59.0 Why You Need An Alarm? Fighting For Alarm: The Samurai Way

First of all, I wanted to say Sorry...I could not work on my blog for the last couple of weeks due to busy schedule. When I was looking at the views per day also, I saw a difference. But I did not have a good time to work on a new article for you all. I could allocate time. But there should be a relax mind to come up with a good article. I was not in that status, and finally, I could not write a good article for about two weeks. So, this would be the last article for this year 2019. As today is the 24th of December, now you may don't have a good time to read this article due to a busy festival schedule. But you can read it later. I hope that you all will come back to my blog and read the latest.

 

I wanted to bring some memories of something that you hate, but you cannot avoid it in your life. I know that you wanted to throw it away for millions of times. But you did not do it yet. Same here. I also wanted to break and throw it away out of my window. But still, it is with me. By looking at the topic above, you know about this terrible and supportive guy. Lol... Most probably you may also have many stories to share as all of us cannot wake up in the morning without the support of an alarm.

 

I would like to start my alarm story from the very beginning. My mother was my alarm when I was a child. As you all know the very first alarm ringing sound is low and it gets increased gradually to the next levels if we could not react to it.  But my mother did not have this setting and her sound consists of high volume from the very beginning. I could say that it is a scream and she always thought that she could not wake us up with a morning greeting. She was right. When she asked us to wake up in the neutral volume, she had to come to our room for three to four times. Finally, she scolded us and it was our morning greeting. Lol...

Sometimes we begged for a few minutes. But it was not possible with this alarm. It reminded us of our to-do list also. However, this was pressure for the alarm too. One day she did not remind me continuously and let us wake up at any time. I think on that day it was enough for her. So, we also slept peacefully without trouble. But I did not go to school on that day. Lol… So, it was a memorable day for me in my school era.

Sometimes my father came to wake up us when my mother could not handle the situation anymore. He was different and he did not scold us. Instead of that, he gave warnings. However, it was a powerful strategy, and we could not ignore his warnings. After moving to that boarding house for Advance level exams, I missed my parents. They could not phone me in the morning as we did not use mobile phones in those days. If they need to contact me, they had to call the landline of the boarding owner. So, they did not need to trouble her in the morning.

However, it was not a big deal in the morning as the other's sound was a reason for me to wake up. Nobody could sleep once they wake up and after switching on lights in the room. So, I did not need the support of an alarm because of that crowd.

But all of us used an alarm clock to wake up early morning for our studies. Each individual had separate alarms to wake up at different times. Some of them studied till midnight and some of them wake up in the early morning. However, morning alarms were the most annoying and craziest things for us. It annoyed each other. Sometimes two to three alarms rang at once. The most amazing thing was everybody wakes up except the owner of the alarm. 

Therefore, that alarm switched off by itself automatically after snoozing for a few times. Such situations made us crazy and we blamed each other. We asked them to throw the alarm away if they could not wake up or switch it off. So, we threatened some of our friends. But sometimes it happened to me also. My alarm clock was annoying other's sleep. Therefore, nobody could maintain promises, and everything controlled by our sleep. 

 

As we did not have mobile phones in those days, we used different clocks for alarms. Among them, one of our friends had a clock, and it had an antique look. It was a big clock than the other's clocks. It was an old-fashioned clock and nobody know how to manage it except our friend. Though we criticized that look, our friend did not change that clock. It was with her till we left the place. She kept it in her bed. Once we blamed her once she could not switch off it on time, she kept it in her hand to switch off quickly. Lol...

One day we heard that alarm clock's sound, and as usual, it rang a few times. It kept snoozing and ringing without the interaction of our friend. As there's no stop I got angry and I wanted to throw it away. I wanted to slap my friend as well. So, I switched on the room's light. What did I see? I could not believe my eyes. My friend was sitting on the bed by removing some parts of the clock. Her eyes were not fully opened. 

