45.0 Go Through The Pain. Don’t Give Up Buddies...

When I was studying for a Master’s degree, most of the students were in the tired mode in the lectures. Some of them slept well. There was one lecturer who cared about us a lot. He understood our tiredness while some other lecturers ignored it as they also didn't have an option. 

One lecturer taught some theory concepts via the videos. One video went for about ten minutes, and at that time he used to sit in the last rows. At that time, I took a break and did not watch the video. I used to listen in by closing my eyes and covered my forehead area via a hand.

A few lecturers want our active participation in the lectures. So, one of the lecturers arranged some group activities and asked questions. One day he asked us to explain a work incident related to conflict management with the actions we took to resolve it. I did not want to put any effort into anything which did not use to evaluate us. I did not put my effort to say a word even if it did not belong to the evaluation of our program. I was tired. Lol...

Most of the weekdays were very tired for me because of office hours, lectures, and restless weekends. Therefore, I could not focus on studies at night after completing all those main tasks. Most of the time I went to the office like a zombie. I could say that I have dragged to the office and I did not go there.

One day one of my office friends came to my seat and talked about some friendly things with me. After a few minutes, he said 'Shall I ask something? As I agreed he asked 'Are you suffering from any problem? I have noticed your behavior for some time, and it was not normal. I could see some sort of fear on your face. What is the reason behind this situation? At that time, I wanted to laugh and I did not have a proper answer to give him. I thought that he won't believe if I told the truth 'Exam pressure because of the way he talked to me. However, I told about exams and assignments including my bad health.

However, I knew that he did not believe me. He suggested healthy foods and exercises as some options. Later on, I thought that there could be such an alien look on my face when thinking about that pressurize environment I lived with workload and studies. So, his observation was correct. Why do you have fear on your face??? That was a marvelous question. Lol...

Actually, health also not in good condition. Though I had separate Vitamins also there was a pain in the whole body because of an unknown reason. From time to time I have attacked by fever and cold on top of that pain. So, I could say that it was an endless pain. I could not get rid of the cold.  

Not only me, most of the students pressurized because of their busy schedules. Apart from all, most of us were suffering from various illnesses. I think tiredness was the main reason for us to be the victim of most of the diseases. Some of them left their jobs as well. I left my job after going through these main hurdles. As I said earlier still, some questions don't have proper answers. Lol...

The mid-semester consists of both exams and assignments. There was no enough gap in between some exam days and assignment deadlines. Therefore, I took study leaves for eight working days, I think. When I was staying at my uncle's home, some people saw me at that time, though I lived there for a long time period. So, one uncle saw me and he asked about my studies. 

He said that one of his relative daughters was looking after her kids by staying at home though she is MSc holder. I think he tried to say that my destiny also will be the same as his relative. Though I wanted to slap him, I listened to his story, peacefully without any response. I think if I told him something at that time, he would be an enemy now. Lol...

After studying for a few days, I felt that the desk was not in the correct location in the room and lighting was not enough for studies. Therefore, I moved my desk from time to time and it was in three to four different locations in the room. Our housemaid asked 'why did you move it to the previous location if it was not good for you earlier. I did not have an answer actually, though I wanted to say that 'Shut up... I'm going crazy...

Actually, I don't know the exact reason for that much pressure, and it was similar for most of the students. Some of them had junk foods like nothing during this time, and most of the boys used to drink energy drinks. 

One of my friends had some tablets that recommended for athletics to keep them awake. One day once I sat for the exam, I saw that one of our lecturers was sitting in the exam hall. But it was a blurred scene, and on that day, I got to know about my eye vision.

Though I had my Tea, breakfast, lunch, and snacks before the exam, I had a bottle of soft drink just a few minutes before the exam. I used to have it before going to the exam hall. I did it as a practice for entire exams. As I mentioned earlier, there were many questions without answers during this period. There were plenty of abnormal behaviors. Lol…

However, though it was a hectic and ridiculous time, I know that it always gave benefits to me. So, I could say that the tough past is like an investment in our lives where we can take harvest later.

So, go through the pain buddies… Don’t give up.

