Pea Pod - A taste of everyday life

I saw my father's film after so many years and weeped my heart out. On my husband's return from work, I told him about how we would go for his film shoots every vacation. Incidentally, my husband was studying in the same town where my father shot most of his films and where we spent most of our holidays as kids. He said something so sweet to me. "Why didn't you meet me then?" Well, that's the irony of fate.

For people who don't know, Maya means Worldly Attachments. I saw my old home - in a state that I would never have liked to see it in. It's been 17 years since we moved out from there. It was difficult to forget the past. But then, it's just Maya. My sister left the city with her family after spending one whole month with us. All the kids were weeping. It was time to seperate now. Fold up the beautiful carpet of Maya. Put it aside. It's time to stare at Reality. Goodbye, Michelle, it's hard to die when all the birds are singing in the sky, Now that the spring is in the air With the flowers everywhere I wish that we could both be there We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun But the stars we could reach were just starfishs on the beach.

When you hear a barking dog bark, you hear a barking dog bark. I just heard one today.

Goa! There were more women there than men. Even as we made an entry into the airport. Saw a woman all ready to set sail in the sea with a pair of knee length bermuda shorts - printed with floral pattern. We reached the hotel and saw another woman with shorts that reached her thighs. And then another with shorts that reached above her thighs and then another with shorts covering only the bare essentials. Reminded me of the Cadbury 5Star advertisement that's running on television recently. Pitaji's shorts are becoming "ek bilaank" shorter and shorter and shorter...

It's been a week of stress and more stress. Actually it was building up for quite sometime. Finally it's all over. Thank God. When your child has to go under the knife, however minor the cut, your heart breaks into pieces. When they took him inside the operation theater, I wanted to run inside with him. And when they got him out, the first word he said was "Mummy" They called us immediately as he was uncontrollable. As soon as he saw me he just hugged me so tight. I had to cry. He went off to sleep soon...in my lap. His papa then told me one thing, "Don't shout at him for a few days. Just think of this moment when you feel like."

Vacation has begun. 2 more weeks. Hubby, baby and me. Out of the cement jungle :-) Yippee!

Funniest and Strangest. My good friend in college called me that. A few more at my workplace called me that. Lately I have lost the first title. I'm only Strange :-) The question is WHAT IS STRANGE??

I miss your loving hand on my head. Everytime I made a mistake, your hand on my head made me want to get up again, fearlessly, and face the world. I miss you, Papa. Come in my dreams.