A Life so beautiful
I am back to my usual world with only a slight change of the title from Single to being Married. (yes, I did not opt to change my Surname).
I should thank my husband, for not making me feel any different post marriage which was something many of my friends and relatives warned me about. My wedding is the most memorable day of my life that I would cherish. I did not have any of those wedding jitters which most of the movies project. Darn! 'The runaway bride' was after all an overdone movie! The day of my wedding, one of my cousins called me up while I was waiting for the Beautician. She sounded way too anxious and asked me, hey what are you up-to. Are you ok. I was just getting annoyed that my room service of morning breakfast was still not delivered and well my cousin burst out laughing. Apparently, she couldn't even drink water, forget food, on the day of her wedding because of the Wedding Jitters. For a moment, I connected myself to Robin from HIMYM. So that apart, I happily got married to the man I found after years of waiting. And well, I did not cry when he tied the knot which was another thing many told me had happened with them.
After a fantastic Kerala Sadhya, the 'Just Married' us, headed to my Husband's place- Azhagiyapandiyapuram which was 14 kilometers away from the wedding hall. Throughout this journey, I was admiring Mother nature, and yet again- Movies failed me! I wasn't crying and holding his hand for support! Maybe I ended up watching all the wrong chick flicks. With a mixed feeling of not knowing what to expect, I reached his beautiful, lovely place. I have a thing for all the old structured architecture of houses, since they just do not focus only on concrete layers. And here I was at his place, so beautifully old fashioned and what more could I have asked for! I knew at that moment, my stay here was going to be beyond anything I had expected it to be.
What surprised me and was not something as projected in movies (am a movieholic and hence cannot stop the comparison) was the people at this small town. I was so new to the place, yet was treated like I was one among them in matter of hours. I was swarmed by people always, thanks to my lovely In laws, who had a very cordial relationship with everyone around. I knew for sure, they weren't treating me so just because I was new here. Almost everyone and anyone was ready to help each other. The people here, lead a very simple life and yet were enormously generous when it came to doing things from their heart. There wasn't a minute that I felt out of place while I was there.
I stayed away from being connected with the external world through my laptop. I have never done this in 7 years of my work life since I had the habit of carrying my work laptop wherever I went. I was way too skeptical when I had to decide on not carrying my electronic device since I was too sure I was going to be bored. Interestingly, except for the daily calls to my folks back at home and of course changing the DP in almost all my profiles- FB, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp (It is a sin if you haven't done it yet as per the new Social Networking theories) I was not connected virtually and I never felt bored. This world hence seemed so different and by the end of a week, I did not want to go back to the concrete structures! I realized the importance of taking real holidays away from work only then.
Though only a matter of week, I started counting all my blessings and indeed realized how easily we take things for granted.
Life is indeed beautiful.
PS- I do sound like an oldie (but goldie) on the above note, but worth it!
Vive!
ME MYSELF :)
I should thank my husband, for not making me feel any different post marriage which was something many of my friends and relatives warned me about. My wedding is the most memorable day of my life that I would cherish. I did not have any of those wedding jitters which most of the movies project. Darn! 'The runaway bride' was after all an overdone movie! The day of my wedding, one of my cousins called me up while I was waiting for the Beautician. She sounded way too anxious and asked me, hey what are you up-to. Are you ok. I was just getting annoyed that my room service of morning breakfast was still not delivered and well my cousin burst out laughing. Apparently, she couldn't even drink water, forget food, on the day of her wedding because of the Wedding Jitters. For a moment, I connected myself to Robin from HIMYM. So that apart, I happily got married to the man I found after years of waiting. And well, I did not cry when he tied the knot which was another thing many told me had happened with them.
After a fantastic Kerala Sadhya, the 'Just Married' us, headed to my Husband's place- Azhagiyapandiyapuram which was 14 kilometers away from the wedding hall. Throughout this journey, I was admiring Mother nature, and yet again- Movies failed me! I wasn't crying and holding his hand for support! Maybe I ended up watching all the wrong chick flicks. With a mixed feeling of not knowing what to expect, I reached his beautiful, lovely place. I have a thing for all the old structured architecture of houses, since they just do not focus only on concrete layers. And here I was at his place, so beautifully old fashioned and what more could I have asked for! I knew at that moment, my stay here was going to be beyond anything I had expected it to be.
What surprised me and was not something as projected in movies (am a movieholic and hence cannot stop the comparison) was the people at this small town. I was so new to the place, yet was treated like I was one among them in matter of hours. I was swarmed by people always, thanks to my lovely In laws, who had a very cordial relationship with everyone around. I knew for sure, they weren't treating me so just because I was new here. Almost everyone and anyone was ready to help each other. The people here, lead a very simple life and yet were enormously generous when it came to doing things from their heart. There wasn't a minute that I felt out of place while I was there.
I stayed away from being connected with the external world through my laptop. I have never done this in 7 years of my work life since I had the habit of carrying my work laptop wherever I went. I was way too skeptical when I had to decide on not carrying my electronic device since I was too sure I was going to be bored. Interestingly, except for the daily calls to my folks back at home and of course changing the DP in almost all my profiles- FB, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp (It is a sin if you haven't done it yet as per the new Social Networking theories) I was not connected virtually and I never felt bored. This world hence seemed so different and by the end of a week, I did not want to go back to the concrete structures! I realized the importance of taking real holidays away from work only then.
Though only a matter of week, I started counting all my blessings and indeed realized how easily we take things for granted.
Life is indeed beautiful.
PS- I do sound like an oldie (but goldie) on the above note, but worth it!
Vive!
ME MYSELF :)
Vimala,
ReplyDeleteSimple but superb post. Movies in particular and social media in general keep projecting "normal" things we are supposed to do, feel etc. but real life is real. And those who are not overly concerned about convention, will go through the kind of comparisons and wondering as you did. Fun to read. One nice touch would have been to post a photo of one of those houses you admired in the rural setting.
RG
Thank you for that RG! And yes, shall try adding pics..am not a professional photographer for one..
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