Reminiscence...: 2008

Wednesday, November 12

@ Ottapalam

Yogesh had accompanied Premi and Me to Ottapalam for a few days. We both were quite surprised when he jumped at the opportunity to say that he was going with us and yes he did make the trip and he ensured he had loads of fun too.

He ensured that he was being kind, polite yet himself at every time and anyone who met him were bowled out and people had only good things to say. Premi and I became the bad people, for always being at his back and checking on him. Anyways, He is a darling! No doubt bout that.

A small Lotus and Lilly pond was his favourite place to spend time. Wake up early, rush to the pond and sit there looking at fishes was his main activity and I must say "he was not getting bored at sitting there for 2 or 3 hours at a stretch". He then would cook up stories about the fish to tell us.

He wanted a lotus pond in Coimbatore house, but hopefully we have convinced him out of that and probably by now, he would have even forgotten about the tadpoles, fishes and what not that was in that pool.

Do we need a small lotus pond in Coimbatore house. Mmm.... think I'll anyways ask parents bout it. What harm would it cause, by asking? Probably, they might like the idea too....!!!

One thing that is similar with Yogesh and Me, we both adore Cars, Planes, Ships, Comics, Cartoons, play crazy things, come out with wacky ideas and not to be missed "get bullied badly" when amongst family members. But we both do not bother about bullies and we are having fun too... So much similarities. mmm....

I was so thrilled at seeing the Ambi in Premi's house the first time I went there that I was mentioning about me liking Ambi and after marriage I used to sometimes tell my FIL to take the Ambi if we have to go somewhere near. By the way, my FIL also loves Ambi, so he does not hesitate at this suggestion.

While Yogs was in Otap, when ever we had to go out, he would run and get into the Ambi first and my FIL was too happy to see a small boy of this current generation taking a fancy for his good old Ambi. Yogesh completely bowled my FIL and end result, he used to get a lot of Ambi rides.

We had fun at Otap. Also Yogs and me had that bit of extra fun than Premi, when we both returned to Coimbatore by train.

"Aishwarya" - coimbatore house

This is Ashokettan's house in Ganapathy area of Coimbatore. This is a township "GEM Nirmaalayam" consisting for around 80 Villas and 60 residential apartments. We have named the house "Aishwarya". In front is parents car.

Amma's back garden, many plans and she hopes to have some good garden vegetables.

Newly laid lawn in front, Achan's area for watering and maintenance.

Achan in the back drop of nearly 15 hanging pots and about 20 potted plants right from the gate upto the main door (scattered though)

Achan & Amma

My parents are now happily settled in Coimbatore after 50 years of living in Chennai. The change and shifting was no way easy, but the end results are positive and in all angles and thoughts, we have achieved what was intended. They have settled in.

This house is Ashokettan's gift for parents for the years to come. Achan and Amma are having a great time there with many friends and now the complaint is that they do not have enough time. Its sometimes nice when they say that they are with sme neighbors or doing something and that they will back after they are done with that. It feels so nice that they are occupied at something or the other. That was what we all wanted, for them to be happy and to know that they are happy, makes all the sons and DIL's more happy. Over all, a hapy family...

Parents are very occupied with maintaing the plants, Achan takes care of the lawn, potted plants and basically to all plants in the front side of the house and Amma to a small vegetable garden she is developing. She has in the back garden some "Cheera", "Methi", Curry leaves for now and in a short while she would be having a small lemon plant, coriander, pumpkin, chilli etc. They are exploring what all they can grow.

I am eagerly looking forward to the occassion when the full family can be together under one roof for a get together and barbacue if possible with some chill beer and what not to tag along. . . in all probablity there would be another new member in the family by then, probably few days / weeks or months old. yeah, I am refering to Premi and my Kiddo, expected sometime in Jan'09.

Tuesday, August 19

boy's beware. . .

He didn't like the curry
And he didn't like my cake
He said my biscuits were too hard...
Not like his mother used to make.

I didn't prepare the coffee right
He didn't like the stew,
I didn't mend his socks
The way his mother used to do.

I pondered for an answer
I was looking for a clue.
Isn't there anything I could do?
To match his mothers shoe

Then I smiled as I saw light
One thing I could definitely do
I turned around and slapped him tight...
Like his mother used to ! ! !

BEST LAW STORY OF THE YEAR ! ! !

BEST LAW STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY.

Charlotte, North Carolina.

A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars then insured them against, among other things, fire.Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company.

In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost 'in a series of small fires.'

The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion... The lawyer sued..... and WON!

(Stay with me now......... ......... ......... )

Delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous!!

The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company, in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be 'unacceptable fire', and was thus obligated to pay the claim.

So, rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling, and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars lost in the 'fires'.

(NOW FOR THE BEST PART........ ....... )

After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!

With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicte of 'intentionally burning his insured property' and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.

This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.