Crystal clear sugar candys, wow they just melt in my mouth and my heart melts with it! Sometimes I feel i must have been a horse in my previous birth.. What am I talking about? I was then, 10 years old. I used to love sugar candys (big chunky ones with lots of facets). So great was my love for them that I was famous among my relatives for it. They used to give me sugar candys (SCs) to befriend me (i was a sweet gal then u c! and that's y iam reminded of that horse..). Already feel like eating grass!
So what happened was my mother's younger brother was to get married and it was the engagement ceremony that day. I was dressed in all finery and so were the other guests and my would be aunt looked splendid! She was seated on the dias on a chair and the only other person on the dias was the camera crew and my mom who went to do some rites. So my dad called and asked me to stand in front of the dias as it was getting crowded with my relatives; all standing to get a better view. I reluctantly left my cousins to join him just in front of the dias. I was just a half meter tall then, so my shoulders were just above the dias' height. And lo! what do i see in front of me all sorts of things arranged in big thamboolams (plates). Bangles, sarees, beetel leaves, plaintains, fruits, sugar candies, turmeric... wait a minute did i see candies. Slurp!, Slurp!. I saw around everyone was busy with some job or the other. Some were watching the rites, some were animatedly talking to others. Sin! I saw about myself stealthily and grabbed as many as I could in a jiffy and popped a few in my mouth. Ah! the ecstasy!
Wedding also over, the newly wed couple came to our house. I went running to the gate to recieve them. After the pleasantries, we settled down to watch a movie it was called " My Uncles engagement", I was surprised to see my name also in the cast, a small role though.. That of a gal who went any lengths to eat SCs. In the movie I was seeing from one side to the other from the corner of my eyes, very nimble with that stealing part and that satisfied silly grin. Aunty, Uncle, Amma, Daddy, Thatha all having a hearty laugh. Smart camera crew! they focussed on me when I was in the act. Now i know the meaning of the phrase Catch them young.....
So what happened was my mother's younger brother was to get married and it was the engagement ceremony that day. I was dressed in all finery and so were the other guests and my would be aunt looked splendid! She was seated on the dias on a chair and the only other person on the dias was the camera crew and my mom who went to do some rites. So my dad called and asked me to stand in front of the dias as it was getting crowded with my relatives; all standing to get a better view. I reluctantly left my cousins to join him just in front of the dias. I was just a half meter tall then, so my shoulders were just above the dias' height. And lo! what do i see in front of me all sorts of things arranged in big thamboolams (plates). Bangles, sarees, beetel leaves, plaintains, fruits, sugar candies, turmeric... wait a minute did i see candies. Slurp!, Slurp!. I saw around everyone was busy with some job or the other. Some were watching the rites, some were animatedly talking to others. Sin! I saw about myself stealthily and grabbed as many as I could in a jiffy and popped a few in my mouth. Ah! the ecstasy!
Wedding also over, the newly wed couple came to our house. I went running to the gate to recieve them. After the pleasantries, we settled down to watch a movie it was called " My Uncles engagement", I was surprised to see my name also in the cast, a small role though.. That of a gal who went any lengths to eat SCs. In the movie I was seeing from one side to the other from the corner of my eyes, very nimble with that stealing part and that satisfied silly grin. Aunty, Uncle, Amma, Daddy, Thatha all having a hearty laugh. Smart camera crew! they focussed on me when I was in the act. Now i know the meaning of the phrase Catch them young.....
10 comments:
harr harr harr harr!!! :))))
could we watch the movie together sometime?? ;)
I had completely forgotten abt the (in)famous ;) 'kalkandu' episode until u wrote abt it. me still laughing :))
Celebrities uncensored...!!!!!!
Have you had sugar candy anytime after that? :-). As you commented, I have heard about bro-sis fight a lot, but I don't know what it is like since I only had brothers and they were elder to me also. So never got a chance to scare them, I was always scared. :-))
nice one.. enjoyed reading it .. ur posts are becoming more interesting.. waiting for more such huinorous posts..
Too good a post...can imagine how jolly it would have been seeing the act in TV..well u should be famous for SC now across ur community...certainly ur posts are becoming more exciting...expect more..and thanks for ur concern on my post...so whats next!!..
@radhu : no way!! ;)
@kitty : actually kits i dont have any more to narrate that was my last one till of course anything crops up!:)
@deepu : i never ever felt like touching Scs again
@shiva : now i really dont have any more embarrasing moments shiva
lets see i might write up aome comedy stories if they turn out to be that :)
@raj : Dont know raj what iam going to write next, like kitty i seem to be having a writer's block
@ all : Thanks for commenting! :)
@raj
I don't know about sugar candy.. but I just can't resist Cadbury's dairy milk.. :D
ur blogs are spontaneous..so ur writers's block won't last long..i am sure
:-)))))))))) Thirutu Muzhi-nu solluvaangalay... was it captured ?! ;-)
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செந்தில்/Senthil
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