Home: Coming To Terms With Mum's Illness

I can not disclose the details of mum's illness, at least as of now. But it's been sad seeing her sick. I've been escorting her to the hospital, what a reversal of roles. This hospital I took her to, incidentally managed by Indians, she used to bring me. I found myself starting to complain how my allergies were bothering me. Then I remembered, I'm not the one who's sick. 

Will keep u posted. The usual posts will resume once we're ok!

Home

Home: "Temperature is 30 or less! Extremely breezy! Very cool in the mornings and evenings"

Well, I'm home! Currently just sitting lazily, blogging, chatting, downloading! may join my uncle at his office starting on monday! You'd be glad to know all my clothes were clean n dry, and I was one of the first to check in at the airport!

My trip back home was long, but short. Got the window seat :)!

I don't feel I spent so much time longing to reach! It wasn't long b4 i reached Doha, and the one hour of transit there was only enough for a security check and a check in to the flight to Dar! I arrived in Dar at 1.20 pm And as I reached Dar, I started to see those familiar places from the flight!

My welcome home committee was one of the best! I had my entire team of cousins (except for the youngest one)! My mum, grandparents were there also. So were the baby sitters for the entire team of cousins. Didn't have time to take photos at the airport, but this is the team! Some had just come from school!

Mum's behind me!

From left: Mark,Deborah,JB, Emmanuel,and David(in red), John's not in this pic

Grandpa, John and Deborah!

Bibi (grandma), Mark, John, Deborah and JB(he who's staring at the cam)

Aunt Helen, she who makes cakes!

David still thinks I'm a stranger, so bro's cake a no-no

Grandma Doris, my grandma's sis!


Mum, right and another grandma Norah!

The Countdown Continues: And then there was one more day!

My ticket says: "It shall take me 5.40 hours to fly from Doha to Dar es Salaam International Airport"

Vow: "Realising I cannot chase the plane up the runway, I vow to be early to the airport and not miss my flight!"

There's a lot to write!

Well, my apologies for my long silence. I've been running around Chennai, trying to make sure I finish my work! I've also been trying to meet you all before I leave! It's not been easy! What has happened at the end all the days is that I'm usually extremely tired and sleep almost immediately!

This entry shall move away from tradition a bit! I'll let u know what I've been up to in the last couple of days:

My Ariyallur trip:

Last weekend I went to visit Prakash in Ariyallur! We had a nice time! Met his friends and was given a tour around! I also saw a recently released Tamil Movie Raavanan! The movie was sexy! Praki n I went to visit the The Big (or is it large) Tanjore temple! It was surely a beautiful treat! (Part of the reason I've had a lot more running around to do, ;) ). Won't explain everything here, I'll let the photos speak!:

My College Friends bid me farewell:

Well, t was quite sweet! These guys actually set aside time and called me at one of my friends house (Extremely sexy place). We had fun, catching up with classmates, eating, watching movies, and singing along with Natalie. Thank you guys, that was great! Again, some photos!

The Conspirito bid me farewell:

Well, there wasn't really practice scheduled for that day, but i thought it'd be nice if i meet the group one more time! Well, it was quite a nice meeting... lots of mixed emotions! Lots of talk about how the group came about, what it's been through, the current face-lift, my possible return to India, etc! They gave me a nice gift too! See a photo of me tryin it out! We finally ended with a Swahili song i partly taught them. Oh,yeah, that was after Francis' Mother prayed for me! Felt really special!

The Choir Bids me farewell!

Well, twas after college hours on Monday that I met these guys... Led by Jenny (patience, your post is coming). We met at NRC! Unfortunately, because i didn't carry my camera with me, I won't have any pics of them here. However, i did have a nice time spending my last few hours in India, with a group i've spent most of my time with. Plus, what can beat Jenny's smile sitting right opposite to me... lol! My apologies to all though, i was quite tensed! May not have been the best company!

The Countdown Continues: Unfortunate Events

My apologies faithful followers of my blog! A series of unfortunate events has made it extremely difficult to post on the blog... Believe me... I've been upset! I feel the world is conspiring against me!

A friend of mine, Shrayas, wrote something about me, he calls it "Terribute", you may want to read it Read Terribute.

I shall post soon!

