Friday, September 19, 2014

154. My visit to Thiruvannamalai.



Day 1.

Today, I, my mother, my sister and my father went to Thiruvannamalai to attend a short story meeting.  Usually, I would get up at 9:30 in the morning.  To get up at 7:30 itself is a great difficulty for me.  Today my mother woke me up at 5:55 in the morning I got up sleepily.  That’s when I remembered that we are going to Thiruvannamalai today.  So, I got up, brushed my teeth, took a quick bath, wore my dress and combed my hair.  To my surprise, my sister woke up at 5:45 a.m!  10 minutes earlier than me.  Usually, she would only get up earlier that me, but this was a greater surprise as it was early in the morning.  We started at 6:20 in the morning.  We were travelling by car.  The road was pieceful as it was early in the morning.  We started the journey.  When I was in the car, I was learning Science as the Quarterly Examinations were nearing.  I learned Science for sometime, read my English proverb book for sometime and read my ‘School Essay’ book for most of the time.  And some of the time, I enjoyed the places we were travelling. 

We stopped at one place to eat our breakfast.  I first refused to get down from the car and eat as the mud was slushy because it rained the previous day.  After that, my mother said that she wold give chocolates only to my sister who ate.  So, I ate only one dosa.  After that, my mother gave me and my sister a packetful of chocolates.  After sometime we were nearing Thiruvannamalai.  We were coming to the meeting place where we saw paddy fields, which were green.  My sister said that it was like someone painted it in light green colour.  That time Bava Chelladurai uncle’s daughter Mansi invited us.  It was their farmhouse.  First, the place looked unfamiliar.  So, I, my sister and my mother sat in a place.  My father straightaway went to attend the meeting.  First one uncle was talking.  That time, I, Mansi and my sister played hide and seek for sometime. 
My mother said Mansi to take her to Mansi’s mother’s elder sister’s house.  So, after eating the vadas and drinking the hot cup of tea, I, my mother, my sister and Mansi started off to her house.  There was a wooden swing in which we played for sometime.  Then there were 4 shuttle rackets.  I and Mansi took 1 each and started playing.  That time, my sister complained to my mother that we are not joining her in the game.  So we joined her also. 

Time flew and it became noon.  All the people who were there, came here to eat.  I first thought to eat and after that, I thought to eat with Mansi who was serving dishes.  After serving everyone, I and Mansi ate alone.  After eating, we again started playing.  After playing for a short while, we left for the meeting.  That time, S.K.P. Karuna uncle came.  I and Mansi got bored and we again came to the house.  That time, I met one Akka named Gayathri.  We collected leaves and flowers to make a plate.  We got sticks by which we can mend the leaves together.  At last we finished making the plate and decorated it with the flowers.  That time, we missed Karuna uncle’s speech and the hot tea and vadas.  After that Mansi’s mother, Shylaja aunty was speaking.  That time, we played badminton with Mansi’s elder brother Vamsi and their mother’s elder sister’s son Amara Bharati.  So, we missed it also.  Then it became around 7:30 p.m when we came to the house.  For a while, I played shuttle with some men. 


After sometime, they served dinner.  I ate one puri and kuruma and went to sleep.  Mansi and Gayathri went to their houses.  Some people who came to listen to the speeches slept in their farm house.  Some slept in S.K.P.Karuna uncle’s college’s guest house.  We had a great day today.

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