Saturday, September 29, 2007

The one where Papa came to meet me...

Yesterday turned out to be a delightful one for me. My Dad was in Delhi for work and after much difficulty and a lot of planning we managed to get together yesterday. I've been out for about 8 years now and unfortunately my parents have never visited me once, be it college or the places I have worked at. Its not that they don't care, its plain curcumstances... At times I was too busy with work and then there would be something or the other happening back home. And then I love them for trusting me to take care of myself!!

Anyways, my Dad came home and I showed him around my place, which he did find quite impressive. One feat accomplished as he hates unkept places, is quite finicky about cleaniness ( a trait I've inherited too), and to match his standards of living are kind of an immpossibility, success again.. ;) Papa noticed the lack of television at my place and so now am a proud owner of Sony Wega 21 inches set!! :)

We proceded on to have lunch and for once my brains worked faster than my mouth and I slipped my debit card before the bill came, to the waiter without my Dad noticing. He was so proud that I'd managed to pay a 500 bucks bill, basically treat him that he was smiling ear to ear, the fact that he'd just got me a 10K television set went totally unnoticed...

We can't seem to stop when we begin talking and its always nice of him to take my side when asking for an opinion, even though I am wrong!! :D So after chatting with him, telling him even the tiniest details of my life, and making jelly of my poor Dad's brains, I was duely dropped home as he had to rush back and those few hours with Papa were so much fun... However I bunked work (had promised to be there post lunch) as I was feeling too nostalgic and missing Ma and Papa...

Currently I feel like the most pampered daughter in the world and thinking of how ammazing my parents are, I forget all my blues. Till I have them by my side, all will be fine...

17 comments:

Adicrazy said...

I am Jealous.
I hate this
and I know, I know that is mean. :P

Cool blog man. And I'm sure u are loving the new TV. Ah! Lucky you.
*drama queen--> me*

Hey! That's a good idea for the next blog, what say? lol

I know I'm going crazy..that's bcoz of the house thing...

Blogrolling you. Blog on...

MeMyself_n_I said...

awww that is nice. nice to hear you had fun..

ani said...

hey!! :))) this was soooooooooooooooooooooooooo....... b-e-a-t-i-f-u-l!!!!

~loads o hugs princess!!!

Sam said...

@adi crazy: I may sound mean too, but I do get some sadistic pleasure by making you jealous on this account!! ;)
I do love the new TV, my roomies love it more.. ;)A blog on "drama queen" sounds fun..
Any luck with that house tingy yet??

@memyself_n_i: Thanks sweetie!! ;)

@ani: You're a sweetheart!! Thanks, hugs to you too!! :)

Adicrazy said...

Yo Sweeti! I'll shift tomorrow!
:D
And I have a TV too!! yay!

diyadear said...

hey sam,
thats a sweet post.. happy for u.. but i was shocked to read that ur meeting ur dad after 8 yrs.. or is it that u meant its the first time hes visiting u?? i think we shud spend more time with our loved ones.. i miss meeting my family a lot :(

Sam said...

@adi crazy: :) Great!!!!!

@diya dear: Noooooo..I meet my dad every now and then, can't survive without my family!! I meant my Dad visited me after being out for 8 years.. :)
Yeh, one cannot be without loved ones, life's a waste then.. and am sorry you can't meet your family more often but they'll be missing you equally.. :)

Pravin said...

awwwww

Anonymous said...

you are really lucky to have parents who have so much trust and let you have this kind of freedom! not to mention they buy you stuff too :)

Unknown said...

Hey..that was a lovely post.I am starting my job this month and reading ur post,i just rushed into future and imagined how it would be when my dad comes to see me at the new place.
U rock!!!

Sam said...

@pravin: :)

@sreejith: Yep, lucky is what I am!! :)

@akanksha: Hey, its so good to have you back sweetie!! ;) Hope you had a good time... and hey, is it your first time outta home?? If it is, then apart from working hard and being good, have fun with life, these days of freedom are precious!! :)

Anonymous said...

Nice thoughts n congratulations for the 'idiot box' :-P

btw, did u tell him that you blog coz he sure is gonna smile ear to ear after reading this post :-)

Sam said...

@sangfroid: Thanks!! ;)
Nah, he doesn't know about my blogging habits. I inherit the tag of "technologically challenged" from my family, one member outbeats the other where anything even mildly related to the web is concerned!! ;)

bella said...

Aww... I am very glad your dad visited and seemed to be proud of you and your accomplishments. And as much as it sounds your time with him was most precious... the gift of a TV is awesome!!

Skinsleuth said...

Hey Sam, this is such a beautiful post. Loved it. And congrats for the 21 inches Sony Wega. :)

Sam said...

@bella, shraddha: Thanks!! :)

Unknown said...

Wow.. couldn't help but comment on your archived posts.. gives me a deja vu moment.