World Postal Day

 

World Postal Day reminds of the days postal services were when there was no electronic media.

Those were the days when we would write letters to family, friends  relatives. The expressive way of communicating or the expressive communication those days apart from the telephone that was more expensive. And to compare it to the present day texting, messaging and emailing that are instant though.

The wait in itself was a charm when the exchange of letters used to take a matter of 10- 15 days or a month. From purchasing postcards, Inland letters or stamps to put on envelopes right from the post office and then dropping the letters into the letter box. It was totally a different experience. Not only letters, even new year greeting cards and birthday cards were sent. 

Although everything has become easier and convenient with the instant messaging now a days. But it was worth the wait then. 

The postcards used to have an open letter but nobody bothered because life was simple then.  While these days postcards are used as acknowledgements with registered posts as well.

The stamps on an envelope were enticing even more to those who collected them. Postal service have taken a new shape in the form of speed posts that delivers as early as 1 day locally and nearby to three days or five days.

With time the services have also changed for the better.

How the message passed then.

 Mostly when I get a headache, I am reminded of on childhood incident.Probably I was in the KG II and how and why I remember it most likely to the fact of a conditioning. And what was it? The Headache.....It was once while getting off my school bus, I walked down with my friend whom I said that I get a headache if I dont take tea. This may not be my own version and probably I heard elders taking so and hence applied. It is quite possible childen sometimes apply that which they either heard or seen from elders. The reason why I remember it is quite relative because I actually get it.

Tea of course was my favourite right from the beginning..I used to get a small plate full of tea made by my mother. And when we visited our maternal grandparents I would wake up early and peep down from the verandah upstair where we slept with cousins.I would look down towards  the corridor where my grandma would be preparing morning tea. That was something i waited for every morning.

Now coming back to the conversation with my friend whom I told that if I dont take tea in the morning.I get a headache. By the time I reached home I had forgotten it. Next day my sister called me and asked "you get a headache if you dont take tea." ? I had no answer to this rather a question that arose how did she come to know. Some how I said I told it to a friend and she in turn told it to her mother who then told it to my sister because she was her teacher. Messages had to pass then and now. Be it the high-tech age or not.

If only one looks like, be like

 As I went down to see off my nephew today . He went and I was about to close the gate. I saw three little boys sitting on the other side back from a tuition nearby. I gave a quiet glance with a smile. One of them stood there to ask me in odia " tume scientist nai" meaning you are a scientist right? I  said what made you say so, he said you look like one. I asked him which class he was and his school. He said he is in seventh and will be in eighth this year at a school quite near our house.

The word "scientist" struck me again be it or not my hair style made him think so as he replied to my sister who asked him " you said so looking at her hair right "  and he nods a "yes".

While all these years I have had a people's image as Indira Gandhi. I always took it as a big compliment.

And today I also take it as a compliment from this little boy considering me to be a scientist. May be a look alike.

The Intelligent Crow

 The story of the intelligent crow is a long time childhood story of the thirsty crow which used pebbles dropping one by one to raise the water level of the jug so that it can drink water and quench its thirst. 

The story is about determination and persistence showing that if we work hard we get the result.

The pictures taken recently at home reminded me of the thirsty crow story. What I have seen so far amongst the crows is that they are considerate and sharing as well. This was evident when I saw them eating the food given. 

Simple puzzle played in fridge

 

Fridge and a Puzzle

 

 

Does anything strike your mind when you open the fridge door? Sometimes..

You see lot of things including food stuffs and cold drinks, chocolates etc vegetables, leftovers that is stored for further usage.

While there are some selves, a fruit basket to keep fruits, a vegetable compartment, a butter self, bottle self at the door, shelves for containers and so on. We always tend to keep things in order and as per usage but not always, sometimes it get a little disorder. 

The freezer has the ice chamber and there are shelves both at the door and the freezer itself. 

Organizers does help keeping everything in order.

We tend to keep everything supposedly to be stored for a day to a week to a month and sometimes you see the storage box for more than a month and probable of no use either or you just feel that "this is for some other day" and that day perhaps never comes.

Any left overs just get a space in the refrigerator.

The spices along with the covering also gets enough space to continue for long.

 

Well, all the above having said and seen but what actually strikes when I open the door of a refrigerator is a puzzle game. Trying to keep containers adjusting when it is seen that the fridge does not have enough space for the extra container. A puzzle being played then to fit it and its done. The same happens when you try to take out something that lies behind one another and a simple puzzle again solved. Now this simple puzzle played in fridge is a matter of space.