Some time back, I had told you all about my dad, right?? In tht blog, I had NB’d that I need to write really a lot to explain about him and his Adventures…rather our Adventures with him…hehe!!! So here I am…I will tell you a big Adventure I had with him years back…lol!!!
Ok, if you all has forgotten about my dad…let me just remind u…In his words…Children are to be kept at a distance else they will sit on ur shoulder and eat ur ears…hehe!! (I know, it is true…afterall, that is what I am doing today to him…) So, he WAS (let me bold the WAS in here…) a very strict and serious father who never spoke to his children and always kept us kilometers away from him…He had his own Un-Spoken rules, which was known to us and we never tried to even break those rules…
Even as kids, I and my brother, realized one thing…something that we learnt from eavesdropping many conversation between the adults of our family… LOVING somebody is a BIG WRONG…or to be précised…A LOVE AFFAIR was a taboo…thereby, the girls / boys in the family after a certain age was not expected to have friends of opposite sex…for that reason, I was enrolled to a GIRLS ONLY school…hehe!!! (Future proved that being a Tom boyish girl, I had only Boys as friends…haha…and they could do NOTHING…) All my neighbours were boys and I had only them as friends…but then it was another Un-written rule that I should have no other feelings towards them other than Brotherhood…lol!!!
So years passed by…I was in my 10th grade…I joined a tuition class for Science subjects…little did my dad know that we had boys too in that class…(As I had told earlier..he had never been to our schools/ any classes…he just gave money to mom to take care of us and expected mom to do it in the way he wanted…)..Anyways, knowing his nature, I always kept distance with the boys and never even spoke to them on a friendly basis…I was scared that if dad knew, he might not like it…
So the year was almost ending…the tuition class every year had a farewell party sort of function for all the 10th Grade students…one fine day, when I was at home, I got a call on the local phone…The call was from a guy called Sony....YES, he was a boy…he had called to discuss about the farewell..I was shocked…I was not interested in the farewell, but was more interested in knowing how he got my number…I warned him never to call me…I acted hysteric..haha…!!!Anyways, after the call, being me, I told my mom…
“Amma, today Sony called…to discuss the farewell party…” and mom said OK…and some other queries like when is it..where is it going to be and so on…anyways the discussion and the Sony episode ended there…(atleast I thought so…)…
A few days later, it was some 8 O’ Clock in the night…I was happily playing a game of Monopoly with one of my neighbor at her house…Suddenly, my mom entered the house…As soon as,we saw each other…she scooted her question…
Ok, if you all has forgotten about my dad…let me just remind u…In his words…Children are to be kept at a distance else they will sit on ur shoulder and eat ur ears…hehe!! (I know, it is true…afterall, that is what I am doing today to him…) So, he WAS (let me bold the WAS in here…) a very strict and serious father who never spoke to his children and always kept us kilometers away from him…He had his own Un-Spoken rules, which was known to us and we never tried to even break those rules…
Even as kids, I and my brother, realized one thing…something that we learnt from eavesdropping many conversation between the adults of our family… LOVING somebody is a BIG WRONG…or to be précised…A LOVE AFFAIR was a taboo…thereby, the girls / boys in the family after a certain age was not expected to have friends of opposite sex…for that reason, I was enrolled to a GIRLS ONLY school…hehe!!! (Future proved that being a Tom boyish girl, I had only Boys as friends…haha…and they could do NOTHING…) All my neighbours were boys and I had only them as friends…but then it was another Un-written rule that I should have no other feelings towards them other than Brotherhood…lol!!!
So years passed by…I was in my 10th grade…I joined a tuition class for Science subjects…little did my dad know that we had boys too in that class…(As I had told earlier..he had never been to our schools/ any classes…he just gave money to mom to take care of us and expected mom to do it in the way he wanted…)..Anyways, knowing his nature, I always kept distance with the boys and never even spoke to them on a friendly basis…I was scared that if dad knew, he might not like it…
So the year was almost ending…the tuition class every year had a farewell party sort of function for all the 10th Grade students…one fine day, when I was at home, I got a call on the local phone…The call was from a guy called Sony....YES, he was a boy…he had called to discuss about the farewell..I was shocked…I was not interested in the farewell, but was more interested in knowing how he got my number…I warned him never to call me…I acted hysteric..haha…!!!Anyways, after the call, being me, I told my mom…
“Amma, today Sony called…to discuss the farewell party…” and mom said OK…and some other queries like when is it..where is it going to be and so on…anyways the discussion and the Sony episode ended there…(atleast I thought so…)…
A few days later, it was some 8 O’ Clock in the night…I was happily playing a game of Monopoly with one of my neighbor at her house…Suddenly, my mom entered the house…As soon as,we saw each other…she scooted her question…
“WHO IS SONY?”…
Her question, tone and look scared me…I was a bit perplexed… I replied… “Uh, Sony…I told u the other day na…my tuition mate…”
“Is that a BOY or a girl…?”
I was almost at the verge of shivering… “Uh…BOY…whyyyyyyyyyyy???”…
“Is that a BOY or a girl…?”
I was almost at the verge of shivering… “Uh…BOY…whyyyyyyyyyyy???”…
"Haaaaaaaaaa…why didn’t u tell me it was a boy…when u told, I thought it was a girl...Why is HE calling u…that too this late night…”
“Amma, he might have called to tell smthing abt the party…”… (my heart screamed… grrrrrrrrrrr…what the hell!!!… I told tht RASCAL not to call me…and did he call???)