Though I speak to her, she did not respond to me and she removed the parts of the clock. But it rings continuously. Once I saw this fun thing, I could not stop my laugh. Again, I spoke to my friend. Then she said that she cannot find the button to switch off. Lol...  So, she removed all the buttons to switch off the alarm. Though we thought that she would buy a new one, she used the same alarm by fixing things again. So, we gave a nickname to her and it was 'Elamaya'. 

Now most of us don't need a separate clock for our alarm as we can get that job via our phones. I'm using energetic songs, music as my alarm tone to enjoy it and hear it. Recently, I saw a Facebook post shared by one of my friends. It says that an alarm tone is background music for the dream she sees. Lol...

38.0 Why Did Our Boarding Mistress Keep Us Idiots At Her Home? Lol...

Any of us did not stay at the boarding place on weekends. But if we had full-day classes on weekends also, then we stayed there. In such a situation, I stayed on the weekend and, others went to the home. 

I switched on lights in both rooms for the whole night. But she did not blame me. When I was suffering from a fever, she gave a cup of medicine to me and, waited until I drink. I think she took care of me than the others. 

Most of the auntie’s children lived in some other countries and, one son visited her annually. Those days aunty planned to go there and live with him. So, aunty asked all of us to go to our homes when her son returned to Sri Lanka for vacations. So, the boarding place was a prohibited area for us for about two weeks. 

Aunty was getting ready to welcome her son and, she put a lot of effort to make the necessary arrangements. She wanted to cook all the delicious foods during these two weeks and, she arranged the home stuff also nicely. She colored the home and, polished all the furniture. It was like new year dawn for her and, her face also lightened up with the arrival of his son. 

We also felt genuine happiness for her. The things she sacrificed for their children was amazing. It is all about a mother's unconditional love and kindness. Nothing else. I think that she bore up a lot of problems alone. Today I could understand her behavior and mentality as an adult though we could not understand her those days. Most of the times we saw some negative aspects through her strict behaviors. But those days we never think about the causes of those issues. If I stayed there now, I would listen and take care of her without considering her as the owner of our boarding place. When thinking back again, I could not understand ourselves as well. I think we were in a dream world.

If I could ask her to go through this blog post, I know that she will go back to that same strict mood again by remembering us. Then she will give good feedback also. However, I do not like to think about whether she is alive or not. The result will not be a positive one. 

Sometimes aunty also gets pissed off for the crazy things we played. So, it was a memorable day for all of us. As this boarding place was close to the main road, sometimes, we looked at the main road without any reason. It was a relief for us to look at different people and vehicles for a few minutes once we were tired of our studies. Gradually, it became a habit to watch outside via a window glass though aunty asked us not to open that window. 

One day we opened the whole window in an evening because of the hot climate. Meantime, we watched outside as well and, one of our friends talked to a boy she knew. At that time, that boy was going for a class. Now our guy totally forgot the rules, and she started a chat with him by putting her head outside. Her voice volume was high and, she forgot to reduce her voice, even though some of us warned her. As our time is always good, aunty noticed it within a few minutes, and she came to us. We did not have any space to tell our friend, and aunty went to her like a rocket. Even though she said something, it did not come out. 

There was a noise like 'Boh Boh' instead of words, and her eyes brightened up like fire burns. When she was coming there, my heart was melting like butter. But later on, I could not stop laughing by looking at her, my friend and, hearing that 'Boh Boh' noise. However, she blamed us for more than one hour. Later on, she reminded it again and, again. It was like a daily schedule running in her mind for a specific time. Earlier we frightened and listened to her carefully. Later on, we remembered her 'Boh Boh' noise and, managed our laughter hardly. Sometimes, I think it killed me. If something happened to her high blood pressure, then it will not be a joke anymore. 

At that time, we were not in a situation to request her to reduce her anger. If we ask her, definitely she will hit us using anything. Then it will be a murder case. However, she did not inform our parents, though she threatened us. Finally, she ranked us as the worst boarding mates, she found during her lifetime.

