It is always fun to go on a trip. And going out with family to meet family is all the more fun. And when it is your first holiday in 16 months then it is the most awaited event of recent times. So Vizag bound we all were. Packed to the tilt. Rather, very heavily packed. The luggage weighed more than Navya and me combined so you can imagine...;)
Now, amongst the four travelers, Vishakapatnam was new only for me. Of course, for Navya everything is new. And travelling with her by air was giving me goose bumps. A full check list of medicines and advice later, we managed to land safely, leaving aside the gaping strange man at the feeding mother.
A sea port, I expected Vizag to be extremely cool and breezy. Cool it wasn't, rather the opposite, breezy it was but only at night. We landed to a great welcome by our hosts, Mohit's sisters family. And soon we were at the Naval Park colony. The colony living I always loved and when it was packed by smart Navy families greeting each other in style it was the cherry on the cake.
The one week holiday was extremely exciting with some great hospitality and some good bonding with my nephew and niece. Laughs between the family was something we all needed. Each day I had learnt something new about the Navy style of living and realised how small the civilian looked in comparison. How very distinguished the Navy kids looked when they straightened up and wished an officer in the lift or how a Navy officer bowed to let the ladies go first or how they let the guard down to celebrate Holi. Rain dance, loud music, beer and full of silver, black, yellow and red and all the other colors possible. I saw all shades of a lifestyle that I had never known was so cultured and enjoyable.
I am not the kinds to make fun of a language but I couldn't help but make my judgement about Telugu. The written text surely resembled all sorts of tomatoes put together. So it became a common joke amongst me and the kids to talk in katta tamatar, paka tamatar, aadha tamatar, sada tamatar dialect...
Take a look at the picture and you will understand...It means 'Telugu' in Telugu(???) but this is how we deciphered it...sada tamatar, do tamatar, ulta kata, kata tamatar... Funny but apologies to the Tomato language. ;)
From the long walks in the breezy evenings to the long drive along the beach road to the trip to the submarine to the great Andhra food and Dosas to the loving warmth of Didi and Jiyaji, Vizag was surely a landmark trip.
Now, amongst the four travelers, Vishakapatnam was new only for me. Of course, for Navya everything is new. And travelling with her by air was giving me goose bumps. A full check list of medicines and advice later, we managed to land safely, leaving aside the gaping strange man at the feeding mother.
A sea port, I expected Vizag to be extremely cool and breezy. Cool it wasn't, rather the opposite, breezy it was but only at night. We landed to a great welcome by our hosts, Mohit's sisters family. And soon we were at the Naval Park colony. The colony living I always loved and when it was packed by smart Navy families greeting each other in style it was the cherry on the cake.
The one week holiday was extremely exciting with some great hospitality and some good bonding with my nephew and niece. Laughs between the family was something we all needed. Each day I had learnt something new about the Navy style of living and realised how small the civilian looked in comparison. How very distinguished the Navy kids looked when they straightened up and wished an officer in the lift or how a Navy officer bowed to let the ladies go first or how they let the guard down to celebrate Holi. Rain dance, loud music, beer and full of silver, black, yellow and red and all the other colors possible. I saw all shades of a lifestyle that I had never known was so cultured and enjoyable.
I am not the kinds to make fun of a language but I couldn't help but make my judgement about Telugu. The written text surely resembled all sorts of tomatoes put together. So it became a common joke amongst me and the kids to talk in katta tamatar, paka tamatar, aadha tamatar, sada tamatar dialect...
Take a look at the picture and you will understand...It means 'Telugu' in Telugu(???) but this is how we deciphered it...sada tamatar, do tamatar, ulta kata, kata tamatar... Funny but apologies to the Tomato language. ;)
From the long walks in the breezy evenings to the long drive along the beach road to the trip to the submarine to the great Andhra food and Dosas to the loving warmth of Didi and Jiyaji, Vizag was surely a landmark trip.
1 comment:
The tomato language is a very funny thought...You shud write a full post on it...
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