Sunday, December 21, 2008

Days of my Life

What a frenetically hectic time of year this is. The floor tiles took 2 and a half days to put in but almost double that time to clean up the dust and dirt that resulted. The Assembly election results surprised everyone with the Congress that's been kept down for two terms coming back with a bang. It made me realise that Mizos don't do things by half plus we do things unanimously. When something's the flavour of the people, everyone jumps on the bandwagon not wanting to be left out.

The day the votes were counted, something terrible happened that we'd long been dreading. One of our dogs Mami died after a week long illness. She was 11 years old and absolutely devoted to my sister P. Was a constant, ever faithful companion. Never left the room without her mistress and only deigned to trot behind her wheelchair when absolutely necessary. Her passing numbed us all. Rest in peace, little one.
On the evening of the first day we began working on the floors, someone stole my sister M's cell phone from the dining table. We can't imagine who could have had the audacity to slip in and calmly pick up the phone with its charger. That cheeky bit of burglary coupled with Mami's death, and the fact that our dogs are somewhat elderly anyway made us decide to put in a steel gate. A few thousand bucks poorer, we're now happily planning to use it to put up Christmas lights.

Then a couple of days last week, the Sunday School kids had a special camp just before their confirmation as full-fledged church members. My responsibility, alongwith 6 or 7 others, was in the kitchen, in the food dept. and preparing food four times a day for almost 100 people and cleaning up after them is no joke, believe me. We literally spent time washing mountains of dirty dishes, cups and spoons et al, and then immediately sitting down to peel and cut potatoes for the next meal, slicing veggies etc etc. E-x-h-a-u-s-t-i-n-g. And it was so cold and dark in the kitchen too.

It's hard to believe there's only just a couple days left for Christmas. Everything's so pretty and beautiful again. Everyone seems all agog with expectations, and there's so much goodwill being generated. It's a bit sad though that with cell phone connectivity, the old tradition of sending and receiving Christmas cards has almost disappeared. Of course, simply sending batches of instant sms-es on Christmas day to near and dear ones is so easy but there's a certain something in receiving lovely paper cards. Ah well, some things change but some good things abide still. Merry Christmas, everyone!


13 comments:

  1. A post ta!. Ngahkhlel bawk a. I buai hle mai. Floor tiles, ss camp etc. Buai hi a nuam, tih tur awmlo ltk chu rilru ah tih duhloh pui tih a awl :). Chuan i uite chu ka ui pui khop mai che. Hman deuh khan kan ui kum 12 vel a thi a, ka ui khop mai. Mihringah hian connection thui deuh an nei ve a. Krismas hlimawm, nuam over bon top i lo hmang dawn nia (Here goes..card ai :))

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  2. Hey I'm sorry to hear about your dog. Your sister esp must be feeling bereft. The tiles, the gate, the tree...hmmm the house must be looking fantabulous now. You sure have been busy, but then you've also used your time in such meaningful activities, so you must be feelinga warm glow despite the aching back et al. Here's wishing you a blessed Christmas!

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  3. Sorry to hear about your dog specially and the theft of your sister's handy. Hopefully no sensitive data was lost. Wishing you and your loved ones all the best the for the festive season and the new year!

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  4. Sorry, J, no paper cards, but here's wishing you have a happy Christmas and a bright New Year. Sorry to hear about Mami. I can understand how you feel.

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  5. Now a days everyone is busy but no one is busy enough to tell you how busy he or she is...

    May your days be merry and bright
    And may all your christmases be white

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  6. vana, nia buai a kal tluang lutuk a Christmas ah chuan ka kul cho der lo chauh a ni. tired.com ka ni ringot :(

    ddb, my sister has another dog with her and though not as attached to her as Mami, at least he fills a vacuum.

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  7. Thanks Loch, nothing too important was lost but my sister had a few pictures and videos of her poochie that she treasured.

    Thanks, Plats. Hope you had the white Christmas you wanted.

    And thank you too, samupa. It's truly a busy time of year indeed. Hope it's been good for you.

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  8. Warm wishes, albeit belatedly, for this season of Christmas. Yeah, and in a few days, we'd be in yet another year too! Best wishes.

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  9. Thanks Philo. Haven't seen you around for a while. All the best to you too.

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  10. uite thi chu poi ve...nia, cell bo chu misualhi an tamtawh fimkhur ngai..card thawn kha chu nia..thawn ve mah ila kan dawng lem hleilo a..lolzz.Hei kum a thar ta bawk a, hma kan sawn zel dawn nia.

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  11. Card chu hmu ta lo mah ila min thawn tho vangin ka lawm hle mai. Happy new year le, hma kan sawn lo emaw kan tih lai hian kan lo sawn nasa thin hle zawk ania

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  12. "When something's the flavour of the people, everyone jumps on the bandwagon not wanting to be left out." I like this part...!

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  13. And it's the truth. Everyone wants a piece of the pie and you rarely ever hear voices or opinions that contradict the popular, mainstream view.

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