There was a fire at the boarding house and, it was an unforgettable incident for me. I never faced such a situation before and, it showed the clues of our deaths. It happened because of the doctor who was in the dispensary. That dispensary was next to us and, earlier it belonged to auntie's home. So, it was very close to our room.  

In those days some people worked against doctors who were doing private practice during the day time. They suggested that it was an unethical practice to earn money during their working hours. So, this doctor ignored that situation and, did his same routines as usual. As he was not obedient, an unknown party set the fire in his dispensary. Except for aunty, only me and one boarding mate were there on that day. At that time, my bed was so close to the room entrance and, it was not my preferred place. So, as there were free beds of my other mates, I changed my bed. That bed was near to the wall which connected to that dispensary. 

There was a closed glass window also. That night, I saw the fire on the other side of the room and, I saw it as a dream. It took a few minutes for me to realize it as an actual incident. As soon as possible I quickly informed my friend and aunty. Both of us shocked and, could not think about our next steps. Then aunty contacted the police station and, meantime, we moved our books into another place. 

However, the fire did not spread to our side. The police crowd put a generous effort and, there were some of our neighbors also. However, we did not try to support them as auntie stopped the water at night as a daily practice. But she had to provide water on that night and, it stopped her bad habit also. After that, she did not close the water supply at night. Later on, she thanked me a lot as I was the one who saw the fire.

I think, though there are close friends in your boarding place, you cannot equal it to your home. However, I think it is helpful for anyone to identify the worth of your home. You would feel it better when you are staying in such a place only. As well as it is a good life exposure where you can learn the society.

35.0 Hows Food At Your Boarding Place? This Is All About Tea I Had.

We had to drink milk tea with less milk powder and, it was a watery tea. The owner of the boarding place was an aunt and, she used to keep enough tea for all of us in a flask. 

She kept in on the dining table and, she served tea in the mornings and evenings. On some evenings, she was kind to give a snack with tea. So, after starting advance level studies, all of us had evening classes after school. Therefore, we used to have a small thing after school and, had lunch at the boarding place after the classes. Then we had lunch in the evenings and, it was tea time. 

Therefore, we had tea also after lunch. One day our aunty said 'You all don't need evening tea when you have evening classes as you had lunch in the evening right?. But we did not agree with her and, we said that it's not a problem to have a tea even just after lunch. We knew that it did not give an additional supplement due to the quality of the tea and other meals. However, she thought about us as a greedy gang. 

One day she called her daughter and, said that 'these gals are having tea just after lunch. They can have heavy meals anytime'. She said the same thing to one of my boarding mate's mother also and, she embarrassed a lot. 

So, that aunty talked to my friend and, asked not to have tea just after lunch. But my friend did not agree with her and, she said that it's required for all of us. However, we did not care about those talks even though, it embarrassed others. We had our tea as usual. Aunty did not keep tea in the flask for a couple of hours and, she cleaned it as soon as tea time was over. So, sometimes we missed it once we had to spend more time in the evening tuition classes.

Though it was not a good quality tea to enjoy, we expected it in the mornings and evenings. So, one day, one of my boarding mates asked her evening tea from aunty in such a situation. At that time, she said that she could not make tea time to time for each of us separately as per the schedules we had and, she asked her to work according to the rules of the boarding. After that, my friend did not make the same request again. However, she prepared tea for me in such a situation as I did not eat meat or eggs. In those days, that green color flask was one of our little hope and, all of us expected to see it in every morning and evening. Hah hah haa...

Time went tightly at the boarding place with exam pressure. However, the boarding gang was close friends like sisters and, they were a crazy gang. One day we got to know about a series of stars which can be seen in the very early morning and it was a rare scene. So, we decided to watch and, we informed aunty on the previous night. 

