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Saturday, May 30, 2009

MY CAT IS BAK!!!!


Well what can I say, when I thought I'd never see any of them again, we at least found the mother cat, ma dearest Pammi ...

The story goes thus, since we were so attached to the cat we asked at a few places whether anyone had seen the cat, mom had also gone for walks and asked people a bit farther off, one of the women she talked with said she had seen a cat similar in description by the road side, and mom was like if it responds to the name Pammi then its our cat, please give her something to eat and give us a call, and gave our number.
Then we got a call on Friday morning, last week, 23rd may ... and mom hurried off in the car and they had locked it in their dog cage after feeding it as they were afraid it would run away ... and when they opened the cage it started to flee, then mom called it "Pammi ... da ... ingu vaa ... Pammi ..." and it stopped and looked at mom uncertainly. Then she managed to coax it and it was still a bit uncertain as to what to do, but finally mom carried it back to the car, and it was all wild on the journey home trying to get out of the car, which we are puzzled about, mite be the kittens were hidden somewhere by him, or just because of a memory of getting lost because he was in the bus.
Anyway once back ... and she was in a really bad state at that ... starving and muddy and frail and thin ... mom fed her, she ate so much ... then mom gave her a bath with dettol soap and later cleaned her with dettol. She was crying around all over the place looking for Browny and the baby kittens ... and it was a real sad sight all week ... but now she is getting better, started going out with the many prospective boy friends ( there is one cat I believe to be Browny's father and another white cat which used to come looking for her even when she was gone ... and many many more, she is never short of options ... ;) ... ). Guess cats forget easily ... a good thing as their life is also short and unfortunately kittens die or go missing ever so often, it would be too much of a heart break if they don't forget ... hmmm ... just thought I'd pen in this wonderful news, of at least finding Pammi!!!

Monday, May 18, 2009

THE MISERY OF MISSING ....

Talk about taking things for granted ... not in my wildest dreams did I think that the dear momma cat, her elder son and three babies with whom I play with every day would disappear into thin air just like that ... and I had asked dad to get me a cam just so that I cud take their photos ... and I was waiting eagerly for my cam to arrive and hoping that I could capture all the antiques and pranks and cuteness of my kittens ... but alas ... that is not to be ... they went missing 2 days back, on Saturday, when they had there breakfast at 6.30 and was out playing ... and an hour later they were no where to be seen ... all five of them ...

We waited till evening but still none came back ... we looked far and wide ... into open wells ... yards ... asked to some of the neighbors ... at the nearest shops ... no one had seen them ... we heard some really frightening theories that they may have been caught by drunkards who make "vattu charayam" and that they eat cats ... or someone found them too cute and caught the kittens and the cats went with them ... but all seem unlikely as no one could catch all five of them together ... maybe one or two ... but not all five ....

Then the new theory came ... there were a few mini buses parked near our compound wall ... and the cats used to climb in those sometimes when they play ... so maybe they got in and no one saw them and took off with the bus ... and they got off somewhere ... yes ... that was likely ... but we needed to confirm this theory and the bus owner was a grumpy man who would never tell us even if the cats were in his bus ...

Then my neighbor suggested that we ask the boys who work in the bus, and don't ask as if we were desperate but act as if we were planning on giving away the cats but were a bit disturbed because the cats disappeared suddenly though we weren't planning on keeping them ... and that's what mom did ... she asked the bus boy if he had seen them, and sure enough he said yes there were all five in the bus, but they saw them only when they were going to pick up travelers at a distant stop, they were about to throw all of them out when one of the families took a liking to the mother cat and decided to keep her, and since the kittens where with her they took the kittens as well, and the male cat ran off ... I am a bit concerned about Browny but he is kinda OK with taking care of himself ...

Mom was seriously worried sick ... and ya I mean really she was all pale and weak with too much tension ... and kept talking about Pammi 24x7 ... she was really attached to the cat since it was her sole company when my bro left for college, and I was in the hostel and she was home alone ... and she used to always have the cat following her around and crying to her when ever it was hungry and come running when ever she called out to it ... and she was missing the cat and the kittens and Browny terribly ... but she was also really worried about what happened to them, so she was really relieved ( and so am I ) to know they were in caring hands.

