Hibernation!!

Dedicated to my bodily tantrums!

The whole of july has been a lull on the blog:(...Its been nearly 2 months now since engineering finished!...The last day was so sudden ....that though i had known all through the last few days we might never come together like a class again.... as soon as the last paper finished...i wanted to freeze that moment forever....didn’t want a single soul to leave ..:P...i guess i was in denial ....which brings me to yesterday!....

Yesterday i met BOB,:P....its my college group :D(the full form shall be revealed when the time is right)....after about a month o so....and i felt so alive ...a feeling that i had almost forgotten in a state of hibernation...Again the denial of seeing every1 together and a dear friend probably the last time for a long time to come.. set in....never the less i was happy i made it!:D....y so?..well ..u will c....the past month started of something like this.....

For days after my exams....Idly looking at my fb page...and watching sitcoms was surprisingly enough to get me through the day!....Then a friend of mine said she had this wonderful day teaching the most eager students in an ngo...i couldn’t thank her more for the long forgotten thought....i searched for ngos in my area and luckily found Sunbeam where i would have to teach little junior/senior kg kids. Also what had kept me away from this all along was that volunteering for less than 3 weeks is hard to find...yet this ngo turned out perfect as they said i could leave in 2 weeks....for my job...but it would be difficult for me ...rather than them to do so......Indeed it was...the first day i expected to be greeted by the cute little faces....instead i entered a class full of the most attentive, eager parents ....I was asked to fill their bio-data...their income..jobs etc. and suddenly realized how gr8 a job sunbeam was doing by giving free education to the little minds who so needed it to flourish...

The first day with the little angles was....exciting .....except for 1 or 2 who threw all the tantrums in the world to not sit in the class...after about 15 mins i had managed to get them all seated ...and paying attention to me?...ah no ....that would take time....So to get them all involved i started with the most basic of all rhymes...each one of them knew twinkle twinkle and sang it with nice enthusiasm...which lasted for about a minute...thanks to only 4 lines that it is....and the very next moment....they are jumping on top of each other....one kid is pouring water just for fun...another one playing with mud in a little pit in the ground...while five of them want to take a pee break...so we sang more rhymes.....Jhony little..teddy bear..baba black sheep...oh...n all their suggestions...while some kids knew it all...others seem to just love not paying attention...always in their own world...wanting to be left undisturbed ..:D...But gradually as everyone sang with actions ...the others din want to lose out on the fun!...This lasted for about 15 minutes...and now its time for some ABC...so we sing it....and kids hurried through the song...messing up the LMNO.....Then its time to check the numbers...Then recognizing the letters randomly....while all of this is going on...the toughest job was to make sure every1 is listening....and they only listen when you shout at the top of your lungs...and when they answer...its a whisper..the difference in decibels nearly turned me deaf!...i mean literally...i had this little ear problem and i could hear almost half the things...so 1 week down i had had to take a break for a couple of days....little did i know the break would go on for weeks together..:(

Which brings us to the topic of this post....a little after the ear problem subdued...i caught the most fierce cough...and in two days i had a fever of 2 degrees which went to 3 and nearly 4...and lasted for about a week...All i did was sleep...or occasionally get up in a state of complete haze...my mom had to stay home...sponging me with super cold water to get the fever down...it felt like 1 whole day which lasted for about a 100 hrs...and i slept for 90 of those...The worst was the fact that i suddenly became aware how this sickness was long overdue....how it was all my fault...how i had stretched my body to its limits with the most irregular sleeping habits .....and with the odd metabolic rates at which it operated nothing seemed to be running smoothly...i had lost over 7 kgs over a year ...not a astounding fact ....but still something which now categorized me as underweight...Obviously the realization dint come naturally to me...it followed after frequent lectures from aae on how “health is wealth”.....and how was I going to take care of myself in Pune(where i have to shift for my job) if i kept falling sick so frequently...and how my stamina was zero...(compared to my mom ...who i often wonder is super-woman.... it’s in negatives.....i mean seriously ...if i could confront god..that would be my first question)

