As Xmas is fast approaching and I have no plans for Xmas…other than sit at home and sleep…grrr…I am not sure, if my Xmas was this bland and un happening ever, and never when I was in India…especially, my last Xmas in India before being transplanted from there to this place…Gosh…that was really a Xmas…ok guys, would tell you about that Xmas memory…
I would try to make you guy picturise my house those days…it was in a very narrow lane with almost 20-22 houses…and all the residents inside the lane knew each other so well from years…it was my mom’s ancestral house…and majority of other residents also were living in there for years…This lane had a dead end at one end and the other end opened to a road which was parallel to one of the busiest road in the city…So we were like, inside a calm place in a busy city…
That time, majority of the children in each house was almost aged between the range of 19-28…and somehow, we all had built a bond with occasional celebrations during festivals or the daily even Carroms game at my house’s Car Porch…As I and my cousins used to play daily evening, one by one, these Bhaiyyas and Chotte Bacchas started joining and soon it was like a Games Club daily evening having matches between different groups…It was fun…
Among these residents it was just one family who was a Christian…that year, an idea flew into one of us, to celebrate Xmas in a special way and make them feel special…Now, lemme tell u…among almost 20-25 Boys, I was the only girl who was standing right in the front for any such activities…Rest of the girls in the area acted they were shy or reserved…So, their help was taken only when it was really required…as for me, I was a pre-requisite for the Boys, as they knew, the families would take their ideas seriously only if I was with them..heehe!!!
Thus we planned for our Xmas celebration…First of all, the whole lane was decorated with Colour Papers, Balloons and what not…Right at the mid of the lane in the centre of the road, we hung a hugeeeeeee Star (which Madam myself made with long plywood pieces and strings and colour papers and gum…ohhh…wasn’t I smart….lol!!!) a bulb was inserted into this star and it could be seen even from the road…it was that big and colourful…Now, 10 of the guys also went out and made rounds in the city with one of the guy dressed up as a Santa Claus…and we were well equipped with hi-fi Music system and speakers…lol…a Handcart followed the group with the Music Player and Speakers…it was really a GRAND Santa Group…Anyways, unfortunately, Madam was restricted from going anywhere out of our area…So I sadly had to sit and wait for the guys to return daily night…
Finally the Xmas day…we invited every single residents of the lane…We celebrated the night with lots of songs, games, dance and fun…Ofcourse, don’t forget the tasty cake and the delicious dinner…By the by, the Dinner was sponsored by every single residents…They contributed towards the dinner…and we just fed them…haha!!! But the night turned out to be the most memorable for majority of my neighbours…One member of each house gave a speech on how they felt about the day…and hehe, guess what, Madam was being praised by each of them…I could hear very well the grunting and grouching in the background from the Boys team…I could hear my brother complaining, WE DID EVERYTHING AND SHE GOT THE COMPLIMENTS….hahaah!!! Afterall, Guys, I was the master mind and the organizer and the host (I am sure they would correct it as Ghost)…
Anyways, the Xmas night celebration was a great success…But do u guys know, what made it more memorable for me…hehe!!!
After the celebration, we were all tired..I started a very bad headache…and suddenly it started raining badly…remaining people at my Car Porch was some of the boys and myself…we were all safely inside the roof of the car-porch…and discussing the success of the day…I was sitting on the floor holding on to my breaking head…naturally, my mood was going off and off due to the head ache…at this point, one of the boy, apparently my best friend "A", felt it funny, when he saw me with the headache (I Suppose)…
He took a bottle of Ice water…and started threatening “I will pour it into your head now…”…Somehow, I dint feel it funny…I was a bit pissed off..and started warning him NOT TO…ELSE… he was still joking…and the situation went so worse that to test my patience maybe, he poured the water over my head…and I LOST IT…I just couldn’t control my temper…First thing, I sprung into my legs from the floor…I ran out into the corner of the Garage…there was an old bucket outside, which was dirty enough and had the rain water in it…
I just took it and threw the entire water into his face…he was shocked and more shocked was rest of the boys…Now, Shouldn’t I be stopping it there…NO…I couldn’t, as my anger was not yet reduced…Especially, when I saw him pouncing back to attack me with more water…I could see some of the boys holding him back..and some of them including my brother holding me back…But then, it couldn’t stop me, maybe…I got hold of the Foot Mat that was on the steps near my car porch and threw it at him, as he was not near by to hit him…and then I calmed down…
Haaaaaaa….After that it was utter silence in the group… “A” was shocked, but I think he felt Insulted… He knew, it was not just my mistake…but still..afterall, he was aboy…He left the scene immediately…My brother was asking me in soft voice, “Why u did that much..he was just joking…”… For some reason, I was in no mood to take that joke that day…uhmmm…Slowly, one by one, rest of the boys also dispersed from
the scene…None spoke anything…
Uhmm…Pheww…Now that was really a Memorable Xmas, isn’t it….
Merry Christmas to each one of you...