But though I am relieved they are safe I still miss them terribly, and I guess mom probably misses them way more than I do ... and she decided not to have any other pets ... she cant take the tension ... Guess there is a void when I go out and don't see there cute faces peeking out ... or see them playing around ... I expect to hear Pammi mew and come and walk and rub around my leg and wait for me to pat her ... And I wish she is happy where ever she is ... because she is the most dear and sweet and harmless cat I have ever seen who cares a lot about her kittens and even her first born son who is bigger than her ... and I hope time would heal the void of missing them ...

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Nijith Raju

Classmate in school during plus two for two years

He is someone who had been a good friend of mine during my two years in plus two. A nice guy, who could be understanding, and give you good company. A good drama actor, creative person with lots of ideas ... he was also good at some sports events and was always around doing different stuff ... having fun and enjoyin life ... though i cant say that he understood me much ... he had been good company and was one of the few guys i was friends with during those reserved times of mine ... we have since completely lost contact but I do still remember those days at times, and I guess he is someone I wanted to write about here ...

Monday, May 11, 2009

Bharathy Subramani

My school mate from 9th to 12th

She is my best friend from school. It was that part of my life when I was a recluse, a reserved type, basically because I was too shy to talk to people and to boys in particular, and most of the girls at school belonged to another genre, with more interest in MTV, fashion, make ups, looks, nail polish ... what girls are normally interested in, and I kind of was a bit different - a tom boy, not interested in any of those things and didn't find the conversations interesting. I loved sports ... and so that was one thing that made me real happy, playing basketball and the various other games. Bharathy was also a bit different ... not all that much into the girlish stuff, also interested in playing out doors and having fun, a down to earth person whom i could connect with. She was not pretentious and was one of the few people I could relate to in school. She was a fun person. Someone with a ready smile. Who was just the opposite of what I was back then, and I really admired her ability to easily mingle with people and get along, and just go full out. She wasn't scared of anything, and well I liked her a lot. One of the only people I had a bit of possessiveness about without knowing it. I am normally never possessive and I was surprised when I didn't like her getting attached to other friends in 12th ... I seriously had insecurity issues back then I guess ... but when I realised I was getting possessive I did manage to get out of it ... and well I hate possessiveness in me or anyone being possessive about me ... so i got rid of it. She was also a bit naive about a lot of things back then ... and so was I, and had a little less awareness of surroundings ... he he ... and really no qualms about calling out all the names under the sun when someone deserved it ... or for fun (when someone asked for it) ... well I guess I did learn quite a few Tamil swear words from her ... not anything serious - just a few like "Pombala poriki, sombheri pasu ... paye ... pisache ... sory naye ..." etc ... she is a really caring person ... who is a good singer ... who can be real fun to hang out with!!! Who can cheer u up ... who can make friends out of complete strangers if left with such a group ... who can be depended on and trusted to be with u always ... she is always a great friend ... and we keep in touch as often as we can ... which isn't as much as i would like but well ... we could always talk like we did just yesterday be it after a month or after a year ... I guess true friendship has no rules and borders ...

Prasobh Jomy


College mate for 4 years

He was in IT class ... and the first thing i remember about him is the tall guy who was scared to talk to girls ... if he happened to be walking on a road and sees a girl he takes such a wide detour that it was extremely amusing ... later on I got to know him through Sanni as he was her classmate. He is really tall, must be 6 foot 2 or something or maybe more ... He was also interested in basketball and that kinda was a reason he ended up being my friend. He was the captain of the men's basketball team in final year. He was a good team leader and play maker and just because of him our house basketball team had won, in spite of being pitted against a team which seemed much stronger due to the abundance of the college team players ... talk about effective team efforts ... I seriously have to say he is really good with caring about people ... and he is actually a nice guy with a few escape tendencies, as in he hates to get hurt and does some foolish stuff like trying to push away friends so that he would miss them less when they leave him after college kind of crap ... what to do ... some people get strange ideas ... i never saw the point in that, but well each to once own logic. Anyway he is a nice friend to have, loyal, dependable, and helpful .... and one would certainly enjoy his company!!! I am happy to have known him.