  

40.0 Sleepy Hours, Boys, Love & Fun

We had our physics class on Sundays. When it comes to Sunday, my energy was over for the entire week. So, most of the time, it was very difficult to travel there even. Sometimes I have fallen sleep in the class because of this reason. It happened unintentionally and, I could not control it though I wanted. If there were no friends, I have fallen asleep and, finally attending that class also useless. 

One day when I was writing in the book, I heard someone laugh as a dream. So, I woke up and, looked around without turning my head. Oh my god... I wrote the question and, I thought the teacher was explaining the answer. Though I was sleeping, I thought that why he was reading too fast. Lol... After that, a few paper rockets came towards my head and, it was a shame for me. When I was going out after finishing the class, one boy said that 'You are not waking up even after hitting a rocket...Lol... 

In that exam era, I went to a night class and, those days I stayed in the boarding place. There was a walking distance. That class was a group class, and there were about eight students. It started at four o'clock and ended at eight o'clock. There were a few students who came from different locations and, that's why the teacher started the class at four o'clock. 

That class held near our school and, I had to pass the school first to go there. It was a rainy day and, I left the boarding place to go to the class. Suddenly, a boy who also was going to that class came under my umbrella. He said that he could not bring the umbrella. He came in front of our school and, I was shocked for a moment as we had certain disciplinary rules. When we were wearing the school uniform, we could not share our umbrella with a boy. He asked 'Is that fine with you? I did not reply to him back though I did not like to breach our school rules. But I could not ask him to go out as well because of the rainy climate️. So, I went with him a few miles. 

After a few minutes, he said that 'I'm not coming to trouble you if I don't have books in my hand. Those are getting wet. That's why I came. I felt very angry with him. Same time I saw our class teacher at the bus halt and, she did not look at me. So, I asked him to go out by taking the books in his hand. I would not ask him to go out if he did not have that big head. When I was going to the class, he looked like a wet bird. He did not look at me even and, he wiped his head using his handkerchief. At that time, others were kidding and laughing at him.

After that incident, he did not look at me at all and, I think he got angry with me. I did not go to school on the following day as my class teacher was on the bus halt when this was happening. So, once I went to school, she smiled and asked 'Are you not well because of the rain? According to the way she smiled, I realized that she noticed the incident made by that idiot. Same time I thought that she would see the entire thing. Otherwise, I would be in the principal’s office on that day.

Learning in a tuition class was a different experience for some students who did not study in mixed schools. Those who have studied in a boys' or girls' school had to mix up in the tuition class. It was a pleasure for most of them. Though I studied in a convent at that time, the rest of the other schools I studied were mixed schools. So, it did not bring me a different exposure. Those days, most such students started love affairs. In some cases, there were fights as well to protect their love affairs. Some boys tried for one girl and, such situations made a crisis among them. 

Some boys also faced the same situation when several girls were trying to get their attention. We also had a pretty friend among us and, most of the boys followed her for her love. Sometimes it was a headache for her. Some boys waited and followed her when she was going somewhere. As we were her friends, we also had to give her details and convey their messages with our friends. So, though they did not follow us, we also had to share the details carefully and, we did it as per our friend's instructions. 

So, it was a punishment for a few friends including me. Sometimes I told whatever came to my mind. However, there was one situation where we communicated different details for the same question they asked. So, we all decided to get the exact answers from our pretty friend to answer the questions of her followers. One day one of our friends saw that one boy was waiting for my friend to convey a message and, get some details.

However, that friend could not get the instructions from our beauty queen on that day and, she was clueless. So, what she did was, she ran away in another route to avoid that boy. However, she could not close the eyes of that boy and, he also ran and followed her. She could not run a long way and, she had fallen on the road. The funniest thing was, that boy was the one who helped her to stand up. The other people also came to support her. So, he did not ask anything from her. After that incident, he did not ask anything from her. Though she got rid of that problem, he got the details from us as usual and, we communicated the details as per the instructions of our beauty queen.