She also interested and, on the following day all of us went out with her. It was around four or clocks in the morning and, we went to the main road to watch it clearly. There was a restaurant and, one of the boarding mates liked its young manager. So, she visualized a romantic moment also with him and, she wished he could be there to watch the stars. Lol... So, we talked such nonsense and, observed the sky for a couple of minutes to find out that group of stars. We were lucky to see that rare moment. We thought that our effort was not waste by looking at the amazing stars in the clear sky. Anyway, I do not remember the specialty of those stars. On that day, aunty made tea for all of us once we returned to the boarding place.

As well as she gave usual morning tea before going to school. So, we glad about the additional bonus tea we had in the early morning. Therefore, one day-night we lied to her and, we said that we could see another amazing star series in the sky if we could go out in the morning. So, we got up early in the morning and, went out to watch the stars with aunty. But she did not suspend us though, all of us could see the ordinary stars which can be seen in the early mornings. However, it was not a problem because one day had succeeded out of two days. As we expected, she served tea for all of us once we returned to the boarding place back. It was a pleasure for all of us as we could win our plan.

However, I did not admit it today as an adult though we did it for our fun. I don't know why all of us did not think about it as the wrong thing. At that time our thoughts were different and, we tried to have fun out of every little thing. So, at that time also we discussed that aunty could donate something because of us. That was the idea of our hooligan sisters. According to our mindsets those days, we thought that we helped her to gain merits. Though I did not breach the rules of school and parents, I contributed to some kind of such silly things with the companion of my friends. 

After a very long time, I met aunty in Colombo. She was weak and grew old. Though I stopped and talked to her, she could not remember me. Annually there was a different gang of school girls in her boarding place. Or else she did not care about the crazy things we did. Sometimes our behavior was normal for her. 

So, once I asked for some more details from her, she said that she went to the hospital to check the blood. I felt sad about her and, I asked her not to go out without somebody. Then she looked at the sky and, said that the gods protect her. She had a decent family background and, those days all of her children were in some other countries. None of them stayed in Sri Lanka. She also planned to go abroad and live with her youngest son. 

It was her dream, and she was waiting for her son's message. But I realized that nothing had happened, by looking at her eyes. Once I asked her not to go out without somebody, her eyes filled with tears. After that, the whole day was a gloomy day for me and, my mind filled with her memories and sorrow. Meantime, I remembered the incidents and memories we had in the boarding place, and I worried about aunty. Today society is not kind enough to take care of their parents. If they could not bring them to their countries, at least they could look after them with the support of adult helpers.

As soon as I came back home, I had a habit of drinking milk tea. Therefore, I bothered my mother to get a cup of tea as soon as possible. 

Sometimes she got angry with me when she was working on something else which eager than my need. One day she asked me to tell her before getting down from the bus and, she said that then I could have it as soon as I came home. Though she asked me to make tea for myself, I always loved to drink a cup of tea prepared by my mother.

However, in Sri Lanka, milk tea is not a good beverage because of certain low-quality milk powder. Milk powder is the cause of most of the diseases in our society. However, I think it's our responsibility to aware of these things and, change our food habits.  

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20.0 Have Fun In Your Tough Times And Collect Memories To Remind Later.

Even it was a tough time, there were certain advantages of staying in a boarding place also. At boarding place, I learned to manage my own stuff and work alone. It was not an easy task in the beginning and, it was additional pressure for me with the studies sometimes. Maintaining the school uniform was such a big job that I had those days and, I learned to iron it well by arranging the pleats. 

It was not my job when I was going to school from home. So, in the learning curve, I could not keep my school uniform neatly. Therefore, there was one friend in the boarding place to help me with this, especially when I had a special event or something in the school. She did that favoritism to me without my request. However, she used to blame everyone when she was working at that job. Lol...

