- I'd like to call it the season of the gulmohar...
- I'd like to call it the season when peepal trees seem to be on fire...red leaves...and the same red leaves miraculously turn green overnight...and leave you yearning to see the red ones again!
- I'd like to call it the watermelon and mango season...when you eat with so much love that you don't realise the watermelon/mango juice has found its way down the length of your arm, touched your elbow, and fallen to the ground...while the vicinity of your mouth remains essentially sticky, and watery! and your fingers too!
- I'd like to call it the season when tendrils appear on trees that i didn't bother noticing at any other time of the year...passing it off as 'just another tree'.
- I'd like to call it the time of the when 'yelaneer'(tender coconut water) seems like the elixir of life!
- I'd like to call it the season when there's a reason to use hill-stations as retreat...
SUMMER...in chennai.Sounds beautiful right? All close to nature, and so poetic, and so healthy with all the fruits and yelaneer and all...but...but...here's what i end up calling it...
- The season of spine-wrecking HEAT!
- The season when you don't know how you lose all the water that you drink!
- The season when anything you wear, sticks to you...and that kind of sticking can give the fevicol guys a run for their money!
- The season when air-conditioners are synonymous with - paradise, life, and my fave - HEAVEN!
- The season when you realise how much of a 'stink' you can become!
- My thatha's fave - the season when you can 'puzhunjufy' (squeez) the sweat out of your banniyan (vest)!
- The season when I (ME....of all people in the world...) am awakened by the first rays of dawn filtering through my curtains (actually, largely by the heat they radiate)! Me...who fails to wake up to the sound of 2 alarms...grandmom's shouts...and cousin's too.;-)
- My fave - the season of 'sweet-summer-sweat' (if The Eagles ever find out i've been misusing their lyrics so much, aah!)
- And the last...the season of TANS - and zebra feet :D And for evidence.... the pic below ;-)
Feel free to add on to the list dear readers!
i do prefer this anyday to the 'floods' we had...terrible thing that...
yours "doesn't the sun ever get tired of being "hot" and generating sweat?"ly
Signing off.....
33 comments:
GURLS shud tan thei BODS n not legs only...well i guess public wud wanna watch the REAL tannin!
Nil - sadly, this is all u'll get on this blog ;-)
hey cool post man - or shud i say hot (esp with all those ref 2 r summers) post
d 1 st part of ur post was so delightful 2 read - all d watermelons n nariyal paani's n stf but d latter brought me 2 d harsh hot reality:( but dis time d heat's jus 2 much -( d proof ur zebra feet ofcourse) - so i guess diva in r BT lang. i guess it's time to "Jus Chill Chill -jus chl:)"
Used to be my fave season when i was in Delhi cos of 2 reasons.
1.We used to get a 2 month break in school(unlike the 2 week break we got here in colege).
2. And cos of a contraption called a desert cooler. pumps out cool air. No AC in the world can match up to the bliss of sleeping in a room with a desert cooler. Unfortunately its not very effective in high humidity cities like Chennai!
Damn i miss dem. :-(
sand - Just chill!! lol...! ya man!
anish - Lets not even get started abt our college breaks...after 2 whole yrs, its the first time our batch is gettin 1 month off...we had a sunday off after first sem, 10 days off after 2nd n 3rd...*sigh*
'desert cooler' huh? yep, we leave behind alot of things...
divs..reading this post the first thing tat comes to my mind is the day when u tried wearing a skirt(wrap ard as u call it)to hav some respite from scorching heat...i ended up laughing the whole day..ppl might wonder y tat was the case...well..divs u may wish to elaborate on it...:)
i was complaining about the cold here, but now i m good.
its a nice 16 degrees outside...perfect weather.