In the tuition classes, we met friends from different nationalities as well. It was a good experience we all had and, some of them are still good friends. Those friendships have a strong bond with each other like siblings. I think it's a bit difficult to find out honest friends when you are an adult. Just do a small analysis and see who are your actual friends. Then you can see still the remaining best gang is coming from your childhood or school days. 

So, I hope we can build up a strong relationship among different nationalities if we have schools without religion-wise or gender-wise differentiation. One good example is one of our father's friend who is coming from another nationality. He is one best friend from my father's childhood. 

He was the one who supported my father when he was not well. In one year, there was a flood in our area and, our house also severely damaged because of that situation. At that time, he brought food for us. He swam and brought it to us. It was not an easy task to swim in that cold water as he was not a young man to struggle with the water. My father said that the job he did won't do with his own brother even in that situation. We were very emotional at that time. I think we can build up such a strong friendship among the different nationalities via the concept of a mixed school which can bring different people under one roof. 

Otherwise, we would see them as aliens, once we have to move with each other as adults.

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.

31.0 Laugh & Laugh... But Behave Well Buddies

Do you think that getting down from a bus is an easy thing to do? It was not at all when I was going to school by bus. I went to a mixed school. So, the bus which we used to come back home was full of those crazy devils. 

The bus conductor became evil by looking at the behaviors of those idiots. If he had high blood pressure, he would die because of the effort he put to control them. Always he screamed like an evil. But our guys did not care about him though he blamed and screamed us a lot. As well as his situation was fun for some of them.  

After a few years, I saw that the conductor was working on the same bus root. But at that time, he was very matured and looked calm. He had patience with others and, he did not scream as earlier. He looked old and weak. I felt sad about him and, it reminded me of the nature of changing everything. 

He could not recognize me. But I smiled with him. On that day one drunk man got onto the bus and, that conductor asked him to get down. But that drunk man did not obey him. That conductor also did not request again and again and let him sit. As well as he did not get angry with him as early. Then he asked to buy a ticket and, that drunk man gave a toffee instead of money. I thought there would be a fight according to previous situations I saw with this conductor. But it made him laugh and, he did not follow up with him. I was surprised by looking at his change. 

So, when moving back to my story, some of our idiots used to ring the bus bell a few times after I rang it once to get down from the bus halt️. Then the driver did not stop the bus as he thought that schoolboys were joking with him. So, I always had to walk a few miles when those crazy guys were on the bus.  

The other thing happened on our school bus and, on that day, I got into that bus to come back home. Those days, there was a couple in our school and, their love affair was famous among everyone. So, these two also used to go by this bus and, on that day, they stood in the mid of the school guys. 

Everyone tried to look at them secretly without knowing them. So, I also gave my attention to them and time to time I watched their behavior. Suddenly, the bus stopped and, everyone dragged toward the driving seat. At that time, that boy gave a kiss to her cheek by hugging her. I looked another way, once I saw the incident and acted something else. On the next day, this incident was the main topic among many and, it was fun for them. Sometimes, this is not a big issue for you according to the culture that you have adopted. But as you know our Asian culture has many restrictions for school love affairs. As well as our culture does not accept kissing and hugging in public places. Therefore, this was an interesting story for many gossip lovers. After a couple of years, I used to go to Colombo for my higher studies by office transport. At that time, I met this girl and, she also used this van as her office transport. So, I often remembered this incident.

Later on, traveling by bus was enjoyable for us when I moved to another school for my Advance Level. It was about the one-hour journey as there were about twenty-five kilometers from home to school. So, I got this opportunity at weekends and some weekdays when I had evening classes. Most of the time, I had to go by school van on weekdays. So, it was fun to go by bus with the union of friends and we had good freedom to share our funny stories and laugh. 

Those days, we did not care about other’s thoughts and, we laughed a lot. If there was a school teacher on the bus, then only we stopped laughing we maintained school discipline. Some of them joked to us saying that we had some kind of drugs that could make us laugh. Now, I cannot imagine why did we laugh that much for small things. I think it’s because of our teenage. I remembered that we laughed for our own old memories. Or else someone on the bus was a reason for us to laugh. Sometimes you may think that we were mad. Yes. Those days we had a different mentality about everything. But no one blamed us even though they did not laugh with us. Very rarely, there were a few people who laughed with us. 

