An then there is this Life!!!

Learning is a continuous process. You either know things already or you learn them. The best learning method that i have found is known as "Experentia", it is the art of learning things through experience.

Sometimes we learn a lot of things at the least expected places...realize some things which seem pretty simple pretty late...it ranges from something as simple as a smile to a "hi" or a "good morning" to a fellow pedestrian/traveller, now think how a small smile or two simple words "Good Morning" would change the other persons mood(It has happened with me many a time that my mood has taken a U-Turn cuz of that gesture even though it is just out of courtesy!!!).Think how many times have you said "thank you" to the Pallavan transport bus driver/conductor for getting you safely to your destination(something which i do here every single time when i use the bus)...do we even look behind us let alone hold the door when we walk out(something which is like a routine over here)...these are all pretty simple stuff which i guess people should do everywhere...the feeling of making someone's day is the best gift you could give that person...The thing that pains me the most of the things that i have realised....for the past 25 years amma has cooked my meals every single day...made sure that she makes the items that i like...they taste delicious...how many times have i appreciated her food(here when i cook i expect my friends to say it is good...tastes great...good job an stuff!!!)....i never even realised what amma thought...was she waiting for me to say "amma urulaikizhangu super....sambar atagasama eruku....rasam nalla eruku....parupuoosli A one!!!" was she ever disaapointed when i never said a word about the food but just came sat ate and went off(Like Julius Caesar..."he came!!! he saw!!! he conquered!!!")...Thanks Mom!!! you are the best....and Happy Mothers Day.....

paying bills regularly is a big headache...keeping track of em is a bigger headache....now i realize how dad might have felt every single time he sat an calculated the electricity bill for all the 3 meters...the water tax...telephone bill...etc...etc...etc...never did i even bother to ask him whether he needs any help with those!!! this time when i go home...am taking care of the bills....

an last but by no means the least...Grocery....mada veethi la poi to get karikai is like a big no no for me...but here....every ten days go to walmart and Indian stores...stock up on food during finals week...make sure to make a list of items that i need so that i don't forget to get it when i go....see which vegetable i need...whether it is fresh or not...how to cook it how to store it....man...appa and amma are just great!!! something which i got fed up doing for the past two years...they have been doing for the past 25 years...and not once did they resign....

Like i said...life teaches you things...things that you may sometimes find in books...but teaches them just a bit better...through experience...makes imprint in your heart that can't be eroded by the sands of time...Imprint of the finer things in life that make a world of difference...