Onam

One reason why I stayed away from posting anything here was because there was hardly anything different happening in my life. It was more or less the same pattern throughout August, more work during week days and absolute relaxation during weekends. That pattern changed somewhat over this week, prompting this blog.

Onam was here, and I didn't have a clue about it. Rather, I had no clue until my cousin called me up the previous evening and reminded me that I was supposed to go to their place for lunch/dinner. I fixed it up for dinner since I had to work. When I reached office, I realized with a pleasant surprise that US has decided to celebrate Onam....er....Labor's Day, and that there was no work. So, I requested for a leave and got it rather promptly (a definite surprise if you know my manager). I went off with Bijit, my friend, to his place to check out the new laptop he has bought. It's an Acer system with almost all the gizmos needed. To say I wasn't jealous of Bijit having this sexy beauty would be a blatant lie. After admiring her in close quarters and seeing her perform.

I went to my cousin's place from there. She was pretty contrite that I didn't have food from her place. That made her serve me the thick payasam with a renewed vigor. Since I had woken up at an unGodly hour of 3:30 a.m., I had thought of sleeping at her place for some time, but my cousins' kids saw to it that I stayed awake. They are just great, and I love playing with them, and how much ever strong my will to sleep was, I wanted to continue playing with them. It was around 12 at night when I finally returned home, rushing to the bed to catch enough sleep before I got up early the next day.