So while still in fever I did one more thing besides sleeping...i promised mom ...around a thousand times that i shall sleep before 12 at night and get up at 6am...do pranayama and eat ...GET FAT!...More than a moto for me...it was a moto for everyone in the house...Eat bananas....”one chapati...nahi chalega”...”eggs eggs eggs”....”oh don’t eat too much at once...eat every one hour”. Dad comes home from office...and the ‘kashi ahes?’(how are u?) is replaced with “wazan kiti zala?”...(what is your weight now?)...mission 50 he called it!....His favourite taunt was...go meet schools friends...go get wet in the rains....go travel for 2 hrs to kandivali to meet jinali...all sarcasm...but if you become fat and weigh 50kg...you are a free bird!...obviously i was obedient ..anything for that freedom...i slept early...it’s tough when sleeping at 3am is routine....got up at 6.While i was on the most boring mission...my friends saw amazingg movies...went for picnics...in the midst of the most awesome weather in the heart of lush greenery in the middle of this concrete jungle....I couldn’t say adios to my best friend as she left for her job in pune...So after all the sacrifice ...I was hoping to be on my to fatness! When suddenly my body complains again....its time for some dehydration and vomiting...soo all the gained weight...gone in a jiffy..:(...I recover from that too....I wait eagerly to meet my friends on the day when ‘cube of death’ leaves for US of A ....the day arrives...i still look tired...and breath heavily after a long conversation on the phone....i haven’t stepped out of my house much....but its time to breath the fresh air...Its been Pouring cats n dogs since days...The sun is on a sabbatical ....the winds blow thunderously....(one thing which kept me happy about staying indoors)But not this day...today i shall c the sun...i shall make it till santacruz...
All seems to be on the track...permission from mom and dad-check....weight above 50-naah...but i convinced myself its permanently altered..:(... so i get up early...which keeps mom in a good mood...weather-I spot the sun...and suddenly...out of the bloom...my neck sprains...a muscle gets pulled...This isn’t unfamiliar ...i am reminded of the days before my exams...when i had to lie on the bed for hours and days at a stretch....lying on bed doing nothing...oh no...i had enough of it!!!!...i hoped for it to pass...knowing only better...yet i slept for a couple of hours...i somehow managed to get out of the bed...with a ‘wakdi maan’ i could hardly sit straight ....and was off for what felt like a very strenuous journey to my friends place...
So i met my friends after a month...after spending 1 hr at the bus stop and one hr in the bumpy bus ride...It wasn’t the best way to be meeting some1 for the last time:P.....pretty week ...with lost weight ...n a broken neck...my state was pathetic ...as my friends saw it!...Glad every1 could laugh it out...and no 1 attempted a lecture to become fat...as i had enough of that already.!!!....We even played mafia wars...which on a normal day would have seen me all heated up in arguments....yesterday i was just...well a little handicapped..:(...

Now i hope...my body has succumbed...and the sprained neck is its last tantrum....(i don’t want a cavity in my tooth next...with by 1 minute brushing...its a big possibility ...)I wish to see those little faces again. When i joined sunbeam..Thankfully the Ngo was on the look out for permanent teachers...as i was just volunteering ...evaluating the kids...and making it fun...till the text books and portions were brought in...my absence was no trouble...as the permanent teachers were brought in...still in those few days....i taught so many little minds...and revised my rhymes from pre-school days....that i can’t wait to see Lucky singh again...(the one who dropped water for fun...he tested my patience....n with his cute little bun....and the most cute pleading manners to make him do nothing....it was extremely difficult....he did at last learn to differentiate between A,B and C....a feat which took atleast half an hour to accomplish)...cute little ashwariya(She was the sweetest and smartest kid....most amiable....always helpful...with the most innocent smile ever..touch wood!)....aryan(he loved telling stories...if i drew a icecream on the board...and ask the kids to guess what it was...and he would start of with...”maine kal kahya icecream...cake bhi khaya...mere bhaika na birthday tha....”).....aditya(This guy was The actor..before the class he haddd to cry...get all the attention he wanted...once the class started...crying all forgotten..its play time..very naughty)....pari(indeed a little angel who drew A upside down...but never gave up....tried to draw it correct for straight 1 hr...i hope she has learnt it by now...she was Ashwariya’s kid sister...and only time she cried was when her big sister couldn’t stay with her for class)....I taught about 60 students on various days.....managed to remember their names for one class...(a herculean task for one who forgets the names of her aunts and uncles....and has her sis by her side always to help her out with the guessing...at wedding and family functions:P)....Now i have forgotten most of the names...but the faces are still fresh in my memory...:).....Hope i get fit enough to go and sing a rhyme ‘with action’ and play ringa ringa roses...one last time..before i have to leave for job!!
Next blog shall come only after Mission 50 is accomplished ..:P..cya soooon!