Recycling Kamatchi vilaku

Opening gifts, isn't it exciting???? The excitement of presents is something indescribable. :) I have always found immense pleasure in opening gifts. :P In case, if the gift has been something you have really longed having, then it is double pleasure...

Sometime back, whenever there used to be any functions like wedding or house warming, the usual gift we used to get was crockery set. Especially cups and saucers.. :) I just cant imagine how many of them I would have received in different colours and shapes and sizes. How many such sets can one have at home???

So recycling these gifts have become the rule of the day... Boy, sometime it so happens that you land up with the same set you gifted somebody after 'it' doing its share of rounds..:P So generally these cups and saucers were being recycled some time back.

Now with the raised per-capital-income, everybody wants to raise their bar on their gifting fund. So these days, silver 'kamatchi vilaku' has taken the place of crockery sets. So now you have a house warming or a wedding, take my words, you can expect at least 5 of them for sure. Now, every house has a dozen of them in stock. Of course all gifted.

Even I have close to a dozen in my stock. At times, I wonder what will I do with so many of them????

Maybe, I can use them during the karthigai deepam time...

These days, having received quite a number of these, I can even find with these vilaku inside the gift wrapping and without opening them. So it directly goes to my safe.

Somehow, I prefer gifting what they would need and use. If you are unsure, the best thing is gift cash and let them buy whatever they would need. Don't you think it would be a wise thing to do?

Recently, I spoke to my uncle, who was telling me about a very strange concept. He had been invited for a wedding. The email which had the invitation, also had a link. The link mentioned "Please do not bring any gift. If you insist then please give me what I need." It also had a list of articles mentioned. On selecting the one which you intend to gift them, it was removed from the list.

I found it funny and shocking yet it was new and somehow met the purpose. At least, it would be useful rather than being inside a safe and being recycled.

3.45 pm....

3.45 pm: Maaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Reply: Vaadaaaaaa!!!

Everyday at 3.45 pm, this is a conversation I get to hear from my next flat. I haven't seen the owners of the voice. Nevertheless, the first one belongs to a small boy and the reply is from his mother. :)

It just takes me to the past how I used to ring my cycle bell continuously once I reach the end of my street and start screaming 'ammaaaaaaa' once I'm near the gate. This was a routine till I completed college. :)

It did not have any significance then but when I think about it now, I feel it is the wait to meet your mother after a gap of 8 hours. Share all that happened at school / college.

Even after so many years out of college and getting married there is not one day that goes without talking to them ... :) Everyday begins with either an "ammaaaaaa" or "daddyyyyyyy" on phone.... :)

Yun hi....

Waise toh tere na mein bhi maine dhoondh li apni khushi
Tu jo agar haan kahe toh baat hogi aur hi

An irritated me

It was a Saturday morning and I badly wanted to go home. I stood there in a long queue to buy my tickets for the train. The queue was only moving at a snail's pace. When the railway authorities know that there is a huge queue why the heck cant they open more counters to ease up the situation. Forget opening more counters at least even if they operate all the counters already available it would have been of some help for the passengers.

Standing in the queue for a long time was eating my patience up. As I was nearing the counter a young man, maybe in his early twenties, approached the person in front of me asking him to buy tickets for him and his friends. The man in front of me said 'No'. The man was pestering him saying his friends are waiting. I got furious hearing what he said. I still kept silent allowing the man in front of me to handle it.

The young man gives two options to the man in front. Either you buy the ticket for me or let me buy it. That was enough to provoke me. I had completely lost it. The daring devil that I was a that instant, just asked him "what do you think of yourself? Do you realize how many people are standing in a queue to buy the tickets? What makes you so damn special that you walk right royally and demand someone to get the tickets for you? Don't you think even others time is valuable? Are we people standing in a queue idiots?

The man in front of me din't expect that I would confront the young man in this fashion. To my dismay none supported me though I'm sure they would have felt the same but would not have voiced their thoughts.

As I was dealing with the young man, the man in front of me just let him to buy the tickets. Now all my anger turned towards this moron in front of me. I asked him why he did this? He just shrugged his shoulders and said what else can I do?

I just gave him a disgusting look and thought SPINELESS WORM!!!!

How will people learn if you don't teach them what is wrong?

2012

A very eventful day!!! Started by wishing my family.. Then a visit to our temple where our pooja was organised for the day.. Then a nice lunch.. A very good sleep and on a move to visit families...

May all our dreams be realized in the coming year.

A very very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!