So, I was the one who got down from the bus at last among our crazy gang. One day a boy who sat next to me told me to “Laugh now” once my friends got down from the bus after spreading the laughter for an hour. Even though it made me laugh again, I just smiled with him. When we were going for Advance Level exams also, this behavior did not get changed. On the very first day, I went with my father and, the rest of the days I went by bus. So, when we were laughing, the two men said that 'You all may have to cry after receiving the exam paper️.

Recently, a bunch of school guys and gals got into the bus when I was coming from Colombo to home. They also crazy as us and it remembered my school days. They laughed for small things like nothing. 

They were also the same as us. They were holding each other because of the crowd and, once the driver stopped the bus, they pulled to the front and returned to the back. It made me laugh even though I did not show it to them. I thought that others would think about us as so when we were school gals. Same time I felt that their discipline was also not good. As well as I thought this discipline issue was common for most of them after comparing us with them. The others also did not tell anything about their behavior.  

At that time, I thought that everyone had this type of past memories. So, I thought the people who traveled with us in our school days would have the same feelings as me today. However, it was fun to watch that crazy school crowd as it was like a drama.

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29.0 Smile When You Have Teeth, My Dear Friends...

Though I started writing about this topic still, I don't know whether I have enough things to write. However, I wanted to take this topic for my blog to tell you the discrepancies I have noticed in between a smile and eye expressions of people. During my lifetime, I have been seeing that observation many times. By the way, I do not wish to highlight it first and, I think that you will focus on it more than the other things that I shared with you here. 

Actually, all of us would love to live with laughter and, take it into part of our life. Because a smile always implies the happiness of someone's life. There may be people who have a smile on their faces though they have been bearing up lots of problems. Actually, it is a pleasure to see such people with smiling faces. They are strong enough to hide their tears via a wide smile. You analyze the story of someone and, see the hurdles they have. You will identify how strong the personality they have.

I believe that the person who is reading this post also has such an amazing strong personality. If so, I love you, my dear buddy. I ask you to stay ahead in your life till the last moment. As soon as when I was writing these few lines, a few teardrops dragged at the end of the eyes. I am very emotional when I am imagining you all my friends. Sometimes, I have thought of such things, but I'm sharing these things as a written article first time.

At the very beginning of this write-up, I would request you to smile when you have teeth. Once you lose your teeth, there will be sound like 'Hoh Hoh Hoh... and, at that time majority do not want to see your smile. They won't wait to see your smiley face. Lol… As you know, only we can smile in this world and, I think it's a gift given by mother nature. I hope there is a lovely smile on your face now. Keep it with you. It's your own identity.

In my school life, there were famous friends because of their smiles. One of them was an elder sister and, everyone called her 'Laughing girl. The other one was a close friend of mine, and everyone said that she was laughing because of the abnormal food she ate. Those days, I love their companion as I could laugh with them. In addition to them, most of my friends loved my laughter as well. I got to know via the notes they put in my autograph when we all are leaving school. They did not forget to highlight how did I laugh by rotating and bending my entire body. That's how I came to know about it️. 

I had to face for punishments also during my school time because of laughter. However, I could not avoid it though they punished me. When all the friends were got together, there was a burst of laughter and, it was a never-ending one. I think it's common for anyone at that age. I hope you also have similar memories.

Those days, I could not control laughter in serious situations, and that was the hardest thing I ever had. That's why my mother blamed me a lot. When I was trying to control it, it was very inconvenient for me, and my cheeks were going to explode. There was a pain in my throat and I could not breathe properly. So, I did not like to face such situations, as it was very uncomfortable for me also. When there was a gathering with friends or cousins, we laughed like crazy idiots. 

In our school days, all of us had a similar mindset, I think. One day, I went to a funeral with my cousins and, one of the family members of the funeral house came to welcome us. At that time, my cousin smiled with him joyfully and, it was not suitable for that occasion. All of us noticed her foolish action and our elders got angry with her. However, now I feel like we did not have good discipline and, most often my mother said the same. Still, I could not understand the behavior we had in those days.

