Had got up at 5 AM for no rhyme or reason and sleep refused to return as I lay in bed, ticking the minutes away. Got up at 6, went through the chores and we were ready well in time. Preetha, came in by 9 with the auto rickshaw for us to go to the road transport corporation bus stand and we left soon after. There was a traffic snarl short of the Mammiyoor junction and we saw the Venad blue, headed for Palakkad, standing within the melee. After telling the bus driver, we'd got off the rick and boarded the bus immediately - two things made our transfer easy. The bus kept standing at the spot and the rick driver said that he'd collect his fare later, damn sweet of both of them!
The road, after Pattambi and before Shoranur was a bad stretch, full of potholes. We reached my sister's place a trifle after 12 and around a half past 1, had the ceremonial lunch with Rema and Achu. After a short rest, we're off for kitting up the birthday boy. It was a nice trip around a few landmarks of Palakkad with Achu, the expert, behind the wheel. It required a lot of coaxing on our part to make him pick up a set of formals for himself. After picking up what we had in mind, we'd returned home and waited for Achu's dad to get back from office but not before picking up a Black Forrest cake for the evening. An inscription, "Happy birthday ACHU", was made on its face.
Padmakumar had reached home by about a quarter to 6. We, then, left for the goddess' temple at 'Manappully kaavu'.....it's a nice, old temple and has an aura. After paying our obeisance, Achu insisted on taking us to dinner and he took us to a nice, cosy place. It was a splendid evening and we could make our get away as the dinner crowd was steadily beginning to build up. It definitely seems to be a popular eating joint among the locals. Achu was put on to it by a friend of his, he said. This friend likes his food and it shows on his body too!
We got back home and then, went through the ceremonial serial of 'cutting-the-cake'.
The day's serials had come to an end. It was a quarter to 10 and time for Achu to go to his office as it's the 'C' shift, that he's a part of, this week. As he drove off from the parking slot, I felt nice that the both of us had made it to Palakkad to spend quality time with him on his special day.......hope he enjoyed it too!
Achu, here's us wishing you that the coming year gets you all that you wish for. Enjoy every moment of life and take care. Our prayers shall always be with you.
.....And Madhavan was continuously present despite his absence! All of us missed him.
Tailpiece.
I'd expected Ammu and Midhun to drop by in the evening, from Coimbatore and provide the surprise element to Achu but it was not to be. Work had taken up their time!
The road, after Pattambi and before Shoranur was a bad stretch, full of potholes. We reached my sister's place a trifle after 12 and around a half past 1, had the ceremonial lunch with Rema and Achu. After a short rest, we're off for kitting up the birthday boy. It was a nice trip around a few landmarks of Palakkad with Achu, the expert, behind the wheel. It required a lot of coaxing on our part to make him pick up a set of formals for himself. After picking up what we had in mind, we'd returned home and waited for Achu's dad to get back from office but not before picking up a Black Forrest cake for the evening. An inscription, "Happy birthday ACHU", was made on its face.
Padmakumar had reached home by about a quarter to 6. We, then, left for the goddess' temple at 'Manappully kaavu'.....it's a nice, old temple and has an aura. After paying our obeisance, Achu insisted on taking us to dinner and he took us to a nice, cosy place. It was a splendid evening and we could make our get away as the dinner crowd was steadily beginning to build up. It definitely seems to be a popular eating joint among the locals. Achu was put on to it by a friend of his, he said. This friend likes his food and it shows on his body too!
We got back home and then, went through the ceremonial serial of 'cutting-the-cake'.
The day's serials had come to an end. It was a quarter to 10 and time for Achu to go to his office as it's the 'C' shift, that he's a part of, this week. As he drove off from the parking slot, I felt nice that the both of us had made it to Palakkad to spend quality time with him on his special day.......hope he enjoyed it too!
Achu, here's us wishing you that the coming year gets you all that you wish for. Enjoy every moment of life and take care. Our prayers shall always be with you.
.....And Madhavan was continuously present despite his absence! All of us missed him.
Tailpiece.
I'd expected Ammu and Midhun to drop by in the evening, from Coimbatore and provide the surprise element to Achu but it was not to be. Work had taken up their time!
No comments:
Post a Comment