The ATOM BOMB fell on my head… “Ha, anyways…u better don’t come home now…That boy called and Dad picked the phone..he spoke smthing to dad and disconnected the call…When dad asked me, I also told, that is ur friend…and only when ur dad told it’s a boy, I knew it WAS A BOY…He is very upset and told me that he doesn’t like all this…” and she left…
I couldn’t feel my body…I was shivering from head to toe…I dint know what to do…should I jump into a well or run off and kill that idiot…grrr…I calculated the time…by 0830pm dad would be having his dinner and by 0900-0930pm he should be inside his room to sleep…So I shall enter the War Zone by 1000pm to be on the safer side…. I decided to get to my room thru the dining room and get myself locked in there till dad goes to office the next day…
As planned, I went to the back side of my house and knocked at the door.. My mom slowly opened the door…One step into the dining room and Alas….there sat my dad having his dinner…my bro sitting on the adjacent seat..and very clearly I could see the hard expression on my dad’s face and the most cunning and naughtiest look on my bro’s face…He knew, I was scared and dad was upset…and he was sure he will soon get to witness a good Show-down…and I could sense his eagerness...
“Amma, he might have called to tell smthing abt the party…”… (my heart screamed… grrrrrrrrrrr…what the hell!!!… I told tht RASCAL not to call me…and did he call???)
The ATOM BOMB fell on my head… “Ha, anyways…u better don’t come home now…That boy called and Dad picked the phone..he spoke smthing to dad and disconnected the call…When dad asked me, I also told, that is ur friend…and only when ur dad told it’s a boy, I knew it WAS A BOY…He is very upset and told me that he doesn’t like all this…” and she left…
I couldn’t feel my body…I was shivering from head to toe…I dint know what to do…should I jump into a well or run off and kill that idiot…grrr…I calculated the time…by 0830pm dad would be having his dinner and by 0900-0930pm he should be inside his room to sleep…So I shall enter the War Zone by 1000pm to be on the safer side…. I decided to get to my room thru the dining room and get myself locked in there till dad goes to office the next day…
As planned, I went to the back side of my house and knocked at the door.. My mom slowly opened the door…One step into the dining room and Alas….there sat my dad having his dinner…my bro sitting on the adjacent seat..and very clearly I could see the hard expression on my dad’s face and the most cunning and naughtiest look on my bro’s face…He knew, I was scared and dad was upset…and he was sure he will soon get to witness a good Show-down…and I could sense his eagerness...
I dragged my lifeless legs towards the dining table..sat against dad’s chair..shit…and slowly started munching my food…My dad said not a word…and I was expecting an explosion any moment…my bro was counting seconds…and myself milli seconds…Soon my dad finished off his dinner, got up, washed his hands and went off to his room…
Myself and bro both gave out a Haaaaaaaaaaa….while mine was of relief my bros was of disappointment…Now I was irritated with his untimely giggles also…I was about to open my mouth and give him a good piece of my mind…and there, right in front of me stood my dad..he was BACKKKKK….The conversation that continued was the most formal one I have ever gone through…his voice was low and calmmmmm…
“WHO IS SONY?”
“Uh…SONY???which SONY???I am not sure…Is that a boy or girl, Dad???” (a halo around my head)
“BOY!!! U don’t know any SONY???”
“OHHHHHHHHHH…SONYYYYYYYYYY…ya ya…I think, it s the boy who studies with me at the tuition class…Why dad…what happened…” (I knew my face was giving me up…and my bro’s giggle was irritating me still…)
“Uhm…why is he calling you…”
“Dad, maybe he called for telling farewell party date…”
“Uhm, what party…no need of going for any party…I am taking you out enough, right…Anyways…friendship is OK…but nothing should be over the limit…OK???”
“Uhmmm, dad…”
And he left the scene and the remaining casts of the episode was
Mom – Stood between me and bro, almost about to laugh…
Bro – Laughing and Giggling and making fun of me…and
Yours truly – Not DEAD…but Lifeless…upset bcoz my brother got the upper hand today…sad that I wont be able to attend the party…angry at that Idiot who phoned my home even after myself telling him not to…happy that the dad didn’t actually wash me off in rage…and all I could say was…
“Phewwww…Dads are daddddddddds alwaysss….”
Yours truly – Not DEAD…but Lifeless…upset bcoz my brother got the upper hand today…sad that I wont be able to attend the party…angry at that Idiot who phoned my home even after myself telling him not to…happy that the dad didn’t actually wash me off in rage…and all I could say was…
“Phewwww…Dads are daddddddddds alwaysss….”
2 comments:
However strict is your Dad, lucky for you dear that you were able to spend those years with him...
My late father was an absentee father in our formative years, he worked abroad, hence we didn't spend much time with him! And when it was time for us to be together, that was the time he met a tragic vehicular accident that claimed his life! I am sad, on the 31st of october will be his 12th year death anniv...
You made me laugh with this post! You're mischievous then, aren't you?
Missing achan a lot…remembering him waiting for me at the railway station and the airport…..will put his arms around me and squeeze me tight and call ‘makkaley’ and a quick kiss on my cheeks..can feel his stubs still.
Few days back I dreamt of him. Some place…crowded….all known faces (cant recollect any) and then I am seeing achan standing near a wall…his back resting on them. I went to him….he looked huge..i could reach only till his chest…I felt his palm which was unusually big..and he held me close to his chest…But, I don’t remember him smiling.
Wish I could see achan again….im willing to die now, if it would take me to achan….
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