We were up at a half past 5, had gone through our chores and left Suresh and Sindhu's house by a quarter past 7. Madhavan Nair sir had some nice words to say when I'd invited him to Guruvayur and he seemed to be keen!
Our first stop was at the Mohanachandrans'. He has improved to a great extent from what we saw of him during the Old Boys' day in July. He, now:-
(a) makes eye contact while you speak to
him and recognises people.
(b) smiles as you recall anecdotes and
narrate events.
(c) walks with the help of a stick and with
support.
(d) reads the newspaper every morning.
(e) gave Lekha and me a parting
handshake.
After spending about 45' with him and his family, we resumed our journey and reached Lekha's sister's place for breakfast. We, then, drove to Raj Nivas and spent some time there. While waiting for the light at the Kottarakkara junction, a guy on a scooter rubbed his vehicle on the front bumper of the Chevy. Since we'd to go a long way with a lot many things to do, I'd not pursued him and let him go and the car had just come out of a long overhaul and touch up. Given a chance, I'd have given a tight slap across his face and asked him to get it corrected, pronto!
Spoke to my parents as is my custom and loaded the washed clothes and a few other items that we'd left during the journey onward. The continuing rain has seen the sprouting of a fresh set of weeds much to my angst and we experienced rain - blinding, at certain places - enroute. Had topped up the Chevy and checked tyre pressure at the Kottarakkara bunk when Suresh, its owner who took it up on himself to service us, told me that the left rear tyre may be having a puncture but since it was tubeless, I could drive through without apprehensions! Lunch was at Motel Aram at Alappuzha where Tommy had looked after us. The choke points at Vyttila, Palarivattom and Aluva were clogged with traffic, with blinding rain in accompaniment and a lot of time was wasted.
On reaching Guruvayur, we'd stopped at the department store to buy fresh provisions. But the unfortunate part was that I'd forgotten to replenish one of Lekha's medicines. Bad show, Rajeev!
The Quarterdeck was opened up, a partial unpacking was done and the clothes for washing/drywash were segregated for handling tomorrow. Lekha had, meanwhile, rustled up a fine supper and it was 'pipe down' at our usual time.
Tailpiece.
Was back after a break of 16 days. The newspaperboy has been told to drop the newspapers from tomorrow. Our landline telephone is unserviceable and I believe that the entire BSNL network is down!
Our first stop was at the Mohanachandrans'. He has improved to a great extent from what we saw of him during the Old Boys' day in July. He, now:-
(a) makes eye contact while you speak to
him and recognises people.
(b) smiles as you recall anecdotes and
narrate events.
(c) walks with the help of a stick and with
support.
(d) reads the newspaper every morning.
(e) gave Lekha and me a parting
handshake.
After spending about 45' with him and his family, we resumed our journey and reached Lekha's sister's place for breakfast. We, then, drove to Raj Nivas and spent some time there. While waiting for the light at the Kottarakkara junction, a guy on a scooter rubbed his vehicle on the front bumper of the Chevy. Since we'd to go a long way with a lot many things to do, I'd not pursued him and let him go and the car had just come out of a long overhaul and touch up. Given a chance, I'd have given a tight slap across his face and asked him to get it corrected, pronto!
Spoke to my parents as is my custom and loaded the washed clothes and a few other items that we'd left during the journey onward. The continuing rain has seen the sprouting of a fresh set of weeds much to my angst and we experienced rain - blinding, at certain places - enroute. Had topped up the Chevy and checked tyre pressure at the Kottarakkara bunk when Suresh, its owner who took it up on himself to service us, told me that the left rear tyre may be having a puncture but since it was tubeless, I could drive through without apprehensions! Lunch was at Motel Aram at Alappuzha where Tommy had looked after us. The choke points at Vyttila, Palarivattom and Aluva were clogged with traffic, with blinding rain in accompaniment and a lot of time was wasted.
On reaching Guruvayur, we'd stopped at the department store to buy fresh provisions. But the unfortunate part was that I'd forgotten to replenish one of Lekha's medicines. Bad show, Rajeev!
The Quarterdeck was opened up, a partial unpacking was done and the clothes for washing/drywash were segregated for handling tomorrow. Lekha had, meanwhile, rustled up a fine supper and it was 'pipe down' at our usual time.
Tailpiece.
Was back after a break of 16 days. The newspaperboy has been told to drop the newspapers from tomorrow. Our landline telephone is unserviceable and I believe that the entire BSNL network is down!
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