Had got up on the dot at 6 AM, went through my early morning work of opening up the windows, unlocking the main door and lighting the lamp. Lekha was woken up at a half past 6 and we went about our chores.
Lekha and the maid had gone for their weekly 'darshan' of Guruvayurappan and I'd reluctantly allowed Lekha's persuasion of doing the work, by herself, of sending the 40 Guruvayur diaries to Maman because the Devaswom Board office and its staff are known for making things difficult for the customers. Why they can't have a single window to dispose of all the activities concerning the diary is not understood. The weird sequence goes something like this:-
(a) Firstly, one has to go to the Devaswom Office at the southern gate of the temple.
(b) There is a single guy sitting at the counter to handle the diary transactions and he is saddled
with a lot of work - like flitting from one table to the other at someone else's behest in
addition to taking too many phone calls. He shows himself to be busy and makes you wait till cows come home.
(c) The rest of the staff looked sleepy, doing nothing and without any work whatsoever.
(d) After the initial entry, one needs to pay the cash at another counter and return with the
receipt entry back to our man, Flint.
(e) Now, if you want the bill, then you go across, past the eastern entrance to collect it.
(f) The packing charges, if a consignment is being sent - which was so, in our case - is handled
elsewhere!
Meanwhile, Rajesh and gang had fetched up to revamp the kitchen because three of the footlockers have securing problems. I helped him and his colleague in removing the items that were stacked up within, so that they could remove the racks and assess the quantum of work. The bane has been a perpetual water seepage from the sink, within the kitchen.
Spares were listed, man days worked out and the estimates drawn. As I gave the go ahead, the orders were placed on two hardware shops at Thrissur and Kunnamkulam. Work will begin on Monday and will last four days. It will be a bit tough during those days and the ladies will have to rough it out the most!
The first set of spares reached by about 1600 hrs and I did help the auto rick fellow to unload those heavy sheets.
It was a quiet evening thereafter!
Tailpiece.
1. The trailer of the movie, "The Accidental Prime Minister" has kicked off a major controversy. The Congress party seems to be embarrassed the most because it shows as to how Sonia Gandhi had ruled the country for 10 years during the UPA rule, with Dr. Manmohan Singh sitting as a dummy on the Prime Minister's chair!
2. Padmakumar, Rema and Achu reached Pidavoor, by 1500 hrs, to spend the weekend. Sanil and Mini should be on their return trip to Bangalore, via Coimbatore, tomorrow.
Lekha and the maid had gone for their weekly 'darshan' of Guruvayurappan and I'd reluctantly allowed Lekha's persuasion of doing the work, by herself, of sending the 40 Guruvayur diaries to Maman because the Devaswom Board office and its staff are known for making things difficult for the customers. Why they can't have a single window to dispose of all the activities concerning the diary is not understood. The weird sequence goes something like this:-
(a) Firstly, one has to go to the Devaswom Office at the southern gate of the temple.
(b) There is a single guy sitting at the counter to handle the diary transactions and he is saddled
with a lot of work - like flitting from one table to the other at someone else's behest in
addition to taking too many phone calls. He shows himself to be busy and makes you wait till cows come home.
(c) The rest of the staff looked sleepy, doing nothing and without any work whatsoever.
(d) After the initial entry, one needs to pay the cash at another counter and return with the
receipt entry back to our man, Flint.
(e) Now, if you want the bill, then you go across, past the eastern entrance to collect it.
(f) The packing charges, if a consignment is being sent - which was so, in our case - is handled
elsewhere!
Meanwhile, Rajesh and gang had fetched up to revamp the kitchen because three of the footlockers have securing problems. I helped him and his colleague in removing the items that were stacked up within, so that they could remove the racks and assess the quantum of work. The bane has been a perpetual water seepage from the sink, within the kitchen.
Spares were listed, man days worked out and the estimates drawn. As I gave the go ahead, the orders were placed on two hardware shops at Thrissur and Kunnamkulam. Work will begin on Monday and will last four days. It will be a bit tough during those days and the ladies will have to rough it out the most!
The first set of spares reached by about 1600 hrs and I did help the auto rick fellow to unload those heavy sheets.
It was a quiet evening thereafter!
Tailpiece.
1. The trailer of the movie, "The Accidental Prime Minister" has kicked off a major controversy. The Congress party seems to be embarrassed the most because it shows as to how Sonia Gandhi had ruled the country for 10 years during the UPA rule, with Dr. Manmohan Singh sitting as a dummy on the Prime Minister's chair!
2. Padmakumar, Rema and Achu reached Pidavoor, by 1500 hrs, to spend the weekend. Sanil and Mini should be on their return trip to Bangalore, via Coimbatore, tomorrow.
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