One day I did a crazy thing with one of my cousin sisters. At that time, we were in our grandmother’s home, and it was a family gathering. We two in the yard and, our grannies house situated near the main road. We smiled with people on the road by showing different actions. We did not do it for people who were walking. So, we selected some people who were going by cars and vans. I think all of them would think about us as mentally sick idiots. Most of them confused, and they did not smile back with us. They just looked at us until they could not see us. We two also waved our hands until they passed a few miles. A very few young guys smiled back with us and, our actions made them laugh. However, we enjoyed ourselves a lot.

This incident happened in my first computer class. I went to that class after the advanced level examination. At that time, I did not have a computer even and, it was the first deal with IT. Lol... Though everybody was well disciplined during the lectures, our usual habits came out in the computer labs. There was something for us to laugh. My friend's condition was worse than mine. Always I had asked my friend to behave well. 

I could not manage my laugh when she was behaving like a crazy one. One day one of the instructors in the lab warned both of us saying that they have medicine to stop our laugh. Though I embarrassed my friend laughed by ignoring his warning. So, he asked my friend to move, to another seat which was in another row. The funny thing was he asked her to sit near her boyfriend. Finally, it made all of us laugh and he warned the entire class. Those days we did not have general computer knowledge even. One day there was a practical computer exam and both of us had zero marks. That was the only zero mark I got for my entire education history. 

We two could not realize how did we get zero for that exam. I was embarrassed at seeing the zero, in front of our names on the Notice Board. But my friend said that it was an unforgettable situation to celebrate. Again, it made me laugh, and that was another fun day we had in that computer class.

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21.0 Let's Discuss Horrible Shopping Experiences

Even though I could not imagine how many times I went shopping during my lifetime, several memorable incidents are there to share with you. Out of all most of them are funny and, tired memories. Though we started the journey happily, most of the time it ended up with a severe headache. 

It was that much-tired journey in the end as we spent many hours for shopping. At the start, we thought not to spend more time in one shop if they did not have our wish list. But it never worked. Therefore, once we returned home, we could not speak loudly and, we did not want to move a little bit.

Though it seemed nice at the time we bought, there were certain items that looked ugly once we rechecked those at home. There were at least two such items. So, it brought more pain for the head and legs when I was thinking of exchange even. It requires another effort to go there and, find out other replacements. Sometimes I went to exchange and, it was an additional cost. In all those times, I had to pay more for the exchanged item as always, its price was higher than the previous one. It was a miserable thing I ever had. Therefore, I did not happy about all the bought items, though they were my choices. The same thing happened to my cousins and friends as well. They also faced the same situation. Later on, I wore all the bought clothes and shoes, though I did not like them. Once I told this to one of the friends, he said that it's common for every female including his wife. Furthermore, he pointed out it as a universal issue. Lol... 

Early days, I went shopping with my mother and sister. My father did not join us, though he came to drop us. He stayed in the vehicle and let us spend any time. Because he knew that it was a punishment for him. Every time my mother fed up with us by spending a few hours and, said that it was her last shopping journey with us. However, she came for next time as well. Later on, she sat on a chair in the shop and, let us select whatever we liked once she finished her shopping. However, we could go for a maximum of three to four shops once we went with my mother. Though we did not buy our desired things, she did not want to spend any single minute after exceeding that threshold. As well as she could not tolerate when we were checking the same stuff again and again. So, she noticed it as an unnecessary time we spent on the same things and, said that there's no point in checking the same stuff. We said that we wanted to make sure that we did not miss anything good for us. However, she did not accept those as excuses and asked us to leave the shop if there were no things to buy without idling. 

Later on, we two went alone without my mother. We asked her to stay at home and, she also loved our suggestion. Sometimes she gave her list and asked us to bring those things for her. So, we went to any number of shops we wished and stayed there for long hours without looking at our watches even. 