As well as she used to arrange the mosquito net and, cover us once we went to sleep without the mosquito net. I heard that she was blaming us as a dream and she used to continue her talks once we got up in the morning as well. Then what I said was 'I did not ask you to do it, buddy. Then it increased her anger and, she said 'If I did not do that, then the mosquitoes will bring you to the hell men. After that you will come with more diseases and, it would annoy us more. Don't talk nonsense and do not forget to arrange the mosquito net before going to sleep. You are like a bladdy drug-addicted fellow when you feel sleepy. I do not understand you all'. Later on, it was fun for us to hear her mosquito net song in the morning.

One day she came to guide the root when I had a tuition class at a place where I did not know the way to go. Because of her kindness, she was like a mother to us. Though she blamed us several times, her union was a great pleasure for us. We had a warm feeling and felt secure when she was at the boarding place. She was a kind-hearted fellow. We had contacts with each other for a couple of years after leaving the boarding place also. Later on, we lost our contacts when moving with higher studies and jobs. I think now she is working as a nurse in a government hospital. Once I got to know that, I was happy and, I thought it is the best job for her. 

The other person was the one who took responsibility for any work. She was also like an elder sister for us and, she was a crazy fellow. She could work as a boy. She had the technical knowledge and, repaired many broken electrical items in the boarding place. Therefore, she was a useful resource for aunty, though she did not care for her much. In such situations, we could recognize the auntie’s fake voice. 

Some days we did not have water in the pipe when there were renovations. So, she was the one who brought water from the well. Though we also did it, she took the responsibility and supplied water for the kitchen and bathroom. The funny thing out of here was, she had to go to the toilet a few times when there was no water. So, our mother in the boarding place asked her to save water and, she pointed out as a mental issue. 

However, in mid of these little battles, all of us were like siblings than friends. Therefore, we exchanged our clothes with each other as well. She liked one of the skirts I had and, she wore it for tuition classes than me I think. One day she went to watch a movie with her few friends and, on that day, she wore my skirt. However, she could not go to the movie hall as she met one of our school teachers in the nearby place. Watching a movie was only allowed with certain conditions, according to the rules of our school. Therefore, she had to come back without going there, and she said that she lost that opportunity because of my skirt.  

Another fellow was 'Hotta' and, we gave that nickname to her as she suffered from cold in most of the days. 'Vaas' was another nice name of her and, 'Vaas' was her favorite cricketer. She loved that nickname. She gave that name to one pillow as well, and her younger sister threw away that pillow when there was a fight with them. Those days, she was the one who had problems in love affairs. One boy was following up with her for a long time and, she could not make a decision. So, she had different views on each day. Sometimes she hated him, and sometimes she wanted. Though we gave several bits of advice and pointed out our views, later on, all of us were tired to think about her problem. So, we asked her to do whatever she wishes.

There's nothing to say about the other people. They were normal.

There was a lot of laughter in the boarding house and, today I could take this topic for my blog because of those incidents. One day there was a pageant in the night and, aunty was busy with many works. A few of her friends came on that day and, aunty gave dinner for all of them. It was a fun day for all of us also. That night we had many junk foods while watching the pageant. We bought some big balloons which give sounds like 'Chili Chili. Later on, we hanged those balloons in our beds.

The biggest challenge that aunty had was to keep us in her eyesight, and she saw that a few boys were looking at us. Most of them looked at our friend's younger sister, and she was the beauty queen. Some of us received chits with contact details from a few boys. One guy looked at me and said that it's pointless to share his details with me as I had short hair. At that time, I cut my hair like a boy and, I received similar comments from boys several times. 

So, aunty arranged dinner for her friends on a high scale, and it was a good dinner for us also. She arranged fried rice, string hoppers and bread with some salads. Apart from these items, there were a few desserts as well. Most of the curries were non-veg. Therefore, she prepared a small portion of veg curry only for me also. Auntie loved me more than everyone in the boarding house and, I did not know the reason. Though I broke some small rules, she did not shout at me. If the same thing happened with others, she did not excuse them and, sometimes she informed their parents also. I had zero inquiries, I think. She worried about my food pattern and, discussed it with my parents once they came. 