I would try to make you guy picturise my house those days…it was in a very narrow lane with almost 20-22 houses…and all the residents inside the lane knew each other so well from years…it was my mom’s ancestral house…and majority of other residents also were living in there for years…This lane had a dead end at one end and the other end opened to a road which was parallel to one of the busiest road in the city…So we were like, inside a calm place in a busy city…
That time, majority of the children in each house was almost aged between the range of 19-28…and somehow, we all had built a bond with occasional celebrations during festivals or the daily even Carroms game at my house’s Car Porch…As I and my cousins used to play daily evening, one by one, these Bhaiyyas and Chotte Bacchas started joining and soon it was like a Games Club daily evening having matches between different groups…It was fun…
Among these residents it was just one family who was a Christian…that year, an idea flew into one of us, to celebrate Xmas in a special way and make them feel special…Now, lemme tell u…among almost 20-25 Boys, I was the only girl who was standing right in the front for any such activities…Rest of the girls in the area acted they were shy or reserved…So, their help was taken only when it was really required…as for me, I was a pre-requisite for the Boys, as they knew, the families would take their ideas seriously only if I was with them..heehe!!!
Thus we planned for our Xmas celebration…First of all, the whole lane was decorated with Colour Papers, Balloons and what not…Right at the mid of the lane in the centre of the road, we hung a hugeeeeeee Star (which Madam myself made with long plywood pieces and strings and colour papers and gum…ohhh…wasn’t I smart….lol!!!) a bulb was inserted into this star and it could be seen even from the road…it was that big and colourful…Now, 10 of the guys also went out and made rounds in the city with one of the guy dressed up as a Santa Claus…and we were well equipped with hi-fi Music system and speakers…lol…a Handcart followed the group with the Music Player and Speakers…it was really a GRAND Santa Group…Anyways, unfortunately, Madam was restricted from going anywhere out of our area…So I sadly had to sit and wait for the guys to return daily night…
Finally the Xmas day…we invited every single residents of the lane…We celebrated the night with lots of songs, games, dance and fun…Ofcourse, don’t forget the tasty cake and the delicious dinner…By the by, the Dinner was sponsored by every single residents…They contributed towards the dinner…and we just fed them…haha!!! But the night turned out to be the most memorable for majority of my neighbours…One member of each house gave a speech on how they felt about the day…and hehe, guess what, Madam was being praised by each of them…I could hear very well the grunting and grouching in the background from the Boys team…I could hear my brother complaining, WE DID EVERYTHING AND SHE GOT THE COMPLIMENTS….hahaah!!! Afterall, Guys, I was the master mind and the organizer and the host (I am sure they would correct it as Ghost)…
Anyways, the Xmas night celebration was a great success…But do u guys know, what made it more memorable for me…hehe!!!
After the celebration, we were all tired..I started a very bad headache…and suddenly it started raining badly…remaining people at my Car Porch was some of the boys and myself…we were all safely inside the roof of the car-porch…and discussing the success of the day…I was sitting on the floor holding on to my breaking head…naturally, my mood was going off and off due to the head ache…at this point, one of the boy, apparently my best friend "A", felt it funny, when he saw me with the headache (I Suppose)…
He took a bottle of Ice water…and started threatening “I will pour it into your head now…”…Somehow, I dint feel it funny…I was a bit pissed off..and started warning him NOT TO…ELSE… he was still joking…and the situation went so worse that to test my patience maybe, he poured the water over my head…and I LOST IT…I just couldn’t control my temper…First thing, I sprung into my legs from the floor…I ran out into the corner of the Garage…there was an old bucket outside, which was dirty enough and had the rain water in it…
I just took it and threw the entire water into his face…he was shocked and more shocked was rest of the boys…Now, Shouldn’t I be stopping it there…NO…I couldn’t, as my anger was not yet reduced…Especially, when I saw him pouncing back to attack me with more water…I could see some of the boys holding him back..and some of them including my brother holding me back…But then, it couldn’t stop me, maybe…I got hold of the Foot Mat that was on the steps near my car porch and threw it at him, as he was not near by to hit him…and then I calmed down…
Haaaaaaa….After that it was utter silence in the group… “A” was shocked, but I think he felt Insulted… He knew, it was not just my mistake…but still..afterall, he was aboy…He left the scene immediately…My brother was asking me in soft voice, “Why u did that much..he was just joking…”… For some reason, I was in no mood to take that joke that day…uhmmm…Slowly, one by one, rest of the boys also dispersed from
the scene…None spoke anything…Uhmm…Pheww…Now that was really a Memorable Xmas, isn’t it….
Merry Christmas to each one of you...
NB: All the boys joined me in the Carroms match even the next day…some spoke about the fight and some dint…Some felt “A” shouldn’t have provoked me especially when I was having a headache…and some felt, I might have over reacted…Uhmm…even I felt so…but the pride dint allow me to admit it…. “A” too was regularly coming over for the matches but we never spoke to each othr for quite some time…We did patch up after few months…uhmmmmmm….Whoever, may forget that night, but neither I nor “A” would ever forget the fight with the Water Splash…hahaha!!!
1 comments:
Though a belated post, i relished it.It is always fun to join and have such community programmes and how thoughtful of you to have chosen Christmas and to bring the spirit of the festival.
it was not an happy end as one would have wished with what should have been a fun was overdone resulting in not unjustifiable angry response.There is a thin line between poking fun and hurting and many lose their sense of proportion in their enthusiasm only to regret. I wonder whether A apologised.
An excellent write up
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