Nanna

Nanna,

You know that i wont prefix dear right? We are not exactly that kind of daughter and father is it? And don't worry this is not going to be a teary eyed sob story, You don't like anybody crying and you wont even believe in crying right?. See nanna i am not crying, I just want to say some things that i did not get time to say when you are available or just a phone call away from me. Now i am trying to post a letter to the places unknown, And i even don't know why the *!@# i am writing this shit. May be i am long due for a terrace conversation nanna. Do you remember this when you shouted at me and i got fever and everyone blamed you , How old i am at that time 5 or 6. And my love for your right hand as my pillow , I did not get a chance to use a real pillow until 12 or 13? . I still remember the sweets you brought from very far( Why the hell i am not bothered to ask the city name) Why those sweets are so sweet nanna.

I remember you coming very late to home everyday, with lot of money wrapped in towel Are nt you scared about that. I remember the cycle rides , me and sravanthi counting all the lghtning bugs passed, And you bullshitting all the stories about ghosts, I still don't afraid of that kind of stories nanna . I remember the big storm and one of nanamma's house wall destroyed and you taking me to ammumma place. I remember the time i told you somebody else took my pen , and you creating a big scene in school, you did not even ask my explanation when that pen was found in my bag.

Why nanna? Remember the time you want to sit when Janaganamana is playing, me creating a big scene as true patriotic. And when school head master commented on my singing capabilities i remember you also joining him, Are dads supposed to tease their daughters?

I remember you not coming to any school functions, I remember you not accompanying to any Inter school competitions , But i remember fighting for more money for those tours and me giving you a candy after every trip. Why it seems very normal to me when the rest of world differs.

I remember you asking me to take tickets where every dad is not even allowing to talk to strangers, Your reason is ladies queue is smaller . Why you made things so simple nanna without so much drama or fuss.

Me telling you about the boys, and you advising me about them and let me remind you, you are too bad in that :) According to you every boy is bad enough not even to be frnds with , But how come i ended with only boys as frnds.

Do you remember when i need to attend EAMCET counseling , and you are in some remote place working, without any phones or communication, Do you know nobody slept peacefully that night except me , And you wake me up in the morning , and you finished your bath and brkfast in 10 mins :) . In that counseling you did not force me to take any college or group. Do you remember the look on the next guy, when i joked about i will choose the college based on head and tails. How do you know that 17 year old stupid girl is matured enough to take a decision about her career.

And why you did not comment anything when i want to join in another college in the next year.

Why nanna why you let me take all the decisions, Are you preparing me for this moment.And you supported me in your own way for my biggest decision. Now when i look back i don't know what i did for you. You know i am planning a gift on this father's gift and you are so cruel to left me on that day. You know what ma is calling you. Selfish, Yes you left us all alone in this shitty world.

And i remember my promise and will fulfill it . You just watch. You know I am so mad at you .

--Swathi

Finally Andaman part -2

The problem with writing part-1 stories is, you are expected to write part -2 followed by 1. This is for people like me who has attention span in size of peanut is a biiiiig problem. So i thought of writing every other post other than the continuation of last one.
So here i am trying my level best to complete the thing i started. Yeah you are right, I went back to my post to check where i left, yes you are also right that i checked my pics to remember things. come on it happens to everyone (At least i hope so ).
So Andaman bowled me over with its honesty, new ness , gentle man like behavior . Did i talk about food in andaman , generally it is the first thing i always talk about, but some how this place made me change my order. Obvious to it's geography this place is famous for it's sea food. Glorious sea food , I tried varieties of fish, prawns crabs. Evey dish has it's own earthy flavor  The main differnece between grilled prawns that main land china serves and andaman are the earthy fresh ness something sea taste ( I know i sound weird but this taste i just can not write , Go eat and figure ).



After havelock we came back to Andaman some street shopping, lazy drives.. Crazy food.. After all this we signed up for scuba diving. Yeah you heard me right , yeah even i wanted to check my head first after signing up. When the money changed hands i knew i had no choice.
Did i tell you i dont know swimming, Silly! If i am dead i can not write this post is nt it. Yes i survived scuba diving without knowing swimmin how cool is that? We went to some small island for this, There is some misunderstanding  between instuctors so we transferred from one group to other group, Oh i forgot to tell you when i am travelling by boat there is a french guy sat next to me. Reading life of pi in french, As the seats are so constraint everytime i cross my legs his feet used to touch mine. And the poor guy apologized me like number of times though he is quite bit older than me . french people are so cute... Ok Coming to our diving. They gave us wet suits and weights breather goggles and the stuff i did nt remember.
There is actualy one thing i dont remeber the name right now which will help you to float as well as drown . So with hand signals yeah you can replay the Jindagi na milegi dubra part but replace katrina with a shy looking 20 + kid (techinically 20 + are not , but like you know some times you look at some one and thinks he is still kid Hi sateesh!!! dont worry he wont read my blog.) This guy made me spit on my goggles telling me that it helps better viewing , still i did nt understand the logic. Then he took me to deeeeep  inside the sea(hey 10 feet is still deep enough for me to get killed or eaten by shark or failure in breather or a heart attack to my trainer ) The goggles he gave me is not my size so the first time my eyes burnt like hell. Then he changed and we went for a little tour....
There comes the serenity.. a coral colored corals, live corals which may die if you happen to touch.. beautiful and wonderful fish in groups, single fish and wide range of sea plants. There came the moment that i committed to Andaman for life.