Once my father came to the boarding place, he called me instead of aunty. But she did not care about it and, she also yelled and said 'Hey, your parents came to visit you. She did not accept it with many people. However, I asked my father not to do it again. Though my mother also advised the same, it did not work.

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19.0 It Is Pathetic To Stay Away From Home. Written By A Weeping Heart.

As I wrote a few stories about the boarding house in the last post, I decided to write about my boarding house in this blog post. As there are many things to write, I decided to write two posts.

I went to another school for advanced levels and, there was about 20 km from the school to home. Those days most of the weekdays I had evening tuition classes, and my parents decided to board me in a place that is near to the school. My father's friend found out that place and, it was an ancient house called 'Walawwa.

The owner of the boarding house was an Aunty. Her husband passed away and, all of her children were out of the country except for one daughter. That is why she started boarding at her house. By then I was 17 years old. She was the strictest woman I met during that time period besides Principal madam in our school. However, we grew up well by adhering with her own and strict rules though it was a tough time. Always we had to follow up on the right thing and, there was no small space for any kind of fault. 

Sometimes it was a big headache for us to adhere to her own rules in mid of the exam pressure. Though it's a big home, later on, she sold some spaces to shops and a medical dispensary. As her children lived in some other countries, they also do not need that home. Because of those reasons, she kept a reasonable space for her. However, still, it was a big house and, we could imagine how big a house it was. Those days she taught English at home and, there were a few evening classes. She did more work than her age, and she was a strong, courageous woman.

This was the first time where I lived out of the home and, my family members. On that day, my parents and sister came to drop me to the boarding place. They arranged everything for me and, spent a few hours at boarding place with me. I wanted to cry when they were leaving and, it was a terrible moment for me. 

I felt like I lost them. I felt like something has stuck in my throat. Therefore, I did not talk to them much when they were leaving. When they dropped me there, my sister laughed and said that she could be the queen at home now. But my mother told me that she cried later. However, she did not show it to me and, hid her tears. We two always maintained our statuses as siblings and, we do not want to show our loving feelings for each other as most of the time, we had fights and arguments. Therefore, I was so glad, once I got to know that she cried because of me. Lol...

So, the first day in the boarding house was a messy day and, I behaved like a robot. There was only one friend and, I did not know others. I took a very little meal for dinner, though others asked me to have more. I slept very early on that day and, my friend laughed a lot by looking at my abnormal behaviors. There was no separate study room, and there were a few tables in the bedroom to do studies as well. 

Therefore, all the lights switched on and, I could not sleep till they switch off the lights. So, it was a terrible day, and I wanted to go back home. There were two rooms for boarding mates. Altogether, there were five boarding mates. At that time three of us studied for advanced levels and, another schoolgirl was younger than us. The other small room used by an elder sister who did a job. After a few months, she left the boarding place and, aunty gave that room for another two schoolgirls who studied in our school. Then there was a gang with six members. 

The main problem I had at the boarding place was the food. I did not have any option, though I did not like to have a given meal. So, earlier I did not eat and, had a small snack like biscuits. However, it was not a good solution as it happened in many days. 

Therefore, gradually I used to have a given meal. At the boarding place, I had many foods that I have not even touched at home. I could say that I had to eat whatever aunty's servant prepared for us. Soya meat was one main curry she cooked for us most of the day. Apart from that, there was potatoes curry which was not suitable for a curry. When she prepared it for lunch, we knew that it's available for dinner as well. So, it was the most unpleasant curry we had at the boarding place. Those days, I stopped eating eggs and fish as well because of the way they have prepared and some other reasons. More information is available in the 'Eggs' post. 

When I was coming to school from home, I had a heavy diet for my breakfast. So, the breakfast I had at the boarding place was not enough for me and, I was hungry within the next two to three hours. We had lunch after school. So, aunty gave the same breakfast for the school interval and, we brought rice or bread with two curries. We brought the remaining food and, most of the time it was not enough for some of us. But we did not say anything because it has fallen under the additional food category. Lol... However, it was not a big problem as we have shared food with other friends at school. Those days each of us did not eat food separately and, we ate one lunch packet at a time. 