Wishing you a lovely day :)

The Countdown Continues: The ladies in my life - Part I

My ticket says: "I'll be in transit at Doha for 1.15 hours"

Vow: "I vow to have all my clothes cleaned well before the night of the trip"

Until 10 minutes ago, I was going to Ariyallur (Somewhere near Thanjavur, Alfred Sundarraj's Place), however, my host suggested I leave a little later, so I'll leave tomorrow morning. That gave me a chance however, to write another post!

I know, I know, I've broken one of the cardinal rules, i.e. Ladies First! And the ladies in my life have actually talked to me, demanding an explanation (typical ain't it). But for them, I'd like to quote the following "Save the best for last!". So patience ladies, just a little patience! ;)

Today, meet Jinu (more famously known as Jinju):



Well, this beautiful lady is one of the closest lady friends I've had here in India! Perhaps I like her because, well, she sleeps a lot, and talks a lot too! Which makes her kind of interesting, coz sleeping is like one of the things I enjoy doing and well, I don't talk much, so some one has to! Jinu just fits perfectly! lol!

Here's part of a chat I had with Jinu recently:

"hey its life embrace it. Trust me, actually no, trust in the Lord n He will guide ur path. Lean nt on ur own understanding... in all of ur ways acknowledge Jesus and He will make ur path straight"

Well, that there is one of the reasons Jinu's one of my favorite girls! When she's not sleeping, Jinu's one of my favorite advisers! She has a way of making me feel great, whenever I'm down or guilty! She has made me accept the fact that no one is perfect (Yes, especially not me, lol!). Jinu's extremely supportive too! We always, in our occasional chat sessions, try to figure out stuff about life, studies, relationships, etc.

Along with that, Jinu's a girl with a very strong faith! Her faith and trust in the Lord (Jesus Christ) is something I admire always! She's one of those people I look at and say, I wish I had faith like her! I envy her! I admire the way she prays and always involves God in her life and decisions! Jinu's also an amazingly great singer! She has a very strong voice! Jinu also shows her faith during singing, you see that she's actually singing from the bottom of her heart! I Always wanted to do a duet with her (never got a chance :( ), perhaps someday in the future!

Jinu Singing :)

Even before I met Jinu, I always admired her! Her fast-paced, confidence filled walk, And I was like, who's that girl??? lol! I finally met Jinu as I joined Loyola Choir (Thus the reference to the singing)! She's fun, sweet! It's funny how she starts talking like a kid when she speaks to her parents (ok, a little confession here, even I do, but only when I'm alone with my mum, ;) )

She's also a great social worker. And she's told me once that Her aim's to do all that's in her ability to help the poor, the oppressed n needy! She's got the intellect, she's got the courage! She can, I'm sure bring the changes n do the work she aspires to do!

Jinu just finished writing her IAS exams (did I Get that right?). She awaits her results, and she's currently working! Jinu has also recently found love, and she's extremely happy! Gotta admit, she's dating a great guy ;)! I wish her all the best in all her endeavors and life as she goes through life and aims to serve the society!


Jinu, I hope I did u justice ;)!

p.s. Jinu is the one who suggested I post pictures of my friends too as I write about them! So, here u go! Don't worry, everyone's picture will be put up soon!

AN EXPERIENCE TO SHARE: Sometimes we just have to be selfish, sometimes we just have to break hearts!

Now, I'm not a heart breaker, nor am I selfish! I have however, been in situations, this year especially, when I've had to become a little selfish and I've had to break hearts! There have been situations when I was just too tired (Final year was challenging), to help anyone. There have been times, when I've had to back down from trips we (My friends and I) took a lot of time planning! Perhaps I needed time to rest, or I needed time to work, perhaps I needed time to myself! Apart from that, having two groups of friends meant sometimes, my choices were never easy! I'm sure most of you have experienced this! Sometimes, no matter how we try, somethings are just planned on the same date by both groups of friends! So yes, sometimes we do have to be selfish, and sometimes we do have to break hearts! It's sad, but true! We just hope that our friends find it in their hearts to forgive us!

The Countdown Continues: Admit One - Conquered

My ticket says: "It'll take me 4.25 hours to reach Doha"

Today I had another long day! Went to Chengalpettu! Nice time! I shall share with you something I've been involved with for quite some time! Admit One!

