The falling Child

All my life I have been a falling child with an attention deficiency syndrome. My mother's nightmare. Every single day she would dread, a new injury was on its way. I must have scrapped my knees and elbows at least a 100 times over and the cat and dog scratches excluded. But I have never broken a bone in my life. And as I grew older and the falling reduced, my mom was the happiest person, she had sailed through the worst years without a broken limb! Haash!!

At 27, when the child is no more a child and my Mom was having a relieved life, the big day came. I missed a step, fell and broke MY ANKLE: 2 CRACKS. And as soon as the doc said, PLASTER, ONE MONTH, the look on my Ma's face was that of disbelief and shock. There went down all her prayers, all these years, How would she get me down to sit still at one place for 30 DAYS.

Day 4 and I have been relaxing, reading books,writing this blog, facebook-ing, clicking pictures etc. This one is for you Mom, the chilled attitude, so I do not cause more stress to you. For u have been great and taking care forever.

I click a lot of pics and am social networking fan. I went to dance class and sat there, clicked everyone's pics and laughed. Whoever calls me or comes to meet tells me U ARE HAVING A BLAST! And actually, yes I am having a BALL OF A TIME, Compulsory resting at Home, with my sister's brings back memories of childhood and summer vacations. As it is the fall was not in my hands, but how I take it, is.. So i am having fun as much as I can. What has to be has to be, The trouble is in reacting to it, So here I am Smiling it away and partying and asking everyone to join in!!

And I would never recommend breaking a bone, especially your ankle, it is the most horrible thing ever.

So have fun and till next time Ciao!

After very long

Its been so long since I wrote here or anywhere almost a year.

But looking back I was just not too willing to write. I suddenly feel like sharing, putting feelings into words.

There is so much that happened over the weeks, which cannot be told coz no one would actually want to hear it or even understand, small things which make big differences

• Injury
• Broken friendships
• New beginnings

All change brings with it some pain. It is way too difficult to adjust to a new set of ideas. if it never happened I would never know how it felt. It is just how cozy we get in our comfort zones. 

Of late I have realised, I should not let reactions bother me, coz I would not be able to change their view or even the situation. Live and Let live..

I hope I will write more often.

 

The Drive In Memoirs

I went to Drive In yesterday after almost a decade and the first time with friends. Drive in Cinema was one tourist spot, where u took uncle, aunty, cousins etc when they came visiting. With lack of places to watch we went there mostly becuz it not only let u sit wherever u want but also let u carry ur food.. It was very well maintained and a beautiful concept. Ahmedabad is the only city where it has been able to survive, I personally attribute it to the fact that we are a dry state and it is easier to keep brawls and drunk street fights low.

Drive in brought back a part of childhood which was most cherished. As kids we went there in big groups as family outing and ran all across the place, fought, laughed, cried.... Drive in was the place for celebration without reason. People armed with chairs and tons of food and even small board games and stuff kids could play in the cool evening breeze. It was an evening picnic spot. A mammoth 800 or odd car capacity seater in the middle of a city growing rapidly. The trees, the smell of the wet sand, anytime food, games and if u r sulking one tight slap and u will be found sleeping in someone's lap... Drive in is synonymous to beautiful memories.

It still has this homely feeling to it it does not tie u to ur seat with rubbish popcorn for 3 hours. I kept walking all around the place, watching the useless movie from all angles and remembering the good times spent with family there. . I am sure a lot of people do go there regularly but i am sure not as many as it used to attract earlier. As we sat there sharing Drive In stories, it was as if we had gone back in time and each of us could only recollect happy moments.

Once in a while it still runs to packed houses but it has lost its charm. Maybe the pace of the city got to this laid back huge guy. Off late and slowly and partly becuz of multiplexes Drive In started decaying. But still it was nice and should go there more often before it makes way for maybe another mall or multiplex... And the sweet smell of sand has disappeared...