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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