:dances:
to me summer is ....
sitting on the windowsill with a good book on one hand, manga on the other and salt in a small plate nearby...
sitting inside the ac room with heavily drawn curtains in the afternoon and playing cards till evening.....
stealing the vadam that patti used to put on the terrace when it is half dried and getting scolded for that!
to me summer is ....
sitting on the windowsill with a good book on one hand, manga on the other and salt in a small plate nearby...
sitting inside the ac room with heavily drawn curtains in the afternoon and playing cards till evening.....
stealing the vadam that patti used to put on the terrace when it is half dried and getting scolded for that!
sorry- don't know why it got published twice!
kar - Thanx, that helped! And yes...i wore a wrap around skirt...cuz it was too sweaty in pants...and i just couldnt handle it! Couldn't...i wonder how girls walk around in them....damn. But, but...i'm goin to make sure i learn to handle skirts! definitely...so that i don't get laughed at :( by.... :D
tsb - did anyone ask u abt the temperature in toronto? argghh!! anyway, enzoi... dancing ;-)
wat anu once called "bharat"natyam! ;-)
Madhu - no big deal!! got posted twice...cool di. Its long since i ate half dried vadams...damn those already-dried ones u get in the shops nowadays! We miss out on the hald dried...they're so yummy!
awww divs..your feet look like a zebra!! hence the name i guess ;)
to me summer is having the best time of my life in Madras. summer is synonymous to happiness to me..i guess you know what i am talking about:D
of course madhu would not forget to put salt on the side...i remember she used to eat extra salt with almost everything!!
divs, i would like to see you wearing a skirt di!! yaay!
anu - yaaaay!! lol...but, the summer's here, n u're not yet here...get here fast! and yeah i guess that's precisely why i named the post 'zebra' feet ;-)
and...u don't want to see me in a skirt...u so dont!
I thought skirts needed minimum handling! ;-B
divs...shut up- you look nice in skirts...(in case you have forgotten you were wearing one when I barged into your place the last time...!)
diva - you do look good in skirt ;)di - hehe n about handling them - dont worry u're already perfect at it loll ( such a perfect girlie when you wear them)
Mr.Ignoramus - There are always exceptions ;-)
Madhu - puhleeez! I know how sadly i was attired that day...
Sand - thanx for being so sarcastic!enough damade has been done!!!
wasn't this post abt zebra feet? how did it change to divya's skirt handling capabilities?!
@sandy, the question is not whether divs looks good in a skirt or not..its abt how well she can handle it...:)
@divs
*satisfied*
kar - i take great pleasure in making others satisfied!
divya- ur last comment was highly double!
oh shucks - diva dat was'nt supposed to be sarcastic ya ;) - i dont even knw wot sarcasm is -hain na (hehe - n 1 thing is for sure - ur post is always diverting towars something else only - so next post-"my xperience at handling Skirts"- wot say?)
there is no double meaning..she is trying to convey only 1 thing....
thankyou everyone for your discussion on sarcasm n satisfaction! I dont think i shud say anything more here...!!
niles is an ass! he made a fool of me and nitya online today!!! dont believe anything he says! :D
on a brighter note, he actually managed to make me forget things that have been plagueing me for a while! so kudos to niles!!! thanks for being there!
divs, you should listen to this song: "untitled" by interpol....such an amazing song di
anu!! Thats the word...he's an ass!! Lol...i can just imagine u sayin it!!
and i'll listen to it...i listened to incubus :D yet to master the lyrics!
i was crappin divya...u know that...u know how i am....i probably shudnt ve written that....but hey...ther' shud b someone to be disliked!
so i was the one!
p.s- i don mean what i write,if its sarcastic..i dont mean it realy!
niles dont be silly man! of course we like you!!! how could we not?? :D
Niles...u mad aah!!! we all know abt u! dont be so 'uncharacteristically' regretful...doesn't suit u ;-)
Gawd...quit the explanations!! we were all havin some fun...! Now, u're really scaring me...i think u're really goin to turn into swami nilesh maharaj or whatever that name was!!!LOL! And where does the question of dislike arise!!! Nil....where's all the humour!!! come on man!
:D
anu - exactly!!! :D
yeah...thanks guys...m feelin a lot better half now!
yeah? never knew u'd feel bad for all this nil!!! Someone's changing ;-)
m not changing...i din take bath for two days...how can i change!
Niles back in form!
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