Yahoo! He just called me up to say his father has got his US Visa approved. He went for the interview today. We have been coaching him the whole weekend. At first, he was over-confident that he would just go, present himself and they would happily hand over the Visa.
On my visits to the Consulate for stamping, i have witnessed parents being grilled. So we told him not to take it too lightly – we downloaded sample questions, took printout and made him read those. In the end, we managed to make him tense – to the extent that he even dreamed about the Visa interview!
i am so relieved now.
On a sillier note, he asked me to get up early today as they would leave around 8. Getting me to rise early is like asking a dog to fly – it is unnatural! In Imphal, people get up as early as 4 – OK, the sun rises earlier there but still, people are not sunflowers that they have to rise with the sun! His father gets up as early as 5 – which is like midnight for me. Because he is here, i wake up around 8 because i have to cook before going to office – when you actually think about it, i am sort of attaining the super-woman status - i cook, go to office, code, nag, bully and make sure the deliverables are delivered, go home and cook again! The day i get tired of it, i will complain. But till now, i am able to cope without feeling exerted.
God, how i digress. Anyway, i got sore with him because he said he would set the alarm for 6:50. i told him i would get up by 7:30 and get the breakfast ready and see them off by 8. He thought i was being uncaring and said i don’t have to get up and do anything. Bliss! I said fine and went off to sleep. He got up around 6:30 and i got up at 7:15 – prepared breakfast and they were done by 8. i had a good mind to pour the tea down his boxer! i think i am over-pampering him. The maximum of Indian men are pampered. And we women-folk are guilty of that. i do it out of love. Which is one of the stupidest excuses i have heard/made.
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So, if this is not love, what is it..
Respect?
Fear?
For sake of tradition?
Pity?
Or,
The TINA factor - There is No Alternative
Would love to hear..
Though I sense this is a politically incorrect question..
i thought. And thought. And realised it has to be love - but it is still a stupid excuse to pamper anyone!
respect? - i don't pamper people i respect! Now, would that mean i don't respect him? But what is respect anyway? GGGGGGGGGGGGGGrrrrrr....
Fear - i only fear catterpillars and other such crawlies
Tradition - i have broken more "tradition" than you can count. It is more likely i would not do something because tradition demands it rather than the other way round
Pity - No pity in my kitty
TINA - there is always other alternative.
There.
I thought as much.. Becuase the kind of person you are, you would not have done it for any other reason any way, would you.
Fear - humans are a lot more dangerous than these crawlies you refer to. Anyway, irrelevant for this post!
TINA - ok there always is other alternative; what I meant is the entire effort and intertia that comes into play...
Anyway, I guess I heard the answer I was hoping to (wanted to?)..
it's love that makes the world goes round, and makes us all a clown.. :P
anything for love. am sure he must be doing a lot for you too...if u think abt it
@rain: Yeah, he does pamper me a lot too, now that i think about it!!
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