As my one was not qualified for this process, my friends put my rice and curries on top of the other's lunch packet. So, my parents sent lunch for me for a few days by a sister who was coming by a school van. It was a big lunch packet and, they did not forget to put chocolate or toffees as the dessert. My friends also would love to eat it. However, the food of our boarding place was in good condition when compared to the other boarding places. We did not suffer from stomach aches because of food. Therefore, most of them accepted that our aunty treated us well. On the other side, others respected her a lot because of her decent behaviors. 

In addition to eating and drinking, the other problem was using the bathroom. Always there was a queue to go to the bathroom every morning as there were about eight people in the boarding house. We could not stay for more than ten minutes as someone was there to yell and ask to come. 

I took time more than the others, though I went to wash my face even. Therefore, others asked me to go to the washroom at the earliest or last. I decided to go at last and, it avoids getting up early in the morning. However, still, I could not do my job peacefully by taking the time I want, as aunty wanted to use the bathroom once all of us finished. So, most of the day I had to hear her bathroom song. 

Therefore, it was a tension to use the bathroom in the morning. It was a bonus tension for me with exam pressure. Apart from that issue, we had to follow up bathroom rules given by aunty. As the main rule, she asked us not to use the commode seat. However, it was the rule that I broke up as well. I could not sit without a commode seat as it brings pain in my back. That bathroom was attached to the aunty's room. So, we had to reduce whatever sounds as much as possible when she was sleeping. However, her bathroom rules violated human rights. Lol...

Aunty did not like to lash the walls. The mosquito net was also hung on the roof. One day, the hook used to hang my mosquito net broke, and then we had to use a nail. After that, we painted that black nail and hole in the wall using white glue as wall paint also white. According to her another rule, we had to switch on a few lights when studying at night. 

We switched on the light in the dining area when we were going to the bathroom as we had to go through that area. So, that area lightened as daylight for a few minutes. If aunty woke up at that time, she thought that we switched on all the lights for the whole night. Though all of us explained it, she did not believe us. Later on, we brought a torch as a solution. However, we could stay mid of all those rules as all of us lived there like siblings. Therefore, we did not care much about the unwanted rules she brought up for us. 

The very first days at the boarding place were very uncomfortable for me. Eating, bathing, sleeping, studying and everything was a big mess for me. My behaviors were like an alien for a couple of weeks. It sorted out once others were friendly with me. The other problem was doing my work by myself. 

At home, my parents supported me. But here, I had to manage my work. It also sorted out later gradually. Those days I did not wash my clothes at boarding place and, brought them home every weekend. The clothes washed at home and, took back to boarding every Monday. It was my procedure. Some days I did not wash my school shoes because of the workload I had to manage by myself. One day a boy gave me an unpleasant look by looking at my dirty shoes when I was returning to the boarding place after evening classes. It was a big shame for me and, after that, I washed my shoes regularly. Before that, I did not much care even though a few of them advised me at school. But that boy's reaction was a shame for me.

We used aunty's land phone and, took some phone calls without her permission. That was the only unwanted thing we did and, at that time we behaved like thieves. Aunty got to know about our phone calls and, she asked us not to take calls from her phone when she was not at home. That was one main advice she gave when going out among the many bits of advice. When Auntie goes on a long journey, it's her custom to remind everyone about the rules and procedures. We loved such days as we could have meals from a nearby restaurant.

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18.0 Enjoy Your Own Cup Of Tea In A Huge Cup (And Vomit, My Tea Buddies...).

There are a lot of stories about Milk Tea. I could say that those have been adding one by one to my life stories because of the favor I had for Milk Tea. Milk tea is one of my favorite beverages since childhood. However, my parents said to me that, I did not like to drink milk powder when my mother was feeding me. I vomited it. Though I was a kid, I think, I could select the most precious thing. Lol... So, I drank my mother's milk for three years. Those days, I used to drink milk tea only if it has prepared by my mother or 'Renuka.