We went to ten to twelve shops sometimes and, bought what we want. My sister was a good shopping partner, and we two have the same limits. Once it exceeded, we decided to stop shopping. However, both of us came back home like zombies and, we were tired like nothing. As the first thing, we showed the new items to my mother. After that, we two shared the bill, according to the money we spent on each other. As usual, we got various responses from our mother, and she did not like some of the things we bought. There was an era where I wore different varieties of blue color. Those days most of my clothes were a blue color. So, my mother did not like it at all and, she said that she will throw away if I bought anymore blue color clothes. She gave that warning every time when we were going outside. Our grandmother also agreed on the same by expanding it for 'Black color as well. As her eyesight was weak those days, she saw all the other dark colors like black color. Apart from that color issue, both of them asked us to return home quickly without spending unnecessary time in the shops. So, once we returned, they said that 'Oh no. Did you spend the whole day to buy these few items? What did you do for the entire day men? If I spent that time, I would buy clothes for the rest of my lifetime.

So, it was pathetic to hear their comments. After that, we did not disclose some items with them. However, we had to listen to their comments as we could not hide those when we were going outside. Then they said that 'Hey, I did not see your outfit before. When did you buy this? It's too tied, okayyy. This color is very dark and not suitable for you. Those were some comments they gave.

My father's younger brother was a good companion for us to do shopping. He supported us and, did not have a hurry to go back. He did not get tired and, visited any number of shops without a limit. One day I think we visited nearly twenty shops to buy sarees, some costumes and shoes for a wedding. As all of our selections were different, we had to go to that many shops to specially buy sarees. At that time, I could not wear saree properly. So, one sales guy in the shop helped me to wear and select. He understood that I could not wear it by myself according to the way I followed up. So, he helped me a lot. Meantime, he asked me to get ready from the early morning as I might take a couple of hours to wear the saree. On that day also, our uncle ("Bappa") was there with us and, supported all of us to select our sarees including costumes. So, when we had a family event, my father and father's elder brother sent him with us. I think it was a great relief for them as they did not want to bear up that pain when he was there with us. They did not even worry about the number of hours we spent shopping. So, our uncle spent more time when he was buying anything for himself as well. He went to all the possible shops until he found the desired thing. It applied for everything and, he visited many girls to find out his bride as well. 

Because of this habit, when he was a school student, he had a nickname called 'Town guy' ('Town Banda'). My father always said that it was the most suitable nickname for him, though he called him 'Professor Calculus'. He used that name to save his contact details as well. So, when two brothers are going outside, my father never let him go to a shop as he knew his selection procedure. One day, when we were going on a trip, there was an area which was a well-known place for the fish market. At that time, my father asked him to buy some fish and meantime, asked him to come soon. We waited for nearly an hour, but he did not come back. Then my father went to find him and, at that time also he did not buy anything. He blamed and dragged him back to the vehicle.

A few days I went shopping with my cousin and my father's elder brother. It was for a family wedding. Though we had a big list to buy, our uncle ("Loku Thaththa") wanted to buy all the stuff from the first place. It needed to be done very fast too. So, he asked us to come back soon. Meanwhile, he shouted and reminded the list of other work he needs to be done within the rest of the day. However, we wanted to select our wish list somehow. Later on, we ignored him and, moved to some other areas of the shop when he was trying to contact us. It increased his anger and blamed us when returning back. Like the others, he also warned that it was his last shopping journey with us.

One day I went to an office to take some support materials for my degree certificate. At that time, they asked me to wait for a few minutes. Additionally, they said that they need their chief's approval. At that time, that lady was not there. So, I thought to go to a nearby shop during this idle time though I did not have money to buy anything at that time. I just wanted to do window shopping. So, I just checked a few clothes and, noted that the price was very high. All were very expensive. As I wanted to spend time, I just walked over the floors by visiting the items without buying anything. So, one sales guy came to me and, asked, 'Ma'm what did you look for?. At that time, I thought that they do not have party wears. So, as I did not buy anything, I said that I was looking for party wears, but it is not available. Then he said 'No ma'am it is on our next floor and, he asked me to come with him. I felt sorry for my self and, went with him. I checked a few of frocks and, he also supported me to select. They were expensive like nothing. After a few minutes, I said to him that my choice is not available and, left that shop as soon as possible. 

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