life at old age homes
hi all.. it's bin reely boring these days as i hav sed b4.."i hav nuthing much to do"..but today was gud..actually i was damn bored at home..since da holidays are here n i hate holidays coz none of my cuzins liv in delhi n cant go out wid frenz evry other day.. n a few days back i heard about this social service thing in vich our skool wud b taking us 2 many places like old age homes n sos village n blind skool n tamana skool..so instead of getting bored at home n cribbing abt getting bored i thot this is a gud chance of meeting these ppl n getting to kno them a bit..n v can giv sumtime to them..n many of my frenz were going so u can say i was kinda inspired by them..n i also got to kno that they r gonna giv certificates n it helps in getting thru colleges abroad..but it hardly matters to me cuz neways im not going abroad for studies at under graduate level..so v started frm skool at around 9..n hey, b4 that v were supposed 2 prepare sum songs for them.. n gess wat i was singing..lol.totally offtune..but v dint sing later..k so v left skool , around 182 of us..yeah..that many ppl actually showed up..so this plc is in south delhi..way far frm chattarpur temple as well..so v reached that plc..n v got to kno that there r only 10 ppl in that old age home n 182 of us! so all of us went to talk to all those uncles n aunties vich wre pretty sweet n most of them were 80+..so u c, they were pretty old.. n these ppl were actually talented..v met an uncle..he was an artist.. n then there was this economist..n many ppl wre around him..i dint get a chance to talk to him..n there was this aunty..who was great in shayeri..my frenz were telling me..actually after sumtime i went 2 another old age home cuz that plc was flooded(not literally!!)..so i went to that plc..n even there..there were lots of ppl..neways i started talking to this uncle.. he was a teacher frm kanpur..he was reely nice n then i met 2 more aunties..so they had been telling me about how bad it is for women (spclly in india) cuz sum of they had to sacrifice their ambition for their family..wel..now it has improved a lot..still a woman's life is not easy(how true!).. so moving ahead.. then i got to know that many of them do visit their children n their children also do so.. so that's nice.. these ppl r given food n rooms n ol but they do their works themselves like washing their rooms n clothes..n mind u they r old ppl.. n sum of them sed, that watever v giv them as in biscuits n fruits, v shud giv them directly n not to da 1s managing the old age homes cuz they lock all those things in a room n those ppl dont get nething at all.. how unfair is that! neways, i had a great time interacting wid them n my frenz did 2.. evn they enjoyed it cuz v had sum to spend sum time wid them.. n i got to kno even they luv music..all of them reely enjoyed wen sum ppl were singing n even they listen to songs on radio..wel..its reely hard living there,i feel widout ur actual family.. i reely miss my grand parents a lot, they dont liv in delhi.. they did stay wid us for a few months but then they dint like it much..cuz they are so absorbed in that plc whr they liv..so they went back.. i m going to meet them this summer..i hope i do.. i luv 'em.. n my dadi(paternal grandmother) is such a sweetheart!luv 2 talk to her..she's like a kid..totally!luv her loads..
it was an amazing expirience today..tomorrow v r going 2 sos village..looking forward to it :)
ok then, bye..take care..enjoy ur vaccations
PS: chek out my class blog .. http://x-c.blogspot.com
PPS: are the class 10 cbse results coming out on da 16th of may?
PPPS:reference to "uncles n aunties" here is to da ppl in da old age homes..cuz i respect them n not that they r my actual uncles n aunts..
posted by kasturi @ 2:05 am
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