Admit One is a project. It's a step towards computerizing Loyola College's Admission's Process. Admit One is an application, a Web Application, running on PHP and MySQL. This project is what has kept me busy throughout May and June! We have recently finished it (conquered it), and we're preparing reports so that the project can be easily managed later! Admit One was /will be used mainly by the college officials and the HODs of the various departments!

My Social Interaction has been interesting too. For the first time I've had to break a lot of hearts! I've disappointed a lot of my friends by pulling no shows etc. I was simply too busy! It was also sad because most of them had gone home for holidays, so I had no one to talk to either! :( I became a bit inhuman I think! But I've also made new friends, in the likes of Jude (great guy), Banu (great lady) strengthened old ones, especially in the likes of Shrayas and Vivek (the lazy one).

It has been a long day, and I'm very sleepy today, so I shall stop here today! Love y'all

The Countdown Continues: 2 Weeks to go!

My ticket says: "I'll leave Madras at 0445 on the 29th of June"

Yesterday was one of those days I felt like dancing (A rare thing in my life)... The song that kept ringing in my mind was "I feel good - James Brown"

I got my ticket yesterday! Everything kept going according to my plan! And I got some good compliments from my boss(if i may call him that), and an interesting new friend of mine (she actually cares about what and how I dress) ~to be introduced later~. Perhaps that is what kept me happy the entire day!

Up until now, I've introduced my friends chronologically, i.e. in the order (time) in which I met them. I do hope none of you have felt left out or forgotten! But there's not much time! So here i go on my journey to introduce my other friends and sharing my experiences!

News: my mum's doing much better, recovering!

Now I love music. I like singing, especially in a 4 part choir. Y'all know that by now. So, when I got a chance to sing, especially in a four part choir, I took it! It was the E-ministry choir! The E-ministry choir did a christmas concert in December of 2007, and most of the Christmas songs (carols) we sang were classicals. In English and other languages such as Tamil, Malayalam and even German! I met and made a lot of friends here, but one that I came to be very close with is Prakash Savariappa. Now, I sang with Niren, Steve and Alfred. But those have already been introduced. (keep this concert in mind, something else was born from it)

Prakash Savariappa: The wise guy

Prakash means light! I think they couldn't have chosen a better name for this guy! Praki radiates light wherever he goes. No, he doesn't have a glow around his body, he's no angel (Believe me ;) )! I, have personally felt, that Prakash's presence is a source of joy. I always prepare myself for a treat of wisdom, laughter and understanding when this guy comes around! He'll almost always be late. He'll come rushing, and drop the most hilarious story to rationalize why he was late! (Busted Praki, we all know you now)! He's also one of those guys that gets my jokes and I get his too!

We call Prakash, Praki or King Mokkai! It takes a lot to be a king, and Prakash has proven to us, in more ways than one, that he's the one! He has conquered a lot on his path to being King, consider the likes of Alfred Sundarraj! I mean, there's not a situation in this life that Praki can't change into a mokkai! Even when you least expect it, this guy will drop it, the mokkai! But I guess that's why I enjoy his company!

You're probably wondering why I call him the wise guy! Yes, good question! As sarcastic as it sounds, I actually mean it! Well, most of the time Prakash and I do get a chance to spend time to catch up on what's going on in our lives. I've always found Prakash to be an enlightening person! He has a way of pulling the facts out of situations! He has a way of making you understand things in a perspective you never saw it! I thank him for all he's made me realize! Whenever I need to emote, he's one of those friends I speak to!

I now know that Praki's extremely happy! Well, he has a great Job, working for the Aditya Birla Group as an HRM (I hope I'm not mistaken)! And he has found love! (All you need is love)! I'm happy for him, and I wish him all the best! May God Bless you dude! May the joy you give out return to you a hundred fold!

THE GROWING UP EXPERIENCE
Probably anyone who says they've grown up, still has a lot of growing up to do! But that won't keep me from sharing what I think! I've grown up! I'm still young, yes, too young, but I've grown up! Part of my growth I believe would not have been possible had I been back home! It all comes with having friends who are older than you, it makes you feel you're all grown up, and you forget to do your own growing! Not that I'm saying I wasn't growing, I was! And my friends, being older than I am, shared their wisdom with me! They guided me!

Coming to India has changed that! It was good to have friends who were mostly younger than me, it reminded me of youthful life! It was fun and it was a good opportunity to explore who Terence really was! I've actually known more about myself now that I've been here! It has been a journey of self discovery!