their wallets in hand. But today, we had. But...

Kairali in Sunday morning means spending some time together, morning walk, some masti and Masaladosa for us...The uncle over there, who used to serve us, knows that we are going there for only masaladosa. Our all-time favourite and one tea also .So he doesn’t need to take the order at all. Today also, while leaving the room, we decided to have masala dosa.but after reaching there, we felt, “why’d the same item every time, why can’t we have a change. “We asked uncle for something different. He told “appam n chicken curry”. We Agreed. After some while I felt something n asked my friend (she is also deepa) “dii, you have money with you na? I have only 60/- with me”. She said “don’t worry di, I have” then she opened her wallet. With lots of depression, we came to know that she has only 35/- in her wallet. What happened was I was about to go ATM for taking money and she changed her wallet.obviously both of us didn’t have enough amount with us. Both of us thought that the other one will have enough money.

We were thinking, what should do? If the amount will exceeds the money we have.?? Then we thought, ok don’t take tea today. Then at least we can manage with adding the pennies too... For me, without tea, i feel my breakfast is incomplete. But compromised.but what happened was the uncle, who knows that we used to have tea also, without even asking, today, brought two teacups and kept beside us. We were like “blim” L...we didn’t know whether to cry or laugh...by seeing our expressions, uncle asked “what happened? Is there any problems with the tea?” we said, “no, no...It’s fine”. How would we tell him to take back the tea cups?

We looked at each other. What would do? We were rewinding the scenes in the films where the hero and his buddies are cleaning the plates in the hotel...(: P) We felt to laugh and cry together...then consoled each other “no dear, we can manage”...then we asked each other “can we?”

But, we, the brave girls (: P) continued our food...though we acted like “don’t care, let’s see what will happen”, we were bit afraid and tensed... at last the bill came...we looked at the bill. Our heart beats were like “dim dim...” but thank God, we escaped...it was bit smaller than our wallet...

After billing, we left the hotel...Uncle was waving his hand...we were laughing like anything by recollecting the moments...

Anyways, I have to tell....the food was awesome...We enjoyed it very well even in those tensed moments...

Guy @ the cab

It was one of the evenings and I was on the way back to my room after my morning shift. I got into the cab first and waiting for some other people also to my cab so that I can ask the driver to move. After some while, one guy came .he was on phone ...He sat on the front seat and continued his conversation. I am a kind of person who prefers to keep silence while traveling. Always try to find out new things in my way though it’s my regular route to the office. So I usually don’t care if someone is talking over phone next to me. Why coz I noticed him that he was also a malayalee and moreover he was talking like, no one else is there around him and he is absolutely alone with his phone and apart from him, no one else is a malayalee.

After few seconds, I got to understand that he is talking with his girlfriend…and after sometime, 2 more people joined us, so we became four in the cab. Then he was saying to his girlfriend that “hmm,cab niranju kavinju,ini eppol ethum ennu kandu ariyanam.” obviously, I didn’t like the comment. I thought of telling him “Saab,plz do mind that there may be another one who can understand your language” But how could I? He is 200% dedicated to his phone. Hmm... Ok...I let it off… -:)

After sometime, I realized that he is not just talking, but simply romancing with her(pacha malayalthil paranjal pancharayadikkuka). His pitch was so high that it overcame the volume of music played in the cab. We could clearly hear what all he is speaking. I got irritated. He was planning their honeymoon trip, the way of wedding video should look like, which are the songs to be included. I suppose she would be his fiancee .he was addressing her by her pet name. I heard many times “kuttaa nee kazhicho,nee urangiyo …”(:P).To be honest I cant write the whole dialogue sequence since they need censoring. I felt like laugh loudly, but, I didn’t…then also, I thought ok, he may not be getting enough time to speak with his girl. So let him speak.

But, no way, he prompted me to do something. he again commented on us by saying that,”hmm,avideyum ivideyumaayittu 2-3 ennam undu cabil.ithinyokke irakkiyittu njan eppozha chelluka?” I lost my control. I messaged my friend to call me and talk as if she called me to ask something. I asked the driver to stop the music, and then talked with her in Malayalam. I came to know that the other end sound became lower and then stopped completely. Then I too hang the phone. I could see his face and I really wish if you also could see him at that time. He was like paled and completely out of conscious. Not even single drop of blood is there on his face. If he got shocked this much, you could imagine, I guess, what kind of conversation he had. I couldn’t control my laughter and afraid whether I would . But I controlled my self coz I felt pity of him by seeing his paled and terrible face. After the other two people got down, we two were in the cab. Then I got another call so that he assured that am a malayalee and I guessed he might be fainted out….Then I got down. While closing the door, I looked at him and it was clearly written over my face that “boss, don’t think that the people around you are deaf and dumb so that you can speak out whatever you want to”. And am sure that he understood what I wanted to tell. -:)

Do you think that the way he behaved is the right one in the cab? I don’t. Coz, of course am admitting that it’s his personal life and he has the right to talk to his girlfriend/lover as the way he prefers. And others don’t have any rights to question them. But I believe, there are at times, when we need to take care of others who are surrounded to us, so that our personal things would be remain as personalized. I don’t think that my private details are needed to be shared by the public. But, nowadays, in this very busy life, we can’t assure that we will always be in a private place so that we can keep our personal things as secret. It may happen. Even though, I think its better we should take care of others, coz they may get irritated with our conversation.

I have gone through this type of experiences many times before. But this time I felt damn irritated. Coz the way he behaved as others are deaf ... I hope next time onwards, he will consider the people around him before going for a talk with his girlfriend. -:)_