My flight journey to India

My india trip began with super sothapals! Ashwin took me to dayton airport on 28th night. The flight got delayed by an hour and my connection flight to NY left 7 mins after i landed in Atlanta. So we rescheduled the flight to 29th morning 5.45 am!!! Achu almost killed me for that! I was kinda sad that Ashwin will not be at Dayton when i return as he was moving to atlanta the following week! So sentimental exchanges ku apram i did leave the next day morning. It was a boring uneventful journey to NY. Shiva, manoj, varun, arun (my undergrad classmates/friends) and chaithu came to the airport at NY. We had lunch at Dasa Dosa and they dropped me at JFK airport at 4. Photos elam eduthuntu, jammmmmnu kelambhinen at 6.30. I was seated next to an indian in the flight to UK. He was a ship's captain. So jolly aaaah time pochu talking abt his travels and my adventurous US life and all! I reached London at 6.30 am. Ashwin ku call panni pesinen. He was partying as usual!!! Nan kelambiten nu konjam kooda sogam illa :( My flight to india left at 9.40 am. My bad time! I was seated in a 2 seater. Kundaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa oruthan vanthu en pakkathula okkanthuntan! I was almost sitting on the chair's handle! Sapadu thookamnu otinan kalatha! Sapadu elam rendu rendu keetu vangi saptan. I dint touch my fruits or salads in the flight. So athuvum keetu vangi saptan!!! Ithula avanuku ponnu vera pakkaralam!!! hee hee! 10 hrs journey la 2 movies pathen. oru 2 hrs thoonginen. Excitement konjam jasthi achu when there was abt an hour left for the flight to land in chennai!

My parents dint know that i was coming that night. 3rd varen nu sollitu i went on 31st. Sundar and Vivek were supposed to come and pick me up at the airport! The flight landed at 1.30. Immigration, security check, customs elam oru vazhiya mudichutu 2.30 ku velila vanthen!!! Sundar had bought his car. Vivek had come on his bike. Jolly aaah oru 10 nimisham pesitu, me and sundar started home. We reached home at 2.45 am.

Tommy kutty correct aah kandu pudichutan. Sundar aaah! Nan yarnu maranthu poitan :( ena pathu kolachutan. orae varutham enaku. Appa opened the door. He was like " Aiiii Anu! Ena iniku vanthurukaa!!! Chitti was like "hmmm! Evadi ivaaa rathiri la vanthuruka.....nambhavae mudila". Amma was silent. She kept staring at me. Ethumae pesala. I kissed her soooooooo many times. And then konjam neram pesitu kulika poiten. I came out at 3.30 am. Patha yarumae kanom. Chitti was at home. Enga poita nu keten. She was damn mad at me. Amma had severe chest pain and was taken to the hospital by appa and sundar. I was soooooooooo shocked. I knew amma was not well for a little time. I dint expect her to be this weak! I felt terrible for doing this to her. I stayed up till they came home. Sorry solli pokkara vishayam illa ithu. So katti pudichunduuuu thoonginen!

Many thanks to sundar. Avan illana, aniku hospital poirukavae mudiyathu! I am very grateful to him for all that he did for us that morning!

Appa woke me up at 8. Took me for a longggggg walk for abt 2 hours and lectured me abt what i did and what all i shudnt do. In simple words, super aaaah vangi katinden!!! :(

The best email EVER!

Following is the email i received this morning from Amma and Appa. There is probably nothing else that one would crave the most for in life than this:
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hullo Ammu,
HAPPY VALENTINE,S DAY, GOD BLESS U. we saw u r e-cad. dad was moved. i have tears in my eyes. you r a v.nice & lovable child. never a trouble to any. liked by all. sure,u will shine v.wellllllllllllllllllllllllll in ur life. have a pleasant stay, studies @ a good job. we pray to god that u should allllllllllllways be happpppppppppppy. take care. we love u a lot. be happy, smiling, friendly to right persons & healthy. take care. love-mom and dad.
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Ur blessings, love and prayers keep me going always. Thank you for being the best parents in the world! I love you both!

The Gift!

I have never been this happy in life after i came to USA as i am today!

I have a gud friend in my place of work. Her name is Vashti. She is an Afro-American about 27 years old. She is a little mentally challenged person. She is very sweet and lovable. I knew that she was very fond of me. This morning i went to work at 10.30. I got ready to go for a break at abt 12 and suddenly she came in and put a plastic bag in my hand and said "Thats my new year gift to you" and she left. I sat down and opened the nicely wrapped up present inside the bag. I was so astonished when i saw what was inside.

It was a bracelet. It was a ruby and a diamond bracelet. I am sure it costs more than 100$ as it was bought from Elder-Beerman. I was so upset that i left work and came home at 12.30. I felt like talking to someone so i called Amma. But i guess she slept. No one picked up the fone. I called Ashwin. He was busy too. I thought this was the best way to let out my feelings.

There have been so many times when i saved money for doing nothing after i reached this place. But now i feel so bad about it. I earn 7$ an hour. She earns 8$ an hour. And i know for sure that she could never afford to buy this without having had to sacrifice some of her needs as it has costed her a fortune. I felt so upset abt it. I felt soooo loved by someone after a real long time. I felt very sad when i thought abt the various assholes who have made my life miserable after i came here. God has made this Girl mentally handicapped and has given her so much love to share with others while he has made the others sound and strong and given them a heart full of shit. I am so happy about the gift. But very sorry abt the fact that she has spent so much on me.

It is truly a gift to be loved by someone. And when this someone is this special, i cant help being proud about the fact that she thinks i am loveable too. And i definitely would have been very happy even if it were a small present as it came from her. I truly did learn something from her today. I learned not to see the money or the ruby or the diamond in the gift. I learned to see the love and the sacrifice behind it. I learned to see the hours of hard work she has put in to buy it. I learned to see God in the form of loved ones.

I hope she is blessed by God with whatever she wants in life. I am very happy today. Very very very happy that i am not able to think of anything else except her love for me. I feel blessed.