We finally boarded the Alapuzha express from Thrissur at around 6:30 in the evening and
landed in Arakonam in the wee hours of the morning. It's been quite an eventful trip in a
lot of ways.

• I finally realized that it's high time I get involved in the network of my relatives, know
  faces because dad thinks "it's good to be in touch". My brother's the one most affected
  because both of us were mavericks and we had each other as company while rebelling against whatever our parents wanted to do. Now, I am the good guy and he's the bad guy ;)
• For the first time I have been through the whole experience of marriage. I was given the resume (yeah, a A4 printed name/address/qualification resume as a prologue to the guy
  (thankfully it didn't include his extra curricular activities and his objective)), was
  asked what I feel, made to accompany the girl's parents so that I can provide my "point of
  view". Apart from the marriage, I also got to witness customs that I thought were reserved only for the screen, like "taking arathi" (what does one call this in hindi?), the girl getting confused as to which one's her right foot and which one's left and mother and daughter conveying respective insecurities through their eyes. Too much!
• My malayalam's improved big time (here again, I have betrayed my brother!)
• But the best thing has been to have remembered these little details and to have penned them here.

I realize I have written enough now :) Till the next time I travel - my travel diary shall go to sleep! Adios!

- posted by Super Ted @ 9:07 AM