December 25th 2004 - Saturday 6:30 PM...
Our home was filled with laughter and fun! It had been temporarilyconverted into a play school, with kids ranging from age groups5-15.classes 1 to 11. About 8 of them, my cousins, had come down to myhouse for a vacation. We also had a next generation kid, my nephew(Ist Std). I was at home exhausting my holidays, playing with the crowd and managing them.
In the evening, Chintoo, my 6th std cousin, makes a request. 'Akka. Canwe go to the beach tomorrow morning? It will be nice to see the sunrise andplay in the beach'. All the other cousins second it. My nephew is alreadylooking at his mother for permission. Soon the request turned into a plead and I agreed.
My brother said he'll also join us and would go jogging while I mind the kids. As it was too big and naughty a group to manage, Amma said, she'll join and dad agreed to drive us down. The kids were too excited, had a quick dinner, and were ready to sleep! They had challenges as to who will be up first by 5.30 and wake up the rest of them. They warned their parents not to over-sleep. We stretched out big mats in the living room and with all the kids around I was in deep sleep.
Around 4.00 AM, chotu (2nd std) wakes me up, and I thought it was for nature call…but he asks 'Is it time? Can I brush?' I cajoled him to sleep and almost closed my eyes. I could hear whispers and giggles. The kids are already up and waiting to get ready.
December 26th 2004 6.30 AM
My brother opted out and went back to sleep. We were all ready, about 12 of us, stuffed ourselves in one car and started off to Marina. The sun was just out, but it still was a calm day. We went through Radhakrishnan Road, parked the car opposite Ice house (Vivekananda Hall) and walked to the sands at around 6.50 AM.
The kids have brought a big ball and a frisbee and are getting ready for a match. Amma says ‘Just 2 hours…not more than that’. We started playing, amidst a cricket team, a few walkers and many other kids.
Under popular demand, I asked my mom, ‘Amma, can we just walk up to the waters?’
To be Contd.
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5 comments:
all 12 of u in ONE car !!! enna thaan chinna pasanga naalum ivalo per thaanguma !
and meanwhile, kavalai vendam ... definite a tyler durden kitte irunthum comment varum :)
mr tyler durden ... i think i can ... don't u think so ... and looks like you are more interested in commenting on my comments rather than on yadhvi's blog ... venumna starsky um koopidu, thaniya oru forum open panidalame :-)
i conveniently reject the previous commenter since he seems to have missed the point.
vidh, does this have something to do with "that" ?? i mean, 26 dec. 2004, marina beach, 8 in the morning .. woah !!!
suspense is killing me.. I just happened to come by your blog.. I will come back to check out what happened
tyler durden,
Didn't I tell you earlier? i was there on the 26th! krishis knew all about that escape from nature's fury!
Hi vidya,
Welcome to the spot! Sorry to keep you in suspense..I had planned to post the sequel on 26th. Doing it a little earlier..for your sake.
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