Abi's Arrival
January 2009, I took leave and fly to Kochi. I only saw Abi in photos but it may not be difficult to find out her from the crowd. When I landed in Chennai I have seen the Jet Airways taking off. She must be in that flight. After one hour I reached Kochi airport. I called her, she was sitting in front of the prepaid taxi services. She looks like north east Indian. She was wearing a big sun glass. She waved her hands. After taking the languages I walked towards her. I could see the tiredness in her face. I welcomed her to india by giving a Cadberry's chocolate bar. Cadberry's branded their chocolates in India as a symbol of love, friendship, affection like that. Last evening I could bye that only for her. I wanted to bye one flower but I could not. I thought she might be misunderstanding the flower! There are cultural differences in these kind of formal and informal ways of greetings.
We have taken a taxi from Kochi to Kottayam. Only Ambassador cars were available. That is one of the oldest car brand in India, originated from a British model. Still ministers like this only. Many say it is the safest car available in India. But youngsters don't like its old face and body. We stopped at Kochi city to buy few Indian ladies wear for Abi. We visited Kalyan. She was amazed by seeing Indian ethic style. She was trying different churidars. Most of them were costliest in the showroom. Like small kid she was walking in between collections of cloths. One sales girl was helping her. She was smiling at me. When Abi went to the trial room sales girl asked me, 'did you taken her to your house?!' 'No, why?' Next question came 'When is your marriage?!' 'Ha! She is my friend. There is nothing other than that' 'Are you sure? Mm.. I thought she is your lover!' I was laughing on her doubt. Abi came out. After that we started our journey to Kottayam. The driver was a chat box, so the time has gone. I was explaining Abi about Kerala. Meanwhile she had mentioned about one of the Kerala boyfriend she had. But she did not shown interest in talking anything about that. She was telling about the historical connections Kerala and Ilocos supposed to had. She loved Kerala. She plans to settle down some where near to Thiruvananthapuram. After seeing the schools she can decide where she can be. She wanted the children to become soccer players. I was not sure that how they can achieve that if they are in India. India is not good in football even though we like the game. Kerala is one of the state leading in football.
We reached the hotel in the evening.
We have taken a taxi from Kochi to Kottayam. Only Ambassador cars were available. That is one of the oldest car brand in India, originated from a British model. Still ministers like this only. Many say it is the safest car available in India. But youngsters don't like its old face and body. We stopped at Kochi city to buy few Indian ladies wear for Abi. We visited Kalyan. She was amazed by seeing Indian ethic style. She was trying different churidars. Most of them were costliest in the showroom. Like small kid she was walking in between collections of cloths. One sales girl was helping her. She was smiling at me. When Abi went to the trial room sales girl asked me, 'did you taken her to your house?!' 'No, why?' Next question came 'When is your marriage?!' 'Ha! She is my friend. There is nothing other than that' 'Are you sure? Mm.. I thought she is your lover!' I was laughing on her doubt. Abi came out. After that we started our journey to Kottayam. The driver was a chat box, so the time has gone. I was explaining Abi about Kerala. Meanwhile she had mentioned about one of the Kerala boyfriend she had. But she did not shown interest in talking anything about that. She was telling about the historical connections Kerala and Ilocos supposed to had. She loved Kerala. She plans to settle down some where near to Thiruvananthapuram. After seeing the schools she can decide where she can be. She wanted the children to become soccer players. I was not sure that how they can achieve that if they are in India. India is not good in football even though we like the game. Kerala is one of the state leading in football.
We reached the hotel in the evening.
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