Later on, I did not drink plain tea for a long time. I thought it as a useless beverage, which does not have any taste or nutrition. I began drinking plain tea when I was studying a three-months computer course after advanced level exams. That institute gave plain tea around 10.30 a.m. for all the students and, I also used to have plain tea with my friends. That was the start and, plain tea added to my beverage list. 

However, I believe it gave additional energy and power. Especially when you sit in front of a computer for a long time. Sometimes it might apply to all professionals. As I just started my writing stuff, now also I can drink a cup of tea to energize today startup. A few hours back, I had a cup of tea and, it was the second one for today. However, drink sugarless tea if you would like to have many. 

Though our country is very famous for Tea, it is not an easy thing to buy quality Tea for us and, it's price also very high. So, the majority of our people are drinking low-quality tea by exporting high-quality tea to other countries. I cannot figure out the exact reason for that situation, though I am a tea lover. 

A cup of milk tea prepared by mother in the morning was the energy drink in the school days. My mother always gave me a full cup of milk tea upon my request. I used a big teacup. Actually, it was a big tea mug. 

Those days, I was shy to show my tea mug to others as it was a big one. I thought that it would show my greediness to food. However, it was correct regarding milk tea. Therefore, I always made sure of the capacity of the cup I want. The main concern I had was the capacity of the mug when buying a new one. There are certain factors to consider before switching to the new teacup. However, I did not forget to compare the new one with the previous one as well. It is like a process. Though I received many teacups as gifts for the new year, acceptance has done after a thorough checkup. Therefore, every time I had an outdated, not alluring huge tea mug because of my selection criteria. 

In school days, I did not like to prepare and have my cup of tea because of the quality of the taste. However, I had to work on it when my mother was not at home. In such a situation only, I prepared tea for me. This incident happened when I was studying for my advanced level exam.

My mother used to give me a milk tea flask when I was doing studies at night. She asked me to drink it once I feel sleepy. But I thought at what time I should have the first cup of tea when starting night studies. So, it was one motivation fact for me apart from one radio channel I listened to when studying.  Then time to time I checked whether the time has arrived to drink tea in the flask. Once tea finished in the bottle, then I stopped studying as well and, went to sleep. The entire energy for studies depends on that tea flask. Lol... 

So, one day I had to make tea for myself when my mother was not at home. I prepared my night tea with all the skills and, put it into the flask to drink when studying. So, as usual, I started drinking my own tea on planned time after a few minutes. As usual, I filled the entire mug. But I could not drink all because of the taste and, it was not nice.

However, I did not want to throw away my effort.  Therefore, I poured back the rest of the tea into the flask and, kept for next turn. As usual, I had a few cups of tea though it was not nice because I did not want to waste the effort that I put for the preparation. That was the feeling I had to finish it, and nothing else. 

As usual, after a couple of hours, I went to sleep, and I felt damn lethargic like faintish when I was going to bed. Though I thought that I could have a deep sleep, it was a dream and, I woke up as my stomach was annoying me. I could not sleep for more than three hours. I felt like somebody was walking in the stomach and, trying to come out through my mouth. Then again, I tried to sleep and, see. However, it did not work and, I frightened once I felt some salty in my mouth. I realized that was a clue of vomiting and, I did not want to bear up that torment. So, again, I went to bed to avoid vomiting and, tried to sleep. 

However, it did not work at all and, I vomited three to four times till morning. I lost all the energy and, walked to the bathroom like a dummy. In the morning, my father asked 'Shall I prepare a cup of tea for you with coffee?.  At that time, I wanted to vomit again when hearing the name of 'Milk Tea. So, I asked for a coffee without milk. This was fun for my school friends once I told 'Tea and Vomit' story to them. They asked me not to prepare beverages for them once they visit our home.

My Mug...

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