Sunday, January 25, 2009

Exciting return to India for a month long vacation


I had booked the tickets for the month long vacation in India. The excitement to go back to home to see my parents have increased to a certain extent. It was around 9:15 PM exactly the flight took off and our enthusiasm also took off. The journey was really bad as there was no sufficient space between two seats. But these things were not in my mind.,only those 3 hour 45 minutes were there. I was thinking how to spend that big time in the flight. Those 225 minutes were really like 2 days for me. I was counting the minutes and each and every second. Finally at 11 PM (IST), I reached Chennai. 

What a wonderful feeling to see those heads back which brought me to this world. Tears started to roll on my eyes. From my heart I am sayiong this guys there is nothing in this world which can equalize that feeling. Then I drove back to my home after 6 month gap. That night was really sleepless night as I was enjoying each and every minute. Had a long conversation with my parents and told everything whatever I did in those few months in Singapore. Then next morning had a beautiful strong coffee made by my mother which I loved to have every morning. I was really happy to eat and drink something which was made by the hands of my mother. So I started to plan how to spend the one month in a useful manner. After a god bath and good breakfast I recharged my mobile and started to call my friends. 

All were surprised to hear my voice from an Indian mobile. The day went like a normal one, had good food good nap and saw the television and enjoyed the time with my brother who was longing to see me. Then next day I took the chocolates which I had brought from Singapore and went to my old office, where I had many friends. It was nice to see my friends back and share some happiness with them. It was actually a surprise to all of my friends as I didn’t inform any of them about my visit. Even they didn’t believe that I am in India, when I called them. Later the first two weeks went normally as I took rest had good time by playing cricket to utmost limit. Enjoyed each and every run I scored while playing. I scored a half century in just 20 balls and every one where stunned as I maintained a good form even though I didn’t play for 5 months. 

Next 15 days I was really busy didn’t even have time to sleep well. I went to Kumbamonam for a pilgrimage visit to the navagraha temples. All the temples were really good but it was a tedious journey. Actually speaking the truth the trip was exciting because there was not even  a single huge building in that village, all were small huts and small houses. It was a stunning scenic view of paddy fields and coconut trees. At 7 AM we were travelling through a small road which had paddy fields on both side. The dew droplets on those paddy leaves were glittering like a diamond. The small boys and girls in school uniforms going to school in bullock carts and people taking their tractors to plough the fields and so on are the beautiful pictures which got stuck in my heart and increased my love over those villages. These villages are the heart of India.

Then I came back to my home after 4 days of travel and finally results came and the score which I got was a good one and made my parents happier than ever. Later few days I went for shopping, to my relatives and friends home. On December 27, my close friends came from United States for their vacation. It was nice to see back with my good old friends after a gap of 18 months. We all spent a whole day together and that day was really a memorable one. Then I started to pack my things for my return journey. Only my mind was willing to go back to singpaore but my heart always opposing it. Had a very good vacation which I can’t forget in my life. It really makes you feel bad when you knowingly depart your favourite ones in this world, that’s what I felt when I left for the check-in in the airport. What to do this is life and we have to accept what ever comes and that too for a good cause.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great account of your travel back to india..
may be you should blog regularly to share your views buddy..

Hope you do remember me .. back in those bus rides and especially from the lakshmi "p-r-a-b-h-a" debacle :P

May you have mental peace at Singapore :P

Sudhar said...

I am sorry to tell you that I am not able to remember you...it will be nice that if you introduce again so that it makes me easier to identify you....

..:: Unique ::.. said...

Wht a amazing blog... i think u missed out many parts of ur travel.. Interesting .. only dat i fell asleep after dat first para !!