Andaman and other beautiful things

Here goes yet another travelogue, I cant believe I am writing too may travelogues these days, Excuse me technically 2 qualifies as many.
My recent trip is to Andaman, The lonely islands (the sign that I should not take writing seriously , Damn lone and plural how can both fit into one sentence , You did not get the point yet? good stop reading in the brackets then) that reside bottom of the map, unknown to so many. The decision is as usual a last minute decision , And I am more happy that I chose this place for holiday. This place is so ideal for my stupid requirements , Less number of tourists and no hint of commercialization , People are friendly and HONEST, Can you believe it? There are still honest people in touristy places.
This time we took the help of holiday planners , Yeah signs of aging and lazy ness.  And I am very glad we did this. And please don't read this in evil your mind as all the previous holidays are badly planned (you evil!! Go away from my blog) , There are two ways to reach Andaman, by air and water, (Surprise!!!! it is an island).. Unfortunately there is no direct flight from Hyderabad so we went via Chennai, And don't ask me the conditions of wash rooms in Chennai airport, and the polite ness of airport personal, because basically I am not a whining person and I have too many Chennai friends to be scared of  :(
Upon arrival on portblair (yes your geography is good, it is the capital) We are welcomed by flower bouquet , can you believe it????? Real flowers with petals and all!!!! So that was the love at first sight for me. Though I kept this to my self as a decent lady. You can not fall this quick is n't it? The temperature is good 35, I am ok with that, It always the cold that was so unsettling for me (Is it weird?)  The drive is pleasant as Andaman trying to impress me more with wide roads, beside sea shore (Yes beside sea shore ) With gigantic trees, friendly traffic cops (Friendly because all are girls :) Yes I am partial in that way) .
Then we started for have lock island by a cruise (like a big bus which travels on sea) , I read the safety instructions like million times blame titanic for that, Fortunately we did not hit any iceberg on the way and landed in one piece. Even though on the way Andaman throwing me thick green forests, uniformly grown coconut trees, fresh lakes, superb scenaries here and there I still maintained  you are not so unique  Andaman thing in my head. We stayed in some Symphony palms resort, which will offer you welcome drink and give you bamboo cottages. The resort we stayed had a private beach but we are too tired and too hurry to go the air conditioned rooms.
By evening we went to see the radha nagar beach, It is the second largest beach in Asia, And  is awesome just not because of the massive appearance but the beauty behind the every curve of it, not so ferocious waves, White sand beaches, Crystal clear water yes you can actually see what is in the water . My crush got  deeper by that point. Andaman threw me another surprise on me by the beautiful orangey sunset. By looking at the sun I understood why lord hanuman wanted to grab it , If i could fly I would have definitely done that. After all this wows and giggles I am dragged to the resort (AW! Romance is dead these days)
Next day we started to elephanta beach, by a small boat. When I went to port I can see the fish swimming and there was much less less littering (God bless Andaman to stay like this).
This beach is basically for the sports activities, For all the people who know what banana ride is please be quiet. So I am this innocent girl who thought banana ride is just a ride and I was seated right behind the rider when he is doing all swinging I thought why he is showing off, There comes the moment of realization in middle of sea dumped , Hey I did well, though I thought some shark gonna have me as lunch, I kept those thoughts to myself. Then I did the snorkeling there I was bowled over , The corals are so beautiful and the colors of fish is unique and even for today if I close my eyes I can see those bright colors, God is hell of a painter. Sea bike ride is good enough as well as glass boat ride.
And the next day it rained and you know how the beach will look like when it rains? It looks AWESOME You can not ask more romantic thing than that, I made better use of swings and hammocks our resort private beach.
When we went to radha beach , We kept all our belongings in our car and asked the driver to have a look on it. And he said no problem, nothing would be stolen here. When we were back from the beach, car was not locked, driver unseen , even the windows are not rolled up and our belongings safe and sound.  That is when I know that i fell in love with ANDAMAN.
To be continued....
PS: Did I tell you that I recently got married to annoyingly punctual, language purist ,sleep deprived (Yeah 6 hours of sleep is definitely sleep deprivation in my dictionary) bike crazy and 6 year long friend.