Dedicated to my Father…

29th June, 2011 at 3.30 pm in office, thinking about performing my KARMA on time, I realized that only 1 day is left, before deadline for this month will expire and I will be lacking in meeting the target set by me. My inner writer was again in his frame of mind. He was fully determined to hit the iron though it was not red hot yet.

I had to surrender and started brainstorming about the content to be written. First and the most recent thing which came to my mind and which I wanted to share with all of you is about the TOEFL exam I took last week. In May I appeared for GRE and to advance in my dream of getting graduate from a world class university, I had to take TOEFL. It is all about English language traits like speaking, listening, writing and reading. I was well prepared for it except the speaking part as it was a kind of phobia for me. But after a decent preparation I managed to handle it pretty well. Result is yet to be announced. Let us rewind the time a bit.

25th june,2011 at 12.00 noon in test centre, Gurgaon, break time appeared on my test screen indicating that I have successfully completed my reading and listening section. After ten minutes of time, when the test resumed, speaking test instructions appeared on screen and I was on the edge on my seat due to nervousness and excitement. As soon as the instructions ended, I readjusted my headphone and microphone just to be sure and topic of the extempore blinked on screen.” Discuss the recent news you liked hearing about.” Then a beep and a time clock started indicating that 15 seconds was the duration after which I needed to speak in microphone. Where 15 seconds went, I did not even realize and was about to begin speaking but what!!!

The Delhi Times is the only news paper I generally read for news apart from the editorial page of HINDU which I read only for vocabulary purpose. So the recent news section never made a space for itself in my memory area. But this time “Delhi Times” proved its worth. “The recent news which I liked hearing about is that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan got pregnant.” That was my response, OMG!!!!! I still get Goosebumps whenever I think of it. It is one of the weirdest answers to a question I have ever given in my life. However I was able to speak for almost a minute, the time allotted for the task. Rest every thing went fine. Hoping for the good result!!!

June month has been full of celebrations like Father’s day celebration, Welcoming Monsoon etc. 19th june,2011 the Father’s day, took me to a different era of my childhood. I was deeply touched by an article in the paper about a father’s qualities like generosity, patience and responsible nature. I could relate to that article very easily. There was a time when my father used to pamper all three of us. “Three includes me along with my two younger brothers.” He used to take us a ride on his scooter, though a very small one, but it used to give us the immense pleasure. Sometimes he used to bring ice cream for whole family and my mother used to distribute her portion also among three of us. As ours is a very small town so there are not many options for hanging out with family or friends but occasionally he used to take us to a market to have some junk food etc. On those days we would feel like dancing on cloud nine. As I grew up, he has always stood by me in every important decision of my life. There is a kind of faith in between two us. I need not to ask him before taking any decision though I ask him regularly but he has kind of trust in me that I would not be doing any thing wrong and I trust that he would not deny my decision.

That day I remembered all those days and cherished all the moments of my childhood. These days I visit my home after many months due to other commitments but till today he calls me up every single day. Even I also keep waiting for his call till I get the one. This Father’s Day, I wanted to express my feelings to him. I wanted to tell him that I love him and respect him a lot. So I called him up as soon as I finished the article. He was very surprised that I had called him in early morning which usually is not the practice. After few seconds of general talk I wished him. Although he did not know what exactly a Father’s Day meant but soon he realized that I was addressing him as most important person in my life. Soon he got emotional as he usually does and also made me full of proud. The post-call feeling was very unique and great, full of satisfaction.

I wrote this blog to have this experience with me throughout my life. I would strongly recommend you all to keep expressing your feelings to your parents. It will make you a proud child to your parents and vice versa. Now I am eagerly waiting for The Mother’s Day to come.


Regards

PARUL GOYAL