Jungtina Jamir
So came Valentines Day. It was drizzling when I woke up. I looked outside and saw that the sky was grey. The chill was chiller and the wind almost blew my socks off. What a day! Considering the weather everybody might as well spend the day under the warm blankets.
My mobile phone kept beeping of messages. I guessed it was all gonna be V.Day greetings. The more I deleted, the more it came. I bet everyone in my phonebook sent me greetings. How nice! How thoughtful! My thumb swelled to size 10!!
Walking lazily down to the kitchen to get some tea I was thinking if I’ll get roses from anyone. Perhaps chocolate? How about a candle light dinner? Suddenly I thought of something and laughed, ‘MUAHAhahahaha’. Please forgive my sarcasm, but it was raining on Valentines Day. Anyway, that laugh didn’t last long as I realized it was a-Wednesday.
Behold, for mom it only means one thing - “Wednesday bazaar” at the super market. Not too long before I finished lunch I was already at the market to buy groceries for home. And by groceries I mean to say all the funny looking and funny smelling food. Some gunda-maas, a packet of Axuni, a bottle of bastenga-pani, some weird leaves, a handful of magical-beans (the old lady said so) and the usual alu and pias. It wasn’t so bad unless for the rain which created a dreadful lot of mud-pudding, making it almost impossible to walk. I should have worn my brother’s football boots instead of my slippers!!! This was no way to spend V.day I thought. I grumbled about walking on a path of roses instead of the smelly muddy path. I grumbled about buying flowers and not some weird leaves. And as if the situation wasn’t bad enough one of my slippers got stuck in the mud. I bend over to pull it free. One strong yank and it was free; and so did the mud splatter all over my face. How cool, now I have a free face pack!! Just what I needed!!
Way way later, on my way to work, I thought of buying flowers for myself. The ‘Rose Carnival’ was going on and they had such lovely big roses. So, this was what I intended to do. Buy a dozen of red roses, go to office and tell all my colleagues that ‘some guy’ gave them to me. Later, get home, show ‘em to mom and tell her that ‘her future son-in-law’ gave them to me. MUAHAhahahaha. (Laugh evil*)
Seriously, that was just an intention. I never did that!!
Anyway, the day passed really quickly. Before long I was home.
I wondered about my day. It wasn’t so bad I guess. First of all, it felt nice getting wishes, flowers and cards from friends. Secondly it felt even better looking at people happy. Thirdly, it was Valentine’s Day for God’s sake! Well, I guess getting a free face-pack in the market can also come in the good things that happened. No? (grin*)
I was murmuring to God on how my day could get any better when my phone buzzed. It was a friend least likely to call me, that also on Valentine’s Day! (No pun intended). He asked me what I was doing. So I told him that I was at my boyfriend’s place having a candle light dinner. My mom heard me and gave one of those grins which makes you snort. (Snort*) Now what I did not know was that this friend was God send. For the next 45 minutes and more he blasted my ear wax out with songs. It was like having my own private radio station. And before his voice finally drowned and his guitar stopped he said that was his Valentines Day present for me!!!:) And finally, I slipped under the fluffy blanket and right before sleep overtook me I thought I heard God say ‘Could it get any better?’
